Ode to My Sister

We got to spend the weekend with Rachel. HOORAY The Boys were thrilled. She is such a great auntie. She really loves my boys. It was super fun to spend time with her... even though we arent the most exciting bunch. Sorry Rachel. We took turns kicking each others butts in Phase 10 and Scrabble. But Im pretty sure I won the Princess of Power title there. We were in bed around 10 or shortly there after... yeah look at us... we are party animals. Rachel kept on saying "Thats ok Im trying to keep my hours on Hamilton time anyways" But I think she was just humouring us. She was up around 7 every morning with us though. So much for a quiet weekend eh Rachy. She had to leave this evening... sad day here!
This is Jaxon in his birthday present from Rachel. She had a shirt made for him. Its a scene from Thomas' Snowsuit (his favorite) on the front and on the back it reads "Robert Munsch's Biggest Fan" Even though Im pretty sure Im Mr Munsch's biggest fan Ill let Jaxon wear it with Pride. HOORAY FOR ROBERT MUNSCH.
Tim was surprisingly Productive this weekend. (Thats so unlike him!... no really it is) He put together the play structure and put on the lettering on the toy chest and the new art in my kitchen. He even got started on getting the speakers mounted on the wall. YAY!
So we are thinking of enlarging our backyard. We are toying with the idea of sodding over half of the parking pad. Yes we have two cars but tim usually parks out front... so its sorta wasted space. Plus with Two overly active boys we need all the running/climbing room we can get.

Chuck E Cheese's

The Other week while we were in Edmonton we took Jaxon to Chuck E Cheese's to celebrate him being potty trained. He had a blast! it was so cute to watch him testing out all the rides and games. He didn't eat any of the pizza because he was too busy playing! He even won some tickets and cashed them in for a prize. It was great! Now he has something every special to look forward to whenever we go to Mama and Papa's! He can't wait to go back.

This has been a great long weekend. My sister Rachel came in to see the boys. They LOVE their Auntie Rachel! Jaxon calls her whenever he cant see her. "Oh Auntie Rachel... Where are you???"

Music Man

Owen really loves music. He dances and sings all the time. I love it. Jaxon was never like this. He sings the songs he learns in Nursery (or from the TV) but he wont dance. Anyways... when we were at Mama and Papa's house a week ago Owen discovered the Piano. He loves it! He now insists on playing it all the time.

Jaxon and Owen playing a duet

Our long weekend has started off really nice. My sister Rachel flew in to visit the boys. They love her! Owen hardly made stange with her at all. Jaxon has been her little shadow... or rather he forces her to be his shadow.
Another highlight... Tim has completed our play structure. Jaxon is beyond thrilled that he has his very own park. Im sure we will be out there all the time now. YAY! Im super excited for this summer! We are going to play all the time! Thanks go to Andrew Sheer for coming and helping set the structure up (and thanks to Chelsea too for giving us Andrew!) and Also Duncan come to help out! THANKS!

Happy Birthday to Me

Today was my birthday! It was a really great day! I spent the morning making Invites to the RS thing we have coming up with my friend Chelsea (and it was actually really fun, even though it was my birthday) Then I had McDonalds for Lunch with Jaxon and then BPs for dinner and my Sweet Steffy watch the boys so me and Tim could have Ice cream and go pick out my gift. Then my partner in Crime Ashley stopped by to drop off a little gift too! I have the sweetest friends! I am so blessed.
Jaxon was an extra good boy today for me which was the best present ever! He kept on giving me hugs and smooches. I just love him! Owen gave me two nice long naps... another great gift. Tim got me a netbook. I was going to do a laptop but I liked the small size on the netbooks better and really they will work for what I need/want/know how to do on a computer. Im super excited! Its red and I got a pink travel case. LOVE IT!
Anyways... Here are some pictures from Day out with Thomas. Sorry it took me a while to get them on here. It was such a fun time. This is also a tribute to the Smiths... I dunno what we would do without you guys. Jaxon has gone almost 2 weeks without seeing Sammy and Elizabeth and he is going nuts! He misses them so much. Im glad that we live so close!

All the kids on the train

Family shot with Thomas

Summer days!

I wish everyday was like today! It was gorgeous out! I just seem to have more energy on these days! And the boys are always way happier! Im just in a good mood all around. I had thought about heading to the zoo today but it was actually too warm for that. Ill save it for a day when its only like 19 degrees or something. We just hang out at home in the sandbox. We had the kiddie pool set up but the boys wanted sand today. This was Owens first time in the sand box and he loved it. He even had to eat some sand. But Owen loves doing anything that Jaxon is doing.
Jaxon told me today that he loves beautiful days... but not winter. He is definately my son!

Owen

Jaxon

Another highlight... Tim went out tonight and bought us a play structure. YAY! So now he just needs to put it all together. YAY! I dont know who is more excited... me or the boys!
I had my first RS meeting meeting last night... man oh man I hope Im up for this! YIKES
I made yummy cupcakes today. Blondie ones... so good... but I feel bad for Trevor who couldnt have any because of the nuts... so tomorrow Ill bake a special treat just for him! Sorry again Trevor!

I Love Summer

The weather has been really nice here in Edmonton the last couple of days! It almost feels like summer! We have been busy checking out all the parks around Beaumont. Jaxon loves the swings and getting "under the ducks" as he calls them. Owen likes the swings alot too. I think tomorrow we are heading over to West Eddy. Which will be fun!
I have started to miss having my scrapbookingstuff around. I miss doing cards and getting caught up on my scrapbooks! Looks like I will have a crafty week when I get back, if I have time that is. Looking ahead it looks like I have a busy week to welcome me home. Oh well being busy makes the days go by faster.
We tried out a wonderful recipe last night for dinner. It was a turkey meatball sub. There are some things Id change about it of course but It was really yummy. Tonight is Pad Thai... I love food!
Im super excited for CSi tonight! Ill be super bugged it Ray isnt Dr Jekyll! Im always so sad when seasons come to an end, but I love Season Finales.
I also went clothes shopping! HOORAY! I spent way too much but I love new clothes!

So much to do!

   Life is always so busy here in Edmonton. But its great. My Boys sleep wonderfully out here! It was a bit of a rough night for me... I'm super sick... just a cold and a crazy sore throat... I'm hoping the boys don't get it.
  So what have we been up to??? Well... We took Jaxon (and Owen) to Chuck E Cheese's. He loved it. I told him as long as he doesn't have any accidents we will go again. And it seems to be working. I think its safe to say we are potty trained now. HOORAY!
   We went to Chapters too and I bought 5 new books.. the first 4 Percy Jackson books (the 5th is only hardcover and I'm not willing to spend that much on a hardcover) and the Boy in the striped Pajamas... I'm super excited to read them! I love books!
  Yesterday was Papas birthday! Happy Birthday Papa! Jaxon said we all had to hide and then jump out and say Surprise! I think he got that idea from Ashley's party since I hate surprise parties and so have never done one but hers. I'm too much of a planner to like Surprises myself!
  Mama was sweet enough to watch Owen and I was able to take Jaxon swimming. It was awesome to spend some one on one time with him. Swimming was fun too. Jaxon was counting links on the lane ropes and counted to 29 by himself and then counted all the way to 100 only with help on the tens... after 29 comes 30 after 39 comes 40. But the Impressive part to me was that he counted backwards from 100 too with the help on the tens again. OH and he also wrote a J in the tub last night. Super smart kid I have here..
  So I'm going to try and post a picture here... but I dunno how so if I post with out a pic you know I couldn't figure it out... but if there is one then YAY ME

Easier on the Eyes

So, while Amanda has taken over the blog with the status updates and such, I have decided to take over the aesthetics of the site, to make it a little bit easier to read. The black background we had before, would make my eyes hurt if I was looking at it for too long. And I can only imagine that it would do the same for you, our readers. So I have (hopefully) made things a little easier to read. Now I know that I am not very artsy when it comes to matching colors together (just ask my wife when I dress myself), but I think these colors will do (for now) until Amanda comes back from Edmonton and tells me which colors need changing. I am also working on some banners to include on the side of the site... stay tuned.

Day out with Thomas

I don't have the pictures on the computer yet but Ill work on that. But I wanted to post an update. Yesterday we took the boys to Heritage Park for Day out with Thomas.We got to go with our bestest buddies the Smiths. It was a lot of fun. It was just a tad chilly but it was still a great morning. We got to ride Thomas the tank engine and do mazes and have a wagon ride and even find a Hiro train for Jaxon's train set. Plus we learned that there is a new Thomas Movie coming to Theaters in Sept... so now we have a date to take Jaxon to his first movie theater in Sept. Cant wait!
  Now we are in Edmonton...well Tim is in Calgary but me and the boys are up here. HAHAHA no snow here suckers back home. We have lots of fun things planned. We are currently doing Laundry... which Jaxon loves. Tomorrow we will go swimming and to Chuck E. Cheese. We also need to go to Chapters and the library and maybe the used book store this week. Plus lots and lots of swimming! We are going to have so much fun! As an added bonus Uncle Kris is coming in tonight! Jaxon will be thrilled to be uncle Kris. He loves when my brother chases him!

Wishing for Warmer days

These pictures were taken a month ago... on conference weekend. I was freezing then. I remember wishing for warmer weather then... if only I knew what was coming. Today I'm wishing it was at least as warm as it was on this day. BOO SNOW.

Today Jaxon got his hair cut. (are you happy auntie Rachel???) He looks way too grown up for my liking. Where did my little boy go... today he was such a little man. He has been such a good boy today. We both have cabin fever but neither one of us wanted to go outside. Owen has had a rough day... still no teeth.
Today was also McHappy day... so we celebrated by eating Happy meals. Jaxon loves them and ate the entire thing. I think he must be growing.
I'm starting to try and come up with fun Enrichment ideas... since that's my new calling... I'm trying really hard to be excited about it! So anyone out there have any great ideas???

I want to hold Owen

Lately Jaxon loves holding Owen. He always wants to hold him and wrestle him. Owen loves any attention that Jaxon gives him. Its pretty fun watching them play together.
Owen's teeth are so close to being in. I pray every day that they show up... he is miserable! Well as miserable as Owen ever is. Owen has also started crawling on his feet... he doesnt like being on his knees so he uses his feet... I wonder how long until he walks... hmmm... my life is going to get crazy!
So does anyone have any ideas as to where the spring weather is??? I was carrying Jaxon to the car today and he said "I hate winter" Me too... he then asked to move some place warm. I think thats a great Idea buddy!
Tim got his marks back today and he passed! YAY... so now he has only one more class to take in Sept. and then hopefully he will be done for a while. Hooray for me when that happens!

Oh and bytheway.. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ASHLEY

Sleeping through the night

It's Amazing what a little sleep can do! The boys have been really good at night lately and I even got a full nights sleep last night. So today was a productive day! I made 8 cards, 1 12x12 Scrapbook page, 2 8x8 Scrapbook pages, did 5 loads of Laundry, cooked dinner and even baby sat Bailey Miller. It was a great day.
I put Jaxon in big boy underwear today. I think it went ok. He had 3 accidents but he was able to catch himself each time and finish on the potty. So hopefully progess is being made.
Here is a pic of Owen. This kid sleeps great and can sleep anywhere... He knows that the little couch is for his naps. The other day I was all caught up with Jaxon and I found that Owen had crawled over to the couch and couldnt flip it out... image that my 8 month old couldnt flip out the couch... so he fell sleep on it by just resting his head. Love him!

Weekend coming to an end

Our weekend is coming to an end. So sad... but Im in good spirits and hope that this coming up week will see the return of Jaxon peeing on the potty. I got my new calling today... Im the RS meeting coordinator... Yep... thats right Im terrified. I have no clue what to do! So any fun Enrichments that you had done let me know!
Also... there was a mix up with Jaxon's preschool... its a long story but it has a happy ending. Jaxon gets to go to class three days a week Mondays, wednesdays and Fridays at the two day a week Price. I have to commend Leap n Learn on great costumer service and a higher then expected care for there future students. They were great and have made every possible effort to make this as perfect as can be for Jaxon. Im thrilled and sad... what will I do without my little man for 3 mornings a week???? Ill sure miss him!
Jaxon just cracks me up! He keeps telling Owen "You are my best friend in the deep blue sea" I have also taught him to say "Step back fool" and I think the next saying I will teach him is "Its on like Donkey Kong!"

I love Saturdays

Now this is how Saturdays are supposed to go. The kids slept pretty good at night... I had a bath in the morning (YAY) and then we just hung out and did little chores all morning. We took the kids swimming in the afternoon and had Boston Pizza for dinner. LOVE IT! The only hiccup was that we went to the Okotoks pool and it was closed today.. so we had to drive back into calgary and go to Southland.
We also looked at Play structures for the backyard... but since we have such a little backyard Tim is thinking he will make one that will fit. PLEASE DO IT FAST SWEETIE...
Now its bedtime... stories for Jax and hopefully he will doze off soon. Here is a pic of Owen holding his favorite toy... his maraca... he loves all sorts of Music.

My Sweet Owen

Here is a pic of Owen enjoying his first cookie... he has since become a pro at it and gobbles them up super fast and then begs for more. Today was a good day. I spent the day getting ready for my Friend Ashley's surprise party. It was a fun night out! Happy Birthday!!! Jaxon was such a helper and thought that balloons were a must. Then he got super excited when I started blowing them up and said "Its my birthday again!"

BOO WINTER

I woke up this morning to a winter storm warning... thats right... its almost May but we are getting snow... yippee...
Anyways... what have we been up too??? Owen is climbing my bookcases... oh the joy of it all... Jaxon has decided that after a week of being accident free it will not pee on the potty anymore... in fact I had to disinfect my entire bathroom before 7 am this morning has he decided to pee all over everything... but his potty... oh the joy increases!
Other then that Im just busy... I have lots of projects on the go and Im desperately trying to get a handle on all of them before I get swamped with the business of my new calling... dadada.
Owen and Jaxon are starting to get to be even more best friends as Owen can now play more. He loves to be chased my anyone but especially Jaxon. They play all day... and when he gets tired Jaxon tells me to be very quiet so Owen can nap.
Yesterday we went to Playtopia out in Okotoks. Its wonderful! Jaxon burnt off tons of energy and I got 2 hours where both boys napped that afternoon. FANTASTIC! Plus my picture taking friend Kim was there with her little man Joseph. So as an added bonus we booked in a time to get Family pictures taken! YAY!
Tonight we had dinner with the Selks. They are great people. It was so fun and the food was really yummy!

My First Car

Last week we spent the week at Mama and Papa's house up in Edmonton. Jaxon was so excited to have them back in Edmonton. One day we were in the basement playing with all the toys... well me and Owen were... Jaxon was giving the water containers rides on the treadmill. Anyways... Owen fell in love with the big red car. And Yes my 7 month old is just such a ham that I cant get any candid shots because he always grins at the camera... At least its a cute grin.

He even got it moving a bit!

Jaxon was giving Owen a ride!

LOVE THEM

So its been a while since Ive posted anything. Its been a rough week. Both boys have been sick. But I sure do love them! Jaxon seems better... but he feel asleep at 5 tonight so we will see how the night goes... Owen seems ok during the day but had a really rough evening. Poor little trooper... I just wish both my boys would be healthy!
They are such good buddies... It melts my heart!

One of those Days

Hello World! Did you think I had forgotten how to blog??? I have been up in Edmonton and I had every intention of bloggin up there but I really hate my moms computer and didnt want to try to put the pics on her computer. Yes I know I still havent gotten the new pictures uploaded... Ill have tim do that tonight so I can post some recent ones of my boys tomorrow...deal?!?!
  But today was a day that had to be blog about... well actually it all started on Saturday... those with a low gross out factor should turn away now... Tim is feeding Owen and owen is just tooting like you wouldnt believe... lets just say I was glad when Tim had to change that diaper. Then on sunday it was some nasty diapers again... then Sunday night Owen started Puking... he will eat and then puke up 2/3 to all off the bottle... its nasty. Other then puking he seems ok... But onto the true adventure..
  Jaxon was up 3 times last night... so it was a tired day to begin with. Oh yeah yesterday my Engine light came on in the car... anyways... I had to get groceries today we had no food in the house. So Im stressed out driving around... and Im sure that light was getting brighter... I get to Safeway and discover that they have put ads on all the carts so now I cant clip the carseat onto the cart... which means I cant come shopping when Owen is napping... my life just got a whole lot suckier. Anyways... I always had to stop at the bank... buy the drive through bank was CLOSED... so I had to haul the kids inside... wait in line and then back to the car. Then I had to do Laundry since Owen has either pooped or puked on EVERYTHING. The time was then 10:30am yes thats right all this before lunch.
  But at least there was 2 highlights of the day. It was beautiful out... and we had our friends the Sheers over for dinner. They are so fun. Corbin and Jaxon are the same age... but Jaxon slept the whole time, while Corbin played with his toys... oh well!
 

Go Diego Go

This morning we were watching Go Diego Go... as always... and they had to save an Okapi and I am pleased to say I knew what it was because when we took the boys to the Houston Zoo (who are we kidding I would have gone even without the boys... I love zoos) they had an Okapi and I thought it was amazing! They are really cool looking creatures! Google them for yourself. On a side note... the Houston zoo is AMAZING!!! the best Zoo Ive ever been too! They have tons of animals and lots I had never heard of! It was so COOL!
Anyways... Im here in Edmonton. I had nothing going on this week so I thought since Mama and Papa were back Id take the boys up to visit. Lets face it... its a nice break for me too! (except at nights... ) But here is my drama for the day... I have been up since 4 disgusting I know! Then I looked out the window at an even more disgusting sight...SNOW. But the weather wasnt that bad... just a little window... and I went through an entire thing of washer fluid... well ok maybe not but Im out now... what can I say I like a clean window. But now Im here and we are relaxing.
We have some fun things planned but nothing set in stone. I guess we will just have to see what tomorrow holds. Right now Im just hoping the boys fall asleep soon so I can sleep too!

Too Tired

We have had a busy couple of days...Monday I went over to the Smiths for what was supposed to be a few minutes to watch the sleeping kids while Ashley and Trevor went to get the van from its Oil change... and a few minutes turned into a few hours! They are just so fun to chat with! Then Tuesday I babysat Elizabeth and Sammy... it was wild but Jaxon loved it... he kept on saying "I sure love Elizabeth and Sammy" Then on Wednesday we had dinner at the Smiths and got to Play Wii in the coolest home theater room Ive even seen! Good work Trevor. And then today... I threw an Unbirthday Party for Jaxon and some of his friends. It was basically just a play date with Cupcakes but it was a blast!
I am fighting a major miagraine today as the weather changed and it snow... hooray for calgary! BOO
Here are a couple pictures from Heritage Park a took Jaxon there with the Smiths a week or so ago... it was totally lame... it was supposed ot be "Things with Wings" But is sucked. But Jaxon loved the bikes. I have bought Passes to Heritage park so in the summer...if summer ever comes... we can do picnic play dates at Heritage Park

Jaxon is fixing the trike here... and yes that is Sammy Smith in the Background... I tell ya its a good thing Ashley is so cool because Jaxon insists on spending every waking moment with her kids!

Great Weekend!

What a great weekend its been! I didnt get as much done as I wanted too but thats how it always goes. On Friday I went up to Balzac and did some shopping with Stef! After that I sorta just puttered and did some little projects... like scrapbooks and cards. Im trying really hard to get the scrapbooks up to date (im getting really close!) and Im making 3 cards for a year kits for christmas presents this year. So there is a couple of my projects. We also went out to Okotoks for a little Easter Celebration.
Saturday was amazing! Stef is getting married so we went dress shopping. She got a gorgeous dress! She looks amazing in it! I cant wait for the big day. Im so thrilled for her. Then there was more spring cleaning and craft projects in the afternoon... and we went to the park with the Smiths. Jaxon was Thrilled as always to see Elizabeth and Sammy. He fell off the tire swing and now has a pretty sweet bruise on his arm. But he shows it off with pride. Im sure it wont be the last one he gets.
Sunday... I got an afternoon nap! (can you here the chorus of angels singing!) We also went to the little park here in Walden and Owen swung in the swing for the first time. He loved it! Then we had my brother over for dinner. We are excited that he is back in Calgary and we cna start our weekly dinners with him and he said he will even babysit for us! YAY!
And of course it was Conference weekend. I love conference. But with 2 kids its next to impossible to watch it and get anything out of it. So we PVRed it... I LOVE PVRs and Im really looking forward to watching them a little later.
So onto this picture. Jaxon loves laying next to Owen when he is sleeping. And then when Owen wakes up he is thrilled to see Jaxon next to him. Here they are holdind hands. What great brothers! I love my boys so much! We are so lucky.

Owen Loves to eat

Owen loves food! And he can find so many uses for it... it helps me grow, its a great hair gel and its the best finger paints in town! I dread feeding Owen because I know it means a bath will follow! But he just has so much fun eating.
And yes he is smiling at the camera... my 7 month old is a total ham. As soon as he sees a camera he will stop what he is doing look straight at the camera and grin. How is figured out to do that is beyond me but its really cute to watch and see!