May Long Weekend Part 1- Sean's Birthday!

I figure I should probably tell you all about Sean's awesome 1st birthday and all the other fun things we did over the long weekend!

We had Sean's party on Saturday (the 17th) Just invited family. We had both sets of grandparents show up and some Aunts and Uncles and lots of cousins!We had food and cake of course! The older cousins loved the open expanse of our backyard! haha It's a good thing we have it!
We even got a chance to use our basement. As unfinished as it is it gave us lots of room to visit and eat especially with the mounds of kids running wild!
Now for pictures. Pictures do better justice than I can!

Sean's Smash cake!

Cake for everyone else! The kids loved the cake pops! or eyeballs. haha Good thing because they were a pain to make!

Birthday boy with the cake!

What a stud!

Not quite sure what to do with it. Good thing Dad was there to help out!!

He would just poke it. He started diving in after Kesler got some. See the extra hand?

Kelser got it! haha He was just helping his cousin!

SMASH! haha. That's all he did to the cake. He did sit in his high chair and eat food for an hour before this. I don't think he was to hungry!

Presents!

Loving the CAT Grandma and Grandpa Fyfe got him!

Playing with the new toys! He loves that pool!

We had another Cake Smash going on. haha Believe it or not Kaden asked me if he could. His Dad got to help him out! haha

Wren playing with Sean!

I wish we woulda gotten an family picture with the birthday boy. OH well. Soon enough

The First Year!

Birth is horrible and excruciating but at the same time it's absolutely wonderful. It's the weirdest of opposites. You hate the pain and wonder why you ever thought this would be a good thing. Then suddenly it's over. The year has gone by and your little baby isn't so little any more.

A year ago I was so frantic. I had just been told I would need to be induced ASAP. I wasn't actually ready for this baby. I knew he would come eventually but I just wasn't ready!

On May 15, 2013 when I finally got to hold him for the first time my heart just melted and I fell in love on sight with his chubby cheeks, little button nose and those wrinkly fingers and toes. Life just wouldn't be the same.

It's been a wonderful year watching him discover the world. Watching him just makes me appreciate everything around me so much more. He loves every little thing!

This little man of mine is so full of energy! He's walking everywhere, pointing at everything, jumping, and just being overall adorable! We went to a Senior's Center the other day and he was shy at first but once he warmed up he hammed it up and they were all just loving him! He loves being the center of attention.

He's grown so much from such a helpless baby to this toddler. gulp. toddler. toddler.

in this last little bit he has:
-popped out his bottom 2 teeth. yup! he's got 4 chompers now!
-just walking like a pro.
-starting to say Mom.
-plays this animal sound game on my iphone and when he picks the cow and it moos. he moos right back. comes out more MAW but hey thats pretty smart. he would even do this funny little laugh with the goat. He's picking up on it!!!

-Is just a babbling machine! I love the way he comes up to me grabs my knee, looks me in the eye and just babbles and moves his arm around so dramatically. Then stops and looks at me like I'm suppose to know what to do! HA!
-loves all things animals! See's a dog or cat or bird at points and wants to touch it. But of course when they come close he changes his mind.
-outdoors! oh my heck! If he could this little boy would be outside all day long! And it's looking like he got my skin and the ability to tan! Lucky him! :) Still I gotta remember that sunscreen!

-Food! I'm pretty sure he could eat all day. Especially if someone is eating and he just finished he decides that he needs some of their food! haha What a punk!
-has bumped and smashed his head into more things than I can count. It's no wonder why he is always covered in bruises! in fact the day before his birthday he biffed it coming out of the house onto the deck and got a good old goose egg on his head! (let's hope its gone for pictures!)

-is weened. was actually a lot easier than I thought. Makes me sad though. snuggles just aren't the same! but I was ready to be done! Especially with the shirt pulling when he had to check to make sure they were still there or something. I mean really.


I love this life of mine. This family that Dan and I have started. It's wonderful! and Everyday I get a moment to remind me how wonderful and truly blessed I am!

Happy Birthday My little Monster! I Love You!

My crazy lil tornado!

This boy of mine is just adorable! He's so full of energy! I just thought I'd share some pictures. We all know the real long post will come next week for his birthday!

Strutting his stuff. Loves running around in a diaper. Thanks heavens it's warming up! 

Story time! If I'm doing something else where he grabs a books and follows me until I sit down and read the book 12 times. He loves mr brown can moo, do t tickle the duck, baby mine, playtime with sum a, Noah's ark A to Z and anything with animals and noises

He had to help with laundry. He emptied this basket. Climbed into it and then starting pulling the clothes back in. Crazy boy

The toy war path! Now that he has figured he can pull out toys by himself an throw them. They are constantly strewn around!!

More story time! Reading to me this time.

I love my little blonde dude!!

What a face!!! I get this face all the time!! Haha 

I swear he just learned to crawl and now he's walking everywhere!! And bumping his head on eveything!!! 

He even dragged his blanket all the way down from his room. Super cute!! I love his attachment to the blanket! Nothing extreme but just loves it for cuddles!!!

Home sweet Home

The post some of you have been looking forward too!

OUR NEW HOUSE!

I love this house. Even though I haven't hung up pictures, or that my dinning room table is still a mess I'm happy with it!

So Have a fun time walking through all the pictures! I'll narrate as we go.

Alright here is the outside. Pardon the snow. Mother Nature has decided if we actually get Spring yet.

As you walk in the front door. The Entrance is to the left and where I'm standing to take the picture.
The Bathroom is the door on the right (*I didn't take pictures of the bathroom because lets face it. They are boring. Ours have a toilet, shower tub and sink. how special)
Sean's room is on the right

Sean's room!!!! I love it! And that it's the only room I've hung pictures is. He loves those pictures. You can ask him, "Where's the baby?" And he points to those pictures!

Further down that hallway is our room which includes a full ensuite and his and her closets! Daniel's is boring but check out mine!

That's right. It's a walk in closet!!! woot!!!! Daniel's is just a normal closet. Bleh.

At the end of the hallway you reach our living room and kitchen and dining room.
How do you like the living room model? haha

 My Kitchen. I love it. It's taken some getting used to because it is a bit smaller then my one in Lloyd. Oh well.

The view from our dining room. (I didn't take a picture of the dining room because it's got boxes and a table. woot woot

Alrighty. Lets mosey on downstairs.

TADA. What a lovely unspoiled basement eh? That door you see at the end walks out to the back yard! woot woot.

Here's another angle

There. it lets you see all the lovely stuff just stored down there.


Well there you have it. Our humble abode.
Okay... i didn't take a picture of the garage. but its filled with boxes too. and we do have a laundry room. but meh it just houses the washer and dryer and furnace. BORING.


So there you have it.
I hope you  enjoyed this tour of the house!
Come visit!

11 MONTHS!

I don't know if I'm ready to have a one year old. I only have 30 days to prepare myself. At least I know when to expect his birthday this time around. Last year at this time I had no idea when he would come. Sure they have your due date but it's just a guess.
I only have 30 days.
*cue deep breath*

I was talking to a friend the other day and we were talking about baby pictures and looking back on them and how it's kinda hard. It makes me miss his fat little cheeks, tummy, wrist, thighs, feet, hands, basically all his chub that doesn't exist anymore!
He's so on the go that he has just slimmed right down! He's a skinny lil boy now. (to me)

-He is trying so hard to walk. He is getting brave and will walk between couches or chairs all on his own. And he continually takes 3-5 steps by himself all the time. Then laughs, sits down, and crawls away. So one day he's just going to do it all on his own. I've known it for a while but at the same time somehow missed that he can stand up completely on his own without any assistance from anything. He's going to be so excited to have a front facing car seat!

- Says "da da da" all the time. One day he'll say ma ma ma. He does but just laughs after. Likes to call both me and Daniel "da da" He even says, "rampa"!  Not even kidding. The lil stinker.

-Getting better at playing on his own but still loves someone to play with. Mostly Mom since I'm the only one around.

- I think he really likes the carpet in our house because he'll just sprawl himself on the floor and lay their talking and playing all by himself. It's pretty cute!

-Is working pretty hard to be able to feed himself with a spoon and a fork. He eats with his hands but as soon as he sees us with utensils he wants them. Even cups. He'd rather have a cup and dump water all over himself then a sippy cup. I sense the independent stage coming on pretty soon.

-Loves food. Period. The end. I haven't found anything that this kid doesn't like. I mean the kid eats broccoli goes gaga over it. He'll eat peppers, carrots, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, peas, corn, all kinds of fruit. He's just a garbarator. Oh and he makes a mess all the time. It gets everywhere! I'll think I have cleaned him up well enough but then at night getting him ready for bed I'll find some of his morning snack still in his diaper that I have changed a million times throughout the day.

-Bath time. I have a fish. I am fairly certain of that. As soon as he hears the tub turn on in either bathroom he's all over it. He gets mad when Daniel shuts the door to have a shower because Sean wants in! I don't mind letting him bathe as much as he wants. But the consistent pooing in the tub... not so much. Basically every time we bath him.

-Loves being outdoors. He crawl to the front entrance and stand at the garage door just waiting to be let out. He gets mad when I haul him away. Now if I haul him away with his coat and shoes he's not to bad because he knows we're heading out! I'm glad summer is coming. I have a feeling this little boy is going to want to be outside all summer long! (which will happen!) Gotta introduce him to Waterton! and Camping again! He liked is last year as a baby baby. We'll see how he does this year!

-Bedtime and naptime have been super easy ever since we moved here and settled in this house! Before the unfamiliar places and lack of routine where driving this guy CRAZY! But now he's content to cuddle for a while and then lay in his crib by himself and fall asleep! It's wonderful!

- He still just has his two top teeth. The bottom ones look like they are working their way out.

- He is super happy all the time. And if he's not I've narrowed it down to a few things.
a) he's hungry
b)he's tired
c)he's mad he isn't outside
d)he doesn't get what he wants.
*in the case of "d" he throws a little baby tantrum. falls on the floor on his back and kicks his legs. Yup.

I can't think of to much else to say about my baby Sean. I love him more and more each day!

Stay tuned for next months. We are going to have some sweet pictures!

PICTURE TIME!

Stood him up and he had to walk right toward me

Lil poser!

Handsome baby!

adorable right?

Bathtime love!

I could kiss that face all day! And I do!

1st Sunday in Vulcan!

I know everyone is wondering how our first week in our new ward went.

It was good. Friendly faces all around. Super small though. I think we maybe, MAYBE have 80 people. And it's mostly older, retired kinda age. At least Sean will have a lot of "grandparents". haha The bishop loved him and took off with him for a while. Sean was cool with it too. Normally he doesn't like strangers.
Everyone would come up and say, "oh you must be the Fyfe's." Or " Are you the Fyfe Family?"
Gotta love a Small town. Oh and Everyone knows where we live and my phone number already. ahaha

And Dan has to speak in two weeks. :) how fun

I don't need to worry about a Nursery calling like I thought because their is one 3 year old and then Sean and a 9 month baby. So not enough kids yet for them to do Nursery. haha

They also run everything backwards. Dan and I were a little confused when we came in (they are meeting in another building right now while the church is being renovated) and sat down and there were 0 kids or teens. I started thinking... oh boy we're in a really old ward. Then they started doing Priesthood and Relief Society announcements. And then there was Sunday School. And then the Sacrament Meeting.
Makes church seem twice as long. Especially when you have a baby who is completely done with Church by the third hour so Sacrament is F-U-N!

I'm looking forward to getting to know more people and making some new friends and hopefully Sean having some buddies! There is a RS activity on Tuesday so I'll get to know more people there! YAY!

 

Found some American money and just loved it!

Talking/playing with his toys 

Sunday smiles with mom

My boy and his swings!!! Oh and he loved the rocks too! 

Vulcan: A New Adventure

Here we are! In the small town of Vulcan where everything closes by 5. Some things by 8. It's quite the change from Lloydminster.
We are settling in. I think Sean loves his new house. Or maybe just the fact that we are back in a routine and get to see Dad on a daily basis. He's settling in and has started sleeping all night long. YAY! He is also loving all the empty boxes around the house and crawling through them. He still doesn't like me leaving his sight though. To scared I'm going to disappear or leave him with someone. Still a little traumatized.
Daniel and I both love the new house and settling in. We've had to get a few things fixed but luckily all covered by the warranty on the house! awesome!
Haven't met any new friends or anything yet. We won't even meet our branch until next week because of Conference this weekend but our Bishop did stop by to say Hello and see if we needed anything and I found out I have a cousin who lives here in town. (shoulda figured that one being as we live in southern AB again).

Even with all these great things on the way I still miss Lloyd and all my wonderful friends there. And I probably always will. I'm grateful though that we had a chance to live there and meet all the wonderful people there. I wouldn't change that for anything.

I'll post pictures of the house soon. They are on my phone and some just aren't taken yet due to all the boxes still floating around. haha