Sledding

One of the best thing Dan and I have ever done was move to Lloydminster right after we got married. There are many reasons why it was the best choice but one of them was all the wonderful friends we met! Moving away was sad and hard but luckily we're all still good friends and meet up as best we can throughout the rest of the year. It was quite a wonderful treat when a few months after we left the lovely Bennett family followed a few months after us! 

So it's always so fun to get together and let the kids play and just have a grand old time!

Sledding today was one of those times. I made the mistake of telling Sean yesterday that Yann and Marc where coming sledding and all that night he was asking where they were and then all this morning he was so anxious until they finally showed up. They quickly ran away downstairs to play with the toys. All we heard were giggles and laughter coming from all of them! Such a great sound to hear. Then of course they had to run around the kitchen table for 20 mins. If that didn't wear them out after lunch we took them sledding. Hello goodnight sleep!

Sean LOVES sledding

little stinker face

Marc giving a push

racing dad

Yann and Sean just kept going. The best part was they brought their sleds up everytime

bringing up his sled all by himself

Even Max went a few times. Don't let his face fool you. He LOVED it

so tired

lil Marc went down "sleeping" everytime. haha

These boys woulda kept going all day... if it wasn't so darn exhausting.

up and down and up and down. 

worn out. haha I'm all done!

Seriously such a fun day! I love sledding. Next time perhaps we'll take them to Waterton.

Christmas 2015

I love having kids at Christmas. Beats the two Dan and I had on our own before they came into this world!

Christmas morning came and I woke up at 8:00. All three of my boys were still sleeping away. So I got to stay in bed myself. I heard Sean get up a little after 8:15 and he went and sat at the top of the stairs for a while. I'm sure he could see the tree and all the presents that magically appeared while he slept. He came and snuggled in bed with me. I asked him if he saw the tree and all the presents, some that Santa had bought. He said ya. Should we open them? ya. Should we wake up Dad and Max and open them now? No Mom, I need yogurt.

Needless to say we had to have breakfast before we could open anything. Including stockings. What a kid. Sean loved everything. All that he got, and Mom and Dad and of course everything Max got too. I think Sean's favorite was when he saw some chocolate in his stocking. He's definitely my kid.

Christmas pj's

My two boys!

Family Pj's! 

Stockings

Max just liked eating the oranges. Peel and all

New books. Had to read each one as he opened it or found it in his stocking!

Sean definitely loved all the presents this year. haha it was almost too much for him he didn't know what to play with first! 

It was a little hard on him I think when we had to pull him away from his toys and head to Dan's parents house in the afternoon. He just really wanted to play with his new toys. But he did get a new one from them as well and Dawson was there to play with so he did just fine. The boys were super good at sharing toys. I think Max's little piano toy was Sean's favorite though. He plays with it more than Max still. What a kid. 

T-ball for Sean

Max's toy. What do you call this thing anyway?

batman car ramp for Sean

Max going to town on a pumpkin tart

That's Christmas in a nut shell. It was a fun day.

Boxing Day

We got up again around 8-8:30 (these boys are awesome) Fed and clothed them. Then went to my parents house where they again got spoiled! A shark punching bag and another car for Sean and a puppet for Max. That Sean also loves! The boys also got some books thanks to Aunty Becky. Sean's already a fan of them all. 

We had a nerf war where Dan became a causality of war. A lucky shot right to the eye. All is well. Next time maybe goggles though... haha

Food and games! The kids were so good at letting us adults play games! Naptimes didnt really happen. So much noise. Poor little guys. But they all did pretty well.

My mom even got the kids to decorate some ginger bread houses. Sean was more interested in eating all the candy right away. Wren liked to like the Candy and then stick it on the house. Ty Noah and Emery actually did pretty good with theirs. Strange kids. haha

Mine and Tycy's skill. Not to bad since our two year olds just wanted to eat everything.

Another Family Fun Christmas season! Bring on the New Year!

Well we Have it

I've been worrying in the back of my mind for the last little while about Max's upcoming surgery date. I knew it was coming we just hadn't heard anything except that the Dr needed to get more OR hours opened up. So I waited patiently. We haven't planned much after Christmas because we knew Max's surgery could be anytime after Jan 1.

Well on Monday I got a call from Calgary.

January 25, 2016.

That's when Max is going to have his Palate repaired.

Now I'm kinda a nervous and anxious for January to just be over. I've had a year to prepare that he would need surgery. But it's just never enough time. And now that I know the date I kinda wish I didn't. Seriously how many mixed emotions can you feel?

Time for lots of prayers! Oh and don't be offended if we don't come out and around socializing in January. Gotta keep Max healthy and away from all the flu and bugs around.

10 months

My baby is 10 months old!!! I'm just blown away. 

Max has his two bottom teeth. They poked through just before his 10 month "birthday".

Gave him his first haircut. Had to get rid of the long hair into his eyes.

Trying to walk. Man that will be lovely and horrible when he does. Let's be honest packing around 23lbs is not fun. 

Sleeping better again. Finally. Still a punk but we seem to have a schedule down. 

Eats me out of house and home. Really. Bottomless pit. I've yet to find something he won't eat. 

Talks like crazy. Mostly just ma mama muah and any form of the "m" sound. Pretty cute. 

Starting to wave bye and give out the biggest slobberist kisses ever! 

He's the sweetest little guy. But going to be trouble. 

Love him so much! Every month is so much fun!