Fort Edmonton Park Adventure

On friday we drove up to Edmonton for an adventure with Auntie Kara, Noah, Jordan, and Grandma. We met at Fort Edmonton park for lunch and to see the sights! We really enjoyed the 1920's midway ... with the airplane/swing ride (and I was SOO proud of Joel for going on it and having fun!), the old fashioned merry go round (Joel would have nothing to do with it ... but Josh and I enjoyed ourselves, and we got to sit with Auntie Kara and Noah too!) I think my favorite ride was the ferris wheel - Kara was so funny because she kept stalling, when we finally went she had a blast (and so did I)! We also went on a street car which was fabulous ... we got to see all the amazing streets and go for a little walk at the end. I would really like to go back sometime soon ... there is so much to do and see and explore there!

Full of Life

We are excited to announce that there will be one baby joining our family in January =)

What an honor!

My Moment Captured layout is on the Gallery Standouts blog! How cool is that! Thanks Heather for the tip!

Moment Captured

Goodies: Shabby Pickle Designs: Kasia Designs - Autumn's Kiss Mini pp4; Designer Digitals: K Pertiet: Curled Notebook paper, staple; Anna Aspnes: Stitched by Anna brown; Lynn Grieveson: Worn Page edges; Oscraps: Paislee Press: Photogenic kit word art, Labelled Frame

Journalling: I had this ultrasound when I was nine and a half weeks pregnant with you. Today is July 3 and I am almost 14 weeks pregnant. What an amazing thing to be able to see you in my belly - your tiny nose, your tiny fingers and toes. For the past 3 weeks your Daddy and I have been wondering if there are two of you growing inside of me. Dr. Myburgh wants me to have another ultrasound next week to check (he found that my uterus is bigger than it is supposed to be). I certainly have been feeling bigger than I ever was with your brothers, and I’m quite a bit more nauseated and tired too (both signs that there may be two of you). But, whatever the ultrasound results are next week ... know that I am excited to meet you, and that I already love you. Your Mama

Camping

This is one of my favorite pictures of our camping trip last weekend. We joined about 20 other families from the fire department last weekend for a a group campout. It was really fun ... especially for the kids who all enjoyed the big dirt pit in front of our friend's trailer, there was often a "contest" for the grubbiest kid and I think mine won most days =) There was a park and a river nearby so we had fun swinging and sliding, and standing in the river to cool down and to catch minows (Joel brought his butterfly net and pail). Camping is fun.

Some highlights ...

It has been a busy few weeks (as you can tell, I haven't been blogging - my sister says "even though it hasn't made the blog yet, it still happened").


1. Matt and Grandpa went fishing way up north for 6 days (no phone contact either ... but me and the boys did well because my Mom was here taking care of us -- really I didn't feel good at all so I mostly slept and worked) According to the pictures only Grandpa caught fish ... but our freezer is full so I'm pretty sure Matt wasn't lying about the fish he caught.


2. Josh has learned some new things! He can now go down stairs safely (yippee!) and has been going up for quite some time. And he also took his first steps last week ... still practicing and getting braver this week! He's so proud of himself (and we are too!)


3. Joel and I went to Sunnybrook farm for a birthday party last week ... we had a great time wandering around looking the part and seeing all the animals and the tractors. I was so proud of Joel for playing in the egg race with the other kids.


4. I am now 12 weeks pregnant and totally showing! I saw my Dr. last week and all is well ... my due date has been changed to January 10 and I'm going for another ultrasound in a few weeks. I also am off work for a couple weeks to see if the nausea will calm down and because I'm exhausted. It's been good to just rest and hang out with my boys.


5. Matt and I celebrated our 5th anniversary last week! We went away, just the two of us to the mountains for 2 nights. It was so nice to hang out together, finish our thoughts when we have a conversation and RELAX! Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa W and Auntie Adrienne for watching the boys for us ... Josh was a bit clinging when we came back, and Joel just had a great time at Grandma's -- before we left there were no tears just "I am so excited!"

I'm still here ...

11 weeks pregnant and counting! Here's some of my pregnancy observations:
1. I could sleep all day, all night, any time, any where.
2. Friday I puked before work ... and broke blood vessels in my face (how embarrasing ... getting really tired of the nausea!)
3. I have an AMAZING sense of smell ... not sure if it's working for me or against me. (My scrapbook room is starting to stink again ... I thought boxing up all my traditional stuff would help, it may need to be taken right out of here).
4. I have a VERY early bedtime (preferably before nine ... if I can get the munchkins in bed)
5. So thankful for my Mom ... she puts up with my grouchiness, my sleepyness and just in general takes good care of me and the kids (Matt is gone fishing for a few days ...)
6. I miss my friends ... playdates and even phone calls have dwindled to nothing for me ... I told you, all I want to do is sleep.
7. I've been working a lot. It's the one thing I do do. I need those hours to keep my licence.

Playing ...

Yesterday I was supposed to work. But the boys haven't been feeling well and so I took the day off ... thank you so much Mom for taking care of me yesterday (because I felt terrible ... nauseated and blech so while I meant to take care of the boys in the end it was my wonderful Mother who took care of all of us). The above layout I made having fun playing with a new embossing technique I learned from Pattie Knox in the More Mad Digi Skillz course I'm taking at Get it Scrapped.
Products I used:
K Pertiet: Krafty Ledger pp, L'il farmer staples, Vintage photo frames 2, L'il Bit tags
Ali Edwards: Memory tag (recolored), The story word art
Anna Aspnes: Hipster Plume
Kasia Designs: Cute Christmas kit sequins
photo by Trina Lewis at Creations Photo (Edmonton, Alberta)

Good things ...

I had an ultrasound this morning ... just to make sure everything is good (which it is ... the baby's heart was beating away and he or she is about 2 cm long. So amazing to me that this little one already has all of his or her organs and fingers and toes!) Afterwards I stopped and got my glasses adjusted (so they will stop falling down my nose all the time) and got groceries (which was very pleasant because I went to a different grocery store than usual and as I browsed through the isles I sipped on a starbucks berry blossom vanilla tea misto!) Such a good morning.



The boys looking at the picture of their new brother or sister.



Me at 9 weeks pregnant ... already in maternity jeans (ahhhh they are so much more comfortable).

Another good thing ... my garden is up! Yippee!



I've been working lots lately ... so busy in Emergency these days (and well, all days it's busy.) Last night it took me a long time to fall asleep because my brain was swirling and sorting out my very very busy evening taking care of some sick people. My Mom has been here taking care of the boys (and me) ... she's so wonderful. I'm looking forward to having some time to scrapbook and quilt ... not sure when that's going to happen ...

Peace to you!

The Bird Farm

This is becoming an annual event ... packing up the kids and going to the Ellis Bird Farm. So much fun! The boys and I met Auntie Kara, Noah, Jordan and Grandma V there yesterday. We saw:



Sheep,



cows, and of course



Here are some of my favorite photos of the day:












Peace to you