Fall is commin!

My favorite, but most dreadful time of the year! Not to hot, not to cold, and oh so pretty!!! but it means winter is next. Which is TOO cold and has entirely TOO much snow!!!!

Well this fall, Rowan turns a year old!! Can you believe that. In 47 hrs exactly. Little man, where did time go?!?! He goes for his one year check up tommorrow. I will try and post his weight and height up, but heres some other fun stats about him.

• Rowan's walking - correction, Running!
• He has a grand total of 4 teeth that he worked very hard to cut!
• He has had one hair cut
• He can open doors, and climb just about anything!
• He can say Bye bye, uh-oh, yes, no, up, dada, and mama.
• He can clap and wave bye.
• His favorite words to say are dada and No!
• He amazes me each and every day!

What an amazing little boy I have!!!!

Ashlyn has grown so much this summer! She put on 5 lbs and is currently sitting at 30 lbs. She is super tall, and has grown probably a good 6 inches the last 2 months. She too amazes me each and every day! The other day she was trying to do something, and couldn't. She passed me what ever it was she was having troubles with and said "you help me? It's frustrating me." WOW!!! What a concept! my little 2.5 year old understands the concept of frustration, and realizes that she needs help! I was totally flabbergasted!

Well, thats an update on the kiddos - im out for the night. It's almost 1 am here!
Chao!
Chels

Well, so much has happened in the last bit!!!!!!!!!!!

Ashlyn's potty trained!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY! One day, I sat her on the potty and she peed, and ever since shes wanted the potty rather then her diaper! She still gets a diaper at night though. She is such an amazing little thing. Her speech really has taken off. She can have a full conversation with someone else now, and there isn't a word she wont attempt to say. (Including swear words!) She loves to boss the other children around. Sometimes I have to remind her to BE NICE! Currently, we are working on what each letter of the alphabet says (phonics). She is such a smart cookie!

Rowan's eating solids now! He loves food! He, however, does NOT like avocado! He can sit up all by himself now, and loves playing with toys. I can't believe he is 7 months old already. Time is flying by!

Danny got a new position at work. He now works 4 days a week, 10 hrs a day, and is home by 3! It is so amazing. We are really enjoying the guaranteed hrs, and regular schedule. Which makes my job easier - which is my daycare! I now have a full house. I have 2 full timers, a part (but soon to turn into a full time) and 2 after school children that I care for. I am really enjoying my job, and loving staying home with my children. Sometimes its hard, because one of my little guys comes on weekends, so I just about never get a day off, but I have a wonderful husband who helps me out around the house, does the night feedings with Rowan, and even cooks supper. It takes a lot of the pressure off me :)

Another reason we are excited in life is that we recently started taking Mona Vie, and are hoping to pursue it as a business! :)

We are enjoying our summer weather. It's been so nice out lately. I almost can't keep the kiddies inside! I have tulips and gladiolas starting to come up in my garden, and there are little buds on my lilac trees and raspberry bushes! I just live spring time. I can't wait to start taking the kiddies to Rotary Lake again this summer! Ahhhhh.

Another thing to look forward to is our vacation coming up the end of June. A week with Dave, Jen, and Zoë on Tatuk Lake! :) should be fun!

Long Time No See

Hey ya! Sorry its been a while since I posted! I have a lot of updating to do!

Life:
So our house still hasn't sold :( we were hoping to be out of here by now. I have taken on 3 more day care kids. Tryeton is a 1year old who i have mon-friday. His siblings are Oceanna and Austin, 5 & 10, who I have after school. I am having a lot of fun with them. The other day we were all playing hide and seek and Trey kept showing everyone where his sibling were hidden. We have had another litter of shelties born. 1 boy and 5 girls! Go Misty and Milo! Actually, I have spent the last 3 days working on a website to advertise them. www.larmorshelties.com check it out! I am very proud of it!

Ashlyn:
Wow! Is she ever growing! In the last 2 weeks, she has started talking in sentences! Some parts are still missing, and sometimes its backwards, but its sentences! The other day she said: "Ashlyn love Mommy. Ashlyn love Daddy. Ashlyn love Rowan." It was so freaking cute! Another cute story: First you have to know my kid is in love with chocolate milk! We went grocery shopping last Saturday and as soon as she seen Extra Foods she yelled "CHOCOLATE MILK STORE!" Daniel and I burst out laughing! I was HALAR! She also is starting to get a sense of possession. Just today Ayeden was playing with Ashlyns tag pen and she yelled "No AYEDEN! NO TOUCH IT! MY PEN!" UH OH!

Rowan:
Rowan has started solid foods. So far he has had pablum, squash, pears, and banana. He's loved it all :) Cant get enough of it. The last week we have worked really hard to sleep train Rowan. Even though it was very hard for mommy to hear her baby cry, after just 3 days we can put Rowan in bed awake, and he falls asleep on his own. His bed time is between 5:30 and 6:30 depending on when he has had his last nap. He gets up around 6ish. He only wakes up to eat 1-2 times in between, and goes right back to sleep! It's a big accomplishment for me! Better then being up every hr during the night, up at 5 am and not going to bed till nearly midnight!

Well I guess that is all for now! TTYL!
CHELS

Why is Rowan So Happy?

Winter Fun

Winter Fun

Pictures :) As Promised

Post Holidays

Holly mother. That was one BUSY holiday! Gah!



It was a whole lot of fun.... well mostly. The visiting with the cousins was great, seeing the fam was awsome... new years rocked... but sometime between xmas and new years danny hit a moose and wrote the car off... Rowan went into a sleep regression, and stoped nursing... not so fun!!!! Everything is mostly straightened out for now. We got a new car, I got Rowan nursing again, he is sleeping better, and we have a whole lot of awsome new memories.



My kids got utterly spoiled this Christmas. They got a HUGE play house (yes a life sized playhouse now resides in my basement playroom), a kitchen centre, a wagon, numorous books, dools, blocks, cars, trucks, and trinket toys. I think its time to empty the toy bin, and go through ashlyn's room and the play room. The kids have taken over the house!



New years was a blast! We played a murder mystery game. Danny and I were the only ones who guessed who the murder was, which turned out to be our cousin Nathan. The most exciting thing about new years for me was actually the fact that ashlyn went to sleep in some one else's house with no crying!!! I know thats such a mom thing to say, but seriously!!! Shes never done that before!



That brings us to the year 2010, which Danny and I have decided is our year of change. It starts today, with the for sale sign out relator put on out front law today! Stay tuned to see what happens, and where we end up! :)



Later Dayz...

Chels