Report card Day

I remember when i used to get report cards in school . I almost dreaded seeing those Letters . Well today marks the day of Keaton's 1st report card and He has done awesome this year so far . It has been such a blessing to be able to watch him grow up before our eyes from the preschooler to a little man in just a few short months . He LOVES school and hates to miss any days . He is recognizing some sight words already and knows his alphabet and their sounds . Hes showing signs of loving to read :) yayayayayay meeee ( i LOVE reading and have hoped that my kids will love it as much as me ) .

I had the Pleasure of watching one of his classmates and his sister this week one day well their mom had some things to do and watching them all interact together and talk about their day and stuff was like watching tiny adults . It made me think how only 5 short years ago he came into this world a tiny 7 lb 14 ouncer and now hes nearly 4 ft tall and 39 lbs and his character has blossomed .

Also since Keaton started school Hayden has made strides in his development . He Talks WAY more now in complete sentences tells stories , pretend plays , and LOVES baking with mommy in the afternoons . He also LOVES being the king of the house well Keaton is at school , and when Keaton has days off hes not impressed that someone is taking over his territory  :) his character has also blossomed in these few short months , He has a sense of humor just like my dad LOL crazy little boy i wonder sometimes where his little mind gets these things  ( and sometimes i dont wonder at all LOL hes a sponge ) his caring side has come through alot and loves being a helper . His sensitive side is very predominate almost overly so some days and i have to be careful how i say things ( but this is almost a good thing as its teaching me patience with my children )

Micah ( Or Magoo ) has recently had a big birthday :) he turned 1 last week ( sniff with a happy dance LOL ) . He also started walking this week ( yay ) i love watching him walk around the house a whole new world has opened up for him . He is still teething :( he now has all his teeth but the eye teeth and of course the 2 yr molars . He has been a crazy fast teether had his 1 yr molars at 11.5 months , and now the eye teeth are swollen to ( I WANT A BREAK lol )

Chris finished school in dec and we recently got his marks for his interprovincal exam . He didnt pass but thats ok cuz it just means he has to retake just the test . He was recently diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and had a doctors appointment today and the doc was super impressed with all his numbers ( yay hunny )

I am still a stay at home mom not much changes in my life really LOL babysit avon the same old same old . But i wouldnt trade my life for anything i love being at home with my kids , me raising them instead of someone else . being there to walk keaton the bus and being there when he comes home

Well its 9 pm and im aboutto turn into a pumpkin . Boys are gone for the weekend so i am goingto go relax with my hubby

Good night all and God bless

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I am A stay at home mom

I  struggled ( and still do somedays) with with the feelings of failure or like i am not a contributing member of the household . I have been a stay at home mom now for almost 3 years and i do babysit to help bring in a little income while my husband is in school for plumbing ( we got 1 more year left). I dont always feel like i am making a difference and that it would be easier to simply put them in daycare and go to work ( but that would be point less i would be working to pay daycare)  . I remember on the days that i feel like this that the benefits my children are recieving far out weigh the feelings i feel and we may not see the benefits or the difference right away but later on when our children are older we will . Being a stay at home mom takes alot of paitences and strength . One thing i miss is the Adult interaction that i had when i worked and the relationships i deleveoped .  Chris gets to have outside relationships from work and such that spills over into his outside of work time and that sometimes leaves me staying at home in the evenings as well . I have come to realise that i need to find other moms who are in the same stage of life as i am and am working on that. its hard cuz i babysit and alot of my friends are busy working or taking care of their own kids  .

Man time has gone so fast

Well it is June 13th already . It is amazing how quickly time is moving . In 3 days i will have a 5 yr old ( eeekkk) I can't believe the journey we have been on that started 6 yrs ago april 16th when we got married . Then June of 05 we found out we were expecting our 1st baby . Aug 13th Heaven gained a angel ( our 1st baby we were 3 months along , i think the baby was a girl) Oct 6th of 05 ( chris birthday) we found out we were expecting again i remember how nervous i was and scared after our 1st experience . Thankfully everything went very smoothly and on June 16th 2006 after 30 hours of labor at 9:19 am we welcomed a 7 lb 14 oz baby boy who we named Keaton James to our family . In 2005 we also bought our house and moved in with my grandma for 2 months well it was being built. After keaton was born we enjoyed watching him grow up day by day . When he was just over a yr ( august 2007)  i gained a awesome sister ( Jaymi) and he was the cutest ringbearer ever ( yes i am biast) . That following November we found out we were expecting again , and again i was nervous ( not sure why but i am a worry wart ) with this pregnancy everything went perfect and when we were 34 weeks along we found out we were adding another boy to our family  and 5 weeks later on July 12th after only 5 hours of labor Hayden alexander 8 lbs and 5 oz entered our family at 11:19 am . After we had hayden we travelled out to thompson to my brothers wedding where i gained another sister ( robyn) hayden was only 3 weeks but travelled very well . Also now that we had 2 kids i wanted to return to work even less then i did after keaton so i decided to venture into unknown territory and start babysitting for a living and gained awesome daycare kids . God has been good to us during this time we have never lacked for anthing we needed even with chris in school at different times . Just over a year ago from today we decided to start trying for our 3rd child and surprize one month after decided to try we found out our family was going to grow again . This pregnancy i figured would be easy but at 6 weeks i started spotting whic sent my stress level through the roof . Lots of ppl didnt understand why i was stressed and kept telling me to trust God that everything would be fine . I did trust Him it was just hard to let go of it and let him take care of it after 3 ultrasounds everything was fine and we were able to go on our vacation to see my sister in law and brother inlaw in grande prarie AB . and on  Feburary  8th  after a 3 hour labor we welcomed Micah Rowen weighing in at a whopping 9 lbs 5 oz at 3:29 am after having to be induced ( 1st time the last 2 were a week early , Micah was 10 days over due He was very content where he was ) I got exactly waht i prayed for a content baby ( which may be why he didnt want to come out) . This past thursday i took him to his 4 month appointment , so hard to believe that 4 months have gone by already . I am having a hard time believeing that this coming Septemeber i will have a kindergartener as well . A whole new stage has started for us . this July i turn 28 hayden turns 3 and in oct chris turns 28 . . Wow reading back on what i wrote its been quite a adventure but a amazing and wonderful adventure and i am looking forward to the next 6 yrs when by then another stage will start when all 3 kids will be full time in school . And yes we feel we are complete with 3 kiddos i am happy and ready to stop having kids i always said i would never have a odd number of kids but immediately after micah was born i knew i was complete . Well i better go and get ready for bed anothe busy day of daycare tomorrow

Feb

Well my Time off from babysitting is nearly over . its gone by so fast . Its hard to believe that Micah is going to be a month old tomorrow . at this time last month i was waiting for the boys to be picked up and chris to get home from work so we could go to the hospital to get induced . Its been a challenging 6 weeks . With me not babysitting its been finanically tighter in our house . and now that chris is in school its been even tighter . We are giving everything to the Lord ( which is easier said then done ) and trust Him to supply all our needs . Now with 2 weeks till i am wanting to start babysitting i am trusting God will provide the daycare kids for my house . i have had lots of inquires and have 1 possibly coming back i need to get ahold of the mom yet . i am looking to fill another fulltime spot yet  .Please keep us in your prayers and more specifically pray that the Lord will provide the kids to fill the spots i need to fill

Tess

And away we go

Well i am sitting here today not wanting to do anything . I have been really tired lately so i am taking a day of just relaxing . I am still babysitting till tomorrow . the kids are fantastic today they are now watching a movie after playing all morning . So it seems like the perfect time to update my blog .  We are a week away from Baby #3 's due date . I am so Ready body wise for him to come out already . Mentally some days i still panic mostly about the labor not so much after when hes home . I am taking 8 weeks off  from babysitting  to recoop and for the boys to all adjust to everything . Keaton is super excited to have another brother he's getting impaitent already . Hayden isnt sure whats going on . I bought soothers for the baby and Hayden walked around all evening hold the package and telling us that they are the baby's soothers . My bag is packed and ready to go tomorrow afternoon i can finally get our room ready to have the playpen up in it for a while .

I am hoping in the next 8 weeks we can get the boys room and rec room functional downstairs . We are to the sanding stage and then its the painting . i am getting really excited to get it done not only for the boys but that it will finally be a functional basement .

We had Small group on Tuesday this week and we started a Andy Stanley Series called the Best question Ever .
So far its a awesome study . It talks about asking a simple question  in your day to day decisions . IT something that we should ask with every decision we have to make finanically , relationally , and so on . The question is Is it wise for me now ?  based on my past experiences what is the wise thing to do. I am looking forward to the next 5 sessions .

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Friday

Well its finally friday . This has been one of the longest weeks i have had this year . I think part of it has to do with our babymoon appointment  tomorrow afternoon . I can not wait to find out what this little busy body is . He/she doesnt sit still very often evening and night seems to be a very active time for baby . and after i eat anything baby has fun play with my food . The other part is the kids this week seems to have been vacation or ears . ITs been a challenging week  daycare wise . I am still uber thankful that i  get to stay home with my kids and i do have awesome children to babysit . another part is there is 9 weeks till baby and i am feeling exhausted - waiting for the nesting to kick in . i want to get some christmas baking done  and  i am hoping to get the boys moved into their room downstairs ( it needs mud and tape and then painting before that can happen ) i really want to move back to my master bedroom before baby so that the playpen will fit properly in the room fingers crossed  x x . it also means i need to go and buy paint and primer for their bedroom .

We put our tree up yesturday and now keaton is asking when his presents will get here . I told him 3 weeks yet . it will be a long 3 weeks if i cant figure out how to get the kiddies to leave the tree alone .

Today was also avon friday so i got 6 boxes delivered to me . i love going through them and organizeing  Now i just have to deliver them to my awesome customers  .

Well i should go and make my phone calls now . Merry christmas

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