Fall Colors

I love fall for so many reasons, but the main one is apple picking! I could spend all day in the beautiful rchards, picking delicious apples and filling my face. The colorful background is perfect for picture taking!

Brennan had his first experience apple picking. He enjoyed it by sleeping through it all....


Nathan checked out the cortlands....




He really enjoyed filling his face with apples he took off the ground.....



Lucas could be found high up in the trees lazing around while eating his apple.

He always enjoyed posing for the camera, so it's fun to take pictures of him.

All in all it was fun, got a bag of macs and a bag of cortlands and will enjoy them in many different ways....... apple crisp, apple pie, apple juice, apple crumble, apple sauce, baked apple, candy apple.....

It's been a while.....

Well, it has been a few months since I have posted, mainly because of lack of desire and lack of time. Lots has happened this summer. Brennan finally arrived August 9th at 3:28pm.



He weighed 7lbs 15 oz and was 19.5 inches long. He's the biggest of the 3 babies so far, yet he seems so little......

Nathan is growing like a weed and is into everything. He is forever getting into things and climbing everywhere, here he is eating his lunch on the table..... His language skills have developed so much over the summer, he is talking up a storm!! It's so cute to hear him try to repeat words and babble on.....

I was fortunate enough to have the visit of my mom, sister and neice all at the same time. This hasn't happened since Lucas was born! It was nice to have them here together. And Brennan arrived during their visit so my sister came to the delivery.

Oh, you may notice in the above picture, our new dog Zack as well, he joined the family in July. He is a little pest as well, but we love him dearly.

Lucas was quite happy to welcome another brother. He is a great big brother and is a great help to me most days!

My days have been busy now with 3 boys to take care of. Brennan needs to be fed all the time, so it seems like I don't do anything but sit in the chair with my boobs hanging out most days. But I've been taking the time to go out to the stores just to escape from the house..... I've also been trying to give Nathan more attention as I feel I neglected him over the last few months just cause I could barely move.

School starts next week for Lucas who will be going into Grade 4! Imagine! Where did the time go to? Before I know it Nathan will be in school!

Now that the weather has cooled off I will start walking again in hopes of shedding the last 20lbs I put on with Brennan and then start working on the next 20!! I love walking in fall, it's so cool and crisp out and not scorching hot.

Well, I will stop babbling on now and save some for later! I've got more pictures to download, just have to take the time to do it!

TTFN

kidz

Here's the boys just chillin'..... Nathan loves his puppies and his big brother......


This week Nathan burned 2 fingers touching a hot cookie sheet. As he won't sit still or let us look or hold his hands, I had to find a way to get his hand in cold water, so i brought in the little pool and he played in that for a while, which helped alleviate the pain.

Not a bad day after all

Today started out being cool and grey, but now it's warm and sunny! Yay!! Nathan got a taste of his little pool. I had to add hot water to it of course as it was way too cold, but he enjoyed himself.


Lucas was out most of the day, even playing DS outside with his good friend Isaac.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day as well..........

Enjoy your weekend!

Please smile.....

Those of you who were around when Lucas was little know how photogenic he was, always smiling and posing for the camera, I had a blast taking pictures with him. Nathan is another story. He will never look up at me or smile when I want him to so most pictures end up like this:

Looking down

sliding off the dinosaur.....

rubbing his face......

The only ones I seem to get are when he's on the slide and then I have to put the camera almost under him and just hope for the best...... but when i do get him looking up and smiling, it's certainly worth it!!

Weeeeeeee........

A day at the Park

Today was a rather breezy day, but the kids had fun at the park just the same. Nathan enjoyed going down the slide with his big brother!





Smile boys!






Nathan in the Pirate ship

and getting a push from Lucas

Hope you all enjoyed your Sunday afternoon too!

It's a boy!

Well I thought I'd share a few pictures of my newest baby boy!
In this first picture, he is giving us a very clear indication of his gender. He's got both legs in the air exposing his little parts!


Here is what the 3D looks like of his little face. He almost looks like he is smiling. Must be cozy in there....

Here is a side view showing us he's a boy..... there's no mistaking it!

And here is his lovely profile.

So what do you think? Will this one look like me??

FYI, if you click on the pictures, they will enlarge and you can see it better.

Kids

I have been lazy lately and not posting as much, actually, I have been too lazy to take many pictures. I'm sure it will come back once I'm off or summer comes again. In the meantime, here are some winter pictures and a movie of Nathan and his favourite toy.....


This is Nathan sucking on some ice...... please don't comment on his non-matching outfit....

This is last week March 30th, a nice snowstorm to finish off the month of March.

Lucas pretending to do his homework.....

Here is Nathan cleaning up the house..... keep it up little one!!

February

Well, another month has come and gone. I haven't been blogging much lately. i spend the day at a computer at work, so really when I get home, it's pretty much the last thing I want to do.

Here are a few pictures takent this month.
Lucas is at the stage now where it's really funny to make crazy faces in every picture. If it's not tongue, it's tonsils or behind..... thank goodness for digital!!


He took a break from the crazy faces to smile behind the nice flowers he gave me for Valentine's Day.....

Nathan is a more serious picture taker. It's hard to get him to smile for the camera.

I managed to get Lucas smiling in between sticking his tongue out!

Nathan loves to piggy back. Lucas likes doing it, but finds Nathan heavy.

Here's the little man, growing up so fast!

This one was taken this morning right after they got up. Lucas' hair is getting quite long, yet he won't let me cut it!

Anyway, I'll try to post more often. I'll soon be posting pictures of my growing belly again. It's already sprouted!! I haven't felt the baby much, but I'm sure it will come! I dreamt last night that I had a girl, I wonder if it will come true!!

Nathan is starting to say a few words such as "nose", "toe" "uh-oh" "oh no" "no no no".... he can find his nose, ears, eyes, toes and belly. He loves to play with our belly buttons.

Lucas turns 9 next week! My goodness time flies! Seems he was my little baby not too long ago!

I am planning a pool party for him. He has made his invitation list of 10 friends. Hopefully all will go well and no one will drown! LOL.....

Snowboarding lessons were over today, Lucas passed, so next year he said he wanted to go again. I enjoyed my saturday mornings socializing with other mothers while my son got some fresh air and exercise.

Oh, the week of March 9th I am going to Winnipeg, Vancouver and Victoria for work. i am looking forward to this trip. Who knew visiting cemeteries could get me so excited! It will be a nice break from home and a good learning opportunity for work. Hopefully I'll be able to sneak a few hours shopping. I've also found a raw food restaurant right by our hotel in Vancouver, so that will be the highlight of my trip, to try some gourmet raw foods!! Can't wait!

Stay tuned!

have a good weekend!@\

A beautiful Saturday!

Lucas has really improved on his snowboard, here he is this morning coming doen the hill. He's the one in the middle in a black and red suit.

This was also his first time going up on the chair lift.....


Here he is getting on



And off he goes......



After a morning on the hills, we spent the afternoon on the ice with friend Isaac


Even Nathan came and helped out by being goalie


All in all it was a great warm beautiful day!!

Kids

Lucas has started snowboarding this winter and he is really enjoying himself. It was a little hard at first, but he's really getting the hang of it and having fun!!



Nathan on the other hand is practicing his punk hairstyles....

Nathan's b-day cake

Happy Birthday Nathan!!


Yumm, this is good



Oh my......

How come you never gave me any of this before?

Happy Birthday Nathan!!

Here is Nathan enjoying his birthday cake.....

Reflections and Resolutions

Well, we are now into day 2 of 2009 and what a year it has been so far! We have gotten slammed with 51cm of snow! Oddly enough, 16 years ago today I moved to the Island in pretty much the same weather! Can you believe I have been here 16 years! Holy moly!! I had only set out for 5 when I originally moved here!

Well, 2008 was filled with lots of good stuff. Nathan came into the world a year ago and has brightened my life since day 1. Lucas continues to grow and become a bit more mature. He is such a loving kid. I have 2 great kids!! I am so grateful!!

I started out 2008 at the end of my pregnancy with Nathan and I begin 2009 in the early stages of pregnancy with baby # 3!! To all you who didn't know yet..... SURPRISE!!!!!
Yup, I'm going back to work for 7 months before I take off for another year!! Am I crazy?? Probably!! hehehe!! Oh well, may as well get em all in while I am still fertile! My years are numbered! I'm no spring chicken anymore!

My resolutions for 2009.......
Well, being that I am pregnant, losing weight is kind of no longer an option! Phew! Isn't it great that I don't have to lose weight this year!! I must be the only woman over size 2 who is not making a resolution to lose weight this year!

I guess my biggest resolution is to get my finances in order. I have done ok over 2008, but would like to do better in 2009 and eliminate as much debt as possible.

I also would like to add tolerance to my list as I seem to be short of it these days. Maybe going back to work will help change the scenery and make me more tolerant at home.

Speaking of going back to work..... I have one whole weekend left at home, I go back on Monday. *sigh* where has this year gone? Time flies doesn't it??!

I am going back to a new job, which I am looking forward to. It should be interesting and challenging. I am very excited!!

Well, I guess that's it for now, I have no other good resolutions to think of, plus I think 2 is good enough. Don't want to be overwhelmed, you know, cause then I will give up on everything!

I wish you all the best for 2009, health, love, wealth and lots of good food!

Jo