2 YEARS ALREADY!!

Well my sweet little girl turned 2. I can't believe it. She is just becoming a little girl and not a baby anymore. Which I am happy/sad about. We had a party for her with all her aunts and uncles and her grandparents. We don't have that big of house so its hard to have a lot of people over. We did her party on the 27(Tuesday) because we went camping on the weekend and wanted to have her party before. She had a good time and got spoiled by everyone. I think her favorite part was having her cousin "B" , Brooklynn, come over. They love each other and play pretty well together. She thought blowing her candles out was pretty fun as well.






On her actually birthday the 30th (Friday) we went camping out to St Marys with some friends. She was the only little kid but she still had a lot of fun. I was really worried about her sleeping because last year when we went camping she never slept at all. It was horrible. Well this year she did awesome! She slept on the bed all by herself the whole night and never woke up once. We didn't get to do to much boating because the weather didn't want to be nice this past weekend. We went up to Waterton on Saturday to visit with Houston's family that lives in the States that we only see once a year. There was lots of little kids there that Sydney got to play with. Over all we had a great August long weekend. Now for the rest of the weekends of the summer I get to work! I can't really complain because after summer I probably wont work again for a really long time. I think 2 kids will keep me busy!

Busy Busy!

Summer is almost half over and it feels like we haven't even done anything. July First we went to Raymond for the parade and then out to Hill Spring for lunch. The weather was cold and so we just went back to Houston's parents and all had naps except for Sydney.
We have been to the lake a couple times this summer but I always work on the weekends so Houston and Sydney usually go with out me. I am totally fine with it cuz its not to much fun for me to just sit on a boat the whole time not being about to do anything in the water. I almost went on the wake board Yesterday but it was just to cold for me. I don't think it would have been to smart for a 6 1/2 pregnant girl to wake board either. I guess I will have to wait till next year.
Sydney is going to be TWO on the 30th so I took the whole weekend off work and I think we are going to try and go camping with some friends. She loves being outside and I know that it will be funner for her to have a whole weekend of fun instead of just one day. She is a very clumsy little girl and is always falling. Yesterday she trips on our rug in the kitchen and fell and put her tooth in her lip and got a swollen lips. On Saturday she got stung by a mosquito under her eye and so her eye was all swollen up too. Yesterday she looked like she got in a fight. Thankfully the swelling went down of both today so she doesn't look so rough. Lately she has been obsessed with TRUCKS. If I tell her that we are going for a drive somewhere, she says "truck" and I tell her " no we have to go in the car" she screams at me and they YELLS " truck". If you let her play in a truck it is like bloody murder to try and get her out of there. She definitely is Houston's daughter considering we have 4 trucks right now. We are trying to sell 2 of them to make some money and buy a vehicle of some sort that will fit 2 car seats comfortably, but not a mini van. No offense to anyone that drives one but Houston will never buy one.

Well today I went to the doctor and I am 29 weeks! I have only gained 17 lbs so far. They first weighed me at 12 weeks so that is still just a pound a week. Which I am happy for. I hate trying to lose the baby weight after and if I don't gain that much then I don't have to lose as Much. The little boy inside of me is doing well. My heart rate never changes and His heartbeat is normal as well. The only problem I have is sore hips so I can't complain. I just want to hold my little boy, but I guess I will wait a while longer.
I will try and find my camera soon and upload some recent pictures, but for now this is all you get!

Boy OH Boy

Well we are having a boy! I am excited but I kinda wanted a girl so I didn't have to get anything new because I am cheap like that. Houston is more then excited. He kept telling me if it wasn't a boy he would be leaving the country. So I am glad he is going to have his little boy. Sydney is getting excited to have a baby, I think. She comes up to my tummy lifts my shirt up and kisses it and says baby. She is going to be a great big sister. She is just so loving and caring towards her own babies and when she sees someones baby she wants to hold them and kiss them even if its just for a minute. So now I can start buying new things for this little guy inside of me. I am still not very big and don't feel him move to much because my placenta is high or something like that. They said its fine so I am not to worried about it. So I can still wear most of my normal clothes at 20 weeks except for my pants. My hips have already moved. I still don't have any pictures but I am not big yet so I haven't taken any. Maybe one day I will get around to it!

Grandma Hall

It was my Great Grandma's birthday on April 7 so we went out to the graveyard to see her. I really miss her but I know she is in a better place. She is with her husband and her 2 sons that she hasn't seen for a really long time. I was really happy that she was able to meet Sydney and be at my wedding. She was like a mom to me and I really love her. I know one day I will see her again but until then I will just was to go out there to visit her.

HERE WE GO AGAIN!

Well I am proud to say that we are having another baby. I couldn't be happier. I have been waiting and waiting till I would be pregnant again, well I have been waiting for the past 6 months I guess. I haven't taking any pictures yet, but there is a little bit of a tummy coming. I am 12 weeks now and I am so excited for this baby to come. I wish I could just speed up time and make it October 3 already and have a newborn baby in my arms. I am waiting till I get into Dr. Brown in Lethbridge before I know when I can go for an ultrasound. I am finding out what we are having. I feel more prepared that way. I am hoping that we have another girl, only because I wouldn't have to buy anything new. We will see. I went to Dr. Steed on Tuesday and got to hear the heartbeat. It took him a minute to find it but then there it was good and strong at 150. I am proud to say that I only weigh 6 more pounds then I did with Sydney at this point. I never got back to my original weight which kind of bothered me but sometimes you just cant lose it all.

On other news Houston hasn't been working for D.A. Electric since December 22. It sucks with him not having a full income coming in. He has been trying to keep busy with dry-walling but that doesn't always work out. On a good note he is finishing our basement finally, which couldn't be better timing with the new little baby on the way.

Sydney has been sick the past week with a cold. I hate with little kids are sick and they can't tell you what is wrong. She has had a runny nose and a bad cough, but is finally getting over it. I luckily never got it but Houston did, not as bad as she had it but still is under the weather.With spring coming around Sydney loves to go to the park and climb but everything and go down slides. I can't wait till the weather is nice out most of the time. She is starting to talk more and more and actually relating the words to what she wants. Its so nice that I can finally start to understand what she needs.