Long overdue update

Oh boy. It has been a while since I've written on our little blog.
I am committing myself to take some time, at least once a week, to write on here. Even if nobody reads this, it's nice for me to see to look back.
The past couple of months have been really busy.
I have really been enjoying staying at home with the kids. I love being able to drive Emma and Xavier to school and back. I love going to different Healthy baby classes and connecting with other moms. I'm really not looking forward to going back into the work force :(
Lucas is now 9 months old today! Incredible how quickly he's grown. He has been crawling since he's 5 months old and he's quite fast. He's been walking around the furniture for quite a while. He can stand on his own and he has even taking one or two steps without realizing it. I thinking he may be walking by 10 months, Xavier was walking at that age, so we'll see.
Xavier keeps growing, if he gets any taller, people will think he and Emma are twins! He's so tall. He turned 3 years old in November and he's doing very well developmentally . He really does enjoy going to preschool and playing with his friends. He had his first dance recital in December. It was so cute. I can't wait for the big recital in June.
Emma is always growing and looking like a little lady to me every day. She will be 5 years old in just one month! Amazing. She, of course, has already planned out her entire birthday party, which will have a Rapunzel theme. So cute. She is definitely much more interactive with her party planning ideas this year. In just over a week I will be having a meeting at her school to sign her up for kindergarten! How time flies when you're having fun =)

Emma - the fire safety Pro!

Last week we went to Prayer Night at L'Arche Winnipeg which is held in the house Richard works in. Since the whole Community was gathered, it was thought a good idea to have a fire drill.

Emma was in the washroom when the alarm went off. She ran out of the washroom so quick, she hadn't pulled up her pants! Luckily a female coworker of Richard's helped her pull up her pants. Emma than ran out of the house (without hesitating to put on her shoes) with her little brother Xavier in tow. They were out of the house even before I was! I credit her preschool for teaching her such great fire safety rules! Awesome girl!

Xavier has now started preschool. He seems to be enjoying it very much and has made quite a bit of crafts already. He also has started dance class, which I'm happy to report he's really enjoying!

Lucas is now 5 months old. We went to the doctor's on Tuesday, he is now weighing in at a very healthy 19 lbs 15 oz and is measuring 27 3/8 inches long. I definitely have some big boys! In other news he's been able to roll over for more than a month now and has been able to sit unassisted for about 3 weeks! He is such ahead of the game, it's like he desperately wants to catch up to Emma and Xavier. What a little cutie.

For myself, I have started to sell Epicure Selections, which I'm really enjoying a lot! Send me a message if you want to order anything ;-)

Oh happy day

Despite waking up to a very upset stomach this morning, I can not help but be in a good mood. Yesterday was a special day for a variety of reasons.
First of all it was mine and Richard's 1 year wedding anniversary. Even though we have been together for over 5 years, it's still a special day and I'm glad that we were able to share it with Emma and Xavier :) It will always be a treasured memory.
Yesterday two wonderful things happened: sweet Sebastien finally received a new kidney! Let's keep him in our prayers that everything keeps going well and without any complications.
The second thing is that our good friends Tomo and Shella welcomed a bouncing baby boy whom they named Yoshi. We are so overjoyed with this news! Can't wait to meet the little sweetie :)

I like Hannah Montana

There I said it.
Emma discovered Hannah Montana almost 1 year ago when my friend Ross (who has down syndrome) had a Hannah Montana themed birthday party. She had never seen an episode of her television show or listened to any of her music, but Uncle Ross liked her so that was good enough.
For Christmas, Santa brought Emma the Hannah Montana Movie, which is mildly entertaining. A few months ago, after having watched the movie a hundred million times, a hunted for the television show. Hasn't too hard to find since the Family network plays the Hannah Montana show at least 20 times a day, or so it seems.
I like the show. Billy Ray is funny and so is the actor that plays Hannah/Miley's brother. I actually enjoy watching the show with Emma.
Lord help me.

Life continues to be busy

It's a crazy life, but one that I do enjoy.
We're broke, but happy, crazy.
To help supplement our income, I have decided to start selling Epicure. I think it will be really great, I can't wait to start doing parties and showing people how yummy Epicure products are.
It means having to pump milk so that Lucas can stay home with Richard, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make. I will miss my munchkins as I'm working, but it will also be nice to be working and having a night out all rolled into one!
I won tickets to go see Weird Al Yankovic at the beginning of the month. He is hilarious, he played of course some of his classics, still funny today.
I am writing this at 1 a.m. because I could not sleep, but now I hear the sleep fairies calling me. I bid you goodnight....

Growing every day

Lucas is now a little over 3 months old. He is "talking" a lot, squeals with delight whenever he sees his siblings and can roll over. Time sure does fly.
Xavier is semi potty trained. I can not wait until the potty wars are over with him. He knows when he needs to go, he'd just rather poop in his shorts or pee on Emma's bed (for example). Gah!
It will get better, it will get better, it will get better. Do you think I could just wish it and poof???? Here's for hoping anyway, LOL.
Emma is really shaping her own unique style and personality. She is choosing her own favourite shows and fashion styles. It's amazing. She is such a girly girl, she constantly wants to go shopping and loves doing her nails. My sweetie. When Lucas is a bit older and can be left home with Richard for a little while (without needing to breastfeed), I will take my sweetie girl out for lunch, do a little shopping and get our nails done.

Life can be crazy at times...

...especially with three children.
Some days I have a hard time keeping my thoughts straight. LOL.
We have definitely been enjoying this wonderful weather we've been getting.
Last weekend we spent some time at the farmer's market in St-Malo run by my sister-in-law and we definitely scored some great deals and yummy treats! I can't wait until we go back. We also spent some time at my brother's farm visiting his newly remodeled house. They really did a good job.
We went to my dad's place for supper. Other than my siblings and their families being there, my aunty Michelle was there with her son Michael, his wife Louise and their daughter Eden who were visiting from Kitimat, BC. Michael really is funny, it was an excellent time.
Danika came back home with us for a sleepover for a couple of nights. The girls (and Xavier) seemed to have a really good time together. I love the relationship between cousins. It's so sweet.
On the bad side of things, some vandals came into our yard and stabbed (yes actually stabbed) our pool more than six times! Why would somebody do that!? Richard has put some patches to fix to puncture holes, fingers crossed that works.
Lucas had his first set of shots this week. Poor little guy was quite grumpy afterwards. At 11 weeks old he weighs in at a hefty 15 lbs 14 oz and is now 25 inches long. That's my big boy!
Oh, Richard and I went on date (with Lucas as our little sidekick) to go see Inception. What a great movie, it definitely keeps you thinking. I highly recommend it!