Reflection

Well another Christmas has come and gone.. I enjoyed it very much this year. Its fun now that alice gets the whole idea sorta, well she gets the presents part and she figured out who santa was. We had 5 christmases lol, we went to vermillion, the lightning gift exchange on xmas eve, xmas day we went to my moms and my bio dad and boxing day we went to wes's moms. Now our house basically looks like toys r us threw up in it but oh well once a year and alice is quite busy now playing with her toys and abbys lol.

So the new year is coming and i guess this is when we reflect on the past year and what we look forward to in the new.

My past top 10 memories of 2008
1. The birth of Abigail Patricia
2. Moving into our new house
3. Alice becoming a motor mouth and saying "hey baby"
4. My family trip to Victoria for a friends wedding.
5. My trip to banff with some great girls.
6. All the dinners with my super family , mom and sister and brothers
7. My great scrapbook nights with my friends
8. Taking alice to Calgary Zoo
9. Finally completing my articling
10. Taking alice to spray parks and lakes during the summer

What I look forward to in 2009
1. Watching abby and alice grow together
2. Becoming a real life lawyer
3. Finishing my yard
4 Enjoying everyday moments with all of you.

Hope you all have a great new years and had a great holiday.

alice is turning 2

Alice is turning 2 on December 18, 2008. My baby yep i still call her baby. She had a birthday party today in Leduc at the Rec Center. It began with crafts (kinda lol) and pizza and mostly for her cheetos and then she went swimming. The weather today was cold to say the least. We had some cancel due to weather and roads and illness but what can you do when its -30 out lol. But some great friends braved the cold to help us celebrate. She began being a bit shy and but she warmed up near the end, especially when she found out cake was involved. She loved every present. It was fun afternoon. She loved swimming with her cousin Hailey. I can't believe i am the mother of a 2yearold and a 4 month old.. if you knew me years back you would not think this lol.. Alice has her Hobbema party on the 17th yep we have 2 parties lol i am crazy, next year it is one party one shot deal lol.. but becasue her family is soo spread out it just works out better to have 2. I believe in celebrating birthdays to their fullest and they should be big deals with lots of friends, laughter and of course birthday cake. I love birthdays. And everyone person i know that has a bday around christmas tells me how much they hate it and I don't want alice to think that so she gets a huge shabang to celebrate her life. Everyone shoud feel super special at least one day out of the year.. well here is some pics from the day and i will post again after the next partay.. thanks for those that braved the cold to be with us it meant alot and for those that couldn't be there we completely understand.

Life with Alice

This is what happens when you let a 2 year old pick out her own shoes.

monkey updates

So I thought I would give an update on the two lil monkeys alice and abigail.

Abigail is going to be 4 months on the 10th. Its kinda crazy because to me she was just born and tiny and now she is getting so big and chubby. She is beginning to roll over although once shes there she doesn't know what to do lol. She tries to hold her own bottle, she loves her milk. Shes sooo calm I bring her with me to teach and to most meetings and no one even realizes she is there. She only cries really hard when we are grooming her lol cleaning her cheesy neck as she is the queen of spitting up or if she is is super hungry/tired. She wakes goes to sleep around 1030 or 9 and sometiems wakes up at 1 to eat if not then she definately wakes up at 530 to eat. but it depends how comfy she is. Yep i still sleep with her. But shes a lil sweetie and shes beginning to find her sister quite funny and probably pretty crazy. It is abby first xmas and we dont' know what to buy her any suggestions she is only 4 months off to toys r us for me lol.

Alice my lil bookworm loves to read this kid gets soo excited to read or if she gets a new book. We do the book a month club thing with growler she is now getting some disney books. She loves to dance dance dance its fun to watch as she is not exactly graceful. She loves abby and is protective of her. At a dinner someone grabbed abbys bottle and alice let them have it lol. Shes not as jealous anymore shes beginning to enjoy abby and especially now that abby laughs at her she thinks she has a bigger audience now. Alice is beginning to use sentaces small ones, "where did it go" but she pretty much will copy whatever you say sooooo we have to watch our language. The whole potty training thing she is not ready for yet maybe next month but we keep the option open for her if she ever gets the courage to try sit on the potty without a diaper. Even though i am at home I still try to take her to daycare once or twice a week since i have meetings and teach a class so she get some playtime in with her friends. She will be turning 2 in 2 weeks.. wow.. so the party planning has begun I am excited because this year she will get it and she will also get the whole idea of christmas.

Well the christmas season is upon us so we have lots to do and lots to be thankful for. It has been along time since I could genuinely look forward to christmas and this year I am pretty excited, i will make sure to keep you posted. Here is some silly pics for you to see.