The Jefremow's

He's HERE!!!

2012-01-06T14:32:00.000-08:00

These are in no order:)

So once again it has been a while since I have blogged. I have some very special news to share, our son Kesler Peter arrived December 27th at 4:57pm. He weighed 9lbs 3oz and was 52cm long. Thought I would share the birth story so for those of you who do not care to hear it you can stop reading :)

I woke up December 27th around 1am with contractions that ranged from 7-9minutes apart. I waited an hour before I woke John up to tell him as I wasn't sure what to do. I didn't know how quickly they could go from 7 to 5 to 3 minutes apart as both of my other pregnancies my water broke first. So we sat around for a while trying to decide if we should phone my mom to come or if we should wait. It takes my mom a good 20 minutes to get here so we didn't want to wait too long but we also didn't want to wake her if I wasn't truly in labor yet.(as she was having her family over for Christmas that evening) So John went back to bed downstairs while I went to bed and slept between contractions. In the morning i was still having them but they were not regular and still 7 minutes apart. At lunch time I decided that we would drop the girls off at my moms and come home to sleep, this way we wouldn't have to worry about them if things picked up:) So we fed them lunch, packed their bags and headed out the door to Aldergrove. As we were driving the contractions picked up and were now only 5 minutes apart. By the time we got to my mom's they were 3 minutes apart and John was FREAKING out!! We dropped the kids off and stopped at the Mcdonalds Drive thru for John as he hadn't eaten anything and we didn't know how long this labor would take. My contractions had slowed down and the last thing I wanted to do was go to the hospital and be sent home so I told John to drive through the mall parking lot and hit every speed bump(this would bring on a contraction) After doing a lap I felt we should probably get to the hospital. I couldn't even walk to the traige without having a contraction in the entry way and in the hallway!! Dr. Shaw was on that day and she checked me and I was 2cm dialated and my cervix was soft. She said to get me a room and she would break my water. They hooked me up to an IV as babies heart beat dropped everytime I had a contraction. My blood pressure was also to high and I was SOOOOO HOT!!

They brought me to my room and Shaw came in and broke my water around 3pm and told me to go for a walk. The contractions were pretty bad at this point and I just wanted it to be over already!! One lap was all my legs could do, so they got me a exercise ball to sit on. At this point my hip and back pain was brutal. They tried giving me the gas but just the thought of putting my mouth on the thing made me sick and I threw up. The pain was pretty bad and the babies heart beat kept dropping which was a very scaring feeling. Finally around 4ish I thought I was going to die:) His head was sideways causeing some serious pressure. At 4:45 Shaw pulled John aside and told him I had two contractions to get this baby out or she would use a vaccuum as she was concerned about his heart beat(the cord was around his neck) At 7cm dilated the next contraction came and I pushed with all my might and his head turned and he flew out! Oh what a relief that was. This was by far the WORST labor/delivery I have had. Thankfully I did not tear and needed no stitches:) The nurse Mildred was great. SHe was in our room the entire time from start to finish watching his heart rate. She also was kind of annoying and John felt like punching her out. Her famous line was " the third baby syndrome, they never cooperate!" This is what she would say when i was having a contraction:) Anyways Kesler arrived with a full head of hair and entered the world poohing everywhere:)

After he was born John drove out to my parents to get the girls so they could have some alone time before the rest of the family came to meet him.

On Friday I brought Kesler into Shaw's office to have his tongue snipped as he was tongue tied and they were concerned that it might effect his speech later on. the whole procedure was super quick and he barely cried. At the appointment Shaw thought he looked Jaudice and sent me to go and get lab work done for him. The results came back two hours later that his level was at 330, Shaw said this was too high and that I needed to top him up with formula to try and flush out his system. And also to go back to maternity the next morning to see Driedger to get more blood work done. His levels came back Saturday morning at 321. It had gone down so I was cleared to go back home and continue to top him off. On Sunday we went to church and after lunch I decided to go back to the hospital to get more blood work done to make sure his levels were still coming down as he was still pretty yellow. His numbers had spiked to 369 and we were admitted to the Pediatric Ward where Kesler was put under blue lights to help the Jaundice. He was there from Sunday 5pm till Monday 2pm. I was an emotional wreck. Baby blues peak at 5 days after you deliver and having not slept in 4 days I couldn't stop the tears! Thankfully the night Kes was under the lights I managed to get some sleep:)

He is such a cutie, we have people telling us he looks like Camryn and Janae and I too think it's a combo. His eyes look like they might be brown but we'll have to wait a few more days to truly see what happens:)

We chose the name Kesler during the NHL Playoffs. Having head the name Kesler throughout the playoffs numerous times I fell in love with it as well as the shortened version..KES!! Peter is my dads name and I really wanted our son to carry on a family name from my side. It was a toss up between Gunther(my maiden name) and Peter. John liked Peter better so that is what we went with. It is after my dad but my grandpa and great grandpa are/were Peter as well. Also my mom's dad's middle name is Peter so it covers alot of people on my side.

So there is the short story of Kesler's arrival:) I will try and upload some pics

here we go

2011-11-23T13:10:00.001-08:00

So I started off pretty good blogging every couple of days but I just haven't had the time or energy to blog lately. Plus I just don't know where to begin and lately with dealing with Janae I feel that maybe others don't want to hear me talk about it(or complain about it) so I haven't really felt like blogging either. But as November comes to an end thought I would give a little update on our family.

Janae is still having anxiety issue about school, however her anxiety only appears as I leave school and for a short period after I am gone. We are only doing half days(till lunch) eveyday and this seems to be working and helping her out. I have met with Jalene from Youth and Mental Health who has given me suggestions and has helped Janae's teacher as well. Janae and I will be attending Anxiety Classes in January that will give Janae(an me) coping skills to deal with the anxiety and hopefully by mid January we can attempt full days. There is a lot of details about anxiety and how it effects kids and stuff so if anyone ever wants to learn more about anxieties in kids or adults feel free to message me as I know lots on both as I too struggle with anxieties. Anyways right now Jalene and Janae's teacher feel half days are best for her especially with baby coming and Christmas.

We have seen the anxieties move to other areas of Janae's life. She no longer can go to Sunday School or Kids Club. She really wants to be there but just can't go. It's hard because I know she wants to be there but when her anxiety is heightened she is unable to think resonably or think clearly so it's a battle and often I feel like I am a failure at being a mom cause I don't know what to do and then also worrying about what other people think. I know some of you will read this and think I should just drop her off and she'll get over it but I have come to a point where I just don't want to hear peoples opinions on it anymore(maybe that is why I don't want to share about it on here) I am working with professionals now and so I just have to stand my ground and do what we feel is best for my child:) I pray that one day she'll just snap and the anxieties will be gone, but I think it is wishful thinking. I am hoping that the coping classes will give Janae the control back she needs to deal with her anxieties.

Camryn is loving preschool. She is one little social bug and comes home everyday talking about a new person she played with. She is such an affectionate child who is constantly telling me she loves me and kisses and hugs me throughout the day:) She's almost 4 in 4.5 weeks and she is looking forward to her birthday!! We'll see how she is when the baby is born as she doesn't seem that excited about it, but I am sure once he comes she'll come around at least I hope so:)!!

Pregnancy is going good, although I think I am done. My stomach is only getting bigger which means these stretch marks are getting longer and some new ones are coming. I have only gained 7 pounds so it seems rediculous that I would be getting new stretch marks, oh well this body was far from perfect before having kids and I guess it's staying that way, no more bikini's for me!!! I went back on decletin not so much for feeling sick but I find it helps me sleep:) I went for my hospital tour yesterday and I look forward to experiencing the new hospital as both girls were born at MSA.

We painted (my mom and me) the nursery last week and everything is ready to go except the bedding which my mom is sewing.

I have been terribly sick the past two weeks now with a horrible cold, cough, sinus infection, headaches and lack of sleep. I finally am starting to feel normal again so baby can come anytime:)

Christmas is around the corner and the house is decorated and Christmas shopping is DONE!!! The kids actually put up the tree with John and decorated it for me while I was shopping with my mom. Let's just say I redid it two days later cause I am really picky about my tree:)

Ok so there is a quick update on everyone, a bunch of rambling. Should really hire my sister to write my posts as she is such a gifted writer unlike me.

Pumpkin Patch #2

2011-10-14T16:15:00.000-07:00

So today it was Camryn's turn to go to the pumpkin patch with her preschool class. John had already booked the day off to head out hunting but decided that he would go to Camryn's field trip first and than go, which Camryn was super excited about!! We all took Janae to school where she stayed till 1pm today and did a great job:)

We went to the Apple Barn which is on Gladwin Road here in Abbotsford. They had a lot of things for the kids to do. I think Camryn's favorite thing was the jumping pillow. It was very cold outside but thankfully no rain.

John left us at lunch to go hunting and will be back on Monday hopefully empty handed!!

Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

2011-10-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

So on Tuesday Janae's class went to Willowview farms to pick a pumpkin. John decided to take the day off so he could be a volunteer!! This made Janae super happy. Camryn and I met the class at the farm but Janae and Daddy went on the BUS!!! Did you know that taking a bus at the age of 5 or 3 is the most thrilling thing???

Anyways we woke up to rain and it didn't look promising. For the first part of the field trip it poured and then about half an hour in the clouds broke a part and the sun started to shine and it turned out to be a great morning.

Here are some pics from the day. I will post again after Camryn's field trip this Friday to the Apple Barn which John will be coming to as well!! His girls are sure lucky:)

Getting Somewhere

2011-10-06T09:44:00.000-07:00

So it has been two really hard weeks in the Jefremow family. Janae has been having some anxiety issue with going to Kindergarten. It was pretty bad for a while where she wouldn't sleep well at night, wake up crying and then not eating. As a mom it was brutal to watch as I didn't know how to help her. Being pregnant doesn't help either with my emotions so these past two weeks were super hard on me and my body.

So after some serious prayer and thinking I decided last week that I would stay for Monday and Tuesday morning with her and help the teacher out. This was great for Janae. Than came Wednesday and I told her I had to bring Camryn to school and then would be back. Well with lots of tears and carrying her to the car(which almost killed me) I got her to school, dropped Camryn off and was back in Janae's class within 45minutes. But then an hour later she told me I could leave as they had recess and gym and she would be fine!!! YEAH. So thursday and Friday she went with her blanky to school, still said but went without a fight! I did visit her at recess Progress!!

Monday morning came and she was all worked up and worried again but got ready and went to school, I visited at recess which didn't work very well cause I was late and so she was balling her eyes out!! Monday evening she shared with me that she likes school and is excited about it but just has problems when we get there and she doesn't know why.

Tuesday I had a doctors appointment which fell right at recess so she was pretty upset about me not coming at recess but when I went to pick her up she said she had a friend a recess to play with so it was ok that I was not there!!YEAH.

Yesterday she went to school with NO TEARS and had an AWESOME DAY!! (When i say day I mean morning till lunch)

Today was another sad day but i know she will get over it and be fine:) We are still only doing half a day and I will continue to pick her up at lunch till I feel she has gained enough confidence in the half day as I really don't agree with the full day anyways!!!.

Ok so that is Janae:)

Camryn is doing awesome at preschool, making new friends. She has a friend from church there already but she keeps telling me how she doesn't want to play with her because she has to make new friends!! I think she has been listening to our constant talks with Janae and is a little confused:) But thankfully she loves preschool and she has been such an encouragement to Janae by sharing things like " Janae when I feel sad at preschool I just dream about Jesus and then I fell better" " today is going to be just like yesterday and you are going to be fine!!!" So cute.

Pregnancy wise I am doing good I guess, or should I say baby is doing fine. I got them to do an ultra sound in their office again to confirm that it really is a boy as I just bought all the "BOY" fabrics for the room;) And yes it is a BOY! I have lost a pound which doesn't surprise me after how stressed out I have been the past 2 weeks. Doctor said I am doing perfect for my weight gain as I was not suppose to gain any!!! Right now I am still under the weight I was pre pregnancy which is AWESOME!!!

The girls went this week to Kids Klub on a school Bus!! They were so excited. They go every Tuesday to a local church for their Awana Program with their cousin. This is something both girls look forward to. Each week they have to learn a verse and do a bible study at home which they love doing. So it is working great. Strange thing is that Janae has no problem leaving me for this just because her cousin who is the same age as her is there! Weirdo.

Ok so that is enough rambling and sorry if it sounds choppy and crazy that is how I write and talk!!!

Not so good day!

2011-09-19T19:35:00.000-07:00

So today was super hard. This weekend Janae kept saying how much she hated kindergarten and didn't want to go. I know already on Thursday she was saying, " I don't like kindergarten but I will go because I know I have to." She wasn't showing any signs of being upset when I dropped her off and I heard nothing from her teacher so I thought all was good. Well this morning when I went to drop her off, the teacher opened the door and Janae came to me and had tears in her eyes. So I helped her to her classroom to get her indoor shoes on and hang her back pack. Still she was crying these sad sad tears. At this point I am in tears as well and can't speak cause I will start bawling if I open my mouth:) I walk her to circle, reassure her she will be ok and I tell her I will come and see her at lunch time and I leave. I leave bawling my eye's out in the car and Camryn saying" Mommy I think you are crying real tears!!" I get to Camryn's preschool where my girlfriend shows up and say " not a good morning" and look up at her to see that she too is bawling as her daughter didn't want to go to school either. So the two of us (Both pregnant) sat together laughing and crying like babies with our preschoolers looking at us weird!

At lunch time I went to Janae's school and waited at the playground. She came out with her grade 5 buddy crying. Her buddy Taleah told me that Janae had cried the whole time at recess too. Janae came into my arms crying and telling me how she has cried all day, her eyes looked so tired and she was a bit pale and complaining of a headache. After our 20 minute lunch break together she was all smiles and ready for the afternoon. When I came to pick her up she was beaming from ear to ear. She said she had a good afternoon but still doesn't want to go back tomorrow:( I am just hoping there are no tears tomorrow.

At home I talked to Janae more about school and she shared with me that she had cried last week at school as well but didn't want to tell me cause she was embarressed:( felt horrible that she wanted to be so brave for me:(

Tomorrow she is looking forward to starting Kiwanis at a local church so I think that will help her get through her day maybe tearless?? Ahhhhh, why did they switch kindergarten for full time. I am a strong believe that it is NOT in the child's best interest. This is purely done for the working mom and from talking to parents they are the ones who think it is so great, not because they think their child needs full kindergarten but because it frees them of finding child care and paying for it. I hope that by keeping Janae in kindergarten she will overcome her loneliness and find a good friend that she looks forwards to seeing at school and that this doesn't cause anxiety issues for her.

On the other hand Camryn did great and is loving school, helps that she has a good friend to go with:)

Pregnancy wise a couple of weeks ago I started to have some really bad pains in my pelvic area, which I went to the doctors to see about as it got to the point where I couldn't even lift my legs to pull my pants on with out sitting down. Doctor told me it would probably be there my entire pregnancy and to try and avoid things that bothered it. Well last night in the middle of the night I got up to use the washroom and when I climbed back in bed I did something and there was this crack/thud sound and shift in my hip and then all the pain dissappeared. And all day today it has been fine, so I guess it wasn't a muscle thing like the doctor kept saying but something out of place. Hoping it stays in place from now on:)

First Day of Kindergarten!!

2011-09-14T15:12:00.000-07:00

This week Janae went to preschool Monday and Tuesday from 1-2:30pm and did fantastic. No anxieties about it just excitement. So excited about this next step that she doesn't even say bye to me before she runs into her class:( Make me a little sad that she is adjusting so well but am also super glad she is as it would be so hard to leave her if I new she didn't want to be there!

Today is her first full day. She was beaming from ear to ear as she waited outside her classroom. Because of my latest pregnancy condition (pelvic stabilization pain) I can not walk Janae the 5 minutes to school because the hill literally kills me. So in order for me to get a parking spot near her classroom we leave a good 20 minutes early and hang around:) Janae came home all excited about her day. She's funny in that every day she has come home she talks about all the kids who weren't listening and how the teacher was getting so frustrated. Janae said, " these kids are unbelievable!!" Today she had a similar story where she said, " the teacher had a grumpy day, she had to ask some kids if she needed to yell at them or not cause they were not listening" Thankfully I don't have to worry that Janae is one of those kids, she is always so well behaved for others (not always for me). She said she did go through periods of the day where she wasn't sure she wanted to be there as it felt very long and she misses preschool but overall she was totally fine. I am sure once everyone gets in the swing of things the program will include more academics and structure which might help the day not feel so long. Janae isn't a huge free play kind of person she'd rather be told to do a work book or activity then to just play:) Anyways it's been a relief for me that she is so excited and is adjusting well, I hope it will continue.

My biggest fear was that Janae would have a hard time making friends as she tends to be shy and reserved among strangers but that isn't the case. Apparently today she had two girls wanting to play with her and Janae said, " I didn't want to have to chose so I just played by myself" How sweet is that:) Of course I gave her ideas for next time on how to figure that problem out:)

Camryn also had her first day of preschool and SHOOT I forgot to take a picture ( i will on friday) she was super excited to leave me and do this all by herself. It is very rare that Camryn gets to do things on her own as she usually has Janae with her so this was something new for her. I was a little concerned in summer that she was feeling anxious about preschool but I no longer worry as she is doing great!! I have never heard her talk so much in the car. I guess she finally didn't have to compete with Janae but also she finally had something to tell me that I didn't already know. She is already counting the sleeps till the next preschool days.

She is having a hard time understanding when she will be 4. We did a half birthday in summer so every day she asks if she is 4 yet. And because we always said "You will go to preschool when you are 4" she thought today she was 4. Oh well she'll figure it out once her birthday comes I guess!!

I am doing fine, I know I mentioned some uncomfortable pain I am having, doctor just says to be careful but it is something I will have the rest of the pregnancy!! Just praying it doesn't get worse:(

Wedding DAY!!!

2011-09-12T14:11:00.000-07:00

This past weekend my niece Missy married the love of her life Tyler Morrison. They have been together for I think like 2 years?? The wedding took place up at Manning Park Resort. It ended up being a gorgeous day out, nice and HOT!! The ceremony was held at Lighting Lakes and it was just perfect. Missy is a huge animal and nature lover and this setting was just perfect for her. The water glistening in the sun, mountains all around and loons in the lake making their calling noise and an eagle soaring above, just perfect!!!

My girls were super excited for this day as they were the flower girls!! My mom sewed their dressed and made their halo's. Janae was excited about wearing her "High Heel's" for the wedding but realized after the ceremony that they really are not the comfy:) (always wanting to be so grown up!!) The girls did great. I ended up curling their hair and I think I did a pretty good job! John was busy at the wedding as well as he was the musician for the ceremony as well as the MC for the reception. He did a fantastic job at both:)

The whole day was just beautiful, we all enjoyed ourselves. The girls performed at the reception singing " You are My Sunshine" They had Missy in tears as well as some others.

Here are some pictures of the special day!!

24 weeks Pregnant Photo

2011-09-09T07:41:00.000-07:00

This is me now!
This was me pregnant with Camryn. With Janae I was barely showing at 24 weeks!!

Here's me at 24 weeks and 4 days, I chopped my head off cause it wasn't a good hair day. I have also posted the picture of me at 24 weeks when I was pregnant to compare. I think my belly is about the same but man was I smaller everywhere else. I was showing Janae pictures of me when I was just pregnant with Camryn and she's like "you are so skinny like Aunti Sonja" Now I have never been that skinny, but she was right I was so thin. However at the time I thought i was huge. I have a long way to go once this baby arrives to get my body back!!!! :(

It has been almost 2 years!!!

2011-09-07T16:12:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I gave up blogging. I guess I felt that I am just not that great at writing. My sister has the gift of writing and has two blogs and people rant and rave about how well she writes. And then there is me, worst grammer, sentence structure and a bunch of babble all over the place!!

But today as I was reading other peoples blogs I thought I should start again for myself. To keep a journal of what is going on in our lives. There are some huge changes in our family and I think I want it documented, we'll see how long this lasts.

Ok so I am not going to go back two years so I will just start with the latest happenings in the Jefremow house to get you all up to speed!!

In April after a year and a half of trying we found out we were Pregnant with #3!! We were so excited that is finally happened. As far as the due date, that we weren't so thrilled about. We would be due December 25th!! For those of you who followed my blog in the past you will know that our 2nd child is a December 25th baby as well. We are hoping for a early baby but you just never know. I am 24 weeks at the moment and feel pretty tired, forgetful and miserable!! I have so much stomach and groin pain a simple walk kills me. I am pretty moody and have little to no patience with my girls. I am still taking decletin and still throw up randomly in the middle of the night. We have talked about a 4th but even I am not totally sold on that, I HATE being pregnant:) I have a feeling the next 4 months will feel like forever!!

Oh and I forgot to mention.... IT'S A BOY!!!! That in itself scares me, no idea what to do with boys!!

Yesterday Janae started KINDERGARTEN, can you believe it!!! It was only an hour long orientation time but the feeling I got there and same with Janae was that everything is going to be ok, she will adjust and like this new phase of her life!!! She goes for a 15minute one on one with her teacher and than next week does Monday/Tuesday afternoon and then Wednesday is full time already, 8:30-2:30pm!!! We'll see how these mornings go, hopefully not a lot of yelling:)

Janae is still a very independent, smart child. Probably to smart for her own good a lot of hte times. Most times we just laugh when she says things cause we just don't know what to do. It worries me what her teenage life is going to be like. We are both VERY much the SAME which will probably cause a lot problems in the future:)

Camryn went for her preschool orientation today. In summer we had a couple of weeks where I wasn't sure if Camryn was really ready for preschool as she was showing some signs of anxiety. But today she was super excited and was ready for us to leave! But we'll wait till next week for that:) Camryn has been very testy lately. She has discovered lying and they are not good lies. Things like telling us that water jumped out of the bath tub and got her wet, when really she peed her pants. Or saying she goes places with her aunts when I am sleeping. She also will lie about simple things I ask her. Gets pretty annoying at times thankfully she isn't good at it so we can usually tell right away. She isn't as easy going as she used to be. She likes staying at home which is hard cause Janae and I love to be out and about all the time. She sure is growing up and it makes me a little sad.

John is still busy working for Remple Brothers Concrete at the Langley plant. Last week a bunch of guys from his plant won 3.2 million! John was not part of the pool:( but it was still exciting to know the people that did win:)

This weekend is my nieces wedding. She is getting married up at Manning Park. The girls are the flower girls and John is playing guitar for the ceremony as well is the MC for the reception!! Looks like it will be a gorgeous weekend for a wedding.

Ok so there you have it a little update of what is happening. Will see how often I do posts but thought I would catch you up on the latest!

Happy 2nd Birthday Camryn!!

2009-12-25T13:10:00.000-08:00

I will attach pictures when i get a chance!
Wow have these past two years flown by, i really feel like Camryn should be turning 3! I think about last year and it seems wierd to think that last Christmas Camryn wasn't even walking!! crazy. This year Camryn has learned so much. She has mastered talking!! Putting words together and creating sentences to telling stories. She melts our hearts with her kindness and love. I LOVE putting her to sleep and as i close the door to her room she says, "Love you MAMA!!" LOVE IT!!! She is quick to say sorry if she feels she has done something to someone, this is completely opposite of Janae:) She loves playing with otehre kids and engaging in play and understands instructios well. She loves to color and read books, her favorite are Dora the Explorer. She loves anything Dora including the movies. We listen to DOra books on cd in the car which is kind of annoying to the rest of us but she loves it and knows them off by heart! She loves to sing!! It is amazing at how quickly they pick up the words in the car. She adores her big sister and the two of them can be the best of friends and the worst enemy sometimes. But for the most part they play well with each other and love to cuddle with each otehr. Just yesterday I came into the living room and Janae was half laying on Camryn and Camryn was givingi Janae "nice nice" it was so sweet. She is a very caring and nurturing child.
Camryn got rid of the bottle just over a month ago when she battled a really bad cold so she stopped taking it during that time and never asked for it again. We still need to work on the soother though, she has a little bit too often for my liking especially because it interferes with her talking!! We'll fight that battle in the new year. Camryn has started potty training, i have not started so it only happens when she initiates it, this is how janae was potty trained as well we let her make the move! Camryn has gone # 2 many times already. She sits on the potty and whispers, "shhh pooh's coming!" cute, well at least its cute when a two year old says it.
Camryn would love to be in preschool already and she is totally ready for it. She gets to come with me when I am the mommy helper at Janae's school and she loves it!
Camryn is a monkey when it comes to playgrounds she loves climbing and is really good at it. she follows Janae everywhere on the structures and masters it wihtout our help. Thankfully she is not nearly as clumsy as her dear sister:)
Camryn makes everyone smile with her big smile and closed eyes as her smile is just too big!
We love her so much and can not wait to see what is instore for thsi year in her life.
HAPPY 2nd Birthday CAMRYN!!!

Apple Daze

2009-09-23T21:29:00.000-07:00

Saturday was a mixture of weather, so we decided to hit up the MCC sale at Tradex in the morning and then in the afternoon when the sun came out we headed to Willowview farms in abbotsford to pick some apples, the petting zoo, hayride and play area. The girls had a blast and we had a great afternoon. Here are some pics of our day.

First day of Preschool

2009-09-23T21:19:00.000-07:00

AHh preschool. We thought we would wait til Janae was four to start school but when i read in a local paper about a 1 day a week preschool class i thought this was a great idea or Janae. I signed her up and brought her to school on her first day to realize that the teacher was a drop out from the college i graduated from while doing my ece. She wasn't a licensed staff and her supervision of the children was rediculous. Needless to say i was totally disappointed and ticked off a little as i was never told it was an unlicensed center. I thought all preschools had to be but apparently not, should have done more research. Anyways after her first day at this preschool and I wanted her out of there as I really didn't feel safe leaving her there in their care. So i phoned around as I new Janae would be devasted if i she coulnd't go to school at all. Thankfully when i phone MEI they had just had a child drop out of the morning class, exactly what i needed. So i registered her and we went to see the teachers. Janae had gone to one class for an hour and half and then the next week we had hand foot and mouth disease here. This disease only shows systems 7 days after being infected. Camryn had it the worst. There were blisters throughout her mouth(more then 15) and her hands feet and bum were covered as well. The only treatment is tylenol with codeine. My sisters girl got it is as well. So Janae missed preschool last week and now with her broken arm she will miss this week as well and maybe next week as well. she is very sad about this as she LOVES school. She loves her teachers and loves that she gets to be on her own like a big girl. They just grow up way to fast.

First Trip to the OR

2009-09-23T20:18:00.001-07:00

So these pics are of Janae had home sporting her new sling. Picture of me dressed up as a "nurse" to bring janae into the OR. Janae and me right before she went in for surgery and Janae in her big bed.

So as most of you know Janae broke her right arm this week and so i thought i would post a the few pics we took(John forgot to bring the camera) with John's phone and give you the detailed story of what happened that led to a trip to the ER and later the OR.

Monday morning I dropped of Josh(the boy I watch) off at school and went to walmart. Around 9 we were driving around and trying to figure out what we wanted to do. I just didn't want to go home and clean my house! So Janae asked to go to the Mill Lake park which i never take her too because i hate that park and think it is unsafe(I always have found this park not super safe, more for camryn then Janae). Anyways i figured there wouldn't be many kids there so i would go. Off we went.
Janae was running around on the play structure and had already slipped on the bridge part. I was talking a to friend and I had just finished telling her that i was going to maybe go for a walk cause i thought the play structure was to slippery. (it was covered in dew). Janae went to the corkscrew fire pole and put one foot and hand on to realize that it was too wet and attempted to go back on the play structure when her foot slipped and she fell down, all the way from the top of the structure. Her right arm was out and so she fell on it. She was screaming and i ran across the playgroung knowing that the way she was screaming that something was really wrong. I had to take her jacket off to see the arm and realize that around her elbow it was scrapped and swollen and lopsided looking. So off we went to the Emergency. Everything went pretty quick in emerge thankfully. She was screaming pretty good the entire time. She had x rays done and within 20 minutes the pedeatric ortho surgeon came to tell us that they would be operating on her arm at 3pm. she had fractured her arm and twisted it. I was bawling at this point trying to hold myself together for Janae but thoes of you who know me, i cry pretty quickly. They admitted Janae. John took camryn home for a nap and Janae and i waited in our room on the peds floor for her surgery. John came back to the hospital at 3 after my mom went to my house to watch camryn. Janae was taken to the OR at 3:30pm and I didn't take her to the operating table til 5:00pm. It was the worst feeling ever. John and i tried hard to keep ourselves together but both of us had tears flowing. I took janae and was there til she closed her eyes and was out. She was in recovery within an hour. They reset her arm and have put two pins in her arm. I didn't get a chance at the hosptial to find out details so i hope to get some more clear answers next week. She woke up and was pretty groggy and continued to open her eyes and then fall back asleep. She has a 3/4 cast on so it almost covers her whole are and starts at her wrist and goes up to her shoulder. She will be in this for three weeks. At 3 weeks she will have the pins removed while awake and then another cast for three weeks.
It was such a nice stay at the hospital. We had a private room and visitors were allowed to visit at anytime during the day or night. John was even allowed to stay if her wanted to!
We were discharged at 4pm on Tuesday. Janae was really afraid to use her arm at first or move period but after a few times moving and seeing that it doesn't hurt like it did the day before when it was broken she has gotten quite comforatble moving aroun.
Janae slept ok last night. today she was doing puzzels, writing with her left hand(maybe she will switch and become a lefty) and helped me bake apple pie.
She is super thankful for all of you who prayed for her during this time and for the many visitors. She is sad that she has to miss preschool and can't play at the park. The minute we arrived home from the hospital she asked to put on her princess play shoes!! are you kidding me.:)
These next 6 weeks will probably be torturouse for all of us. Janae was already asking today at dinner when we were going to get out of the house!! Oh dear she has turned into me:)
So that is the story. Our next doc appointment is with teh surgeon who operated on her DR.Wikkham where she will have more x rays done.

Walk for Autism

2009-09-08T21:59:00.000-07:00

Hey, for thoes of you who do not know I take care of a 13 year old boy with Autism. He is a high functioning autistic child and is pretty independent. If you go to their website www.walknowforautism.org and click the donate button and search Joshua French or Fraser Falcons.I had him full time in August and now he is in school so i only have him for a bit before school and then for a couple of hours after school. He is such an amazing child, super polite, well mannered, amazing with little kids and affectionate. He is such a joy to have in my home. It is a little louder in my house these days but it's fun.

I want to post a link for the Walk for Autism that Josh is participating in at the end of the month. He is trying to raise $1000.00. If you feel like you want to donate and help children with autism you can donate your money by going to their website www.walknowforautism.org and click the donate button and search Joshua French or Fraser Falcons.

Thanks

For My DAD!

2009-06-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

Daddy's Girl

When you were young, pony-tailed,
face full of playful freckles,
were you a daddy's girl?
I was. I still am.
Did you look to him for your security,
for love and attention,
for the understanding, and the patience you lacked
as a child?
My daddy was the center of my small world,
the focus of my affections,
the star that lit my life, shining bright.
Shining still in my heart.
The years have led me here,
weathered with maturity and responsibilities,
and I see more clearly now.
The hardships, burdens of love,
and all the small sacrifices he made for me,
for our family.
He created stability, a place to call home.
All the photographs I browse through
of a child long forgotten, scarcely remembered
smiling, so happy and so loved.
The mere thought of becoming that role model
is enough to send me cowering, afraid...
looking for guidance.
Turning to my father and my more for support,
advice, wise counsel, and for approval.
Grown up, I see differently now...
A new perspective of a man I have always known.
My heart is full, my emotions overpowering
just in the certainty of that bond.
He's been there for me through all the conflicts
helping me over the rough, ragged stones of growing up.
My respect for him is unending,
faith is unbound, and love is unquestioning.
Even in the midst of all my imperfections, he is lenient,
ignoring the pitfalls, the downfalls, the shortcomings,
he just accepted me as I was, as I am.
The sheer purity of it leaves me awe-struck
and it lifts me up, it holds my head a little higher,
it keeps me in balance,
harmonizing with the world around me
beautifully, like an inspired masterpiece from the soul
of an honest man.
I am honored to know him, to love him, to be of him.
He's my hero, and I am his daughter, his little girl.

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH DAD!! Happy Father's Day

I don't have a pic of my dad on this silly computer so i will have to download one a different time!

Happy Father's Day John

2009-06-21T21:09:00.000-07:00

A Little Girl Needs Daddy poem A little girl needs Daddy For many, many things: Like holding her high off the ground Where the sunlight sings! Like being the deep music That tells her all is right When she awakens frantic with The terrors of the night. Like being the great mountain That rises in her heart And shows her how she might get home When all else falls apart. Like giving her the love That is her sea and air, So diving deep or soaring high She'll always find him there.

Happy 28th Birthday SIS!

2009-06-03T15:46:00.000-07:00

The Woman I Call Sister

The woman I call sister
Is someone who is there
The woman I call sister
Is someone who always cares.

The woman I call sister
Can make me smile when times are blue
The woman I call sister
Is someone very true.

The woman I call sister
By choice, is my best of friend
The woman I call sister
Will be there till the end

The woman I call sister
Is the blessing from God above
The woman I call sister
Is the sister that I'll always love.

HAPPY 28th BIRTHDAY SONJA!! I Love you so much!

So it has been awhile!

2009-05-16T22:14:00.001-07:00

Well it has been over a month since I posted a new post. There are many reasons for that. First of all John doens't bring his laptop home anymore and therefore i have to go downstairs and use the computer and my time is limited. I also don't really know what to write about. Do people care about my everyday life? I have read other peoples blogs and love following them, i am just not sure if i have what it takes to be a blogger. I have never been good at writing and so I am not sure what to do. Anyways for the time being I will give and update on what is happening in our household these days.
Recently John took all the pictures off his laptop and put them onto a memory stick and then onto our computer downstairs. Well somehow over half of the pictures are missing and we have no idea where they are! The pictures are from this past year and they are gone! Thank goodness i posted a lot of pictures on my blog and facebook that i have a decent amount of them but there are still some missing which makes me want to cry. We will continue to search for them on the laptop maybe they are hiding. Any suggestions?
The weather has been getting nicer and so the girls and I have been enjoying heading out to our local parks for a fun morning of play. It makes the day go by so much faster when the sun is shining. It makes me feel so much happier and way more energetic to wake up to the sun than when it rains.
This past weekend John took me and the girls to Kamploops for a weekend away. It just happened to land on mothers day and john surprised me with flowers in our hotel room. It was a wonderful weekend. We mainly went for the BC Wildlife zoo as we have yearly passes to the Vancouver Zoo which includes this zoo so it was free. It was such a gorgeous zoo and not busy at all. The girls did great during the day and as well as at night and the drive. They behaved so well we really didn't feel like coming home and when we did we kept talking abotu where and when we are going away again!!
Camryn is growing up so fast. She is 16months now and is just running around! She is starting to talk. She says sentences but only mommy understands them! She can make all animal noises. She loves reading and will sit on your lap for a long time with a book. She has a much longer attention span then Janae did and does! She likes to play along side Janae which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. She likes to walk around carrying her doll and giving it hugs and kisses. She loves water, so bath time is super fun and so is going swimming! When we mention the word bath she repeats it and then pulls her clothes off and heads to the bath tub where she attempts to climb in! She is getting so tall too. I need to measure her and weigh her but i will wait til she is 18months to do that! Camryn is sleeping through the night for the most part, she still will wake up for a bottle once and awhile but it is normally after an 8 hour stretch. She loves to sleep just like her mommy. I feed camryn a bottle before bedtime and nap time and just recently after she is finished her bottle she says "nun nite"and then waves to everyone. At nap time she will say "nun nite nae" which is what she calls Janae. Camryn is always concerend about Janae. When she is not in the room Camryn runs around yelling "NAE, NAE" and when she finds her she points and says,"there she is" well that is what is sorta sounds like!! I still haven't been able to get Camryn to eat fruit. She will eat in dessert but not on it's own. She doens't like sweet foods. Thank goodness other then that she is not a picky eater.

Janae is growing like a weed. She has grown 3 inches since her 2nd birthday and still only weighs 30lbs which is what Camryn weighs!! She talks and talks and talks. Recently i noticed she has picked up on how i talk and that is with my hands!! It is funny watching her, she also has picked up on how i use the word "like" alot! She sure talks like an adult sometimes. Kind of scary actually. Janae has learned how to ride a bike with training wheels and has also learned how to use the breaks! She loves helping me make supper and work outside, washing the van or gardening. She can be the biggest helper but also be a lot fo work too. Janae has good days and then really bad days. A good day will be one where she chooses to be a great sister and friend to Camryn which gives me a little break while they play together. A bad day is Janae will annoy and bug and be not so nice to camryn which causes me to stress out a bit and do a lot of time outs and sometimes yelling! Not always proud of the way I deal with some situations but sometimes your just not in control. I am sure most moms have felt out of control from time to time. Janae loves shopping and especially going to Save on Foods where she is able to have her own little buggy. Janae is so full of life and i am in awe of who she is becoming. Today while we were driving we were listening to Veggie tales and they were singing the song, " i can only imagine" this has to be one of my all time favorite songs. We listen to it quite a bit and today Janae sat in her car seat and sang the song word for word, it brought such a joy in my heart. What i loved the most is that when they sang, "will i dance for you Jesus" she would sing "when i dance for My Jesus" She loves reading her bible and hearing all the stories and she actually listens and asks multiple questions so she really understands it. She talks often about how God created her and the things around us. Each night she prays for each of us in our family and at dinner she will pray as if she is an adult thanking God for giving us food and family. It truly is amazing listening to your kids talk about Jesus.
So that's the news with the girls. They are such a blessing and i have realized that everyday is a blessing that i need to treasure whether it is a really good day or a rough day. God has given me these precious children to love and care and what a blessing that is.
John is busy working. For 4 months John was on workshare working 4 days a week. It was ok financially and we really loved having him home an extra day! A couple of weeks ago John's company went into skeleton mode and layed off the night shift and John's co worker. So now he is back to 5 days a week but on his own. Somedays he comes home pretty stressed out but we are reminded often that we nee dto be thankful that he has a job and is working.
We recently got a couple renting our basement suite, they are super nice and we couldn't be happier with our choice. This extra income sure helps out and makes it a little easier to breath.
Anywho i think this is enough babble for now. I think i have sort of got you caught up to the latest news.

SICK, SCIK And SICK!

2009-04-08T21:14:00.000-07:00

So it has finally come into our home! We have been pretty much healthy all winter. Camryn was the only one who suffered from any illness but this week it's been a whole different story. It has hit all of us. It started with Camryn and went to me and then Janae and then John. I got sick last week Wednesday and I think I would be better by now if i would actually get a good night sleep. But Janae is REALLY sick and so it has been 3 sleepless nights in a row for both of us. She came down suddenly on sunday with a fever and it is still present. She also has a horrible rummbling cough and runny nose. Took her to the doctor today and she has a chest infection and so antibiotics are required to help her get better. Question from all my readers, do any of you have any tricks to getting a 3 year old to take her meds? She has put it in her mouth but immediately spits it out. She normally takes advil and tylenol totally fine so it must be the antibiotics. We've tried bribes but because she has NO appetite and has not eaten in two days bribes aren't working. I sure hope this is gone so we can enjoy this long weekend ahead. John has Friday til Tuesday off so a five day weekend!!
So that is what has been happening lately.
Camryn is starting to talk up a storm. She knows what sound each animal makes and said the word "Bubbles" the other night while having a bubble bath. It is adorable and i really need to get a video of her saying it cause it is the cutest thing ever!
We've had some gorgeous weather out this past weekend and unfortunately with our health we didn't make it out and so there are no pictures of the awesome weather we just had this weekend!
Well i really am in no mood to type but saw that i hadn't really blogged in a while so i thought i would give you something, not much but something

They Grow up TOO SOON!

2009-03-26T21:14:00.000-07:00

Happy 3rd Birthday Janae!!

2009-03-21T21:24:00.001-07:00

Janae Elizabeth Grace arrived at 9:23am March 22. She was two weeks early and weighed 8pounds 4oz. I had told my cousins earlier that day at lunch that i was going to have my baby that night and they said there is no way as first time moms never go early!!

First family picture. I think i look pretty good for having been up all night and pushing for three solid hours.

Oh my word time flies!! My little baby is turning 3 tomorrow and it makes me sad. It has been a fun, exciting and challenging year with Janae. She is her own special little person. She is strong willed, determined and incredibly smart which equals TROUBLE!! Of course there were many days this year i wanted to rip my hair out of my head and scream but they are over shadowed by the sincere, caring and kind littel girl that is in there but only appears at random times. She has grown huge physically and I think is now the tallest of her friends. She speaks like a grown up most of the time and has learned how to negotiate. She also has learned how to buckle herself into her carseat, unlock the front door, climb in and out of the bathtub, lock and unlock the bathroom door, and her first stitches!. She also recieved an early birthday gift and has learned how to ride her new bike. She has become MORE attached to me then before. And i mean attached, she wakes up each morning asking if i am staying with her all day. If i am going somewhere it is talked about all day and when I do leave she cries and panics. It feels good that she wants me but I need to get out here and there so I can regroup and refocus. Janae basically potty trained her self this year as well as gave up her soother all on her own. We are slowly working on wearing panties for bed! Janae loves to sing and love going ons tage with her dad to worship even if i tell her to come down! She is just a very outgoing energetic child who has goals and a strong determination and I hope and pray that as she gets older she uses these gifts to become whatever she wants to be. She is a great sister to Camryn for most of the time and is learning how to say things in a nice manner and "teach" camryn rather then boss her.

Janae, you are a beautiful little girl that God gave to Daddy and I three years ago. We could not have asked for a better daughter. We are excited to see what you will learn this year and what you will experience. We wish you a very happy birthday and love you very much.

What a relief!!

2009-03-14T21:08:00.000-07:00

Well we can breath a little easier financially now as we have found renters for our suite April 1!!! We are totally excited to fill our suite with a young couple just starting out. Of course the money is what gets us really going as things are tight with John going down to four days and a bunch of major bills coming our way (house insurance, property tax, van and car insurance!!) so this is so nice to have the extra income. I have been feeling pretty quilty lately feeling like i should bring in some income somehow to help us get ahead but just can't get past the thougth of leaving the girls to go to work. So with teh suite being filled it's like i have a job! Praise the Lord. The tenants signed a six month contract but plan on being here LONG term but just didn't want to be bonded for a longer period of time which is totally understandable.
We were so afraid posting out add in the Abbotsford paper but we got amazign feed back and had a good handful of people to chose from and there was only one person we said right away "NO" the rest were all potential renters. We chose this young couple as they want long term and some of the other couples didn't. We hope we dont' have to do this process over again. But when we do we will definetely have an application for them to fill out at the time of viewing cause John was getting pretty confused with numbers and people as he was taking the calls on his cell at work and wasnt' paying attention to the details!! Oh well we got renters now and that is all there is to it and we are so thankful.

On another note my toes is slowly healing . For those of you who have run into the corner of the couch or corner of wall know the pain that follows. Normally when i have done this in the past it hurts for a little bit and that is about it. Well over a week ago i RAN into the corner of our couch downstairs and broke my pinky toe!! Seriously the worst pain in the world and there is absolutely nothing doctors can do about it. It is still pretty painful to wear shoes or walk in general and the colors it changes every day is amazing. Its pretty annoying having it constantly ache all the time. ANd i am on pins and needles when the kids are around me. Camryn has fully stepped on it and i almost hit the floor in tears! They say it can take several weeks to heal. My mom did this when we were young and it took her 3 months to heal!yikes. I havne't been able to go to the gym this past week becasue of it but i will attempt to try on my fitted gym shoes and see if i can at least ride bike. I NEED to lose this weight before summer starts and i have to wear a bathing suit or shorts!!

Gotta Be Kiddin'!!

2009-03-08T08:32:00.001-07:00

Yeah!! a picture of me and the girls...finally!!! I got John to take this picture for my mom as she made all of our sweater vests in this picture!

Janae going for a bike ride, she is doing really good.

Janae and I went to the Gotta Be Kiddin thing at Ag Rec yesterday, she had fun for the first 20minutes til the mascots started walking around and then she started screaming and shaking and wanting to go home. She is terrified of people dressed up.

Getting her face painted, last year there would have been no way she would have let anyone paint on her face.

She wasn't afraid of the princess's because she can see there face.

Janae's Pretend Birthday!!

2009-03-01T20:57:00.000-08:00

Princess chocolates that look so pretty in the box that they will stay in there a while as we have learned that chocolate+Janae= horrible behavior

Princess balloon from Uncle John. Probably her favorite uncle cause he plays with her the entire time we are together.Here she is after she has opened her bike. She was so exciting, after the picture was taken she was running around cheeringOpening the gift, the pictures are in the wrong order again

So like I said in my previous post we celebrated Janae's 3rd birthday with the Jefremow's yesterday as John's parents left for 6 weeks to paraguay this morning. Janae kept asking if it was her birthday and we told her it was her early birthday party but her birthday was on March 22nd. And she responded, "so this is my pretend birthday!!!" yep sure. I took Janae in yesterday morning to have her stitches looked at because the cut still looked pretty raw and she was complaing it was really hurt and so I thought that maybe it was infected. But it wasn't thank goodness. Once we were in the car Janae said, " does this mean i still have my ouie for my party?!!" She is suppose to get them out tomorrow and i am a little worried about the tears. She was pretty freaked out yesterday and the doctor didn't even go close to her. We'll see what happens but I am sure a bribe will be thrown into it!!

So I had John's whole family her which is 13 people altogether including Janae and camryn. I made sweet and sour meatballs and mushroom sauce and meatballs with rice and salad. Everything turned out great and I thought dinner tasted good too! Janae got spoiled. John's parents bought her a purple princess bike and wind breaker jacket and Aunti Hilary and Uncle John bought her a helmut and when John showed up late cause he was working he came with a princess balloon. From Uncle Walt and Aunti Angie she got a kids Bible, ratatouille magnetic book and a bug sticker book. So she has been busy learning how to ride her bike and is doing awesome. I wish we had a nice drive for her to ride on but we don't and our street isn't the best either so i am sure we will be going to mill lake often. Well when i can get help til Janae doesn't need help riding cause i can't help her and push camryn!!! Here are some pictures of our day yesterday.

Sneak Peek!

2009-02-27T21:43:00.000-08:00

Final product

cute and simple

Kind of ruin the cake with the huge princess on it but it's all for Janae!!

Some pictures of Janae's Princess cake for tomorrow. I was creative and just bought window cling princess things at the dollar store all of them for a buck and then mounted them onto cardstock and taped a toothpick on the back. Had i realized how big they were compared to the cake i would have boughten smalled stickers but whatever!!! The is a white cake cut into three layers and inbetween each layer is lemon pie filling and cool whip!!! I can't wait to sink my teeth into it tomorrow!!

It was Only a matter of time...

2009-02-27T20:19:00.000-08:00

The fort we made this morning which i mention below! I have no idea how to get my pictures to go where i want them too!!

Her pretty blue stitches

So happy about having a butterfly bandaid

this is in the emergency room, she wanted to see the picture and when she did she started freaking out so i couldn't take another one that would show her wound better.

Janae took a dive off the couch the other day and landed right on her chin on the hardwood floor. So after a few phone calls the inlaws drove over and stayed with Camryn til John could get home from work while i took Janae to the emergency. She split her chin pretty deep from falling off the couch and i was sure it needed stitches. I don't panic in these situations I do cry and i have no idea why cause it's not the end of the world. I do know this time part of my crying had to do with the fact that i knew she would need stitches i would need to hold her down and listen to her scream. We went to our brand new hospital here in Abbotsford where they kindly gave me a list of walk in clinics as they said the wait woudl be at least 3 hours long. I debated on what to do cause i really don't like walk in clinics but i also didn't want to sit there for 3 hours. So I decided to leave and try a walk in clinic(i phoned from the hospital to make sure the doctor on call could stitch her up if she need to be) We didn't have to wait long and sure enough she needed to stitches. Janae did really well considering he was shoving a needed directly into the wound from four different angles. I was able to hold her in my lap for this but for him to do the stitches we had to lay her down and when i say we I mean me the doctor stitching her and a nurse. It was pretty bad. So she has her two stitches which come out on Monday assuming i will be able to get her to the doctor!! she already said she is going to wait til the string just fall out!!!! Surprisingly she slept through the night which she has not done in AGES! i guess all that cryingi from like 2-6 wore her out. She doesn't complain it hurts unless she bumps it by accident and is now just complaining that it itches. Its pretty purple and gross looking but we keep a bandid on it. Here are some pictures.

Today was an interesting day! Both girls have had attitudes and behavior issues and I am surprised i still have hair left because i felt like ripping it out. Camryn is picking up on all Janae's wonderful behaviors and it is freaking me out! She has started pinching and it hurts like crazy but she doens't stop no matter what you do, we've tried the ' that hurts" and put her down, time out, slap of the hand and the slight pinch to show her it hurts and she still does it. And just yesterday she started the hair pulling. I really hope she stops she is my easy content child but she is turning into a little monster!!! I am just hoping it is a short phase that doens't last too long. To try and help the girls play together and maybe illiminate some problem we built a huge fort in the living room and it was all fun and games for about 15 minutes before Janae claimed the fort hers and no one was allowed to come in.

Tomorrow we are celebrating Janae's 3rd birthday early as John's parents are leaving for Paraguay on Sunday and will be gone over Janae's real birthday so I should go I have a princess cake to make!!!

$850.00/month BASEMENT SUITE FOR RENT!

2009-02-22T16:29:00.000-08:00

Hey just wondering if any of you know any one looking for a place to rent. We have a 2 bedroom, 11oosq ft above ground suite located in East within walking distance to ARC. Rent include cable, wireless interenet, hydro. No pets or smoking. Damage deposit is required. Please contact my husband John at 604-835-2347 or leave a message after this post!

thank you for your help. $850.00 a month.

Off to the Zoo!

2009-02-05T21:05:00.000-08:00

It was such a gorgeous day out today. I was mad that i didn't go out yesterday when it was so nice so I was thankful to wake up to yet another gorgeous day today. So seeings i have a year pass to the zoo I figured I should make use of it today. We were probably 3 out of ten people there so it was awesome. The animals were all up at the front so we were able to get really close and get some really good pictures. It was also great because this way Camryn could see the animals as well. We had so much fun walking around the zoo and checking out all the animals. Once we had done the walk around we spent the next 45 minutes at the park they have there which is great! We were unable to ride the train as it is broken at the moment but it sure didn't take away from the fun we had. Both girls were amazing the entire time so to top off the morning we went to McDonald's for lunch. We just share a 6 piece chicken nugget meal and are all full by the time we are done so it ends up being a pretty cheap meal for three people.

After lunch we came home and put Camryn down for a nap and then Janae and I headed back outside to clean out the van and tidy the yard a bit. Once the cleaning was done we played "baseball" and "soccer' Janae style. Once inside we did our nails, made dinner and cleaned the house! It was a very productive and fun day. It is days like this where i realize how truly blessed I am to have such wonderful children.

Happy Birthday!

2009-02-03T19:57:00.000-08:00

Today is a special day. It is the birthday of my Oma(my mom's mom) who passed away November 21,2007 after having poor health for sometime. She would have turned 88 today. This is her second birthday that she has spent in heaven. We all miss her very much. I sure miss her verneka(menno perogies), meatballs, and her pickels (have yet to find a pickel that can replace hers) Janae was able to meet my oma and have her in her life for 18 months before she passed away. Janae was able to come and visit her in the hospital and even to this day remembers going to see her and refusing to say hi to her. Janae says now, "omi's with Jesus and she is so HAPPY!" I love that Janae remembers her but it's sad to think that she will forget her memories of Omi. I on the other hand of many memories of Oma that i will cherish for ever. Happy 88th Birthday Oma!! We love you so much.

Hope you had an amazing day dancing with Jesus!

Oma meeting Janae for the first time. Oma missed meeting Camryn by a month. Oma would have loved holding Camryn. Janae was such a fussy baby that no one could hold her for long but Camryn would have snuggled in Oma's arms and savoured the moment.
Oma and Opa at their 60th anniversary. This was just before she got really sick and hospitalized and never made it back home, to her earthly home that is. This is also the last picture I have of her before she passed way.

To The Love of my LIFE!

2009-01-31T20:59:00.000-08:00

My husband of four and half years is turning 28 tomorrow. (I know super old!!) He is out with the guys tonight as I surprised him with a guys night out at BC Place to see Monster Jam and have dinner! So me and the girls were alone today for part of it. We joined up with some of the other wives who were left alone and had a wonderful dinner at Red Robin. (Who said three moms can't handle six kids under the age of 3!!)

This is a post for my amazing husband and best friend. He may drive me nuts sometimes but I Love him! He has made me a wife and a mother and I couldn't be happier. You make me feel like a million bucks and I hope you have a wonderful birthday. I know you are a little freaked that you are turning 28 and getting closer to 30 but life is just beginning! As you head into this new year with a few less hairs i want you to know that we all love you very much, bald spot and all!!!!!

Happy birthday from all 4 of us!!! :)

HAHAHAHAHA!! Gottcha!!!! Did your heart skip a beat or stop?!

We love you Mommy, Janae and Camryn!!

The BIG 26!!

2009-01-26T20:35:00.000-08:00

WOW has time flown. I turn 26 tomorrow and its just that much closer to 30! I remember as a litttle girl really wanting to be 25. When ever I played house or college with my cousin Rachael i was always 25. For some reason i thought 25 was the age to be. Well i was 25 for the last 364 days and it wasn't anything special!! This year has been a special year. I gave birth to Camryn just a month before my 25 birthday, meaning at the age of 25 i had two girls under the age of 1!! Camryn was born Christmas day and Janae celebrated her 2nd birthday on Easter this year! Not sure when that will ever happen again.

Then in May my mom celebrated her 50th birthday! And we have continually celebrated her brithday through out the year as we have given her a chart that will be filled with 50 things that us kids are doing for an d with her throughout her 50th year. I only hope i age as well as my mom and look half as good as she does at the age of 50.

May 5th my nephew was born, the first grandson and my first nephew!!

June 26 John and I celebrated our four year anniversary, well we didn't really celebrate it i don't think, maybe out for dinner but that is about it.

My family all went to Tulemeen and we all stayed there for the entire week which was a miracle in itself as we have many differences!!

In fall we celebrated my sister inlaw and brother in laws 40th birthday!

My Taunte Annalee passed away after her battle with cancer.

We had a record amount of snowfall for Christmas and had to postpone all Christmas Gatherings! Camryn turned one and started walking.

These are really only a few things that happened this year but they are the ones that are sticking out to me right now. Of course there were many outting with family and friends.

So what is in store for this year as i turn 26 hmmm, pregnant? hahaha not yet!!! I joined the gym in november and have been going regularly since, of course there have been some weeks that were really lame and i didn't go but for the most part i have been pretty good. I have lost a couple of inches and five pounds but i still have a far way to go to get back my pre pregnancy body. I hope to do that before i get pregnant again. So when you see me all ship shape you can assume baby #3 is not too far off!!haha. John and i are celebrating our 5th anniversary this year and we are going to try and get away for a night or two and leave the girls. This will be the first time leaving them for longer then like four hours. So we shall see if it happens. I have some attachement issues and so do they. I want this year to be different so often i feel like I am "just a mom" a nd i know being a mom is the most important job in the world but i feel that I should do something more. I would "be" someone if i was working outside the home. I know this sounds lame and ridiculous but sometimes i think i might be a better mom if i had a part time job away from them. We'll see if God leads me into a part time job or if i become satisfied with my mother job!! I love my girls greatly and it would be hard to leave them to go to work but some days a break would definately be great.

John is going down to 4 8 hour days this next week. So he will be home 3 days a week. We'll see how long this last. It is a work share program through EI as there is not enough work at his work right now. I think even after this program is done he will remain on 4 10 hour days.

I hope our marriage will take priority again. its been on the back burner for some time probably since Janae was born and it really needs to come back to life and i am going to make a concious effort to make sure that i show my husband love ALL the time!!

So anyways I wanted to leave you with this poem i got from my mom that was on the card she gave to me and like she said it's so true.

How to Make a Beautiful Life

Love yourself.

Make Peace with who you are

a nd where you are

at this moment in time

Listen to your hear.

If you can't hear whta it's saying

in this noisy world

Make TIME for youself

Enjoy your own company.

Let your mind wander among the stars

Try.

Take chances.

Make mistakes

LIfe can be messy and confusing at times

but it's also full of surprises.

The next rock in your path might be a stepping stone.

Be happy.

When you don't have what you want

want what you have.

Make DO.

That's a well kept secret of contentment.

There aren't any shortcuts to tomorrow.

You have to MAKE YOUR OWN WAY.

To know where you're going

is only part of it.

You need to know where you've been too.

ANd if you ever get lost, don't worry.

The people who love you will find you

Count on it.

Life isn't days and years.

It's what you do with time

and with all the goodness and grace

that's inside you.

MAKE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE...

The kind of life you deserve!

Love mom and dad!! Thank you so much this was a wonderful poem and card.

Good Bye 25 and welcome 26!

Thought i would post some pics of me at the age of 25 but apparently i have like none!!

hmmm

2009-01-21T20:44:00.000-08:00

So it has been a while since i have blogged. I have thought about it and even opened my blog page but i really have nothing to talk about. Well things have been crazy around here with Janae's behavior lately but that was all resolved on sunday and i do not feel like reliving and telling the whole experience. let's just say i have control of my house again and my child is a sweet well mannered little girl! Hallelujah!!
Camryn just got her fourth bottom tooth which adds up to 8 teeth in total. We tried switching her over to homo milk but did it kind of quick and so after spending one whole night in emergency with a child with a wicked stomach pain and constipated we were told to go back to formual and re introduce homo and do it more slowly, we never did that with Janae but i guess each child is different.
Today i had a great day. I went to physio after dropping my girls off at my sisters place who was still sleeping at 8:30am!! And went to physio to hopefully relieve the tension and pain and get rid of this everyday headache thing! oh and also putting my hip back in place(i have to do that every once and a while cause of a car accident several years ago) Anyways i went to the appointment where they realzied that my hip and my shoulder are like rock hard knots! Could have told you that! so after so pulling and stretching he suggested i do some acupuncture on m y shoulder. i said sure what ever you think can take this pain and headache away go for it. So he did! It didn't hurt at all but there was this dull ache and its still there. After the appointment i felt pretty tired and sore and had a headache and so whne i got to my sisters place Camryn was miserable so instead of hanging out there like i thought i would I took Camryn home to have a nap and left Janae there. I came home with tears in my eyes leaving Janae there!( i don't know why but i was sad that i had left her there, knowing full well that she would be totally taken care of and fine) I tried to nap but my shoulder was hurting to much so i had a bath and read for a bit and then got energy, once the tylenol and advil kicked in and cleaned my entire house without any children getting in my way or begging for my attention. And i also got to re do my nails! camryn woke up at 12:30pm and then i ran to walkmart quick and then went to sonja's house and hung otu there for a couple of hours. Janae had such a great time, she painted, played, got her hair curled like Kalli!! She was just so excited. This is awesome cause she was there for six hours and played great the whole tiem even when i came. Janae tends to be a different child when i am around, well at least she used to be! I look forward to more days where i can drop at least one off and my sister can do the same. W ho ever dreamed of being able to clean your house without the kids. THanks again sis I love you so much!! You are the best aunti ever.

1st Hair cut!!

2009-01-07T19:50:00.000-08:00

I forgot to take a before picture so this will have to do!!

So today was the day. Janae actually had enough hair to go for a hair cut. Her hair has grown a lot since she was two and the ends were just not looking so nice anymore and it was always stringy on the bottom so we chopped the ends off!! Here are some pictures. We had originally gone to my Uncle's shop where he trimmed her hair free of charge. But i wasn't happy with just a trim so this evening we went to my mom's for dinner and she chopped off the rest of the hair i wanted off. So she has a cute cut now that makes her hair look a little fuller. S he was pretty excited about the whole haircut and did a great job sitting completely still. Poor camryn stood at the bottom of Janae's chair wanting a turn, but as you all can see in pics camryn has NO hair!!! Janae didn't get hair til she was around 18 months so she has a little while to go yet.

Camryn's birthday party #1!

2009-01-04T14:08:00.000-08:00

Yesterday we celebrated Camryn's first birthday with her friends and ours! There was 11 adults and 9 kids under the age of 3!! It was a great time and i think it went pretty smoothly, i acutually got to enjoy myself. i love throwing parties but what normally happens is i end up being in the kitchen the whole time and don't get a chance to visit, but not this time. i did the simple hotdog dinner with chips and then pudding sundaes( cupcake, pudding, gummy worm and whipping cream! camryn recieved a bunch of great clothes and a pair of shoes so she is set in the wardrobe department. it gets pretty tricky finding gifts for one year olds when their older sibling already has all the toys so clothes is the way to go i guess!! i think every one had a great time and no one got stuck here even though it was snowing pretty much the whole time. here are some pictures from last night, out of respect for the families attending i will not be posting pictures of other peoples children, so you'll have to be satisfied with pics of my decor and my children.

What A Wonderful Day!

2008-12-29T21:58:00.000-08:00

Today was a "ME" day meaning I got to leave the house with no kids and could do whatever I want for as long as I wanted!! So my good friend Annette and i left our girls and headed out to Langley for much needed shopping and talking!! We went to Children's Place(kids clothing store) where they had everything 40%off!! Great deals!! I walked aways with pairs of jeans two for each of the girls. At 9bucks a pair you can't go wrong. I thought i would buy more there but there just wasn't anything i really wanted there. The girls don't really need clothes right now and i am not one to buy for next year as i really don't know which size to buy them and like John always says, "you buy this now and next year you'll find something else you will like and buy that too"! so ya. Annette however just bought her girls stuff for next winter! We then headed over to Old Navy after we munched down on burgers at Wendy's and chatted awhile. At Old Navy I did purchase clothes for Janae for next year so I thought i was safe with size 5....NOPE! Janae tried them on and two out of the three things she can probably wear in fall and the dress i bought fits her now perfectly!! I know i know my children are giants. I havne't tried on any of the clothes I bought for camryn so i am just hoping they will fit! I had to buy her bigger jeans as she is growing out of the 18-24 gap jeans i have for her now!yikes
I came home around 2:30 and then made dinner and went back out to Zellers and Walmart to start buying everything I need for camryn's parties this weekend, yep two parties, a friends one Saturday and my family Sunday!! I didn't make it to the gym today...lame i know it has been rediculous this past week, need to get my ass in gear again as i was able to buy a new pair of jeans today that were a size smaller and in normal people size and not plus!!!
I just finshed my first coat on the living room in the basement suite. When i am done down there i don't want ot paint for a LONG time!!
So that was my wonderful day all to myself.
Thanks John for letting me get out of the house and spend your well earned money i really appreciate it!
Thanks Annette I had a great day with you and we should do it more often!! Apparently our men are able to handle four girls and still get to visit!! ya for a good playdate for the girls today, john said kris came over around 10 am and left around 12 and the girls just played in the bedrooms while our husband talked!! Shows that they are capable to watch the girls!!haha

Winter Wonderland!!

2008-12-26T14:30:00.001-08:00

Here is what we have been doing the last couple of days seeings all of our family gatherings have been cancelled cause of the snow and the fact that you can't get down my parents drive way. So i guess Christmas will have to wait til next week.

Camryn's Birthday Celebrations begin

2008-12-25T18:44:00.001-08:00

My baby is 1 today!!

2008-12-25T07:35:00.000-08:00

Proud daddy holding Camryn Marissa

Janae meeting Camryn for the first time Christmas morning!

She is finally here!

one week old

one week old, she never looked like a new born, she came out so huge that she looked more like three months old fromot eh start!

Sister love. I hope and pray that my girls will be as close as me and my sister are.

Cutie Patootie!!

No longer my baby, Camryn is 1 today!!

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY CAMRYN!!!!

Last year at this time i was still in labor, it wasn't until 9:10am that camryn came into this world. It is amazing how time flies when you have children. This year has just flown by for us. Camryn was a special Christmas gift to us last year and no Christmas will ever be as wonderful as the one Camryn was born. She is a wonderful baby, content and a great sleeper, we couldn't have asked for a more easy going and smiley child then Camryn. I said to John well Camryn is one time to try for number 3!! yeah right!!!

Last year was special cause Camryn was born and this year Christmas is special cause it is Camryn's first birthday and if you look out the window the amount of snow out there is unbelievable. We don't have white Christmas's out here in abbotsford very often so it is pretty special.

I am going to post some picture of Camryn throughout this year.

Camryn was born weighing 10lbs 12 oz and now weighs at the age of 1 26.5lbs.

We love you so much and are so glad that you have come into our lives. We look forward to watching you grow, speak and run around this coming year and are so glad that God gave us you to guide you and love you. Happy Birthday Sweety!

i have been tagged again!!

2008-12-20T21:24:00.000-08:00

These are the flowers i recieved from remple brothers after i had Camryn. It is kind of funny cuase john didn't tell his work i had a baby and the office only found out in the middle of January. It happend on a day where john and i had this huge fight which i cant even remember why and i thought these were "i am sorry" flowers. but apparently not!!haha

I was tagged last time by Heather and this time I was tagged by Annette. And seeings i have already posted my fifth picture i thought i would do what i saw other poeple doing the fourth picture in the fourth album

i was tagged

2008-12-19T20:30:00.000-08:00

here's the 5th picture in my 5th folder. This is Camryn just home from the hospital! this one did not make it into the scrap book!

I tag Sarah, Annette and Larina

Rolo Cookies

2008-12-18T21:18:00.000-08:00

Rolo Cookies
yeilds 9 dozen

1 cup shortening (i didn't have any so I used margerine instead)
half a cup butter softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
1.5 teaspoons of vanilla extract
4 and 1/4 cups of all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1.5 teaspoons of baking soda
1/8 teaspoons of salt
rolos( I think i ended up using about 4 rolls of rolos. don't use the bag of mini rolo's that you can buy it just doens't give it the same chewyness inside. i had a hard time finding rolos, i found them at zellers but had to use jumbo rolo's for half the batch which i cut thoes ones in half!)

In a large mixing bowl, cream the shortening, butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well.

Roll into 1.5 inch balls. Push a roll into the middle and then roll in yoru hand again to make sure the their is no rolo showing.

Bake at 350 for 12-14 minutes or until golden brown and surface cracks. remove to wire wrack for cooling.

Chocolate Oatmeal Sandwiches

2008-12-18T21:08:00.000-08:00

You can basically use any oatmeal cookie recipe for this but i will write the recipe I followed out of the Taste of Home Cookie magazine. I have fallen in love with Taste of Home magazines!!!

Chocolate Oatmeal Sandwiches
2.5cups of butter softened
1.5cups packed brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
6 cups quick-cooking oats
2.5cups all purpose flour
half a cup cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

Filling
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract.

In a large mixing bowl cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla/ Combine the oats, flour, cocoa,baking soda and salt; gradually add to the cream mixture adn mix well.

Drop by tablespoons 2 inches apart(i would recomment using an icecream scooper for this to keep them all the same size and shape, i did not use it and so mine didn't look as neat.) Bake at 375* for 10 min or until set. remove from wire rack and cool.

For the filling in a large sauce pan melt chocolate chips butter and milk together. remove from heat, beat in vanilla. spread on the bottom of half the cookies and top with the remaining ones!

This one is For Larina...hunt for the best chocolate chip cookie!!

2008-12-16T21:21:00.001-08:00

So I found this new recipe that i decided to try they are pretty amazing cookies. The guys at john's work were in love with them and could not get over how HUGE they were. Here is a picture of these mouth watering cookies. i will also post a picture of my rolo cookies that are just a delight to eat, soft chewy and delicious!

1st Christmas Dinner and more

2008-12-16T20:51:00.000-08:00

So this past Sunday we celebrated Christmas with John's family. I know it is kind of early but John's sister and her family are going to hawaii right over Christmas til January sometime and so this seem to be the only weekend that worked. Next weekend is john's brothers wedding receptions so we were very limited on days! The girls or should i say Janae enjoyed opening her presents as well as Camryn's. This year we decided us adults were not buying anyone gifts we all just bought for the nieces and a small gift for the parents. It was nice cause it was pretty pricey the years before. John's mom attempted to do a gift exchange game with gifts she had purchased but it wasn't much of a game as there was nothing you wanted to steal!!hehe, we all agreed we would do it again next year but we would each bring a gift!! Janae and Camryn got a few toys, books and each a couple shirts and outfits. the adults all got money!! So here are some pictures from the gathering.
Today we headed out to the Minter Garden Country Garden train. It is in Chilliwack on Young Road and is about twenty minute drive from Sumas Exit. It was super cold out but the girls were very well bundled and way more bundled then any other kids that i saw. The train was a miniture train that you stradle Camryn refused to sit still so john decided he woulnd't go on the ride and just walked around the garden with her. It is 3 bucks to walk around, and five bucks to ride this mini train or ride on a carriage pulled by a tractor. Janae loved it. THe ride isnt very long, we were there for about 45 min and then realized we had no formula and figured we should book it home before camryn freaks out. It was a great evening and here are some pictures. THe jacket Camryn is wearing I bought today a please mom and I bought it big so that it could maybe fit her next year but i think i have to bring it back cause it just doens't work now being that big and it was pretty pricey. Oh well i was desperate for a jacket today, tomorrow i will head back out looking for a good jacket for her.

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This Sunday is our church's Christmas service. in the morning the little kids are singing and then i have made up a bunch of Christmas crafts for them to make during the service, i am super excited about this and hope that i will not be disappointed as i know that a lot of times you get pumped up about something and then it just doesn't meet up to your standard and i am hoping that is not the case! I am going to post some pics so i am done writing. If i dont' post before Christmas i want to wish all my readers a very merry christmas

December News and a proper blog!

2008-12-07T21:14:00.000-08:00

The first week of December i decided to make a batch of gingerbread cookies. This was a huge risk because both girls were awake and Janae would want to help and be in there like a dirty shirt and Camryn would want me to hold her and whine the entire time. But thankfully Camryn sat in her highchair the entire time eating and playing with toys while Janae and i together made cookies. You will be happy to know that I made janae put clothes on before she started helping me. I was getting camryn ready and Janae stood on a chair in the kitchen telling me she was ready to help and there she was BUTT naked!! ya i highly doubt anyone would want to eat any of the cookies after i posted a picture!!haha. Anyways I really enjoyed my time with Janae. I do a lot of baking with her and sometimes i find myself yelling at her the whole time for the fact that i dont want a huge mess to clean up cause i only have 15 minutes! but this time i didn't care and it was such a wonderful time, makes me excited to do sugar cookies with her this week sometime.

On Friday John's mom invited us over for dinner and also to come and make a beautiful gingerbread house which made it on my kitchen table (how lovely!) My sister in law Hilary and my two nieces Missy (19years old) and Nicole (15 years old) came over as well to help with the decorating. This is the first year doing altogether. It was a little boring as they just followed the gingerbread house off the box, no creativity was needed here! haha. Janae had a blast helping decorate and also eating the candy. She did pretty good with not eating to much. Camryn sat and ate crackers and watched after I gave her a package of gummy candies to suck on which she was able to bite through adn slobber over all the candies(oops!, we didnt' need hedges anyways!) we had a great time doing it I just wish it could have stayed at Oma's cause i really don't like the tackiness of gingerbread houses! It is not my style!

Today we skipped church as John's work puts on a kids' Christmas Banquet for all kids under the age of 12. They have crafts (bead bracelets, gingerbread cookie decorating and pipe cleaner crafts), a magician, full christmas dinner including hotdogs and of course SANTA and PRESENTS for each kid. Janae had a blast makeing her pretty bracelet while i made one for Camryn, think i will be buying some beads for Janae for Christmas for me and her to do while Camryn is sleeping. My only concern is if we drop some on the floor and don't pick them all up it is a pretty bad choking hazard! so i have to think about it a little more. Both girls sat with Santa wiht out tears. Camryn needed a diaper change as she was wet and was also wanting a bottle so she wasn't very photogenic but Janae climbed up on Santa witha big smile on her face and recieved her gift! Camryn got this ball giraffe thing which in my opion is junk and will be going to mcc,( I will keep the balls that came with it for my ball popper thing as the balls work in there and we have miss placed some but the stand is rediculous so ya it has to go!) Janae recieved a wonder pets talking and moving stuff animal. Personally and i think most mom's can agree with me that show is horrible, not sure how educational it is but i can not stand that stupid song they sing and it never ends! so this is such a wonderful toy to have in our house, we'll see how long they play with it, just might end up at mcc as well! Usually they get really great gifts from John's work and some of the kids got really cool ones but we didn't luck out this year, whatever. We are still thankful. Well not for the goody bags that contained peanuts. Jeepers people with kids allergies these days i really don't understand why they even risk it, seeings so many companies have gone peanut free it is pretty hard to find candy without peanuts! so theos bags got chucked.

Today we cleaned the house and John finally put up all the fixtures in the bathroom. The other ones had "accidently" been pulled out of the wall which is why i had to putty holes and then decided to repaint the bathroom which by the way will be repainted soon again, just can't stand the hospital green color! So i finally have my towel racks back and can stop finding towels all over the floor in every room. So that was our great weekend and what has been happening this December so far.

Oh ya and i have been busy planning for Camryn's party. My side of the family will be celebrating on Christmas day seeings we will be there anyways. John's family we will be doing in Jannuary as his sister and familya re going to hawaii over Christmas and then we are doing the friends party after new years day! So it is pretty busy, and for something Camryn won't even remember! but i have to have some pics cause i did it for Janae. plus this is agreat excuse to hang out with friends, we don't do that very often. Plus i LOVE to host parties and decorate, make a cake and party favors and go all out so ya it should be fun adn stressful altogther. I do however need ideas for gifts for Camryn. The only think i can think of is a ride on car and a foam chair as she really likes janae's rocking chair but she falls off it when she tries to climb on. Only problem is if I buy a chair for Camryn i have to for Janae too cause she WILL steal Camryn's all the time adn i really don't feel like having that fight with her all the time, i have many other conflicts with her i don't need another one!haha

Oh quick update on the girls. Camryn weighs 26.5lbs! she hasn't quite trippled her weight but she still could in two weeks!haha. She is NOT walking and really doesn't care to. Well she walks just not how normal people do, you tell her to walk she walks on her knees, it is quite hilarious to see, i should really video tape her doing it to remember that! Apparently it is really good for kids to learn to walk on their knees before walking to build strength! She is able to make dog noises and kitty meows when you ask her what noise they make. She does a lot of babbling and is eating well if it is off my plate. She still doens't eat sweet things but the doctor says that is great! She isn't really interested in her bottle so much anymore she has cut down alot and prefers to eat normal food. I hope she transistions from formula to milk easily.
Janae has a brain like a sponge, she continues to soak up and absorb so much information. She is just hilarious so many times. She has become the "stupid" police, meaning she watches everything we say, no more saying stupid around this house!! Just as well anyways. She tattles to daddy on me all the time even after i have said sorry. I am toying with the idea of cutting out her afternoon nap. She doesn't always sleep that great at night but i really enjoy my two hours in the afternoon by myself seeings i usaually have a nap cause i have been up with camryn (nope she doenst' always sleep through the night!) so ya not sure what i will do yet.
So there you have it folks, i acutally had something to talk about that you might be interested in and enjoy reading.

So What do you think?

2008-12-06T21:29:00.000-08:00

So computer says that both my girls look more like me then john! haha. I bet if my kids had my brown hair and brown eyes they would forsure look like me a lot more. Most people usually say that they look more like John then me and it drives me crazy! Oh well they look how they look!

Jefremow Look-alike Meter

2008-12-06T21:21:00.001-08:00

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2008-12-06T21:16:00.001-08:00

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Girls homemade Christmas ornaments!

2008-11-29T12:48:00.000-08:00

So here are the ornaments i made. Seeings i was a little busy last Christmas i never got around to making them ornaments, but they don't know that so i made them this year and will date them 2007!! so i cheated a bit but hey i had to! All the ornaments you see you can purchase at Michaels. Sorry for the horrible pic of Janae;s first ornament, just coulnd't get a decent shot of it!

Not sure what to say!

2008-11-28T21:55:00.000-08:00

So for the past couple of weeks since my last post i keep opening my blog and just stare at the page not sure what to say or talk about. I know crazy to think that Christy could have nothign to talk about!
Well i am excited for Christmas. today i cleaned the house and made it all pretty and John and i just put the tree up so we can decorate it tomorrow morning when the girls wake up. I made the girls their ornaments this year. i make them every year, which hasnt been many yet, but i want them to have a homemade ornanment from me each year that one day can fill their own tree.
Tomorrow is going to be a special day if it goes according to plan. I plan on making a good crepe breakfast and coffee and then decorate the tree with bells and other non choking non breakable ornanments. Janae made some of her own as well. I also hope to get around to making cinnamon apple sauce ornaments as well. If they turn out i will post the recipe. And to top of this fun day we are taking the girls swimming. Both of the girls love the pool and seeings john and i both have gym memberships at ARC it is a free event! well not free really but it;s already paid for so it feels like it is free.
I think I am pretty much done my Christmas shopping. Now only if thoes stupid flyers would stop coming to my door i might be able to stop finding such cute and affordable toys and clothes for the girls!
Well that is it for now. I don't feel like downloading pics so i will post pics tomorrow after we do our special day!

Talk to you all later

professional pictures of the girls

2008-11-12T20:36:00.000-08:00

Update

2008-11-09T20:23:00.000-08:00

so since my last post I had some pictures done of the girls, the whole point of this second indoor session was to get a good one of camryn for her first birthday(which is quickly approaching) and than a good one of the girls togehter..Well i got a few good ones of camryn til she was done and then there was no hope in getting the two of them together. I got some more amazing pics of janae too. I am really impressed with the pictures. I got them done by boot and bonnets and you can see her site on facebook. She is just getting into the field so her prices are really good right now if you are looking for a photographer. I will post the latest pics once i have the cd cause i don't feel like cutting and pasting right now off her site!
So I have joined the gym! ! I got a 3 month membership at ARC. I decided to try it out for three months. I didnt want to do a year because i am not sure how motivated and comitted i would be and also when it s nice out i usuaully walk outsdie so i woulnd't need it in the summer months. I have gone twice and have really enjoyed the peace and quiet in there. I plan on going as often as a can each week. Usually going once john gets home from wokr or once the kids have gone to bed. I don't really want to ask my mom to come out here during the day so i a can go to the gym and i don't want to put them in child minding at 4 bucks a child! We'll see, i would like to lose at least 20pounds and get fit. I joined a different gym after i had Janae and they weighedme and did all the body fat testing and determined that i needed to lose 23 pounds to be considered healthy. Well i weihg more now then i did when I went to the gym after Janae so 20 pounds should probably be more like 30!! we'll see. We still plan on having more children so i want to lose most of the weight i at least put on with camryn. man next baby I am staying away from filet o fish's> I know larina that is a huge sacrifice!! But it really added on the poundage as i really didn't watch what i eat. I know this sounds horrible but i was not like most moms who try to eat healthy when they are pregnant my eating habits didn't get any better, maybe worse because i ALWAY Satisfied my cravings!! I was terribly sick wiht camryn and took deklectin the whole time up until the day she was born. I regret taking them because some days when i would try ot go without i got sick when i ate "bad" food. I should have just not taken them so i would feel sick all the time, maybe then i wouldn't have put so much weight on! Anyways enough about my extra poundage. I should take a beforea dn after picture adn then when i reach my goal and look like a knock out I will post the pics(that's if it happens)hehe
So ya there you have it. i will post again when i post some pics.

Family Pictures 2008

2008-11-01T21:25:00.000-07:00

So this morning we spent an hour or so taking family pictures at Gardner park. It wasnt raining but it sure was wet! We got some great shots and i am excited i have a picture to hand out to everyone. Camryn wasn't very happy, we got a good family one and a few wiht her and john and then shewas just done. I am going to the photographers house on friday to get more pics done of just the girls. Her are some of the pics we took today.

Trick or Treat?

2008-10-31T21:23:00.000-07:00

So as halloween approached Janae noticed all the digusting scary displays and decorations at different stores. Most of them scared her and she would continue talking about them once we got home. I didn't know how to explain Halloweeen to her as I dont' believe in it and all the ghosts,witches and that crap. So when she would point out halloween stuff at stores I woudl say oh that is just silly halloween junk. Janae now tells everyone that halloween is junk. We were able to not connect the scary halloween stuff to the trick or treating or dressing up together. Halloween junk is all the scary stuff and everything else is fun fall stuff. We did do some trick or treating at our local mall which i was really turned off by. One it was way to busy and secondly we recieved over 10 pieces of peanut butter or peanut chocolates. Janae and john are allergic to peanuts and I was shocked that they would be handing out peanut stuff with all the allergies out there, so I complained but they said it was up to the manager of each store. LAME. We didn't last long there and then went to our church for our fall harvest festival. THere was lots of different games, candy apples, cotton candy ext. Janae had fun eating cotton candy, she cried all the way home cause she didn't get her face painted. But here's the thing we were in the line up to do that but she just gets shy and then doesn't want it and athen she was all excited about the cotton candy that she didnt' care. It's funny cuase Janae is a chatter box and she talks and talks and talks but you have to give her a good half an hour to warm up! Camryn was super tired all evening as she ahd a short nap this afternoon adn is fighting a cold. She wasn't too bad though so we were able to enjoy ourselves.
We got family photos of Johnm's family done last weekend and we got the back I will post the possible christmas card. Tommorow we are trying to get a family pic of just the four of us we'll seehow that goes. Trying to do the christmas card thing this year. WEll i should go off to bed, i will download the

pics first though. hope you all had a great night trick or treating!

so dumb

2008-10-26T15:48:00.001-07:00

So I decided i would try and pick one template and stick with it and so I tried again. This time i got a complete white page and you couldn't see anything, i clicked on here erased there and wala I got the original template i had switched to a couple of weeks ago with the proper back drop color. don't knwo what happened and where the info came from but that is why its different, i will not touch it again!!

Jack O' Lanterns and Family

2008-10-25T20:26:00.000-07:00

So tonight i invited my sister Sonja and her family over (Dan, Brooke, Devyn and Marshall) and my mom and sister in law jackie as well as John and Hilary(john's sister) and their girl Nicole for a evening of pumpkin carving and dinner. I love to entertain and just don't do it enough. With kids it is kind of hard to do it as you never know what kind of day you will have so i don't like to plan things in advance in case it isn't a good day. But i did plan this event last night and was very excited about it. The girls woke up at 6am which kind of threw the day off a bit for me cause when Camryn wakes up before 7:30 she has to have a nap in the morning so that means we have to be at home all morning. Anyways i jsut took janae out ot do the grocery shopping and get last minute items for tonight. When I got back we all packed up and went to the brand new Abbotsford Recreational Center for it's kick off. There was free hotdogs, cotton candy, popcorn. sushi, sandwiches snacks and this massive cupcake cake! It was soooo crowded in there you really had a hard time moving especially with your stroller and people are seriously rude and inconciderate. Anyways after we had a look we came home for nap time and to prepare the house for the fam. Everyone arrived around 4 and we carved pumpkins. I made a very fancy dinner of farmer sausage on a bun and hotdogs!(I usaully do a bigger spread and little fancier then that but with the pumpkin carving at the dinner table it was too much to do that!) I also made a cake that I decorated to look like a pumpkin, silly me didnt take any pics but i know my sister did so i will have to steal that pic from her. The kids all played nicely together and the evening went by really fast with no problems and i think every one enjoyed themselves! So that was my very busy saturday. Tomorrow is another very busy day. we have the usually church in the morning adn then at 12 we are meeting for family pics. we are hoping camryn wont' want to go for a nap til 1?!! Sundays are the worst day for routines so you never know what time would be a good time. And then for dinner we are going ot my sister inlaws for my niece Nicoles 15th birthday party. So a lot again tomorrow. So there you have my weekend in a nut shell. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend as well.

Leaves, Leaves....and more leaves

2008-10-24T20:53:00.000-07:00

Fall is definately here. The air is crisp and cold. No more running out the door without jackets on. THe leaves are falling and the ground is being covered with leaves. THe colors are vibrant and amazing. This past wednesday i went to my parents place for supper where i was able to take advantage of their yard and take some pics of Janae, it was too wet out to bring camryn so i didn't get any shots of her..oops!. My parents live in the bradner area on 5 acres. They built their dream home 10 years ago on this 5 acres of forrest. My dad works with big machinery and my mom loves landscaping and the two of them have created the most amazing park like back and front yard. The pics i took of janae were taken in the new project they have just completed. This is pond #3, each pond runs from one to the other and is surrounded by trees and pathways. You seriously get lost in there with all the trees and littel rest areas. It's so fun to see each new project that they come up with.> They also just added a split wood fence aroudn the perimeter of the house. The grandkids love going over to play at Grandpa's and nana's. One of the ponds actually has trout in it for fishing! so there is never a dull moment outside. Here are some pics of our day.
On another note, camryn got two new teeth this past week, which makes a total of 6. She has had diarreah now for almost two weeks and am thinking it all has to do with thoes teeth. And now since they have broken throguh she has been sleeping through the night again!! HOORRAY!!! She still refuses to take a step alone. we try but she immediately goes to the ground, little chicken! She barks, if you ask her what does a puppy say she barks it is so cute. Camryn is 10 months on the 25 and i am already planning her party as it falls right on christmas day i have to be on top of things as december can get pretty busy.
Janae is such a smarty pants that kid i tell you. I should relaly satrt teaching her more stuff c ause she would pick it up pretty fast. Her new thing is to tell everyone her name is Janae Jefremow and she lives in Canada! Ithink we have told her that info once. She has a brain like a sponge just absorbs everything.

oh dear

2008-10-13T12:26:00.000-07:00

something happened when i put on a new template, everything dissappeared!! I mean everything as you can see, giv eme some time to set it up again!

oh crap!

2008-10-12T22:23:00.001-07:00

Ok so i totally messed up my page now! I have no freaking clue what i did to erase the entire wall, but i have the nice backround now! So i need you all to make a comment on here so i can have your blog address yet again, i guess i will start all over. good thing most of my post didn't include to much thought and time or really important info!

Day Trip With NANA!

2008-10-11T21:23:00.001-07:00

So we did the annual pumpkin patch outting for the year!! This year I took my mom along as one of her 50 outtings for the year for her 50th birthday she celebrated this year. We left John and Camryn at home cause we just felt that it just wouldn't work with Camryn, she is at the awkward stage of not being able to walk but not wanting ot be held or sit in a stroller, plus she is totally spooked of animals and it was a little chilly. So just Janae and I went with my mom. We had a great morning of playing on the slides, hayride, petting zoo and popcorn oh and the pumpkin patch of course. We also picked up some apples, which i made into apple sauce today as well! It was such a gorgeous day for it!>
This evening we headed over to my sister inlaws for turkey dinner. It was a great meal and a great time. My niece and her cousin took both our girls downstairs to play so john and i acutally got to sit back and relax which was wonderful!!
Anyways thought i would post some pictures of the day as well and ask yet again for help with my blog. I changed the backround by the orange behind my writing stayed, how do i change that color?
Hope you have a wonderful thanksgiving, i know i have so much to be thankful for!

Here's Janae at 2.5 years old measuring at 3ft,3inches (3inches taller then she was at 2!!!)

HELP!

2008-10-11T21:11:00.000-07:00

Ok so I downloaded this new backround but it didn't change the color behind my writing which was from my previous backround, please help me!

The New ME!!! What do you think?

2008-10-09T21:03:00.000-07:00

Well John came home yesterday afternoon. It seriously felt like he has been gone for a month with his florida trip and hunting trip just about back to back. With him being gone so much lately camryn has totally become a mommys girl and it is annoying. I mean i do like the fact that she wants me but it is hard to get things done when i can't leave the room. I was so blessed this time when john went hunting both girls slept through the night each night and had great naps together. I can't remember the last time that i have slept through the night, probably before janae was born!! And when i say sleep i mean from 8-8:30!!! AWESOME!! We did a lot while john was gone ,i painted the bathroom twice cause i hated the first color i chose, it was too dark and i should have never listened to teh paint guy who told me to use semi gloss!! yikes. So now i painted it the same color as my laundry room whihc i love but not sure if i am liking it a whole lot in my bathroom so we'll see if this color stays!!
It is great that john has the rest of the week off til tuesday. Tomorrow we are heading to the pool as janae has been asking for a long time. Saturday we are heading to the pumpkin patch weather permitting with my mom as one of her 50 things! And then in the evenign heading to john's families place for thanksgiving dinner. Where i will be bringing my homemade cranberry sauce and coleslaw!! i know i got off easy!!
Janae and i baked pumpkin and apple sugar cookies today. I really dont' know why i try and bake with janae. She wants to help and i do let her cuase i don't mind messed but it just takes so long. It didn't start off good when she tried to mix the butter and sugar and first spoon she flung into the air and all over the place. She could tell i was annoyed and right away says, "its ok, just accident, we clean it up!" how can you get mad. We have started a naughty mat for this child. Her listening and disrespect it terrible. I dont' know where she gets off thinking ity is ok to hit or kick me. and the screaming in my face or laughing in my face when i am talking to her sternly is out of control. WE had a very bad morning the other day and since the we have talked about her behaviro adn she knows what happens instantly if she is out of line. She was only on the mat once today and she was very upset. So hopefully this works cause it scares me to think that she is so physical towards me at such a young age.
Camryn is a little turkey, she repeated the word cracker to me today by saying,"crack" she also makes a dog barking sound when you ask her what does a puppy say. She is just full of smiles and makes you want to just eat her up!!
Ok so that is it, i surprised my self cuase i was just going ot post a pic of myself and now i have written a novel. Well at least i have give you something to read sonja while you pump in the middle of the night!

Quick question: Do you think it is ok to teach a two year old the proper terms for body parts. LIke penis and vagina?
JOhn doens't think so and i think it's great if they know the right terms. Janae knows that she has a vagina and daddy has a penis, for a while she thought he had peanuts but i think we have cleared that up. It was great the other day when she tried to climb out of camryns crib on her own and fell and in the process really bruised her vagina. She was able to tell me her vagina hurt which was great so i new where she hurt herself. She is such a smart cookie! Sometimes too smart for her own good!!hahaha

Ok let me know what you think!
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So what do you think? Should i go shorter next time, grow it out?

Single Mom...again!

2008-10-04T13:20:00.000-07:00

So here i am a single mom again for another five full days! John left two weeks ago and went to orlando Florida for a work conference while i stayed at home with the sick and non sleeping munchkins. We'll see how this week goes. John left this morning for his annual hunting trip with his family. I told him before he left there was no need to shoot bambi cause i refuse to cook or eat deer meat. So we shall see.
Camryn slept through the night basically last night, she went down at 8 and woke up at 8 she only woke up at 6am for a feeding!!! I hope that continues. I saw today that the second tooth on top has finally broken through so i hope this sleeping continues for a while before the next tooth tries to come through.
Janae is growing up way to fast.. This child talks and talks and talks, i have no idea where she gets that from!!! And it's about stuff that happened so long ago, it is crazy what they remember!
Well i don't really feel like sitting here any longer there is so much to do and i should be sleeping while the kids are napping, but oh well, hopefully i am not screwing myself for tonight!!

Here's a pic from John's hotel room in orlanda, he gets treated pretty well by remples,t hey stayed at the marriott hotel.

Here's a pic of me, not too often do i get pictures take of me but my sister got one of me at church. I have put together our 2 yearold program so am pretty busy sunday mornings. Next pic of me will be with my new hair do so stay tuned!!

Janae doing her craft at nursery!

Janae sharing a drink with Opa, this is called matte and is a paraguayan thing you won't ever catch me sharing this germ infested drink!!

My sister in law just celebrated her 40th birthday and so we had a girls lunch for her. I think janae ate over half the cake by herself, she couldn't even stop to smile for the picture!!

Oma (John's Mom) and Camryn (Camryn is 9 months)

Nothing

2008-09-18T20:43:00.000-07:00

So it has been a long time since i posted and so i feel obligated to write a post for thoes of you who do check my blog occasionally. Life is so busy these days. I find myself running around and feeling like there is never enough hours in the day! Anyone else feel that way?!
John is leaving on Saturday night to Orlando Florida for a work conference and is gone til thursday. Not really looking forward to that but i guess i should just suck it up because he leaves me again two weeks after that for his yearly retarded hunting trip with his family! Have no idea what the excitement is all about with hunting but boys gotta be boys I guess.
Janae is turning 2.5 next week which is crazy. people in the stores are always saying she looks 3 if not 4. Yes she is very tall and has amazing language skills as well as an attitude of a 10 year old. But she is only 2.5 and is such a smarty pants. She talks so grown up sometimes and imitates me a lot (not always a good thing).
Camryn is 9 months next week, boy does time fly. She will be a year in 3 months. I dont' remember time flying by so fast with Janae. Camryn is a busy girl, she started crawling at 8 months and has mastered the skill, she also has learned to pull herself on furniture and just this week has learend how to walk along furniture. My prediction is that she will be walking by 10 months, well at least i hope so. She is a big girl all around. The last time we wieghed her at about 8 months she was 22 pounds! WE weigher her the last time at the hospital when she had a week of hte stomach flu and then two weeks later she had tonsillits and strep throat! it's crazy her immune system sucks and i wonder how much of it has to do that I did not breast feed her, well i did for about a week! She has also learned in the past couple of months to say "mama", "dada" and recently "nana". She also loves sharing. She takes her soother out and puts it in mine and then takes it out and puts it in hers. Today i noticed she is able to take the wooded peg puzzels pieces out by the little peg with two fingers so her fine motor skills are definetely there. This turkey as big as she is is a pickey eater. She refuses to eat anythign from a jar so she eats a lot of cheerios, rice puffs, mum mums and then food off of our plates. She still is on formula and we are trying to get rid of the night time feed as she definentely doens't need them!! A friend of mine suggested the book, " Baby Whisperer" i think that is what is was called. Anyone have any reviews on that book? I think i might give it a try becasue i would love to be able to sleep through the night! So that is what camryn is up to these days.
I have been busy these past couple of weeks there are some things that need to get down around the house and like i said before there just doesn't seem to be enough time in our day to get them done. Ok well i know my sister will be reading this so I should correct that. we chose not to do the things around the house. My priority is my girls so if we have free time we are doing stuff with them so things like painitng and yard work (other then mowing the lawn) get put on hold. But this past couple of weeks i was able to paint our railing on the deck and john was able to clear out the whole back yard, no more tree stumps or dirt piles back there anymore. What are we doing with the back yard... I have no idea! I really need to paint our upstairs bathroom, JOhn ripped the towel rack out of the wall so i had to do some patch work and now i am thinking if i have to paint the bathroom again i might as well chose a different color! i was thinking a nice olive gree color perhaps! I also would like to finish the downstairs recroom, need to paint over the hideous green apple color i painted down there and also paint the rental suite down there. All of these things to do and they all require no chilren around. ANd seeings the girls have been sleeping liek crap lately I have been napping as well in the afternoon. So ya we'll see when that gets done.
Well i think i have y apped enough on here and have some up got you up to speed on my life. Leave a comment so i know you stopped by!> Here are some recent photos.

Almost Over!

2008-08-19T17:59:00.000-07:00

Well today seems to be the best day so far for camryn. She is no longer vomitting and seems to be getting her appetite better. She still has really bad diarreah but it is happening less often...thank goodness! She has also been sleeping alot which is kind of nice. Out of this whole thing the best part of her being sick was the amount of cuddling she did. she isn't much of a cuddler otherwise but this weekend while she was really sick she would lay on my chest and sleep and daddy wans't good enough it had to be mommy!
I am so happy that she is feeling better because i have a girls nigh tonight with my gunther girl cousins. THere is 7 of us all within 4 years of age, we've always gotten along and do the occasional get together. I believe we are good friends thanks to my grandma for making an effort when we were little to have us all over for sleep overs several times a year so that we could get together and be close. That was her dream and it has come true. most of us are married and half of us have kids but it's great to get together and get out of the house.
Well i need to get ready but i will leave you with the pictures i promised you yesterday!

Worst Weekend EVER!

2008-08-17T21:06:00.000-07:00

Back in the day the worst weekend ever would mean you didn't get enough sleep and were dreading Monday morning when you had to get up early for bed. However as a parent that is all different. The worst weekend is when one of your children is violently ill and you get no sleep cause you are busy rocking your child, washing soiled bedding and clothes and going back and forth to the doctors! That is the worst weekend because there was nothing i could do to prevent it or make it better! So here goes my weekend.

Thursday night Camryn got sick at the table and projectile barfed across the table. I thought it must have been something she ate as she was gagging just before she threw up. We cleaned her up and then john walked aroudn with her while she did it two more times. Still thinking it was the food we took her home cause we were at my sisters and fed her her bedtime bottle and put her down. Half an hour after she is asleep there is a funny noise from her room and then crying. I run in and she is covered and i mean covered in vomit and so is everything else around her! eek. so we throw her in the tub and wash her up. She continues to vomit and so i say what the heck i am taking her to emergency. Camryn had the stomach fly at 2.5 months and was hospitalized for two days. I knwo how fast they can dehydrate. So i spend my night waitng in the waiting room lookin glike a liar cause camryn is smiling, and cooing and doing patty cake for everyone! But i stayed and the doctor saw her and said it might just be a gag reflex thing and to just skip formula for the night. So we bring her home at 1am and put her in her crib, 3am she wakes up barfing again, not too much seeings there really isn't anything in her stomach and then goes back to sleep. She woke up at 8:30 and i pick her up and she is HOT! I take her temperature and it is at 102. So i guess it has nothing to do with gag reflexes doctor but the stomach flu..great. All day she just lays on me and then barfs and then sleeps and then barfs she doesn't want anything. By 8pmI take her to my family doctor who is on call at the walk in clinic because she has not peed since the ngiht before. He seems concerend and tells me about gravol suppositories and tylenol suppositories...who knew.

Saturday morning John is woken up by a horrible smell he goes in to camryn;s room and discovers her sleeping in diarreah. It was soo bad. Poor little girl. She was a bit more like her self during the day but woudl want to eat but then have diarreah and then crash.

Today we skipped church as she still has diarreah she is sleeping ALOT, probably to catch up.. She is eating her bottles(which i just read you should not feed them formula when they have diarreah!oops) not sure what to do cause she will NOT drink that pedalyte stuff. She still has diarreah and a lot of cramping but no fever (or Beaver as janae would say). She just went down and is now sleeping so we'll see how the rest of the night goes and tomorrow. I feel so bad for janae cause she basically has been on her own. i am used to spending alot of my day with her and now all of my attention was on camryn because she just wanted to be held and sleep on me.
John took Janae saturday morning to the 4x4 show at the tradex where she had a blast and today john took her to the pool. It's great having a husband, you really appreciate them at times like this where you really need another person. Now my only fear is that Janae is going to get it. Oh i hope and pray she doens't. I really don't want to deal with another sick child.

It was so hot this weekend and with camryn having a fever and wanting to be on me all the time i sent john out to buy an aircondioner for the window. So we have been able to stay sane!

Well that is a lot of reading so i am going to call it quits for now. Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. Please feel free to leave a comment so i know that you are still out there.

ok so it won't let me download any photos so i will next time.

where has time gone!

2008-08-04T07:26:00.000-07:00

Camryn 7 months old
My mom and Bj after their jump!
Janae 28 months old

family walking back from town in Tulemeen

the house we stayed at

camryn's new sleeping position

crawling backwards!

OH boy! Where to begin. Well I will start with our week vacation in Tulemeen. We left Saturday morning with the rest of my family which is 9 adults and 5 kids (4 under the age of 2)!! We were all able to make it to princeton without stopping for crying children and had lunch at A&W. Tulemeen is a 30 minute drive through the mountains on a very windy road from Princeton. WE arrived at the house my parents rented and got settled in. The house was gorgeous. The week was very relaxing. My family enjoys sitting around doing absolutely nothing, but i like to be out and about so we went to the local playground and beach daily. It was a great trip the kids slept great. We had little to no expectations so it was awesome to have great sleepers and everything work out smoothly! So that was our great adventure, makes me more confident in going to seattle for a couple of nights and hitting up the aquarium and zoo! If anyone has advice about which hotel to stay at that is close to one of the attractions let me know!

Camryn is moving around, doing a lot of bum scooting, she does try and crawl but is moving backwards! last night I raised her side bar in her crib thinking that one day she is just going to roll out of her bed, even though she never rolls over even though she knows how. And we discovered her asleep with her arm holding the bar. i will post a picture of this! She is such an awesome baby. We had Kris and Annette over last night and i forgot she was there!

This past Saturday my mom and my youngest brother BJ jumped out of a plane at 14,000ft! Yep my mom went skydiving. She has always wanted to do this but my dad wouldn't let her because he didn't want anything to happen to her and leave him with us kids to raise! So my mom turned 50 this past May and us kids gave her a gift, it's a piece of paper numbered from 1-50 and through out the year this paper will be filled with events or gifts that she receives or does with one of us. So BJ took her sky diving as one of the 50 things. She has received so far flowers each month from one of us kids and stepping stones from her grandchildren. Jackie and Steven took her to the sandcastles in whiterock and I took her to the quilt show and we are going to see mama mia. And my dad is taking her on an alaskan cruise Sept 6! So it is a fun filled year for her. the plan is that for her 51st birthday we will present her with a scarpbook of some sort of all the events and gifts she has received as we have been taking pictures of everything and keeping ticket stubs and stuff like that. So ya.

Janae is getting smarter every day! The words that come out of her mouth sometimes are crazy , The other day she asked to sit in my chair and I told her that i was sitting in it but she could sit in daddy;s chair. so she walked over to his chair and said," I sit in daddy's chair for a reason!!" what? anyways she makes us laugh!

Well that is all I feel like writing, i really should write more often so that i remember everything that is happening in the Jefremow household!!

Wow, it's July Already!

2008-07-06T21:06:00.000-07:00

What did kids do before bouncy castles? This is Janaes favorite thing, thank goodness for the community cruiser that comes to our park weekly!

I was gonna post some more canada day pictures but niece is in them and my sister doesn't like her picture all over theh interenet, but if you are my friend on facebook you can view them there.

I can't believe how time flies when you have kids! We have been busy these past couple of weeks. Outside and taking in the gorgeous sunshine. John had Canada Day off so we went to the Canada Day parade with my sister and her daughter and my cousins Jen and Michelle and michelle's two kids. We had a great time. Janae had a blast grabbing candy and camryn enjoyed sleeping in her carseat! After the parade i dropped john and camryn off at home and Janae and i headed off to the PlayDAy at rotary. It was a really nice day out as it was not super hot and there was a nice breeze. However i decided not to lather up with sunscreen and so my skin was fried! oops! it is crazy how our sun is so different. i used to never have to wear sunscreen, i never burnt. but in the last say 5-7 years or so i fry and that is so unusual for me! The sun is definately getting hotter! I took camryn in on monday for her 6 month shots and she weighed in at 21 pounds and i think 71cm! she is in the 100th percentile for both. but is where she should be for the size she was at birth!

So yesterday at dinner we are sitting down and eating and Janae says," I like um sauce sooo bad like whatever" WHAT?! i wonder where she hears the word like a lot? or whatever!! serioulsy i am scared when she opens her mouth afraid i have said something that iw ill regret! i guess at this point it is probably too late!!

Anyways i am gonna post some pictures and i always forget how to do it, whether you down load first or after so that pictures go where you want them. i have a feeling they will be above on this post. but i am posting some picks of canada day and one where you can see just how ginormous camryn is!!

HOT HOT SUMMER!

2008-06-28T21:22:00.000-07:00

Well i am pretty mad at myself. we went on a big family outting to Harrison and i had forgotten to take the memory card out of the computer and put it bakc into my camera. so here i am at the beach ready to take a pic of janae having a blast and on my screen appears "no memory card" AHHHH! We had a terrific day. i only burned a little the spots i forgot my bathing suit didn't cover and i forgot to lotion thoes areas! And now i am dealing with heat rash all over! Anyone else get small red bumps everywhere that itch and hurt all at the same tiem? I never used to get them. The first time i got them was when we went to Cancun. I thought at the time it was because it was winter here when we wen tand my skin was in shock with the temperature change. i remember the last two days in Cancun i couldn't even sit in the sun i was in so much pain. and ever since i get it every time i am in the sun. i heard benydryl helps, maybe i will have to try that. my doctor told me it was cuase from all of a sudden being in the sun for a long period of time. oh well won't stop me from enjoying this gorgeous weather! So incase some of you arn't diligent readers fo the abbotsford papaer i encourage you to read it today and look for a picture of my daughter janae with a clown! i posted a link to it on my facebook for thoes of you who have access to my profile! It is so neat to see your child in the paper. Kind of gives you the feeling that she is famous! I am sure most peopel don't even think twice when they see the picture but who cares. I just see Janae's face all lit up when i show her the picture in the paper. she must feel like a princess! Anywho, i just wanted to share my day a bit with all you readers and unfortunately i don't have pics from today. but i did capture some cute photos of janae at mill lake. until the next post, enjoy the sun!

Front Yard!

2008-06-25T20:55:00.000-07:00

Camryn 6 months old today, not the greatest pic but the only one i took of her today! oops!

Here are some pics of my flowers and plants I have in my yard

the front of the house, Janae and Camryn's room windows. i know the ugly blind is an eye soar but it keeps the sun out and some heat too!! i will post some new pics once my daisies open up and soem other flower i planted there!!

here's the front yard, complete wiht plants and our new grass and fence!

full front yard pic, driveway is on your left and house is on your right, i am standing in the garage.

So there you have it our yard!! i will post again when my flowers all start to bloom, everything is still so small cause of the lack of sun!

Not sure what to talk about tonight so i will leave it at that! goodnight

so i am lame

2008-06-09T21:27:00.000-07:00

Janae at Devon Nurseries, falling while chasing chickens at the petting zoo!

this is the front yard, i need to take a current one with the fence totally done and the flowers in.

took this two nights ago, they both love bath time.

Janae playing at the zoo on the playground

camryn enjoying the sun we had that ONE day!

I have been finding it really hard to blog lately. Just never have time to sit and write and then i wonder, who cares what i have to say and decide i would rather do something else. but it's 9:30 and like every night i lay janae down in her bed and then sit outside her door til she is asleep. for some reason i only have to do this at night time and not during the day which is nice. but hey it beats laying in her bed and trying to sneak out or tyring to stay awake.. since she has been able to fall asleep without me in her bed she has been sleepng through the night...well until this weekend that is. John went away on a church mens fishing derby fort he weekend and the two night he was gone both girls were up for most of the night on and off, it was horrible! And then last night camryn woke up at 3 and dint go back down til 6 and then janae was up at 7. it was rediculous, so it has been a really crappy day and the rain sure didn't help the mood around here.

Onto updates about the girls. Janae has learned her abc's. and no i did not teach her, she learned it from listenign to camryns' exersaucer sing it! I wish i could take the credit but i can't! Oh well it doesnt' really matter who teaches it to them right? Janae loves books and recently we got a book from the library and we read it twice to her and now she reads it back to us, its simple but she does it, and it is so fun to watch her. Janae has also been speaking so much more. i mean she has always been talking way above her age level but recently she has been sayign things we say.. which isn't always good. Like her new words that she heres us say i guess are <"what the heck!' and "that sucks!' it is hard not to smile or chuckle when she says thes e things because of how she says them but you know int he end its not something we want to encourage!. Janae is a determined little child and needs her space. We have been workign on her outburst of attacks. Whne i say that i mean she will do the typical push or hit when a child takes a toy from her or if she wants a turn with the toy someone has but she is aggressive soemtimes jsut because and what erks me even more is the smile she has on her face when she hits another child and when she is being disciplined. I am nto sure how to correct thsi behavior, it is just so mean. Anyways i do have support from supported child care so maybe i can find a technique that will work. It just makes it hard to go out with other kids janae's age becasue she just walks up to a child and hits or pushed them for no reason sometimes and so parks scare me when she is up on the play structure and i cna't reach her. It also is hard when i have carmyn with me cause i dont' always have a free hand. So every tuesday we have been able to go to a playgroup and leave camryn with my mom so that has been awesome. i hope that she will grow otu of this stage of "bullying".

Camryn is growin g so fast, she is almost 5..5 months now. She is 19pounds 7 oz! she likes to eat just like her mommy, all day and all night. well only one bottle at night some nights! She is able to roll over from her stomach to back but hasn't even tried from back to stomach and right now she is able to sit all by herself. She started doing it about two weeks ago and she learned it really quickly, Janae only sat alone after 6 months. Camryn has discovered her voice and loves to hear it. It can get really loud and be more like yelling but these past two days it has turend to babbling. She says," giggle giggle giggle" it is so cute. I am thinking her bottom teeth are trying to cut through as she has been extremly miserable! and camryn si a pretty content child who smiles seriously ALL the time. I cuoldnt have asked for a more content child. she is the comoplet opposite of Janae.
Janae loves camryn and playing wth camryn she is such a great big sister adn is soooo gentle with camryn, it is amazign how janae takes on teh mommy roll when i am busy doing something, i often am busy doing something and when camryn starts whinnign or crying janae says," just a minute camryn I am coming" and goes and grabs her soother to put it in her mouth. Janae often is able to tell us what camryn wants which si helpful! Janae holds camryn often and hugs and kisses her saying ,"mommy look at her, she's cute!"
A couple of months ago it was snowing out and janae went to the window and said, "mommy look its' snowing, AMAZING!" what random word and who knew that she knew that word! So here and there that word comes out and makes us laugh.

Today jsut before bed janae called john and i to the floor for circle time. she mimicks her teacher at playgroup and does all the songs and says all the things that her teacher does, it was so neat.

Anyways it has been busy around here, my mom came may long weekend to help me plant flowers and becasu eof the lack fo sun we have they arn't looking so great! Time for some sun already.

We bought a year pass to the zoo which si such a great deal, i recommned everyoen with children to do the pass. It is 60bucks a person and includes parkign and a train ride each visist, admission to the seattle zoo and the one in kelowna, 20%off at the aquarium and science world. They have a brand new playground that is great for 2 years and older. so even just going there for a walk and park time is worth it!

Well it think that is enough writing for one evening. Hope you are all haveing a great June. I look forward to July for our family vacation!

About me

2008-05-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

So i took this off a friends blog to use on my own

Fabulous Four
Four jobs I've Had:
1. Egg Collector
2. Walmart cashier and Toy dept
3. IGA Market Place Bakery
4. Kids Club and Open Door, supported child care
Four Movies I've Watched More Than Once:
1. How to Lose a Guy in 10 days
2. Pretty Women
3. Finding Nemo
4. Chipmunks
Four Places I've Lived
1. central Abbotsford, BC
2. West Abbotsford
3. Aldergrove
4. East Abbosford!

4. Four TV Shows I Watch
1. Jon and kate plus 8
2. Little People Big world
3. Take Home Chef
4. Survivor
Four Places I have been:
1. Mexico
2. DisneyLand
3. Manitoba
4. Saskatchewan
Four People Who Email Me Regularly (Depends what regularly means):
1.Mom's meet up group
2. scarpbooking store
3. Facebook
4. Bettyanne
Four of My Favorite Foods:
1. Spaghetti
2. Chocolate
3. steak
4. vereneki
Four Places I would love to Visit:
1. Victoria
2. Disney World
3. Jamaica
4. Cuba

Oh MY!

2008-04-24T13:52:00.000-07:00

Oh My time flies, i haven't posted a new post in a long time and so much has happened!! So here goes a long post, so go get your cup of coffee and a comfy chair!

Well April 5 we purchase a used 2004 van from VIP mazda in abbotsford. A week after we bought it we brought it to toyota to just get a full service done on it. And we found out the it was not all wheel drive, which we were told it was! Nice hey. So anyways we go and complain to them and they told us we could bring the van back for a full refund or they would give us 500 bucks and a one year all terrain warranty.. T hinking that was a good deal seeings we didn't care if it was all wheel or not we said sure. The next day we drive to the inlaws and on the way the van stahls, umm, and then it happened again and then it jerked us on teh free way, that is when we thought oh my word what the heck. So we get home and john phones one of the mechanics from toyota and togther they think it has somsehting to do with the fuel additive. S o john takes teh van out of half an hour and drives in second and nothing happens, vans fixed. So comes monday 11am it is just about nap time but i really want roast for dinner so i put the kids in the van to quickly pick up a roast from safeway. The van is fine til i leave safeway and then it stahls adn the check engine light comes on and won't go off, what do I do, do i go home and then hope i make it home. Or do i drive to toyoat so they can take care of it. Well i figure i will go to toyota. There they look at it and tell me it might be this certain part but to take it hoem and if it happens again come bakc. At this point both children are miserabl! So i put them back in the car and turn the key it starts and then dies I tried three times. So now they need to get the part and i need soemone to bring me home. Turns out the air flow meter died. 240 bucks later it is fixed. So anyway john phones mazda and they are like ok we will pay for teh part. On saturday i leave to go to the mall and when i turn the engine on it squeals and when i leave it is blowing blue smoke, so john phones mazda and says this is it we want our money back. and so we drove it to mazda and got a full refund, it was pretty easy.
So now what do we do thank goodness we didn't sell either of our vehicles so we still each have one. But now that i have had this luxury van i dont' want to go back, it is so easy with the van taking the kids places. Umm what to do ...

We bought a brand new 2008 Toyota Sienna and it is coming off the truck today or tomorrow!! A lot of moeny later we have a van and we were even able to trad ein teh four runner for what we were asking for it too! so that is cool.

So you think everything is going well but wait. The way it works at our house its that if we buy something big something else will break. So here goes what broke.

We bought the first van and john accidently closed the garage on it and there was no damage on the vehicle. Big deal right garage doors are designed these days to bouce back up when they come in contact with something right, well that is if the guy who istalled the door put it in properly with ALL the pieces. SO ya now we have this big fight with the garage door company Ocean Doors to try and get oru money back seeings we had him install this brand new door in august. i have had other door companies come and just shake their heads with EVERYTHing that is wrong and there is a list. So we will fight and i will take hime to small claims court to sort this out cause it is going to cost over 1100 to replace the door ro 1300 to fix what he did wrong. Has anyone sued anyone before, i am not sure how it all works!? So ya but then guess what. W e buy a brand new van and john drives to workt he next day and stops at the gas statiokn and that is where is car is sitting, doesn't start! Oh the joys. So ya. Our history goes like this, we got all new windows, the washing machine breaks, we got new gutters,t eh original door breaks, we re did our yard the renters fridge breaks. That is how it works. scary but they go hand in hand!!

Well i am guessing my children are going to wake up soon so I think i will stop there. I will post about the girls a different time.

Saying Goodbye

2008-04-05T21:36:00.000-07:00

On Friday we celebrated the life of my Taunte Annalee, it was a pretty sad funeral as she was still so young. She was diagnosed with liver cancer this past june and past away last week march 26. She leaves behind three children with their husbands and 7 grandchildren who are still really young. I wasn't super close to my Taunte Annalee but I was with one of her kids and his wife. This family lost their dad 10 years ago as well so both parents are deceased. This is the bulletin from the funeral and I wanted to share the poem that was on the back of it.

When family ties are broken
And loved ones have to part
It leaves a wound that never heals
And an ever-aching heart.

We can not bring the old days back
When we were all together
But loving thoughts and memories
Will live with us forever.

There will always be a heartache
And often silent tears
But always precious moments
Of days when you were here.

We hold you close within our hearts
And there you will remain
To walk with us throughout our lives
Until we meet again

The entire funeral Annalee planned before her passing as she was a very maticulous and organized lady. She planned everything even her coffin that would look the best with her color! The service was beatiful and the reception to follow was nice to hear all her friends share their special memories of Annalee. Somehow throughout the service i kept putting myself in the families shoes and realizing that we don't know the plans of the Lord and for all we know he could take us away today. Time to smarten up with my walk with God so when that day comes i am ready to face my creator.

Best Pork Chops EVER!

2008-04-05T14:38:00.000-07:00

So I am copying my cousin Larina's idea by posting a recipe and pics on my blog to share with you! So here it goes.

Apple Raisin Pork Chops

For 4 pork chops (i double the recipe so i have enough sauce for my rice!)

Brown pork chops in frying pan with oil, sprinkle salt and sage.

Once browned layer pork chops in dish with apples(up to you how many you want, i used three last time cause i love the apples with my meat!) and 1/4 cup brown sugar, 2Tbsp Flour.

With the oil in the frying pan add 1 cup water, and 1tbsp of vinegar, bring to a boil. Add raisins(however many you want) and pour over pork chops.

Bake at 350 F for one hour and then cover and bake for another 20minutes.!

Our Newest addition to the Jefremow's!

2008-04-04T21:15:00.000-07:00

Here's our latest purchase, 2004 Toyota Sienna XLE. We were not planning on buying a van just yet but we came across this great deal and couldn't give it up! So now comes the fun of selling our 4 runner! Anytakers? I will post pics of it soon, once I clean it! This Sienna is top of the line, with leather seats, dvd player, automatic everything, seat warmers front and rear heater adn AC controls and much more. It drives pretty nice and ilook forwards to taking it on our holidays this year. W ith the double stroller our back of the four runner was pretty full already! WEll that is my exciting news for the day, keep your eyes open for me on teh road!

Time to say Goodbye

2008-03-26T21:06:00.001-07:00

Today was a sad day. This morning I found out that a close friend of our family lost her mother suddenly this morning. And then this afternoon my Taunte Annalee passed away. So it has been a sad day.

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Janae~

2008-03-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

well so far it has been an amazing weekend. John was told on thursday that everyone at remple brothers was getting a raise effective this monday and that they were getting friday and monday off with pay! So yesterday I hadthe Jefremow family over and made a meal for easter and Janae's birthday. I made potatoe salad, roasted potatoes, ham, fruit salad and paska for dessert! It went really well. Janae had a blast out side looking for all the goodies. It was fun for her cause she had 10 people all watching her and cheering her on! She had a present overload yesterday with it being her birthday and easter!
The best part of yesterday was at ngiht. We put together my old bed and decided it was time janae slept in her room, no more going to the couch, having a bottle in tehmiddle of the night. So we did the super nanny thing and put her in her room and kept putting her back in her bed til she was too tiredto get up anymore and realize that she was not goign to win this battle. John and i prepared ourselves to do this for several hours but it took all of half and hour and then she slept til 7 without waking up. well she fell out her bed once but it iddn't keepher awake john just put her back in bed and she went back to sleep!! Amazing! And now at nap time we went to her bed instead of the rocking chair she started crying but when seh saw me sit on her bed she realized that she wasn't going anywhere. And so she rolled onto her side and went to sleep just liek that! MAn what were we waiting for! Janae has also been peeing on the toilet! She tells me she has to pee and we go. I am not full blown doing the potty training thing just yet because we want her tobei n her bed and have that down before we start something else. However when janae does tell me i do take her to the potty I am just not putting her on their every half an hour or so yet! So ya we;ll see how tonight goes. WE are planning on going out for the afternoon and out for dinner for Janae;s party, not sure what we are doing yet I will post about today later. For now i will post some pictures of yesterday!

I can Make you thin!

2008-03-18T12:16:00.001-07:00

So how many of you out there need to lose a couple extra pounds before summer!! Well there is a show that might just help you out. Did any of you catch the premiere show of I can Make you Thin Sunday night at 9 on channal 34? Well if you didn't i am going ot do a recap of the four points he mentioned that are the golden rules to weight loss! If you have cable watch it this sunday as it is a series fo 5. He was also on Ellen today so if you read this in time check out ellen this afternoon when it's on again.
here' an overview of TLCs website

I Can Make You Thin will showcase McKenna's "4 Golden Rules" -- simple and accessible techniques that McKenna claims will show viewers "how to control the mind's relationship with food" and shed pounds without leaving their couches. "This is not a diet, " explained McKenna. "It's about changing your life using simple psychological techniques which transform people's relationship with food forever. I am thrilled to bring this successful program to America for the first time." Each episode of the five-part series will follow McKenna as he applies his rules to one of the major themes that commonly occur for those who struggle with weight: emotional eating, addictions and cravings, motivation to exercise and metabolism, and self esteem and self-image.

Here are the four golden rules:
1. When You Are Hungry, Eat
2. Eat What You Want, Not What You Think You Should
3. Eat Consciously And Enjoy Every Mouthful
4. When You Think You Are Full, Stop Eating

never mind

2008-03-18T12:06:00.001-07:00

thanks but i figured it out !

help

2008-03-18T12:03:00.000-07:00

Ok so i spent a long time yesterday writing a new blog with pics and everything and while a video was downloading all our windows closed and i lost it, but i know blogger saves your work as you go so how to i retrieve it?

happy st patricks day!!

2008-03-17T20:14:00.000-07:00

You know what really sucks, is there are no pictures of all the kids! Pretty lame maybe annette has some!

So here's the low down on the birthday party. Saturday was super stressful because my dad was busy working outside and needed john to be out there. which left me with two demanding children and a house to clean and food to make! It was ok til about 2 when my dad realized that teh dad;s were invited to the party as well and john would be coming in. So my mom came over to do some work. She was out there in the freezing weather washing the driveway and rock retaining wall, three hours later she was done and her hands were purple! I felt so dumb cuase he we were inside havign a party while both my parents worked on our yard. I wouldnt' have cared if we were paying them for their time but seeings we arn't i felt pretty quilty. So ya everyone came out for the party. The kids played well together for the most part. JAnae got a new wardrobe, she got such cute clothes, thanks everyone! We ate hotdogs, veggies and dip, fruit and dip, chips and pop and DORA cake for dessert! The party was over as fast as it started. I dont' know why i love hosting parties and having people over cause i find i spend all my time in teh kitchen! oh well. So anyways the party was great and i think everyone had a pretty good time.

So yesterday i noticed while changing janae's diaper that she had a red spot on her tummy and by the end of the day it was a little bit bigger. and then this morning she wouldn't stop scartching it. I phoned the health nurse cuase janae had her chicken pox vaccine just under three weeks ago and i know teh side effects can come anywhere between 1-3 weeks. And sure enough this is the third week and yes it is chicken pox! This is the second spot we have found. Earlier last week she had one on her back but we didn't know what it was and didn't really pay attention to it but when the second one came i figured i should phoen and find out. APparently they can get a mild form of chicken pox. I asked the nurse if i should phone my friends to tell them as they were all here for janae's party and not all of them are immunize but she said i could but the chances of anyone getting it was pretty slim, so i hope that is true as i don't want camryn to get it either!

Well here are some pics from the party, johns didnt take very many so there isn't much to post but here they are.

sorry this video didn't download and i dont' know how to get rid of this thing!

Here's my Master Piece

2008-03-16T22:04:00.000-07:00

I really need to go to bed but i wanted to quickly post a picture of my master piece i created for Janae;s party, i will do a proper post a different day!

Birthday Party

2008-03-13T20:33:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of a dora cake i found on line, however my mold looks nothign like this my cake will look and taste better i hope!

Well as many of you know Janae is turning 2 next week on the 22nd and we are throwing her a friends birthday party this saturday! With our yard being redone i am a little overwhelmed with all the planning. It' s is a lot of work to go out to town these days seeings my car is parked up on the road so it's been a lot of work to go grocery shopiing for this party. But i did manage to get it done today! Well i have taken on the task of making a dora cake for janae' s birthday i will post the final product when i am done if it turns out to look like dora!!! So tomorrow i will make the cake and decorate it in the evening or sat morning!! We are just doing hotdogs for dinner and so i havne't made the dinner part anything fancy, it should be a lot of fun, hope both my girls runny noses are gone by then!! Has anyone out there made a theme cake before, if so what and do you have a picture?

time change and yard work.

2008-03-09T07:43:00.000-07:00

Ok so i don't know what i am doing when i downloaded the pics because they are backwards this is suppose to be the last picture that you see so skip down to the bottom pic and work your way up!! sorry i will figure out how to do it properly next time! you have to imagine the yard being level to where john is in that hole and that there is a rock retaining wall that is U shape. Wait for the finish product. I believe by Tuesday it will be fully done, well my dads part maybe not the new plants or grass..anyone know where to get cheap sod,we want instant green grass!!

Beautiful arch...GONE!

This a pic taken from our front door above the hill is Orchard drive.

This is take from the road our drive way is to the right of this picture

This is our drive way coming from the road, the retaining wall we are doing is on the right hand side, i forgot to tak e a pic of it yesterday but all the poles are out now and it's just dirt. We are making the drive way a couple feet wider as well on the right hand side there.

this is also taken from the front door.

So it's quarter to 8am and my family is all still sleeping as janae is still on the old time clock! so yeah we all get to sleep in...well excepte me. Camryn slept through the night til 6am and then i fed her and she was up for half an hour and now has crashed and well i am awake! so i thought i would write a blog to update you on what is going on over here... outside my house. I looked out the window this morning and discovered a big dirt mound in my front lawn, all my shrubs and stairway and arch have dissapeared and i am left with is a big dirt pile and a hi hoe sitting in my yard! I am so excited my dad was finally able to fit us in in his very busy work schedule to do our yard. We live in a hole and so our whole yard is a hill! So there really is no yard space for the kidlets to play.> Janae and i played in the pool in summer in the front lawn and water only was on half the pool!! So the plan is to level out the front yard and give us a good flat surface and then build a 6 ft rock retaining wall in a U shape and then build a fence ontop and flatten the ground and then build another 2 ft retianing wall and then flatten that area to the road so our tenants have a nice parking spot. And then we have to replace our rotting retaining wall on the otehr side of our drive way. And that is all we are doing thsi time around as my dad has four days to complete this project as he is very busy with work. So here are some picutres i will try and describe them the best way that i can so you can picture how our yard looks like!

I also had a progressive day inside the house. Janaes first birthday party is next weekend so i want the hosue to be spot less. well i always want the house to be spotless but that doesnt' ever happen! So i cleaned up the living room and put away some of janae's toys cuase she has so many and doenst' play with them and then I washed the floor and not just around the chairs but i actually moved the chairs this time and really washed the floor!! and that was about it but it sure looks great!

post overload today!

2008-03-06T12:56:00.000-08:00

Ok so i need some help from an expert blogger. I have put names of people on the side so that people can go from my site to one of my friends. I thought i downloaded their information right but when you click on it an error pops up. What address do i type to get to them. I originally went to a persons site adn copied the address a nd then pasted it into the section it thought i was suppose to but that obviously didn't work. Can someone walk me throug it quick?!Please!

Just have to show you

2008-03-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

Just had to brag and show you my latest picture i took of my girls that acutally turned out nice. It is tricky getting pics of the girls together nicely cause Camryn dones't sit and janae holding her just doenst really work yet. But i was able to capture this precious moment. And so i want to share it with all of you!

Camryn Talking

2008-03-06T12:07:00.000-08:00

I was finally able to get Camryn on tape cooing! Everytime i tried she would stop tlaking the minute i put the camera in her face. So this time i did while john was playing with her. So enjoy her little noises!

For your pleasure!

2008-03-05T16:05:00.000-08:00

Ok so i will put together a commercial for your enjoyment, but i better get some feed back on it!! I will try and get john to help me out tonight if we get a chance. But stay tune i will come through!!!

double stroller

2008-03-05T12:05:00.000-08:00

Here's a pic of my new stroller i bougth last weekend! Pretty nice hey!! Well it should be for $300.00! Yeppers they arn't cheap. Which is why we did a lot of research about double strollers before purchasing one. My friend Annette was also in the market for a double stroller so as a team we came up with our final decision on which one we think is the best one out there for a decent price. This stroller is the newest model of the graco double strollers it is called Graco Quattro Tour Duo Glidder or something like that. This color pattern shown above is only availbale at toys r us but you can get this stroller in black and silver at the bay or sears. The going price is $299.99 but this week at toys are us you save $50.00 so my total with tax was like $279.00. I don't know how many of you have looked at double strollers but there is a difference in size and weight on them and how they handle so with pushing two kids you want ot think ahead at what will be enjoyable to push and this is definetley awesome to push!! I believe each seat can hold up to 50 pounds a car seat carrier is able to sit in the front or back seat. It has suspension and turns corners amazingly!! And ot top it all off it folds into almost the same size as a regular stroller, alittle bit longer and a little heavier but it is great!! So there you have it. When we first started looking we were really interested in teh sit and stand one but after Annette tried it her review came back very negative and i also was told by another girl that she bought one and hates it. So make sure when you are looking for that perfect double stroller that you do your homework!! Now i jsut need to convince john to buy the matching car seat that goes with the stroller, that is a whopping $160.00 expensive hey! Well if any of you woul d like to try out my stroller let me know. Maybe i will go the distance and be really lame and video tape myself folding the stroller and giving an online commercial, i will have to do my hair before that video is done so hang in there!
One other little thing for all you american shoppers this stroller is $139.00 in the states at walmart and target adn it comes in grey out there as well as the black. So that is another idea. Oh and Costco out here online has it as well for $169.00 i think or around there but then you hav eot order it online and i don't know how to do all that crap!.
THis stroller can be dangerous if not driven carefully!! Here's what happened the first day i took the girls out in it! We were shopping around sears and i was manuvering inbetween all the clothes racks and i stopped to look at an outfit when i hear Janae yell < "Mommy Clothes" i look over and see that i have driven the stroller right into a rack of clothes and janae is underneath as i pull the stroller back to get her out from the clothes i realize that there wa s a metal clothes rack sticking out and on janae's foreheard is a big red mark. Oops, i guessi rammed her head into the clothes rack, OUCH!! So remember it may be amazing to drive and is shorter then some double strollers but it's not as short as your single so pay atttention!!

Well that is it in a nut shell. Thanks HEather for suggesting the blog idea!! Hope you all enjoyed the read

where does time go

2008-03-04T13:27:00.000-08:00

Jeepers, i can't ever seem to find time to post a new blog, i don't know how soem of you do it. All i know is that for me if i get a chance to get on the computer by the time i am done catching up on everyone's blogs i don'thave time to write one myself. The other thing is i don't really know what to write about? I could tell you my everyday stories but that might be boring. A cousin of mine started a blog and she gives out advice and writes these amazing articles and i think that is so cool!! (I am talking about you Larina!) and so i don't have the time to do stuff like that the only thing i can do and do it well is brag about my little ones!! so anyways that is what i am thinking about. Not sure what to do with this blog anymore. I mean if you as readers want to know just my everyday things and thoughts then let me know and i will continue with that. Give me some ideas of what to do !!

New Layout

2008-02-27T22:16:00.000-08:00

Well after looking at a bunch of peoples blogs is realized mine is pretty boring and i wanted to figure out how to add peoples blogs to mine so i don't have to find a comment someone made to get into their blog! So ya, i am still changing things and figuring out what it what so hang in there. It's 10:30 and i should have been in bed a LONG time ago!

Messing Around

2008-02-27T12:45:00.000-08:00

So i found this new program on the internet that is free where you can take your pics and make them all fancy!! So i gave it a shot and this is what i came up with. I am wanting to hand out pics for janae's 2 birthday. I have an appointnmetn at superstore today to see what kind of pictures they take of janae and we'll see which one I use! I think i softneed the picture too much it is looking a little bit blurry!

What a Gorgeous Day Out!

2008-02-23T20:50:00.000-08:00

Janae out on the deck this week in her pjs playing!!

Unfortunately our gorgeous day was spent at the mall, in the car and at the inlaws! I know lame!! I really wanted to go to children's place to buy Janae a jean skirt( i was having a hard time finding one) She is getting her two year pictures done on wednesday at superstore(we'll see how they turn out) So i was able to convince myself and john to spend the money on a new outfit for this special occassion! I was looking on the calendar today to see when i should do janae' s party and noticed that easter falls on the 23 of march this year, the day after Janae's birthday! This is so cool cause i can do a easter theme party with an easter egg hunt and everything!!! I guess this year both girls get to spend their birthdays on a special day, Jesus' birth and ressurection!! how special. I dont' really know what to do with this whole birthday thing. I did a big thing for Janae last year with a ton of my firends and their kids and this year i dont' really feel it's necessary, not like it was last year either. I just love going all out for parties!! But now with Camryn i am like why would a do a birthdya for her first year, esepcially becuase it falls at christmas and she really doens't get it or care. but then i think what will she think and say when seh is older and sees i through janae this amazing first birthday and did nothing for her! Quilt!! Oh well we'll see what happens. I still need to figure out this half birthday i dea i am thrwoing around for Camryn!! Any ideas how to give Camryn a special birthdya each year with out it beinglost in allthe christmas busyness.

So I think my family is over the flu now. Janae is still not fully herself but seh's getting there. Camryn is back to sleeping through majority of the night so that is a huge blessing I was getting pretty tired! Now that everyone is back healthy it's time to focus on decorating Janae's room. I thought we would reintroduce her big girl bed to her on ehr birthdya by putting the mattress on my old bed nad painting daisies on ehr wall and hanging pictures up. We tried the big girl bed at 18 months because she wasnt' sleepign in her crib and that didnt' work either. and so these days she starts off in her bed but then by midnight is on the couch with john! Yep john has slept ont he couch since i was 6 motnhs pregnant cause i snored too loud and then when janae started not sleeping in her bed and he was tired of going in tehre and waitin gfor her to fall asleep her brought her on the couch with him(he pushsed the two couches togetther so it's like a bed) and then janae is able to sleep throught he entire night without a bottle, it's crazy i know. we always joke about moving the couches inot her room! It;s funny cause as you know children can't alwasy pronounce words correctly so if you ask janae where seh sleeps she'll say" cowshit" instead of couches. so anwyas i thought for her second birthday i would make a big deal abotu ehr sleeping in ehr room by redoiong it and making it special for her. My mom painted the bed i used to have and so i think htat will excite her as anything nana makes is special to janae. My mom has made clothes and blankets nad jackets for janae nad so janae always says so proudly, 'NAna Made" adn did you knwo that Nana makes carseats, beds and just about anything!!! So we'll see what happens. We are also hoping ot start the potty training thing once we have mastered this bed thing. Maybe john adn i will get to sleep all through the night together soon, it will be the first time in 2 years!! I will let you know how that goes and if any of you reading this have any other ideas on how to succesfully do the transistion let me know!

Well it's 9 and i want to snoop on some other blogs before i go to bed. Have agreat day tomorrow as i see it is suppose to be another gorgeous day!

stay away from my house!!

2008-02-18T12:10:00.000-08:00

Camryn in her cage! Room 318!

I new camryn like sucking her hand but i didnt' know this was her favorite or i would have asked them to put the IV in the other hand!

Camryn in her 6 month sleeper she got from Aunti Sonja, it fits just perfect. camryn is 13pounds 9oz!! she has put on 3 pounds in 7 weeks!!

Just when i thought my saturday couldn't get worse. at 11pm camryn

started throwing up and would not eat and the little bit that would go down came up just as fast so off to the hospital i went, leaving john who just started throwing up and having diarreah before i left and janae who still has diarreah at home. i sat in emergency where we tried to get camryn to drink something but woulnd't and kept throwing up,so finally at 4am they decided it was time for an iv and to admit her. None of the nurses wanted to put the iv in but finally teh head nurse did and camryn smiled the whole time, what a tough cookie. So we went up to the pediatrics and once she was hooked up to the iv she stopped barfing and fell into a good night sleep. she woke up the next mornign starving adn drank a full bottle and kept it down and did the rest of the bottle the rest of the day but they wanted her to stay a full day before sending her home. i did not sleep at all the first night and thank goodness i got some sleep last ngiht, despite my disrespectful roommates!(the parents of a sick child). So anywyas this mornign they discharged her and so we are at home. JAnae still has diarreah and so does john although it has gotten better and now camryn has diarreah. I jsut did a load of barf and pooh clothes adn have gathered all janae's toys to bleach! This house is going to be sanitized today so i don't get this horrible virus. Well i should get going on the bleaching. I am so glad ot be hoem so i can enjoy this gorgeous weather outside instead of from the third floor window at MSA! I think i will wash my vehicle first! Have a great week everyone, oh and i learned that when kids have diareah (1 year to adults) give them diluted welches white grapae juice, it absoibs in the body, donot give apple juice!!

one boring saturday

2008-02-16T15:17:00.000-08:00

THis is how janae spends most of her day.

Well its saturday and it sure is a boring day!! i slept in which seems to have been a mistake, i am more tired today then i am any other day and also pretty cranky!! The sun is starting to shine and it makes me want to go out for a walk, oh wait i dont' have a stroller that fits both girls in. we are waiting for toy r us to have a sale on their quattro double stroller which they say will be in march> it is 300 dollars and if we go to the states its 230 so we have talked about going down tot he states to purchase it, but ya. i thought about going down today but i think we'll have to wait cause Janae is still not feeling good. She is eating more but has diarreah right after so nothing is really staying in her system. she still has her bladder infection . We arn't sure now if she has the flu as well or if the symtoms are from teh medicine for the bladder infection or if she has the flu too. so anyways we had to cut the dosage of medicine in half and so far she has stopped throwing up but we still have diarreah adn she just isnt herself. she has lost so much weight already. AThis has been on going for the past two weeks with her not wanitng to eat so it;s noticeable taht she is thinner! i just hope we camryn doenst get it if it is the flu.
Anyways so ya this is my saturday, sitting on the couch doing absolutely nothing but being lazy. eventuallly i plan to head out to walmart to buy some diapers and food so ya.

Happy valentine's Day

2008-02-14T12:17:00.000-08:00

Just a pic of me and my munchkin before Camryn was born!

My poor little munchkin Janae is sick. She has a bladder infection which we started treating yesterday with antibiotics and this mornign she has been throwing up and just not acting like herself. They say that the meds could cause her to be nautious but i don't know, just before i put her down for a nap she started feeling a bit warm to me. Happy Valentine's day to me!!

We celebrated yesterday cuase my sister has my mom babysitting her kids tonight so ya. We went out to red robins and then went to the mall where john and i got in on some great deals at sport check, new shoes and jacket!! So tonight we are just hanging out at home seeings Janae is not feeling well.

Oh the joys of sick kids. It is hard with Camryn too cause i can't always be cuddling with janae and putting her down for a nap today she fell asleep listening to camryn scream. Days like these i wish money grew on trees so john could be at home to help me out.

My life is going awesome. I have been spending a lot of time in prayer lately and it has made me way more loving to my husband and more layed back. I tend to get all caught up and uptight abotu things that i become a total bag especilaly to my husband so it's been nice an dquite around here lately!! I struggle with control and i have for ever and when my relationshop with God is weak I turn total bitch, pardon my language. I need God and so often I am so busy and don't really feel that I need Him. It's not til things get pretty bad at home that i realize how desperately i need Him. Yet the stupid thing is I fall back into the control freak all the time, and then come crawling back. Why do we go back when we know how awesome life can be with God, mind boggling!

do they look alike?

2008-02-11T12:45:00.000-08:00

a whole lot of nothing!

2008-02-09T15:13:00.001-08:00

So it's the weekend and i was woken up at 5:30am by camryn who acutally slept from 10pm -5:30 so that was super awesome!! She decided after her bottle that she was done sleeping and so i put her on my bed to play and i went and painted my bathroom at 6am! crazy i know, that is what john said when he came in the room and discovered me on a ladder with a paint brush in my hand!
last night we went bowling with our care group and took the kids a long, janae had a blast bowling!
I will have to take a pic of my laundry room that i just painted green adn sponge painted daisies all over. it looks really cute, at least i htink so!! now i jsut have the task of painting the cabinets white! Next project is janae;s room. i am wanting to fully decorate her room adn complete it for her 2nd birthdya when we'll try forcing her to stay in her room for night. RIght now she is on the couch with john adn I am not going to even start explaining why!
well camryn is growing all the time, she sure doesnt' look only 6 weeks old, people take a second look when i tell them how old she is. Scary to think how big number 3 will be and no i am not pregnant but am planning for a third!

Well this is it for now, have to go and make a bottle for camryn. one of these days i will write a real post of what is all going on in my life, but for now it will be short and sweet.