The weather has turned and spring is here, or within sight
;) We have no snow left on the ground but that doesn't mean we are done
with the white stuff. 'Spring' in Alberta is such a tease... really I
would say we don't really have spring. It generally goes from winter
straight to.... okay, maybe we don't have summer and we just get spring really
late. It is all so unpredictable. Whatever the weather we have
begun to emerge from our home and get outside to play. It has been so
rejuvenating.
We purchased a used chariot last weekend and have already
used it numerous times (though we have yet to strap it to a bike). It is so easy to push around even with both
girls in it. A huge improvement from our
‘tank’ of a double stroller.
Hailey has been really enjoying the freedom she now has,
running a bit further from Mom and playing in the backyard by herself as I
watch from the window. She wants to do
everything by herself. I am trying to be
patient as that means everything takes a million years longer ;) She has gotten so grown up, so fast. With only her third birthday coming this
summer I feel like she is already 5 years old (with the attitude and all), but
she really is such a sweet girl. She may
not always like to share her toys with her sister… and she may not always poop in the toilet but she is so full of love.
She looks out for Quinn constantly and loves to laugh with her. She sets the table for us and says the most
beautiful prayers. I cry every time she
speaks her sweet words to our Heavenly Father.
She brings the spirit into our home and reminds me daily that I need to
be a better Mom.
Quinn is crawling all over the place. She has abandoned the army crawl for the more
efficient hand/knee crawling. She is
trying to climb up on everything and has the funniest personality. When we tell her ‘no’ she looks up at us with
her chin raised really high and her bottom lip out in a huge pout…. She waits
till we laugh (because it is seriously so cute and I can’t help but laugh) and
then laughs herself and tries to do what we told her she couldn’t again. She is such a charmer! She is super tolerant of everything and has
been from the start. She could wait so
long to eat before she got upset and can take a good knock without getting
upset. She says ‘dad’, ‘baa baa’ and ‘uh
uh’ (uh oh). We just love her to
bits. I can’t believe she will be 1 in
just 5 weeks.
Ian and I are off to Las Vegas in May for our 5th
anniversary. It is the first trip away
without the girls and we are both SUPER excited. I know I will miss my girls but I also won’t
miss them :) It is definitely time for a break. I don’t know how anyone can have children
closer together than 21 months apart. It
has been ‘all baby’ for the last 2.5 years and it was hard with a non-sleeper
and really sick pregnancies. I’m looking
forward to our planned ‘break’ and hope that no ‘surprises’ pop up in the next
2 years!
*Mom you are seriously amazing to have had 6 kids when you
were my age… good heavens, that would have killed me!
We are so blessed and need to show our gratitude more
everyday. It is a constant struggle to
truly be a ‘good person’ (at least for me – I can’t speak for Ian).
