Standing

If only we could all be this enthousiastic when we first stand in the morning!
Owen has just started to pull himself up on things to a standing position - he just started on Thursday in fact and he now does it on EVERYTHING - the toilet, the bathtub, Georgia's bed, his bed, the couch and chair, his faith chest, Georgia's stool, the changetable, the higchair - you name it, he can pull himself up on it.
He is ecstatic every time he does it, and if he can let go of the object and stand with no hands - EVEN BETTER, he totally HULKS out, clenching his fists and screaming - although he is usually leaning on the object for support but he still gets crazy happy!
He is a pro at standing now and I am fearful of what is to come once the feet start moving.
So here is a little video of Owens excitement to be standing, of course in the bathroom!

Labour Day Weekend

Nothing is more fun to do on a long weekend than family Reno's!!

Okay so not really Reno's but close enough.

Owen will be 10 months old in a matter of days and Georgia turns 3 in 17 days! WOW!

We always had in mind to add something to Owen's wall since Georgia had her swirls we found the blue on it's own just a little boring - we were thinking green and then I got to looking at Owen's baptism invitations and remembered how much I LOVE the brown with blue. I also thought we should pick something that he might not hate when he is 16 (not too babyish)

These Chocolate Brown Squares are what we ended up with

We also have been wanting to put doors on the kids rooms but it never seems to get done - I told Nate that Georgia NEEDS a door when she is 3, I am hoping this will help her fall asleep on her own in her OWN bed.

Georgia LOVES RED/PINK - not just red, not just pink but RED/PINK the two always go hand in hand. When we told her that she would be getting a door her first response was "So you can Lock me?" the poor child thinks we want to lock her up, after a lot of reassurance on the Locking Up fear her second response was "Can I have a RED/PINK door?" Well we already had some Pink paint so we used that and of course she helped to paint it. We also found some stamps that we had and decided to let her try those out in this deep shade of purple that we thought would go well with the rest of her Purple/Pink room. She loved it and she was so proud of herself. We decided to get some temporary door knobs so that Georgia could open and close her own door, hoping to relieve her of her Locked In fear.

It reminds me of Boo's Door from Monsters Inc.

So with the kids rooms nearing completion that leaves, MY ROOM, the bathroom (yes; it's still not entirely finished), the hall, the hearth, the entry way, the dining room, the basement and the biggest most expensive project, THE KITCHEN - one day my house will be a castle until then I am trying so hard to use my imagination.I really do LOVE my house - it just needs some redecorating to make it mine - almost there tho!

9 Months

Where does the time go?

My little baby boy is almost a toddler

2 months until I go back to work and Owen and Georgia start daycare

3 months until Owen's first birthday

No more parking in the baby spots - EVER! We had a good long run of getting really good parking spots because most of them are new & expectant mother so while I was pregnant with Georgia and up until she turned 1 (and even sometimes after) and shortly after that I got pregnant with Owen so it started all over again but now Georgia is a pre-schooler and Owen is almost a toddler so I can't exactly call myself a new mother and I am DEFINETELY NOT and expectant mother.

Pretty soon Owen will be running around chasing after his sister making his monster noises! He already gets into everything and he isn't officially crawling - it's more like flopping - but he gets where he's going and he gets there fast and it is always where he knows he shouldn't be - the bathroom, the registers, electrical outlets and one his way he always take a minute to stop look back and laugh devilishly.

This morning Owen woke up EARLY so he and I went for a walk while Daddy and Georgia slept.

Of course I brought the camera and got some nice sunny shots of my sweet boy!

They are doing construction on our street and I really wanted to put him in a bulldozer but I think my neighbours might call the city on me and there were pieces of a tree trunk that fell during a storm that I really want to lay him on but he wasn't very happy and since I was by myself I wouldn't have been able to catch him if he rolled off

But this is what I ended up with!
Enjoy

Halloween

SO you are probably saying it is WAY too early to start thinking of Halloween but phlbt! to you

Halloween is OFFICIALLY my favourite time of year/holiday!

I LOVE going to the pumpkin patch

I LOVE pumkin pie

I LOVE the foliage that time of year

I LOVE the weather (not too hot, not too cold and usually not snowing yet)

I LOVE taking the kids trick or treating

I can't say enough good things about Halloween - IT ROCKS!

I am soo looking forward to Halloween this year - It's Owens first! You might remember how Badly I wanted born October 30 so that I could be out of the hospital in time to take him trick or treating - well that didn't happen but that's okay

This year we are going to take him to the pumkin patch and let him and his big sister pick their own pumkpins and we will hopefully get some good pictures (maybe owen will be starting to walk)

I CAN"T wait!

Here are some pictures from last Halloween (4 days before I had Owen)