Happy 8 Months to Rowan!

Well Rowan is now crawling! She's not too fast yet, but getting there! We had our pictures done on Friday. There was a communication issue, and she ended up being an hour late! And with young kids, an hour is a huge deal! Rowan wasn't as happy as she usually is. Partly she was tired from being up from her nap for over an hour, and partly I think she was overwhelmed by it all. Liam was wanting to be around the action, and like a 2 yr. old was getting in the way. Mike had to chase him around and try to keep him from messing with the equipment. She almost got a super cute picture of him, but her battery was low, and the light didn't go off. Despite it all, I do think she managed to get several cute pictures of Rowan. Rowan really started to smile when I picked her up, so I think she got some good ones of me and her. Sadly, though after about 90 min. the kids were pretty fed up, and we were not able to get a good family picture! Also, we totally forgot to get a 'Dad and Rowan' picture too. Man it was so much easier to do Liam's 7 month pictures with just one baby! Anyway, Mike's cousin has offered to do some family shots for us, so we are looking forward to finally getting a good (or as good as the kids will let us) family picture!

Update on Life

Been feeling a little behind on things lately...mainly up keeping the house, working, editing pictures of the kids, maintaining the garden, etc. all while making sure the kids are getting enough love and attention as well. It is a juggling act for sure, and I feel like I'm dropping the ball somewhere. I often wonder how people manage more than 2 kids and keep their house running because I am just feeling...well, overwhelmed!

Anyway, I just wanted to write a little update on us, so that morph kid isn't staring at you on the top of the page! Mike and I hired a babysitter for the first time over the weekend. We felt it would be nice not to drive the kids south to our family's house when we are heading north, so we signed up for a babysitter site online and found a nice girl. We wanted someone that was older, not a teenager, and had experience and knows CPR and first aid if anything happened...yes we (or at least me) are picky! We paid a lot for her, but Liam really liked her, and it is nice to know now that we can actually go out for a dinner and movie sometime! We haven't been out to a movie since I was pregnant with Liam, how sad is that?! So below is a recent picture of Rowan...she is sitting like a pro now, which is good because our pictures are this Friday! She is also sitting herself up!! The other picture was sent to me this morning from Auntie Tiff (thanks!) It is a picture of Liam and his cousins eating ice cream at our 4th of July party.

Morph Thing

Well, this is what the 'Morph Machine' came up with when I put in Me and Mike's picture....I do say our kids are MUCH cuter!

Outing with the Kids at Thanksgiving Point

So, now that my foot is healed, I have been getting caught up on our pictures, and I realized that I had these pictures from Thanksgiving Point from last month. The day before I went to the Dr., on June 3rd, we met Mike's cousin's family at the Farm at Thanksgiving Point...Liam and his 2nd cousin are only 3 weeks apart, and they just have a great time playing together.

Sadly, Liam was a little scared to ride the horse this time...Mike ended up having to carry him for the ride...Hopefully, it's just a phase!


He had a great time feeding the ducks!


Cute pigs...


This little duck kept following me around, it was pretty funny.


Liam hanging out...


Goat...


Horse...


Liam and Cousin playing...


Liam sitting on bench...


Cute face sitting on bench...


Two peas in a pod!


Rowan being a saint in her stroller...

Update on Life

Well, the summer is flying by. June was kinda a bummer month because my foot was healing, It is still not 100%, but it is getting better everyday. I miss wearing sandals...and because I can't wear sandals I am also stuck wearing pants too...Oh well! At least it's over with and we can move on.

I have a bag in my closet that I have been slowly putting unworn/unwanted clothes in, and I hope to make some more room for new clothes! I have a tendency to hang onto things for no good reason, but I am really trying to simplify my closet. Even though our house is bigger than the townhouse, our closet space is sadly smaller...and as such I really just need to do a good purging!! Wish me luck :)

It's July already, and I told Mike today that I couldn't believe that Liam will be starting pre-school next month?!?! I hope he does OK. It will be in the afternoon which is when he starts to get tired, so we will just have to see how he does. Thankfully, the school is very accommodating and will work with us, if we have any problems. I do have him on the morning 'wait list' so perhaps there might be an opening. Anyway, Rowan turned 7 months on June 26th! And she is just changing so much all the time...I will be posting updates of both of them soon on their totsite....anyway, here is a really cute picture of them.