Thursday, August 13, 2009

Yup .. Preggers again... TWIN BOYS!





To all of you who haven't heard... got the news yesterday.. I am 19 weeks preggers with boys.. not sure if they are identical or not. The news is still sinking in and I didn't sleep much last night.. AND Trace decided to get up early and pee through his diaper.. figures! lol! But thougth I would post a few pics... update everyone! I hope to keep up with this but it has been kinda hard.. maybe once I have a laptop!

Monday, March 9, 2009

Bumps, Bruises and a haircut!!!

So this weekend was full of new things... on Thursday Trace went to Beaners and got his first haircut... he was such a good boy!!! No crying, screaming or squirming!! yipee!!!!! Then Friday night during his bath he slipped and fell. Well if you ask him the tub jumped up and bit him! haha!
Kyle was bathing Trace and now that he is in a bit bigger of a tub he loves to stand, crawl, and just move around there is no such thing as sitting still anymore. Well during one of these times of movement his hand slipped and he hit his little noggin on the side of it. Got a pretty good sized goose egg out of it as well. Lucky for us he let us put a bit of ice on it and the swelling went down. The next morning he woke up with this (please see pic below) yup a little bit of purple just below his brow bone. And to think the little bugger barely cried!
Well other than his bumps and bruises thing are pretty normal around here.. still -30 out (I am soo ready for spring) and Trace is moving around and climbing on everything. It is taking a bit to get used to, we are always chasing him and he takes off pretty fast.
Well enjoy the pics!
Trace and his first black eye!!!
Right after his haircut

Loves the bay windows especially when they are cold!


Friday, February 20, 2009

Is it Spring yet?

Well last weekend it got really cold again which stopped our daily walks. I hate it when it is so cold! -30 is toooo much! I always feel super housebound and grumpy by the end of the day. On Saturday Kyle and I dragged our butts out and got food for a Valentines day dinner... mmm RIBS! We had a blast and just relaxed and watched movies that night.
It is finally warming up a bit this week and by warming up I mean -10 instead. But hopefully this is the start of something!
Trace has become more and more mobile.. he has fallen down our two stairs that lead to our mudroom (I was terrified but he seemed ok after a few minutes of crying), he also pulled a wine bottle off of our rack and smashed it on the tile. No glass on him though we are lucky. I have barricaded off parts of our living room upstairs so he pretty much has free range over everything and I don't have to worry about him as much. Since he became mobile there are definitely more bumps, bruises and tears but he handles them pretty well.
Still no teeth for Trace... wondering if he will be the toothless wonder forever!
Anyways thought I would post a small update.. more to come hopefully this weekend!!!!

Friday, February 13, 2009

Trace at 7.5 Months
Huh??? lol

Trace at 8 months love his new mobility!


Standing at his highchair... loves to chew on the buckles... but no teeth yet!




Me and Trace he is such a cuddler!




Yipeee our new stroller!!!





His first scratches... on his nose, cheek and forhead! This is from veclro!





Trace and his Grampa Winterbottom!







Trace is 8 months... WHAT!

Yea so I can't believe how time is flying. Trace is 8 months... mobile... getting into everything. And we are loving every minute of it! Trying to take time out to blog has been next to impossible but I thought I would do a little update.
About 3 weeks ago Trace started crawling... he was doing the snake in a way.. and now he is full on crawling no more face plants and man does he MOVE! He has been pulling up on ANYTHING he can find and loves that he is seeing more of our house from his perspective. We are trying to keep up with the baby proofing and I am very thankful that we have pets as most things are already put up and out of the way.
About 3 weeks ago was also when Trace had his first cold, what a nightmare! He was wheezing and coughing and throwing up and gagging on flem.. yuck. And his nose was completely stuffed. The dr. sent us for an Xray of his chest... (that contraption in itself is a nightmare although Trace just laughed and hung out like it was no biggie) and it came back clear. I have to say I LOVE my dr. She took every precaution and just made me feel 100% better about everything. Around the time of his first cold Trace decided that he was done breast feeding. I was devastated. We were only feeding once a day right before bed the rest had already been weened but I don't know if I was ready yet. That feeling of being needed and how only I could put him to bed was something I really treasured. But I was told that since I had gotten my cycle back that sometimes your milk taste changes and the babies don't like it, so that would explain that! But it didn't make it any easier to let go.
In good news I got a new stroller!!!!!!! yes this was very exciting, since I normally strap Trace to me in my Cuddlywrap and walk the dog and couldn't b/c it was so icy out. Our Graco stroller although I loved it for warmer weather had really small and plastic wheels and so getting around in deeper snow was a no go. Therefore Whiskey was not going for walks. I had looked around and decided that I wanted a Phil and Ted's sport. In black! Not only is it a air filled three wheel stroller but it also converts to a 2 baby stroller! YIPEEE! So we have now been on many walks and I have to say Whiskey is happier!
I have so much more to say but Trace is sitting on the floor beside me taking apart my Cd collection... must save them! I hope to post again soon!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Been a While

Yes so I know it has again been a while since I have blogged. On the 17th of December Kyle and I set out for Vancouver ... and then on the 20th we headed down to Playa Del Carmen Mexico.. it was amazing! And even though Christmas didn't feel much like Christmas it was too warm it still was Christmas. All 19 members of my dad's side of the family were there and it was nice to reconnect with some of the people I have not spent time with in a while. Trace got lots of cuddle time with all of his aunties and uncles and his Oma and grandparents. 
Well the vacation started out a little behind ... our airline was 2 hours late so we had to hang around the airport that much longer. Trace was such a trooper. But being that far behind meant that we arrived even later in Cancun and then had a 1 hour bus ride to our hotel. We arrived at about 4 am Cancun time. Needless to say the next day was a write off, I slept a lot of the afternoon and my parents helped out with Trace quite a bit. 
We spent the next week eating, drinking and laughing with our family. I finally got to swim with the dolphins and even did the dolphin push it was awesome! As we prepared for our departure from the hotel we found out that again our flights were pushed back and we were not to leave until 4am Cancun time and would not be arriving until 8 am Vancouver time. THAT SUCKED! I couldn't believe it and didn't know how Trace was going to do. Again he was a trooper never fussed and was just an amazing baby. I thank God for having this amazing child! 
When we finally got home there was no rest.. we picked up our dog and headed back to my parents house where we got ready to go to a friends open house. Even though we were exhausted it was good to see friends and have a drink. 
Sooo Kyle has headed back home and I am still in Vancouver preparing for my best friends wedding. I am weaning Trace as well and am down to 2 breast feedings a day and 2 to 3 formula feeds a day!!! It is a very sad but freeing time as well. 
In the next couple of days Trace and I are super busy, we are visiting old friends, family and preparing for my best friends big day! I hope to finally stay up to date on these... but you never know life gets soo busy. 
Oh and before I forget... Trace is almost crawling!!! He moves around and pulls himself around, he rocks back and forth on his hands and knees and pulls himself in a push up position. CRAZY!!! My little man is mobile!!!
I will post pics later!! Bye for now!