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!

Soooo Trace is 6 months!! I can't believe how time flies and how I seem to have less and less time to blog! Here is what has been happening around here... Trace is eating! Yup as of last Saturday he has started his cereal. And man was he ready, he was so excited when I sat down in front of him with my little bowl. Tonight is the first time we give him cereal for dinner as well. We are pretty excited with all of these new things and know that next on the list of things do is get him mobile. Trace loves to roll around on the floor to get to different toys around the room.. you turn your head for 2 seconds and he has rolled across the room.. I can't believe that my little man is growing up already!
We have been lucky enough to have a wonderful snuggly little man.. who when he wakes up gives the BIGGEST hugs and open mouth smooches! Still sleeping through the night too which has turned out to be a HUGE blessing to me! I don't work well on no sleep! haha!
As December and Christmas approach we are planning our vacation. First we drive down to Vancouver, then we fly to Playa Del Carmen Mexico for a family vacation.. all 19 of us will be there. We are so excited and feel so blessed to be heading to a nice warm area for Trace's first Christmas. After we come home from Mexico we stay in Vancouver for another week to visit with Kyle's family and friends and then he takes off and I get to stay for 2 more weeks!!!! I am so excited. My best friend is getting married and I am her Maid of Honor! Sooo a busy few months are coming up for us and we are hoping to make it through. And once we finally come home we hope to relax and watch Trace grow and develop even more.
Well I hope to update again soon.. but who knows things get busy!!! Will post pics of our vaca once I get back!! Trace at 6 months just finishing his very first meal!

YUMMY!!!! He was pretty excited!

HEY! Check me out standing in my crib!

Trace sitting all by himself!
Look at me!!!!!

Dressed up for halloween as a teddy bear!

Dad with Trace

Me and the little man

Granny and Trace.. love this picture.

He is ready for his closeup! He was grabbing at the camera

Trace being a ham!

First Halloween

Well it again has been a while since I have written on here. A lot has happened... my mom has come and gone (she was such a big help too I miss her!!), we had our first Halloween and my cousin had a little baby girl!

My mom visiting was so much fun... we had a blast, I kept her busy and she showed me easy ways to cook new things, K is pretty excited about that. Trace just loved spending time with Granny as well, she got him to really giggle for the first time and his eyes just light up whenever he hears her voice on the phone. Thank goodness for speaker phone!

Halloween was a lot of fun as well, we had a few neighborhood toddlers visit our door and Trace got dressed up as a bear and handed out candy with us. He was such a trooper and we had a lot of fun.
Things have been pretty good lately... we are hoping to start Trace on some rice cereal in the next few weeks... maybe at 5 and a half months. He is reaching for our food when we are eating but still sleeping through the night so I know he is not quite ready yet. I don't know if I am ready for the next stage! I have a book with a bunch of recipes and I am hoping to make most of my own food for him. We will see how that goes!!!
I am posting some pics in the next blog to show some updates... enjoy!

28?????

Ok so I am 28 this week... this Friday to be exact. I know that this sounds silly and I am still in my 20's and should feel young and vibrant but all I can think of is... I am 2 years away from be 30... CRAZY!!! To top things off I have decided to make a turkey for all of our friends for thanksgiving this year. It is my first one so I am more than a little nervous... I am having everyone bring a little something and I am making turkey, stuffing, and I made some fresh buns tonight! They are sooo yummy!!! And if that doesn't make me crazy enough I painted half of our kitchen, our dining room, living room and entry over the weekend and the last couple of days. Now we are hanging pics and trying to make our house look like our house by the weekend. I was so excited that Kyle had hockey tonight, Trace is in bed and I can finally sit down and blog and relax for a bit.
Trace seems to be a little on the fussy side today, drooling lots so I believe that he has started the whole teething process. Who knows guess we will see. I figure mom can help me out next week when she comes for a visit. I am still so excited about that! We had out 4 month check up this week at a new Dr... that was a useless visit. She did nothing for me and I was not impressed, and it was a bit of drive to get there... luckily I got on the phone the next day and found a Dr taking patients just down the street from me. That means in the summer time we can walk to regular check ups! I just hope that I like this Dr as it is so hard to find ones that are actually taking patients.
Anyways thought I would post some pics of Trace.. he went to his first birthday party on the 4th. One of my girlfriends from high school also lives in Edmonton and her little girl turned 1!! It was a lot of fun and I can't wait until Trace can actually play on the equipment at Gymboree!!

K and Trace hanging out.
"Standing" in his green inner tube.
Getting tired at the end of the party.
Sleeping on his side like a big boy after the party... he was sooo tired!

Finally!!!

Well Finally is right! We are finally getting Trace on a bit of a schedule!!! yipeeeee!!! He is currently fighting sleep so I thought I would come downstairs, with my cup of coffee and new pics in tow and blog since it has been so long. We are finally in our new house and making it ours. I am unpacked except for the house decorations and candles and stuff, we actually have a spare bedroom with a bed.. no more air mattress for guests!!! Trace's room is finally finished and we have moved him in. Last night was his third night in his new room and he seems to love it and sleeps in a little bit more than before. So we are going to start putting him to bed a little earlier and actually have time with just K and I!!!
Our trip to Vancouver was amazing, it was busy and at times overwhelming but it was so nice to see everyone and I swear I have enough clothes to last Trace's first year. Although shopping for him is always nice too. My parents were great too, we always stay at their house and usually I am ready to go home, not this time, I wanted to stay longer. To have just a little bit of help and company during feedings, while changing diapers, while bathing was so nice. They really were an huge help. We also got to meet most of our friends little ones and that was great. They were all different ages and sizes and just to watch either what Trace had already gone through or where he was about to be was pretty cool.
In current news, tomorrow we have his second round of shots... yuck I am not looking forward to that at all. Kyle will be out of town and so it will be just me dealing with the little guy. I always feel so bad for him. Oh and we have started cloth diapering!! I love it! I have 12 pocket all in one diapers and those will last just under 2 days. So we still use a couple disposable ones here an there but if we are at home it is cloth all the way. They are so cute too, we bought Fuzzibunz and LOVE them. They don't leak, and they are so soft. When we go to Kyle's hockey games we use them and he stays even warmer!
In terms of milestones for Trace, he was 13 pounds 11 ounces 3 weeks ago so we will see what he is at tomorrow when we measure him. He is raspberrying and chatting lots especially when he is getting his diaper changed. He rolls from his back onto his side so hopefully soon we will be rolling onto our tummies! And he loves to watch his daddy play hockey.. he even follows the plays around soo cute! He is trying to sit up and pulls his head forward while in his car seat, while laying on the ground and when sitting on the couch with us. I can't believe how fast he is growing and what an amazing little man he is! Trace watching his daddy play hockey for the first time!
Hanging out in his bumbo chair while we plot out our new kitchen cupboards.
Me and the little guy .. he spit up all over me after this pic! lol
Making bubbles... he loves to do this now!

On Vacation

Ok so yes it has been a long long long while! Trace is three months this upcoming week.... CRAZY time flies! He is turning into mr independent, only needs me for feeding and cuddles haha. Well maybe a little more than that. Trace in the last 2 days has flipped onto his side, and found his tongue. He is Gene Simmons I swear it! My mom says by the end of Sept he should be flipping over onto his tummy... can't believe that. 

We are currently in Vancouver visiting my parents K's dad and a bunch of our friends. I have finally met my beautiful niece and all of the other children born to our friends this year. Trace has been carted all over the place in the last week and is dealing so well with everything we really are super lucky to have such an amazing baby. He is sleeping a bit longer every day and we are just loving him. Oh we also got our first family pics taken. If you go to www.frozenreflections.com and go to featured and under Trace you will see our family pics. We love them! Maria is an awesome photographer and now my brother and sister in law want to do the same thing with our little niece. 

So many things have happened since I last posted that I don't even know what to write. We have moved to the Edmonton area and love it, the animals seem to be adjusting well, K is loving his new position at work and already doing quite well. Here's hoping I don't have to go back to work!!! Or I can do something at home or part time. Oh and the boys have gotten together and decided that since we all had babies around the same time this year that we should do the same for next year. So we are supposedly starting to try again next Sept... well at least I get our 2 year anniversary preggers free! haha!

I will update more and with more pics once we are home. I have so many pics!!!