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!!! 

Smiling!

Well Trace has been smiling at me for the past week or so... trying to catch it on camera seems to be a whole other hurdle! haha! He has also started to talk to himself when he is sitting in his swing or in his crib, I take out the video and yup he shuts up! Ahh well I will get him one of these days! His smile is so precious and I can't believe that he is already 6 weeks! Time is flying and I already want it to slow down!
In good news I am sleeping through the night which is awesome and we are moving in two weeks and I feel prepared! I have all of our extras packed and a list of other things that I need to pack in the next week, then the last couple of days will be spent packing up our dishes and glasses. I still can't believe that we are leaving. As excited as I am this is our first house, and so many other firsts happened in this house, first child, first dog, all the building we did (well K did!) and just feeling pride of ownership. I am super excited for our new house, it is bigger and I get a garage yipeee!!! But I have grown pretty close to some people up here and it is going to be really hard to leave them. You know who you are lol!
Well I have posted more pics below. I got the end of a smile and some pics from Uncle L's visit. That was pretty precious. To watch my little bro with Trace was so special! Plus he is the bro that we think Trace kinda looks like! The end of the smile! 6 weeks!!!!
Uncle L after napping with Trace (who is obviously still napping!)
His very first bottle of breast milk.
Just chilling, he was so cute I had to take a pic!

New House!

This is how he likes to take his naps!
In his SUPERCHARGED hot rod car shirt!
In one of his sleeping outfits.... so precious!
The swing! I love it! So does he!!!

So we have finally, after 3 weekends in a row of going to Edmonton, found a house! The inspection is done and the mortgage is approved and we are goooood to go! I am so excited to move and so relieved to finally have it done! I have started packing up this house and find it sad walking around and seeing all of our house decorations and paintings not there anymore. It is just strange.

In other news my brother is finally going to come out for a visit. He is in Edmonton with his wife and is coming up for two whole nights to visit with Trace and who knows maybe he will feel the need to move a few boxes that I have packed down to the basement. I am hoping to pack a little more this weekend, but who knows.

K and I have invested in a swing for Trace, it is the rain forest fisher price swing and my goodness do I LOVE it. I can get ready in the mornings and he is just so content to sit and look at all the bright colors that he no longer fusses when I am not holding him. The other nice thing is that I don't have to worry about the cats trying to sit on his lap while he is in it as he is off the ground. Such a relief and I can't believe we didn't buy one before.

Well I have posted some more new pics of Trace so enjoy!

Time Flies..

Trace in his outfit from Auntie Mel and Uncle Nate
Not so happy about the family pic!
Lukas (3 months) and Trace (3.5 weeks) my son seems to be punching the other kids already! lol
Tummy time with his new buddy!
His bath in Auntie Lisa's sink!

Wow I can't believe that it has been a month already.. tomorrow is Trace's one month. I have been a mommy for a whole entire month and I have made it. Trace is doing well and I am loving it! We have finally bought a house as well... signed the paperwork today. Our house sold in 3 days and ever since we have been looking down in the Edmonton area for our new one! I love it. We are going to do a little work on the kitchen but other than that and a little paint in the bedrooms it is perfect! BIG back yard, double car garage and over 2000 sq feet of living space! yipeeee to a lot more room!

We went down to Edmonton 3 weekends in a row and I have to say that I am excited to spend a weekend here... haven't done that since Trace's very first weekend. Last weekend was our long weekend being Canada day and we stayed with friends of ours and got to catch up with other friends and meet their little one as well! I posted some pics of the weekend. Well Trace is fussing so I should go but enjoy the pics!