Winter Boogers..

Ok so gross I know... but I have just realized that come next winter I will have three noses to blow, three noses to pick and three boys with all of their sometimes gross little habits... AND this is only the beginning! I am looking forward to the twin being older and to Trace talking a little more. He is trying soo hard to communicate with us and I can see his frustrations when we don't understand what he is saying.
In great news I won the cloth diaper from my amazing friend Pam's website... for those of you who haven't checked it out look up www.acornsoaks.com she has some awesome diapers all of which she has used on her own little man! She has some great other things to check out as well. I highly recommend the Fuzzy Bunz and the Gro Baby Diapers! I still want to try the Apple Cheeks as they are so cute!
On to the Olympics, I have to say I have been glued to the TV for days watching the olympics and looking for people I might know. So far I have seen three people! CRAZY! It makes me miss home and I wish that we could have been down there to celebrate with everyone else. My dad and brother are heading to the Arials competition next week so keep your eyes open for them!
Well Trace is almost done his lunch which means nap time for the whole family!! YIPEEE! Ok well with my luck the twins will wake up just as Trace goes down sigh.. the story of my life. My mom is still here for another few weeks which is nice I am very thankful for everything that she has done here! She is still in the process of freezing meals for when she is gone and I don't feel like cooking!
Well off to clean peanut butter off of Trace's face... don't know how he managed to get it everywhere!! ahah!

Acorn and Oaks Site!

Hey everyone!!! Check out a friend on mines site if you are interested in cloth diapering your little one. acornsoaks.com . She carries some amazing products and a lot of the diapers I have used for Trace. So check them out... place an order and tell her I sent you!!!!

Alone... for now.

Well... mom has gone home for 10 days... she will be back on the 6th of Feb for three more weeks then I am really alone. Not sure what I think about that. Living away from home for the last almost 8 years has been hard, you don't realize how much you miss family until you have access to them everyday for 3 months. When I dropped her off at the airport yesterday I thought I was fine.. then I started driving away. Not so fine. I came home unloaded the kids one at a time and undid the boys from their carseats and then everyone started crying, including myself. I put the twins on the boob and then the only ones left crying were myself and Trace.
Today feels a bit better, the boys only got us up once last night which is nice, although we went to bed later. I am hoping that someday soon they will be able to sleep through the night... I know I am dreaming but a girl can dream right? Trace has been better today as well, he has been getting in 4 molars and 2 have somewhat broken through which is nice. I am dreading twin teething, though I know that is a ways off. Anyways... managed to take a shower and put on makeup (well mascara at least) so I am feeling much better today. But I do have my mom coming back to look forward to. Yesterday I was ready to pick up and move home to vancouver, man I miss that place. I wish we could but I don't see it happening any time soon.
In wonderful news I got my first smile from Jaxon yesterday. Sooo sweet, he looked right at me and smiled! yipeee! I was so happy! I can't wait till they are sitting up and interacting more! My mom called from Vancouver today, it is the first time that Trace has actually talked back on the phone, she was asking him all of the animal sounds he knows and he was answering!! Sooo cute!
The above pics are of the boys with their eyes open finally! Both in one pic and then Trace with his thumbs up face and his favourite hat on.. don't ask why but he loves that container!

Been a While

Yes this seems to be the story of my life... it has been a while and when do I actually have time to post. I am now a mother of three little boys. The twins Canaan Keith and Jaxon James are 7.5 weeks old! Man time flies. They were born on the 29th of November 2009 and have kept us busy since. Jaxon was born first at 4 lbs 14 oz and Canaan was born 4 minutes later 4 lbs 3 oz. He was our tiny baby and is now the bigger (by 3 oz) of the two!
Trace is adapting well, he is a busy little boy and I am very grateful for the help my mom has provided. She has been living with us since the end of November and will be staying until the end of Feb. As I type she is making spaghetti sauce to be frozen and used after she leaves! The boy are ALL sleeping YIPEEE!! Trace is now sleeping with the side off of his crib as I am hoping to have his out of his crib by the time my mom leaves as the boys will need it. We still have much to purchase but have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our friends, neighbors and even my church as they provided meals for us!
Some of our stories of late are Trace getting MANY teeth all at once, he is currently working on his first molars! That will bring our grand total of teeth to 12. He is running around lots and got spoiled for Christmas. He seems to love the boys and loves to hold and cuddled them. He is sure that they need their soothers at all times and ensures that he FIRMLY hahaha puts them in their mouths. As each day goes by the twins spend more and more time awake and I wonder what I should do to entertain them. I am breast feeding them both as well which is going quite smoothly! I am happy that this has been easier than breastfeeding Trace. Who would have thought.
I know that this blog has been many updates and I hope to share some of our stories as I now have a laptop and can use the computer upstairs!
Here are some updated pics of the twins (yes they are identical) and of Trace ... enjoy!

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!

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!

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!!!!