Yes...I am still here! lol

Hello again!

ok so once again I seem to have taken a break from blogging. Not by choice, but by being in a complete life is busy, brain fart involving fog! :P I keep saying how determined I am to make it work, and post weekly. Still kicking the same weekly post idea I have around in my head. I WILL at SOME POINT be doing it! SO keep checking, it WILL happen! (Well, most likely..........;) )

Another mini update!

Hello again world!

We are FINALLY coming out of winter and into spring. it has been a rough spring for us. Strep throat, gastro throughout the entire house hold....colds...ugh...we are SO ready to be germ free! lol

We HAVE to stay healthy, but not only for the usual reasons. Corbin has dental surgery coming up soon. I am a little nervous. Any surgery where they have to be put under, scares me. He has a tooth condition called Enamel Hypoplasia. Caused by fevers when their teeth are forming. He has always been a really healthy child! But his teeth were always bad and until the diagnosis, I could not figure out why. I killed me seeing him get fillings done at such a young age. But now, he will have the dental surgery, they will be putting caps on his most affected adult teeth. He seems to be happy that he will be asleep this time when his teeth are being done! So while he is relaxed, and I am happy to keep it that way, I am a nervous wreck on the inside! He has his post op this week, and if anyone at home is sick they may postpone the surgery. Funny, this did teach me a valuable lessons. I would see kids with fillings an d metal teeth and think wow, their teeth were not well cared for. Now, my son will be the one with the metal teeth and fillings, and it is caused not by lack of care, but by his condition! Lesson learned. making that assumption really made an...well you what out of me! :P

Funny story about Corbin this week. He came up to me and said: "Guess what mom?? I am becoming a man! I have hair growing on my arms, I am growing a mustache and my arm pits smell bad! " The things kids say! LOO He followed up by announcing yesterday that he will have to learn to shave soon! :P lol

When the gastro did hit us, we were all sick over March Break. Poor kids were stuck here, in jammies, sick and unable to do anything or go anywhere. So yesterday. let them skip a day of school (shhhhh) so we could have a make-up day. :) We went to the museum with my sister and her boyfriend. The kids got to eat junky lunches from McDonald's and we had a great afternoon at home planning our April fools day jokes for when Daddy got home. He loves the trick Jello drink, and of course the whoopee cushions. I had two boys running around making farting noises and laughing their butts off waiting for dad to get home so they could get him! lol It was a fantastic day and I am SO glad we spent it together!

Now the weekend is here, the sun is shinning and we are going to enjoy an afternoon outside after Mister E takes his nap. I can't get over how big they are all getting! Owen will be 12 in just over a week! Elliott 2 next month, Nate 7 in June, and this year Corbin will be 10! I am amazed at how fast time flies! I am truly Blessed and just love being home with them!

Now I should really get to my plan for my blog I keep promising! I am determined THIS week will be THE week I get my stuff together! lol Now that we are HOPEFULLY done with the germs and being sick, and that spring is here!

Take care everyone!! :)

Mini Update time!

Ok, so here goes! I am going to try and sum up the last couple of weeks! Today, honey starts his new job. :) We are so very proud of him! I can hardly wait for him to get home tonight, to hear how he day went. Nathaniel, has a loose tooth, that has been hanging there for weeks. It just will not fall out! It is literally hanging there. lol He has been very brave , but still is not ready for us to pull it out. So we are patiently waiting for the tooth to make its way out of his mouth, and under his pillow. He is very excited to have the tooth fairy make her visit. :)

Corbin, well big news! His bottomless pit, actually has a bottom! LOL He is SUCH a big eater in the afternoon and evening,. He could eat all night! He keeps saying he has a bottomless pit. Well, a few weeks ago, he ate SO much at his Aunt and Uncles house. On the way home, he had a tummy ache. He looked at us and said, "you know what, I think my bottomless pit actually does have a bottom!" LOL Needless to say, by the next day, his tummy was all better, and he was back to attempting to fill it up again! :)

Elliott, well he has a new word. "Excited"! He loves to say he is excited when he is really happy. Still makes me melt every time! The bad news, the poor little one has a throat infection. We took him to the clinic on Saturday. He is on his antibiotics and starting to feel better a little more every day. He is eating better now too, which is GREAT to see! :)

As for me? Well, nothing much new to report! I had an interview for some possible new daycare clients. I am looking forward to starting physio for my back soon. I am also making sure I start to take more time for me. I had an idea in December. I wanted to blog at least once a week. There is a plan behind it....and it has been on the back burner for months now. So, hopefully later on today, I can start my weekly blog plan, and set it in motion! See you soon!!!!

A new year....with new beginnings!

Wow, once again,. I failed at keeping up with this. lol What can I say, I tend to have a short attention span. But I am trying again. I figure even a post sporadicly here and there, well it is better then nothing, right

Things have been difficult over the past few months. My husband, has been out of work for 5 months. The year 2010, ended on a rough note. BUTI have to say, what Blessings my friends and family have been, through this difficult time! I truly believe in the power of Prayer, friends and family.

This month, will be our new fresh start to our year. January is usually the typical start for the new year, but for us, now that my husband has been offered a great job to start at the very end of February, that is when our New year will begin! :) We will have family benefits again. I am SO grateful!

I think this difficult time, has taught me many lessons. Lessons I hope to carry with me moving forward in this new year, and to remember in future times of need. I need to remember that helping others is fantastic and comes easy, but being able to accept help, can be challenge. But it is important. As many dear friends have reminded me, I would help if I could, so I need to learn to accept help as well. It has really helped me grow as a person, a mother, a wife, a friend and as a Christian. To keep hope and faith strong, trust in God and know that things will get better. I know how truly Blessed we are.

Now, before I sign off for the day., some cute and funny stories! Well, only a couple. But if I don't document them somewhere I may forget them! :) Elliott is getting SO big. I can hardly believe, this baby who had me on bed rest for 4 months, this little boy who was so hard to bring into this world, is almost 2!! He still has an obsession with Yo Gabba Gabba, so this years cake, will probably follow last year's theme. Yo Gabba Gabba all the way! The other day, I said "I love you baby", to which he responded, "love you too Mama!". I just melted!

The next day, I had to laugh. We were all hanging out on a snow day, just vegging in our jammies in bed laughing and having a slow morning. Well, Daddy decided to, well cut the cheese. lol Nate says "Daddy, say excuse me! " So daddy did. But Nate looked back at him and insisted he say it louder. When I asked why he needed to say it louder, Nate informed us' Because you have to say it loud enough for the fart to hear you so it will disappear! " He was quite proud of himself for thinking of that. When I asked him where he got that from, he said he just realized it , that was all! lol

Corbin lately has been maturing quite fast. I can hardly believe he is 9. Where does the time go? He has been creating these amazing Lego projects. He can spend HOURS creating. It warms my heart. :) He really has an amazing, imagination. He has just been reading books, like there is no tomorrow! We were reading a book, where the children go back in time. Corbin asked if they had TV or video games back then. When we said no, he said he was not sure if he could live with that! lol Then he asked if there were books back then. We said yes, and he breathed a huge sigh of relief! lol

Now Owen, well he is almost 12!! I can't believe when I came into his life, he was only 3 years old! I look back at pictures, and see this young man, who is almost as tall as me! I am amazed at how much he has grown. We miss him terribly between visits. I am looking forward to summer, and getting some extra time with him!

Over the weekend, Dave and I took the boys to Jacques Cartier Park, which was loads of fun! This is a terrible picture of me. But the boys of course, are adorable! :P

Well, no funny or embarrassing stories to tell about myself! Well, there might be a few....but no one wants to hear them! ;)

I will try to be back...sooner then later! :) I need to get ready for when the kids get home. Nate wants to bake cookies with me SO bad. Need to make a store run to get some parchment paper, and whatever else we may need. Can't let him down! My little Chef! Corbin, he wants me to make them too. Not to help us, but to eat them! ;)

Before signing off, I should update a recent picture of my babies! This is the one we were able to get over Christmas break,.