2 more pics...

on that note, i'll leave you with 2 more pictures.... these are from today. isn't she cute?? now i'm off to catch up on everyone's blogs... haven't been on really since sunday so i hope you've all been updating better than i have! ;)

random pics

today, wednesday, we met juanita & her kids at the park and spent a good 2.5 hours there! then, i dropped the kids at my parents' house and took emerson and went to choose the cabinets for our new house. one word: OVERWHELMING! kipp can't come to these appointments because he has to work, so i am left to choose what i think is best..... so i mostly chose but some things i will have to get back to them about... too many things to choose from and i just am not 100% sure on some things... might have to go look at some showhomes just to be sure what i picked will flow.... it's so hard to picture it all together....



the kids at the park today...



sunday, playing with water!





ice cream treats tonight!


cutie girl!!

bath time!

usually we bath all 3 kids at the same time... however emerson only is in there for about 5-10 minutes. then while i'm in hallie's room drying emerson off, hallie and kai go krazy and splash and usually soak the bathroom. we keep the shower curtain shut but it doesn't always work.... well this past bath night, i heard them being all krazy but not the usual krazy.... and i came in to find kai hanging on the shower curtain, trying to swing like tarzan! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! what a kid..... what do i have to look forward to with him?!!?

tuesday

tuesday morning we went to a potluck picnic with my moms meetup group at hawrelak park. i brought the hot dogs & buns & BBQ and sort of forgot that meant i was doing the BBQ'ing. so i was sort of stuck bbq'ing the whole first half of the picnic but it worked out alright. i just ate after everyone else... someone has to be that person i guess, right? (note to self: don't bring a bbq or hotdogs next time!) anyway it was fun, got to meet a few new people too! juanita & rachel also joined us!

then i was off to work for the evening......... blah! i was so tempted to just leave. i already am SOOO ready to be outta there! can't wait..... i had forgotten just how long those shifts drag on.............................. only.... 8 shifts to go! woo hoo! (unless i can't stick it out that long LOL)

cutie pie kai

kai "hiding"



miss hallie!

hallie was pretending the wood was money and it was her store...

this pic is hilarious! the kids were running down this hill but hallie got going a bit too fast and lost her shoe, makes me laugh when i see it!

holy drool!!! i swear emerson doesn't actually ever swallow her drool, it just soaks her shirts entirely by the end of the day.... unless we have to change before then which sometimes is the case!

monday

oh my, we're having a busy week! sorry for not updating but i haven't had a second to breathe, let alone blog!

so going back to monday... we met jane and her 5 kids at beaumont spray park that morning! i still can't get over how well behaved and FUN her kids are, and we enjoyed ourselves! i didn't get many decent pictures and thanks for posting my big butt on your blog jane LOL ;) i cropped jane out of the picture below of abby.... although i was tempted to keep it in!!! jane also gave us a dozen fresh eggs which i promptly cooked up for supper that night along with some pancakes! (THANKS for the eggs!)

jane brought a big tub of those one bite brownies from costco and my kids were all over them. hallie went in to get one and came back with FOUR! i am still so embarassed but it was quite funny! i'm sure my kids ate half the container alone! we'll have to buy some next time to share...

monday afternoon we went to see "over the hedge" but it was probably more work that it was worth. not because the kids didn't sit still or something, but we got there and they don't take debit (which i knew) but their cash machine was not working. we were already late for the movie but i had to strap the kids back into the van and search for a bank machine. finally found one, headed back into the theater, and i was complaining about how the machine wasn't working and we were 25 min late now, blah blah... and she gave me the 3 tickets FREE. (so did i need to go to the bank machine or?!??? yes, i did because we of course needed fattening theater popcorn!) anyway once we were in the movie (late) it was great. it worked out not too badly because i took hallie to see this movie before and we left halfway through, so this time we got to see the other half! LOL! the kids did well, although we made about 4 bathroom trips?!??? and emerson fell asleep right as the movie ended.... figures!

who is who?

my husband!

after i finished typing that, i was going to head to bed and kipp came downstairs with the dvd i had asked to rent! he told me no but he surprised me so off to go watch now! :)

if you can believe it...

i haven't taken any pics since the last time i added some to my blog! that's so odd? i guess we haven't been anything exciting.... i worked thurs & fri nights... so far i only work tuesday next week. this past thursday we met with new dayhome mom & baby and had a little visit at the park. the babe i'm going to be watching is SUCH a cutie! i'm excited to start! then we went to IKEA with my mom for lunch. i can't wait until we can buy a few things for the new house (funny, i was just saying that a year or so ago! LOL) but we really won't be getting much. we will need some things for emmy's room (dresser, decor stuff) and a new (bigger) kitchen table & chairs, barstools, kipp is set on getting a new tv (must be a guy thing) so i want a new entertainment unit thingy for it. if i can fit a loveseat in our den, i'd like to get one but not sure yet if there's room. i wouldn't mind some more plants & decor stuff (new paintings?) too! oooooooooo fun! anyway i'm way ahead of myself here! we won't be moving until december!

friday we were supposed to go to kinsmen playground but the weather was not nice (lots of rain!) so we were off to the mall to meet with juanita & rachel. just when we pulled into a parking stall my cell rang. it was someone selling something for an AMAZING price that i needed, so off we went to pick it up! i still am in shock at the deal i got!! then for lunch with grandpa this time.

today was a lazy day... didn't do much... just laundry, groceries, costco... the kids went with my sister for the night! she asked to have them sleepover and took them to pick out a rental movie, so it's just kipp, me, and emmy here tonight....

tomorrow -- sunday.... again, no plans. i hope it's nice and then we can all walk to the big park to play. we have a VERY busy week ahead of us (don't forget about monday jane!) so there should be a lot of pictures coming!

ah ha!

explanation of why emerson has been a little bit grumpier than usual.... she popped through 4 yes FOUR new teeth over the last week! her 2 top center teeth, a bottom tooth next to the center 2, and.... a MOLAR! krazy! and i didn't even notice the molar until today. looks like more teeth are coming soon too!

also................. our new house now has a basement!!!!

hi ho, hi ho, off to work i go :(

well today was my first day back at work. i wasn't actually planning on going back but when some dayhome plans fell through, i thought maybe i'd put my name in at work and see what shifts i got, and go from there. the first few weeks of shifts aren't bad so i'm working them. most are evenings and weekends (with the exception of today which was 8am-3:30pm and one other shift) so it will work out fine. it will give daddy a chance to have all 3 kiddos for a long stretch on the weekends!

to be honest, i do enjoy the break but i could do without and be just fine... i am not the mom who can work full time away from my kids. there is nothing wrong with those who can -- all the power to you! but i, for one, can't do it. it felt SOOOO weird to be away from my kids today. just really really weird. i called home a couple of times.... but the weirdest was to leave this morning before anyone woke up! (except kai, momma's boy must be able to sense this type of thing) yes, this working gig is not for me... at least not right now. i will work this month's shifts and my last day is sept 3rd. then i am home with my babies!!! oh, and i was bored out of my mind at work too! the kids at least keep me on my toes! haha! and to end the day, i got my classic telus headache... not sure why but i got them ALL the time while working there... i thought it was a pregnant thing, or maybe from staring at a computer for so long, but today i was only on a computer for about 1.5 hours total so that can't be it.

ok have to run. tomorrow i'm looking forward to a house packed full of kids (6!) and we're going to make a trip to the park, and later on celebrate a friend's birthday!