I'm ready to go...

On September 21 2009 at 38 weeks preggo I went into labor and my daughter Kaylin was born.  This unfortunately was very unexpected timing for me and caught me off gaurd and unprepared.   To be honest I don't remember contracting much that night and too be even more honest I think I slept well too so to me my body was not telling me it was almost time. 

35 weeks pregnant with Kaylin

What was different about that morning that started all the commotion was waking up for one of my normal washroom visits and finding myself unable to stop going.  At first I was a little confused, {It was five-six o'clock and since I'm not a morning person I'm very slow this time of day!} and my first thought was maybe I just really need to go, but it then dawned on me that I wasn't going to the washroom, my water had broken.  So there I was in the wee hours of the morning, trying not to leak all over the house while randomly throwing stuff in my hospital bag and freaking out because we hadn't even taken the car seat out of it's box yet.  What a way to start off the end of a pregnancy eh. 

Well I did learn a lesson from all that and this time around at only 35 weeks I have my bag 95% packed, all the baby cloths are washed and put away, diapers are bought and this week my goal is to get the car seat out of storage and in to it's place in our car.  As interesting of a birth story my lack of preparedness made it my first time around, I do not want to go in to labor and re-live those first moments in such utter chaos again.
I kind of like this feeling of being more prepared and ready for the date of our new little girls arrival.  

♥Alicia 

From the mouth of babes

I don't mean to brag but my daughter is one smart cookie!  

At just two and a half years old her rapidly growing vocabulary has been quite a surprise to us.....

and according to a little report done by her fabulous babysitter Kaylin is a "Stage IV" for her "Mean Length Utterances"{Meaning of MLU threw wikipedia} which usually doesn't occurs in children until they are between 35 and 40 months old. 

 Now her smarts I know she inherited from her daddy,

{I usually brought home c's or d in school *blush*}

but her outgoing talkativeness I sometimes wonder where she picked that up.  I'm the complete opposite of outgoing and her daddy isn't the most outgoing ether.  

Now don't get me wrong I'm very glad she is more outgoing then I am.  

Sometimes I really hate how shy and quite of a person I am and would rather she was more unlike me in many ways.  

Here are a few examples of Kaylin's vocabulary at work from the past week or so;

After trying to teach her Mommy and her are girls and Daddies a boy Kaylin said-

"Daddies a man, daddies a big big man" 

One morning after she just woke up we hear -"Mommy, Mommy..........are you listening to me?"

"Lunch time" Kaylin shouted from her play kitchen then she brought some toys over to me and stated "Mommy eat sheep & penguin!" 

She's really growing up way to fast!! 

Wordless Wednesday-Beautiful Girl

Here's to 2012!

(*wrote 01/02/12)

I'm sitting here in the warm and quiet of my parents home, while outside the snow is falling and numbing cold wind is blowing.  Oh how I love Canadian winters, there's nothing like it.   I love watching the snow fall, while drinking a nice warm cup of hot coco, it's so very relaxing! Tomorrow I do hope I can get K outside to enjoy some of this newly fallen snow as I'm afraid this may be her only chance this winter to enjoy it.  Back home in Eastern PA the next few days are suppose to be oddly warm, 50's/high 40's with rain.........ahhh whats up with that!  It's winter and even once we've gone our nine+hours south.....I know I'm going to want more Canadian winter! 

So how has your 2012 been so far?  We enjoyed ringing in the New Year with my family here in Canada and have been enjoying a nice, relaxing, fun filled first few days of 2012 with them too.  Pretty soon it will be time for goodbyes but I don't want to think about that right now.   

The last few days K has been showing off her singing skills and has been talking up a storm with almost everyone here.  She has also really enjoyed having her cousins just a flight of stairs away.  Every morning she runs to the bottom of the stairs and wants to head up to my Aunt and Uncles part of the house to play.  To be honest I've enjoyed having all these extra loving hands to help and play with Kaylin. It`s been a nice little break.....I`m even able to shower by myself without having to worry about her. 

 Games games and more games!!  We've also enjoyed the first few days of 2012 playing games. Probably more games then we've ever played before.  New Years day I got to play quite a few rounds of "Dutch Blitz" which is always more fun with a crowd. I think at one point there was eight of us playing this game at once....all I can say is wow!! I also enjoyed a few rounds of "Skip-Bo" & "Old Maid" with my cousin Em and her friend. We played till the wee hours of the morning.

My hubby so far has played two games of "Settlers", each game lasting just over two hours each. My cousin Q and him have also been working on creating a Canadian version of the game "Settlers", they are coming up with their own board, rules ect...My hubby is in heaven!!

Alicia ♥

Update

This blog has been very neglected over the last three months and I'm hoping and praying to start posting a little more now that the my first trimester symptoms are finally settling down.  This pregnancy has been so much harder on me physically then when I was pregnant with my sweet baby girl.....so much so it kind of makes me scared to try again after this little one arrives.  Which I have to admit kind of makes me feel a little sad; growing up I'v always dreamed of having a busy house hold with 4-5 kids...a couple pets...also opening up my home to fostering some children as well. I just love the idea of a busy house but I guess we'll just have to see where the Lord leads this little family next.   

Now I wish I had some baby bump photos to share but that too was very low on my priority list. So instead I would like to  share this ultrasound photo of our babe at around 13 weeks. (about 2 weeks ago.)

It really amazes me how at only a few inches long (approx the size of a peach) just how much our baby well looked like a baby already.....we could see their little individual fingers, watched them stretch their arms up over their tiny head...we even thought we caught a glimpse of possible thumb sucking...all at only 13 weeks. It was just amazing!  Life is a miracle!! 

Now here is a recent photo of my first sweet miracle Kaylin. She turned 2 at the end of September and is turning in to the sweetest little girl. Just yesterday we even caught her counting to 12 all on her own....(not  all letters said with the greatest clarity) but it was still a proud WOW moment for the hubby and I.  Kaylin is going to be a great big sister!! 

Happy Thursday Everyone!

Strike a Pose...

One dreary and rainy day, months and months ago, my daughter and I had a little fun in front of a big mirror.  I'd say "strike a pose!" and then pose myself in a way that would be easy for her to imitate. Oh how cute it was to watch her try and place one hand on her hip just so...while the other arm went straight up in the air. I think we both fully enjoyed this little copy cat game.  

Now yesterday after trying on a new outfit she received on her birthday.....{K says thanks Grandma!} I just had to pull out my camera. 

This is what happens when I say "Strike a pose!"

 The little head band Kaylin is wearing is actually a part of a dress, but she wanted it put in her hair.....kinda gives the outfit a real throw back feel eh.  Can we say 70's here we come!!

P.S Isn't the Elmo head just the cutest thing. Kaylin's Grampy made that for her. She call's it "Big Elmo."  

Mr.Potato Head fun

"Try these on for size Grandma!"

My daughter being goofy for her Grampy while he captures some photos of her...

Guess what Kaylin is showing her Grandma....

Yes it's her first year photo book, I finally...FINA-L-L-Y finished it....  

If you'd like to check it out....click here.

Oh please slow down.....

As I walked threw the grocery store today I noticed 

rack after rack of Halloween candy. 

HALLOWEEN?....we are not even half way threw September yet...

school hasn't even started yet for most kids, and for all you Canadians out there {like me} ;) what about Thanksgiving!  

Push push push....can't we slow down and enjoy the moments we are in. 

Advertising back to school only weeks in to summer vacation, 

Halloween and Christmas in September.......

it all just seems a little silly to me. 

Sometimes I  wish I had lived back in the "Little House on the Prairie" days, where life was much slower and the present moments of life were not taken for granted.

Life moves too quickly on it's own.....

I don't need the advertising market to speed it up even more. 

  

Speaking about time flying by...

Three weeks from now my Daughter turn 2!

My baby is no longer a baby.....even if she still insists on addressing herself as one.

So...

 why did the boy throw his clock out the window??

He wanted to see time fly!!! ;) 

No place like...........

When I was dating my hubby we lived over 9 hours away from each other & we saw each other maybe once every couple of months. This was hard!  Even with our consistent nightly phone calls it wasn't the same as being face to face. Every time a face to face visit would end I'd have these strong homesick feelings in the pit of my stomach till we were together again in each other's physical presence. 

This past May my hubby and I celebrated 5 years of marriage and for these entire 5 years of marriage we have lived over 9 hours away from my family up North.   At first I'll admit it was easy to leave Canada after a few day visit.  I'd shed a few tears on the way home....have one or two small conversations with the hubby about maybe one day moving up north.....but I always seemed to recover quickly and got right back in to the swing of things here at home.  


Well I'm not sure what changed....but I feel those days of quick recovery from homesickness for my Canadian family are gone.  Even as I write this.... {twenty four hours after saying goodbye to my bro and parents}... I am fighting back an ocean of tears and that familiar homesick feeling that has been none existent for years is now back sitting in my stomach.  I wish I had a better understanding as to why this time was so much harder to leave or why it is effecting my emotions so more then ever before.....but I don't.  All I know is I want to go back.  I just want to go back to Canada.

Hey maybe if I click my heals three times saying there's no place like home, there's no place like home....

P.S Please do not mis understand me and think that I don't feel at home with my hubby and daughter.  They are my family, my loves and I wouldn't leave them to go back to Canada for anything.  I just wish the three of us as a whole could be closer to my extended family up north, does that make sense?

A Belated Wordless Wednesday

My cousin Mel took this picture during our outdoor birthday bash for my Dad.  That also why you see half eaten cake on the chair behind her. Some one ... {who will remain nameless... perhaps it was me... ;)} let her eyes do the judging when it came to cutter herself a piece of cake.  

Isn't she so stylish...

Out of my kitchen...

We enjoyed a beautiful Sunday afternoon doing this....

So today I could make an attempt to make this.....

I'm very excited to be trying to make my own jam. It's something I've always wanted to try....so we'll see how it goes. :)

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Out of my kitchen...

We enjoyed a beautiful Sunday afternoon doing this....

So today I could make an attempt to make this.....

I'm very excited to be trying to make my own jam. It's something I've always wanted to try....so we'll see how it goes. :)

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