We are already a couple months into 2013, hard to believe. I haven't been very diligent in updating my posts, but hopefully I'll stay on top of it this year. We celebrated our little boy's first birthday on December the 12th. It was a froggie themed birthday and all my family came to celebrate with us except Nathan who is too far away. We had lots of fun playing minute to win it games followed by a movie to pass sometime while we prepared soup and bisquits. Then a cute froggie cake and cupcakes and finished the evening with presents. We are so lucky to have such a great family. The following weekend we celebrated with Craig's family and kept it nice and simple. Can't believe he is into toddlerhood now and saying a bunch of words like, cheese, juice, mama, dada, gingie (our cat), car, soo-soo(for soother) cup, nana, apple and I think that's about it. He is growing and developing more and more each day! I love his sweet little personality! He loves carrying around stuff animals especially his froggy, and kisses him lots. He adores our cat Ginger, and follows him around everywhere, sometimes I find them hiding under Porter's bed together! It's so cute. I look forward to the weather warming up so we can play outside. It will be a fun summer!
Our dear first born Porter is almost 3 and I'm having a tough time trying to decide what theme to go for his birthday. He isn't really obsessed with anything right now, and when I ask him he doesn't seem to interested, so we shall see. He has been doing so well with potty training. And has been in big boy underwear for 2 months now day and night! I'm so proud of him, it was tough at times and the # 2 was a but more challenging then #1, but we are definitely getting closer to accident free! Such a liberating feeling. He talks so well, and loves to chat to people on the phone. He'll say the prayer, with help of course at mealtime and bedtime, and enjoys going to nursery at our church. He loves helping Daddy with the garbage and recycle duties once a week, and helps me with supper sometimes. He is growing like a weed and his clothes seem to be getting smaller and smaller all the time. We go to a couple different play gyms often and have play dates to keep him entertained otherwise he goes stir crazy! And then I go crazy. Lol so it's important we get out of the house during these long winter months! I love his sweet, intuitive personality, and his ability to keep me smiling.
Craig has been super busy with work, doing double shifts to keep everything afloat. He is their main troubleshooter for the ORCA program at the Fort prison, and is definitely feeling the stress of being in such demand. Soon he'll get a little break because we are going to Banff for a work conference. So hopefully he'll get some downtime. It will be nice for the kids and I to get out of the house for a little while and visit the mountains.
The time has come for me to go back to work, so I have recently been set up with 4 shifts this month. 2 days and 2 nights. The boys and I will sleep over in Wetaskiwin the night before the dayshifts, and they will spend the day with Craig's parents one day and my Mom the other day. I'm so grateful that they are willing to help me out, because I'd much rather leave them with family than anyone else. The nightshifts will be on weekends so Craig will be home. I'm a bit nervous to get back into it, but I'm sure it'll all come back soon enough. At least I'm blessed not to have to work full-time, because that would be so hard! I have a lot of respect for women who work full-time with young children!
Well that's our lives as of current. Lots going on, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Love all my boys, and hopefully baby #3 is a girl so I'm not so outnumbered. If not, that's ok too!
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