Three Years Ago Today...

I remember hearing my mom say that phrase on our birthdays, and I always looked forward to it. I don't know if this is just me, but I loved hearing my birth story, and when she would start that sentence, my ears would perk up, and I'd be ready to ask lots of questions!
So, three years ago today, I was 6 days overdue with my precious Tegan. Although at the time "precious" was not the word going through my head! LOL I had been having false labor for TEN days already, and had many false promises from the doctor, along with three failed membrane sweeps. I remember telling Daniel that I was officially not answering the phone until I had a baby in my arms because I was so tired of hearing the disappointment in people's voices when I answered. I was done being pregnant and wanted to meet my baby.
So, on Sept 8th, my brother came to visit, and I was maybe complaining to him a bit? LOL So, he took me through a checklist of things to ask if I'd tried them, and I assured him that yes, I had tried absolutely everything short of howling at the full moon. Then he asked if I had tried castor oil. No Way! I would never try that! ewww! I believe that's what I said anyway...
However, I was desperate, and I did happen to have some mineral oil in the medicine cabinet, and I knew it was safe because the doc had given it to us for Addison. Aaaaanyway, I took a huge gulp right from the bottle, watched my brother gag in grossness, then said, "there. NOW I've tried everything"!
We had a pleasant rest of our visit, and I went to bed. At around 2:30 some contractions woke me up, and though I tried not to get my hopes up, I was a little excited because usually they went away in bed, not got worse :)
so I got up and timed them just so I wouldn't wake Daniel for a false alarm. At about 3:30 I was pretty darn sure, so I woke him. He was excited, but said "but I haven't showered or shaved yet!" and I told him "well you'd better hurry, I waited awhile to wake you and we need to leave soon!"
We got to the hospital at 4:30 and bounced on the ball for awhile. Weeeee! hahaha
Then, while I was pushing, Tegan proved just how much she didn't want to come out by pulling back in everytime I stopped pushing. It was sooo weird feeling, and sooo frustrating! LOL
I remember when the doctor saw her head and said "Addison had blonde hair right? well, this is definitely Daniel's baby then! It has dark dark hair!"
That made me so excited to meet her all over again :) Then finally, she was here. The first thing I noticed about her when I held her for the first time was her super duper deep chin dimple. It was so cute!
Fast forward three years later, and I am amazed at the little girl she has become. Her personality is so different from Addison's, and they are both so great in their own ways. While Addison is constantly busy and easily bored, Tegan is much more mellow and would prefer to sit and color or pet her kitty or cuddle with her daddy.
It really hit me last weekend when we were at my inlaws house. Tegan went up to her great grandma's house one day, and after that, she always wanted to be there, having tea with Great Grandma, and playing with her dollhouse. Addison? well, she was feeding goats!
For how different they are, they sure get along well together. Tegan loves to play pretend and seems to be more than happy playing the puppy while Addison leads her around :) LOL
She has such a kind, soft heart, which is so amazing. Some days I find myself worrying though, because a heart as soft as hers could be easily broken. My prayer for her is that she will allow God to give her the strength to get through situations with kindness and a big heart, but also with assertiveness when she needs it.
I look forward to watching each day as her personality continues to grow and develop. I am enjoying each day with her now, but also am so curious to see what she will be like at 6, or 9, or 15!
I hope you had an amazing birthday Tegan Lily, and I want you to know just how precious you are to your daddy and me. You're our little lily!

Packin' Up and Movin' on!

After almost one full year of renting our little house, we have decided to buy our own place! Renting has been great. We've loved living near the Hanna's. They have been awesome landlords, neighbors and friends. Our girls will miss having friends so close all the time, and I'll miss my amazing babysitters! LOL

It's also allowed us to get a little bit settled after the crazy year we've had. Daniel is quite settled into his new job and is enjoying it, and I have developed an awesome group of friends!

But now, it's time to move on, and to start putting our money towards our own place!

It's a quarter section of land about 15 minutes from town towards Tumbler Ridge. It's got a house on it that's a little run down, but with some work, I think could be pretty cute. The yard too! It's a cute little fenced in yard with a greenhouse and everything :)

In the next couple weeks, we have alot to do...the big things being taking down wall paper and painting the house. I'd like to get this done before we move in, so we'll have a really busy couple of weeks here! But, I have high hopes, and am counting on some hard work for a few years, but I think it will pay off :)

So with that, the invitation to come out and paint or weedwack is always open! LOL Ok, you don't have to work, but feel free to come out and visit!

Smooth Away...As Seen On TV!

Addison is growing up. In the last couple weeks, she is soooo over Treehouse when she watches tv. Now she wants to watch the Bugs Bunny show all the time, so she gets to see commercials. It's sure a good thing she doesn't have money, because she gets really sucked in by them! LOL

Today, she came up to me and said, "mom, you should get Bumpits...they make you go from flat to fabulous!"

Then later she saw the commercial for Smooth Away. Here's our conversation:

"Mom, you should get smooth away, and you'll never have to shave again! You'll never go "ow ow ow!" when you shave because these don't hurt at all!

"That's nice Addison"

"Yeah, even daddy can use them!"

"Can he use them on his face?"

"Well, they have smaller smoothaway pads for his upper lip, and big ones for larger areas, like your arms"

After that, I couldn't really say anything else, cause I was laughing so much. Ooooh Addison, you are so much fun!

Lazy Summero

The title refers to my blogging, NOT us! LOL Adding an extra princess to our home has definitely kept us from being lazy. I can't believe how fast the summer has slipped by, especially since Myka was born! Here are some highlights :)

At about 4 weeks, Myka discovered that she loves the playmat! well, she loved it...lately she's been a tad cranky and hasn't enjoyed it quite as much. Maybe she's having her 6 week growth spurt?

A couple weekends ago the fall fair was here. The girls have been looking forward to it for months! They saw an episode of Dora awhile ago with a ferris wheel in it, and ever since, Addison has been obsessed! Here they are in the bouncy castle...

and the merry go round. I always love merry go round pictures!

and after months of waiting, she finally got her ferris wheel ride! She is technically too short, but they let her go on with her daddy! She loved it. I'll do my best to quote what she thought of it. "It was really fun mom! when you're going down it feels weird in your throat, like you're swallowing a snake or something!" Now she's counting down the days till next year :)

Hopefully I'll start having the time to post more soon...as we get more and more into our new "family of five" schedule!

New Etsy Finds

Ok, so I've become a little bit addicted lately. I admit it :) But there is just SO much cute stuff, I can't help it! I buy very little of the things that I love, but as my etsy shop grows, my etsy shopping habits probably will too! LOL

Here are some of my newest finds:

This mobile is made by Inspiredmomcreations. I think is is so pretty and sweet for a little baby girls room!

I LOVE these earrings and can't wait to get them in my ears! Cherry blossoms are one of my favorite flowers anyway, and to get to wear them in my ears would be awesome! Idreamicanfly made these. Check out her shop!

And while you're there be sure to check out Little Lily!