Where have I been?

Wow - it's been awhile. That damn facebook seems to take precidence when I'm on the computer. I thought it was the same with everyone until I check out other blogs. Needless to say I feel a bit obligated to update ours:) I'm hoping the new look will keep me motivated....

So on with life -

Noah is growing like a crazy weed. I'm sure he's gotta be 15lbs. He is super long and the sleeves on most of his shirts are 3/4 length instead of full sleeves. He has got to be the smiliest baby EVER. He will smile and coo for anyone who stops to say Hi! He is sleeping through the night already which is REALLY nice (knock on wood) and of course, loves music:) His favorite thing in the world so far is.......His big sister!!!!!

Jayda is doing awesome. She is finally walking - and walking, and walking, and walking all day every day. She also has tons of words, some of which are pretty amazing. She said Lasagna the other day! Most of the time when she is talking a mile a minute we can make out a few words in each sentence and figure out what she is saying. One of her favorite words is skull. She can spot a skull from a mile away and gets excited. She is soooo much like her daddy:) Her and Noah get along great. They are the two cutest kids ever. Jayda loves to give Noah hugs and kisses and Noah smiles at Jayda whenever she is within his line of sight.

Steve and I are also doing super. The shop has been doing good, although it's been pretty slow this past month. We are slowly getting ready for our wedding which is actually only 6 months away - eeekk. It's comming so fast and we still have lots to do!!!!! I'm really excited:) Other than that it's just been livin' each day as it comes. With the two kids each day is different and more exciting than the day before. I love life:)

Stay tuned for some pics and more updates.......

And baby makes four:)

I am extatic to announce the birth of our newest little addition - Noah Jackson Winjet. He was born September 6th at 5:50pm. He weighed in at a whopping 8lbs 4oz and 21inches long. Now I know why I couldn't barely walk the last month of pregancy:) Of course he is absolutely gorgeous and in perfect health. He is a spitting image of his daddy! The delivery went VERY fast and pretty easy. Steve and I went to a noon meeting and I started having contractions. After the meeting I told him to go to work and I would call him when the contractions were closer and more intense. Needless to say 20 minutes later he was back home and we were off to the hospital. By the time we found parking and made our way to the womens center to check in I was 6cm dialted and contractions were 3 minutes apart. They rushed for me to get an epidural, we had a small calm moment or two then three pushes later we were blessed with our handsom new son! So, less then 24 hours after going into labor we were sitting on our couch at home - our new family of four - yes any mothers out there reading this you can curse at me any time:).........

Jayda is taking it all really well. She is an awesome big sister! She's actually kinda bored by Noah already 'cause of course all he does is eats and sleeps - AND POOPS!!!! She does love hime though. She gives him a little pat when she wonders by him and kisses when she can get close enough. She has been an absolute angel!

A special thanks goes out to Auntie Bean for being on call and babysitting Jayda while I was in labor. We sure love you:) Also to Mom for being here to help before, during and after. We couldn't do it without you:) And a little shout out to the best daddy in the world and most amazing partner anyone could ever ask for - luv u Steve xoxo

As soon as we get settled in a bit we would love to hear from all our friends and family and we will be proud to show off our new handsom little fella!

Beauty in our own backyard

This is what I saw when I looked out our kitchen window this evening.

Jayda's update

We had Jayda's 1 year check-up the other day so I figured you'd all be interested to know what the Doc said. Jayda is now 21 lbs and 31 1/2 inches long. Her progress is still on a steady steam. 50th % for her weight and 75th % for her height. After the check-up the Doc said (surprise, surprise) she is PERFECT. I could have told her that myself:)

Besides being perfectly healthy Jayda is also doing great in every other area. She now crawls on all fours instead of slithering along on her tummy (thank God). We have Sara-Lyn to thank for that:) "thanks Sara"! She also pulls herself up to furniture, throws a ball, meows like a cat, and (my least favorite thing) knows how to say the word "NO". It is sorta cute but when I say NO to her and she looks back and says NO to me - Not so cute anymore. She has lots of English words and also jabbers a million miles a minute in "Chinese". At least that is what it sounds like:)

Well, I guess that is it for my little girl. She is still an awesome baby, cuter than ever and melts my heart a bit more every day.

Katy

WOW HAIRDO:)

This hair MUST come from Daddy 'cause it sure ain't mine:)

News, news, news....

Today was a very big day for us. First and foremost we bought a new vehicle. Yes I know our Focus was less than 1 year old but 2 kids + 2 adults = car too small! So we went on the hunt for something a little more practicle. We ended up buying a 2003 Ford Escape. It is a little bit smaller than an Explorer but bigger than our Focus. It also has 4x4 which is pretty handy since we live in snow country.

In other news.........WARNING if you do not want to know the sex of our next baby DO NOT continue reading.....

We are having a little Boy!!!!! YEAH:) We are totally excited. We were not going to find out but temptation got the better of us. At least now we can say to Jayda - you are gonna have a baby brother, rather than calling the poor thing an IT. The ultrasound tech said everything looked really good and she also said she can pretty much assure me that he WILL NOT be a 10lb baby. Very good news to get. Don't get me wrong, I'd love a big baby just as much as a smaller baby but I think my body will appreciate small rather than big.

Well, that's our news for the day. I'm completely pooped from a busy day and I'm in need of some down time. Enjoy the pics.

Katy

We have a heart beat!

We went to see Dr.Jiwa (our O.B.) the other day. It was great. We got to hear the heart beat for the first time. It was 163 beats per minute. Dr.Jiwa said everything looks really good and I'm "growing nicely". I still don't really have a guess to whether it will be a girl or boy. Steve thinks boy because I've been eating eggs and red meat - not something I'm usually to keen on. WHO KNOWS:)..... We have an ultrasound booked for Wednesday. That should be super fun 'cause we will be able to get some pictures of our new little sprout!

In other news......I bought my wedding dress!!! I tried it on for the first time a month or so ago and really liked it. For whatever reason I decided not to get it and keep looking. Well, last weekend Doreen and I went to ABC Weddings and I tried it on again and could not leave the store this time without buying it. It was 1/2 price - WHOOOHOO. AND it is the last one like it that will ever be made! So my decision was made and I bought it. We have also booked the hall (in Edson), and the caterer. I've been researching photographers on the internet and I've narrowed it down to half a dozen that I want to contact and talk to. If we are paying $2000 for someone to take pictures at our wedding they better take DAMN good pictures:)

So I guess that is it from the home front. Hope everyone else in the world is doing well and enjoyed my little update!

Katy

YUMMY!!!!

My Daddy is GREAT! He gives me yogurt covered petzels right before bed:) Mommy says "What A mess!" I say "yummy these are the Best!"

WOW, They do work!!!

Oh that's what these two gangly things are attatched to my butt for.......Standing:) Why didn't someone tell me sooner???

Not too bad I guess...

Your Language Arts Grade: 98%

Way to go! You know not to trust the MS Grammar Check and you know "no" from "know." Now, go forth and spread the good word (or at least, the proper use of apostrophes).

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the beautiful outdoors

GRRRRRR......

I HATE WINTER!!!!!!! Sorry I just need to vent a little bit. Jayda and I were supposed to go to a play date today but surprize, surprize......it's SNOWING. The play date is way on the other side of St.Albert so it's a little far to drive in the yucky snow. Oh well, we have another one booked for tomorrow and it's only a few blocks away. Hopefully we actually get to go. Anyway, that's my whinning for the day. Hope everyone is doing o.k. and not FROZEN to death yet.

Katy the ice cube

Cute Pics:)

Official Anouncement

So it is official - We are pregnant!!!! We had our first ultrasound today and saw the little sprout wiggling around. I am 9 weeks along. The due date is September 15th. It was really exciting because the baby really is sprouting little arms and legs already and VERY active. We have known for a little while and some other people know too but now we decided to make it official. It never sems real to me until I actually see the baby on the screen. So yeah, that is our newest news.

In other news.......we have set a wedding date - June 21st 2008. I think most people know about that too but we went shopping last weekend for dresses so now it seems more real! Doreen will be my maid of honor and Carmen is my bridesmaid. That's about as far as the planning has gone so far....LOL.....I guess I should get on the ball a bit!

Hmmm....what else would you all like to know??? Jayda is starting to get her own little "attitude". She is very curious about EVERYTHING around her and she gets frustrated when she can't reach/roll towards what she wants. She just wants to GO, GO, GO. I don't think it will be too long before she is crawling or something resembling crawling:) Something cute she does now - or ONE of the many cute things she does...LOL......is when she wakes up in the morning she calls MUM,MUM for a minute or two then gets really quiet. If she doesn't get a response she calls DAD,DAD and so on and so forth. Usually Steve and I just lie in bed for awhile snickering about how cute she is. After awhile she results to HEY,HEY just to get anybody's attention. Yeah I know, isn't she soooo cute:)

So tomorrow is Valentines day AND Steves 6 year sobriety birthday so we decided to rope Auntie Bean into watching Jayda and we are going to go out to dinner AND a movie! We don't do that sort of stuff often enough so it should be a nice "date".

Well that's all for now folks. Hope you enjoyed my update - I know they are pretty few and far between:)

Katy

immunizations

These days have GOT to be the worst days to be a parent. I took Jayda to get her 6 month shots today (yes I know, she is 8 months old) and again, I'm sure it hurt me more than her. I guess it was sorta cute though because between sobs she was saying "mum,mum" and burying her face in my armpit. I'm not sure if that made it harder or easier. At least she wasn't mad at me. Anyhow, down to the details that you all want - Jayda is 28 1/4 inches tall, 17.1 lbs and her head is 44.9 cm round. Other than her head, which grew over 2cm she didn't really grow much. She is on the low end for her weight but I think, and so did the nurse that it's just because she's so tall and she hasn't evened out yet. Other than that the nurse said she seems to be doing well. But of course, I knew that without having some nurse tell me so. Needless to say, today will be cuddle time all day. I called Steve at work when we were done and said that I can't take her next time, he's going to have to do it. But, realistically even though he would do it, I probably will take her. Just give me a couple days to recouperate from the tramatizing experience and I'll be o.k. to do it all again. I guess that's what being a mom is all about:)

Katy

Pics

Here's a picture Jayda with "santa" and one taken right after "the big question".

Long over due anouncement

I know, I know this has taken me a little longer to post than most would expect. Anyhow, for those of you who don't know already - which I really don't think there is anyone who doesn't know - Steve and I are ENGAGED.
It is sooooooo exciting. Steve popped the question christmas eve - very romantic! Pretty much the whole family knew and they were involved in pulling off the biggest surprise of my life. "Santa" and his "elves" came to deliver gifts which I though was so thoughful being Jaydas first x-mas and all. I was quite curious when everyone else in the house recived gifts also and as we started opening them I had to keep opening, and opening and opening my big box which quite quickly turned into a very small square box. I looked up from my opening and all eyes were on me and the room was silent........................................Trying to rip open the very last tiny box seemed to take hours. Finally it was opended Steve said his part and............I cried:) Of course it was out of pure joy and happiness and I said YES!.
So now Steve is my fiance and I, his! We are both excited to start planning and continue with our lives together.
And we all lived happily ever after..................................................................to be continued:)