Day 36

So currently we are watching the Gold Medal game, and Carter has learned so new words, which we call hockey words, I learned them from my dad, and I wasn't planning on keeping up the tradition, but with the states tying it, they just came out. OOopsy.
Carter wanted to make sure he watched the game in his hockey jammies and his (well mine since his were wet) Olympic Mittens.

GO Canada GO

What do you mean 3 hours till I can watch a Carter show?

Day 35

I would like to title this Neighbourhood Watch, because this is her favorite pass time.

Day 34

So today my baby turns 8 months, where has the time gone I just don't know. Tomorrow I get a camera so I will add her 8 month photo here after I get the picture. So here is my 17lb chubby wubby cubby on her 8th month birthday.

Day 33

So I thought to be fun, and since we have the V Tech Camera I would do a post on the eyes of Carter. These are pictures that my camera happy 4 year old took with his camera.

Carter likes to add the special features.

Apparently he thought early on that his sister needed the devil application, interesting...

And up close and personal with his Half Sister Ainsley

Day 32

Meeting his new sister Carter was super pumped, he has two friends that are big brothers and he was excited to be like them. So today I am reminiscing about Carter meeting Sydney for the first time, the looks on his face is precious and tells everything. He is such a good big brother, and is proud to be one. We will see how long this lasts after she starts walking and talking but so far so good.

Meeting Sydney for the first time, look at his face he is so happy.

Then this one, the look of, okay now what am I supposed to do with her now?

Oh I know what to do, poke her nose like papa does to me lol.

Day 31

So yesterday it snowed, and it was great packing snow so today after school Carter had a friend over and we made snowmen. Carter had a blast, but little tip, raisins as the eyes, mouth and buttons isn't good the birds love them lol.

I took the pictures with Carter's camera and well it is crappy quality, oh please let my camera be fixed soon.

This is the one Carter and I made

This is the one Celeste and Jason made

Day 30

Ok so back on pancake Tuesday I took more pictures so I will share some now. Carter is all about protecting his sister, he likes to watch her when we leave the room, even though she is properly contained he needs to be on guard. So while I was getting his pancakes made Chris and I walked into the living room to see how he had made her jumperoo even more safe in his eyes.

Yep that is my wrap that I carry Sydney in, not sure how it makes her safer, but he seems think it does.

And when we tried to get a front view he wouldn't let us past as me might break her protective shield. Many he has an imagination lol.

Day 29

9Ok so here is the latest happiest day of my life, this is when my family became complete. The day Sydney was born, having her gave me the feeling of being content and complete. I had my boy and my girl. I know I say that I would have been happy with two boys, but really no, I really wanted a girl.
So Friday June 26th 2009 after many false starts we go in and were not sent home. I was in labour for 2 hours and pushed for 10 minutes not even 10 minutes really, and she came out. Please note once again no drugs, upsetting VERY upsetting. I will say that contractions are way worse then the pushing part. So at 4:55pm Sydney Lauren Phillips was born at 6lbs 3 ounces, 18 inches long.
We learned our lesson this time, we brought the camera into the delivery room :)

Fresh from the Oven

Best Face EVER lol

 All Cleaned up, my little Angel.

One complete family.

Day 28

Ok so the next happiest day of my life that beat out the wedding, was the birth of our first child Carter. December 4th 2005, 6 months to the day of our wedding we were at our family Christmas party, and my dad commented that I was grumpy all day, well that was because I was in pre labour and didn't know it, so I think I had all the right to be grumpy. Anywho, we got to the hospital at 10pm, and epidural wore off at 9cm, baby born at 3:17am. Carter James Phillips officially started our little family coming into this world weight a whopping 5lbs 11 ounces and 18 3/4 inches long. He was my little ethopian poster child (not to offend anyone) since he was skin and bones for a while.

First Picture - 9 hours old

I don't have a lot of pictures of Carter when he was born as we forgot the camera at home, HEY NOW, it was our first time we were panicked.

Yep I took my 4 day old baby to see Santa.

Ok to show how small he was, that is a newborn soother, it is taking over his face lol.

Day 27

Ok so, since no camera down memory lane we go. So where to start. Well lets start with the first happiest day of my life, yes there are more then one as they keep happening.

So the first one was the day I married my husband Chris. Everything went perfect, June 4th 2005, beautiful day, good food, great friends and a lot of drunk people.

When I first met Chris he said he was never getting married again or having any more children. Well I think on this day I proved him wrong on both, because I was 11 weeks pregnant with Carter as well. So let this be a lesson you can change a man lol.

My sister and I practicing :)

I the bride was not impressed that this picture actually made it into our wedding video

First Kiss

My Peeps

And Us, hey one of the benefits of being pregnant on your wedding day, great boobs for your dress :)

Day 26

Well today it was interesting to get this picture, our camera seems to not want to keep the memory card in it, so tomorrow it is going in to get fixed. So to get this picture we had to hold the card in and take the picture, it was quite an achievement to get it. Sydney loves her jumperoo, and Carter loves to play with her now, so this is what we walked into.

They played like this for about 10 minutes, please note Sydney is making her brother smell her feet and is totally jumping up and down on him and he didn't care lol.

Until the camera is fixed I will be doing reminissant pictures of the kids.

Day 25

February is not one of my favorite months, it is cold and dreary and well, just kinda makes me blah at times, and really when you look out your window at 2 in the afternoon and this is what you see looking up in the sky, where is the sun? Oh Mr. Sun Sun Mr. Golden sun won't you please shine down on me..... maybe if we all sing it, it will happen because I hate looking up and seeing this day after day after day.
This picture is not altered and it is in colour.

Day 24

Ahhhhhh Pancake Tuesday what a day to promise your child for days that he would get pancakes for dinner and then mommy (that would be me) end up with her head in the toilet for the afternoon and early evening. I perserveerd though and came through for my son. So Carter wanted pancakes, no problem, what he didn't know is that they were sweet potato's pancakes, and oh so deceptively delicious, he said they were the bestest pancakes ever!
Not going to lie making them wasn't easy we lost a couple as they were burnt from my trips from the bathroom, yes I know TMI but pft you don't have to ready if you don't want too.

Pancake in the Pan

Short Stack

One very happy boy

Day 23

So Monday was all about making the baby food, I was so into it I didn't even take pictures of my kids. I had a killer headache but my daughter needed food, so that trumped the headache.

This is what I don't understand, and maybe I am just a snob but I don't get it, why do people buy jarred baby food? It is so simple and easy to make it yourself, yes it takes an afternoon to steam, blend and then put in the ice cube trays, and then pop them out and put them in baggies and then into the freezer. It is cheaper and healthier in the long run. I don't consider myself a "crunchy" mom by any stretch of the imagination, but I do like to make healthier choices for my kids. My husband doesn't quite understand the healthy food vs. fun food concept but we have gotten the timbits out of Carter's diet YIPPY. So back to my original thought, I don't understand how something so simple we can't do ourselves?

mmmmmmmm peas

Peas and Sweet Potato's going in to be frozen

And Pears ready for whenever we start fruit.

Day 22

Well today is Valentines Day, nothing special going on here as Chris has to work, my mom came over with her dog  Molly, Carter and I made cupcakes, and well Sydney was cute as ever sitting on her own!

My Little Valentines

The Cupcakes Carter and I made.

And Molly showing off her tricks

Day 21

Today Carter was my big helper, he helped keep his sister entertained. I went to go throw out a diaper and walked back into Sydney's room and this is what I found, she loves her big brother and he loves her. I am so happy  that they are starting to interact with each more and more excites me. So here they are I did a pink hue for fun since it is Valentines weekend.

Day 20

So today's 365 challenge is to take a picture of a loved one. At first I was like way to easy because I could just take a picture of my kiddo's but then I thought wait I have a husband too, and apparently I love him so I decided to take a picture of him making my Valentines dinner. Chris has to work on Valentines Day so we are doing it tonight, and I didn't want anything material, just to have dinner made without it coming from the freezer and being put on a cookie sheet into the oven. So here is Chris making a very good dinner, he did very well, he just might have to cook some more from scratch again.

Chris putting the burgers together. I know I know you are thinking what burgers how is that special well just wait.

They were special because they were stuffed with Blue Cheese which is totally outside his comfort zone.

Baked Onion Rings, yep this is what I wanted nothing but class for me.

One BBQ'd Burger, ok not the most appetizing but OMG SOOOOO good.

Ok I can't do loved ones without my kids I just can't, so here is Carter after school, he had a sugar crash from his party and just wanted to veg on the couch.

And last but not least my precious Sydney bouncing away while Chris cooked.