Big picture post

Missing my girl....

Only 6 more sleeps till she comes home!!

Her and I at the Peter Pan ballet for our last night together.

The poddling.
Anyone who knows what that is gets a prize.

Doing the dishes.

"HUH?"

Onto the road-trip!......

(my appologies to my Fakebook friends who have checked out these pics already. Oops, did I say Fakebook? I mean FACEbook.)

And we're off!

Our only mishap on the way there.

Yes, the mirror came off, and yes, we finally got it back on.

West Ed Mall awaits us!

Nicole: "You didn't tell me this went upside down!! I'm scared!"

Me: "Don't worry, no one's died on this for a long time."

So how was it?

Nicole: "I don't know, my eyes were closed."

So how was it?

Me: "Rock on dude! Let's go again!"

Where's the party?

My poor poor shopped out feet....

And no I don't have a pinky toenail.

S'up.

Another day of shopping here we come.

A statement I can stand on.

I already want to go back..... oh Ikea, how I love thee, let me count the ways...

Auntie Leanne....

and Uncle Gord. My two faves.

Chillin.

The bush chair.

The freak of the week.

The new walk.

Enough pictures already!!

No.

Home awaits us..... a bittersweet road.

Family Feud.

Family Feud.

I love this game, I rock at it. Everytime my hubby and I play together on the computer I kick his butt.
I was watching it the other day, and this was the survery.
Top 5 answers... Name something wives say to their husbands over and over.
My very first answer before they even buzzed in was "I love you". It had to be right? And it was! But guess what?
It TIED for first with "Take out the trash."
Here were the other answers...
Do more chores/clean up
Put the toilet seat down
Listen to me!

This really made me sad, and sick, to think that the top things wives say to their husbands over and over are commands, and I love you, was a tie with something as stupid as take out the trash.

Here's what I think the top 5 answers SHOULD have been.

#1 I love you
#2 How was your day?
#3 You're so handsome/hey good-lookin'!
#4 What can I do for you today?
#5 THANK YOU for all you do!

What are some other answers that should've been on here?

Update in point form

Son:
-thoroughly enjoyed his birthday bash. Made us very proud parents with his good manners and cute social skills.
-is a snotty mess with a cold.
-new words include "mine", "no", and my personal favorite "Walmart".
-has a personality type that needs and desires boundaries and structure. Am blessed that I'm able to stay home and give that to him.


Precious daughter:
-leaves in 3 sleeps to Hawaii!
-is going to be gone for 16 days, the longest she's ever been away, and obviously, the farthest.
-finally lost the tooth that was hanging by a thread, or as Ren & Stimpy might put it, a nerve ending.
-is trading Pokemon cards at school today.
-is now taking voice lessons every Thursday. I'm so excited to see her gifting grow and mature, as it's obvious she was born to sing.


Me:
-starting to FREAK OUT about daughter leaving!
-trying to focus on being excited about my shopping trip to Edmonton to get me through these next couple days.
-questioning many things, but am learning...
-recently learned that I have excema, and believe the breakouts I've had were caused by stress. Have broken out again...
-ran with my sis last night, and it was AWESOME! I left my body as wind on the last sprint, and felt like I could run forever (until I stopped of course, and the burning heat in my face set in)


Hubby:
-still makes me laugh everyday.
-may be entering into new territory in his business, praying that God continues to lead us.
-is pouring into his family, loves them so much, encourages me to love deeper and see greater.
-always gets ripped off on these point form updates, because all I can ever think of to say is how awesome he is.
-is awesome.


God:
-is never ending.
-is loving, patient, merciful.
-loves me in my weaknesses, gently pushes me to greater heights, sees all that I could, sees the finished product, knows where I'm at, and loves me the same.
-forgives me, over, and over, and over, and over, and over, and over....
-asks that I do the same.

Daniel Paniel Waniel, a monkey trapped within a boy

-1 Month

Impatiently waiting.

Not knowing if it was a boy or a girl, but knowing our lives were going to completely change.

0 Months

"it's a boy!! it's a boy!! it's a boy!!" were the first words my husband screamed, as he witnessed the birth of his first born.

1 Month
This was when he broke out in his baby acne, a taste of whats to come I'm sure.

2 Months

Our first photo shoot. I took so many pictures this night. Good thing his vision is still intact from all the flashes.

3 Months

So proud of our little God-chaser, praying already.

4 Months

This was when he got really chubby and incredibly solid.

Was no longer nervous at all to see my daughter or my sister kids handle him, I knew he could hold his own.

5 Months

He used to sit in this chair and play forever.

Try getting his to sit still now.

Riiiiiiiiight.

6 Months

First time he said "dadadadadadada"

Who'd would've thought we'd still be waiting for him to speak.

7 Months

His baby dedication, all dressed up.

8 Months

Food all over, the beginning of a normal event in our home.

9 Months

First time pulling up in his crib, such a proud little man.

10 Months

Again with the food, his passion, his joy.

11 Months

New shoes.

12 Months

Trying on his way-too-big rubber boots.

The beginning of a new obsession with shoes (just like his mommy)

13 Months

Walking!!

14 Months

Christmas stickers are fun!

15 Months

I so miss these slippers! They were so cute!

16 Months

Now there's the mischeveous look I've come to know and love!

17 Months

At Faith's birthday party.

"I wandered around the whole time scamming food from various tables and plates."

18 Months

Very first comb-over.

"Get it out of your system mom, soon I'll be old enough to know comb-overs are for geeks and nerds."

19 Months

Very first all-terrain-vehicle.

20 Months

Plane? Bird? Nope...

It's Super Man! (with a soggy diaper)

21 Months

New sandbox!

22 Months

First mohawk, with love from daddy.

23 Months

Rawr!

"I love my cars!!"

2 Years,

24 Months,

104 Weeks,

730 Days

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

to my micheveous, spunky, energenic, off-the wall, cute, bestest, curious, smart, funny, hillarious, entertaining, trusting, serious, expressionless, boyish, animated, bouncy, beautiful, quirky, copy-cat, barrel of monkeys, stinker, goofy, weird, independant, amazing, enjoyable, blessing....

named:

Mr. Daniel Paniel Waniel.

Join us in saying Happy Birthday

(one day late *blush*)

I am really appreciating my family these days. I love them so much, faults and flaws, no matter what!

We are Family!

I've got all my sisters with me!

We are Family!

Get up everybody and sing!

Everyone can see we're together

As we walk on by

and we fly just like birds of a feather

I won't tell no lie

all of the people around us they say

Can they be that close

Just let me state for the record

We're giving love in a family dose

Living life is fun and we've just begun

To get our share of the world's delights

high hopes we have for the future

And our goal's in sight

no we don't get depressed

Here's what we call our golden rule

Have faith in you and the things you do

You won't go wrong

This is our family Jewel

COUNTDOWN

17 more sleeps till we find new mischief in a new city, and spend a ton of money we should'nt be spending on shopping, shopping and more shopping. Cheers.

16 more sleeps till my daughter is whisked off to Honolulu Hawaii! Where she'll see things I can only imagine, and get a tan we'll all be jealous of.

"Indecisive on whether or not I think this slide is fun..."

"Rawr!"

"Clowning around"

And last but definately not least, 3 more sleeps till our little guy turns TWO!

I like to move it move it, I like to move it move it

"Self-Portrait"

My not-so-little-anymore girl is still loving school. She took her play cell phone to school today, saying that she would talk on it at recess. Apparently she took so long getting ready this morning because Isaiah and Auntie Sarah kept texting her on it.

Sheesh.

The beginning of a new hobbie, my hubby and I embarked on making our own wine!

Our very first newborn bottle.

The finished product.

Hehe! We cracked open the precious first bottle to see what we had just created. Of course it tasted very 'young', but it was neat that it was ours.

Baby helping dada mow the lawn..

Was cold at the family potluck, so I put on Isaiah's coat to prove to my sis that it wouldn't fit.

It did.

My AWESOME cousin Robin. His future wife and kids are going to be very blessed someday.

And last but not least,

Farmer Cleedus.

Come'on Cleedus, Come'on!

It's crisis after crisis over here, but God is still VERY good. I love how He draws us so near to Him in times like these, I'm blessed to know the Heavenly Father who loves and comforts.

In other news, my girlfriend and I are road-tripping to Edmonton in October! We are both super duper excited! It'll be weird being without Chris. I've never gone anywhere without him before. I've never even driven on the highway before! Luckily we'll be using a GPS, because we are known for getting lost and flustered. Like the time my mother-in-law asked me to pick up her dogs from a kennel just outside of Martensville, and we got lost (after I drove the car into a ditch and needed a bunch of men to stop and help me out). Or like a bunch of other times, that will just remain unmentioned.

As for me, I am totally addicted to Facebook, and totally ashamed to admit that. I still refuse to jump on the banwagon of adding a bunch of highschool people that you NEVER talk to, just so that I can say I have 300 friends. Sorry, but I do have some pride. Well ok, I have alot... too much, OK OK! I'm full of myself! There! Now I must get back to my Facebook.

Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in their shoes.
That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away from them,
and you have their shoes.