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ANOTHER ONE OF THESE........ HANDSOME BOY


So today we got to find out what where having,..........and it's another BOY!!!!I'm so EXCITED!!! Our first child Dylan was the best baby, slept thru the night, would eat GREAT, etc. I'm also excited to see if this son will look the same as Dylan. I always thought it was a boy this whole time, then we had the ultra sound and my husband saw his "jewels". I'm so happy it's another boy!!! We've told our family, and a couple of friends. What's funny is everyone wonders how I'm feeling because they think since I'm a girl I want a little girl. I wouldn't mind one, but the reason why I'm not ready is because I was a LITTLE BRAT when I was younger, I can admit this. Whenever I was in trouble or sassy etc. my mom would always say to me " Just wait till you have a little girl like YOU". So maybe that's why I'm a little scared on having a girl, but I also have trouble doing my own hair so I can't imagine what my little girls hair would look like LOL As my dr. and his staff told me that it's a boy, they always add to the end it's not 100% accurate. I've heard stories too like this so you never know until your holding that bundle of joy in your arms :)

Time is going by so quick with this pregnancy then my last one. Maybe because Dylan keeps me busy :) My blood pressure was a little high at the beginning and I was spotting lots + cramping. I was also under some stress at work, so I asked my dr. if I could go on medical leave. He said sure and gave me my note. So that's been helping ALOT, I had my blood pressure checked today and it's 110/70. Way WAY better then 160/98!!! This pregnancy has been kicking me in the butt with being TIRED all the time, I'm feeling better this month but some days are better then others. I'm also craving different things this time around....fruit, LOTS of grapefruit, apples, and french fries especially Mcdonald's.;)

So now the big thing is to pick out names. When we decided on the name Dylan we didn't tell ANYONE of the names we were picking from. This time I've told a couple people and they've turned there nose at ALL the names!!! I hate to say this but were probably going to be picking one of those names and I already know how there going to feel about it. It bugs ME!!! I don't know why, but maybe that's why we shouldn't tell people the choices we have. I will take ideas from people, that's not the problem but just keep your thoughts or expressions to yourself if you want to hear OUR names that WE(as in Ryan and I) get to pick out for OUR CHILDREN!!! So I'm going to stop and just let people know when the baby is born!!! Done & done :)

Time 4 a swim?

Hello fellow bloggers & followers!
This is daddy's 1st post here. I'd figure I would tell how last Saturday our lil fam ventured out in the wind and snow, made our way down and up the Whoop Up hill to take Dylan to his 2nd swim lesson. We hopped out the van and headed indoors to get changed, while mommy parked our limo, uhhh, van I mean. Dylan and I got into the change room, I went to get in my sexy trunks and there they were - GONE!! It seemed as though, in my haste, I didn't put them in the bag with our towels. ARRRGH!! I felt so bad and apologized to my eager lil boy over and over. Still mifft about it! Anyways, we decided to go get some books at Chapters and get a hot beverage at Starbucks. Turned into a pretty good day. This weekend I aim to get in the pool with Dylan. Too da loo, and until next time- keep fit and have fun!

Somethings that have been going on...

So Dylan's done something I never thought would happen. He POOPED in his crib!!! The other week we put him down for his afternoon nap . As usual he jumps around, screams , throws all his stuffed toys and blankets on the floor. Well he started screaming at the top of his lung , and wouldnt settle down. So I got up to check on him and found him naked with a big turd on his bed that he had stepped it!!! I was laughing so hard and called for Ryan to come and help me clean him up. He doesn't like having dirty hands , so I can see why he was screaming with stepping in it. Lol still makes me laugh. I did take some picture's but I'm not going to put them up. I show it to him all the time and tell him that big boys don't poop in there bed!!! He gets a sad face when he looks at the pictures. But do u think it would stop him from getting naked all the time when we put him down for either his nap or bedtime??? Nope , so we've resorted to two pairs of pj's that zip up and he doesn't know how to take off!!! Little stinker!!!

Tomorrow we go for my ultrasound, and hopefully we can find out what were having. It sounds funny but I can't stop thinking that I might be having twins. The reason's why are they run on both sides of the families, and this pregnancy is TOTALLY different from Dylan. I've been SUPER tired, no energy, still get sick at nighttime, and I'm showing more aka BIGGER ( well in my mind lol) I also ran into an old high school friend who has a 2 year old, and then just had twins. Well she told me she didn't find out that she was having twins till 19 weeks!!! I'm 20+ weeks!!!! Yikes!!! Not that I would except having twins, but it will be a shock!!! Will see how tomorrow goes ;)

Dylans on the loose...

Well it's a night that we have not been waiting for. We even have a bed to put together so he can go into a "Big Boy Bed". Tonight he learned how to get out of his crib :( I know all you mothers out there that have gone thru this but he's our first born. So we put Dylan to bed and he was jumping around talking to himself, and then all of a sudden we heard a BIG THUMP!!! Ryan came out of the bathroom and I said to him " Did I hear what I think I hear?" Ryan said " Yup" he crawled out of his crib. Then all of a sudden we hear a knock at his door( Meaning Dylan knocking to get out of his room) LOL I was cracking up laughing so hard. Ryan was not impressed since he had to get to bed himself so he could get up a 3 am to get to work by 4 am. Anyways so Ryan gave him to me to lay with on the couch. So we layed for awhile, then I thought I'm going to go in his room and see how he got out of the crib. What a little SMARTY pants Dyaln is. He put all his blankets and stuffed animals to one corner of his crib so he can step on them to help him get out!!!! So I grabbed all his blankets and stuff and threw them on the floor and decided to give him his one blanket...his duvet. I put him down and of course he pops right up and say " Out, Out, out" I told him it's night night time and closed his door. So about 5 mins later....THUMP!!! He did it again, got out then knocked at the door. I laughed again!! *He makes me laugh* So I got him and put him back in his crib with one little thin blanket and told him not to get out of his crib!!! Well it worked for tonight, but seriously I am not ready for him to be in a big boy bed. I know it has to be done with me being prego and all. But my baby is GROWING UP!!!! oh well will see how much longer he can stay in the crib till we decide to take the next step....hahaha. It will probably be some time this week, but here's to hoping it's not :)

Here are some picture's of me finding him after he'd been asleep for awhile. If you notice he threw out his ONE blankets I gave him. But I did cover him up after all the picture's where taken. LOL

Time sure fly's by when your busy!!

Well my goal this year is to write on my blog at least 1-2 times a week, or maybe 2 times a month. Will see how this first month goes.

Catch up....

Dylan is almost 21 months on the 16th, and he is a VERY busy boy. He dosen't really play with his toys, just gets into things!!! Climbs up on the table to get the computer or itouch so he could play some games etc. He can play some games on the itouch, but he loves to push the back button ALL THE TIME!!! I think he's really smart and catches onto a lot of things just by watching us. Here are a few things he loves to do.

1. Pass some gas and then say " Toodles" lol
2. says " Up, Up, Up" all the time
3. When he's hungry he'll go to his high chair and say " Up" then you know he's hungry.
4. Points to the candy cupboard and says " treat, treat, treat, treat," until you give him one
5. gives kisses when you as him too * I love it*
6. He's learning how to give BIG HUGS
7. Starting to say " I wrove(love) ....and then that's it
8. He's knows what a duck says, mommy says * no, no, no*, daddy says * touch down*,
9. He loves opening up the oven and dishwasher and sit on the door!!!
10. He loved Christmas so much this year, he was not afraid of Santa.
11. When driving in the car at night time over Christmas he loves the LIGHTS on the houses and would say " Ohhhhh LIGHTS!!! AHHHHHH LIGHTS" * makes me laugh* He would even say that during the day. On Thursday early mornings when I drive him to his day home we would drive by the liquior store and he would say the same thing for those lights too lol I need to get this on tape before people start taking there lights down.
12. He loves LOVES to sleep in, and we are not complaining. This kid can sleep in till noon, and still go down for afternoon nap. * he's for sure my kid*
13. He learned that if he puts a pillow down beside the coffee table that he can step on it and help him get on top!!!
14. When ever he saw something Christmas he would say " Ho, Ho, Ho" He's actually sad that I put Christmas things away today.Can't wait till next year to see how he does.
15. He LOVES going to Grandma and Grandpa Shirley's house. Whenever we turn the corner to get to there house he yells " grandma!!". It also helps that they have Christmas lights out( we didn't out any up at our house). * Thanks mom and dad for all help watching him*

I think that's enough for tonight's post....HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!

Three Names I go by
1. Swirls
2. Em
3. Hun

Three Jobs I have had in my life
1. Safeway Cashier
2. Taco Time
3. Dental Assistant

Three Places I have lived
1. Down Town Calgary
2. South Side Lethbridge
3. North Side Lethbrige

Three Favorite drinks
1. Pepsi/Coke
2. Sprite
3. Water.....nah who am I kidding? More pop :)

Three TV Shows that I watch
1. Entertainment Tonight
2. Oprah
3. Dr. Oz
There's WAY MORE!!! lol

Three places I have been
1. Vancouver
2. Washington, DC
3. Seattle

Three People that text me regularly
1. Ryan
2. Tara
3. Tanis

Three of my favorite foods
1. Taco's
2. Mcdonalds FRESH French Fries
3. Fay's potatoes

Three Things I am looking forward to
1. Finshing our reno's
2. Moving into our house
3. Dylan walking

Three of my favorite clothing items
1. My Curvy Jeans
2. Pull Over Hoodie
3. Pajamma Pants

Three places I would like to go
1. New York
2. Europe
3. Texas

Three things that will make me cry
1. Thinking of Dylan in the NICU
2. When a husband or wife die in a movie
3. When my mom cry's

Three things that will make me angry
1. Drivers....slow...or feel the need to keep me under speed
2. Late people(Ryan)or being late
3. When people can't communicate face to face, but tell someone else to tell me.

Three "perfect dates"
1. Going shopping in the states
2. Just going to a movie.....maybe dinner first
3. Getting out of the house

So there ya go, something to help me keep up with my blog :) Now it's your turn!!!!

Living with the parents(picture overload)

So Ryan, Dylan and I have been living with my parents since Sept/09. And I can honestly say that this time has flown bye. Now the reason why we've been living here is because we bought a house and needed to do reno's. It's funny though, because before we bought the house I took my mom and asked her how long it would take for us to do the reno's and she said a month, maybe 2. Well here we are going on our 6th month.

The house has a 1 bedroom basement suite that we needed to paint, redo the kitchen floor,and fix the wall that had wood boards(I can't think of the name for it) Anways, so the first month we were trying to get all that done so we could get a renter in there ASAP. We got that all done and have the best renter in there. Once we were all done with that it was time to start up stairs on our part. We were just going to paint, remove the wood paneling, new cupboards, and put carpet in the bedrooms.

Well that did not work out how it should have. When we were taking the old cupboards out we noticed there was no insulation in the kitchen walls, so we replaced that and new drywall-thanks to Ryan's dad GREAT job of helping us out. Then we had to order the cupboards and decide how I wanted the floor plan to be. Well when we were deciding that, it turned out we needed to get some electrical work done( not estimated in our budget). So Ryan's brother Chad helped us out with that which was WAY cheaper then getting someone to do it.(Thanks Chad) Then when were were taking the wood paneling down there was old insulation in there that needed to be replaced, so we did. During this whole time we would have people come to the house to see how much progress we've been doing and would recommend we do other stuff, like re-do the kitchen & bathroom floors, new vanity, new closet racks, new sliding doors, etc. Ryan and I would take what people would recommend and agree with them. Well those little things add UP!!! We've re-done the bathroom-kitchen floors, new vanity, re-finished the wood floors(still working on them), new closet racks,and new medicine cabinet. Which it's all good in the end, but we've gone over, OVER budget. I've never done reno's like this and I can understand when my friends/family have done this they always say they've gone over budget. I just ranting right now, and updating my blog. But I bet once we get moved in there I really will appriecite it all. I can honestly say I would do this all over again, but do a better budget.

This house is not the house that Ryan and I are going to retire in. In a couple of years we will either buy another house/or build and make this a total rental property. But that is again down the road, who know's we might really love it and not want to move:) Here is a couple of pics of before. When we are all done I'll put the after shots.