Happy 3rd Birthday Juliana Grace!

I honestly can't believe that my little Nona is 3 today! (That's her nickname cause Kayla couldn't say Juliana when she was first born so it came out as "baby nona" and it stuck!) She is such a blessing. It's hard to believe that she caused so much trouble when I was carrying her. She's so much fun, so sweet and smart! She has such a goofy personality but can be super stubborn at the same time. She's definitely her own person! Here's some pictures over the years :o)

Birth
1 month
3 months
6 months
9 months
1 year
1 1/2 years
2 years
2 1/2 years3 years

Happy birthday, sweet girl! We love you so much!

Juliana's birthday party

We had Juliana's 3rd birthday party on Saturday and it was lots of fun! Here's some pics from the day!

Juliana's My Little Pony Cake (covered in fondant and then fondant bows and ribbon and an icing sheet on top)
Another of the cake
And the big girl with her cake!
Waiting for all the guests to arrive!
She's even wearing a birthday girl ribbon!
Waiting for her presents!
Zachary and Kayla watching as she opens her gifts.
(And Zachary looks like a little dude standing there, LOL!)
Zachary making a mess of all the garbage that was in the bag!
Juliana waiting to blow out her candles!
Blowing them out! (With mommy's help of course!)

Our snowmobiling weekend away!

We had a great weekend! It was interesting though! We left Wednesday night from our house to go to my parents around 8:45 cause Jeff had a meeting that night, thinking that the kids would go back to sleep on the way there, nope! Only Kayla slept for a few minutes but Zach and Jules were wide awake! Actually Juliana ended up staying awake until 11:50!!! Zach thankfully went back to sleep once I put him to bed around 11.

We got up in the morning, and waited for our friends to meet us there. We left around 10 and headed up. We got to the cottage around 4, and ended up getting both vehicles stuck in the driveway. That took the guys a while to dig out! It was about 1/2 hour of winding dirt roads covered in ice and snow to get back to the cottage. Well, the guy that was supposed to go and heat the wood stove to thaw the cottage out 2 days before had just done it a few hours before so the water pump was frozen and it takes 2 days to thaw so we decided to call around and get a hotel room in North Bay. It wouldn't have been too bad without water, other than the bathroom situation! Each couple had their own "potty" to use, that was interesting! I made sure to not drink too much so I didn't have to use it too much! We had a quick supper and crashed early. Jeff and I ended up pulling the mattress out in the living room and sleeping near the wood stove cause otherwise we would have been an icicle in the morning! So the guys got up early to go shovel off the roof cause it was so deep. They did that for a couple of hours, it was up past Jeff's waist. Then we tried to get out again and it had snowed a few inches over night. We got our van out but our friend's truck was stuck. So we all piled in together in the van and left the truck there. We got stuck going out cause it was very hilly as well as very deep snow. Luckily after trying for about 20 minutes the plow ended up coming and we were able to get out. Then we headed to North Bay to drop the guys off at the ski hill for the day. Well they didn't open until 6 that night (fluke thing, they are always open around 9) So we all went to the hotel and then had showers cause we were all so thankful for running water! We went for lunch and went back to crash for a bit. The guys went skiing later on and we just stayed in the hotel. It sure is interesting sharing a hotel room with other people! The next morning we got up and drove to the snowmobile rental place (Uncle Dave & Aunt Nancy's!) We left from there on the sleds around 10 and headed towards the hotel (a couple of hours) to have a bathroom break. Our one friends decided to stay there cause she was too cold. So me, Jeff and our other friend headed back out. I was so cold towards the end of the day, especially once the sun went down. We finished sledding around 8 (I think) so it was a long day, but lots of fun! Next year, I'll definitely make sure to buy some real boots and lots of those heat packs you put in your gloves!!!

We left to go home around 10 and got to my parents around 3:30. It was so nice to see the kids! Zach came walking up to me when I walked in, it was so cute! He really got better over the few days we were gone. Then we packed up the kids and left and got home around 6 or so. Here's some pics!

I always take a pic of Jeff driving every time we go away!
Here's Jeff calling hotels to see if there were any rooms available.
Our friend Jason running back from his truck with his helmet on! LOL!
The hotel room. Sunset Inn in North Bay!
The room (our bed was the double near the window)
The view from our room (that is Lake Nipissing right off the parking lot, obviously frozen)
After heading out snowmobiling! (I'm in the blue, our friends are in the red)
Going across a lake
Absolutley frozen! I have my hands on the hand warmers on the handle bars trying to thaw!
On top of a lookout near Bonfield.
Still cold! We stopped for lunch and I thawed out a bit! Just to let you know how much I was wearing I had a tank top, long sleeved shirt, t-shirt, hoodie sweatshirt, fleece coat and my winter coat on, and I had thermal undwear, comfy pants, jeans and my snowpants on and was still cold! It was -23 in the morning!
The sunset on top of another look out

Happy 11 months Zachary!

I can't believe that I am posting that my baby boy is 11 months old today! I can't honestly believe how quickly the past 11 months have gone. Really, I can't believe how fast the past 2 years have gone. Next thing I know I'll be sending him off to school!

Here's some pics I took this morning for his 11 month birthday! Enjoy!

Another cake and walking pics!

I made a fire helmet cake for Jeff to take to work. It wasn't as nice as I was hoping, the proportions are off but it was fun to do! It only took me about 1/2 hour to decorate. I'm bluring out the info on the shield mainly because I don't want just anyone knowing who my hubby is. Hope you enjoy!

Oh and here's some pics of Zachary walking around! He's getting so brave!

Some pictures!

So, the last couple nights haven't been as good as the first 2 with putting him downstairs. The first 2 nights he slept from 8 until 7:30 without waking up once! He's still sleeping through, but Saturday night he woke up around 5 (well, I guess it would be Sunday morning!) and sounded so sad so I went down and picked him up. He clung to me like he was never going to see me again! And he would just look up at me, kiss me, then put his head back down on me. It was very sweet! After about 5 minutes, I put him back to bed, he cried for a few minutes and then slept until close to 8.

Last night, would have been ok, except for Jeff got a fire call around 3:30. He got home around 4:30 and then had a shower and went downstairs to watch tv to tire him out. So I usually can't sleep when he's not in bed with me, so I went down to see if he wanted to come to bed yet. He did, but then we both just laid there, not sleeping! So around 5:30 we decided to go downstairs to watch tv. And then Zach was up around 6:30. So I have a feeling it will be an early night tonight.

I really hope he starts sleeping like he did Thursday night, cause once the weather warms up a bit I plan on starting the Couch to 5K again. I really miss running. I miss being all by myself with the sun shining down on me, with my mp3 player and just running. I know I will get there again, but it will be a hard start I'm sure.

I thought I would post some pictures since it's been a while. Enjoy!

Finding a metal bowl so interesting!
Using it as a drum!
And a hat!
His new face he's been making! He crinkles up his nose all the time now!

Daddy with his girls after tobogganing. So pooped out!
Juliana was wiped!
Daddy giving Zachary his bottle. He always crosses his feet!
Daddy and his boy!
Practicing to be a daddy someday! (He enjoyed walking with the stroller but it didn't have any weight in it so I added the baby so it wouldn't tip on him all the time!)