first day of SCHOOL!

A couple of weeks ago Liam had an appointment with a speech pathologist. She felt that Liam's language is a bit on the slower side and recommended that we put him into Preschool right now to get him where he needs to be. She recommended a school really close to us and pulled a few strings and god him in. Because of the special help that he needs all of his schooling right now is covered except for the bussing & his class snack fee.

We decided to put him on the bus for a couple of reasons, the main one being that once we have the new baby I may not be able to drive him, especially if I were to have to have a c-section again.




His first day was Tuesday. He is in the afternoon class so we have an early lunch, Kylie goes down for her nap and I walk Liam out front of the house to the bus. He gets picked up at about 12:30 and comes home at about 3:40. Our house has been so quiet these last few days that I really don't know what to do with myself, you can only do so much cleaning until there is no more to do!




Liam absolutly LOVES taking the bus. All he has really shared with us about school is that he had a snack today, had a ride on the bus and put soap in him hair! He comes home so happy from school but is very tired.




I can't believe that my little boy is already in school!

Waterton

We decided as our last camping trip this year that we would head down to my Dad's for the weekend. To beat the long weekend rush Kurt decided to take the Friday off of work so we headed out Thursday night, traffic was great and we saw alot of deer on our way down.


We set up 'camp' at my Dad's house and from there headed out to a few different places.


We spent a few hours Friday playing tourist in Waterton. We decided to take a trip up to Red Rock Canyon. It was so windy there that a couple of times the kids almost fell over but it was alot of fun. Kurt and I took the kids right down into the water. It was so clear and cold and the kids just loved walking around in the water
The deer in the town of Waterton. There were deer everywhere, just laying on peoples lawns and eatting their grass.

Kylie at Red Rock.Dad up on the bridge watching us play in the water.Liam at Red Rock

Kurt & Kylie at Red Rock.

On Saturday we headed to Lethbridge for the day to see my cousin Karen and to help her unpack her new house. It was such a nice visit and Kylie & her little girl Kaydi really hit it off and ran around most of the afternoon holding hands and getting into trouble together.

Saturday night Kylie wasn't feeling good and spent half of the night crying, we woke up to rain Sunday morning and decided to head home.

It was alot of fun spending time with Dad & Jared, it was a great way to end our summer!

We have really enjoyed all the traveling and camping we have gotten to do this summer as a family and are looking forward to life 'slowing' down a bit before Liam's surgery next month the baby arrives in November.

Our Family Holidays- July 28th to August 5th

We have been gearing up for our family holidays this year. After a tent trailer problems (we retired her) and picking up a newer & bigger trailer for our family we were finally off.

It was slow driving to Prince George. It took us 5 hours to get from Calgary to Jasper only to find out that the highway from Jasper to PG was closed due to a horrific accident that ended with 3 people in a family being killed. There was nothing we could do but find a campground to stay in for the night and continue on to PG in the morning. Kurt & I have been together for about 6 years and this was the first time we ever camped without friends or family with us and it was really nice.

The next day we headed for PG. We arrived at about noon at Kurt's parents house, got some groceries and headed out to go camping with his parents, the Bedas & the Blazinas (both of which are our friends from Calgary) We camped for three nights before heading back into PG for a few more nights.

We had a birthday party for Kylie with some of Kurts family one night, went swimming and Kurt and I were even able to slip away (thanks to his parents) for a movie one night.

We had a great visit with his family and friends.

Tuesday morning we packed up and headed for home. It took us about 10.5 hours to get back home which the kids slept only about 45 minutes of. It was a long drive home but I was so happy to finally be there! Eight nights away from my bed was a long time! It was a great holiday but its always nice to come home after (except for the unpacking part!!)

It's a....

BOY!!
I don't know what happened to that 'Motherly Intuition' that I had with the last two pregnancies but somehow I have lost it. I was so sure that this baby was a little girl that I was shocked to see more then I had thought I was going to see. His name will be Jack Motley, after his great uncle Jack & his great Grandpa Dean Motley Wolsey. We are very excited and Liam and Kylie love to talk to baby Jack who's in Mommy's belly button.

A sneek peek...

Well here it is, the first pictures of the new baby, taken about a month ago(yes I am a bit of a slacker posting it but atleast you can see it now! (just incase you need some explanation of the picture, the baby is looking straight up, it's head the on the right, you can see it's little hands and tummy and it's feet are pulled up) I am about 14 weeks now, a few more weeks and we will be having another ultrasound and hopefully finding out the sex. With Liam and Kylie I kinda knew what they were before they told us, must be the motherly instinct, I'm kinda getting the feeling that this could be another little girl but I could be wrong!

I am feeling better now then I was before. The sick part is over now but the being tired all the time is still here and going strong.

Sibling Love

Cute Kylie

Calaway Park

On Sunday we decided that we wanted to do something fun outside with the kids. We threw around a couple of ideas and decided that we would take the kids to Calaway Park. We found out that they had season passes on sale for only $1.00 more then our regular admission prices would of been so we bought them. We took the kids on Sunday and then ended up going back again on Monday for a while. The kids had a blast, Liam would go on every ride we put him on and laughed the whole time it was going. Kylie was a bit more worried and ended up getting off of a couple of rides before it even started. She was very happy to go on any ride as long as Daddy could go with her. We had a great time both days and can't wait to take the kids back!

While we were there Kurt 'won' Liam a Bee from 'the Bee Movie'. This has become Liam best from and snuggle buddy at bed. He makes him talk, play, dance and won't let anyone else touch him.

Liam's Birthday Party

I know that these are late but I have really been having a hard time blogging. Between finding the time and NOT having two kids climbing on me while I'm trying to do it but here we go...

We had a birthday party for Liam. There were probably about 10 kids here for lunch and cupcakes. It was alot of fun and the kids really seemed to enjoy it all. I made some monster cupcakes which were quite the hit with the kids (& their Moms) I quite enjoyed making them and loved the look of the finished product!! I've even thought of taking orders in people were interested!!!

Life...

It has been FOREVER since I last blogged. It didn't help that I forgot my user name & password because it has been that long!

Everybody is doing great.

Liam just celebrated his 3rd birthday last week. This year he actually understood what was going on. He knows that with a 'Happy Birthday' comes a cake and with a cake comes some presents. It was alot of fun. We had a few parties for him. Last month we celebrated with our BC family while we were there visiting at Easter. Last week we had a cake with our Calgary family while my dad was up visiting and yesterday we invited a bunch of his little friends over for cupcakes and lunch. It was chaotic with so many kids hyped up on sugar running around but I wouldn't of wanted it any other way!

Kylie is 20 months old. She is quite the talker and has the drama queen role down perfectly! She loves to play with and bug her brother. Last week the kids and I were laying on my bed watching cartoons and Liam turned to Kylie and told her that he had an owie finger. She cradled his finger in her hand and picked at it for a minutes before she let go and said "there, all done Miam" He looked at her, smiled and said 'ohh, thanks Ky'. It was so cute. They care so much about eachother and when either of them is in pain, the other one is always right there trying to help.

For those of you that may not know, we are expecting baby #3 late November. This pregnancy has been alot different then the other two. I am constantly feeling sick and tired but it will be all worth it in the end!

Sledding...

This afternoon after MOPS Erin, Lorrie and myself...with all our kids decided to go sledding. My kids have never been sledding and Liam LOVED it...Kylie screamed almost the whole time because she was tired and I forget to bring her soother but other then that we had a great time!

"Dancing"

While some go up...others go down...

Another Hi

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My Big Girl

Last week we were given a bed for Kylie from some of our friends. We weren't sure how she would do being in a big bed...as I write this I can hear the kids playing when they should be in their beds. For the first couple of nights we found her sleeping anywhere but in her bed. I can't believe that my baby girl is almost one and a half!

Erin's Pictures

Right before Christmas we had my friend Erin come over to take some pictures of the kids. She is a great photographer and we were more then happy to help promote her buisness. We invited Christa and Zoe over so she could snap a few shots of Zoe too! Thanks Erin! We love them!