A few more pics

A family reunion photo.

Lilah at the water slides in the afternoon. We went the day after her birthday and she must have been pooped because she just fell asleep on the blanket for a good hour or so. Poor girl, too much sun.

Declan at the water slides. He didn't do any sliding but he was sure happy:)

His two favorite fingers at the moment. And the stunned look in his eyes.

At Dad and Jeanie's on their birthday. Lilah and her grandpa share the same birthday and Auntie Katie's in on June 1st so we celebrated all together. Auntie Holly made kitty cat cupcakes and a frog cake. She's amazing and they always taste SOO good!

Lilah on her birthday morning in her new princess bed. I thought it would be perfect for camping this year.

Aaron found Lilah a two wheeler bicycle with training wheels on Craigslist. So he bought her a helmet to go with it.

At the beach in White Rock.

Our new computer is FINALLY up and running! Thanks to Ian:) No more carting the kids upstairs just to check my email and facebook or bank account. This last weekend and week so far have been a slow one especially compared to the birthday week before. I like it better when we are busy and have things to do and people to see. Its still hard to believe Lilah is already 3?! She is so grown up already and amazes me with the things she knows and says. As you can see in the video below Lilah got a kitten for her birthday. She named him Mittens like the cat from the movie "Bolt". He is a very fun, playful kitten and she loves carrying him around and making him beds to sleep in. She also scolds him a lot because he likes to bite and scratch.

Declan gets bigger all the time. I don't want him to grow up so fast but its happening right before my eyes. He's very chatty and happy most of the time. He'll be 4 months old in a week. Right now he is basically sleeping through the night:) 8:30pm to 5 or 6am usually than eats and goes back to bed for another 2 hours. Good boy! I am really looking forward to the summer. We are going camping in August with friends and some family. Decs will be at a really good age to camp and so is Lilah this year. Should be a good time:) We didn't go at all last year but than again I was pregnant and nauseous most of the summer:(

Our playroom and Lilah's bedroom are finished! I'm loving all the space and storage I now have. I think Lilah likes it too. She adjusted to her new room no problem. Aaron and I picked out new furniture for our living room from Ashley furniture! We should get it in about a week or so. I'm very excited to get the old couch out of my living room and into the playroom and actually have an adult room. Well that's all I can think of to write. I'll certainly be updating more often now that the computer is so accessible and fast!

Mittens

Here's Declan in a little different hat. Papa is so cruel!

Busy, Busy, Busy

There's my girl:) Here's just a few pics for all of you who have been complaining about that darn picture of Declan in the hat;) So busy lately but a good busy! I'm so glad that summer has arrived early and we are soaking it up.

3 little buddies hanging out at the party.

She's 3!!! This is the cake Aaron made for Lilah. She insisted on a dinosaur cake so thats what she got:) I love how all the kids are ready to blow out those candles.

At the waterslides. Lilah didn't have a very good day and she did alot of crying.

What we've been up to lately...

Declan wearing Lilah's hat she made at mom's group.

Happy boy!

Ready for Farrah's bday party!

The other night we were invited to the Russenburger farm for dinner. The kids all had a blast! Here's Farrah taking Lilah for a ride on the quad:)

Lilah loved the baby cows! When one of the workers asked Lilah if she wanted to give one of the calves some milk from a bottle her response was "but I don't have a boobie?!" So adorable:)

Lilah taking Woody for a ride!

Lilah's bedroom with the beautiful sunset the other night!

For Aaron's 27th birthday this year we took a trip out to Vancouver Island to visit Katie and Ian and their son Aaron! Here we are picnicing in a beautiful park at the Gorge Waterway.

Cuddles with daddy:)

Aaron sucking on Decs' hand.

Lilah and Moses! This is my friend Missy's dog, who came for a visit awhile back. I love how it looks like the dog has two piggy tails like Lilah!

Bathtime. He's getting so big already:(

Decs enjoying his crib and mobile. Its currently set up in Lilah's bedroom which will soon be his bedroom.

Lilah and Declan this morning. She can almost always make her brother smile:)

Here's some pictures of the addition. This is Lilah's pink bedroom. Its so nice the ceilings are 9 1/2 feet tall.

This is where her bed will go and thats her closet to the right.

Not a great pic but it shows where the bathroom is and the colors.

More rec room. There are 2 nice windows! The walls are all painted thanks to my cousin Curtis. He's so fast and efficient and did a way better job than I could ever do! Now we need to find someone who can install the carpet. You can see it through the doorway there ready to go. That door leads to the store so when I watch the store its easy for me to get to.

Big smiles:)

Me and the Easter bunny decorating easter eggs.

We got the kids dedicated at church the other sunday!

Lilah and dad's new dog Rev.

Concentrating very hard, actually he's taking a poop:)

Almost ready for the bumbo!

Declan was 2 months old yesterday! And he's still such a good baby:) He sure has changed since he was born, getting cuter by the day! We've been trying to soak up as much sun as possible, when it decides to come out. Yesterday we went for lunch at Auntie Julie's. We walked to the park and let the kids play. Declan of course slept the whole time. I can't wait til summer and warm days and just being able to let Lilah play outside as much as she wants. Right now if its raining she gets really upset and still wants to go outside but of course I don't want to! Today I'm sure we'll take Lilah to a park, its so beautiful outside. Waking up to sunshine just makes my day:)

I don't think it will be too much longer before our addition is done. Lilah's bedroom is painted and ready for carpet, which we just purchased on craigslist! Wonderful thing I tell you! We also bought her a chandelier from Home Depot, and Aaron got $40 off! That was half the price of the light, and such a good deal!

On another note we are probably going the the Island for Aaron's birthday weekend coming up! It will be so fun to see little Aaron again (and Ian and Katie too of course;) We will not be bringing Lilah along so it may actually feel like a little vacation for me! Anyways gotta go.

Goings On...

This is the Moby Wrap Katie gave me. Declan really likes it!

My sleeping babies:) The music must have lulled them to sleep.

Kisses for her baby brother.

Uncle Tim! There are definitely some similarities between the two of them!

Relaxing with Auntie.

Well, what to write? Things are going really well around here. The recroom/Lilah's bedroom addition is coming along slowly. Dad's in there mudding today! Soon I'll be able to start painting. Lilah's had some good days and bad. A tantrum here and there but for the most part she is very good for me. Declan on the other hand is a little angel:0) He is just so happy and content. He's giving us lots of smiles now:) The last 5 nights he's been sleeping from 9:45pm til around 3:30am, has a feeding and than sleeps til 7:30amish! Sometimes even later! Its so nice too because I sleep solidly in those 5 hours, its wonderful. We have our final midwife appt next monday:( Its always sad saying goodbye to them. At least my family doctor is in the same office so when I see him I'll probably see the midwives as well:)

Hide and Seek

The other day during Lilah's not so "quiet play time" I went in her room to check on her and found this. Do you see what I see? Scroll down.

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Oh there she is! It took me like 15 seconds before I realized where she was. What a sweetie:) When I asked her later on what she was doing and showed her the pictures on the camera she said she was putting her baby to sleep. Than she said she was hiding from the tiger! Such an imagination, I love it!

On Friday Colleen and Julie (sis-in-law) threw me and Declan a shower! I had so much fun and didn't get home until 11:30pm. That's pretty late for me. Aaron even called over there to see where I was! Lots of babies showed up, Decs has lots of friends already.

Here they all are! The oldest is 8 months and Declan is the youngest at 5 weeks. Oh they are soo cute!

Enjoying the food and company!

1 Month Old!

Declan was a month old yesterday. Wow what a month it has been! No wonder its gone by so fast! Decs is still a wonderful baby. He hardly ever cries, unless he is hungry than its "feed me and feed me NOW"! He is a grunter and he's noisy about it. Gets kind of annoying at 5 in the morning. His nose has cleared up for the most part finally. Lilah still loves him, thankfully. The other day she took him out of his swing and carried him up onto the couch with her. I was in my bedroom for like 2 minutes and came out and there they were on the couch together! Extra long timeout for Lilah and a GOOD scolding, as my grandma would put it! She hasn't attempted that since but now I'm extra careful. We go see the midwife again on Thurs. Interesting to see how much he weighs now. At 2 1/2 weeks he was 9lbs.2oz. He has changed so much. He is completely bald on the top of his head:( Kinda looks like a little old man. Lovely! We still love him!