Wow! What a long time!

It's been to long and I find the days just passing by and here it is suddenly the middle of October! I created this blog with every intention to keep it up to date a bit more than what I really have been doing. So I guess to update you all the past two months have been pretty dull but yet have kept me busy.

Sophia is still doing great at going on the potty but still needs diapers for nap and bedtime. She's also discovered her independence and tries to find lots of new ways to get in trouble or get away with something when i'm either not looking or have to do something for Seth. Otherwise I think her vocabulary has exploded and find myself counting how many words she uses in a sentence now and she's been making it to 5 words more and more! It's awesome but she still gets frustrated from time to time when we can't understand what she means.

Seth has been growing amazingly and at his 6 months shots he weighed in at 21lbs 15oz, and measured in at 26-7/8"s. He did great for his shots and barely cried I couldn't believe it! He's also been a busy boy and been learning how to sit wonderfully and just yesterday started crawling!! He's now everywhere and we're constantly pulling him away from all the cords. Looks like we'll have to do some extra baby proofing because Sophia was never this much into stuff lol! He's also popping out a tooth and I hope that it comes through for him soon, though it doesn't really seem to be bothering him to much YAY!

As for what is going on in the rest of our lives not to much is happening. We're starting to get stuff ready so we can get our basement together and I really really can't wait. It's amazing how used to extra space you get and when it's gone well ...lets just say I feel cramped in this house! Over the thanksgiving holidays we hosted a small dinner with my parents and my sister and her family. It was my first time ever and I tell you I was nervous but all went very well and everyone didn't keel over from my cooking (with others help too) which is a good thing :)

Well I think I've written a small novel and will sign off now :) I sure hope that I can remember to update this a lil more often, but even so I am constantly updating my pictures even though I don't update the blog. I hope all is well with everyone :)

More Potty Training!

We've made Sophia her own lil chart that she can use to put stickers on for every time she uses the potty! She loves the chart and is doing really well! I don't think it will be to long before we can say that she is potty trained! YAY! So far though we still put a diaper on her for naptime and bedtime. If she continues to wake up dry from her nap though i may just make the diaper for bedtime use only! This has got me so excited since having two in diapers made it seem like all i did all day was change diapers!

Reaching!

Since Seth turned 4 months he's now reaching for things and getting so good at it! He's been reaching to touch my face and grab for toys. It's so neat to see! He's also been trying to inch along, & going in circles on the floor. When he inches though it's funny because he gets his legs under him and scoots on his face, which he really doesn't like. :)

Update on potty training is that it is a go! I've decided that i've had it with diapers and have been putting Sophia in panties. She'll only get diapers during naptime and bedtime for now. So far (we've only been doing it for 24hrs) she's been doing good and has only had 3 accidents. I soo can't wait for her to be trained and hope that this works! I'm sure if I'm persistent and consistent it will :)

Ew Wasps! / Canada Day!

Well we had a fun lil run in with some wasps that decided to make a nest inside our house through a pipe that led to the outside that we had thought we blocked off, but apparently not well enough. Eric my hero managed to get rid of them HURRAY!! Boy do I hate those things!

On Canada Day weekend we decided to head on up to Edmonton to have some fun with the kids. Eric took Sophia to Galaxyland in West Edmonton Mall while Seth and I did some shopping. Seth didn't do so great at the hotel that we spent the night at but Sophia did awesome and slept great in the big bed there :)

One last thing Seth weighed in at a whopping 18lbs 2oz on the 29th. And for those who wondered what I did for my birthday that day; A wonderful friend of mine took me out for lunch and the rest of the day was just as relaxing :) I got many birthday wishes from everyone and their goldfish, and that includes everyone on Erics rig crew which made me feel pretty special :)

Potty training!

You gotta love potty training. Or not lol! Sophia has been doing really good lately with the whole potty training thing and goes minimally at least once a day on the potty. Which is definitely nice since I'd soooo like to be done with two in diapers. Seth is still at that point where it seems he's constantly wet and it seems like all I do all day is change diapers. I'm very glad that we seem to be moving forward from that YAY!

I don't know if you all have noticed but I've been trying to update my dropshots a lot more often so you all can see pics of the kids. I do try to anyways.

Water Park Fun!

Last weekend on Sunday we took Sophia up to West Edmonton Mall to the waterpark that is there. She had a Blast!! She swam to her to her lil hearts content and went down many of the slides. Eric went in with her since I had to stay with Seth, plus I didn't have a bathing suite. There are pics on our dropshots account of the fun event, but for now here's a preview:



As for new news about Seth the lil piggy is 16LBS!!!! Porker! I can't believe how much he has gained! He's also gained about an inch since we last had him in so now he's 23 - 3/4"s. He is definitely our big big boy :)

First Immunizations

Yesterday Poor Seth got his first shots ever. Little guy cried pretty hard over them and I don't really blame him. The nurse that game them to him wasn't very good at giving needles and seemed to take her time on them which makes them hurt worse. I'm glad that they are over and done with, at least until his four month shots which I'm not looking forward to. While we were there though they weighed him yet again and the little piggy gained a pound in a week. Just last friday he weighed in at 13lbs 10oz, and yesterday he was 14lbs 9oz! PIGGY! I had a friend ask me if I had cream stored in my boobs lol! Maybe I do if he's growing like that! Sophia did awesome at the appointment and took Seth's crying in a stride. She was busy with rocking horse, a water coloring book and a cookie!

Seth did pretty good after the shots so long as I kept some Tylenol in him and definitely could have been a lot worse and I'm thankful he wasn't. Today he seems to be back to normal minus 3 spots on his legs where the needles had gone in.

On a side note it seems like we're having a good day today. Sophia is being a happy girl and playing well with minimal whining which is a nice change. Speaking of my beautiful lil girl she is up from her nap and I must go give her a big hug :)

Pictures!

I finally broke down and bought a card reader for the computer. My camera card was getting excessively full and since its not compatible with our new system I was having to delete pictures off of it one by one. Not fun!! So now I know all of you have been waiting for new pics I've finally updated my dropshots account; http://www.dropshots.com/tadisa . There are many new pictures there so browse and enjoy!

A New Begining!

I've been having trouble updating our other website and find it just a pain to deal with so I don't normally. I hope to keep this up to date at least more often than I do the other one. However if you want to take a look at it here's the link: http://www3.telus.net/public/tbeaudry/ . I do forwarn though that I do plan on taking it down sometime in the future. I'm hoping that this will prove to be much easier to deal with :)