Crazy Lovely Life.

So things have been a bit busy lately. It has all been unplanned things popping up at us. Most of the things are lovely, others not so lovely , but just as welcomed into our lives. Ever since Ryan has gotten home I have felt like the baby is trying to rush us around so we get ready for him. Liam is growing like a weed and talking like crazy. He is not afraid to tell us off for anything and "no" is becoming a word that he is getting used to hearing even more than usual. Now he can climb over the back of the couch , along the tiny ledge by the fish tank and jump off. Not the safest idea ever, but he is one fearless kid. I think he is understanding more and more about the baby, and how he is going to have a new little brother here soon. Sunday we went to pick up Ryan in Cranbrook, we are so happy to have him home. Monday we celebrated Easter and had so much fun being together as a family. It will be one of our last holidays with only three members of our family participating. Tuesday was a more serious day, we got down to business about looking over our finances. We also had a friend of ours, Murial, over so she could do her Sun Life Financial shpiel for us. We are still thinking about it though. Wednesday was the regular cleaning and such day. We also had the missionaries over for supper and our freezer is getting a bit bare so we fed them fish. I am glad they liked it because its definitely time to go shopping. They even fought over the last piece. We also fed them home made potato salad that had a couple of Liam's colored eggs in it. We forgot to tell them that's what the blue and pink eggs were all about, but they were smart and figured it out (after some hesitation!). Thursday , Ryan really wanted to go for a hike after he got home from work, but the weather was not cooperating with his wants. It was snowing and raining back and forth. When he was getting onto the bus to come down from the mine, Ryan noticed he had an e-mail from his parents that said that they were coming down and that they were going to be there around supper time. So that cheered Ryan up enough that i didn't have to listen to him complain about not being able tot go on a hike. They had brought a dresser and a Highboy for us that their friends were giving away. So now i have an actual dresser to put the mountains of Liam's clothes in. And we are going to use the Highboy to put Liam's toys in , witch i am so excited to clean up and get put away. Friday morning we slept in and then I made crepes for breakfast. they were really good except the last little bit of batter from the bowl that i scraped up had egg shells in it, because i had a crunchy crepe. Not so tasty. But the other ones were awesome! We then packed up our stuff and came to Cranbrook. we were not planning on coming then, but some things popped up and we had to come. It is Stake conference this weekend so we were going to have to come anyways. Saturday (today) we got up and I called Kristin to see if she could bring in Ryan's Bike in from Sparwood. It was all yucky weather when we left on friday so i convinced Ryan that it was going to be like that in Cranbrook. (But of corse it was nice there!) Kristin got Trudy to bring it in for us, but she could only fit Ryan's old bike on her rack to bring so Ryan settled for it. He still hasnt been able to go for a ride on his new expensive nice bike yet. Oh well though. Soon enough. We went for a booster juice in Ryan's dad's truck and met Trudy at winners to get the bike from her. Ryan was happy that he could go for a ride. He left and then came back again because where they wanted to go biking , it was snowing and hailing. Karma I tell you! haha! anyways, we had a blast driving in Ken's truck. Liam can see out of the front window perfectly and he loved it. We wen to a bike shop because Ryan wants to get this bike for Liam. He would much rather have a pink one though (haha!) Then we went home to Ryan's parents and Liam played in the back yard for quite some time in the dirt. we brought him in , cleaned him up, and fed him, then put him down for a nap. I had one too so it was nice. I woke up and now we are getting ready for supper, because Stake conference starts at 6:30PM. We are having Fish and Chips , I am very happy about that. I LOVE fish and chips. It makes me miss my Grandad though , nobody can make them as good as he could! So tonight we are off for Stake conference and then back home later in the evening. Tomorrow we get up and go to church, then we are going to try ad work on the Volkswagen and then head home. Although Kevin, my brother, has a fund raiser thing in Lethbridge with his choir tomorrow, Ryan and I had a long chat about it and i lost the battle and we are not going. I wish that we could go. I havnt been able to see him sing once yet , except when he came home from his mission and sang in church. I am proud of him. I am glad to see him pursuing his new found talents. He even got into the Opera workshop at the U of L. He is awesome! I miss my family and love them more. I wish that they lived closer. We are always, ALWAYS in Cranbrook. But thats what you get when you marry a mommas boy! ( i am so gonna get in trouble when Ryan reads this lol!) Anyways I have rambled on enough. It feels good to get things out there!

The one day you let your kids go wild!

Easter ! so much fun! Kids get to eat candy before breakfast and then get to have the day off of school. They also get to get all messy and colorful while dying eggs and nobody will get mad at them! Truly what a holiday made for kids! Really all of us adults know that Easter is really about rejoicing the Saviors resurrection. some people think that we celebrate his death, but it is his resurrection that saved us all. If Jesus Christ did not go through all that he did for us, there really would be no life after death. I am so thankful and grateful for the Love the Savior has for us. That is why we celebrate and have fun at Easter, to show the Savior that we are thankful and we recognize his sacrifices. Today we had so much fun with Liam. It was his second Easter, and of corse this time he actually somewhat knew what was going on , so it made it much more interesting. We slept in , and got up gave Liam a basket so he could collect all the candy . We let him loose and he kept saying "ooooooh!" It was so cute. We couldnt fit the chocolate bunnies in the basket but he kept trying. He would pick up a plastic egg almost make it to the basket and see another one, drop the one in his hand and it would keep going on back and forth. Then we had a yummy breakfast and did the dishes. Ryan and Liam played while I ran to the store to go get eggs so that we could color them. I got back from the store and by that time Liam was ready for a nap. We all ended up having a nap, because who can call us lazy when its just us? After we got up we colored the eggs. Liam was so excited. I love the designs and bright hues that we got, thanks to Liam dunking them all a billion times. Then we gave him a bath so he wasnt so colorful and now we are getting ready to have supper. I am excited to do all these things with Liam but i cant wait until he will understand a little more what the true meaning is of this day. I hope that you all had a wonderful day with your families also. Hopefully you remembered the Savior and felt his love.

Lots of chocolate and colorful things!
Athena

Two!

Pretty soon there will be two little boys in my life! (Ryan is like my third kid, i know, but i cant go as far as calling him a little boy haha!) Having this week without Ryan , I have had tons of fun with Liam and i have been exhausted beyond belief. I love how he keeps me up and running always and makes sure that i feed him well. (he asks for food every 5 mins i swear!) I know i will be able to do it, i just dont know how i will be able to run around with Liam with another little baby in my arms! at least i will be able to put the baby down every once and a while ,instead of having him attached to my middle all the time! oh how much i cant wait to not feel like a penguin waddling after my son! But i am very excited , no matter what happens!

Liam is always so much fun and making me laugh. he really is a comedian at heart. Yesterday i put him in his PJ's , a sleeper. He loves to play with his belly button so i have to do the button at the top and leave it open a bit so he can play with it whenever he pleases. He WILL tell me off if i forget. anyways, he was all ready and he had about 10 mins before he was going to bed. I decided that i would let him watch tv and color in a coloring book while laying on the floor. He did so well, but got distracted and decided he would copy the seal that was on the tv and slide around on the carpet on his belly. I didnt think anything about it....until i saw the crayon all over our carpet! I guess he decided to put a bunch of crayons in his sleeper in the part that i left open for him to play with his belly button! haha! the crayons stuck out of the hole and drew on the carpet while he was being a seal. oh boy! so funny, i was not really impressed though but i couldnt get mad at him for it! I proceeded to strip him down and take the three crayons out of his sleeper. i cleaned up the rest and put him to bed. I didnt know how to clean up the crayon so i decided to leave it for the next day. Well, today i was making lunch and Liam was playing around everywhere dragging toys out to the living room. he pushed a book partially under the couch by accident and went to get it out. I guess i missed a crayon...because now the arm of our couch is lovingly decorated with pink scribbles. that one i did give him a time out for. and checked for more crayons while in the process. haha! well. now every time he sees his artwork, he gets a really concerned look on his face and mumbles as if to say " who did this, what a bad thing to do!" ahh..what a boy!

He really is a joy to have in good times and in bad. I cant wait to see the times were gonna have when the baby comes along.(2 months today!) many precious moments to look forward to!

no worries!

you know what i like about blogging? Its cute, fun and I can leave it at any moment knowing that Liam is no going to get into it! haha! thats one of the reasons that i never have done scrapbooking, it just takes up too much room, and if i wanted to go make lunch or something i would have to clean it up , just to have to drag it all out again later. With a blog, i dont even have to worry about it! i just type away and the computer saves my progress every few minutes so even if someone closes the page or shuts down the computer i always have what i did! its so fun! I am going to write another post later , but i just realized that i have to start getting us ready to go to get Liams shots today. wahoo! again, blogs are so much more convenient!!

Liam and his Daddy

Liam loves his Daddy. He can do things that mommy can not. Throwing Liam around and wrestling is Daddy's job and usually when Ryan comes home from work Liam demands Ryan to chase him to the living room and throw him on the sack and wrestle. Ryan has been gone since this Saturday to Egmont, a place on the sunshine coast that we camp at every summer. Ryan's parents own the land and we got power there last summer. Ryan went there with his dad to bring power to the sheds , and to clear some land. Just a few things to do before everyone gets there this summer! Since Ryan has been gone, Liam has been missing him tons. I try to fill in for Ryan , i have taken Liam on a couple walks to go check the mail, we have played outside, played video games , but being pregnant, i can only wrestle Liam so much before i get a cramp. I have to say Liam is putting up with me pretty well, but Daddy better have a lot of energy to wear off playing with his son when he gets back! Liam has been wearing his dad's shoes, and pulling his clothes out of his dresser. He has also been waiting for Ryan to get home from work...only to be disappointed. I miss Ryan a lot also! He is so much fun, and he is my someone to tease , and laugh with. I love talking to him, and i miss it.....Liam only talks so much, its hard to have a conversation with an almost two year old! I guess we just cant wait till Ryan gets back home. I hope he realizes how much he is loved and missed!

wowee!

So today was one of those days where i had so much to do and not enough time to do it in. I woke up knowing that i had a long list and yet i still took my time at getting things done. I did some Laundry for Ryan so he would have the clothes that he wanted to go to Egmont with. That was fine and dandy, until i realized that Liam and I needed pants. so I got those in the washer too. then i was sidetracked by Liam. He is really good at taking my attention away from what i should be doing, but he is just so stinking cute and full of love that i cant help myself. He loves food, so i started giving him his snacks that he usually asks for. He likes to play with his belly and we always tease him and feel it to see if its full or not. Today , he decided to feel if my belly was full or not and said "yup!" I had to tell him that my belly was full because of his baby brother and not because of me eating food. He is so funny.

So It finally came down to nap time and I put Liam down and layed with him for about 20 mins or so. I really would have liked to lay down and have a nap for a lot longer , but again i had to get things done. I was going to do the dishes, then i decided that i didnt feel like it and that i should finish the laundry before them. I had a shower and folded some laundry , put some in Ryan's bag for him and got my makeup on , got dressed, put easter treats together for Ryan (he wont be back until the day after) and then Liam woke up. I got him ready to go and then Ryan came home. We packed up the car, made sure Ryan was set for Egmont and then headed to cranbrook. Of corse we almost got out of sparwood and Ryan had to turn around because he forgot his mp3 player..... Anyways , we finally made it to cranbrook, had supper at Ryan's parents, Had Birthday cake for Ryan's mom Shirley cuz it was her Birthday today. Then we went to Ryan's parents best friends house to look at a dresser that they wanted us to take, im excited to bring it home whenever we can. and Ryan's mom went with Tina to the Riverdance show. That was our present to her from all of us. Then I went shopping at super store, said goodbye to everyone and Ryan for the next 10 days. sad to say in almost 3 years of being married its only the 2nd time we have been away from each other for longer than just a couple days. Anyways, then i drove back home to sparwood, witch I usually hate because of all the people who drive 60 because they dont like driving through the curvy mountains at night. Personally , I got to cranbrook often enough i am sooo stinking used to the curves that i could go 120 most of the way and it wouldnt phase me. but I finally made it home , put Liam in bed and then brought in the groceries , put them away, called Ryan to let him know we were safe, and now here i am writing it allll down. Now i am just going to feed our animals and then go to bed. ahhhhh, my lovely bed. its calling out to me!
Ill try and write again tomorrow!
Lots of love
Athena

Finally ?

Well I finally started my own Blog! I have told myself to do it for a while, and so i kicked myself in the butt, knowing that baby number two is coming soon. 9weeks 5days to be exact! June 21 is my due date , if you didnt feel like doing the math. Now all i have got to do is find a boy name that i like and ill be set!

Liam and I are having a PJ day today. he has been sick for..a week and four days now. He has croup. The Docs gave him some type of steroid medicine for his lungs. it worked great, and he is doing better than he was , but he still is coughing pretty good at certain times. I may take him in to see a doc again today if i feel i need to.

I am glad today is a day for relaxing. Woke up with a massive headache and , snow on the ground. Not exactly something that makes me want to jump up and get outside! My headache is better now. And so now im just making a list, for Ryan, so he doesnt forget anything to bring to Egmont this weekend. He is going with his dad and wont be back until Easter Monday some time. So tomorrow we go to cranbrook, Celebrate Shirleys 66 Birthday and Liam and I will head home. Ryan will stay overnight and then leave early in the morning. I will miss him, but Liam and I will have fun. I have the car the whole time so I am excited!

anyways, thats all I have for today!
Lots of Love and Comfy PJ'S!
Athena!

That's about it for today! Lots of Love and comfy PJ's!
Athena