The last few weeks!

I keep checking all of your blogs just to get disappointed with the lack of updates! So here is my attempt at doing better with blogging. Hopefully I'll be able to stalk your blogs soon and not be disappointed :)

I had a cake order for Michelle Dahl (remember her from elementary school?) I had to deliver it all the way to Banff. The cake turned out great. I was really happy with it, it wasn't a difficult design but it was different than most cakes I've done which was refreshing! I also made 75 cupcakes which turned out well too. The whole order went so smoothly and I've finally found some recipes that I really love (I love making them and Ben and Caden love eating them... perfect!) After we delivered the cake, we hung out in Banff for the evening. I think Banff is one of the most beautiful places I've ever been. I wish I could get up there more often.

Last week Ben was off work for the entire week! We had such a fun vacation! No responsibilities (meaning church stuff, of course there was still laundry to do, meals to make, floors to clean, you know... mom stuff). We went to the zoo, LICS, riley park, out to eat, had a picnic, went to a movie, went boating, shopping and lots more. It was so fun to just be able to be together with no stress. I do have some cute pictures from the week, but I can't download pictures onto my computer right now!! I have so many pictures I need to update this blog with.

We also had another ultrasound last week. The tech was convinced that we are definitely having a girl! We are so excited! I've been looking at names ever since! I really didn't care what the sex of the baby was, but its just so nice to know and be able to start planning! (Let the pink shopping BEGIN!) The best part about the ultrasound was that the baby is measuring perfectly! I have been measuring small so my midwives sent me in to make sure the baby was okay. I was so relieved that she is! Also, my placenta has moved far enough up that I don't need a c-section! WOOHOO!

Caden has initiated going pee in the toilet two days in a row now! Mostly because he is in love with this book ... also the praise he gets after he goes pee or poo sure helps! I need a new toilet though because his little one leaks every time he pees (stupid sale items). I always end up cleaning up the pee while cheering for him. Being a mother can be so glamourous!

Caden is getting a little confused with what's real and what's not lately. He had so much fun boating last week that now every time we read a book and he sees a boat, he tries to climb inside the book and cries "BO! BO!". He has also attempted multiple times to climb inside computers to play with Lightning McQueen or to lick pictures of ice-cream cones on signs. Haha, he really is at such a fun age and I am constantly so impressed with how smart he is!

Ready... or Not!

A few weeks ago, I had a big realization... that whether I am ready or not, in less than 3 months I will be a mom to TWO kids. Realizing this scared me so much that I lost a lot of sleep that night! Since I have been home from Utah I have been tearing my house apart trying to get ready for a baby. I have a busy summer with a lot of wedding cake orders (Side note: I finally raised my prices to what they should be... and people are still booking, woohoo!) so I am trying to get as much done as I can now. I don't want to be stuck with an 8 month whale-belly and still have lots of work to do.

The biggest thing I've been working on is getting my basement cleaned out. If any of you have seen my basement in the last year or so, you'll understand why I haven't had time to update my blog lately :) It was a mess! I should have taken a picture before I started attacking it. It is such a good feeling to get a mess FINALLY cleaned up. In one day, I had to take 9 trips to the garbage bin (with both of my hands full of garbage bags, boxes, etc). But I still have a LONG way to go down there. Once the basement has been cleaned out, I am going to buy a big area rug and make the basement into our new study and playroom. After that, I will be able to get the baby's room ready (our current computer/ junk room).

My laptop is so full that I don't have any space to upload any more pictures! So next I need to clean out my computer, haha, and make space to upload the pictures from our amazing Utah trip! I can't wait to show everyone the pictures from our shaving cream fight :)

Okay enough about cleaning. BO-RING!

The Week in Pictures

It's been a busy, fun week! I have over 100 pictures from this past week alone... so I thought I'd show you some of the fun we've been having this week!

I threw Becca a P.Party. I won't go into too many details because I know that Dad reads this blog, haha. We had a really fun dinner, all red. Red jello, red spagetti, red punch, red grape tomatoes, and red strudels for dessert. It was a really fun night!

We've been enjoying some beautiful weather! It has been so nice to spend so much time outside, especially for Caden. The picture above is Caden enjoying an ice-cream cone at Bowness park. We went to feed the ducks (which he LOVED!) and play at the park. Caden gets so excited when he gets an ice-cream cone because "Signing Time" talks all about ice-cream cones. He screams if I try to help clean up the melted ice-cream from dripping all over his hands. It usually takes him an hour to finish an ice-cream cone but he is just so happy the entire time, it's adorable! 

Kati Anne went to grad! As you can see, she looked absolutely GORGEOUS! I went to her hair appointment with her and it was really fun to be there with her and see her getting ready! She had a fun night, check out her blog for more details on it!

We went to the Zoo! Mom and Dad were so cool and agreed with me to let Becca skip school on Friday so that she could come to the zoo with me. David and Mom came as well, and we had a great time! Caden and Becca went on the train that drives around the zoo, and Caden still won't stop talking about it. I am so excited to have a zoo pass this summer. We've already been having a blast with it! (Check out Caden's cool new sunglasses in the pic above, he thinks he is so cool because Uncle David wore sunglasses to the zoo as well).

David turned 27! Happy, happy birthday! He got some really cool presents and of course, an ice-cream cake! After dinner and presents we went fishing down at Bowness. I was so excited because I haven't been fishing since we were in B.C. right before Caden was born. We didn't catch anything but we did see some fish jump. Caden loved playing with a fishing pole!

I love this picture of Caden. Please note that he is holding a dandelion while with the other hand he is wiping himself. BAHAHA. He hasn't peed in the toilet yet, but he loves to sit down on the toilet and knows that he is doing something pretty cool! 

As you can tell, I have really been enjoying my new camera! There is so much to learn on it though, I am grateful for the auto setting :)

This week won't be as fun as last week! I am doing a lesson in Relief Society this Sunday, and a wedding cake on Friday. I am excited because it's my first SQUARE wedding cake. I will post some pictures when its done! 

"Let me see that belly from the SIDE!"

In case you don't understand my title, think back to the exhilerating times we had doing pre-natal workouts in Arizona... yep, now you can definitely see my belly from the side! I am now 20 weeks, so half way there! When I was pregnant with Caden I couldn't stop counting down the weeks and days until my due date. But this time, I am happy for the time to go as s.l.o.w.l.y as possible! I am in no hurry to be a sleep deprived, milk-making machine. Don't get me wrong, I am very excited to have a little baby, but now that I know what really is involved in taking care of said baby, I am happy to just grow a healthy baby, slowly, for the next 4 and a half months! 

12 weeks

19 weeks 

(and don't worry, I've learned never to make that face in a picture, ever again)

Why GIving Matters

Lara recommended this video to me, it is absolutely amazing. If anyone hasn't seen it yet, I definitely recommend that you watch it. 

BAHAHAHA!!!!!!

Happy Mothers' Day!!

I am so blessed to have an amazing mom who is also one of my very best friends and who is an incredible grandma to Caden!  Click here to see a little tribute video to mom. I tried and tried to get it on my blog, but it wouldn't work. Anyways, enjoy! And Happy Mother's Day, Mither!!! I love you!