Baby Girl!

Congrats to Lara and Ben on their beautiful baby girl,

Bethany Jane Goldie!!

We can't wait to properly meet her (in person rather than skype!!)

Caden has been talking about "Maya's cousin and Caden's cousin" for the past two days!!

(I am so in love with this picture. Look at her gorgeous little smile! AAAAhhh I love her!)

We love you Bethany- welcome to our family!!

Lots to catch up on....

I have so much blogging to catch up on. The longer I postpone it, the harder it is to do because I have so much catching up to do. Therefore, this may be a very long (and probably boring) post.

We are in Airdrie now! The move went really smoothly. Thank you so much to everyone that did so much to help. I felt very loved and supported with all of the time and energy people put in to helping us.

Thank you especially to Dad, for being such a kind, generous and cool landlord. Please pray, everyone, that the townhouse will sell (soon!) so that Dad won't have to rent it out again.

We LOVE our new house, especially the playroom and the kitchen. Oh how I love my kitchen! It is SO nice to have space to put everything. I feel so organized and cleaning up is so much easier! We have a lot to do still to be completely settled (we are still waiting on some furniture, grass, etc). We do really miss our old place though. Caden has cried a few times to go back to his old house, but he loves his new "Buzz Lightyear" room.

Airdrie seems kind of redneck, trailer trash in a lot of areas, but we love our community. We have some friendly neighbors and a couple of really close parks. We are having a hard time adjusting to our new branch, though. It seems that everyone is related to each other and in their own little world. I have tried to get involved with bake sales, enrichment, etc but it's going to take a while for us to feel like it's "our" branch. I think when we get callings it will really help. I swear though, If I have to sit by myself in one more Relief Society, I am going to snap. Thankfully, I have Maya to keep me company in Relief Society ;)

We had a fun Easter! The Easter bunny brought Caden a Buzz Lightyear flashlight instead of candy this year. He loved it. We had fun decorating Easter eggs with Dan, Patience and her sister's family. Every time Caden sees an egg now, he wants to color it.

Maya turned six months old and started eating solids! She is a great eater and has a great appetite! Her favorite food right now is sweet potatoes and avocado. She is such a great little baby! (Although she is not so little anymore, which makes me sad!). She is still the most easy going little girl with the most beautiful smile.

(Caden was most likely saying something like, "Oh Maya Moo, beautiful girl. Aaaaaah Maya")

I love being a mom. It is such a blessing to see my kids make progress, explore and learn. Caden and Maya love each other so much. I love hearing them "talk" to each other. Caden loves making Maya laugh. I don't think there is anyone Maya loves more than Caden. She lights up whenever she sees him (she also gets a little more tense and braces herself for possible "rough-play", smart girl!)

We had a blast on our Utah trip! I was amazed at how well the kids did with traveling and sleeping in unfamiliar beds. We had so much fun hanging out for the week. Thanks to the Utah siblings for hanging out! We loved spending time with you!!

Girls night... watching a birth movie, prepping the girls to puuuuuuush!

S'mores at the "canyon". So much fun!

Four generations! This picture is so special to me!

Lara's baby shower was so much fun! Thank you to Sheri and Mom for helping out so much with that! I was so grateful that there was such a good turnout and that Lara got so many awesome gifts.

Micheal and Katherine's wedding was beautiful. (Except that the kids were insane so I missed most of it because I was chasing around an over-tired Caden who peed his pants, screamed the whole time, etc). I could not have gotten through that day without Sheri. Thank you so much for helping out with the kids- you are truly an angel!

It was so much fun being in Utah with family. I can not wait for our first ever Zemp reunion this summer!

We had fun celebrating Mom's fiftieth birthday! Caden is still talking about the fifty flamingos that were "dancing" on Grandma's lawn! (Can you believe there was SNOW?!)

It was so much fun having David up here for a few days. We've really missed him around here.

I had a really fun birthday and mother's day. Both days I felt so loved and special. Thank you, everyone! I have also been sleeping great the last two months. I feel so grateful to be coming to the end of this dang sleeping trial. Now, just to work on Maya and Caden's sleep....! :)

Well, thats PLENTY for today. Thanks for reading!

Prayer

Caden's prayer this morning-

Heavenly Father,

Thank you for this day.

Thank you for this food. Thank you for we have a picnic in playroom.

Thank you for "Big Buzz".

Thank you for Grandma Grandpa Becca come for dinner.

Thank you for the door opening and closing (???)

Thank you for playing on the deck.

Thank you for "Toddler Tunes"

Amen.

We are getting a little more settled out here. Thank you to everyone who did so much to help with the move- I'll blog more about all of that soon.

Prarie Springs!

A sneak peak at our new house!

Tidbits

Here are a few conversations that have been going on around our house this week:

I went to get Caden out of his crib one morning and he said "Mom, your special boy is awake now!"

While pretending to type on the computer, Caden said "Mom, I'm making a movie. I'm making an Indiana Jones movie. My name is Dad".

J: "Caden, do you want to go find some friends in Airdrie?"

C: "No Mom, all my friends at church in nursery" (uh oh...)

Ben was chasing Caden around last night and Caden said "Dad, I love you. Don't eat me".

Caden woke up in the middle of the night shrieking. I ran into his room to see what was wrong and he said "Mommy, I want to go swimming!"

J: "Caden, let's go play at Xander's house!"

C: "I LOVE my friend Xander. He is my boyfriend!"

While toilet training Caden said "Mom, I LOVE toilet training with you!" After going poo, he bent over so that I could wipe his bum and said "Mom, I LOVE bending over with you!"

It's Official!

We bought a HOUSE!!!!!!

We are moving to Prairie Springs, Airdrie! (We take possesion in just 20 days... I'm going to go insane these next few weeks, I'm sure of it!) I didn't think we would actually end up in Airdrie, but it's becoming a really vibrant area! The ward we'll be in is packed with young couples with kids- hopefully Caden and Maya will make some great friends to grow up with. And it's only a twenty minute drive to Mom and Dad's house. (I'm such a baby, twenty minutes away is about my limit!)

We were in negotiations ALL day yesterday, but we ended up getting a great deal and even some upgrades (stainless steal appliances) added in! I have to say how blessed we feel to get into such a great home. We are so grateful for the blessings of tithing. I really feel that we got the price down in negotiations to what we did because of that.

I am IN LOVE with this house! Granite countertops, tile, hardwood, jetted tub, deck, speakers in the ceiling and a big playroom for the kids! The playroom is probably what I am the most excited about! Next time I go out, I will make sure to take some pictures! But in the mean time you can click here and then scroll down to the "Stanley III" model. Colors are different, but it will give you an idea of what the house looks like.

Food for Thought

One of my good friends that I met in Ecuador made this little display-

That's right, 46 grams of sugar in ONE can of Mountain Dew. Amazing! Disgusting!

I'm going to go and pour myself a glass of water...

...and maybe buy a new home.

I will keep you updated :)