Happy Graduation Day Breana!

Well, today is Breana's Happy Graduation/Last Day at preschool. I can't believe how fast this year has gone. In only a couple of months, she will be starting kindergarten! That is so hard to believe! She is having a lot of people attend her graduation today. Gramma Ginny, Papa Dennis, Gramma Audrey, Auntie Kim, and possibly Auntie Denise are coming, other than us, so I'm sure there will be a lot of people there. They are singing some of their favorite songs, and then there are a few presentations that the teachers are making, then refreshments. Some of us are also going out for lunch beforehand. I will make sure to post pictures. (I've already downloaded the pics off my camera and deleted the memory stick...I didn't do that before her preschool Christmas concert and ran out of space after the 3rd picture!)

Oh well. Here is her graduation picture that was taken a couple of weeks ago. She was pretty proud of herself that she got to go to haircutter Audrey and have her hair done pretty. Mommy sure can't do that! Gorguous!

(It's a picture of the picture, so the quality is better in real life!)

His 1 Year appointment

He had his 1 year appointment today. He weighed in at 21 lbs, 7 oz, and measured 29 1/2 inches long. So he is about 5 oz smaller than Breana at a year and 1/2 inch shorter! Dr. Elves said Seth is skinny because he could not pinch any fat on his belly! But, to make up for it, his head circumference was 49 cm, which is that of a 2 year old!!! He isn't walking yet, but Dr. Elves said as long as he was cruising around furniture and using hands to walk, then there is no worry. He didn't figure he would walk for 2 - 3 months. He could tell that from twisting his feet inward and outward. If he was ready to walk, he would have only been able to turn his feet outward to parallel. He was able to turn them a lot further than that, almost all the way around, so he said the muscles in his legs aren't tight enough to stabalize him yet. Oh well, he gets around very well as is, so a couple more months won't hurt!

I went back to work for the first day yesterday, which means that the kids were at daycare for the first time. I am only working 3 days a week for the summer, just to get Seth used to daycare. This week I am just working the mornings, I figured plopping him in daycare for 9 hours was a little bit too much, so I figured I'd ease him into it. When I dropped them off, he did really well. He didn't see me leave, which is probably why he didn't cry, but that was a good thing because then I didn't cry! When I picked them up at noon, he was sleeping and had been since about 10:15. The babysitter said he cried a little bit but did really well. We'll see how he does tomorrow when I take him back and he knows what is happening! Breana did really well. She is old enough to know what is going on. She is Seth's "security blanket" at the babysitters. As long as she is around, he is okay. But as soon as she leaves the room, he cried!

Oh well, what do you do! Gotta pay the bills!

He Partied Hard!

We had Seth's birthday party yesterday. What a day! We ended up having 38 people for his party! He had a good nap in the morning, but skipped his afternoon nap completely! We are thankful that he napped good in the morning because it tided him over until he fell asleep at 7:45! He was a trooper, and a happy one at that!

This is the little man opening gifts...and gifts...and more gifts!


Here is Papa Dennis being himself!


More gift openings!


We had 2 cakes for his party, this one was his very own smash cake that Breana and I made him. It was chocolate cake with chocolate icing! The rest of the guests ate a different cake. I forgot to get a picture of the other one.


This is the first picture. Notice the progression of messiness! The pictures speak volumes. He loved having his own cake. A few people helped him try the icing out, but he had a good go at it!


A little timid at first!




OK, he's decided he likes it and is all over that cake!











Here he is getting into the tub. He was a mess!



By all accounts, everyone had a good time. The weather cooperated nicely, the food was excellent, and the fellowship was fun! Thanks for all that came to make Seth's first birthday party a blast!

Happy 1st Birthday Seth!

Wow! I can't believe Seth is 1 today! Where did this past year go?

We had Seth's pictures taken today at Walmart and for the first time, I got the CD made with all the pictures they took. He was happy to begin with, but the smiles quickly got harder and harder to capture! Good thing for nursery rhyme songs! That was the only way we got smiles! He loves those songs! Here are the pictures from today!








We are having Seth's birthday party tomorrow with the family and a couple of friends. It's nice to have a spring/summer birthday because that means the people don't always have to be in our house! That's a lot of people for our house! The joys of big families!

Here is Seth playing peek-a-boo thru a box the other day. He thought that it was very fun!

Seth is sure a boy! He loves to be outside. As soon as the door opens, he scootches over and tries to get outside. He is slowing getting used to the feel of grass. He didn't like it to begin with. Now, he loves playing in the grass, eating the grass, and getting himself really dirty! Ahhh...boys!!


This is your day Seth! We love you! We are enjoying the little man that you are becoming! You are developing such the little personality, it's hard to imagine how one little boy can be so fun loving! I am sad today because you are growing up so fast. I am also sad because I have to go back to work on Monday and I have to leave you with someone other than me. That will be very hard for me. I'm thankful that you will have your big sister with you. She will take care of you...she always does...whether you like it or not! Happy Birthday Seth! We love you. You are no longer a baby, you are our little boy now!

Yeah!!

I passed my Finance 2 exam! Well, I squeaked by my Finance 2 exam I should say. Passing grade is 65%, and I passed with a 65%!! Oh well. It's a pass! One more down...how many more to go?!

What did we get ourselves into?!?!

Well, Spring is in the air...and with Spring, comes renovations. And we decide to start 3, yes, 3 projects, ALL AT ONCE!

Here is our downstairs bathroom all ripped apart. It was just a 2 piece bathroom, and we are going to put in a corner shower, so that we can renovate the upstairs bathroom, and still have a shower. This project is at a standstill as of right now because the other projects are more important.


Here is project #2! We decided to finally paint the kitchen, so here is Terry and Breana taking down the ugly wallpaper border. The half the I did myself was way harder than what they took down!


Here is Terry sanding our kitchen cupboards so that they can be painted. It was a yucky job...lots of dust! We did this when the kids went to bed so they didn't have to be near it. That was a late night. Good thing for orbital sanders! It saved our arms!


Here is Terry priming the cupboards. Honestly, I did work too, but I was always the one who said, "We need a picture of this!" So that's why Terry is always in the picture. Again, this was done when the kids were in bed, thus, another late night!


And...Project #3! And the biggest project of all! Insulating and siding the house! We were approved for the Manitoba Hydro Insulation Rebate Program, so it pretty well pays for the styrofoam insulation. We are siding over the existing stucco on the south, east, and north walls, but have to take down the siding on the west wall. That black part is now insulated and sided. This project will probably take a while yet. Hopefully we can have some summer!


Here is the part that we have done. The ugly blue bottom and stairs will be going as well, but it is going to wait until the rest of the siding is done. Oh, how we despise that blue!


Here is Terry and Breana dancing at Terry's cousin's wedding. Breana had a blast and didn't want to leave!


Breana found an OLD pair of my glasses downstairs and decided to wear a hat and model them for me. That cracked me up! What was I thinking with those glasses?! Those are some ugly glasses!


Me and the kids had gone down to Deloraine for a few days at the beginning of April. Mom had gotten a face painting kit at Costco last year when we were there. This was the first time Breana had her face painted by Gramma. She then proceeded to paint her own arm...black! We had to scrub to get the black off!


I can't believe Seth is going to be 1 in less than a month! This year has definetly flown by. He is still scootching around, and loves to walk with your fingers. He wants desparately to walk, but still does not have the balance for it yet. It will be soon enough though! He cut 2 more teeth last month, so we are now at 6 teeth. He had been quite cranky trying to cut those teeth because they were pushing so hard on his gums. He was waking up frequently thru the night. One night, he slept thru the night, so I checked, and sure enough, both had cut thru the gums....ahhhhh....relief!


Here is a pic of the first tooth on the top. The other ones were there, you just can't see them in this pic.


Here, he is showing off his favorite cute hat. Everyone comments on how cute this hat is. I love it!


This is the first family picture of the Williams family since the hospital! How terrible! It took over 11 months to get a family picture! Oh well. We have it now. The kids are growing up way to fast! It's only 4 more weeks till I go back to work :( Luckily, it's only part time for the summer!


On another note, Brandon Marine and Leisure finally moved into their new shop. It was the end of August of last year when they had a fire in their old shop. We were down in South Dakota on vacation when that happened. Since then, they had been in a different shop that didn't really suit their needs. So, needless to say, they are all happy to be back in their original location, with a new shop, lots of showroom space, proper shop space, etc! Now for them to get organized!

March Happenings

So we decided that we needed to start renovating the downstairs bathroom yesterday. We haven't decided completely what we are going to do, but we aren't in a rush to get it done, so we'll figure it out when the time comes. We want to put a corner shower in so that we can tear apart the upstairs bathroom after we have a second shower. We've renovated before with only 1 bathroom, and it's definitely not fun having to run across the road to go to the bathroom, so we will get the downstairs bathroom done before we rip apart the main bathroom!


This is Seth's newest toy. He can sure get around in it and he loves the fact that he can walk around and I don't have to break my back to let him do it!!


This is the Easter egg hunt at Gramma Ginny and Papa Dennis' house. It was pretty cold, it was a good thing we brought her mitts!


This is the Easter egg hunt at Gramma Audrey and Papa Don's. The Easter Bunny left a lot, and I mean A LOT of chocolates there. We are still eating them!


Seth has discovered how to pull himself up to standing. It is cute to see the two of them standing side by side, to see him trying to do what Sister does!


I found Breana's old sunglasses, and Seth took a liking to them. He just looks so darn cute!

Done!

Breana's snowman that she and Daddy made together!


Daddy is holding Seth up while he is standing! A little bit scary for Mommy!! His Grandpa used to do this to all of them, so he is carrying on the tradition!


Here Breana is helping Mommy study by feeding Seth his breakfast!


My St. Patricks Day kiddos!


My cutie patootie Sweetheart!

Done, done, done! I'm finally done my course! I wrote my Finance 2 exam on Saturday. And I don't have another course to do until the fall, which means this is the first time since I've had Seth that I don't have to worry about a course, and I can focus all of my attention on my family and getting my house cleaned! Yeah!!! Breana is sure loving having me back again! She and Seth were missing me pretty badly because any spare time I had was spent studying! I think I did pretty good on the exam, but I don't find out for a couple of months yet.

Breana went to Gramma Ginny's last week for a couple of days inbetween gymnastics and preschool so I could study without having to ignore her. Seth was pretty good at playing by my feet and letting me study.