Just a little update.

Well no baby yet. For those of you who do not know, this baby is measuring huge!!!!! The Dr. had me go for an ultrasound at 36 weeks to gauge the size. The tech told me that at the point, give or take a pound to a pound and a half, he was measuring 9lbs 4oz. That was on the 3rd of April. My actual due date is May 1st, heaven help me! We still want to try to have a natural birth this time so we are putting of the c-section until May 3rd. It was originally scheduled for May8th, but we bumped that up so I don't go to far over and have the world record sized baby. As you can guess, I'm getting very uncomfortable. I haven't had any contractions that I can tell. Just a lot of braxton hicks. Everyone cross your fingers that this baby comes sooner than later.

The Dr. told me to try all the old wives tales to get this baby moving. So if you have suggestions, pass them along.

Chelsea comes over usually once a week with her kids so that can get out of the house and not kill her children. Witnesses are key for that. Here we decided to take them into the backyard, since it was so nice outside, and play with bubbles. Oh my did they love chasing those all over the yard.

Here... proof that Kimber is not always tormenting Naomi. It's really cute when we are all out together and Kimber wants to hold Naomi's hand.

After helping mommy put lotion on after bathtime.

Watching Elmo while mom gets dinner ready. We didn't even ask her to smile for this one.

She just loves Elmo.

So we finally got the kids room together so that Naomi can get used to her big girl bed. We decided to keep the 2 kids together in the same room, and in the smaller of the 2 rooms. First we decided to keep them in there because of the drapes. They are too small for the other room. Secondly, the guest bed would take up the entire room if we were to move it to the smaller room. So the kids room is lined with stuff. We removed the rocking chair and rearranged almost everything. The following are the photos to show the changes.

Naomi just loves her new bed. Here she last night, her first night sleeping in it. Boy I'm glad we got a rail, because she moves alot!!! She started facing the other direction. Before we went to bed I went and re-situated her as she was getting close to the end of the bed.

She is all smiles

Playing with her purse


So this blog post really is to show off Naomi. Surprise, surprise!
This little girl is definitely not a baby anymore. She loves to get involved with whatever mommy and daddy are doing. We are trying to teach her that mommy will be having a baby and she regularly will rub my tummy and say baby. The other day were all out grocery shopping (as Aric is on spring break right now) and she just rubbed it and repeated "baby" over and over for about 3 minutes It was so cute.

So I need to tell you about the other morning before I forget. It was 5:30 and I woke up to Noami on the monitor. I could hear some chitter chatter, then some giggling. I go into her room to find her sitting in her bed talking to her stiffed animals. So I tell her that it is not time to be awake, lay down and go to sleep. I tucked her in again. She went quiet. About half an hour later, I hear chatter and giggling again. I go back in and there she is conversing with the animals again. Again I go in and put her back to bed. She finally went back to sleep for real. But my question to you is: What do you think their conversation was about. What were the animals saying back to Naomi to make her giggle? She was so cute it was impossible to mad at her.

She decided that she wanted to tuck herself into mommy's bed. She even pulled all the covers up over her legs and cozzied up in the pillows. She is so cute.

Learning the alphabet in the tub

Playing cow girl. She usually keeps hats on her head for a while, but this one she did not and we had to hold the hat on to get this picture.

Ok we really enjoy checking on Naomi before going to bed. This had been our favorite position by far. She didn't even move when the flash went off .

So Naomi is all smiles these days. She loves to smile for the camera, or really anytime that we ask her to smile. She is such a happy child, and I'm glad we can share these precious moments with all of you.

The other morning we made some really good pancakes and Naomi was such a good helper. She was so happy to help daddy mix the batter, then help (from a short distance) as daddy cooked them up. She had so much fun.

Just a picture of her being soo cute.


Ok so some of you have seen this video already. It was short enough that blogger allowed us to post it. I have entitled it "The Great Banana Amazement". This is the reaction we get every time Aric performs this "stunt". She is such a ham!!! Love, love, love this girl to bits!!!

Our Big Girl

Time for another post. I would have to say that the funniest this week happened yesterday. Boy do I wish I could have a video camera on Naomi 24/7. We were invited out to dinner last night with our friends the Palsky's, for Robin's birthday.Well we decided that make sure that Naomi would be nice and sleepy for the sitter we skipped the morning nap and was going to put her down around 1 for her nap. Well she was doing fine until lunchtime came. She ate most of it while I was entertaining myself on the computer. Then I noticed she was very quiet. I looked over and yes she was asleep in her chair again. So I picked her head up (so I could clean her up) and she re-positioned herself in a sitting up sleeping position. Sesame street was playing on the TV in the back ground. When Elmo's World started she bolted straight and screamed "ELMO!" Remember she was asleep! My goodness this little one has a strange fascination with Elmo. I don't know what it is with that character... but all kids just love Elmo! Elmo is everywhere! I was on Facebook yesterday and there was small advertisement on the side with a very close up picture of Elmo... well she caught onto that and chanted Elmo until I acknowledged that he was on the screen. I do have a short video showing her love for this red fuzz ball. Follow the link

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151354626210004

She also has really enjoyed declaring "dance time". Her dancing is so cute. The mood can strike her on mommy's bed, or really anywhere.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151353656200004

And now Naomi is in love with pizza. This video is after i had opened the fridge to get her milk and she saw the pizza box. She chanted "pia!pia!pia!" while standing by the fridge, for literally about 3 minutes before we took this video. She had her mind set on what she wanted.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151353449525004

OK. Naomi likes her bath time, most days. We have a bucket in the tub that we use to rinse her off with, but but it also doubles as her chair. She loves to sit on it. The next couple are of her in the tub... smiling for the camera. Her crooked little smile is so adorable. Why she pushes her jaw off to the side I do not know.


Naomi has taken to beans. She just loves the pork and beans. Chelsea didn't understand how much until she was babysitting Naomi one day and she wouldn't eat her sandwich so she gave her some beans that Chelsea was going to eat. Apparently Naomi ate almost the whole can herself. This picture shows Naomi actually sticking a bean in her ear with her spoon. She would not hold still enough for me to get a picture of the after affect.

Good morning!!!


The other day Naomi wanted to put on her boots. Then her coat. After a while of walking around the house like this I decided that we should go for a walk. So we put on the snow pants too. Just as we were walking out the door, daddy came home and we all went together. She just loves her sled we got her for Christmas her first year.


What a big girl. She is growing so fast and I'm afraid he feet will never stop. She is already a freak... look.


She has seemed pretty interested in mommy going to the bathroom. So we got her a little potty for herself. Basically every time I go to the bathroom, she comes with me now and we put her on her potty. no results yet, but maybe she will figure it out. I know she is a bit young, but why not start if she is interested.

That's what we have for this week. She is growing like a weed! She is learning so much and just a little chatter box sometimes. Even though she can be distracting at church people are always commenting on her being so cute. I think some people try to sit near her on purpose.
Well have a great week all... actually before I blog again, it will probably be more like 2-3 weeks.
Love you all.

The Happy and Sad.

For those who are not aware. Aric's Grandmother passed away Feb 5, 2012 after a 2 1/2 year battle with cancer. It is always sad to say goodbye, but we are also very happy that she is no longer suffering, and she has been reunited with her beloved husband Fritz. We went down to Lethbridge last on the weekend to attend to the Funeral service which was held on Friday Feb 10, 2012. All of her children (minus a few in-laws) and many of the grandchildren were in attendance. The church was packed with friends and family there to celebrate her life of service. I did not get to hear everything that was said as I was attending to our VERY TIRED child!

So of course, on to the photo gallery of our little Gnomer. Here you can see how much she loves her "nacks". She is carrying all of her her snack cups at once (not all have snacks in them though).
She really loves this hat for some reason. I would think that it has been too hot for to wear it, especially around the house!She is loving mom's dilly bar. I decided to let her finish it off for me as she was watching me longingly eat it.
Here you go mom and dad. I put the shirt on her that you bought her for Christmas.It's a little bit big, so I think we will wait a while before wearing it again.
Sporting mom's toque.
Playing with daddy and her chair o the couch.

Someone was not listening or being obedient. She had to put her nose in the corner. She is so cute there we both giggle to ourselves, and I HAD to take a picture.

Bubbles and bath-time. Boy she sure loves the bubbles.

Naomi's auntie Casey was at the funeral and she brought Naomi some new hats. Here is our little Raspberry.

Ok after bath-time last night she would NOT hold still at all to get dressed. This is as far as got a for a while. She ran around like that for quite a while.

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

She decided that for a Valentines Day gift to mom she would wake up at 5:30 and not go back to bed. Well a few hours later (at breakfast) she decided that it was nap times.

Well that is all she wrote this week folks. I hope you enjoyed it.
We love you all.

She is too cute.

So this blog post is just to show off Naomi as she is toooooo cute.

The first photo is one of my new favorites. Does everyone remember Elmer Fudd? I would like you to meet "Gnomer Fudd."

This is Naomi's new dress that Aric's aunt Ruthanne gave her for Christmas. It is just too cute not to take a picture of.

What a little lady

Naomi loves her "nacks"

Here she is so intently reading. She loves to read books, which are very happy about. maybe she will be more like dad in that department.

Seriously she loves hats. This is one that Ruthanne gave me for Christmas, and she has pretty much adopted it.

So this week we have been working on our talking and animal sounds. She repeats a lot of words that we say. Someone asked what words she knows, and it was hard to remember them all. She has picked up to many.
She is so helpful too. This afternoon just before nap time she had a dirty diaper. I asked her to go get a new bum and some wipes. She toddled over to the diaper bag and brought a diaper and wipes. the once we were done. I asked her to take the dirty one to the garbage. She takes it into the kitchen, lifts the lid to the garbage, drops it in there, then closes the lid. I hope this helpfulness will continue in the years to come.
On Sunday, on the way to church, we start to really teach her the sounds some animals make. Here is the link to a video I posted on facebook showcasing the mad skills this little one has picked up.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10151195934935004&saved


For those who are interested in how Aric's work is going, he is doing just fine. He has decided that he just has to do everything the Principal says to impress her. That's all he can do really. And we really don't think that she would deny him a contract as that would look badly on her as well. She really is trying to get him to be a better teacher, and he recognizes that. She may be a little more sticky on what she wants and how it is done, but ultimately she is looking to help him out. Although Aric has pretty much decided that he would like to teach FSL instead of immersion. Fair enough. He is doing such a good job, and the kids and parents just love him, which makes him so happy.

I myself am doing well. The baby is kicking a lot now. Sometimes too much for comfort, but that will only get worse from here on in. The heart burn is back full swing! Gotta love it. Really I hate it. One of the worse symptoms I get during pregnancy.

Well I think that is all for now. I hope you enjoyed.