My 30th Birthday!!

...was AWESOME!!

Saturday morning consisted of me sleeping in and breakfast in bed.  Then all the kids and Robert joining me for breakfast in bed.  I see a king size bed in our future :)

Then Karen came by and took Sagelyne and Hayden out to Rosthern for a sleepover.  Mom came over to babysit Will!  First babysitting experience and everyone lived!!  It was totally fine :)
Robert and I went to a wedding at the Berry Barn and a reception at the Mandarin!  What a fantastic wedding...so. much. fun.  And it was open bar ;)  Not bad...  We even ended up having to call Zero 8 for a lift home!

This morning Carl and Tara came over to babysit.  Robert and I went to the Saskatoon Inn for brunch at the Botanica and hit up Starbucks on the way home.  Will just napped the whole time we were gone :)  Poor Carl and Tara.  They were a little disappointed lol.

Then I was forced to go shopping at the Cravings tent sale with Will while Mom, Robert, Sagelyne, and Hayden decorated and prepped for my birthday party.  After I got home it was cake time!  I even scored some bling and flowers :)

Such a fabulous weekend.  I love planning for everyone else but I soooo enjoy low key events for myself :)  Perfection.

Bonus!  Will has decided that he can drift off to sleep on his own!  That was totally random.  It is hard to trust yourself and Rachel and Amanda know that I question sleep and worry about it all the time.  After I had tried everything I decided to just suck it up and wait.  Will is such an easy baby and has done everything a baby is expected to in his own time.  I decided that sleep may be the same.  And it worked :)  For now ;)

FYI...Hayden has been asking me for days to put on my wedding dress.  So I did ;)

Here are some pics!

I do know!!

The other day, Hayden brought home a paper for Robert and I to fill out from school

It was from his teacher and she wanted us to write down little facts about Hayden that would be beneficial for her to know.  

I felt horrible at first. It took me about a week to fill it out and hand back to her. Both of their teachers know that they are adopted. The hard part was realizing that as much as we hung out together before they lived with us...we are still getting to know each other. 

I stared at the paper for days trying to put together the best words to describe Hayden.

Hayden is working on listening and following instructions.
Hayden LOVES going to school.
Hayden is in swimming lessons, speed skating, and guitar.

And then...something clicked...

Hayden gets tired and can become VERY stubborn. We are trying to teach him to use this power for good and not evil.
Hayden is really good at making friends. Even if you try to make a conscious effort to not be his friend...you will be. 
Hayden is carefree and this makes him hilarious! I'm not worried about peer pressure at all with this boy.
Hayden loves to hold hands.
Hayden will take time out of his day to make sure,you are happy and are having a good day yourself.
Hayden is very affectionate.
Hayden will often stop whatever he is doing, no matter how much fun, to snuggle and tell you that he loves you. These moments are often at random:)

So....I do know a little something about Hayden.

New Mom-mobile

It was between a white Honda Odyssey or a white Ford truck...it was up to my dad and the truck won!...surprise!

It's great!  It fits all of us and I can haul stuff :)  Who do you think got all the hardwood flooring to our house ?

Plus, because it's my truck and I'm the one who drives it, Hayden assumes that I am the better driver ;)

It has a sunroof, child locks, things like cruise control etc, is roomy, and has cup holders galore!

It does have some of my typical dad accessories such as chrome and Harley mud flaps...now I can drive and park like an a-hole in my truck :)

Thanks Dad!!  Life is soooo much easier!!!

...now I have to sell Sheila... :(

Will at 6 Months!!

Another quickie of an update .... Sagelyne is currently locked in a dungeon by an evil dragon and I must save her soon!

Will's favourite foods are apples, bananas, oatmeal cereal, barley cereal, beets, squash, sweet potatoes, pears, pumpkin, and avocado.

We are trying to get him to eat carrots and peas.  I really have to disguise some veggies with other foods...already!

He is learning to like veggies that are mixed with fruits and cereals.

His current feeding schedule is:

700am breakfast and nurse

930am nurse for nap

12pm lunch and nurse

1pm nurse for nap

4pm supper and nurse

7pm nurse

8pm bedtime and nurse...we tank up during the day now so that he only wakes up once or twice at night :)  Otherwise he gets distracted by day and makes up for it at night :s Not cool.

Will can sit, hold toys in both hands, smash toys, switch toys between hands, and sit up in the tub!  He has learned to drink from a sippy cup and has mastered the Ball-cano!

He can make sounds that consist of mama, mom, dada, blah, bah, ahs, ohs, nana, and a bunch of different unidentifiable sounds, raspberries and of course the attention grabbing fake coughs.

We are teaching him to crawl, play hand games, find a hidden toy, and how to work on puzzles...the 1000 piece puzzles...j/k.

He is 27 inches (95th percentile) and 18lbs 12 oz (50th percentile).  Quel surprise...

A tiny glimpse into our every day family life!

A wee update about us and what our back to school schedule looks like!  We made it and it was easier than I expected.  I'm not on here much!  Honestly, when I do have time to myself I don't think about going on the internet.  I haven't checked my email in months.  It usually takes me two days to get around to sending an email.  It's usually shower, tidy, coffee, and watch a few minutes of The Newsroom :)

I know babysitting is nothing like having your own kids.  But I did nab some ideas from when I was a nanny for the Clunie family.

Here is a quick peek...Hayden has school Tuesday, Thursday and alternating Fridays!  Those are the days that I can do things like go out with friends and really get lots done!  I love my kids but yay for school! ;)

6-7 am Shauna showers

7 am Kids wake up, get dressed and have breakfast.  No breakfast until everyone is dressed.

730 am Brush teeth and hair.  Make sure back packs are ready to go.  And then free time.  No TV.

835 am Sagelyne walks to school.  She leaves 5 minutes ahead of us because she doesn't want to walk with us anymore ;)

840 am  Hayden, Will and I walk to school

930 am Will has a nap, I tidy, shower if I didn't drag my ars out of bed at 6 am, have a coffee and watch a few minutes of tv.

10 am Hayden has snack if he is home from school

1030 ish am Will usually is up from his nap.  We have now until noon to get any errands done or have play time...or both!!

12 pm lunch

1pm Hayden and Will have naps...and me too after I tidy and workout ;)  Wake up and play!

3pm Will and I pick up Hayden from school...play it cool if we happen to run into Sagelyne and let her walk home by herself :)

330 pm Afternoon snacks for Sagelyne and Hayden

4pm Will has supper

5pm The rest of us have supper...unless it's a speed skating day, swimming day or music lesson day lol.  Then supper time and bedtime prep is a wee bit shuffled.  But bedtime sure isn't :)

630pm Bath time, story time.

8pm Bedtime!

9pm My bedtime!  After I make lunches, tidy again, and have some time to myself :)

It's busy but we love it!  And it's FUN!  I always knew that the best time of my life would be when I was a mom of three or four...and I was right :)