Day 82: Feelings

Today has been a very productive day, we got James a new carseat, a couple of Christmas presents to put away for the kids, and found a great sale to get James some much needed clothing.

Today's Positives:

1. Gracie walked over to Bay and put her arms around Bays neck. It was so cute, I only wish I had got a picture.

2. James sat on my lap and tried to have a conversation with me. I love his little babbling.

3. While Gracie napped I got to hang out with James without interruption (This is hard of late because Gracie has been a little jealous of James). We had tons of fun together.

4. When I took Bay for a walk Gracie went with us and we got caught in the rain. Gracie absolutely loved trying to catch the raindrops.

Well, that's about it for today.

Hope everyone has a goodnight.

-Matt

Day 76: Summer is HOT

Not a lot to say today...


Today's positives:

1: We had our usual nice walk. We enjoyed looking over the Halifax river.

2: James had a lovely bath this evening

3: Gracie watched Yo Gabba Gabba before bed. It's become a part of her routene she looks forward to every night. Very strange show but I love watching her dance along to it.

4: Gracie's new favorite book is Green eggs and ham. Can't say I will miss Brown bear Brown bear but after a few more weeks of this it may start to look appealing ;)

I am looking forward to getting some good sleep tonight!

goodnight all

- Sophie

Day 75: Beach Fun

Today has been so fun! I love our weekends :D


Today's positives:

1: This morning we packed up a breakfast picnic and went to the beach. We had a lovely time sitting by the ocean, eating together as a family. (pics below)

2: James enjoyed gumming on a bagel.

3: Matt taught Gracie the words to Big Ol Jet Airliner and they had a great time singing together. She even had the tune down. (apparently she started an encore in the bathtub this evening)

4: Then we went for a walk through the beautiful white sands and clear water. Gracie did a happy little victory dance which consisted of throwing her arms in the air, running in circles happily shouting "EGGS"

5: Then we went to the familyChristian book store and picked up a book to start a bible study with Gracie.

6: We took a nice long evening stroll through the local neighbourhood with our dog Bay.

7: We started the bible study. Gracie enjoyed hearing the stories and looking at the pictures.

8: Gracie did wonderful sleeping in her bed for the first time last night. She didn't get up until this morning.
Then when she took a nap, she slept and once ready to get up stood at the door knocking to be let out.

It's just been an all round nice day. Thank you Lord :)


Goodnight all

- Soph

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 74: Monday Monday

Today is the start of our weekend! 2 whole days of Daddy being home to play! Fun times :)


Today's positives:

1: We took the kids and dog down to Ponce Inlet, the beach for dogs. It was nice to feel the sand between our toes. The kids love to be outside!

2: James has been reaching and rolling over to play with toys.

3: Gracie found Matt's wallet, pulled out his debit card saying "Shoes Shoes". Maybe not a positive but very funny.

4: James has started to enjoy playing with bath toys. He has his favorite rubber duckie he likes to sit with.

5: When we heard James wake up this morning, Gracie ran to the bedroom to go get him.

6: Today we converted Gracie's crib in to a toddler bed. We both feel a little sad that our baby is growing up. She did very well. She only  got out of bed once and that was because we forgot to give her, her paci.

7: James ate two jars of baby food today at one time. Apples seem to be his favorite.

8: When Matt and Gracie went to walk the dog this morning she made him put a bow in her hair. She had 3 different people tell her how cute she is.

Well that's all for today.

goodnight all

- Matt n Soph

Day 72: 6 Months

Today James is 6 months old! I can't believe he has been part of our family for half a year now.

Today's positives:

1: We started off the day with a nice long walk to our local park. (pics below)
We stopped at Walgreens. Gracie enjoyed a nice chocolate marshmallow treat. Then we all had fun at the playground.

2: We did our grocery shopping. Gracie insisted on riding in the baby seat on the cart (the ones meant for newborns) and James wanted to be carried by Daddy so it all worked out!

3: Gracie learned the word cheeks today and ran around all evening saying it.

4: As I cuddled James to sleep he babbled away. I love that he is so chatty. I think he was telling me a lovely bed time story.

5: I almost forgot to add, Gracie went down the slide all by herself for the first time today and she climbed the rockwall ( okay that one had a little help)

We have lots of pictures from the playground this morning!

Goodnight all

- Sophie

Day 71: June 15th

Today I am left feeling, the best part of having children is watching them grow up but the worst part is how quickly it happens. One moment your little girl is gripping her Daddy's finger in the hospital room and the next she is swinging next to you taking your hand. I wish there was a way to pause time. I do feel like today has finally been a blog worthy day though. Lots of lovely things.

Today's positives:

1: Today started out nicely by skyping with Grammy. Gracie loves waving and dancing with Grammy. I think they are both as daft as each other :)

2: On our way out to run errands today, we noticed one of the stray cat traps in our parking lot had caught a opossum. Upon further inspection we got to see 3 little baby opossum's!! I know I am a nursing mother because the first thought in my mind was "Poor Mama opossum, with a brood like that she has got to be starving!" teehee. Gracie enjoyed seeing them. She would insist it was a kitty (kinda looks like my folk's cat Tallulah). It was all I could do to stop her trying to pet them. Thankfully they were set free back in to the woods this afternoon.

3: Gracie, James and I had fun out running errands. We went to Walmart and thankfully they had a double shopping cart. I love having them both sitting in one cart because we can laugh and be silly all around the store. We even stopped for a chat with a nice old man who enjoyed chatting with Gracie.

4: Our new project with Gracie is to teach her body parts. Lots of singing Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. So far she can say eyes and thinks her nose is called "Beep Beep". 

5: We took the dog for a nice a stroll around the park this afternoon. Daddy slept in as he worked until 4am, but it was nice to spend some time with him before he headed back out to work.

6: On the way in from the walk Matt needed to carry up the dog food. Gracie seemed proud as punch to be his little helper. It was cute to see her run after him and try to help him up the stairs.

7: Daddy, Gracie and James all shared some apple sauce. (pic below).

8: Then we walked Daddy to work.

9: On our way back from dropping off Daddy, we stopped at the bench swings over looking the river. I had James in the Moby and Gracie sitting beside me. We sat for a nice long time swinging. The best part was when my little Gracie reached over and put her hand in mine and Jame leaned his head back in to me and we sat quietly together for a while.
Then Gracie started to talk (baby talk) about the things around us. We had fun watching a lizard do a funny little dance and puff out his neck. Spring time is fun to watch nature!

10: When we got home Gracie "read" stories to me and James. We looked at "Chocolate for breakfast" for a good long time.


Now both my little ones are tucked up in their beds. I have had such a lovely time with them today.
Looking forward to tomorrow!

Goodnight all

-Sophie

Day 70: June 14th

Today I can honestly say we did ABSOLUTLY NOTHING. Matt has to work 4pm till 4am so we decided watching T.V, eating and hanging out was going to be as exciting as it gets.


Today's positives:

1: Gracie James and I went to walk the dog. At the end of our parkinglot are a pair of blue land crabs. They came out for the rain and it was fun to watch them.

2: Gracie has been very very well behaved today.

3: James has been in a cuddely mood. Something I am definatly soaking up while I can.

4: Gracie really enjoyed our dinner which was veggie tacos. Finally got some veggies in my little lady.

5: I found Gracie sat stroking Bay this morning. They have become very good friends.

6: James enjoyed me reading Brown Bear to his this evening. I am pretty sure between both my kiddos I will be reading that book in my dreams :)

7: Gracie, James had I a fun time playing together on the floor this evening. We all laughed our heads off.


Well, I hope to make tomorrow a bit more productive!

Goodnight all

- Sophie

Day 69: Relaxed

Today has been a lot less busy and a lot more fun! We FINALLY got our oven fixed. Yippie! ( that has been the word of the day!) and it looks like our flea and tick stuff has worked. Thank you Lord!
We had to go and do yet more Navy stuff this morning. Guess I should get used to this but I hadn't thought the Navy would be so life consuming until AFTER Matt swore in... Still looks like the ball is rolling pretty quickly now.

Today's positives:

1: We had to wait half an hour for Matt's recruiter to get in to the office so we all went for a pretzel at Auntie Anne's. Yummy! Even James had a good ol' slobbery nosh on one.

2: The kids got to bed pretty late last night so they took a nice long nap this morning. Just in time for the guy to come and fix our stove. Thankfully it was all fixed by the time they woke up.

3: When they woke up we all sat on the floor and played duplo blocks. Even James wanted in on the action (pics below)

4: Matt has work today so the kids and I took the dog for a walk, it was pretty toasty hot but James took a nice nap and Gracie enjoyed pointing and waving at things.

5: James has now taken to pulling him self up to sitting in his stroller. In fact this morning I don't think he laid back once. He likes to get a good look around.

6: I'm not sure this is a positive but I found it kinda funny. I gave Gracie a bowl of grapes for her snack this evening and when she was finished I found she had eaten only half of every grape. I guess the first bite is the best.


Well it has definitely been much more relaxed today. Better go pick up the toys and then I think I will wind down the evening with some crappy telly!

Goodnight all

-Soph

Day 67: Debuggin

Today has mostly revolved around de-pesting our house! I hope it was worth all this trouble. We have had a whole lot of fun though.

Today's positives:

S: Today my lovely husband let me sleep in until 10am! First time I have pumped a bottle for James in a long time and maybe I should do it more often *wink*

M: The babies and I watched the Cat in the hat over breakfast. Gracie used Bay as her own personal chair and both seemed content with this.

S: Matt had to run to the recruiters office to sign yet more papers but when he got home we started the process of powdering the carpets. Thankfully James was fast asleep in my room and Gracie behaved herself. She was  very patient.

M: After we got done laying out the bug killer we had to evacuate the house for a while so we took the kids and the dog to the park for a picnic. Gracie enjoyed the fruit and chewy granola bars.

S: When we got home it was time to clean up the kids room. We put James in the Jenny jump up. He had fun playing with Gracie as he would pick his feet up and Gracie would push him like a swing.

M: We took the kids swimming. Gracie is a dare devil and enjoyed going under water. James is more cautious like I used to be.

S: When we got back from swimming we fed the kids then went for a nice evening stroll along the beach. It was very relaxing.


We decided to leave our room powder free until we can vacuum up the rest of the house tomorrow. Thankfully this stuff only needs 24hrs. It's still a little cloudy so we are having a big camp out in our room tonight. James in the pac n play and Gracie in our bed. Could be fun...

Well its been a long and busy day!

Pictures below. Unfortunately we didn't get any from today but I thought they were worth adding.

- Matt n Soph

 

Day 66: Mum Down

So I am going to admit that today  I pretty much get a big F for fail in the mother department. I guess I have caught the cold that my lil fam have had the past few days and felt pretty rough. So we really did nothing exciting.

Today's positives:

1: Gracie and Daddy walked the dog this morning.

2: James and I snuggled up in bed while Gracie and Daddy where out.

3: Gracie had all of her blocks out in the middle of the living room and enjoyed building stuff.

4: James has cuddled up with me on the sofa for most of the day.

5: James and Daddy went out to get dinner. Their first time going out alone together. I felt like my men went out to hunt and gather :)

6: We all went out to walk the dog together.

7: Gracie randomly ran over to me, grabbed  my face and gave me a big kiss. It was a rare and sweet occurrence.

James didn't get his hair cut today. Hoping to squeeze that in tomorrow. We have a busy day of de-fleaing the house, Matt signing more Navy papers and other errands.

Gotta  get a good nights rest!

Goodnight all

- Soph

Day 64: Infested!

Okay, I am going to admit that I'm not feeling quite as perky as normal today. I am thankful that every unfavorable situation currently going on in our lives has a solution though.
We discovered a bit of an infestation with fleas and ticks this morning. Thanks to the wonderful lady at Lowes we now have an all natural solution. We cover our carpet in this powder and leave it for a couple of days then vacuum it all up. It is safe for the kids to be around and walk on and poses no threat to our dog. Oh and as an added bonus also works on roaches, silverfish and a variety of other unwanted house pests.

James is still under the weather today but pleased to say he is still chipper and playful.

Oh and progress is on the horizon with our oven. We have had promise of it being fixed by midweek. I can't wait!!

I am  grateful for hardworking Matthew who has been patient with me despite loosing my head a couple of times. He has also been feeling quite unwell and still pushing on through. Even helping me with James being up a lot in the night. Starting to feel the jitter of his upcoming departure. I don't know when boot camp is going to happen but I do know that I can't wait for it to have been and passed!


Today's positives:

1: I can say I feel very blessed to have two patient babies who have not made today difficult despite the fact they are not at their best.
2: I know this has nothing to do with my kids but, I am unbelievably grateful that my dog ate her flippin expensive flea meds and didn't just spit it out like I was afraid she would!

3: Gracie sat in her high chair and ate her dinner nicely no fuss!

4: James finally went in to a nice deep restful sleep. He needs it after not sleeping much last night and only taking brief naps today.

5: I am so grateful to have a toddler who loves veggies. Squash, carrots, peas, broccoli and so on!

6: Gracie threw her arms around James and gave him the biggest hug. :)


I am always surprised by how many good things I can remember when I stop and think!

Thank you Lord!

- Goodnight all

Sophie

Day 54: Mary Mary Quite Contrary

Today I have my first guest blogger, my Mama *grin*. Seeing as Matt is M: she is going to be G: for Grammy.


Today's positives:

S: We had a better nights sleep last night, in the fact that we actually got some!

G: Today I got to spend the entire day with my daughter and grandbabies which was exhausting and fun. It was funny watching Gracie and seeing Sophie as a small child again. Gracie is a lot like her Mama. She is fiercely independent, strong willed, brave and adventurous, all wonderful attributes.

S: It was cute watching Gracie go out with her big hat, beads and sparkly shoes. I can't wait to see what her fashion sense is like when she is older.

G: James sat up! All by himself for almost a minute.

S: Mum and I tag teamed a double trouble diaper changing session this afternoon. While Gracie was not so amused, James found it quite the comedy to watch his big sister physically express her displeasure.

G: Lol, yes, James does find Gracie's flailing arms and legs hilarious which in itself is pretty funny. He has such an infectious laugh. James is such a happy baby, he grins at every opportunity.

S: I was proud of my little girl managing to climb three flights of stairs to get up and down to Grammy's apartment.

G:  We had quite a fun time taking the children for a walk around the neighbourhood. James enjoyed being carried by his Mummy in the Moby and Gracie enjoyed setting the pace and direction which was fine because who needs to actually walk in a direct line right? She was very inquisitive and showed a lot of curiosity in a small tree, she found a piece of bark that fell off the tree and was quite determined to reattach it. It was pretty funny to watch her try and climb the tree, again, another of her Mummy's childhood traits coming out in her.

S: While we were investigating trees Gracie found a nice little ant nest. I think it was probably one of the scariest moments so far for me as I watched the tiny black critters cover my baby's little feet and legs. Thankfully my Mum still has her Mummy ninja reflexes and between us we managed to pull off her shoes and get them off her before too much damage occurred. I know this may not seem like a positive but what I was most proud of was how my little one handled this situation. Not only did she not freak out and grab at her legs but she was fine and ready to get down and play once me and my mum had finished bashing all the ants off her. In fact she was angrier at being held down than she was being bitten. She is very brave!

G: I got to feed James his lunch which may seem like no big deal but since he is breastfed it was very kind of Sophie to give me the opportunity to share this precious time with my beautiful Grandson.

S: Gracie tried meatless corn dogs and meatless meatballs today. She seemed to really enjoy them. I also noticed they are dye and preservative free. Always an added bonus :)

Today has been a full, fun and VERY tiring day. I am so glad I came up here to visit. I am having a brilliant time, and it's going by quickly.

G: My only wish is that my favourite son-in-law was here too. Matt, thank you for letting your precious little family visit with us for so long. Love you Son-shine.


G'night all.

- Sophie and Grammy

Day 49: May 23rd

Thank goodness for my wonderful hubby's TLC last night. I was not feeling good! Glad he kept on top of our blog for us too :) Today has been pretty productive. We got up early, had breakfast, bathed the dog and walked her, and then went about our normal day until Matt went to work.

Today's positives:

1: Gracie practised stacking blocks and knocking them down.

2:  James started to learn the art of sitting up. He can now do sit ups if I hold on to his legs and can sit for a few seconds at at time!

3: Gracie had her beads out and enjoyed threading them.

4: James tried peaches and oatmeal today. The oatmeal wasn't planned but for once he decided he MUST share his sisters dinner...

5:  Gracie climbed up on the sofa and took a nap, all of her own accord. I think she must still be feeling a bit groggy from her bout of measles but it was cute all the same.

6: Both of the babies snuggled in to me before bed and we all had a lovely cuddle. They were even making each other laugh by reaching out to each other and wiggling their fingers.


It feels so strange to start our week on a Wednesday. I can't complain about Matt actually getting 2 days off a week though. It's lovely. :) Pics below!

Goodnight All

- Sophie

Day 48: Not So Fast.

Sophie isn't feeling the greatest, so I'll be doing the blog tonight. Today was a calm and quiet day, well as quiet as a day can be when you have 2 kids! We had a lot of fun and didn't do anything out of the ordinary. That's the great thing with kids, even on ordinary days things still seem great :)

Today's Positives,

1. James has been in a fantastic mood all day and has been smiling at everything.

2. We went to a healthy food store and Gracie got some fruit bears and absolutely loved them.

3. Gracie tried to play "Hidey Boo" with James. They were both giggling.

4. After our daily walk Gracie picked up Bays leash and walked her up stairs. I think she really loves that dog :)

5. James and I sat reading a book today, I think its great that my kids like reading.

6. Gracie got dragged a book and her baby doll to the couch and tried reading it to the doll. It was adorable.

Well those are some of the highlights, I hope everyone had a great day.

Goodnight,

Matt and Soph.

Day 47: Measles

Today has been a full day.
I rescued a mole(or baby gofer as some people thought) from being trampled in the parking lot by a scary screaming lady. We found out Gracie has a case of measles from getting the vaccine 2 weeks ago. We hung out alot. Went on a 2 hour walk and tomorrow Matt is taking the ASVAB! Exciting!!!! We are also including some pics from the past few days, just cos they are cute and I forgot to post them :)

Today's positives:

S: I got to take a nap with James.

M: Gracie carried the bag from Walgreen's up the stairs for me.

S: Gracie wore her hat all day long. She in fact spent most of her day in just her hat and a diaper.

M: I got to give James a bottle for the first time in a long time!

S: I enjoyed reading Brown Bear Brown Bear to Gracie.

M: The highlight of being a parent so far happened to day. While we had Gracie and James in the bathtub, Gracie was dancing and doing anything she could to make James laugh and he was laughing hysterically.

S: I have to admit the bath was pretty much one of my favorite moments as a parent so far. I just love the relationship my children are building.

M: I like how they both where content and happy when we went for a walk with them.


We hope you enjoy the pictures!

Goodnight all

-Matt n Soph