In Other News and Notes

It's all official now.  Our days in this home of ours are numbered!! This of course brings very mixed feelings. We are extremely grateful for a very smooth, quick, and painless sale. We see God's guiding hand even in this. We hadn't intended to put the house up for sale until the end of April, but our realtor encouraged us to try to get it up earlier, so the pressure was on to finish up those last projects we were working on, and we got it listed before Karter was born. We only had one showing (and we were gone for the night anyway to the kids school program, so that was easy too!).  Then during the 10 days they had to fulfill their conditions, Karter was born and now its all official!   Now for the packing . . .  

Like I said, the house being sold brings mixed feelings. We are thankful that it is done - b/c it HAD to be done, but we are sad (I am anyway) that we only have 5 or 6 weeks left to live here. I LOVE this home. It is HOME!! Of course there are things I won't miss, but especially at this time of year, I love our place. I am glad we get to enjoy the spring here yet!

Then of course there is the excitement of our new home . . .

It is started!! I think they put the "shovel" to the ground the morning that Karter was born. Psalm 127 has extra special meaning for us this year!

No shortage of activity going on in our lives right now!! 

 Karter is a week (plus) old already. How the time flies. He is certainly my fussiest baby, but he also has really good times too.  He is extremely alert and does not sleep too often -- though he does just fine at night which I am very thankful for!

 We are all enjoying him so much!!!

 Kevin is laughing because Karter has the hiccups and Kevin thought it was extremely humourous how his whole body would shake with the hiccups.

Kevin also informed me today that, " I don't think I could live if there was no such thing as hockey." or maybe it was, "I think I would die if there was no hockey." Wowsers buddy! I quickly assured him he'd be JUST fine. (and I thought Kylie was dramatic!) (and yes he wears those goalie pads most of the time when he is home)

Karter is often the center of attention . . . and when he actually sleeps, I have to beg the kids to just leave him alone and give him his space.

I love it that they love him though!! 

 Kade does NOT like hearing Karter cry.  He is quick to rescue him and seems to know what he is doing too . . .this is the position we often use to relieve him of his stomach pain and Kade is quite the pro at it too.

I also overheard Kade telling Kevin tonight that he thought he would like to go to bed rather than watch the hockey game . . . he can't WAIT for his birthday tomorrow!

 And Kylie - what can I say about her? She is a big help. She is my right hand woman and most of the time doesn't mind helping.  Her favorite is Karter's bathtime.  She also loves to hold Karter as long as he doesn't cry . . . though she is getting more comfortable with that too.

Overheard by Kylie today: "I'm hungry."  (actually she says that every day at least twenty times)

So that is a bit of this and that about the kids and our lives.  Have a great weekend!

So Excited. So Proud. So Blessed.

We are super thrilled to announce the birth of our son!!

Karter Seth

Born on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 @ 1:18am

9lbs 3oz

22 inches

Proud siblings: Kevin, Kade and Kylie!  

Ready to go out into the big wide world!

 Home with a thrilled daddy!

 Kylie loves to help already . . . and I think she will be a huge help to me!

For You formed my inward parts;

You covered me in my mother’s womb.

I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Marvelous are Your works,

And that my soul knows very well.

My frame was not hidden from You,

When I was made in secret,

And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.

And in Your book they all were written,

The days fashioned for me,

When as yet there were none of them.

And since I should present things factually . . . this is a bit more accurate picture of our little man --- which just translates to more snuggle time (and a whole lot less work being accomplished, and a little less sleep . . . but I am just choosing to enjoy this bonding time!! I know he'll grow up way too fast anyway, so a fussy baby is helping me cherish the moment!!)

And that's all the details I can do for now. Someone is calling!

Dream Come True . . .

The story begins on Saturday morning.  I got a call from Carrie.  She chatted and scoped out my general health and plans for the day before breaking the news that she had two extra Toronto Maple Leaf tickets that she needed to find owners for!  Friends of hers from church (Randy and Judy) have seasons tickets and connections to a few more . . . so 6 seats all together. Darwin and Jeremy were not overly interested (crazy folks) so we popped up on Carrie's radar.  Jonathan had to milk that afternoon and our departure time was 3:30ish, so it was easy to figure out who got to go with me:)  Kevin was super excited!! This was a dream come true for him (and me!).  I have been to a Leafs game when I was about Kevin's age and have probably been figuring out how to get back (without breaking the bank) ever since then!  We had pondered catching the Leafs in Florida (they played the Panthers last time we were there), but even that seemed a little too pricey. So to have tickets fall into our laps like this was just SUPERB!

 We stopped at McDonald's for supper on the way, hit a bit of traffic (which the kids just LOVED!) but were soon within feet of the ACC!

 And then we found out where we got to sit!  They had two seets RIGHT behind the goalie (like second row, aisle seets) .  Kevin and I got those seats for the first period.  The other four seats were also fantastic . . . a little higher up and a little more "centre ice", so a bit more view of the entire ice surface.  We watched from there for the second period. The third period we moved back down to the ice level to some empty seats that the usher (who our hosts know) scoped out for us b/c they weren't being used that night.  FANTASTIC!!!

 

Kevin's little write up. Funny how he recalls very different details than I would write about if I had to write a summary of my night! Thought I'd include it, so we have two viewpoints:)

 The Leafs actually won!! It was their first home win since mid February I believe!! (I think it was b/c of me . . . hint hint) It was a pretty exciting game to watch too . . . especially the dying seconds of the game!

 Randy and Judy had extra jerseys, so Carrie and I got to look very patriotic too!

 And Randy and Judy totally spoiled us . . . not only driving us down there, but buying Kevin a TML puck and game night program and this bear for the new baby (which Kylie has seriously adopted as her own . . . and when I tell Jonathan that she should be not dragging it all over the house - it is white after all - he tells me that if Carlton was in Toy Story, he would be a very happy bear . . . .so I guess I shall let her play with him all she wants:))

So that was a fun (albeit late) night!!! I'd do it again in a heartbeat and maybe next time I'd let Jonny Boy come with me;)  Thanks Carrie for thinking of me. I know there are tonnes of people who would have jumped at the opportunity to go and I'm very grateful that you asked me . . . and Kevin is most definitely too.   I'm thinking that if i get to a few more games next year, the Leafs will most likely win the Stanley Cup!!!

Wordless Wednesday

(b/c I think this is my favorite new feature of picasa)
And the kids are mighty cute too!!!