These moments

These sleepy cuddles make every hard mama moment worth it. It rejuvenates my soul seeing that droopy mouthed baby on my shoulder. My days of sleepy cuddles are numbered. Beckham has blessed me being the best second and final child I could have imagined. He has given me more cuddles, smooches and taken his time with everything. He will always be my sweet baby. 

Whisked Away

Brent doesn't do it often but when he does he does so so so good.

I had a ROUGH mommy week a couple weeks ago. I don't seem to have them often but when I do. Wowzers. 

He wisked me swag for a night at Tulalip. Compliments of grandma and grandpa babysitting! 

Rest

Chit chat

Snuggles 

Shopping

Yummie food

Chit chat

Tire shopping 

And some good long walks.

It's amazing what 24 hours does for the soul!

It was also our 9 year dating anniversary.

Don't worry Brent had no idea. We don't celebrate it. I'm just a nut and remember those types of things!

Playland With the Kids

We took the kids to Playland a couple weeks ago with 'nana and papa' oh man it was a hoot! Max & Teri also joined us. We knew our thrill seeker Audrey would love it BUT were concerned about our tall 2 year old. 

Well I am SO glad we were wrong!!!!

Beckham was JUST tall enough for a lot of things and enjoyed everything!!!! Audrey was totally in her element! They were in bliss! A total repeat for sure! 

Mommy and daddy also ditched the babes with Nana and Papa so that we could go on THREE big 'kid' rides solo!

Beckham practically dragged us ride to ride squeeling with excitement! He even went on some that I couldn't believe he didn't get SO scared in!

Celebrating Audrey

4 is SO fun.

Because they are just as excited as you are at 4

Because they are able to do so many fun things 

Because they are just mini adults 

Because they are so much fun

Because they are tall enough for REAL adventures!

For Audrey's birthday we started off at the grocery store so she could choose all the fixings for her cake. 

She got to choose the color of the cake, the color of the icing, lots of treats to decorate.

She had a blast decorating it this year (she did last year as well) the only difference was this year I totally let go and let her do whatever she wanted. Nothing Pinterest perfect but totally 4 year old fun. 

Grandma gave her $4 in loonies. We let her and Beckham choose two .19 cent fish to take home and pay for by themselves with that money. This is to replace Beckhams fish 'two'. Audrey named the white fish 'Princess' beckham named the orange fish 'two' we call it 'Two the 2nd' lol.

We then has naptime. Glorious naptime. Or course we opened presents earlier in the morning.

I also have a 'eat whatever you want even if it's treats all day' on your birthday so we started the morning off with cupcakes. 

After naptime Beckham got dropped off at Grandmas so Audrey could have some quality time with mommy&daddy!

We took her to Castle Fun Park so we could go 'go-karting' and play games! It was a hit for sure!!!!

Coffee Table Rehab

Our practically free wooden coffee table 

This is it after sanding 

This is it after priming 

I'm excited for the paint&pairing with our outdoor furniture!!!!

Food cleanse

So Audrey was supposed to be the special helper, have show and tell, bring in a special treat for her friends at preschool because it was her birthday. 

We have a busy day celebrating our princess so the evening came fast. I stayed up late making coloured kettle corn (purple) for all her preschool friends and put it in little containers. It was so cute. I has one of those moments were I felt like I was 'in the mommy groove' you know that artsy, above and beyond mom...not something I strive for but for my girls special birthday I wanted to try do something fun for her. 

Well that night she must have heard me making it. 

When I woke up all the containers were gone.

She had taken them to her room.

Taken them and eaten all 18.

Taken them and destroyed the cute packages.

Oh my lanta. I have never been so upset. I called Brent and vented before I discipled her. Heck, Grandma came to watch beckham while I took her to her special preschool. I still hadn't discipled her. Usually consequences are easy for me. I'm not a Crazy disciplinarian but I for sure believe that there needs to be a consequence to our actions when they are wrong so our little ones learn life's not all about doing whatever we want. 

I was stumped and heart was bleeding. All I wanted was to do something special for her. Now I had to discipline her-bah. 

She got a time out. (A big one)

She is going to start a sweet cleanse. A week of no treats, sweets or anything sugary. She will learn that unless we ask permission we can't just eat whatever we want. Treats are just that. A treat. You need to earn them. Not just eat 18 boxes of popcorn. 

Cheers to hopefully a smooth week of chatting about food boundaries with my 4 year old. Hopefully I don't crash and burn hahaha

Audrey is 4

4 years ago. On this very day. My midwifed had mercy on my poor pregnant body and soul. They decided to induce me and help bring along the best gift I could have received at the end of a long and tiring pregnancy. My Audrey bounded into the world. She was 9lbs 10oz and 22 inches long. She was vibrant right from the start. Brent and I always joke that she skipped the newborn stage. She wasn't the typical sleepy newborn. She slept great at night but was WIDE awake during the day. She introduced me to motherhood with a BANG! She had me running right from day 1. We also always said that she was ready to walk straight from the womb-she hit her milestones at such speed it had us so proud and googling like mad-haha the week to week 'what to expect' was totally off...usually by MONTHS because she would jump ahead like crazy! So funny! 

Fast forward 4 years.

I genuinely love all my time with my princess. My heart hurts when I have to discipline her but I want to shape her into a beautiful young woman with healthy boundaries and respect for others. She is always full of life, adventure, hope, dreams and mischief. She is a perfect addition to our family. I couldn't have dreamed of a better daughter. She has taught me so much about myself and who I want to be already. It's amazing what wise words a four year old can have. As well as some sassy ones to-as I'm sure you can imagine. I'm pretty sure I wasn't as smart as her when I was four. 

She has such a kind heart and when she loves she loves with all her heart. She is a giver. She is a people pleaser. She is such a good friend and everyone that knows her always is smitten by her vivacious personality. 

I am so so so proud of my Audrey. I hope one day when she reads this she will know how very much I loved her ever since I peed on that very first pregnancy test. 

I am so so so excited for what the next year holds for my very sweet Audrey!