Mommy's Thoughts

It's a boy!!!

2011-12-09T07:57:00.006-06:00

We found out yesterday that we are having a boy. I was not at all surprised, I knew this little guy was coming. Somehow I have able to feel the spirit of each of my children while I'm pregnant. I've felt the presence of this little boy for a while, even before I was pregnant with Maddie. I knew he would be coming soon. Adam and I decided a long time ago we would call him Perry, after his Daddy. Adam's first name is Perry and I've always loved the name even though he doesn't use it. Adam was named after his Uncle who passed away. I really love using family names. It's a small way to honor those we respect, which makes each name special. All of our children are named after someone we love. The boys came with us to the ultrasound and we a had a lot of fun. The experience was great for them both. The techician revealed the sex of the baby to Timmy first and then Tim told the rest of us, while trying not to giggle. It was very exciting. I do feel a little sorry that Maddie will not have a sister. It should be interesting to see what are family looks like in five years. A whole lot of boys, lol.

Fall Family Shoot

2011-10-14T18:38:00.003-05:00

We have an amazing youth in our ward named Emily Jones who has started getting into photography. She had been asking me for awhile if she could take our family pictures. So we finally figured out a time to meet and did our pictures. I have to say I am super impressed!!! I feel like she did such an amazing job!!! I will be going back to her for sure!!!

Baby #4

2011-10-14T18:20:00.005-05:00

So Adam and I did a lot of thinking before we decided to go ahead with baby #4. We spoke with our family doctor and my OB that had done my last c-section and I got the thumbs up from all of them. It didn't take long to get pregnant at all. I took so many pregnancy tests cause i knew I was pregnant but the second line wasn't coming up very dark. I was planning for an April baby because that is when my birthday is and I have always loved having birthdays in April. So we are super excited and a little nervous. Can we really do this??? lol. Telling my family was alot of fun and my mom didn't believe me, it was hilarious. I'm really lucky that I have a great family that doesn't judge me for wanting to have another. We had a bit of a scare at 8 weeks where I was bleeding pretty bad but after an ultra to confirm everything was fine my nervous went back to normal. We have been for our 12 week ultra sound this week and it was so nice seeing this little baby dance around. It really doesn't get old. I've had a couple of puking moments but I think this has been the easiest pregnancy so far. Looking forward to finding out who this little baby is in dec!!!

Two month catch up!!!

2011-10-03T21:04:00.021-05:00

So with the summer ending and school starting its been hard to try and find the time to catch up with my blogging. But I'm going to try and do a little rundown of whats been going on. We had Spencer's 4th birthday at the splash pad with some of his buddy's. They all had a great time together

School has started for All the kids. Timmy started grade one and Spencer JK and Maddie playschool. Timmy has been learning to read in french. Spencer is doing very well and his teacher really likes him, so thats been nice. Maddie really liked going to playschool two weeks ago but seems to be shy this week. Its been really nice having a little break from the kids tue/thur morning and getting to do the things I need to get done.

I have started to entre the world of canning. We had a RS activity where we learned how to make salsa and apple sauce and I was insiried. I have made some strawberry jam, peaches and pickled beets. Its been a lot of fun learning how to do these things.

Summer of swimming

2011-08-04T22:17:00.007-05:00

This past week our family has done so much swimming its been great!!! We went to a free family swim at the rec center, then a pool party at a good friends place with our kiddies,went up to Adam's parents trailer for a swim then to my brother Mark's house for a swim in London. Its been so much fun seeing how much Spencer has grown in the pool. He has gained so much confidence and can swim by himself with life jacket on. Timmy has a huge fear of swimming so he doesn't go in all the way. We are working on that one. Maddie started to swim by herself with a life jacket and floaters on her arms at my brothers house today after seeing the twins do it she wanted to try. It was so cute seeing her being so independent. So far our summer has been super busy with so much swimming and lots of great memories!!

Kindergarden graduate.

2011-08-04T21:39:00.005-05:00

Timmy is heading into grade one this Sept and I can't believe how fast the last two years have gone. I remember the first day of school I took him and I was so nervous he would start crying and not want to go but he was so ready and didn't even look back. The first day on the school bus however was a different story. He was so scared of going on it for two weeks and now he loves the bus. He has been such a great student. The teachers would tell me how well behaved he was and how much they enjoyed him. I am very proud of my little guy for doing well in his first two years of school. This year he will be doing full day everyday and I wonder how he will do. I wonder what the next two years will bring for him?

Camping and the Hill Cumorah Pageant

2011-07-17T20:29:00.019-05:00

Every year for as long as I can remember I have gone to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant in Palmyra NY. This year we went with some great friends and there two boys and our two boys. We both left the little ones with family, which we both missed so much but we felt it was the best decision for out trip. We started off with some fun shopping at the Outlets and then stopped for some yummy lunch at Bob Evans. Off we went to out KOA camp site and then went for a swim. The boys loved the water. Spencer learned to swim on his our with his life jacket one for the first time. I was so proud of him. Timmy has a fear of pools and enjoyed the water fun the side. The weather was perfect, so nice and hot for swimming. The Saturday we went to the Children's museum in Rochester. Wow that place is huge!!! You could easily spend all day there. My boys really loved the super hero section. We all had a lot of fun. Watching the pageant was so much fun to. Spencer kept asking me "what's going on?" and " Whats going to happening next?" We stayed in a very cute little cabin with a bunk bed and a queen sizes bed. Spencer ended up taking over our bed cause of his bad allergies, poor little guy. All and all we had a blast! We were with good company and all the boys were very well behaved. Timmy's favorite part was the mini golfing and Spencer loved the children's museum. It was a great family tradition that we will remember for a long time.

Strawberry picking

2011-07-07T22:55:00.010-05:00

I took the kids strawberry picking for the first time and they had a blast. They all did very well and lasted pretty long. Maddie lasted the longest, she loved it. She kept calling the strawberries "shortcakes" like the strawberry shortcake show. It was so cute. They all had their own baskets and picked some pretty small strawberries and even some green ones, lol. I had to keep on eye on each one. After the picking we had some ice cream which completed the event nicely. I had my friend Wendy come with us and help. We just finished making some yummy jam and I think we will be set for a while with the amount of strawberries we picked. Such a great day!

Best Canada day!!!

2011-07-01T22:15:00.009-05:00

Today we had the best Canada day! We went to the beach for 6 hours and the kids had a blast!!! We had so much fun playing in the water and building sand castles. Everyone was so well behaved. Maddie was so funny, she had a floating ring on for two hours. She did not want to take it off. It was so funny, even when she went to the park she kept it on. We always have a great time at the beach. Then we stopped for some yummy ice cream and the kiddies were really happy. Then off to the fair grounds to dance in a Zumba demo. My new favorite passion, Zumba exercise. I love it! We had so much fun sweating away. Then last but no least was the fireworks. The kids faces said it all, they loved it! It was such a great day with no meltdowns. A great family tradition and a great Canada day!!!! happy Canada day!!!!

Bat Mobile

2011-06-25T23:20:00.008-05:00

While leaving Walmart today the boys discovered the Bat mobile in the parking lot! They were so excited they thought Batman would be there, lol. The gentleman that owned the vehicle was so nice and told the boys they could even sit on the car for a picture. They were in heaven. What a nice surprise for them.

Do you see the resemblance?

2011-06-20T21:58:00.003-05:00

I've had so many people say to me that I look a lot like Maddie. I don't always see it and my own mother has never seen it. My sister took a photo of Maddie yesterday and wow I could totally see it. Its so fun seeing a child that resembles yourself. I am interested in seeing how much more she might look like me in the future. We both love to dancing and sing to each other. Its so much fun having a girl and being able to relate to each other. She is my sweet little girl and I love her so much!

Who will you marry???

2011-06-12T15:56:00.004-05:00

I always wonder who my boys will marry some day. I hope it is someone I will get along with and who will treat them well. I hope I will have taught them enough on how to be a great husband that their future wife will be happy. Its been so cute with Spencer lately when I ask "who will you marry?" He says Maddie. I just laugh so hard, it is the cutest thing ever. He will tell us that Daddy is the King, Mommy is the Queen, Timmy is the Knight and Maddie is the Princess and he is the Prince. I think all of these Princess movies we have been watching lately are starting to confuse him, but I just think it is so sweet. It will be funny to tell him when he gets older how he wanted to marry is little sister. I sure he be embarrassed. For know I will just enjoy this sweet innocent stage of life.

First try at cake decorating.

2011-06-04T23:58:00.002-05:00

I love making cupcakes and I feel pretty comfortable doing them. I've been wanting to try and make a buttercream cake and some day a fondant cake. So we are celebrating Maddie's birthday tomorrow at my parent house so I thought I would try and do a buttercream icing cake. Boy I'm I bad at it, hahahaha. I have a lot of work to do. Its really hard keeping a steady hand. For being my first cake ever i guess it could be worse. I seriously need to take some cake decorating class, lol. I wonder if fondant would be easier??? I'm really working on my inner creative self and its been fun! can't wait to see what my next project will be.

T-Ball.

2011-06-02T20:57:00.003-05:00

So the baseball season has started. This year Timmy and Spencer are on the same team and Adam is coaching them. It has been a lot of fun and so cute watching them try and play the game. This is going to be a great season because almost everyone on the team is our friends. I love seeing the boys faces when they try and run or hit the ball it is so cute. Can't wait to see what the rest of the summer holds for us.

My baby girl turns 2!!!!

2011-05-27T21:57:00.008-05:00

Miss Maddie turned 2 today! I can’t believe she has been in our lives for 2 years already, it just flew by. She has been such a joy in my life. She was such an easy baby and we bounded so fast. She was the first baby that I nursed and I feel like that has helped us grow closer. I can’t explain how much she means to me. She is so easy going and always has a smile on her face. She is starting to talk a little and it just melts my heart. I love having a girl in my life. We watch Cinderella and Tangled together and she sings and dances to them. She loves dancing and anytime music is playing she just has to move her little body. She also loves to sing; sometimes in the car I can hear her singing along to my songs, it puts the biggest smile on my face. She also is a little feisty and can hold her own with her brothers. She is not afraid to play with what she wants to play with. She rules the house and she just loves her boys and they love her. She has her Daddy wrap around her little finger. She always makes us laugh. She loves to cuddle with her mommy and daddy and is always willing to give us her booger kisses. She is very independent and likes to do things herself. There are so many things I can say about my Miss Maddie. I love this little girl and I am so grateful that the Lord sent her to our family!

My BFF!!!!

2011-05-22T14:45:00.003-05:00

Do you have a good friend that you don’t get to see much but when you do its like you’ve never been apart? Well I do. Emily Templeman has been my best friend since we were teenagers. We used to have so much fun together, always laughing our heads off. I always would say its never a dual moments when Emily is around. She is always getting herself in the funniest situations. One time we went to a drive thru with her Dad’s big boat car and she managed to drive into the drain pipe and pull it off. It was so funny at the time, most likely not sure much to the restaurant, lol. Emily is moving to Paris this summer for her husband’s schooling so she decided to come to for one more visit with her little baby Liam before she leaves. I haven’t had a chance to meet little Liam but he was such a cutie! What a sweet baby, I loved him. Every time she comes for a visit we always have to go to Dollarama because they don’t have one in Utah. Man does she have fun there, lol. We got a whole bunch of chocolate bars that they don’t have in the states for her family, we looked like little pigs, Iol. My kids loved Liam; they pretty much entertain him the whole time. We had a great time and i wish it was longer. Its like we've always been together. Its always great catching up with her and I will miss her until we meet again.

Sharing the gospel.

2011-05-01T12:17:00.002-05:00

Why is it so hard for me to share the gospel with my friends? That is a question I constantly ask myself. I have been brought up in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and I truly believe it is the true gospel of Christ. I have such a strong testimony in who I am, where I came from and where I going. I have had so many great experiences growing up in the church. I feel like it is the reason my childhood was so amazing. Yet I still don’t have the courage to share this wondering gospel with my friends. Don’t get me wrong every single one of my friends knows that I belong to the LDS church and know the things I stand for, however I haven’t been courageous enough to encourage them to come to church with me for the fear or rejection or them taking offence. Some of my friends belong to others faiths which have a lot to compete with in the sense of entertainment and social coffee meet ups. I know people feel like there is too much commitment required of us as members. In my experiences when I am living my life they way God wants my life is so much more full and happy. I am grateful for the knowledge and understanding of the plan of happiness. If I believe in something 100% then I should be sharing this with the world. Instead I am giving into my fears and in turn my friends as missing out on something that can truly bless their lives and make them so much better. If I could help bring one soul back to the Savior how great would be his joy! So I need to look for opportunities to share the gospel and be courageous. I would hate for the day that my friends turned to me and say “why didn’t you tell me anything?”

Meaningful Friendships.

2011-04-30T11:49:00.000-05:00

Since being off of facebook for a while I have wanted to strengthen the friendship that I have. I’ve wanted to make more meaningful relationships in my life. Sometimes it’s easy to get caught up in social media and think that you have so many friends because you know what is going on in their lives. However I have found that I wasn’t getting my emotional bank account filled, lol. Everything felt very superficial and not genuine. It’s amazing how many other people where feeling the same way I did when I would tell them some of the reasons why I went off facebook. Many of them don’t know how to change it. I have been trying to go back to the basic of calling people. I know that does sound funny but for some reason since facebook has come around it’s been harder for me to pick up the phone and call people. I’m afraid they might be sleeping or busy, so I don’t want to bug them. I have even had some friends that would screen their calls and just didn’t want to talk. So I stepped out of my comfort zone and started calling people. The results have been great. I’m getting to know some of friends even better now and we are hanging out even more. So what I learned from leaving facebook is that I do have people that care about me and that it’s important to continue to develop more meaningful relationships in my life.

Happy Easter

2011-04-29T21:00:00.004-05:00

I always love Easter time because it is so close to my birthday. I have such fond memories of trying to find the really hard Easter eggs my Dad would hide in the food storage room. We had such a great time this year with my family. We all met at the church and did crafts, played games, eat some yummy food and off course went Easter egg hunting. Timmy was so in to it this year. It was a blast. He was running around the church looking high and low and found the most eggs out of the all the grand kids. It was awesome to see him so excited. . It was so much fun watching my mom get all into it with the grand kids. She has so much energy, way more then me, lol. My kids are so luckily to have such a great grandmother. My good friend Heather joined us this year with her two little ones and it was so much fun showing her how crazy my family can get. Its nice having such a great big family. We are thinking of maybe even doing a talent show next year with all the grand kids, lol.

New Hobbies.

2011-03-28T20:51:00.003-05:00

I have so many amazingly talented friends. I have always admired them and have thought that I wasn’t that crafty at all. I have been trying to step out of my box and try different things within the last year. My new favorite hobby is making cupcakes. I love looking at them and definitely love eating them. I use to think they were so hard to make. However going on google made it so much easier for me, lol. I have so many great memories of baking with my mother and I love baking with my kids. My boys are not huge into crafts but they love baking with me, most likely because they love to lick the bowl when it’s all done. We bake almost two to three times a week in our home. I have had some people tell me I should start a business but I feel like if I was to do that then it wouldn’t be as fun for me and I don’t want it to become a chore. I just love making them for fun and to share with other people. My favorite thing is to go online and see what new and see if I could try and make them. Then I love giving them away so I don’t eat them all. I am very proud of myself for trying new things and strengthen my talents.

An inspired assignment

2011-03-19T23:46:00.000-05:00

I feel like the assignment from our stake president to go off non-essential media was truly inspired. I had been wanting to do this for a long time but never got the strength to do it. We love media in our home. I enjoy watching my reality show after the children are in bed. Adam enjoys watching sports and the children enjoy their morning cartoons. However all of these things have not always been the best use of our time. They are distractions from what is really important for our family. I really want a house of peace and to feel the sprit in our home each and every day. I want my children to be able to come home and notice the different feeling when they enter the home. I had thought this would be so hard for our family because we had such a routine of using these media sources to entertain us as well as babysit the children. I am guilty of using the internet and television as tools to help keep my children entertained as I do other things around the house. We started off the week by explaining what we were going to do. We told them no internet games, not television and no music, so that we could invite the spirit to be in our home. The only exception Adam and I had decided on was Church movies. The boys were so great. I think it was harder for Adam and me then them. The whole week Timmy kept reminding us that we were watching Church movies only. Even when my younger sister was babysitting them one evening Timmy reminded her that they can only watch Church movies. What a great little boy he is. He is so in tuned and so obedient when it comes to rules. He will be such a great example to his brother and sister when they are older. As the week went on there was such peacefulness in the home that I hadn’t felt in a long time and that I had been yearning for. The children played better and Adam and I enjoyed each other’s company each night discussion church doctrine and spiritual matters. I couldn’t believe how much my children were learning from the animated church movies we had borrowed from a friend. I had thought they were too young to really start teaching them things from the Bible and The Book of Mormon, but they weren’t. They loved watching the story of Joseph Smith and Mormon and Moroni. This has been such a blessing in our lives. We were so happy with the result from the week that we have cancelled our cable. Something I could never have imagined. My children no longer wake up to morning cartoons and Adam and I have continued to have scripture study each night. There is a lot of great media in the world however I feel like there is more evil media in the world that is trying to destroy the family. We need to filter what we let come in our home. We are the ones that can keep our homes a secreted holy place. I am grateful for in tuned leaders in our church that are always here to motivate and encourage us to do the right thing. I am grateful to be a part of the Lords church and to feel such love from him each and every day.

What I've learned.

2011-03-19T23:39:00.000-05:00

I can’t believe how much I have learned and felt in the last three weeks. Going off facebook has been such a freeing experience. I feel like I am getting a lot more done in the day and I can feel such a change in the mood of everyone in my home. I’m in a better mood because I am not so distracted by what everyone else is doing, lol. The one area that I was really nervous about was not having anyone care or miss me. I had come to believe that I had so many friends who cared about me because of facebook that I was afraid once I was to go off that no one would make the same effort as they did on facebook. What I have learned from this is friendship takes work but they become more meaningful when you do. We need to invest more in our friend’s emotional bank accounts rather than like a person’s status or leaving a comment. I have been putting in the effort to call more people and I am getting an overwhelming response from it. Lots of my friends feel the same way I do and wish they could also go off facebook but are afraid of being left out if they did. I have had many new play dates with friends I would normally never call and just leave nice comments on their facebook. It’s been awesome!!! Some friends are even calling me to make sure I am up to date on what’s going on. It’s been nice. I feel like my husband was inspired to help me get back on the straight and narrow path and I am grateful for such an amazing husband.

Media Fast!!!

2011-03-06T20:25:00.004-06:00

So as I have decided to leave facebook last week I have now been challenged to do something else. Our Stake President from our church has challenged everyone to abstain from non essential media usage this week in preparation for a joint meeting next Sunday. The purpose is to develop a deeper recognition of the potential negative effects and influence of an excess of non essential media in our lives. I am the first to admit that I love media. I enjoy watching my television shows and I enjoy browsing the Internet and listening to music in the car. However I'm not the best at limiting myself sometimes. I have been feeling for a while that I have so much noise surrounding me that I rarely hear the still small voice of the lord. As a child and as a teenager I consistently felt the love from my Heavenly Father. Having children, being so busy and sleep deprived it has been very hard for me to just sit and be still. I have missed it. Within the lasts two weeks of going off facebook I have felt so much joy. There is more joy in my home and in my heart. I can't believe how much of a distraction it has been for me. I have already had so many great experiences in such a short period of time and I know I am doing the right thing. I am very excited to see what else I can experience this week that will help uplift me. I want to be a better wife, mother and friend and I know taking this challenge will send me in the right way. I encourage anyone else to try and do a media fast for themselves and see where it take them.

"Some of us may have difficulty teaching about the Spirit because we find it hard to recognize our own spiritual feelings. We may mistakenly be looking for momentous manifestations, but spiritual experiences are more likely to come as a quiet assurance, a burning in the bosom or an impression that silently prompts us to act or holds us back from acting."

C. Terry and Susan L. Warner

Leaving Facebook!!!

2011-02-21T20:19:00.005-06:00

Well I can't believe I am doing this but I am going off of Facebook. I have mixed emotions on the matter. I have spent way to much time on it. So Adam had challenged me a while ago to go on a facebook fast. I didn't think that it would be possible because I was so addicted!!! What would I do without my friends commenting on my status everyday and not knowing what everyone was up too??? I have to say I laugh at that now because when I went off for a week nothing happened, nothing changed and it made me realize that I wasn't as close to the 300 friends as I had thought. It made me realize that I want to be a better friend to the people I do talk to and to have more meaningful relationships in my life. Facebook has so many great aspects to it don't get me wrong, but it was distracting me from what was really important in my life. So it was time for a change, a new me!!! Time to go back to the old fashion way of doing it. Picking up the phone and calling people and seeing how they are doing. Now I must admit I am very nervous on how to go about doing this again. So many of us are afraid to call each other now a days. Whatever the reason is I need to get over my fears and just do it!!!. After being off for a week I decided to let my friends know that I was done and that I would love to have they numbers so we can keep in contact. I have to say the response was overwhelming. I didn't realize how much people DID care about me after all. One message stood out the most for me and it confirmed that I was doing the right thing. A good friend told me that she wishes she could do the same thing as I. She felt the same way I did. She admired me for doing this and is hoping to follow in my direction. I guess sometimes you never know who you might help. So I am hoping I will get better at writing my blog. I know I am not a very good writer so please so mercy, lol. This will be a good way for me to update with whats going on in my life to my small group of friends and family. This has been a very liberating experience and I would encourage anyone else that might be feeling the same way I do to give it a try.

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-12-21T20:36:00.002-06:00

Christmas is just 4 days away and I wanted to wish everyone a very merry christmas!!!!

I did it!!!

2010-12-04T19:50:00.003-06:00

So I started a running group 9 weeks ago. It was a learn to run 5K clinic. We would run together every Wednesday night and then run two other times on our own. I was very nervous but excited to start this group because I used to love running when I was in high school. However three kids later and now 50 pounds heavy its been hard finding the motivation. My friend invited me to join with her, so I did. I am so happy I did. I feel so inspired and want to keep going. So today was my very first race in years. It was a beautiful -4 degree outside. The sun was shining and no snow. I was so happy!!! My sister Erin join me for the race and I was so proud of her. This was a very beginner fun race so it wasn't too stressful. I was able to run and feel confident about my abilities the whole race. I was really prepared for this day. I finished the race in 35 minutes and I was so proud of myself. I almost cried at the end when I saw my little boys cheering me on. They were so proud of me. Now my next goal is to do a 10K race in May!!! I'm so excited to keep training and see how much more I can improve.

What am I going to do with him???

2010-11-25T21:04:00.003-06:00

So I love my little Spencer so much but sometimes he can really give me a run for my money. Adam and I went grocery shopping and like always Spencer takes off and we lose him for a couple of minutes. So Adam was running around looking for him and then he finally found him sitting on the floor eat a giant toblerone bar. Somehow he managed to open it all by himself and started eating away. Adam took a picture cause it was so funny. When we took it to the cashier to pay for it she started laughing so hard she couldn't believe it. The whole time Spencer had a look like "What did I do Mom?" What am I going to do with him, lol. There is such a sweet spirit about him but sometimes he can get into such trouble. He gives you such a sweet adorable smile and you just melt and forget why you were angry with him. I can't wait until he is able to communicate better with us and I can hear what his little mind is saying sometimes. He is such a joy and makes life worth laughing.

Our Gigi sneak peak!!!

2010-10-31T22:30:00.004-05:00

We had some family pictures taken with our amazing friend Gillian and she had posted our sneak peak on Timmy's birthday. She wrote the sweetest words about me, I almost cried. It is really nice hearing what people think about you sometimes. I just love her and the great example of a mother that she is. I am so blessed to have met her and to be able to call her my friend. Her amazing photography is always so breath taking and she really is able to capture the true spirit within each of us. I am so happy we got the chance to have her come and take our pictures in front of the Temple. Such a special place for our family. It is where Adam proposed to me and where we were married. I really love looking back at family photo's so I am grateful for these shoots we have!!! Check out her blog, she is awesome!!!!

www.gigiphotography.com/blog/

A busy October month.

2010-10-31T22:10:00.003-05:00

October is always such a fun crazy busy month for us. We have Adam and Timmy's birthdays in this month but we also have 5 other family members birthdays too. At the beginning on the month my sister had a beautiful baby boy named Liam whom I just adore. He ended up having an infection at two weeks old and was admitted back to the hospital. Poor little guy and poor Sister. He was there for over a week. He is healthy and back home. Such a sweet little spirit. We had our annual Puddicombe Thanksgiving hike. Which was a lot of fun. Adam and I got to attend an amazing couples conference in Kitchener for the night. It was so much fun hanging out with friends and also getting a night away from the kids. I think it is so important to take the opportunity to get away sometimes and strengthen your marriage, which we normally don't get to do but we will be doing for a new family tradition now. I had also planned a surprise 3oth birthday party for Adam. It was so much fun and he felt very loved. Then it was time for Timmy's birthday party. we had 13 boys come to our place for a movie party. It was a bit nuts to say the least. Lots of running and screaming, lol. Timmy had so much fun and that is all that matters. We also had a great time at a friends trunk or treat event and got tons of candy. Normally I'm all over that, but this time I am trying to stay away from all the candy because I have joined a running group and I am trying to stay fit and loss some baby weight. Now I just need to stay away from the grocery stores when they have their Halloween candy go on sale. lol. So it has been a very crazy busy month and I'm ready to move on to November!

Update for September.

2010-10-07T21:30:00.005-05:00

Since I'm so bad at blogging I thought I would just do an update because I feel like I don't have anything too exciting to write. September has been a crazy busy month. Adam is back at York University for the concurrent teachers program. I am very proud of him. Timmy started SK and he is loving it. He has his best friend in his class and he is happy. Spencer started Teddy bear playschool and it was a little hard getting him to go for the first two weeks. He would cry before we would get there and then he would cry when I would drop him off. I would slip out fast and I would here him crying at the door. So sad eh? When I would pick him up he would be so happy and he had a great time. Today was the first day he didn't cry! My beautiful miss Maddie started walking last week. Awww she is just so cute. I love watching her walk now, she is such a big girl. She also finally got her second set of teeth on the top. She hadn't had any new teeth since she was 9 months old. Also my sister Melissa just had her baby yesterday. He is such a cutie pie!!! So life is back in the swing of things and we are all having a blast together!

In cupcake heaven

2010-09-04T20:35:00.003-05:00

My best has been making the most yummy cakes and cupcakes for a while now. Anytime she is making something should would save me the extra butter cream because she knew how much I loved it. Well this summer I have been trying to explore my inner craftiness, lol. I have always felt like I'm not very crafty . I have so many wonderful friends with some many different business that I have wonder if I could do some of the things they have been making. I in no way want to start any of my own business but want to challenge myself and see what I can do. So me and the boy have been making lots of cupcakes and topping it off with my favorite icing, butter cream. Yum! I love that stuff. Adam was away for 5 days so we started making them and giving some away to our neighbours. So much fun for them! We have really enjoyed ourselves and they have been delicious.

Summer days!!!

2010-08-09T22:11:00.003-05:00

I am loving these summer days with the kids. We have had so many fun adventures. We have gone to the beach a couple of times, camping in Rochester NY, visiting with family at the cottage, visiting family in London and lots of parks and splash pads. It doesn't get any better then that. Its been a great summer with friends and family as well. Every day the boys ask "What are we doing today mom?" It is so much fun being able to do whatever we want with no school schedule to get in the way. I love all the traditions our family is starting to make and can't wait to see what traditions we will make in the future.

Potty Training

2010-08-08T22:31:00.003-05:00

I still can't believe that Spencer was potty trained in a week. Its been about three weeks now and he hasn't had an accident in two weeks. I have been so surprised by how well he has done. I am so proud of him. What a big boy he is becoming. I was able to train Timmy in TWO day, yes that's right two days. Timmy has always done everything so easy so I was expecting Spencer to be a bit of a challenge. After two days of having a naked day with Spencer I put his big boy underwear on and then he would have accidents in them as if they were his diapers. So we went back to the naked days again for another two days and then he was finally able to figure it out with his underwear on. I never thought it would happen, but it has. So happy and proud!

Busy days!

2010-06-08T14:42:00.004-05:00

Well May has come and gone and it has been a busy couple of weeks here. First we had Maddie's beautiful tutu birthday party. I still can't believe a year has gone by. I love this little girl so much. We are two peas in a pod, lol. I had invited all her little baby friends. It turned out great, it was too cute! Then we had my bestest friend Emily come for a visit from Utah. She stayed with me for a week. So much fun. She is expecting her first baby boy and I am excited for her. We stayed up late and went to the movies. The last big thing on my list this week was Spencer's surgery. He was having his tonsils and adenoids taken out and tubes put in his ears. He has had some problems with his sleeping, breathing and his hearing. So I am hoping things will be better for him. I have a couple of easy going weeks ahead of me which I am looking forward too.

Maddie the Model!

2010-05-01T22:36:00.003-05:00

A friend of mine ask me if I was interested in doing a fashion show with Miss Maddie at the International Convention Center. I thought it would be such a fun experience. She got to wear a really cute outfit from the store "Please Mum". The only thing I wasn't to excited about was having to walk out with her in front of people, lol. I don't really like the way I look right now, lol. She looked so cute and she was such a good girl the whole morning. She is so easy going and such an pleasant baby. I went with a good friend of mine and her little guy Carter. He was super cute and so smiley! Everyone just loved him to pieces. It was a really fun time.

Need to start sleep training!!!

2010-03-23T22:27:00.003-05:00

Here I go again with baby number three and sleep training and you would think I know what I'm doing by now but I don't. Maddie has been an awesome sleeper since birth. She got sick in December and her sleep was affected and it feels like we have started a lot of bad habits now. I don't know where to start again. I know I have done this with Spencer but that feels like such a big blur now. I wish I could have someone come and do all the sleep training for me. Wouldn't that be great. There is something about Maddie crying that makes me want to run and soothe her right away. My problem is I nurse her back to sleep in the night. She will wake up an hour later and need me to nurse her back to sleep again. Its such a bad habit and now I need to figure out what sleep training method I am going to take because I'm getting tired!!!! Wish me luck and lets hope I find something that works for us.

My Sweet Spencer

2010-02-25T16:34:00.003-06:00

I had Spencer's hearing test done today. I was really looking forward to finding out some of the reasons for his delay in speech. The doctor was great with Spencer. Normally Spencer is screaming and doesn't let anyone touch him and it becomes a very stressful experience for the both of us. We have had concerns about Spencer since birth. He has always sounded congested even when he isn't sick. He mouth breaths and wakes up in the night coughing. We have taking him to a children speech place and we were told he was a little delayed in his speech and has an articulation problem when he speaks. When he speaks it sounds like he is under water. So we have taking him for a hearing test and the doctor told us that his left ear was very low on hearing and even lower in the right ear. So we are now going back to our ENT doctor to hopefully have tubes put in and discuss the options of having his adenoids removed to help with the breathing and congestion. My motherly instincts were telling me all these things for a long time now and my family doctor never took me seriously. Its nice to finally know that things are going to start to get better for the little guy. He has such a great personality and we love him so much. He always makes up laugh, but his behaviour is also affected when he can't tell us what he wants or needs and then he starts to get very frustrated and angry. I can't wait to see what good changes will take place in Spencer in the next year. It was good news today!!!

Maddie's sneak peek!

2010-01-22T21:12:00.004-06:00

So my amazing friend Gillian took Maddie's pictures last week and she has posted them on her blog today. They are so sweet. She really captured Miss Maddie's sweet personality. I am going to have such a hard time picking which ones I want. I can't wait to see the rest. Gillian wrote the sweetest entry on how loved Maddie is and how she has a special place in my heart. Gillian is an amazing photographer but she is also very positive inspiring person. She makes you want to be a better mom. She has a true talent with taken pictures and capturing the soul. I love my little Maddie has been such a blessing in my life. I am so thrilled with these pictures that I wanted to post them on here to everyone to see.

Melissa's wedding.

2010-01-20T20:14:00.006-06:00

My big sister Melissa got married on the weekend. She meet Kevin when they were both working at Wonderland. It is only fit that they are now on their honeymoon in Disneyland. The whole family was there and it was so much fun. A great time was had by all. My Aunt from Scotland was down for the wedding and she brought the boys some Scottish Kilts. They looked so cute in them. It was so much fun dancing with all the family at the reception. Timmy was loving dancing with his Mommy. Spencer was the cutiest little thing dancing away with his Daddy and Uncle doing the chicken dance. I am very excited for the future that my sister will have and can't wait till she have some babies to play with, hehehehe. Congratulations to my big sis Melissa!!! All the best!!!

Christmas has come and gone.

2010-01-04T10:26:00.003-06:00

I can't believe how fast Christmas came and went. We were all so sick for this Christmas holiday that we really didn't get to enjoy it as much as we normally do. It was so cute seeing Timmy and Spencer the morning of Christmas coming down the stairs and seeing that Santa had come. There eyes just lit up. They are really getting the idea of Santa Clause. Its so sweet. It was also so nice getting together with Family. My favorite part is visiting family and friends and all the yummy treats!!! This year has been a little tighter then last year with Adam being in school full time so we were really surprised on Christmas morning to find a gift card for a grocery story in our car. I have no idea who it is from but we are really grateful for it. It really made me so happy. Its so nice the sweet spirit that everyone has on this great holiday season. I can't wait to be able to do the same for someone else one day. The true spirit of giving!!! I am so grateful for everything that I have in my life and can't wait to make 2010 a better year for our family!!!

Sweet baby girl!

2009-11-12T22:20:00.004-06:00

My little miss Maddie is just as sweet as she was when she was born. My heart just melts when she smiles at me. She is almost 6 months now and I feel like I have enjoyed every minute of it. She is always smiling and very happy. I couldn't ask for a better baby. She sleeps through the night, which didn't happen with Spencer until he was one, so I feel so lucky. Maybe that's why I am enjoying her so much, because I am getting SLEEP!!!! I can't wait to see more of her sweet personality and the dynamics that she brings to our family. I have to say it is so much fun having a girl.

A good time had by all.

2009-10-12T21:48:00.003-05:00

Our annual Thanksgiving family walk was today. We all matched as usual and had three new babies to add in the mix. It is always funny how many people are watching us in our walk. I love looking back at all the years (16 now!) we have done this family tradition. I look forward to it every year now. The best part is my sister Melissa is taking all the photo's for us. She is amazing at taking pictures and I love all the photo's she has taken of our family. I can't believe when I look at these pictures that I have three children now. The time is flying by. I wonder what another 10 years will look like for our big family. Great food, great company and great tradition!!! A good time had by all for sure.

My baby's first day of school

2009-09-10T21:03:00.004-05:00

So the day has come that Timmy has to go to school. I have such mix feelings about it all. I thought I would be very happy to have a brake from three kids to two kids, but I really missed him all day. He went right into his classroom without even looking back. He was so brave. I feel like our world will never be the same now. We have jumped into the world of time lines and schedules. We can't just decide to go to the park whenever we want to. He was so happy when he got home. Spencer really missed him a lot. He didn't know what to do with himself without his big brother around to play with. I have to say I am entering this stage half heartily. What will I do when all of my kids are in school?...... Work? Oh no, not that, lol. It just makes me want to hold on to Spencer that much longer now.

Didn't think it could get any better then this.

2009-08-15T23:08:00.007-05:00

Now that little Miss Maddie is here I couldn't be any happier. She is my little doll, lol. I just love her to pieces. She already adds a sweet spirit into our home. She has a sparkle in her eyes everytime she smiles. She is now at the stage of starting to coo and it already feels like we are having a conversation. I feel such a stronger bond with her then I did with the boys, I don't know if it has anything to do with the fact that I am breastfeeding her and I didn't with the boys or maybe cause she is a girl. I hope this feeling never changes and we continue to love and strengthen each other.

Maddie's baby blessing

2009-07-10T22:43:00.002-05:00

We had Maddie's baby blessing last Sunday and we all such a great time. I had her dress made by Adam's step mom Fran who did an amazing job! Part of the dress material is from my wedding dress. It was so beautiful and it really meant a lot to me. We had the whole family came back to our little house (25 people) and we had a little luncheon. I'm so grateful for all the help everyone gave us. My best friend Jenna made the cuties little girly cake. It also tasted amazing. We had a great time and we are so happy to have Maddie in our lives. I can't wait to see more of her sweet spirit shine though.

Spencer the butter ball!

2009-06-14T12:48:00.005-05:00

Since we have moved into our new place Spencer has really been exploring. He was always a busy kid and would get into stuff but lately since the baby has been born he is getting into everything. You really can't leave him alone for two seconds. Adam wasn't feeling well so I decided to go to church by myself (with Maddie). When I got home Spencer had managed to get a cube of butter off the counter and all over the floor and computer desk! It was so stressful trying to get greasy butter off of things. This has been Spencer's everyday occurrence. Its almost lie he is saying "What can I get into today?" Well I took a video of it for evidence for the future. I love that kid so much but man does he drive us nuts sometimes! I can't wait for what the future holds for him. He is going to be a very determined child I can tell you that much.

Best hubby ever!

2009-06-10T21:24:00.002-05:00

The last two weeks have been very stressful and busy for us. Adam lost his job the week before the baby was born and we had to move the same weekend I came home from the hospital. He has step right up to everything that I have needed him for without any complaints. I am so impressed with him and have so much appreciation in my heart. We will be celebrating our 6 year anniversary on Saturday. I can't not believe how time has flown by. It only feels like two years still. I always wanted to marry my best friend and he has been that for me and more. Its not always been easy or fun with each other, I have to say sometimes I feel like I'm married to my brother. I am so grateful for such a great husband that is willing to serve and help me in my time of need. Its a very humbling experience being in labour and in the recovery process and having someone by your side helping you in every way. I can't wait to see what the future holds for him but I know whatever he does he will be great! I am very happy and proud that he is my husband!

She's here!!!

2009-06-05T21:03:00.003-05:00

So baby Maddie decided to make her appearance two weeks early! My water broke on Wednesday May 27th at 7:30am and she was born at 12:50pm. It all happened so fast. She was born via c-section (my third) and I was encouraged by my doctor to not have anymore children because my uterus lining was so dangerously thin. I feel like that is the best decision however I don't want to think about it yet as it might make me cry. On top of having Maddie we were also moving on that Saturday, the day I came home from the hospital. So it has been a bit nuts since then. Also on the following Monday I was not feeling very well and started vomiting. I went into the ER and was admitted for the day. They weren't really able to figure out what was wrong with me and gave some some IV fluids and I began to feel better. However when I got home I started to vomited again. Hoping this would just go away I tried to sleep and feel better. Two more days later of vomiting I decided go back to the hospital. My family doctor was in the ER that day and was able to really try and figure out what was wrong with me. I have had some major heartburn through all my pregnancies. My doctor gave me some nausea pill and some heartburn medication and things became so much better. She order for some test to be done and they think that I might have an Ulcer. I will be finding out more details on Monday. So its been a long week for me. I was lost a total of 30 lbs and 20 lbs was in two days. On a happier more positive note baby Maddie have been amazing through out this whole ordeal. I am breastfeeding her which I never did with my other boys and its been amazing so far, she is just so perfect! She is my little princess! I couldn't be happier to have my little girl finally! She is here I can't wait to enjoy my life with my little sweet heart!

My Little Timbit!!

2009-05-22T20:39:00.002-05:00

Today was Timmy's first soccer game. He is on a team called the honey dippers. It was so cute watching all the little kids chasing after the ball at the same time. It was a lot of fun watching him really get into it. I was a little nervous because sometimes he can be very shy and won't want to participate. He was so into it he even had a couple of break aways. Overall I am so proud of him and can't believe how fast he is growning. I am looking forward to seeing how much he is going to learn and grow from this experience. My little Timbit is all grown up.

Easter Time!

2009-04-13T11:54:00.003-05:00

I have to say that I love Easter time. Mostly because its close to my birthday April 5th! However I also love it because of all the candy my kids get, hehehehe! It's been a lot of fun this year doing all the holidays with Timmy as he is now starting to understand them. Timmy had the chance of making a yummy Easter bunny cake at his play school. We also made some Easter cookies and he had two Easter egg hunts! He really enjoyed himself this year. After coming back from my mom's Easter egg hunt he said "can we do that again tomorrow". So cute. It is also a lot of fun because we get to spend time with all family. Are family is getting bigger and bigger every year it seems. I have to admit it was a little overwhelming this year at the Puddicombe home, lots of kids! We have starting lots of fun memories on these holidays! I can't wait to see what the next holiday brings!

Being Clumsy.

2009-03-18T22:31:00.002-05:00

Whenever I am pregnant I get so clumsy for some reason. I feel like my brain isn't quite the same right now. My most recent event has been falling down the stairs and then cutting myself shaving (on my finger, lol). I think I might have broken my baby toe too. Its been two weeks and it still hurts and I keep bumping it everyday and not giving a chance to really heal. I feel so pregnant right now that my center of gravity is so off all the time and I still have 11 weeks left. How am I going to make it. Well wish me luck and hopefully I can make it through the rest of my pregnancy unharmed.

(I thought I would add some photo's to gross you all out, hehehehe, sorry!)

First Day Of Teddy Bear Play School.

2009-02-19T12:32:00.004-06:00

It was Timmy's first day of play school today. I have to say I had butterfly's like it was my first day or something. I was very nervous as to how Timmy would act. Normally he has been very shy and scared and will start to cry and tell me not to leave. Knowing this however I still wanted to sign him up so he can get ready for school come Sept. Well we came into the class room and it was so busy and some kids were crying. I thought for sure he would feel overwhelmed. We took off his jacket and boots and his big buddy came and got him and ask him if he wanted to play. He went right off with his buddy and I slip out. I was watching him from the window and couldn't believe how well he did. I almost wanted to cry. My boy is growing up and isn't needing me anymore. I took Spencer to another play group and we came back to pick him up two and half hours later. When we came in he wasn't to happy to see me at all. He was all grumpy and wouldn't get out of his chair. I couldn't believe it, he didn't want to come home with me, he wanted to stay and play with his buddies. It was so sad to see. It took him about an hour at home to calm down and not be so angry. I guess its a good thing, it must have meant he had a great time. They have a lot fun things planned for this group. It is a new and exciting stage to be in right now. I love this little guy so much he is and will always be my baby and I can't believe how grown up he is getting.

Getting rid of the Soother for good!

2009-02-08T21:33:00.005-06:00

So I had a night with Spencer where I put him to bed as usual and he wouldn't stop crying. He normally goes to sleep right away. So I let him cry for awhile hoping he would go sleep. when I went into his room his soother was outside of his crib, so i gave it back to him. I always have it attached to his pj's. Then he woke up at 4:30 and I couldn't find his soother and I gave him a bottle and he went back to sleep. So I decided that I was going to take away his soother if he could fall back asleep so well. Well so far we are on day three and its been good and bad. Putting him to bed has been easy but the last two nights he has woken up a least 4-6 times crying. I haven't given in and I'm going to stick with it. I really want to get somethings out of the way before the baby comes, soother, bottles and putting him in a toddler bed. So far so good I guess! I know I don't have to do all these things but I want to tackle them all before he is old enough to tell he wants his soother, then it will be difficult to take them away. I can't believe how fast Spencer is growning already. He started nursery and soon he will be graduating college, lol. So wish me luck on this adventure of a growning toddler.

We are adding Pink to the family!!!

2009-01-31T20:12:00.005-06:00

So I haven't written in awhile because I don't think anyone is reading my blogs, lol. However the latest news for our family is that we are having a girl! I couldn't be more happier. I knew right away that is was a girl but didn't want to say to much for the fear of the sex of the baby changing, hahahaha. This pregnancy came as a surprise. We were wanting to wait until Timmy was in school in Sept . So I am a little nervous as to how I am going to manage three little people on my own. As soon as I found out it was a girl I have been on cloud nine. I've been thinking of all the fun girly stuff I used to do and can't wait to watch my new one doing. My mom is giving me my old Barbie house that I used to play with for hours as a child. I think the best part is I can add some pink into my home finally. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed with cars, trains and being ask if I want to wrestle. We have chosen a name back when we had Spencer, however the spelling has been a bit of a challenge. I won the spelling and Adam gets to choose the middle name. We have Chosen Madelyn and (Maddie or Mady)for short not quite sure the the nickname spelling yet. I will be due the first week of June. Four more months to go!!!

Gigi Photography

2008-11-12T08:21:00.003-06:00

I got my photo's from my friend Gillian. I had entered her blog contest and won a free sitting fee session. It was so much fun to have her take our family photo's. She does such an amazing job aswell! There are so many great photo's I don't even know which ones to choose. I thought I would post the ones that she had put on her blog so you can get a sneak peek! Hope you enjoy them. Here is a link to her blog so you can see all of her amazing photography.

http://gigiphotography.typepad.com/gigiblog/

October has come and gone

2008-11-06T21:56:00.005-06:00

Where has the time gone. We had such a fun and busy October. We have a lot of birthdays in October, with the most exciting to be Adam's and Timmy's. Well we have been preparing Timmy for his birthday for the last three months. We told him that we are going to see the "Wiggles" ( children entertainers) for his birthday. The actual date was Adam's birthday but Timmy insisted that it was his birthday. Well what a day it was. We had so much fun at the concert. I almost think Adam and I enjoyed it more. If they come back next year we will be bringing Spencer for sure. Following a busy weekend of birthday celebrations came Halloween. Another Holiday I look forward too!!! We put Spencer in Timmy costume as a frog and Timmy was an elephant. They had a blast. Spencer would crawl right into every one's houses, it was too cute. Now that we are into November already we have a lot of fun things planed ahead of us. Time just keeps ticking.

Mom's Surprise 60th Birthday Party!

2008-10-09T21:07:00.004-05:00

Well we managed to keep the party a surprise from my mom. I didn't know if it would happen. My mom turns 60 on Oct 13. Time does fly. I have to say looking at my mom I feel like she doesn't look anything like 60, more like 40. When I was younger I always thought 60 year old's were so old and losing life. Not my mom, she is so young and energetic. I hope I can emulate half of who she is. My older brother took on the responsibility of organizing most of the party. He did an amazing job. He was able to get pictures of all of us 8 kids and put it in a slide show for moms party. It was so much fun seeing how all of us have grown up. She has done such a great job in raising us. I look forward to the next 20 years for her 80 th birthday party!

Taking his first steps!

2008-09-16T22:05:00.004-05:00

Spencer has started to take his first steps and I am so excited about it. I really don't like the crawling stage because of the mess that they get into and make. However I know that the walking stage brings on its own challenges. It is really amazing to see when the light goes off in their little cute brains that they can indeed walk. His face is so cute when he is trying, so much thinking. Soon enough I'll have another entry where I wish he would slow down, but until then I'm loving every moment of it.

I Won!

2008-09-05T20:54:00.004-05:00

I have an amazing friend who is a photographer. She had a contest on her blog where she wanted you to send in a picture with the words "Gigi" in it creatively. The winner would receive a free photo session with her. So I had an idea on what I would send in. She picked my picture as one of the top 5. Then anyone could vote for me as many times as they wanted for a week. Well lets just say the competition was on!!! It was between me and photo E, we were neck and neck. Well I ended up winning mostly because I have a big family that voted for me numerous times and tons of friends from facebook that also voted. I am so grateful for all the help I got. I am soooo excited for our session to start. It is booked for Sept 18. So stay tuned to see the pictures. Also take a look at her blog and see all the great pictures she has taken and you will see why I am so excited.

http://www.gigiphotography.typepad.com/gigiblog/

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Potty Training!!!

2008-08-29T14:02:00.004-05:00

He has done it! Timmy went on the potty for the first time last friday! It has been a whole week without his diapers, all day and night. For all you moms out there you know how exciting this is! I have been trying to see where he is at each month and now he is ready. I can't believe how well he is doing. He has always been so good at doing things when he is ready. I am so proud of him.

My baby turned one!

2008-08-20T09:51:00.005-05:00

Where has the time gone, is the comment that all mothers will make the day there baby turns one. I have to say that it feels like it went by so fast. We had a birthday party with all of Timmy and Spencer's friends yesterday. We all had so much fun together. Spencer had a great time eating his cup cake and making a mess. Spencer is beginning to be a little boy now. He tries to keep up with Timmy around the house. I am so grateful for such a sweet spirit in my home. He is my little love bug! I can wait for what the future has in store for this little guy. I love you and Happy birthday Spencer!!!!

Boys and their Cars

2008-07-31T22:14:00.004-05:00

Timmy finally got to try out his car that he got for his birthday last year. He could never figure out those pedals. His grandparents have been taking him to see the car show every summer and they were really wanting him to bring his mini version. It was so cute, even Spencer got a turn.

I just love this little guy!

2008-07-24T22:08:00.005-05:00

Spencer is 11 months old now and he is just slowly starting to show his true colours. There is so much more to see and learn from him. He is always so smiley and happy. He loves to eat, he will eat almost anything, which I love. However trying to feed him has always been a challenge. He is so independent and wants to do it all by himself. Which is completely opposite from Timmy. He was holding his own bottle at 5 months, where as Timmy was 13 months and only because he was a little more lazy and wanted me to do it for himself. Whenever I feed Spencer I am constantly cleaning up after him, just so he doesn't get too messy. ( I know I have a messy kid problem) Well this time it was getting to difficult to keep up so I just stop cleaning up after him. I just had to take some pictures because it was so funny and cute. He is such a sweet heart. I knew it from the start. He was colicy for the first three months and would cry for hours, but the whole time he would cry his eyes were telling me something different. Almost like he was telling me not be upset or sad because it wasn't him. I don't know if that makes any sense to anyone else but for me it makes so much sense. Now he is such a great little guy with so much love to offer. I just love this little guy so much and I can't wait for him to teach me so much more.

He looks so funny in this clip, he just started doing this little dancing thing, so funny! ( I know my voice sound silly)

A Good Time Had By All

2008-07-20T22:13:00.004-05:00

Our family had the opportunity to go Camping and to see the Hill Cumorah Pageant this weekend. It was a great family trip. We all had such a great time. There was 16 of us from the Puddicombe family. We decided to leave Spencer behind with Adams sister because he is still waking up in the night and the idea of having to get a warm bottle in a tent at three in the morning really didn't appeal to me. We were able to have some much needed one on one time with Timmy. Timmy had a blast. The whole week before we went he kept saying "were going camping". When we put our tent up Timmy was so silly inside. He was jumping around and he was calling our little tent home, so cute. Well it was a great weekend full of swimming, shopping, eating, camping and watching the Pageant. It was defiantly a good time had by all!

Trying to Make a Slideshow!

2008-07-12T23:09:00.000-05:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Spending time with the boys.

2008-07-01T15:22:00.003-05:00

A group of some mothers and I are planning on doing once a week outings for the summer. This is such a great idea because we all want to go to different places and sometimes our husbands aren't to keen on going. So this week we had the chance to go to Tottenham train station. It was an older style train station with lots of Thomas the train activities. Timmy had such a great time that he didn't want to leave. We got to ride on old train for an hour, (maybe a little to long with Spencer). Timmy had so much fun on the train, he had his head at the window the whole time. We got to go inside an empty train that had Thomas the train set all over for them to play with. They also had a bigger Thomas train that Timmy could sit and ride around on, it was so fun. It really made for a great day and a great time with friends. Tomorrow is our planning meeting on what we would like to do for the summer. I am very excited to see what else we can do together.

Happy Anniversary

2008-06-13T12:16:00.005-05:00

Today is our 5Th wedding anniversary. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. It really only feels like a year, however we have two kids added to the family so it has definitely been longer. As I look back through pictures and memories I feel such a flood of feelings. Good time and I have to be honest some hard times. I feel like I have grow so much as a wife, as mother and as friend. I wonder where will I be in the next 5 years? I hope I can be even happier then I am now. I am really glad that I married my best friend and that I can share so many experience together. When going to Utah without the kids in May we were able to reconnect as couple again. It was very nice, but it is also amazing to see how different we are now that we have children. We both missed them so much and the lives that we now live. I don't think I would change anything and I wouldn't go back. I am so grateful for a husband that supports and loves me and our children.

Very busy May!

2008-06-08T19:51:00.005-05:00

I haven't been very good at keeping up with my blog last month. I feel like I had no time to really sit and think about all my experiences and write them on my blog. Adam and I had the opportunity to go to Utah in May for my best friend Emily Templeman's wedding. Adam had always told me that whenever she was to get married that we would be able to go. We went for 8 days without the boys. The first two days where great and after that we started to really miss them. We were able to see so many great church sites. It really strengthen our testimonies. Emily's wedding was so much fun, lots of dancing. she has married a really great guy, I already feel like I've known him for a long time. Also when we were in Utah my cousin Scott was reporting to the MTC for his mission to Paris France. So many great memories were created. The next weekend I had the chance to attend "Time out for women" conference. It was so uplifting and inspiring. It really made me come away from it wanting to be a better mom and wife ~ man do I have a lot of work to do~ Then the following weekend was Emily's Canadian reception. We did a lot of work to make it nice. Emily and Allen stayed at our place and we had a lot of fun together. At the reception they showed a video from the Temple grounds in Utah. As I was watching the video I felt so happy that I was able to be apart of the whole experience. It made me feel like we have created so many memories for our friendship. I can't wait for the years to pass and look back at our times together and laugh. So much has happen and not enough words can express how much fun I've had.

Provident Living

2008-05-04T22:26:00.005-05:00

We had the best joint RS/PH meeting today. We were taught all about Provident Living. Not a new concept in the church but an important one. The first presidency says

"We encourage Church members worldwide to prepare for adversity in life by having a basic supply of food and water and some money in savings.
"We ask that you be wise as you store food and water and build your savings. Do not go to extremes; it is not prudent, for example, to go into debt to establish your food storage all at once. With careful planning, you can, over time, establish a home storage supply and a financial reserve."

Its involving all the things we have been taught already for such a long time, such as family home storage and family finances. Hearing all the great ideas really lite a match in my heart today. We have felt very humble lately with Adam being let go from his job, and how grateful we would have been had we been prepared the way the Presidency warned us. Being in this position has really help me to get excited to take on this new challenge. We are going to focus all of our family home evenings towards different topics, recipes and activities related to getting everything in check. With the price of gas going up, food has also been going up, this is the time to get our homes ready. It has been said that a bag of flour will become the worth of gold in the future. If we are prepared we shall not free. This I know. We will become a closer family and a prepared family if we do this and listen to the council of our leaders. I am excited and energetic about learning all the new things we can do to better prepare our self.

They grow up so fast

2008-04-29T14:47:00.003-05:00

I had always heard from my mom and other people how fast your children grow up, and now having children myself I keep hearing myself say the same lines. Spencer is almost 9 months now and is such a buddle of joy. He just is my little love bug! He just wants to be loved, and its so easy loving him. I just noticed that he got his first tooth. I couldn't believe it, I had been waiting for it for months now and Timmy had his first tooth at 6 months. But now that it has come I am starting to feel sad that he is growing up so fast. We are also moving him into the bigger car seat because he is getting so big in his infant car seat. This is just the start of it all. Soon I will be looking back wondering where it all went, but until then I will enjoy them, while I still have them all to myself.

My wish for my boys

2008-04-05T21:06:00.006-05:00

I was watching my little boys play together and decided to capture it on film. It just melted my heart seeing the fun that they were having together. I wish for my boys that they will become best friends and always look out for each other in this world. I felt growing up that my youngest sister Erin was my best friends. We were only 18 months apart and we would play for hours. This is what I would want for my boys. Now I know siblings fight sometimes, but I felt looking at them playing today that it would always be this way. This would be my prayer for them.

Till we meet again.

2008-03-29T15:52:00.004-05:00

Yesterday morning Adam's Grandma passed away. She had been in the hospital for three months now. It was very hard to see a person who had been so independent to being so helpless. She was a different women. She had lived a great life. A survivor of breast cancer, she was a strong women. The whole family had known that this week would most like be her last . The night before she passed away Adam and his whole family was with her and they were was able to say there farewell's. That night Adam and I had prayed that she would soon pass from her pains and afflictions and meet with our Heavenly Father. What a comfort it has been for us to have the gospel in our lives and to know that we will meet with her again and that she is in a better place. We will always have a smile on our face when we think of Grandma McLaren or as Timmy would say G.G.

McLaren Family

2008-03-22T22:26:00.001-05:00

Out of shape!

2008-03-10T20:54:00.004-05:00

Two friends of mine decided to try and go out running again. It has been some time for the three of us since having babies. It felt very good to start running again, I used to love running when I was in high school. I can't believe how much time will make changes your body. When you don't keep up exercising then you can definitely lose it. I have to say it felt great but I feel very out of shape. I'm only 25 but man do i feel so much older. I need to keep this up that's for sure, but its going to be hard I know. I would like to lose 15 pounds, so we will see. I know I'm going to be so sore tomorrow. Wish me luck!

The importance of having friends as a new mom!

2008-03-06T22:02:00.012-06:00

I had a great experience this week where I met a new mom at the Early Years Center. I was already there with a good friend of mine Devon. We both began talking with this mom and I think immediately we both really liked her. She had been living here for 5 years and has an 18 month old little boy. She had mentioned that she hasn't been able to really meet a lot of moms yet. I had told her about some of the local programs and invited her to a mommy group the following day. When I was talking with her the following day I could tell she was having a great time and really appreciated being invited and being introduced to so many great moms. I could see in her eyes the gratefulness of getting out and meeting new people. I really feel for new moms because I too felt alone when I first had my son Timothy. I had just moved into Orangeville and was trying to find my way. It took me awhile to really be in a good place where I felt included and had a good community of friends. I have to say I am so happy now and feel like I need to help others feel as happy as I am. I have such empathy for anyone that was in my situation. I just want everyone to feel loved and included. I think this is such a great blessing that I was born with. I can always tell when someone is in need of something, such as a smile, a conversation, an invite or a compliment. I feel like I was maybe meant to met her that day, who knows. All moms are in need of friendship and sense of community. This is going to be my new goal for the year, to help in anyway i can with anyone in need! I know what it feels like to be home all day with a baby and not having anyone to talk to,besides family ( I always have my family, and they are always there for me don't get me wrong.) but sometimes everyone needs a friend too. Days can be long and trying but as women we are here to help lift each other and support each other. So for all you reading this (if any at all, lol) just take a look around and see who you can touch in some way today! :)

Differences between my boys!

2008-02-29T20:12:00.005-06:00

When I had my first Son Timothy I honestly thought that I was such a great mother. Everything just seemed so easy! He would sleep, eat and play so well. He made such easy transitions into every new stage. Until I had my second baby Spencer I have realized that they do come down with there own special personalities .I have really seen the differences in the two! Spencer was a colicky baby until three months, and practically lived in his swing. His spirit reminds me of myself just wanting to be loved. He has such a great smile and has such look of just pure love in his eyes! I love both my boys and I new they would be different but I had no idea how. They both seem to have such a look of love and great friendship for each other.I know its pretty early to say that, but I can see that they are already going to be best friends. That brings such a great feeling in my heart. Night and day are the two and i can't wait to see what else they have to offer to our little family!

Trying to be as great as my mom.

2008-02-25T18:39:00.003-06:00

Every since I become a mom I have been thinking a lot of how my mom raised us 8 kids. She was always so good at everything she did. I feel like I had the best childhood a child could want. I always felt happy with the comfort of being in my home. The spirit of Christ and the gospel was always evident. This is something i wish for my own children and our home. I feel that I am no where close to what my mom ways. I never saw her look tired, lazy, depressed or unhappy. She was energetic, happy and so positive. My goal is to be as great of a mother as she was. We have talked about this recently in a phone call. To hear her prospective of being a mom was very reassuring for me to hear. When she was a young mom she said that she never felt as patient as she see me with my little guys. She felt like she made so many mistakes, as young moms do. To hear that made me feel that there is always room for improvement. If I can be anywhere as close to how my mother was, i would be a super mom. I guess I might never really know. Maybe one day my children will come back to me one day and say how much i meant to them. Then i will feel very proud.

First thoughts!

2008-02-23T19:08:00.001-06:00

I have recently been reading a friends blog and thinking how great an idea this would be for my mother. Coming from a family of eight kids sometimes feels like time passes by so fast that we miss a lot of what's going on in each others lives. So I suggested the idea of a blog to my mom, we thought that she should start one, so we can all read her thoughts and her always inspiring thoughts. Well after much thought I decided that I to should start a blog as well. Anyone that knows me knows how much I like to talk, so this might be a different way for me to express myself. This is going to be an insight in my journey through life. With a great husband and two great little boys I'm sure I'll have much to talk about!