Waterton

Whenever we want to just "get away" or go relax we always head to Waterton. Its our favorite place to escape to. We headed out there yesterday for the day. I even did a hike! Its not that I don't like hiking its the unknown of the animals that I don't like. So in the morning I told dave lets head in to Waterton to do a hike, we got ready pretty quick (I don't think dave wanted to give me time to change my mind) and were out the door. Levi is obsessed with hiking and the mountains (just like dad!) and he was so excited to go! He wanted to see mountain goats so bad!

 Love this picture!

 This kid is the best at traveling! He just sleeps wherever and stays asleep no matter how much we were taking him in and out of his car seat!

 Felt like tourists having a picture taken in front of the falls.

 Big horn sheep!

 This poor fox was so scrawny. We saw a moose but didn't get a picture of it, he was too fast off the road!

 Saw a herd of mountain goats, hooray Levi got to see them!

 Conquering Levi's fear of bears.

 Look at that dimple, how can you ever say no to that!

It was such a nice day to get away!

Mothers day.

Mothers day this year was really special for so many reasons.

- My cousin Ryan got home from his mission last week and it was his homecoming on sunday. Welcome home Ryan! He gave a wonderful talk and we had a fantastic dinner afterwards with the Campbell side of the family.

- For the past week or so my siblings and dad have all known that Justin had been filling out has mission papers. But we were all to keep it a secret from mom, so Justin could tell her. Mothers day morning Justin surprised mom telling her he submitted his papers the day before. We are all so excited and proud of Justin! We love you so much!

- Dave made me breakfast and gave me a really nice letter. Levi and Dave got me a curling iron that I wanted. My hairs getting so long I needed a bigger rod. I used it yesterday and loved it!

- After the homecoming we went out to my moms and had us all together minus dad (we missed ya!). The kids get so wild and crazy together but I think they enjoy it! Its sure fun getting the three babies together and seeing them all grow. Because Will is 4 weeks older then them he looks huge compared to them!

It was such a wonderful day! I love being a mom to my two boys!

8 weeks - our smiley will

The many faces of Willsababy.

 

 -loves to be snuggled

-still such a content baby

- loves when levi tickles him

- loves to eat

-smiles a lot!

- starting to jibber jabber

- we joke he's dramatic because he will whimper and grunt till we come talk to him and then he lights right up. Or he will whine and cry a little but soon as we pick him up hes smiling!

- holds his head up really well

- loves car rides

 

In case your wondering whats up with his outfit. Hes the king of wiggling out of my swaddling. He sleeps in a woombie at night just so he can't get out!

Picture over load.

 Levi helping Dave mow the "beautiful" front lawn.

 Levi likes to leave toys on Will. This time it was a dinosaur devouring those delicious thighs.

 "mom take my picture with my pack pack on"

 Oh Will you handsome devil you.

 First bath where Will isn't screaming!

 This kid is SO smiley, when he isn't having a hard pooping he's the happiest kid.

 Uncle Justin got the cutest giggles and smiles out of Will.

 Summer haircut and a silly face.

 When did he learn how to make faces?!

 Thanks auntie lou for the cute outfit!

 The boys ready for church.

 Wheres Will? Levi's favourite game.

Mooo...

 "mom take a picture of baby Will eating my knee"

Enjoying my sweet $5 kijiji playmat.

Dave worked 136 hours in two weeks and worked while doing his final exams. So needless to say life wasn't too busy for me with the kids at home.

boys.

i love them.

and they sure know how to make my heart burst.

after morning bum changes and before getting dressed, this happened: 

Levi holding Will before he goes down . . .

Out of the mouth of babes.

Today while curling my hair, levi for the fourth time in two weeks asked me this question:
" Mom you going to church?"

I couldn't figure out why he asked me the first time. Second time I realized why.
It's because I was putting on make up. And I did my hair.

He has asked me every time I've been "getting ready".

I generally do look like a mom everyday - very stereotypical, but the yoga pants and a messy bun. With a toddler and a newborn I don't feel the need to wear makeup an curl my hair for the days were just at home. So I guess Levi only sees me do my hair and make up for church. Evidently I need to put in some more effort into my appearance besides Sunday cause I am confusing this kid.

Your dad thanks you for pointing this out.

one month.

(levi needed in on the action)

Will is a month old already. 

weighs:  11lbs 3oz

length: 22 3/4" long

longest stretch of sleep: 5 hours

smiles and coo's

loves his soother

loves being held upright

loves to eat

gets smothered in kisses on a daily basis

We love ya more then your dad loves the outdoors.

time.

Its over half way through April already! How the heck did that happen? In my mind its still March and Will is still only a few days old. How is time going by this fast! Here some of what we've been up to so far this month:

 We've had such weird weather this "spring", typical southern alberta weather. Snow and rain for a few days and then the sun comes out. Then its back to snow for a few days. .  we had a good dumping of snow last week so Dave built him and Levi a quinzee to play in. Levi was pretty excited about it!

 Levi is sich a big helper, whenever I step away for a few minutes and hear Will fussying I always come back to Levi putting his soother in. The other day I was having a shower and had Will in his bouncer in the bathroom with me. He started to fuss and Levi came in without me calling or asking for him and kept singing "I am a child of god" over and over to him. He is such a caring little boy!

 Theres something about a naked freshly bathed baby. Wills face in this picture cracks me up, its as if he's already sick of the momarrzzi.

 The boys playing the piano!

 We attended the childrens festival this past weekend where Levi got to see Thomas the train and Dora the Explorer. He was so excited for Dora, which we were a little shocked about because he seems to not like any kind of mascot. But he loved seeing Dora, he was sad he didn't get to go give her a hug. Sorry bubbs we weren't gonna wait in line for 45 mins!

 At the festival they had a firetruck and a few firemen there, Levi was thrilled to get to sit in the seat.

 They also had a blow up little soccer arena and we weren't gonna let Levi go in because most of the kids looked quite a bit older then him but he sure kept up! I was surprised at how well he was running around with them and trying to steal the ball! I guess were gonna need to do soccer this fall.

 Here's a picture of Dora, its not the greatest because I couldn't seem to get one where there wasn't a stranger in the picture. Levi wanted to have a picture so he could look at it again.

 Levi picked up all his toys.  Literally picked them up and put them on the train table. He was proud of himself and needed a picture.

This is not the greatest picture but here is proof I do exist! Maybe one of the only pictures I am in this month. I need to get better at handing the camera to Dave and making sure I am in some of these!

Dave finished classes last week and it was nice to have him home with us all weekend. There were no shifts available for work so we got him all to ourselves and we loved every minute! He's got a few exams left and an essay due in the next two weeks. So we are really looking forward to May - bring on warm weather!