the zoo / birthday

For Levi's birthday this year we went to the zoo with some of his cousins. 

For the week before going I had been showing Levi lots of calgary zoo video's on youtube, to get him so excited. He couldn't wait to see " beba's" (zebras), "beers" (bears) and "bipos" (hippos).

We had so much fun! I'll spare you all the animal pictures and just give you the cute ones.

  running to go see the elephants.

 got a picture with the buffalo for you papa roberts.

 riding a bear!

 Renae and Levi watching the elephant show.

 We ran into the butterfly exhibit while it poured outside, but it sure cooled the day off nicely.

 Can you spot the butterfly?

 Rachel had told lauren not to put her hands in the water, so she came up to me and said "i only put my finger in it". It was so cute!

 6 kids 4 and under. It was such a blast watching them all get excited over the animals.

 what a bunch of hams.

 micah eating his ice cream cone.

 3 hours past nap time levi finally crashed and then we had to wake him up 30 mins later for the penguin exhibit.

 Levi loved the penguin exhibit and didn't want to leave it!

Levi sure loves his daddy!

Thanks Laura and Rachel for coming, we really appreciate the fun day. It wasn't rushed or crazy (minus the rain storm) we just went and did what we wanted to do and the kids seemed to have loved it.

Happy Birthday Levi

28lbs
34" tall
talks a lot
says "i love you more" when we say i love you
obsessed with toy story
you get little sweat droplets on your nose
you know when your funny
loathe time out
sleeping through the night, but getting up at 5am
love nursery and your friends
you read to mr.monkey every night
love talking on the phone to grandma. c
play so hard you just crash at nap time
say the cutest bedtime prayers
love eskimo and butterfly kisses
really good at sharing your toys
we play in your pool almost everyday
your learning about the potty
a good eater, when you want to be
love backyardigans, diego, & of course toy story 
you make friends really easy
your tan just like daddy
love to help clean, cook and put away your toys
you have such a fun imagination
love trucks, tractors and trains  a.l.o.t

We love you so much bubbs!  Happy Birthday 2nd Levi!

5am

I think kids should come programed to not wake up before 7am. This would help guarantee them a happier and more patient mom. Levi's been waking up at 5am off and on for the last 3 months. This results in nap time at 9am and no afternoon nap. Good thing hes so cute and funny!

But there's nothing I love more then a sleeping little boy.

 The other day I asked Levi what he was shopping for, he said "shoos". Well he took it seriously, he emptied his whole basket into his shopping cart.

timmons {new born}

How gorgeous is she? I had so much fun doing these. Congrats Debi!

She's here!

Oh debi you deserve a hero cookie! Priscilla sure knows how to get our attention, after 2 days of labour she finally came! And I feel so blessed to be at the hospital only hours after to hold her. She is stunning, and truly fits the saying "as cute as a button". I got to snap a few pictures while I was there but nothing fancy, that will come this week! Huge congrats to the parents and big siblings Fabio & Presley.

canada day

This Canada Day we hit up the parade,

 One of Levis favourite floats, its Mater!

 My 2 boys!

 Levi grabbing some candy! It took us forever to convince him to grab some.

 He and this little girl kept sharing their candy, it was so cute!

 We saw Auntie Trisha!

This is the trumpeter for the horse races, he's in a band!

it happened, somehow

i don't even know how this really happened but im really excited about it. remember my last post about the hair accessories I made for debi? well it turned into me making 60 more plus toddler clips. then it turned into a little business. im loving it, because i wasn't busy enough i thought i'd throw this in the mix. wanna go check it out? please do, feel free to share with friends and family. and you know me, of course we had to kick it off with a giveaway.

the niche {hair accessories}

a baby girl!

 Remember the maternity shoot I did for Debi, well Priscilla now that you've got your accessories you can come any day now.  I am not patiently waiting. I almost feel like I'm pregnant with how long this is dragging on, almost. I love, love, love the way these turned out, I think I'll have to make myself some! Some are sewed on to the head bands I made and others are on clips to rotate through headbands or to put right on if Priscilla has lots of hair.

pinterst

Check out this LINK.

Now that should help this make more sense.

How cool is that, does it really work tho? Well we gave it a test run today!

This was the first one, I wanted to try one out and see if it works. Cause I want to make one for Levi's birthday.

Then I let Levi color the piece of sand paper to create this:

 

Total cost: FREE
We had onesises, crayons, sandpaper, and an iron already.

Kind of excited about this!

Do you see what I see??

I did two posts today so don't forget to look below for the "birthday bash".

Birthday Bash!

JULY 23, 2012 {monday}

10:00am - 3:00pm {picnic @ 12}

The Calgary Zoo

Here's our e-vite, the formal one's are coming!

We understand that a lot of people won't be able to make it but want to invite you anyways. 

Here's the plan:

We are staying over in Calgary Sunday night and then heading to the zoo at 10am with a packed lunch (bring your own lunch). Eating at 12pm and we will provide the desert. Then some more sight seeing! We're making it kind of a big deal, cause all 3 of our birthdays are within 6 weeks of each other and its sort of a triple birthday party!