Avery's Blessing

We had Avery's baby blessing today. She was an angel. I was so worried she was going to be fussy or wanting to feed when it was time for the blessing but she was so peaceful and even awake for it. It was a beautiful blessing too. I feel so blessed to have such wonderful children. I loved the dress we had her blessed in as well. She looked beautiful.

Just so I don't forget the people who stood in the circle with Kent were Dad Pratt (Barry), Bill Green, Paul Street, Jay Wood, and Jordan Jensen. We had a get together later in the evening and had all those who participated in the blessing and their families come over for dinner. It was a memorable day.

Blessed

Jan 9, 2011
Avery  is here 7 lbs. 10 oz.. I think you all pretty much know this already. She was almost the New Years baby in NL but an emergent C-section squeeked in just before me.
To be honest this has turned out to be one of the hardest weeks I can recall of my life. I am an emotional wreck, totally sleep deprived and had an infection on top of it. So glad the inlaws are here. Now I just need to stop feeling bad about delegating and allow them to help. This I am finding very hard.
I don't remeber it being so hard with Cooper.
Avery,s nights and days are flipped which is making things hard. Any suggestions?
I don't mean to be all doom and gloom, just honest. I do feel extremely blessed and was so thrilled this morning to be getting not just one but two children ready for church, I loved dressing up my baby girl in pink and brown, with a large flower on her hat Grandma had lovingly crocheted. I should of taken a picture but we had Avery's dress and Cooper's white shirt hanging together on my scrapbook hutch ready for Sunday morn. It provoked some reflectiion and a realization that I am now a Mother of 2 beautiful, healthy children. It made me smile and I felt like I was glowing. I am so blessed even if it has been a hard week.



Already for church.

  

Christmas 2010

How was your Christmas?
Mine was wonderful. I was up all night Christmas eve with contractions but they subsided by morning and I was able to see the wonder of Christmas through my 19 month old son's eyes. So magical. I loved it.

Cooper opened his stocking and was completely content with stopping there. He just wanted to play with his new toys, forget opening any presents. It took him 2 days to finally get through the major hall he recieved from aunts, uncles, grandparents and parents. And I thought it was going to be a simple Christmas (at least as far as presents went).

 

Still in our PJ's doing the before breakfast thing.





Kent's gift from me (an Oregan Ducks hoodie). He loves the Oregan Ducks. Go Ducks! They are ranked 2nd in the nation and play in the BCS championship on January 10th against Auburn. He is very excited.



Grandpa and Grandma Pratt. I am very glad to have them here and am grateful for their help. Cooper adores them and loves the extra attention.

Cooper has a thing for boxes and baskets. Here he is playing in the basket I was putting all of his opened gifts in. As you can see most of the content is now on the floor!

Dremel Trio. SWEET! It cuts, routers and sands. I am one lucky girl.

My scrapbook hutch that is patiently waiting for me to move into!

Cooper and Daddy having a moment looking through the book I made for Kent.



My Duck boys! Thanks Jody and Skeej for the hat. He loves it.



Cooper loves his new car bedding.

My wonderful family. I am so lucky.

So I am one day past my due date and still no baby. Ladybug is camping out. I am hoping that she will come at 12:01 am on January 1st and be the first born Canadian baby of the new year. Wouldn't that be cool? In the mean time I will just try and relax, think happy thoughts and enjoy the time I have with my family. Kent is off work and it is so nice having him home. He finished the moulding in the kitchen yesterday so it is officially done, except for the backsplash and me needing to paint the moulding. It is so nice having the moulding done.
Happy New Year.

Prego picture.

This maybe the very last prego picture as I am hoping any day now that Ladybug will get sick of being couped up and want to come out.



I adore this color. I bought some scraps of fabric from Value Village and was excited to see this color in the bag. These rolled flowers are huge right now in blog land and I love the look. I am making a few for Ladybug in different colors, and I am having a blast doing it.

 I have been able to squeeze in a few crafts during my sons nap. I of course go and have a nap once he actually has fallen asleep but once my nap is over I jump out of bed (not really jump, more like flail out of bed like a beached whale as I am 8.5 months pregnant) and busily work on fun crafts. My hubbies parents arrive in 2 days and I am so excited. I am looking forward to seeing them and also for the help with my busy and very active 19 month old.

Well family pictures are going to have to wait until tomorrow or Tuesday as I am going to bed. It took too long to upload pics. I am hoping to include it with an update from what has happened to the family in 2010.

Luvs and Merry Christmas.

New things.

I don't know where to start. I have been working on some really fun things and have finished a few and want to show you. As well we just got family pictures done and I want to put them up for you all to see. I am super tired and want to go to bed so hopefully I can be fast and do it all in a short time.

I am a follower of this blog called flamingo toes. LOVE it. I can't get enough of this blog. She posted a while back this wreath http://www.flamingotoes.com/2010/09/beware-halloween-wreath/ and I have been wanting to make one.

So here is mine.



This wreath reminds me of the Savior. The berries represent the blood he sacrificed for me and you. White for his pure life and perfect example. The dove representing his love. The circle/wreath for his infinite and eternal atonement. It is super simple and I like that. I am debating on adding more berries to each cluster, but I am happy with how it turned out.





So here it is hanging above my mantel in all it's glory. (I am hoping Santa will do a fireplace make over for me for Christmas) I hesitated to put this picture in as I don't have the perfect picturesque mantel like other ladies I have seen in blog land. You do what you can I guess and work with what you've got.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas 2010

Hey ladies,
sorry I haven't been here in a while. I am really behind and life is crazy. I am due in less than 3 weeks, can you believe it? I am just barely starting to feel ready for "Ladybug". Thanks to Amy's helpful ideas on her blog of what she put in her hospital bags for Mom and Baby I now have the hospital bags all packed.
My in laws arrive in 6 sleeps and I can't wait. It is going to be a great Christmas. I am working on a few things that I will share with you when they are done. I am just starting to be able to put into action all the wonderful DIY things I have found since I found blog land. I am starting with making large flowers for a head band for Ladybug. I am not sure how other gals on their blogs put pictures and other blog posts in but this will be my first attempt. I thought they were adorable.

http://www.missplunkettboutique.com/index2.php#/home/

I want to order one of everything for both me and Ladybug. I emailed them and they do ship to Canada and they charge the same rate as if they were sending to an American address. Sweet!

I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. MERRY CHRISTMAS until next time.

Cooper and brushing teeth

November 22, 2010

I just wanted to share something Cooper does that I think is adorable and makes me laugh.

Cooper has a love hate relationship with his toothbrush.  In order to actually get his teeth cleaned I lay him down on the floor straddle him, pin his arms between my legs and his torso and proceed to brush his teeth. This way he can’t get away or push me away. I know it is cruel but a Mom’s gotta do cruel things for the greater good sometimes.

Despite him not liking the whole process he still finds his toothbrush and toothpaste and brings it to me everyday wanting his teeth brushed.  In fact it’s not just him giving it to me and letting me know he wants to brush his teeth but he practically begs and pleads for me to do it. Once he sees me putting the toothpaste on his brush he goes and finds a place to lay down already knowing what is coming.  It is the funniest thing to me.  I sing this song to try and make it fun for him and part of the song is making a brushing sound.  When he wants his teeth brushed he will also make the brushing sound as part of the begging/pleading process for me to brush his teeth. The song goes like this: When you wake up in the morning and it’s quarter to 5 and you just want to feel alive, you brush your teeth, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh. You brush your teeth, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh, chsh.  Then repeat with the next hour (so quarter to six) and make up a verse that rhymes and so on.

I sure love my little man. He makes me smile. Oh, and since my last post about him getting big so fast I just want to say that he has sprouted and is so much taller than he was a month and a half ago. It blows me away how much he has grown.   

 Cooper laying down on the floor waiting for me to come brush his teeth. Notice how he went to the softest area to lay down on.

Playing with his toothbrush after having his teeth brushed. We got him a spin brush so he would stop pulling Kent's and mine out. However, I think his favorite is Daddy's.