:: Late again, surprise surprise!!! ::

:: Well, heres to another month that I was late in posting pictures of Nevaeh's monthly birthday shots! It is getting a little hard trying to get these pics now, cause she loves to touch everything!!! Enjoy! ::

:: My Pumpkin is 6 Months!!! ::

:: Its true, Im late in posting another birthday picture! I was just sitting here tonight thinking my baby isn't so little anymore :( I just wanted to hold her all night long. She is so precious and means so much to me. I am so blessed! Enjoy the pictures!
P.S. Anyone notice anything different in the pictures?

::Happy Birhtday Babe! ::

:: Monthly Birthday Pictures ::

:: So my momma has totally fallen behind with updating you beautiful ladies pictures of me on my birthdays, with my oh so good cupcakes! ::
::Hope you enjoy! ::

:: Happy Anniversary My Sweet Love ::

:: My Mommy is a bad blogger!!! ::

:: My First Pony-tail ::

:: Too Hot to Post Anything::

::Our computer room is way too hot to be in here for any amount of time, so I will just leave you with a picture of my sweet little pea when we were at the beach last weekend. ::

:: What do you wear on a hot day? ::

::My itsey bitsey teeny weeny little polka dot bikini ::
:: Nevaeh enjoyed chatting away and laying around in her little bikini all day as Mommy would spray her down with a spray bottle every couple of minutes, cause this little one sweats like there is no tomorrow! Enjoy the rest of the week, cause its going to be a hot one! ::

:: MIA ::

:: Well hello there, so sorry that I have not posted anything for a few days. My little one has had a temp from the shot and my hubby threw out his back putting Nevaeh in the truck. So needless to say i have been a busy girl. All is well now PTL! On Saturday Nevaeh and I as well as my friend Nicki ventured out to H&M to have a look around. My friend Nicki just graduated fashion school in Toronto and has moved here with her fiance which is so exciting for me cause we have been friends since grade two and now she is finally home. Anyway, we went out and she made me buy two tops. They are ones that I would not have picked out but I love them. Its nice to have a fashion queen with you pick out stuff that looks good on you. As you know from my previous post of finding new mommy wear but not wanting jogging stuff, I found some real easy fun fashion tops! There are some other things that I saw that day but need to save up the pennies for them. Anyway, nothing too new around here, just still looking at colors to paint the kitchen and laundry room, so stay tuned for that. Enjoy your Sunday and I will think of something interesting to post for tomorrow.::

:: Shot Day ::

:: Today was the day that Nevaeh got her shots! And I hated every minute of it. Bobby was going to come and take her in the room to get it done so I could sit in the waiting room with arms open wide for her when she was done but at the last minute something came up and he couldn't make it. So trying to be a brave Mommy I took her. The nurse was so sweet and said that it is totally normal if I cry because alot of mom's do. She asked me a bunch of questions on how things are going and made me feel better on some topics. And then came the shots! not only 1 but 3!!!! right in her leg =((( I had to be the one holding her and she just looked at me with her smily eyes and then the nurse poked her and her eyes filled up with tears and she just started to cry and cry and cry. Broke mt heart watching that. I don't think I have ever heard her cry that hard. But after that I took her to the private room and fed her and she fell fast asleep. She has been really tired after that and sleeping lots. Next time, Bobby will take her cause my heart hurt watching that happen to my little princess. ::

:: What Not to Wear ::

:: One of my favorite shows on tv is what not to wear. I love Stacey's clothes and Clinton is so funny and has a great sense of style. I have been watching and taking note of body types and what looks good and what doesn't. I would love to have someone tell me what to buy and pick things out for me.Also the $5000 would be nice as well. Before I was a mommy all of my clothes were pretty much business wear since I worked at a bank. On the weekend I usually still dressed up, maybe slipping a pair of jeans on, or maybe not. Since being a Mommy now I am looking at my closet thinking I have nothing practical to wear unless I want to be pushing a stroller in a cute pencil skirt with stilettoes, and a dress shirt. My oh my things have changed. So my ask of you is tell me what your style is and where you find most of your clothes! I would have to say that my style WAS like Staceys, less the price tag, and now I would say I am a lost puppy. I would like to wear something other then lululemon all the time, as well as be cute, comfortable, and somewhat dressy. Any suggestions? ::

:: Redecorating Time!!! ::

:: Well not quite, but its up and coming. My husband lived here before we were married and let me tell you it was a major bachelor pad. Black leather everything! The house was so dark and suited well for a man/ Since we were married I have done little things here and their and it took him a while to get use to it. We are in the process of doing the laundry room and the kitchen. I have lots of ideas but the thing is is that we id not want to go all out because we are believing and praying about selling off some of our property and tearing down our house and building a new one. Sooo we didn't want to pour lots of money into it. So with our budget in mind I am going to town =) I love this sooo much but the most important part is that Bobby and I are in agreement with what I pick. I have already done our bedroom and the bathroom in our room and silly me did not take a before and after shot...booooo, I know, but I will see what I can come up with.I also have done the living room so I will be posting pictures of that later, just have to pick out some curtains and a accent color and fill in the picture frames. So my question to you is, do you know where I can get flooring for the kitchen and laundry room for a economical price :)?
::Well, hope you all had a wonderful Tuesday and I will try to post some pics tomorrow.::

:: Oops! ::

:: I know I know, I did not do my post yesterday,...but I was having a busy day! One of those crazy days of running around. Church, lunch, feed time, sleep time, poop time, laundry, cleaning (cause I was too busy Saturday for that) dinner, bath time and then next thing I know it is time to go to sleep. And thats just little bits from the day. Well I am at my Mom's house for a visit right now, but I will be back later for another post to update you on what we did on the weekend! Have a great sunny day! ::

:: Welcome Princess! ::

:: We are pleased to announce that our friends welcomed their third daughter Zyanna into the world! She is so small and so sweet! I could fit her in my pocket! 7'2, my baby was never that small hahaha. Kinda gave me the baby itch....but then I came back to earth and realized that I was in lala land. hahaha.::
:: Almost didn't make this post, I fell asleep when i was feeding Nevaeh and then woke up to brush my teeth and post this so I don't lose this challenge. ::

:: Sorry my picture of her can not be uploaded at this time, so I will edit this post and add it when it is working! ::

:: Birthday Party Ideas ::

:: So my little nephew is turning 5 next month and my SIL has asked my mom and I to come up with a idea for his birthday party. Rohan doesn't want to pick something and said that Nona can surprise him with it. As well as my other nephew is turning 4 in November and have to come up with something for his. Any ideas? ::

:: Attention All Moms!!! ::

:: So as I was going through our mail yesterday I noticed that I had a coupon for Huggies (sweet! cause Nevaeh is a Huggies baby) and I couldn't help but notice the flyer that was attached. As I read along they have a contest to win Huggies diapers for 1 WHOLE YEAR!!! Yipppeeee. So for all of you Mommy out their, and that includes the pregnant ones too, log onto www.huggiesbabynetwork.com and enter in the draw. As well as you can go through the site and sign up to gain points, trade them in for things, get coupons, and try new products. Well what are you waiting for, go ahead and enter now! Just think of all the money that you would save and maybe buy something nice for yourself cause you deserve it! Have a blessed day! xxx ::

:: Two Months ::

:: I have been meaning to post this picture of my sweetie that turned two months old on July 5th! This time has gone by so quickly but I am loving every minute if it. When she wakes up in the morning and sees me she has the biggest smile on her face, just melts my heart. Yes, that is a cupcake in the picture.... Bobby and I (more so me) are going to celebrate her birthdays with a cupcake, from Cupcakes, and until she can eat it, mommy will do the honors! ::

:: Blog Challenge ::

:: I have decided that I was going to join Shawna's blog posting challenge! Post every day for one month! I will see if I can do it! If you would like to read more on it, check out her awesome site shawnasboys.blogspot.com! It so inspires me to be more creative! She is my living Martha Stewart haha. So if you would like to join in please let her know and she will add you to the list. So this is my post for today hehe, so I will be back tomorrow! xox ::

:: Cupcake Week Begins ::

:: All this week on Martha Stewart is cupcake week..... and I am soooo excited! Anyone else going to watch? ::

:: Have a great weekend....::

:: .... and don't forget your sunglasses, its going to be beautiful!

:: The Baby Story FINALLY ::

:: Well I think it is time to tell you my birthing story since its been about two months since it happend.As you know I had a appointment to get get induced on May5th in the morning, however the Lord had something else planned out. Bobby and I thought that we would enjoy our last night just the two of us (I dont know how many of these we had, I lost count cause she was "coming" for 2 1/2 week) Well we rented a movie and I fell asleep through half of it, which was good cause I didn't think I would sleep cause I was so excited. I must have gotten up about 3 times during the night to go pee, and then I was just falling back asleep and I felt a little trickle "down there" and so I got up and went to the bathroom, and wooosh, Niagra Falls happened. I had to sit and think about this for a second, could this be my water or did I lose my bladder control? Well, it was my water so I put a pad on and remembered what the nurse said that if the pad soaked then to phone them. I don' think I even put it on totally and it was soaked. So I went to wake up Bobby to let him know. I said "sweetie, wake up, my water broke" and he said "what?" and so I repeated myself again. He leeps out of bed and said "calm down, calm down, lets go" so the funny thing was was that I was already calm and Bobby was the one freaking out haha. He said that he had to go to the bathroom and I said that I would phone the hospital and let them know. So the phone calls went out to the family and the nurse told us to some in. I decided to have a shower, put some makeup on, straighten my hair, have some breakfast, do some dishes and some last minute clean up. As I was doing this Bobby was wearing a hole in the carpet walking back and forth asking "are you ready yet?"
:: So my water broke at 1:10 a.m. and we were admitted in the hospital by 3:50 a.m. The lady was checking me over and said "are you sure it was your water?" like I didn't know the difference of water and pee, and the fact that it didn't stop dribbling for 7 hours...that would have been one long pee. So she checked me and I was 3 cm at that point. Bobby and I decided that we would try to have a snooze until the action started. At about 7:30 our nurse came in and checked me again and I was still 3 cm, so they started a IV in me. I don't like needles at all so I was a little stressed and asked if I had to have it. The nurse said that if I have a problem with needles what am I going to do going through labour? haha. well the IV was in and ready to go with the induction. My mom was by my side the hole time as well as Bobby. My doctor came in and checked me and said that he wrote on my chart that I can have any drugs I want and I asked him if I could get them to go cause we were believing for a natural birth. At 1:00 the called it labour which meant that I was getting 4 contractions every 5 minutes. I remembered what advice I got and took about 3 showers and sat on the ball, sat on my knees and bent over and curled up in a little ball. I found the shower was great but being in a little ball was better for me::
:: I was having big contractions but I was so tired, and the doctor had checked me at 6:30 and I was 7 cm and was feeling alot of pain so the doc said that he wanted to give me a epidural, and Bobby and I said no that we wanted to try something else. We ended up deciding that we would have a shot of morphine since the laughing gas was making me feel like I was going to throw up. They only gave me a 1/4 of a shot because they needed to see how it was going to react with my system, and boy I tell you thats all I needed! I was so tired and the nurse kept waking me up. The nurse was saying that I needed to be awake to know what was happening, that I just slept through 3 major contractions and I kept saying to her 5 more minutes. I pretty much slept for the next 3 hours on and off. I remembered the nurse waking me and telling me to tell her when I felt like I had to push, but I kept forgetting too. I told myself that I would tell her "next time" I felt it. I think it was about 7 times that I felt like pushing and then finally remembered to tell her. With that she checked and and they quickly grabbed the doctor and we were more then ready. The nurse told me that this would take about a hour or two so just brace myself. The doctor explained to me how to push and to do it on my next contraction, so when it came I started to breath and push and he yelled "stop: you need to do it the way I told you, and my reasponse was "sorry, i wasn't listening to you, can you please repeat yourself". so once I got that down I pushed 4 times every contraction and had Nevaeh out in 19 minutes. When she came out she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her so tightly that it took about 4 minutes to start breathing so I didn't get to hold her right away. When she came out I saw her and said look, its a baby! and Bobby said its a girl! and I said " its a girl baby". The doctor said" any guesses on the weight?" a few guesses came out 7 pounds, 8 pounds 7 1/2 pounds and then put her on the scale and said 9.5 ponds. I can't even remember that conversation. My mom came over to give me a kiss and congrats and said "sweetie, you just had a 9.5 baby!" and I said " thats a big baby girl not realizing that I just gave birth to it. Nevaeh had to stay in the incubator for a few days, and then we got to take her home on the Friday.
::We have been so in love with her, and cherish every single moment. Still at times I can't believe she is all mine, and think just how beautiful she is. I am sure every Mom feels this way when they have a baby, but what a honor and blessing it is to be able to be a women and have a baby!::
::And as for my story, I thought that getting the IV hurt more then the labour and delivery, but there is a reason for this. I had a great friend of mine pray for me. When my water broke Bobby phoned her and she got up out of bed and started praying until she heard that Nevaeh was safe and sound and in this world. I truly believe that it was because of her prayers and standing in the gap when I was not with it that I had the delivery that I did. So a big thank you to Rhonda, you will never know how much you mean to us and how wonderful it is to have you as a friend.So my gift to you mom;s out there, if you are about to have a baby, let me know, and i will stand in the gap for you! ::
:: I couldn't do a post without posting a picture of Nevaeh, this is the one that was taken after she was born and in the hospital.::

:: Happy Canada Day!!! ::

:: Smile, Its Friday!!! ::

:: Splish splash I was taking a bath!!! ::

:: The Loves of my Life ::

:: Guess Who Is One Month Old Today ::

:: Only the cutest girl ever!!!! the ever so sweet Nevaeh! Yes, I know I owe all of you major updates and trust me they are on their way! This little cupcake only likes to take 15 minute naps during the day so I am sooo busy and then by the time she is down for the night, so am I. Well enjoy this weekend and the beautiful weather and check back next Monday, maybe I will have another post hahaha. Love to you all! ::
:: Crystal, you are in my prayers for your upcoming labour! whoot whoot! ::

:: She is here ::

:: Hey everyone, just wanted to give you a quick update on how things are.... excellent! I LOVE being a mommy and wouldn't change it for anything! I didn't know that I could love something this much but it is possible everytime I lay eyes on her, and she is all mine (but I do have to share her with Daddy and stop being a baby hog :)::
:: I will be back with the whole birthing story and WHY I didn't blog anything all day, sorry about that girls, please forgive me. Also wanted to say thanks to Jess for letting you all know about my daughter, Nevaeh Lynn Samy! ::
::Till next time, hopfully real soon. Thanks again for all your prayers, I know that they worked!::

:: Update #1 ::

:: My water broke!!!!!! At 1:10 this morning my water broke but I don't have any contractions. I phoned in to the hospital and they want me to come in and they said that they would admit me right away because I already had a appointment for the morning. Soooo I will update soon on whats going on! ::

:: One More Sleep = TAKE 2 ::

:: So I am off tot he hospital tomorrow morning, again I have to call in at 7:00 am to see if they can take me. Have everything in order and ready to go as I have for the last three weeks so I am ready! A little nervous but I am ready. Like I said before I will try to keep you all updated tomorrow so check in. Please just pray that my Mom will make it to the hospital in time, she has a appointment in Vancouver that she can not miss at 9:30 and will be finished by 12:00 so please pray that she will be there in time to see her grandchild born (and also be there for me, I am such a Momma's girl) Thanks Ladies for all your prayers and comments, it means so much to me! Sweet Dreams! ::

:: Update ::

:: Well, do I have a update for you!!! As of right now my peach is still inside me where I think he/she likes it! Yesterday morning started off with a phone call to the hospital at 7:00 with a "just to let them know that I was coming call" as my doctor had asked me to do and with that I got a nurse on the other end saying that all there beds were full that I should be ready to go and they would call me when there was a opening. Ok, so lets continue to get ready and just go hang out at my parents house since they only live like 2 minutes from the hospital ::
:: By 1:15 I still had not heard from them so I decided to call them back and see whats going on because I was having my baby today! The nurse said to me " we are really full so we are going to have to cancel you today " and with that I think I may have even gotten a tear in my eye. I got off the phone and called my doctors office and they wanted me to come in and get the baby checked. So off Bobby and I went to the doc's and he checked me and said that I still have not dilated. So we talked, and talked and talked. He said that 3 nurses had called in sick to the hospital so thats why they could not take me because they were short and that they wanted to reschedule me. So as it stands right now NEXT Tuesday is the day and he said that he will make sure that they don't cancel it. So why so long for the appointment, my doctor is going away on vacation :)::
:: I have to be honest, if they were concerned that I would be carrying "over term" why would they wait another full week? So my Doctor wanted us to go up to the hospital and get a reading on the babies heart beat just to make sure that everything is fine. We headed there and I got a monitor strapped to my belly for 20 minutes and they were just looking for consistency in the heart beat and they found that of course, cause my little peach is nice and healthy praise God! After we left there I broke down in the car and started crying, why you ask? well I was very tired and it was a long day and I was so excited to meet my peach and it almost seemed as a disappointment. My sweet husband just sat there and said Lysh, its all in God's timing. There is a reason that it didn't happen today. The baby will come when the baby is ready and we should just have our faith on that and believe that it will come on its own without any help. You know, God has our days numbered, He knows when this baby is coming out, He knows when its time. So thats where I am right now, rolling all my thoughts over to the Lord and finding peace and rest in Him, and joining my Faith with my husband and believing that it will come on its own sometime this week (hopefully in the next two days cause I really want a April baby)::
::The Bible says that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask it will be done for you by my Father in Heaven. So my ask is of you, will you please come into agreement with Bobby and I that we will have this peach without any help from the doctors and that it will be delivered a happy, healthy baby?::
::I will of course keep you posted so stay tuned!::
::Much Love to you all! ::

:: One More Sleep ::

:: So here I sit at 10:16 the night before I go into the hospital to give birth to my sweet peach. Millions of thoughts are racing through my mind and the last thing I can do is close my eyes and have a good night sleep. I am so excited to meet my little one and at the same time the thought of being a mom scares me. You think that over the process of 9 months you would be all ready to go, but to be truthful it feels like just yesterday that I found out I was pregnant. This time has passed so quickly that I wish it could last for just a little longer. I think that this is a common feeling and is not going to stop with the way kids seem to grow so quickly. My biggest prayer is that I will follow the Lord in all His ways and listen to the helper for wisdom and guidance. Its easy to run off the path with the way you feel, but it is about coming back to the creator of heaven and earth and know that he has plans for you,a future and hope and trusting in that. Haha, here I am just rambling on, but life is just changing, a new season for me, in less then a day away. I really want to thank you all for your thought and prayers, it truly means the world to me knowing that I have all you sister in Christ praying for me, it gives me a sense of peace. I guess I should try to get some rest, just need to fold some laundry and pick up the last minute things. So gals, stay tuned and I will be sure to update as soon as I can. Bless you all and I pray and complete blessing over all of your lives ::

::Belly Shot~40 Weeks and 2 Days ::

:: GAME TIME ::
:: So what do you think? ::
:: Boy or Girl? ::
:: Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think ::

:: The Update ::

:: Well hello to anyone left out there who follows my blog, you are so faithful haha. Thought I would do a quick post to update you on what is going on with this little peach. I had a doctors appointment on Tuesday and got the oh so delightful vaginal exam, and he said that I was still 1 cm dilated errrr. So anyway after the exam we talked about the possible due dates (because we made the baby while I was on birth control) and he has set up a appointment for Tuesday for me to be induced. He said that because they can't time it down to a certain few days that I may be carrying overdue or just on time, so looks like this little peach will make his/her appearance then, if not sooner! Just when you thought you were ready you start to think about all these what if's! I have had to roll so many thought over to the Lord about being a Mommy. This has been one of the things that I have always dreamt about, being a SAHM and raise a family and have a wonderful husband and all of this is coming to pass right before my very eyes. Exciting yes!!!!::
:: So I will do my best to update the blog when I am at the hospital (maybe it will keep my mind busy and off contractions haha) so check in on Tuesday at some time, and please leave a comment and let me know if you still read my blog, or if I don't know you I would love to know that you stopped by ::

:: Done ::

:: Well I know that its been a very LONG time since I have posted anything, and the truth is I have been so busy running around and trying to get everything ready for baby. Its amazing how one little person can keep you so busy and not even arrive yet! I had a few close calls this week and thought that it was coming, hoping maybe, but they turned out to be nothing. I had some contractions and they were about 20 minutes apart but then stopped. Oh well, God's perfect timing I keep telling myself. People often ask how I am doing, and the truth is I am done. My tummy is stretched to the max and I dont know how this baby can even move! You look at the size of my husband and think, oh she is going to have a BIG baby and I am totally feeling that! I have enjoyed being pregnant and love the feeling of life inside of me, but now I am ready to hold that life in my arms and cuddle it hours on end. My bags are packed and same with babies so all we have to do is run out the door!::
::If you have any tips or anything on what I should not leave the house without, please leave me a post and let me know! What worked for you and what didn't?::
::I don't really have anything else to report right now, considering my life is revolving around my peach, so thats all you get right now, and i promise that if baby comes I will try to post it right away to let you know what it is. My Dad has a powerbook so I will try and use that at the hospital::
::God Bless you all, pray Gods richest blessing upon you and thanks for dropping by and not forgetting about me::

:: So Sweet ::

:: A few weeks ago my Mom and I were out and about shopping around for my "new" living room (more on this later) and we came across this sweetest thing. My Mom could not resist and bought it for the nursery! I fell in love with it! Thanks Nona for the sweet gift... the peach and I love it!::
::As well as I changed my mind on the teddy bear theme for the room so I will show you little snip-its from the baby's room!(more on this later) Such fun to have all the time in the world right now! but I do know that thats about to change =) ::

:: My Biggest Cravings ::

::Lots of people always ask me what my biggest cravings are during my pregnancy, and without a doubt I would have to say green apples and green grapes! I could eat them ALL day long!!!!::

:: POP goes my belly!!! ::

:: My eight and a half month belly shot!! I wore the same thing as my last belly shot so you can see the difference.As you can tell from my last post my belly popped!!! and I am feeling every inch of it =) But also feeling so much movement and life! I am getting excited yet nervous which I am told is very common. So ladies, any comments, suggestions or tips please leave a comment and fill me in! ::

:: Last Day ::

:: Today was my last day of work!!! Where has the time gone???. I now have about 5 weeks until this peach comes so i thought I would take some time and get everything in order. I am blessed with my vacation time so I am not taking a early leave. I will have alot more time on my hands so you will be seeing more updates and little updates and random thought as I try to keep busy over these next few weeks so so tuned for that! ::

::So I will leave you with a preggie moment that I had (one of the many) My mom and I were at Ikea doing some shopping and all of a sudden I heard my cel phone ring so I am looking through my purse trying to get it before it stops and was getting a little concerned that I could not find it, so I look at my mom with a confused look on my face and say "maybe I left my phone at home?!" soooooo my mom and I had to have a good hard laugh at that!::

:: What to do? ::

:: So i have all of a sudden felt the pressure to get everything done for the baby, with only 2 1/2 months left, its coming quickly. So I have been doing my research on all the possible stroller out there, what to do? I had made a decision on the Phil and Teds Sport Stroller and then saw the Phil and Teds Vibe and new it was between those two. Bobby and I went into TJ Kiddies Store and the sales lady talked us out of those and into this Baby Jogger City Elite Stroller. The nice thing about this one is that you can have the extra attachment on it for a second child but it doesn't sit so close to the ground and the second child can sit up and the seat doesn't need to be reclined. I wished it had a picture of what it looks like with the attachment but I couldn't find it. Also the weight of it is the same as the Phil and Teds and the collapsing of it is SOOO easy! I don't know when Bobby and I would have another baby, but I wanted to make a wise purchase as these things do add up. So 1) what do you think is the better one? 2) Do you have any other suggestions? 3) Have you heard about this name brand before? 4) What should I dooo? I guess this is what you call "nesting time" cause i can't sit still and I have a list a mile long on what to do!