Birthday Pics

We had our private little party for Mack on the Sunday after his birthday basically just giving him our couple of presents and having a cupcake cake for him. He did nap most of the afternoon so really, our time was limited. hehe Here's some pics of him with his presents and his cake. :)

Here's his cupCake based on the book, "The Hungry Caterpillar"

He wasn't too sure about it....

Ok, now there's a bit of a smile.

From his sisters, a container of Snap Beads. He sure does like to pull these apart and carry them around a lot of the day.

Even with the big present sitting right there, he'd rather play with the flippy handle on the lid. LOL

Okay, now this is better.

=D

My Baby is growing Up!!

I can't believe it was a year ago today that I brought my little boy into this world. My last baby, never to be a baby again. It was a fairly easy labour as far as labours are concerned. Bearable contractions throughout the day with me walking to try to make them stronger and closer together. By 5 o'clock we were heading into the hospital to have our baby, and at 2:05 am, after a most wonderful epidural, he was born. I knew he was going to be a boy, no one actually told me so, but my mothers intuition did! Looking back I feel like it was an easy babyhood for him and us, I know we had our trials and tribulations but all in all it was pretty painless and definitely flew by!!! (Wow! Mommy memory sure fades fast!!)

Our little man is walking and nearly running now, getting into everything he can. If it's not locked, he'll open it. If it's not up high, he's playing with it. If it's small and important... he's hiding it!

He's got 8 teeth now, 4 on the top, 4 on the bottom. He's eating mostly solid foods, rejecting the standard baby food that was once so easy to get into him. So I must put my thinking cap back on and remember some of the things Daelyn used to like to eat at that age. He can eat pretty much everything we do but some things are challenging or just not appropriate yet.

He's sleeping about 11/12 hours at night, usually from 8:30 to 8:30 or so and napping 2.5 - 3 hours during the day in one long afternoon nap. It's great for some quiet time, but I do miss the pre supper nap in order to get that taken care of without a cling on attached to my leg! LOL

We aren't having a "party" so to say but rather a few small gatherings. We had one with my family at Thanksgiving, which was also my Nephews 4th birthday. We'll have another little gathering with the other side of the family when we get together for American Thanksgiving. This weekend we're having our own little gathering on Sunday, which will include dad, myself and the kids. Pretty small and definitely not fancy. Sorry boy, it's not that you're not loved..... you're the third child. LOL

My Big One Year Old!

Pumpkins of 2010

Okay, it seems as though I just can't decide what medium to use to share my photos and life happenings. I've been meaning to blog for the last little while just hadn't sat down to do it. Mackinley is starting to take one long afternoon nap vs. two shorter ones so maybe I'll be able to get more stuff done, including the odd blog post.

Last night was Pumpkin Carving. We always like to do this as a family with each child having their own pumpkin, and picking their own face design. It's a lot of fun, ending with roasting the seeds for a tasty treat! I have to admit I helped Mackinley with his, he spent most of the time just walking around. :)

Daelyn's is on the left, Hayley's in the middle, and Mack's on the right. For those that aren't sure what that face is, it's one of Hayley's favourite typing emotions that would sound something like, "Doh" on the Simpsons.

Foto Friday - Treehouse!!

Well it's done! for now.... I still want a walk up ramp for Mack for next year but that's something we can add next spring, hopefully. OR maybe I won't want an easy access for him after all... hmmmm, might have to think on that one.

Okay so he started off with this. Ummmm... Momma thinks this is too high for the little ones. So....

then it became this. Do you see the green crate on the other side? That's on a pully so you can get things up to the top. It was originally for tools etc, but as the adults seem to gather up there at get togethers, it's being used for other things as well. :D

And then we added the baby swing for the Mackster, and the railings for safety of course.

Somebody likes it!

Here's the trap door from the top level. The hubs took the picture as I don't venture up there. Never will!

And lastly came the landscaping around the bottom. Landscape fabric, edging and P. gravel. Oh and of course a slide!!

Kuddos to my man for a great summer project done and very much enjoyed! We're proud of you!!