The most wonderful weekend

Happy Mother's Day. What a wonderful weekend:) The best weekend I can remember. We had a weekend full of trips to the Ocean, Picnics, walks along the seawall (I think it was about 8km), trips to new parks, splashing our feet in fountains and the ocean, laughter, hugs and of course love! 

I could not have asked for a better weekend, oh and the best part, waking up to my little girl giving me a mothers day card she made me with help from her amazing dad. It brought tears to my eyes as she showed me and told me about everything they drew in the card. I feel so blessed to have an amazing husband and a beautiful loving daughter. 

Here are a ton of pictures from the last two days, enjoy:)

 Seriously, what a beautiful day!!

 Yes we are all pretty tired. 

To Lainey, thanks for being an amazing daughter and filling my everyday with joy and laughter. xoxo

Pictures

What happens when you don't update your blog in 2 months? Your family hounds you and you end up with an overload of photos to choose from. I have only choose I selection of photos, some favourites. 

The weather has been amazing here. So warm. We live outside now, if I can get Lainey to stay inside for a half hour after waking up in the morning I am lucky. I might actually tan this year:) 

We go on lots of walks and these days she can out run me! Not saying much for me is it?

This photo is from today, she is in her new dress Auntie Julie bought, it's adorable. She wore it to a quilt show, how appropriate. 

 She is also potty trained now!!!! I can't believe how amazing it feels to say that. She did awesome and I am so proud of her. She has had one pee accident in a week. She is now 2 weeks trained. She is doing better and better with the number 2 situation. Anyways the method I used suggested having prizes if they need that extra encouragement. So we decided to do that every time she went for a number 2 on the potty. This is the shirt she got as a prize! She loves grover. We have so many Sesame Street books, I still can't find it on the tv. Must be on in the early morning. She wore the shirt two days in a row. Cute!!! Also we had to buy it from the boys section, isn't sesame street for everyone?

 She giggles non stop. This is us looking in the mirror, apparently it's pretty funny. haha

 You know those days, work days I think people call them, well we spend those days at the ocean with friends enjoying the sunshine. We are so lucky to be able to do this and on days like this we really appreciate it.

 Going for an evening walk in the forest. Hahaha she is so bundled up and insisted on wearing a hat. She laughed the entire time and ran most the way. It is pretty funny.

 Playing "night night" is one of her favourite games. She gets everyone a blanket and pillow and we all play. 

Wow brother and sister or cousins! Love this picture of them. 

 Her first easter egg hunt. So nice she got to do it with all her cousins:)

 Well hello beautiful!!! Look at those eyes! She such a cutie.

 Lainey at her birthday party in Ottawa. The only picture I took. But thanks to Jen I have a bunch now.

 Great picture of mom and dad with the kids:)

 Monkey has to have fun at the park too:)

 Also one of my favourite pictures Lainey has ever made!!! She had such concentration while making this. She started in the centre with circles and then worked her way around.

Hopefully my next post won't be in months! 

Hope all you awesome moms out there that have helped me become a better mother have a great day tomorrow!

5 months and a little in between

 Oh Lainey how you fill each day with so much Joy. Honestly I am so lucky to be able to hang out with her everyday. There is always a new word or action. So much fun just to watch her.

 She loves to paint! I hate to clean up. lol Bad combination. 

 Life is good when you live 10 minutes from the ocean. Oh and Trevor and his dad have the EXACT same walk, lol.

 Love love love this picture below.

 1,2,3, jump......

 Sweater dress, so cute.

 Lainey would wear sunglasses 24/7. She calls them "gasses".

 Trev and I had a day on the mountain snowshoeing. It was so refreshing. 

 Don't you just want to eat up that cuteness.

 Happy Valentines day! Trev surprised Lainey and I with an edible bouquet. It was delish.

 Oh course Lainey loved it.

 Ducks are her thing. She just loves them. We go for walks and feed them a couple times a week. Some of them come right up to the fence and eat the bread from her hand.

Thats when she doesn't eat all the bread herself. lol

Love this guy! He has had to do a lot (everything) these last few months and he never complains. Sure sometimes it takes longer than I'd like, lol but he shows both Lainey and I how much he loves us everyday. 

 A little girls first trip to a cupcake shop. 

 She really enjoyed it.

 She melts my heart, so sweet. 

 She picked out these glasses at the store. I could tell she fell in love with them right away. There a little big and yes she wears them in the house all the time. But she is just so adorable how could I say no?

 And today marks 5 months pregnant!!! We also had an ultrasound today which was pretty awesome. Wow it is so amazing to see a little baby, I can't believe I have to go another 20 weeks before I see him or her again. (oh and these are my h&m maternity jeans.....love them)

Things I love that Lainey says:

"Hunny"

She say's circle and turns/runs in circle until she is so dizzy. lol

When ever I sing she dances with a huge smile on her face.

Every morning when she gets up she announces that she has a poo-poo and that she wants a banana and cartoons. (I love that every morning I can do that, that we can cuddle on the couch for as long as she wants)

Her favourite song is "quack quack went the little ducky"

She knows we have a baby coming and that it is in mommies belly. I tell her when the baby comes she is going to have to help me for a bit but when the baby gets bigger it will be a her friend. She shrieks with joy.

She likes to make choices. She will ask if she can picky? This can be anything from a book to a drink.

She won't dump anything without saying dumpy? and wait for a response. This includes puzzels, her bag of markers, her stamps, play-dou.

She loves the bath, she would have 5 a day if we let her. She started to like her swimming lessons too:) 

She is absolutely amazing and so much fun to be around. Now that I am feeling better I am trying to enjoy every second. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend:)