God is good!!!

It has been sometime since I last posted a blog. If it were not for my wonderful sister Christine I would have forgotten all about blogging. So thank you Chris. God has been changing things in our lives in a big way. Hannah is going to be two in just a few short weeks. I cannot believe that she is going to be that old and yet it seems as though she should be older than two. Hannah is a very verbal girl and she is very smart. Just this morning we were driving down one street and she looks out the window and says "look at all the garages". I did not even know she knew what a garage was. She is pretty much potty trained. I feel comfortable leaving the house to go to the grocery store with Hannah just wearing underwear. I think we are very close to saying that she is completely potty trained. Mike and his dad have one of their flip houses for sale and the last one is close behind. It will be very nice once these houses sell so Mike can relax and maybe start working on kid proofing our back yard. Mike is almost done work for this school year and he is very excited to start his summer break. I have started a new job. I was offered a position as the massage therapist at Harvest Chiropractic and wellness center here in Brandon. My first say was June 1st and I am reall enjoying it. My hours are 9-1:30 every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. So if you are reading this and you live in this area please call and book an appointment (717-8000). The wife of the chiropractor here keeps Hannah while I am at work. She will sometimes cry and make a big deal when I leave but when I come back she always says"have fun at miss Taralee's" so I know she really enjoys going she just wants to make me feel loved. Mike and I became members of our church on May 27. We are excited to start working together with the other members of our church and to reach out to our community. I will be starting out with working on the nursery committee. I am very excited to see what God has in store for us in this next chapter of our life. I know that He is walking with us and teaching us new things everyday. I tried to add some pictures but I have not quite figured out how to do this with my new iPad. When I figure it out I will post some updated photos.

Wordless Wednesday!

My big girl!!!

So we have started to potty train Hannah. I started to take her whenever she said "poop". She has done such a great job of telling me. We have caught a pee a couple of times so I thought that maybe it was time.

We are on day 2 of no diaper during the day (except for nap time and bed time). I have put some pants on her to catch any pee that does not make it to the toilet. Yesterday we went through every pair of pants she has so she ended up wearing a diaper for the evening. Today so far she is in the pair of pants I first put on her. She is down for nap number one now but I have great hopes for the rest of the day. I will post again tonight to let you know how well she did and I will add some photos of her eating her breakfast today (she is just so cute!!!)

Busy summer!!

Well, summer has just been flying by. Graduation has come and gone, and so has Hannah's first birthday! My baby is one year old, walking on her own and she has 7 (almost 8) teeth. Our basement is finally finished and everything has been moved down here to make a family room and play room and guest bedroom. It feels so great to be able to use all of my house.

Mike and I are leaving for Minneapolis on the 22. We are going for our anniversary and we are leaving Hannah is the care of her Grandparents while we are gone. I am so nervous about leaving her for 6 full days but I know that she will be well taken care of. She has been coming into herself so much more these days that I am afraid of missing something. I am sure that everything will be just fine and that I have to put my trust in God. Our message this morning in church was about trusting God and not worrying about things so I am going to do my best.

The joys of being a mom!!

There are so many days when I feel like pulling my hair out and then she giggles at something little I did or she falls asleep on my chest or sits by herself and talks to her teddy bears and my heart melts. Words cannot express what a blessing it is to be a mom and to see this child changing day by day right before your eyes. Their personality changes, their looks, their height/weight. As they grow they just seem to get cuter and cuter. They also start to develop an attitude and start to do things to push the boundaries. God has given me a strong willed child and I know that He has a wonderful plan for her life. I can't wait to see how He uses this will for His purpose!!

It has been way too long!

Hey everyone!! I was just reading the last post on my blog and I realized that I have not posted something in a very long time. So just a quick over view of what our lives have been like for the past 7 months... Hannah has four teeth and she is such a happy baby. She has her moments of sadness and she even has an attitude but for the most part she is just a happy, funny kid. Mike is still at the school division but he is working part time trying to finish our basement. We now have a bedroom that is almost move in ready, a laundry room and a bathroom with a working shower. The family room downstairs just needs to be painted and carpet put in and we will be able to use the other half of our house. I cannot wait!!!

I am three weeks away from writing my final exams and being done with school forever. Whoever said that going to school with an infant would be easy clearly had never tried to complete such a task. Not only do I want to be with my baby I also have a house to clean, meals to make, school work to do... and the list goes on and on. I cannot express how excited I am going to be when they hand me my diploma and tell me that I am finished!!! Oh the anticipation.

Well, here are a few pictures of Hannah so enjoy.

Today is Tuesday!!

So today is Tuesday and I am one day behind on writing my tests for this month. I wanted to make sure that I was ready to write them as I need to get really good marks this year. I was supposed to have them written by yesterday but that just did not happen. Last week I took Hannah to the doctor and after having chest xrays we found out that she has pneumonia. So she has been on meds and has been a bit cranky the last little while. I had been praying that she would be feeling much better by Sunday as it was her dedication at Church. When Sunday morning rolled around I knew it was going to be a good day. She was so happy and content and she had a great day with her cousins. It may have been too good of a day for her though. When Monday came around she was quite grumpy unless I was holding her and when she got tired she screamed and screamed until she just could not keep her eyes open any longer. It did not help that I had to take her for another chest xray in the morning. I am not sure if I have described the chest xray process to you but i will do that now. The technician put her onto what could be described as a bicycle seat for babies. Then the other technician held her arms up while the first guy wrapped a plastic cone around her little body to hold her in a seated position with her hands up over her head. Once she was strapped in they took a couple pictures of her chest and told me to go and wait while they checked the images to make sure they got 2 good pictures. Did I mention that she had to be naked for this procedure? Well she did, she could keep her diaper on but that was it. I felt so bad for her. So bad that I thought I would leave her in the seat just a few seconds longer to get a picture so that all of you could see what it actually looked like. But alas the room was too dark and my picture did not turn out so you will just have to use your imagination.

I do not have any pictures to show this time but maybe on wordless Wednesday I will be able to scrounge up a few pictures for all of you to see.