Matthew's Birthday Party

Last night, we finally celebrated Matthew's birthday with the Cooke family. (Friesen family was done in Manitoba at the beginning of the month.) I borrowed a train cake pan from Naomi and then iced and decorated it to look like a train. This was my first try at cake decorating, so I am not to happy with it, but hopefully with practice it will look better. I believe Matthew finally understands what presents are for because as soon as one entered the room he headed straight for it and opened it. Needless to say, I had to re wrap some quickly. It was a good evening full of cake and putting together his Tommy Trains as he calls them. (Thomas the Train). He received two more sets from Grandma and Grandpa and I am not sure who had more fun putting them together, Ryan or Shirley. All I can say is, headache city here I come. They are noisy and the little beads that are supposed to be coal, or mail, are all over the house. I wish that I had a basement to put all of these noisy toys in.

Matthew turns 2

Okay, so I am new at this blogging thing and am going to try to keep it up dated. Please bear with me as I have 14 weeks left of my pregnancy, yes, just 14, and I am tired. What more can I say. Well, lets start with last week. Matthew turned the big 2. It was probably one of the longest days for me. It started off with us shopping for a bike for him. That was trying as he tested a few out at Wal-Mart, but in the end, it was a Tigger bike and for those of you who know me, I am not a Winnie the Pooh fan, so it was a hard decision. The reason behind it was it had a handle so that I can push him since I don't really feel like bending over at the moment. We then brought the bike home and it had to go every where with him. In his room while he napped, he didn't eat lunch because he was worried about his bike, it also had to stay in his room while we slept. We gave him the rest of his presents that night, but we are celebrating his birthday today with family since some people were out of town. The 23rd also marked the first night without his soother. After an hour and half of crying, he finally fell asleep and slept through the night for the first time in months. I was so happy because I got to sleep too. So the nights are now getting better, even the weather is getting better. So this is the start of my blogging. It will probably be mostly about the kids, cows, and what Ryan is up to, but hey, this is my life and I kinda like it.