Update, its about time.

Its been a little while without any posts, sorry. I haven't really taken many pics of this kids, they have all been sick, but we are back to normal and so here is a little post for each of them. Ben's will be coming soon, I'm having computer issues and can't get his pics to post. Maybe tomorrow.

Jonny - 3 1/2 years

When I look at these picutes it reminds me how big Jonny has gotten but how some things never change. With Ben in school, both Matt and I have been able spend some great quality time with Jon and he has been able to spend time learning to play with his sister. I say learning because up until Ben went to school Jonny really had no interest in Mya, he world still revolved mostly around Ben. He really has had to "learn" to be the older brother.

I love this picture because it shows how serious Jonny is when he is in character. He loves to pretend and takes his "roles" very seriously. Yesterday, he was being Ironhide??, a transformer, he roared at Ben and scared him! It was quite funny to see Ben on the receiving end of that.

Some of you may remember seeing all the baby pics of Jonny asleep in his high chair or just curled up on the floor. He is that kid who goes, goes, goes and then just stops and sleeps. Nothing has changed, just the other day he informed Ben he was going to sleep between the fire place and the chair and that's what he did. Matt thought he was kidding, but a few minutes later he hadn't moved and was gone. Sometimes I wonder when he'll grow out of this, maybe never.

Mya - 14 months

Mya is growing and changing so quickly these days. She is not walking yet but has started using one foot, one knee and no hands to "scooch" around. I guess that's one step closer to walking than traditional crawling. More and more we are getting to know her personality. She is silly and soooo stubborn. She has started saying a few words although not always in context. Her favourite is "Hi Dad" which of course, melts Matt's heart. She can also say "all done" and we have started to not only ask her to say it but not let her down from eating until she does.
One thing that we have noticed is the effect having two brothers has already had on Mya. This morning after cleaning her up from breakfast I got really close to her and asked her to say "all done". She looked at me, proceeded to head butt me and laughed so hard. Trying not to laugh, I asked again for her to say "all done", I got head butted again and kind of hard this time. Again, she though this was so funny. I backed away before asking again and this time got her foot shoved in my face and more giggles. I wonder where she could have picked up these kind of behaviours?? I think I have a clue!

Bathtime Beauty

Mya is always happy in the tub and the boys like it when I comb her hair funny. I couldn't resist capturing these smiles and Ben was sweet enough to go and get the camera.

Christmas!!, Finally.

We had a wonderful Christmas. Christmas Eve we went to Matt's sister's house. We had a great time opening gifts, eating turkey, and the boys enjoyed their hot tub. We also went to Christmas Eve service at our church and some of us got to enjoy hearing and singing about their real reason to celebrate. (I say some of us because about 5 min into the service Mya peed all over the front of me and so I spent the rest of the service sitting soaked in the nursery).

We had a nice quiet Christmas morning at home. I didn't take too many pictures, I was busy enjoying my family. Here are a few I did catch.

Mya was not into the gift opening at all. We tried to entice her with the paper, ribbon, toys, nothing worked. She did however get excited over this piece of plastic.

Titan "opening" his stocking.

Ben and Jon, sporting their new Ironman and Storm Trooper helmets. A great addition to their dress up trunk.

Christmas with the Myers

It had been a running joke leading up to Christmas that my parents were going to buy the boys rocks for Christmas. My parents often heard, "Bubba/Nanna, what did you get me for Christmas?". Their response, "ROCKS!"
Before the boys opened any of their gifts, they got their first "special" gift, rocks!

Mya, reluctantly trying on her new mitts.

It was so special to have my sister here, even if it was only for a week. She had not been home for Christmas in 3 years, it was about time.

Mya's First Birthday!

Hard to believe this was almost a month ago! I still wanted to make sure I put up the pictures. Unfortunately I didn't get a great photo of Mya on her special day but go some great pics during her party.

Mya was so tired after eating her cake and having a bath that we didn't open her presents until that evening.

She loves the play table we got her and even pretends to talk on the phone.

Enjoying the Cake

At first, Mya was unsure about eating her cake. I gave her a little taste on my finger and that was enough to get her over the dislike of the feel.

Good to the last lick!

Too Much Fun!

It has been quite a while since I have updated our blog. We have been busy celebrating and having fun.
Some of the highlights have been,

Celebrating Mya's 1st birthday
A Visit from Auntie Jenn
Christmas with both the Jansens and Myers
Taking the boys skating for the 1st time

Hopefully soon I will have time to put up the pictures from these special moments, for now here are some I love of the boys (including Matt) sledding on Christmas Day.

The Friendly Beasts

Today was Ben's Christmas presentation at school. He was THRILLED to be asked to be the sheep (because he got to wear a costume).

It was so cute, Ben did not sing a word of the song until it was his verse and then he stood up and belted out his part.

Thanks to Shanna's zoom lens I actually got some decent pictures. We were sitting quite far away.