Walking AND Climbing

Getting his hair cut by Rachel at the hair school. Definitely worth the $3 for a squirmy toddler!

Our baby is a toddler now! He's officially walking. On Sep 16th he took 11 steps and then 12 steps. When he was just 9 months old he showed interest in walking for about a week and got up to 4 consecutive steps, but after that week he took a month off and decided to perfect his crawl. In the last few weeks he started walking a ton. He will walk from room to room and he loves it! And he's also learned to climb, eek! He can climb onto some chairs, the couches, and lovesac. I'm trying to let him learn if he can go up he's gotta come down. He does pretty well and remembers to turn around to get off of things most of the time. He's saying more and more words. He seems to use the following in the right context: Mama, Papa, Ball, Banana, More, No, and Bye-bye. He also has been working on cutting his two top front teeth. One is finally through and the other one still looks so sore. He's a tough little guy. We can't get enough of him! Here are a couple videos to show off his walking skills.

For Papa

I was showing Sawyer a picture of George this morning and he kept saying, "Papa, Papa, Papa!"

We miss you and love you SO much!

Two Newsie Doozies

Are you ready?

We are moving to Canada! British Columbia gorgeousness. George had a few phone interviews in August and then one in person Sep 8th and is scheduled to start work one week from today on Sep 19! He'll be driving some of the largest trucks in the world at Fording River Mine. They look like gigantic tonka trucks.

The truck pictured above is similar to what George will be driving. (I snagged a pic from google images.) Notice how small the full grown man looks in comparison to the tire!

So it's a bit overwhelming moving to another country...lots and lots of paperwork, ugh! We'll have to deal with different money, banks, and credit cards, new phone plans, import our cars, get documents in order for Sawyer and me, see about health coverage, etc. etc. We're very excited about the prospect of getting out of debt quicker tho! And if you're wondering...yes George is still looking for helicopter pilot jobs. We figured he could apply/look for jobs just as easy up there, but we'll be making more mula in the meantime. George is 'moving' up this week and Sawyer and I will join him when he's done with training in about 6 weeks.

And here is our second doozie of a newsie. Baby #2 is gonna be a Canuck! We're expecting on March 26th. That means I'm 12 weeks along today. Oh pregnancy, how I did NOT miss you. I've been sick, not throwing up as much as I did with Sawyer, but still throwing up plenty and nauseous a lot :( It's definitely a lot worse at night, and I go to bed around the same time as Sawyer, haha. I think I've been able to manage it a little better this go round because I'm at home and can eat and lay down when I need to (as long as Sawyer lets me :) And it's a good thing I have sweet baby Sawyer to remind me that it really is worth it. These two will be 17 months apart and the best of friends. I'm sure I'll have my hands full!

Here are some of the pictures I took to spread the news to family and friends. Can you believe the nerve...a bee stung me while shooting these photos of Sawyer. At least it wasn't Sawyer that got stung. I can't remember the last time I'd been stung, but now I'll remember I'm not missing out!

I Love My Family

I love my boys :)

Soy's got Music, Soy's got Rhythm

Sawyer can sing, dance, and play the piano all at once! What a talented little guy...looks like we have a baby Mozart on our hands, ha! His dancing is my favorite :)

The piano is sitting on an old chest George had from his childhood. I sanded it down and painted it with chalkboard paint. The chalkboard paint works great and the kids love that they can draw on the toy box with chalk!