Risa

Risa has turned two!!!!  I can't believe where the time has gone and my baby is 2!  She has been such a joy to have in our lives.  She is shy (until she warms up to you and then watch out!), sassy, smart, sweet, caring, playful (with a touch of crazy), loves to cuddle, can hold her own and will tell you what she thinks no matter what.  Which in my opinion is her best character trait!  She will take her hair out and undress any chance she gets, loves books, Doc McStuffins (Disney Junior show), loves to pretend she is a princess, loves to run around and laugh and well just be crazy.  She just loves life and she reminds me often that I need to too! 

The things that Risa currently loves to say is:
"don't do that"
"stop it"
"I don't like that"
"I'n scared"
"Mcstuffinsssssssssss"
"Okay Mum!"
"Daddy's home"
"Excuse me"
and my favorite is when I drop Jaxon off at school and she says "Bye, love you"

We have loved our sweet Risa so much and feel so blessed that she is a part of our lives.  We have loved watching her grow up and develop into this beautiful person.  When I put her to bed at night and I am rocking her and singing her song to her and she puts her little head on my shoulder and cuddles up to me and starts to sing with me, I realize that she won't be my baby much longer and that I won't be able to hold her like I do now and I just want to scream "stop growing".  But I know that won't happen and she will only get bigger, but a mum can wish can't she?

 

 

Happy Birthday Risa!

And thank you to all the people who helped celebrate with us!  It was a nice coincidence that it was on her birthday weekend that our friends were here from California and Oregon.

Life

It has been a while since I blogged about anything.  We have been keeping busy though.  From moving into a new place and with Christmas shortly after that and trying to finish up those toy boxes, where do I begin!  Actually it's just me being lazy and losing the will to blog.  It does happen. 
Like I mentioned earlier, we moved into a new place and Jaxon and Risa have their own rooms!!! (insert huge relief here).  It wasn't working out too well with them in one room.  In fact I think that every night I told Bob that we would NEVER have a two bedroom again!  But that can always change, so I won't hold anyone to it.  But for now they have their own rooms! 

We started getting ready for Christmas.  Jaxon was getting really excited for it and pretty much every day he would ask me if it was Christmas tomorrow.  Risa in her own way was excited too, she learned what Santa says and would yell out "Santa" every time she saw him.  It was pretty cute!  This year was the first year that we wouldn't be close to family.  It was sad and in some ways nice not to have to travel and to just really relax and stay in one place the entire break.  However, we do look forward to next year when we will be back around family and be able to celebrate with all of them.

We are still enjoying our time here in Nevada and love it here!  It has snowed and has gotten cold, but I think that it is just breaking us in for next year when we will be back to the FREEZING cold winters in Canada!

The kids in their Christmas attire for Christmas Sunday

All ready for bed and excited for Santa to come!

The tree after Santa came. And no, all of those presents are NOT from Santa, they are from extremely giving family members. And if you look, you can see the finished toy boxes, just in time for Christmas!

 

Risa after opening up all her loot

Jaxon opening gifts

 

 

Risa in her tent that Santa brought her

Risa ended up getting pretty sick on Christmas day, which landed her in the ER.  It was croup, so we laid low for the rest of the break and enjoyed being together.  When she did feel better we went sledding for the first time with the kids, which they loved.

 

Going down the hill for the first time

Bob and I

Jaxon decided that he would try and pull Risa.  He did a good job.

Making snow angels with Dad.

 Life is moving fast, we only have few months left until graduation and then "real" life begins I guess.  We feel very blessed to have been given the opportunities that come with school and the MANY changes that it brings.  So here's to a new year, where school will end and a brand new chapter will begin!