One perfect little baby for you

So here's baby Afton just livin' her life! Isn't she bright and lovely?

Remember the newborn I had almost 5 months ago? She's a newborn no longer. Although I did just get a new baby nephew! A little playmate for Afton!

I would say more but my life is very boring.

Random, because I really have no time for it to make any sense.

I should not be blogging at 11:00 at night when I'm super tired but I need to post something!

I miss my friend. She is one of the best friends I've ever had. And we never talk anymore. She lives in Sylvan Lake and I'm sure she has a million new friends, because she's like that (and I am just not) but I miss her and it's making me cry. Sometimes you can have people all around and still feel lonely.

(Here's a super old one of us with Nick. The only picture of us I could find, actually!)

Life is good. Not that there's anything special about it. It's just that everything that meets my eyes in a day makes me feel happy and fulfilled. I don't feel like I could ask for anything more. Have you ever heard this song? You should listen to it. It reminds me of my family.

I'm just falling more in love every day with this little girl:

 Because of things like this:

See the little pony and the zu-zu pet? A place for everyone at the picnic. She no longer wants to be a princess. Nope-nope. She is either Ninja-girl, Supergirl or Marion (from Indiana Jones). Princesses are "scared". It's okay, I never really liked Disney princesses either. Thank goodness she still loves to watch ballet and when I show her Swan Lake on youtube she's mesmerized. I think you can probably guess the source of this change. I caught an example on video:

 I'm so busy with these three. I mean seriously, I'm going going going alllllll the time. It's good for me. Most days I get in: three square meals, a shower, a workout, an outing, scriptures and prayer and a bit of housework. I also read to the kids before bed and try to play at least a little every day.

Gosh I am lucky. I say lucky because, uhm, I mean it. That's all I'm going to say.

And I've basically lost my husband to snowboarding. It makes him happy and that makes me happy.

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12 pounds lost-18 to go!

Now I'm stressing out because I have SOOOOO much to do tomorrow! And it's 11:30! And I have to be up by 5:30 or it's not going to happen!

Friday, Friday, Gotta Get Down on Friday

(Please tell me you get the title of this blog post because I posted it as my status on facebook and nobody commented.)

Went on a date tonight, (partyin' partyin', partyin' partyin') and it was great (fun fun fun fun).

There were some classic moments.

Like, the restaurant we went to had no pop! Brad asked for his usual Sprite- DENIED. That's probably because the place we went to gets everything from local suppliers and farms. For once I didn't feel bad sticking with the water. I love it! :)

(This post also includes some poor quality photos of good ol' us. You're welcome.)

I must mention the Sausage from Old Country Sausage in Raymond. Yu-um. Next time I go to Taber I might take a detour.

Dinner was the best restaurant meal I've had since this date. Fresh, light, tasty and unique!

I convinced Brad to get their mac and cheese because I'd read so many good reviews. He didn't really like it.


Then he told me I had food in my teeth (why does that always happen to you?) and looked doubly grossed out when I started picking my teeth. I wouldn't say, so much, that I'm unrefined, as free spirited? Can we say that?

Bernard Callebaut chocolate for dessert. Such creamy goodness.

After dinner we drove around Mount Royal and looked at all the big huge beautiful houses. Brad asked if I wished we had enough money to buy a house like that. I didn't even have to think about it. No. In my opinion, from our starting point if we are ever able to afford a house like that in this lifetime our priorities are mixed up. Not that there's anything wrong with being rich, but I would rather have Brad at home. And I said, we will have mansions in heaven. And Brad said, so we're getting ideas for heaven. Yes, exactly.

We went and saw Source Code. It was meh for me, Brad liked it a lot. Afton was really good for us, even though our little bug is teething and made noises all day long!

After the movie some guy calls across the theater, "Sarah?" I look up. Beard, vaguely familiar-otherwise, blank. "Oh hi! How are you?" I say, smile and keep walking. We get out of the theater and Brad says "I have to go to the washroom" and I say "no! What if I run into him!?!", glance beside me and there he is. He heard me. I will feel bad about it for a long time because I'm nice like that, but not nice enough to talk to him, I walked on.

It was a lot of work for me to plan this date, right down to details like making sure my favorite bra was clean. You really have to have good timing with 3 kids. But it was fun and worth it.