Telephone, Teeth, and a TV

What a weekend!! Mr. Stannix came home around 5:00pm on Saturday night! I waited all day for the call to go pick him up.  It's so great having him home safe and sound. He had SO much fun at camp too!! Camilla couldn't wait to give her Daddy a hug when he got home and she cruised around the church parking lot following him around while we gathered everything up.  After dinner, (and a much needed shower and shave for Daddy) Mr. Stannix came grocery shopping with us.  He and Camilla chatted away while we went around the store.  We picked up a badminton set with the works and can't wait to play with it!! 

Yesterday, Camilla was enjoying sitting in her car seat watching her Piglet movie.  It's funny, when it's not in the car, it's a novelty to sit in.....

Last night was not a good night.  She was up from 11:00 - 2:00am talking, babbling, and the odd whimpering.  From 3:00am until 8 this morning, I think I got like 2 hours of sleep.  She was really warm, and kept crying and grabbing at her mouth. My guess is that she is teething. Poor girly.  She was so grumpy and sad this morning that we debated keeping her home from church.  She cheered up though, and did alright during church.  It's so hard because she is such an active kid.

Today, she wanted to call someone.  It's cute, when her Daddy isn't home, she'll say "Da da" and put the phone to her ear and listen.  

Today, she was also being a daredevil and CLIMBING on her little chair.  One of these days, she's totally going to biff it, and it's going to hurt.  There were a couple close calls today.  

We are excited to have my dad staying with us for the week while he does the trade-show up here.  It's nice to have some extra company in the morning and Camilla enjoys having her Grampa here :)

When Daddy's Away...

So, I stayed up ridiculously late last night because Mr. Stannix is away. Seriously, there's something about a dark house, alone, at night....I always get freaked out. I listened to music until around midnight, with every single light on in the house. One more night alone...

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can....

In all seriousness, I've never been a fan of the dark. Before I was married, my roomate and I had a night light in our basement suite.  The boys used to always make fun of us. It took me a while to get used to the silence of the dark when I would have to wake up to nurse our tiny girl. I'm O.K with that now, I just hate sleeping alone. Camilla and I shared the bed last night :)

Today was a very eventful, fun filled Friday.  We spent the day with my cousin and her sweet little lady.  It was fun to get the girls together and just to hang, and prepare things for the big reunion next weekend.  She is such an amazing lady, and I always learn so much from her when we get together.  I admire her "go-getter" personality.  She's so great, and always puts in her best effort to everything.  She's an awesome example to me.  

Camilla was such a ham today. She was loving goofing off and being silly.  Her personality comes out more clearly every day.  She's a lot like her Daddy. Very fun loving, determined, and.....goofy. I love it!

She has learned to put her sun glasses on  

all by herself.

And peek under them...

And put them on her head like her Uncle Mike.
I seriously adore this pic! It's totally "Camilla". I love the gentle look in her eyes and the slight grin on her face. Although she can be a monster at times, deep down, she is the sweetest, most loving little girl.
(Who loves to pose for the camera lol)

After everything was finished, we went outside to catch some rays and blow bubbles. Camilla had fun with Jenny!!

I now have some house cleaning to do, and some dinner to make!

Happy blogging!

Going, Going, Gone

 What a handsome guy hey? This pic is pre-knowing-mike

So, this is what Mr. Stannix will be doing for the next few days. Well, sort of, he's going to be canoeing down a river.  I'm going to miss him......Especially at night, when the house gets quiet and dark.

He read Harry Potter to me last night. We stayed up late.  This morning he was loaded with energy bright and early. I woke up to get him breakfast (because I love him) and asked why he had so much energy so early.  His reply was "I woke up, and looked next to me. I have a wife who looks beautiful....First thing in the morning".  With my luck, I was probably still snoring (I really don't snore) and drooling all over my pillow. But at least he thinks I'm beautiful! It practically made my day.  After breakfast, (his whole one slice of banana bread, it's all he wanted) I smooched my hubby, he gave me a long hug, and then.....I went back to bed. 

Farewell Mr. Stannix! I shall see you in 3 days. 

In The A.M

This is how a typical morning goes in my home:

6:15 Mr. Stannix's alarm goes off

6:16 Mr. Stannix gets up 

6:17 I hear music from the iPod in the bathroom, the water turn on, and the shower go.

6:17 (and a few seconds) I roll over and go back to sleep, still groggy...too early for me...lol

6:45 Bathroom door opens and light gets turned on in room

7:00 Finally roll out of bed to make Mr. Stannix his breakfast and pack his lunch (because I love him!!)

7:01 Make a bit of noise in the kitchen and desperately hope it doesn't wake Camilla so I can go back to bed after Mr. Stannix leaves for work. Maybe I'm just a little lazy? haha

7:10 Camilla awakes, is happy to see Daddy home still, and has a bottle

7:30 Mr. S gives me a kiss, tells me he loves me, and heads off to work.....

Even if I'm still sleeping I get him to wake me up just for the kiss, and "I Love you". A day just isn't complete with out those two things.

Camilla and I say prayers, get dressed (usually haha) 

Then, sometimes, I turn on the TV. And we watch the one of three channels that has all kids shows on in the morning.

Camilla can be found, eyes transfixed on the TV (for maybe 10 minutes if I'm lucky) snuggling with her doll. This must have been a good morning, because she's already dressed! (Still looking sleepy though)

After breakfast, my kitchen floor can be found looking like this (usually worse).  Camilla will drop her food over the edge, then say "up, up, up".  I take her out, and she roams around the kitchen, grabbing chunks of toast here and there as she pleases.  She's not one to sit still and eat....

Peanut butter toast kisses are the best though! After she's done "picking" at her food, we get all cleaned up.

Then I do some house cleaning while Camilla follows me around. 

This morning I made beds, tidied rooms and sorted all of Camilla's "Too Small" Clothes into a box. After that, we went to the store to try to exchange one sleeping bag for a left zippered one. Sadly, they didn't have one...Darn, I was really looking forward to zipping 2 together and snuggling with Mr. Stannix on our Camping trip. 

This afternoon brings weeding and yard work as long as these blue skies remain!!

Classics

My Mum came up for the day today! It was great! Fun to just hang out.  She brought a backup from her computer of a bunch of old pics for me. I copied them to my computer, we looked at them, joked, laughed. It was good times.  It made me miss the good ol' days. haha My siblings will probably kill me for this! But I was looking through the pictures and found some fun, crazy ones.  Good memories....

Everything from lettuce fights, to dressing up, to Christmas, to just being silly!! We had so much fun together. Especially when we would sneak up onto the garage roof (we weren't really allowed). It's lovely to have siblings around your age.  The three of us were tight growing up (still are, just live further away).  Being homeschooled for a while, we had lots of time to be together and grow together.  We've shared many an inside joke, participated in many a wrestling match, and done many...many dishes together.
"I don't need a dish washer, I have three right here!" --Mum 

It was a lot of fun growing up with these two goof balls!! I love the relationship we have together.
Thanks for the memories guys!! Keep 'em coming!

Love,
Your Big sis!

P.S. Please don't beat me up to much for the pics, especially because you're both taller than me now, and Arland is definitely stronger...Not like the good ol' days when I could pin ya down ;)

Funday Monday

"Who says I can't wear my sunglasses upside down?"

"Don't I look pretty Mum?"

This is how I found Camilla this morning when I came into the kitchen after tidying the bedrooms.  Sunglasses on upside down and happy as ever! She even kept them on long enough for me to pull out my camera and snap some pictures.  She danced around the kitchen, checking her reflection out in the stove for a good 10 minutes or so. It was great.  I thought she looked super cute.  I think she was trying to be like her Uncle Mike, who always has his sunglasses on his head. 

After some breakfast, and a nap for the munchkin, we set off to run some errands for Mr. Stannix.  On Thursday he's leaving for a 3 day camping trip with the Young Men.  We are going to miss him very much!! I packed the stroller up in the car and we set off to check out MEC for some camping things.  Miss independent decided she didn't want to sit in her stroller, and nothing (not even the straps/belts) were going to hold her back.  She wriggled her way out with some trouble and proceeded to grump and scream in the middle of the store.  Oh Camilla, why can't you be that quiet sweet baby you once were.  Toddlers are fun, but I'm telling you, they do have their downsides! haha So, we bagged the stoller, and I let her walk around the store a bit, she only pulled a few things off the shelves, but after a few minutes she had had enough!! I made my way over to the checkout (just in time too!!) with a screaming baby.  Just as I got in line, so did a million other people behind me (phew).  Needless to say, I was glad to get outta there!!

Then I had to check out another place for sleeping bags (I looked at MEC, but holy expensive).  As I was trying to weigh out my options and check out all the different kinds, my awesome toddler was running away and trying to get her hands on anything at her height.  Between grabbing her and bringing her back to the sleeping bag aisle and trying to look at what I wanted and check out prices, I was feeling frazzled.  I finally made my way out with some compact North 49 sleeping bags.  Orange and black outside and grey inside.  Not exactly the look I was going for, but they are hooded (I like hooded sleeping bags) and the price was right!

We finally made it home, and boy am I glad!! I kiboshed grocery shopping in lieu of the crazy tot in the back seat. We'll save it for later, or tomorrow for that matter.  It's been drizzling off and on all day, again, but I guess it is July.... On the good side, our garden has grown like crazy! I really need to pick the lettuce soon or it's going to go bad. 

Mr. Stannix doesn't get home until 9:00  tonight.  I can't wait! I want to show him all the cool stuff I got for him today!

A Fun Filled Saturday

Today was a great day! We got to spend a lot of time together doing a lot of fun things!! 

It started out as a typical Saturday Morning.  Mommy getting breakfast ready, Daddy getting ready in the bathroom, and Camilla jamming out to Daddy's ipod while she watches him.  She has recently learned how to "head-bang". She moves forward and back, and bends forward and her hair flies all over while she rocks out. She was doing it in Wal-mart last night, pretty funny!

A total Michael Stannix face

Daddy studied for a midterm this afternoon, so Camilla and I spent some time out in the backyard. She played with a bunch of balls, ran around a bit, and talked to the puppy next door through the fence. The best part is, IT WASN'T RAINING!!!

After Daddy finished his studies, we went to Millennium Place! Best swimming pool/wave pool ever! Camilla loves to swim!!

Catching the waves

Chillin' in the pool and lovin' it!!

We may have swam a little too long as Cami came out all wrinkled!! She had fun though!

We went to the indoor play place after the pool and burned some more energy.

Tonight, Mr. Stannix and I are going to snuggle up to a movie and enjoy some candy and popcorn. What a glorious Saturday indeed.

Next time I pray for patience...

Next time I pray for patience....I'll have to be more clear.  I've come to discover that when you pray for patience, Heavenly Father doesn't grant you patience, he gives you opportunities in which you have to practice patience...Like today for instance, when Camilla got frustrated or something happened (I'm still really not sure what) and she threw a screaming fit.  I've never seen her THAT angry before, she's usually very happy and bubbly.  I think she was frustrated that she couldn't get her shirt back on herself, who knows, I certainly don't.  I can tell ya though, my patience has been tested by this munchkin all week. It seems the more she learns about the world around her, the quicker she wants to grow up and the more frustrated she becomes. She is so determined to do everything herself.   She wants to dress herself, and gets frustrated because she can't get her t-shirt on.  Some days, I wish she could talk so she could voice her frustration instead of just screaming. (This is a new thing....screaming)  Luckily, I studied my scriptures this morning, and said my prayers, or I probably wouldn't be able to deal with the cute little monster. It's a good thing I love her ;) Today, I feel like I'm handling it well, I didn't even feel angry when I was unable to control her little outburst.  The quote my Edmund Burke "Patience will achieve more than our force" is definitely being repeated over and over.  I can't force her to stop screaming, but I can help her problem solve. She is just learning about things and learning how to control her feelings, and as I'm patient with her, I can help her learn and grow.  I'm definitely going to quit praying for patience though!! HaHa.... I think I've had my fill of it.

In other news, IT'S FRIDAY!! T-minus 2 hours or so and Mr. Stannix will be walking through that door, and he's MINE!!! I'm excited for  the weekend. Just hoping the rain clears up so we can enjoy the outdoors a little bit. 

 This is our center piece for dinner tonight. I picked it this morning. They're my favorite flower!

My Little Helper

This morning, Camilla woke up at 7:00 am.  Mr. Stannix was okay with that because he got to see her before leaving to work!! I got her a bottle and they snuggled on the couch until Daddy had to leave. He misses her too!  She went over to the door with him and got to his shoes before he did. She then picked up the heavy, black dress shoe and handed it to her Daddy. It was sweet.

Camilla and I took advantage of the sunshine in the early hours of the morning and took to the yard.  I pulled out about a million thistles, and weeded some of the flower beds, mowed the lawn, and then we came back inside.  After a short nap, I decided it was a good day to bake cookies.  Camilla pulled up a chair and was my little helper.  It was a lot of fun!!

We made, and enjoyed, oatmeal cookies! I need to get my mum's recipe though, the recipes I get offline just aren't the same as the delicious cookies I used to eat growing up.  My mum would make them, and the whole batch would be almost eaten before the last pan came out of the oven (that's how good they are!).

Camilla is missing spending time with her Daddy as he has night classes this month, and unless she wakes up early, he hardly sees her (if at all) in a day.  She keeps running over to our wedding picture and pointing and saying "Da-da".... Yesterday when he left for work she cried :( It was sad.  Every time I sit down at the computer, she comes and says "uppp", and she sits on my lap and we browse through pictures/videos.  She loves it! And it's special to spend time together telling her stories and showing her pictures.   She is such a sweet little girl. We are excited because tonight, Daddy will be home after work and able to eat dinner with us.

I do miss Mr. Stannix when he is away. Like a lot.  Yesterday I went stir crazy and had to keep myself busy.  I think I scrubbed every nook and cranny in our little home.  I washed all the floors, shined all the sinks/taps,  I even scrubbed down the inside of the "hood" thing over the stove.  It was disgusting, it had like an inch of caked on oily grossness. It felt so good to get that done, and now I can admire it when I turn on the light underneath it.  I vacuumed this morning, but as I type, I can feel oatmeal cookie crumbs beneath my toes.  I may have to do another once over ;)

Another Rainy Day

Thought this was cute! The poor kid is so bored inside all day thanks to the rain.  She fell asleep in the middle of the living room with "Shattered" by OAR playing in the background.....

Oh to be a kid again!!!