Date Night!!

Tonight, Mr. Stannix and I went on a date.  We went to see a movie together. It was great fun.  We got there 45 minutes ahead of time, and I was the first person in the theater.  Needless to say we got killer seats!! We enjoyed holding hands and snuggling, just like when we were first dating.  It was great, and muchly needed.  With Mr. Stannix doing a course this summer, we haven't had a lot of "us" time, and time to just chill together and talk, and hold hands.  It was a nice night out!! Thanks Gramma for babysitting!  Now, I am off to read some Harry Potter with my hubby to my hubby.  He likes it when I read, and it makes me feel special.  I can't wait to read like that to our kids!!
Sweet Dreams!!

Creative Juices!

Hanging out on a rainy day

Today is another rainy day.  Camilla was up at 6:00am.  I've given up on sleeping in past 7:00 anymore and usually am awake now.  It's fun to spend some extra time with her in the A.M.

Last night, Mr. Stannix and I looked at the plans for our dream home over...and over...and over again.  We talked about it, talked about different ideas, options, changes we would make to the house, and what we want for our family. It was so great! Both of us so excited that we were talking non-stop.

As we were going to sleep, I told Mr. Stannix that I really enjoy the blog because right now, its a place for me to release all of my creative juices.  Growing up, I loved rearranging my room and did so at least once a month.  I love painting, putting pictures up, changing pictures etc.  I am so excited for when we have a place of our own and I don't have to worry about how many nail holes I'm putting in the wall.  I can't wait to decorate and let all creative juices flow!! It'll be a while, but I can wait. Really, I can! 

Today, I was feeling extra creative.  I looked at our livingroom (like I have a million times before) and tried to think of how I could rearrange it. No luck, the way it is, really is the best/only way it can  be. So, I took to  the blog!! I learned lots of cool stuff this morning!! I made my own header, and learned how to center it on the blog!  I read a lot of really cool things and tricks and a lot of other stuff.  I've been wanting to change to a 3 column blog for a long time now because:

a)I can have bigger pictures

b)I can make more picture collages and fit more pictures

c)I just like that look better

So, I found a funky background and changed things up a bit! This should keep me from going too nuts on our pictures and furniture for a while. ;)

We are now off to do some baking for the afternoon.  It will warm up the house and make it smell divine! I'm also excited for my siblings to be coming up again this weekend!! Mr. Stannix is writing a final exam tonight.  When he gets home, we are celebrating him being done the course by going out for a donair. I thing we have the best donair place in the city near our house. They load it up with meat, and have the tastiest sauce I've EVER had.  For those who haven't had a donair, the sauce is what MAKES the donair. Delish. My mouth is watering already!

Pig Tails

HeHe, They're a little crooked, but what can ya do!?

This is Camilla's rockin' doo today!! She can ALMOST pull it off!! It's cute.  Most of her hair really is on top of her head, the side stuff is still growing in.  She keeps it in until she sees herself in a mirror.  She is one giggly, silly little girl! What a joy!! She's been dancing a lot lately and stomping her feet all over the house.  Her "chicken dance" is my favorite though.  Today I got the deep belly laugh and screeching.  She's hilarious!

It's been rainy and cloudy all day today.  Camilla and I danced in the rain and hit almost every puddle on our journey from the car to the mall.  She held her hand out and caught rain drops and giggled.  I got soaked.  It was marvelous.  (I just wish I had a sweater)

Mr. Stannix e-mailed me from work today.  He re-found our dream home on the net!! I had it bookmarked before we had to wipe our computer, then I lost it and was so sad.  It's so gorgeous!! If we can find the right piece of land, and save up the money, we would love to build it someday (but probably never will).  One can dream right? 

Fifteen days until we leave for vacation.  Pacific Ocean here I come!! Soo stoked!!

Our Big Girl!!

We have had a very fun filled last couple of days.  Yesterday after dinner, we all went to the park to enjoy some time outside.  I realized today that it's almost half way through August, and there won't be much summer left to enjoy!! We had a lot of fun.  While we were walking to the park Camilla kept pointing and getting excited and doing her "chicken dance", and "corny laugh".  She kept looking up at us with her crinkly-nose grin.  She was so excited she just couldn't contain herself.  It was adorable! As soon as we got to the park, she toddled over to the swings and said "up", so in she went for a while.  She tried to wave at me while she was swinging, it was cute, and she turned around to say hi to everyone she could see.  We then played on the slide, it took a while to get her off of it when it was time to go home. She loves being a big girl and sliding all by herself! She giggles all the way down. It's great!

Today, for the first time in a long time, Camilla and I went to the park with some friends.  It was fun to see the kids play together again and to visit with some other Mom's.  It was a beautiful day, and an awesome park to play at!! Camilla had a lot of fun (as you can tell by the pictures).  She thoroughly enjoyed the water this time and was running in and out and through it and laughing.  She would get wet and then "chicken dance" away from it.  She is such a Ham sometimes. She definitely loves life and goes all out!

Enjoying the swing!!

"Hmm, I wonder what I should do next"

Being a goofy gus

Talking with her mouth full...Gotta work on that one ;) P.S I totally LOVE this pic of her!

After a few good hours of playing, getting wet, and visiting with friends, it was time to go home.  We got her a "Big Girl" car seat the other day (Thanks Brooklyn for telling us about the Sale!), and she loves it.  She loves sitting forward, looking out the window, and feeling the wind in her hair LOL

A Grumpy Gus

Today miss CJ was up bright and early again, maybe a little too early!!  Lately, she has been throwing temper tantrums, like, a lot!!  If this is her at One, I'm sooo not looking forward to the "Terrible Two's".  With her Mommy's temper and her Daddy's determination she can be one mad kid sometimes.  This morning, I'm not sure what she was upset about.  It's hard when she's upset, and you can't help, or calm her.  She just throws a fit for a few minutes, and then she's better.  I'm still not entirely sure how to deal with it, except distracting her with other things, and if that doesn't work, I usually let her work through it herself.  It's no fun though :( What a mean mum I am, taking pictures of my sad little girl. It was cute though, have to have at least one shot of her upset for the book. ;) She would not reason this morning....soo, I got the camera out.

The poor girl though.  She gets to frustrated when she can't get what she wants, or express herself and her desires. We try our best to understand her and keep her happy though. After a short episode this morning, she eventually worked through it and I got my smiley girl back again.  What a day already and it's only 9:00am.  I have already changed 3 diapers (2 of them being very dirty), sent Mr. Stannix off to work with a hug and a kiss, put through a load of laundry, put the dishes away from yesterday, and prepped the kitchen for another round of dishes.  Camilla started rubbing her eyes at around 8:30 this morning, so I put her down for a snooze.  Hopefully she'll wake up in better spirits...or this could be a very long day.  Before Mr. Stannix left today he asked if I would be okay.  I half jokingly replied "no". He chuckled and said "well, at least your honest!!".  I will be okay though.  We will just keep busy and play lots today, and hopefully avoid the fits. HaHa

After rubbing her back and feet for a few minutes, I finally got my happy girl back, just the way I like her.

Cookies n' Cream

Today FLEW right by!! I got up early with Camilla again. There is no more sleeping in for that little girl.  She likes to see Daddy before he leaves for work.  She shared a few bites of Daddy's toast before he left, then we had breakfast.  Around 9:30 she decided she was tired again, so she went for a nap.  I was so worn out and tired (don't ask me why...because I really don't know) and went for a big nap as well.  At 4:00 this afternoon, I thought it should only be 1:00pm.  The day went by THAT fast.  I mostly played with Camilla today, and did a bit of tidying and A LOT of dishes, in fact, there is still some soaking in the sink as I type.  Mr. Stannix will tell you how much I hate doing dishes, just ask him.  He tells me that watching me do dishes is like watching a 7 act play.  I do some, then wipe the table, or go tidy a room, then I do a few more dishes, then I leave and do something else...it takes me all day. That's how much I hate them! Give me a vacuum or something, that's way more fun!! I also cleaned up about 10 water spills today.  Camilla has been wanting to drink out of a big girl cup for a while now.  If she could figure out how to work the water cooler, she could even fill it up herself. She puts her cup on the ledge of it, and plays with the button trying to get water out.  I gave her a plastic cup with an inch of water in it to try for herself.  She gets too excited and tips the cup up too high.  She then splutters a little and water goes down her shirt, pants and onto the floor.  By the time she's done there's a big puddle under her feet.  I went through a lot of dish towels today, it was cute though, and it's good for her to learn and explore things. Anyways.... After dinner, the munchkin and I went up to the park to play for a while.  She can now go down the slide all by herself, and loved it! When I caught her at the bottom she would point and want to go again, and again, and again.  It took a while to get her away from it and toddling back home again.  Then I needed to kill time in between that and bed time, so I decided to hit up the grocery store for some fresh fruit and odds and ends that we needed.  Then I saw that ice cream was on sale, and I couldn't resist! Cookies and cream is like, my all time fav!

Other than that, not much else happened today. I just got to spend lots of time with Camilla.  I tried catching a video of her fun animal sounds, I could only catch 2 before she started squirming and becoming interested in the camera.  Thought I would post it any way though, it's still cute.

I am now off to enjoy a bubble bath! Mike is in class until later on tonight.  He writes his final on Friday and then his evenings are FREE! I am excited.  15 hours alone is no fun!

A Day of Rest...Right?

Here's our Sunday afternoon in a nut shell.

When we got home from church, Camilla did this....

Mr. Stannix couldn't wait to do this....

It's kind of tradition.  If Camilla goes to sleep right after church, we lay down for a quick Sunday Snooze. I wanted to hang with my little sis, so I stayed up and

I did this...

After the sleeping beauties awoke, we spent the afternoon with my sister and just relaxed a bit

Camilla smothered me in kisses and I enjoyed every second!! Her new fav thing is to blow raspberries on my cheek, it's sweet. She kept leaning in for kisses all through church.  The bigger the mouth, the bigger the kiss right?  Gotta love the big wet ones. 

I do love hanging out with my baby girl!!

If you want to check out some pictures of the munchkin taken by a REAL photographer, head on over to her blog.  Our cousin Jacquie rocks with a camera, and was so sweet to take pics of CJ when she came to visit.  Feel free to leave a comment for her, share the love!

"Stellar Amazing News!"

So, Mr. Stannix really wasn't very nice to me on Friday.  He e-mailed me from work saying that he had some "stellar amazing news to tell me".  So I wrote him back asking what it was, and he said, "You can wait 'till I get home can't you?" and that was that.  So I waited, and waited, and waited.  He finally got home, but I practically had to beat it out of him!! (Although, I do love surprises) ....

After some small talk, and me prodding a little, he gave me that smirk of his and let the cat out of the bag.  It turns out, Mr. Stannix got a big fat bonus from work! He thought he was in trouble when he got called to the Partner's office, but instead, it was great news!!

We have been talking for a while about going on a shopping spree, and changing up our wardrobes a little bit.  I, for one, still have tees and a few pairs of pants from like, grade 9!! And Mr. Stannix, well, he's a boy, and his jeans are all acquiring holes in the knees. So we decided it was time (it was really Mike's idea).  We had a blast together!! Last night we went to a few places and got a few things, and today we hit up West Ed for the day.  It was nice to be able to get a few new things, without worrying TOO much about the $$. It was a nice treat, and a fun weekend.

Yeah, We're nerds, but at least we have fun!! LOTS!

P.S.

I'm pretty sure Camilla peed on the floor today in this camping store. (HaHa) I didn't want to wait for the line up in the bathroom (it woulda been like 10 gazillion hours) so I changed her diaper in the stroller. Apparently, it wasn't quite put on right. I turned away for like a second, then back again and notice a tiny puddle on the floor, and her wet pant leg.  She must have fallen down in it I think to myself... When we left the store, she was waddling in front of me with her pants hanging half way down her cute little bum (enough for a guy in the store to notify me "um, I think her pants are falling off...excuse me..lady?") so I decided it was time to investigate.  I changed her diaper (which was bone dry) and discovered that, indeed, it wasn't on the way it should have been.... Ah, the joys of being a mum. I'm still giggling, who's kid is she anyway? hehe

P.P.S

To The Camping Store At West Ed:

Sorry for the tiny puddle on the floor, I promise, it won't happen again! ;)

LOL

Baby Love

Today, I have an overwhelming feeling of love for my little girl.  I love being a Mum.  It's the best thing ever when she runs over and wraps her arms around my leg and gives me a "hug" when I'm doing dishes.  Or, when she comes over and rests her head on my lap and gives a short snuggle. Or, when she gives me a big slobbery kiss first thing in the morning.  Or, when she rests her head on my cheek and says "awww".  I love that she loves me, and that she comes to me when she needs a hug or a kiss.  

It's simply the best.

Me snuggling our girly

She has recently started giving hugs willingly.  It's the best when you hug them, and they hug you back, or when they hug you first.  It melts my heart.  If I ask for a "squeeze" she'll wrap her short little arms alllllll the way around my neck and squeeze.  It's awesome. You know what else is awesome? When she calls me "mum" in her sweet little girl voice.  I sure do love her.

Check out those nasty bites/pox! Poor kid.

This morning we spent a lot of time together chatting, coloring, playing and snuggling.  What a great way to start off the day.  She has started saying more words.  She can pretty much say "water", she says "bath" "ball" "pretty" "dog" "up" and a few other things.  She can also make some fun animal noises.  She does a sheep, snake, dog, and cow.  So much fun!! 

Scribbling up a storm!

French Toast

We have THE BEST neighbors ever! This week has been a hard week, and it's been difficult for me to stay positive (ask my hubby hehe).  Last night was a bad night with Camilla again. I can't decide if she just has a lot of bites, or if it's the chicken pox (post immunization) or if she's just working through some bottom teeth.  She was up at 5:00 am and didn't want to go back to bed, and she was such a grump this morning.  I am not a fan of getting up super early (especially when I went to bed late the night before), and I am definitely not a fan of grumpy kids in the morning (something I will get used to I'm sure...). Anyways, I decided to get up, do my hair and dress.  Yesterday, I stayed in my sweats all day and didn't bother with my hair, and I felt like a bum all day.  I already feel better today, just for that reason.  I also received a weird phone call at 9:00am from a lady saying *insert accent here* "Hi, I jus let you know that I be late, I jus woke up".  She hung up before I could ask who it was.  Anyway, so I decided to get up incase I got a knock at my door in a few minutes.  I made Camilla breakfast and then was going to pop some toast in for myself.  The milk expired (another terrible thing lol) and so I resorted to toast for breakfast.   Just as I cut the bread, I get a knock at the door.  Camilla is still upset, but cheers up as I head to the door to see who it is.  It turned out to be the neighbors son, and he was carrying a giant plate of french toast!! His mum even put a little cup of syrup on the plate.  Talk about inspired.  It made my day, and totally cheered me up.  I think we have the best neighbors EVER!

Yesterday, Camilla discovered she could climb into my corner cupboard.  I, of course, got the camera out. She caught me with it, and had to strike a pose (hence the arm stuck out). I love her little smile.   

Today, I have made it my top top priority to have a better day, be more patient, and more loving.  Service always makes ya feel better right?  I've had two songs stuck in my head all day.
1. L.O.V.E  you know "L is for the way you look at me, O is for the only one I see....."
2. When You Say Nothing at All  "The smile on your face, lets me know that you need me, there's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me...." it was our wedding song, and has been one of our favorites. In fact, the other day, Mr. Stannix blasted it in the bathroom while he was getting ready (at 6:30 am mind you) and came into the bed room with it blasting from the bathroom and planted a big wet one on me.  It was a fabulous way to wake up, to my hubby's smile and a big smooch.  I love the line "truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me"  because when I stare into Mr. Stannix's eyes, sometimes I get goose bumps, and I definitely see this "truth".  He's probably the most loving, patient, honest man ever.  Boy am I ever lucky!! I only hope that when he looks into my eyes, he can see this same truth.  It's time for me to step it up and be a better wife/mother. I have this quote on my fridge that I love (it has been hiding under a picture) and it's a great reminder.

"Am I the woman

I think I am,

The woman I want to be?

More importantly,

am I the woman the Savior

needs me to be?"

~Sheri Dew

I think that that's what has been bothering me lately.  I am not being the woman I should be.  Although I may be unhappy with outside/worldly things, Mr. Stannix reminded me last night that happiness comes from within and not from without.  So as I choose to be happy, and am doing those things I'm supposed to, I can be the woman the Savior needs me to be, for my husband, and for my little girl.  

There we go, problem solved.... haha Now, the sun is shining, and I think I have some fresh yummy peas to pick!

Happy blogging!!