Naveah's First Haircut!

After straightening Naveahs hair one day I realized that Naveah really is in need of a haircut. With it SO curly all the time its hard to tell. There was a lot of breakage around where her head rests on her carseat plus the ends were just straggley strings. SO! Decided to give it a chop and have it grow out a bit better. It looks adorable and she was SO excited to get one! When I was done she patted her head and said "Pretty!"

When I asked Naveah is she wanted a Haircut she yelled "yah! haircut haircut!" and came running over to the chair.

So Happy

Pretty Girl

The back all curled up. And still longer than it looks! :)

FIVE

Evan and I celebrated our 5 year Wedding Anniversary. It was a memorable one.

I put Evan to the test this time to see if he could plan an anniversary surprise without my help. Going on somewhat of a 'planning strike' I messaged Evan one day simply saying "I can't wait to see what you have planned for our anniversary" and pretty much left it at that.

Then it finally came. Friday May 28th was the day. Evan was still up in Red Deer working but was coming home that night. He had phoned me earlier in the week saying that I wasnt allowed to make any plans for Friday or Saturday, that I couldnt go out and spend money and had to stay home. Talk about house bound!!! Well on Friday half the day came and went and there was no surprise of Evan showing up at home. Then he called me asking if anything was new. "Nope". He then went on to tell me that he thought the guy should should be there by now. Then told me that he hired a clown to come to the house and sing me a song he wrote for me and that he thought the kids would love it. I know this all sounds like a big joke but if you know Evan well you know that this story is not all that far fetched. So I was pretty convinced that there was acutally a clown about to show up at my house. Not much longer later the door bell rang and I almost got the kids to answer it thinking that it might just be a clown. But I answer and low and behold it was the worst clown id ever seen, just a flower delivery guy holding the most beautiful arrangement of flowers ive ever recieved.

When Evan got home later that night he took us and the kids to Eastside Marios for dinner then spent just a quite evening at home.

Saturday was the day he had planned to celebrate our Milestone. He made arrangements for Kael to stay with Aunty Wendy and Naveah to stay with Nanny and Papa Jevne. Later that night he took me to Bolero's Brazilian BBQ for dinner. Wow was that amazing! We ordered the all you can eat buffet. They have a neat set up there. There is a little wooden block on your table with three sections. Red, Yellow and Green. If the green side is up they just keep coming to your table offering you different kinds of meat. If its on Red that means you need a break. When you are totally done you put it on yellow. I had fun just flipping the block around!

Evan was the first to announce he was done which dissapointed me a bit because I was NOT done. But being a lady I didnt want to sit and keep feasting while my husband sat by watching. So I ordered some keylime cheesecake instead then threw in my napkin as well. Afterwards we went and saw 'Clash of the Titans', where I indulged once more in tons of popcorn and skittles. It was a great night.

Thank You Evan for a wonderful Anniversary.

Scavenger Hunt & Birthday Rukkus!

Getting some BIG hugs from Big Brother Kael.

We celebrated Naveah's Birthday as a family little early. Evan wasn't going to be in town on her actual birthday. While searching around online to figure out a fun but cheap activity I came across a Scavenger Hunt list on a Bragg Creek website. What a great idea!!! So in the morning we printed off a couple copies, dug out a couple buckets for them to bring and made a quick picnic lunch. But before we left we gave Naveah one of her birthday presents. She sat on the bottom of the stairs and eagerly waited for Daddy to bring it down to her. She was SO excited to see her new baby! She demanded that it come out of the box immediately. I couldnt do it fast enough. But finally baby was out and Naveah insisted baby come with us. (baby wont be a boy or girl until Jevne 3 is born)

Waiting for Daddy to come downstairs.

You cant tell, but Naveah was actually quite noisy

about the Baby being stuck in the box.Mommy rescuing Baby from the box.
Happy Girl!!!

We went first to Elbow Falls. We were originally going to do the scavenger hunt there but the sun hid behind the clouds as soon as we got there. It was cold, windy and BUSY! I couldnt believe how many people were there having BBQ's and just hanging out. But I guess thats kinda what we were there for right? We walked down to the river, had some lunch and then made a quick walk up to the falls before deciding to have the treasure hunt somewhere a little less--well "fall-ish". With it being so busy and very rocky and cliffy, we thought it best NOT to have a scavenger hunt with them running lose. So we headed to Allen Bill Pond. Of course the moment we got back in the truck the sun came shining through only to have it go back behind the clouds upon arrival of the pond. This day was turning out to be quite a chilly one! So we got started right away hoping the kids would stay warm running around hunting for whatever. They were really excited at first. They got to look for wild flowers, smooth rocks, berries, pine cones, clovers, rotten wood, moss, ants and "Y" shaped sticks. It was cute to see them trying so hard to look for an object. It was hard to keep Naveah looking for other objects other than flowers. I would tell her that she could pick only one, then id turn around and see her in a pile of dandilions quickly picking them and hiding them in her bucket. If it wasnt flowers it was rocks. I looked over at her at one point to see Evan snapping pictures of her trying to shove a rock the same size of her bucket IN the bucket. When we ran out of things they could easily pick up and put in their buckets we moved onto bigger things like finding a dead tree, or garbage on the ground that shouldnt be there, and the river. Poor Naveah would get so excited when she would find something and as she'd race towards it she would lose everything in her bucket so she would constantly have to stop and put everything back in. I was surprised at how well she new the items she had. Even the rocks that would fall out amoungst other rocks, she was still able to find those certain ones and return them back as well as the tiny clover and blade of grass! Kids are amazing.

Happy when she found a blade of grass!
Trying to stash a rock to big for the bucket!
Chasing after birds

We walked all the way around the pond. How much fun it was. The excitement over finding things you'd never think to look twice at. I loved hearing Naveah randomly starting singing "Happy Birthday to YooOOOu" while trotting along the path swinging her bucket.

We decided to call it a success and headed back into Bragg Creek for some late lunch and store browsing then it was time to head home. Not too long later we headed off to DQ for birthday cake and presents with some of the family. Thanx everyone for coming!!! Naveah loves her gifts.

Blowing out her Candle.

Chowing down on her Bday cake. She ended up giving up with her fork and going in full force with her little hands. Her clothes stayed surprisingly clean!
an unexpected surprise! We ran into good friends while at Dairy Queen. This is Corbin. It was cute to hear Kael and Naveah call out Corbin's name and his little head would pop over the bench.
Naveah has a thing for books. Whenever she opened a present with one in it she would just plop down on the spot and start reading. Not caring that she still has lots more to open! haha.
She was thrilled to get a phone! Now she can call Astro Boy all she wants!
Kael ended the party with his Break Dancing skills.

I threw Naveah a pot luck birthday party for her and some of her little friends the day after her birthday. Because of the TERRIBLE weather this year we were forced to stay in the house. That was hard but the kids still managed to have a lot of fun in between the fighting, melt downs and temper tantrums. Naveah got lots of fun gifts and so far has had lots of fun playing with her new stroller and reading her books. Thanx again to everyone who came!

The Ladybug Cupcakes I made for her party.
REALLY excited to get her cupcake.
all lit up and ready to sing.
"happy birthday to you!"
trying to blow out her candles
standing on her tippy toes trying to see inside the bag!
maybe you'll find what you are looking for better this way...
ended the day off with movie and popcorn!

Happy Birthday my Baby Girl! We love you!

We're so Glad When Daddy Comes Home...

I Decided to start this one out a little different. Nobody knows just how long Naveahs hair is and everyone has a hard time believing me when I tell them JUST how long it actually is. With it being SO curly it sits just above her shoulders. Actual length will be revealed at the end!!!...

The kids are always super excited when their Daddy comes home. Naveah has been taking his working out of town really hard and hasn't been coping very well. She wakes up in the night crying for him and also does so numorous other times of the day. Whenever someone comes to the door she goes rushing to it yelling "Daddy's home!". Occasionally she cries when she realizes its not him. It breaks my heart to hear her cry for her Daddy so hard and there is nothing I can do about it. When Daddy does come home, she is sure to get in as much snuggle time as she can.

Kael isnt taking it quite as bad but I can still tell he misses him when hes gone. We've tried to explain the process with him and he seems to understand it enough. Randomly Kael will say throughout the week "Daddy's in Red deer. Daddy's trucks at work" then he'll ask "Is Daddy coming home?". I tell him 'Yes, but not for (insert number here) days'. To which he responds "Oh, okay".

As Ive mentioned before Kael has a thing for Transformers and recently has talked about Daddy's truck being a Transformer. So I thought it would be fun to take Kael to find a little transformer decal to put on the truck. No such luck. Cant find them in stores anywhere. So Kael helped me pick one out on Ebay and it just came this past Friday. Kael was crazy excited when he saw that it came in the mail and wanted to put it on the truck right away. But I was on my way to dropping the kids off with Nana and Papa so I could go up to Red Deer to look at houses and hang out with Evan. I promised Kael that as soon as Daddy came home he could give it to him. Seemed to be a good enough answer for him. So! sure enough, after I picked up the kids and came home I handed the envelope with the sticker in it to Kael and told him to go give it to Daddy. Before Evan got a chance to open it Kael says "a transformer for Daddy's truck!!!". He was so proud. This morning we put it on and Kael (AND Naveah) is pretty darn excited about it! Daddy's truck is OFFICIALLY a transformer. Now we just have to think of a name for it. Haha.

So, Just how long IS Naveahs hair? Believe it or not.......