Christmas in Chilliwack!

After our brief visit home, we got settled in to celebrate Christmas in Chilliwack.  We were able to find a small Christmas tree on a great sale, so that really helped the hotel feel more like Christmas.  Ty was so excited about the tree!!  He insisted that it always be turned on and loved looking at all of the lights.

Checking out the tree.

More tree inspection.

On Christmas Eve we ordered in room service and watched Christmas movies in our new PJ's!  It was a fun and relaxing night.

Ty was really into the movie, we must have been watching the Grinch or Pluto's Christmas Tree.  Those were Ty's favorites this year.

Snuggling with my little man.

Christmas morning Ty actually slept in very late!!  That is what Brock asked for, so he was happy too!  It was a quiet day again.  Opened some presents, FaceTime with the family and buffet dinner from the restaurant downstairs.  Hotel life sure has its advantages - no cooking or cleaning!!

Ty playing with his new truck from Santa.  Every car or truck had to be played with on this table.

Building Lego with Mommy.

A couple days after Christmas, my parents came for a visit with a truck full of toys!  Santa truly had come!  I wish i would remember to take pictures with my camera when my family is around.  Oh well.  We had a lot of fun, watching hockey and going to the park.  My parents got Ty a few puzzles and he was so into them!  Good thing there are lots of puzzles at their house too - Ty loves puzzles and is really good at them too!

Playing with his Tyson puzzle.

Expert status!

And here I am just before we headed back home!  This picture is about a month and a half old already, I can't believe that I am having this baby in 10 weeks or so!!  Talk about a whirlwind pregnancy!

It's a Girl!!!

I finally had my 20 week ultrasound this week!!  I was so excited to finally be going, I ended up having to fly back to Calgary to take care of all my medical appointments as nothing is happening here in BC.  And we are thrilled to announce that.....its and GIRL!!!  I am absolutely overjoyed!!  Brock and I are so excited and feel so blessed to be welcoming a little princess in April!  Only 4 more months to go!

Here is my and my baby girl at 18 weeks.  Still pretty small, although I feel like I have really popped since this photo was taken.

Our little princess!  Pretty good picture, although she was moving a lot during the exam!

Life in Chilliwack

Well, we have been in Chilliwack for about 6 weeks now, and will probably be here for another 3.  I have been trying to keep Ty busy and entertained as much as I can during our stay, and it really hasn't been so bad.  We have gone swimming a bunch of times, which has been a lot of fun!  The pool is really not busy during the week and it's really cheap to go!  We are all looking forward to the new year and getting settled and ready for our baby girl!

One of Brock's co-workers lent us an entire bin of hot wheel cars - so generous!  Ty has LOVED playing with them!  Truly a lifesaver.  He loves to pile them all on the table, over and over again.

So many cars!  This kid can never have enough cars.

Eating cookies and watching cartoons!  Ty's new favorite thing is Snoopy, he thinks that he is hilarious!

While we watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade we attempted to decorate cookies.  Ty liked to play with the icing, but I was a little nervous about staining the rug.  I think he still had fun, even with me "helping" a little too much.

Ty's other favorite spot is to lean on the TV stand and watch TV.  So cute.

Ty's First Airplane Ride!

Recently Brock got a work contract to run a hotel in Chilliwack, BC.  The contract is for 6 weeks, possibly longer, and Ty and I didn't want to be away from Daddy for that long, so we packed up and moved to Chilliwack for a month or so.  Brock drove out with a Jeep packed full of stuff to make sure we would be comfortable, so grateful!!  A couple days later Ty and I hopped a flight to meet up with Daddy!

All in all, the flight was really good.  I am super grateful to Brock's brother Josh who got a pass to walk us all the way to the gate.  Seriously, I would not have made it there without him.  Ty's car seat is super heavy and Ty was being a bit fussy getting through security, so his help was invaluable!

Our flight got delayed an hour, which was a big bummer.  I had just let Ty go run around, thinking we would be getting on the plane right away, and then they let us know we were delayed!!  Suck!  Ty was pretty tired by the time we finally got going, but he was great on the plane and only freaked out right at the end when the lights came back on and he realized how many people were around that he didn't know.  So proud of him!

I took one picture of him before we took off.  He watched a movie during the flight and looked like this pretty much the entire time.  We are so glad to be here and with Daddy!

Halloween!!

This year for Halloween Ty dressed up as Woody, one of his favorite Disney characters!  The costume was so cute!  Ty has been pretty anti-hat lately, so he refused to wear his hat, but he wanted his Woody toy to try it on and of course Mommy too!

Brock's awesome Scar pumpkin.  I didn't really have time to help this year and our carving tools broke, so this is doubly impressive!

Ty as Woody with Woody!  He was pretty excited!

Ty hitting a studly pose!  Looking super cute!

This year we went to the mall to trick or treat with Brock's cousin Kristin and her son.  It was a lot of fun!  Ty loved running around the mall and he got a pretty good haul of treats!

Ty enjoying a chicken strip with his haul of treats.  Good work buddy!

Ty's 2nd Birthday!!

My little man is 2!!  I can't believe how grown up he is now.  Tyson is simply the best.  He is the happiest kid, laughs and giggles all the time, is still super smiley (so much so that I am having trouble getting a passport photo of him done), and is just a really happy kid.  Tyson LOVES cars and anything with wheels.  That is probably putting it lightly.  Anywhere we go, if there are strollers or wagons, he is on them right away.  Kinda frustrating, but that's my little guy.  Ty also loves letters.  He knows almost all of his alphabet and loves to read letters everywhere!  Going to the mall means lots of signs to read the letters on, and he loves to watch Wheel of Fortune!  Ty and I also finally got off nursing about 2 months ago and he is feeding himself really well now.  He loves grapes, chicken nuggets, and these baby granola bars.  I am so proud of my little man!

Such a good picture!  Looking so grown up!

When Ty got up from his nap on his birthday it was party time!!  He loved the balloons!  He had to play with them right away, chasing after them saying, "ba, ba, ba"!!  (Ball)

Opening presents!!  Not too many pictures of this as it was a mad dash to get the trucks out of their boxes!  Ty got a bunch of new cars and trucks - his favorite!  

Cool sword from Gabby and Kent!

Playing with one of my new cars.

Ty's new favorite movie is Cars (big surprise, I know).  Cool Cars cake though!  And the cars on top are real cars!  They actually roll really well too - very impressed!

Loving his cake!

Eyeing up those cars!  He loved those more than the actual cake!

Happy Birthday little man!  Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

Baby #2!!!

It came as a bit of a surprise, but we are super excited to announce that we are expecting baby #2!!  I am due around April 24, 2013.  I think my doctor in Calgary really likes looking at tests results (he often goes on about how cool this and that test are and goes through all my results with me even though everything is normal).  On the plus side, I got a 7 week and a 12 week ultrasound already!  Its actually really amazing too see how much the baby has changed in only about a month.  The 7 week ultrasound is basically a grey blob that you can maybe see it flicker (I did get to hear the heartbeat, which was very cool).  By 12 weeks there is a real baby in there!  The baby had hiccups during the appointment, very cute!  Here is a picture of our new little one, 12 weeks old (back on Oct 9)!!