Soooo in love!

Just a quick update here.

Sidney is already 5 months and I am sooo in love with my little girl. She is definitely Mommy's little girl right now.



Micah is 3 and testing his parents. He is still my sweet little boy but testy lately. I find at this age that I seem to keep on negotiating with him or threatening him with time outs. Maybe it's his way of getting attention right now. But he's still a good boy.



We are dealing though and life at the Eshpeter's is pretty busy!



No matter how hard it seems right now though, I am thankful for my beautiful, healthy kids. I am thankful for my amazing husband who loves us unconditionally. I am thankful for good health...there is nothing like being healthy and being able to enjoy life. I am thankful for having a good year this year (based on our taxes).
I am thankful for Evie for caring for her parents and still have enough to care for us too! Evie you are an awesome girl! You have an amazing heart. We love you!

Anyway, just thought I'd share what's in my heart right now.

I am however exhausted after my run so I am cutting it short. But please check back soon for more pics.

Take care, K

Family Pictures and more!

Here are a few pics of my happy family and some cute pics of Sidney at 1 month.

And we were also crazy enough to do renos while I was pregnant...here are some pics of our awesome living room! Hardwood Bamboo flooring, New fireplace, and to make ourselves feel better a 50 inch plasma tv and a kickass system for those days when I will be chillin with the kids at home :)

It's been way too long...

Yes it has! it's been close to a year that I haven't blogged and I don't even know where to begin.

I can start by saying how proud I am to give birth to a beautiful baby girl! Sidney Jean Victoria Eshpeter. Born Feb. 7, 2009 @ 8:31 am at the Rocky View Hospital.




She is 3 weeks old today and life is again at the stage where it seems like control is nowhere to be found. Dont get me wrong, I am grateful to have her and even more grateful that she is finally out as I had a much harder pregnancy this time around.
I bled at 32 weeks and it hasn't been easy after that.

The Delivery (this is for me to remember)

It started at 4:00 am when I felt like something kicked me from the inside...like little feet and I felt a little 'pop'. All of a sudden a strong cramping followed after that and I pretty much got Mark to help me up and I ran into the bathroom as I felt like I had to go take a dump right away!!! but nothing came out. I guess that feeling was that baby is almost ready to come out. I called my best friend Angele who is 5 minutes away from us and told her to come over right away. My contractions were 2 minutes apart and it seemed like I was dreaming because I was expecting 5 minutes apart...not 2! anyway, the feeling of taking a dump was still strong every time the contractions came...and I remember trying not to sit on the car seat while Mark drove to the hospital...we got there at 4:30 am and found that the nurse to be helping us was his client, Nikki. (She was totally amazing and helped me through the whole ordeal). She checked how far along I was and I was already at 6 cm dilated! I managed to go through a few more contractions for 1/2 hour until I couldn't stand it any longer and asked for the epidural. The doctor comes in and tells me, 'No, you're not getting one' and I pretty much thought I was going to die. Luckily the guy that was giving the epidural made it just in time and all I kept on thinking was 'shut up and quit asking me questions and just stick that needle in my back already!' I remember the feeling of the epidural when he finally got the needle in though...it felt like 1000 razor blades just cutting your back. I shrieked in pain and grabbed on to Mark for life! I guess when they do put the epidural in when you are in between contractions, you are more bound to feel the sting of it. The delivery only lasted for 4 hours and at 8:31 am she was already born! I was so happy that we have a baby girl! I knew life will never be the same after this and it's been just that!

After the Delivery

The word that came out of my mouth to describe what I was feeling was 'brutalized'. They brought us to the other side of the hospital and I ended up rooming with another Mom who was sick and didn't really care about anybody else except herself. I was looking forward to going home with my baby the next day. The first week was tough but Mark and I were glad to have my best friend Angele who was the one that helped us survive the first week. I would also like to thank the 'Chen' family who made us soup that would help me heal and get better. And to the 'Topps' for phoning and offering to drop off dinner one night for us, thank you guys! Mark and I truly appreciate you!

Our second week was pretty much the same as the first but I was lucky enough to have my sister come over all the way from Edmonton to help me get through the second week. Sister thank you for your support and for everything! You have no idea how much I appreciate everything that you do for me.

And this week, my Lola from Drayton Valley came to help us out! what an amazing Grandma! She was non-stop, round the clock with washing our mountain of a laundry, she cooked supper and cleaned up after our mess! Not bad for a 76 year old Lola! We love you Lola! Thank you for everything!

People say 'Just get through the first month' and with one more week to go before Sidney turns 1 month, I am hoping that life will get easier....and I'm sure it will :)

With that in mind, I am off to bed! I promise to post more pics in my next blog.

stay tuned!
Krissy

Life is still busy, Micah is now 2 and we need another vacation!

Hello again,

After reading Jenn's blog this evening, it has prompted me to do a little update.

As you can see from the title, Life seems to be busy all the time! Why is it that way....all the time???

It makes me wonder how it will be when we have two kids! Yikes! I am truly enjoying my one right now and will appreciate every moment with him for sure.

Where do I begin? Micah is 2!

I will start with my 2 year old sweetheart! He is the sweetest, smartest kids I know! Of course I'm biased but he is such a sweetie. I have lost track of the many words that he is putting together. Everyday there seems to be a funny 3 word sentence that comes out of his mouth. Like "Mommy, Sat down!" or "Micah do it" or "Cas, Nuff!" when Cas is barking. She loves Cassy though...he even asks to walk Cas..well, actually more like 'Micah-walk-Cas!.


He has an amazing memory for a 2 year old. He can name all of his uncles and aunties and cousins...and of course Grandma and Grandpa. He remembers people's names and will actually associate something that he saw or did with that person. Like, 'Uncle Gord, Tar (for Guitar) or Grandma, (Park with Danny the Dinosaur) or 'Uncle Chris and Auntie Evie (Bike! - for giving him a tricycle for his birthday)

or Auntie 'ngele and Maya (for Auntie Angele and her cat Maya) and one last one...Uncle Todd! White! Frisbee! Yeah, pretty amazing memory.

He has also perfected his colors and his shapes. He is almost good with counting except he is missing a few numbers...right now he will count 1,2,3,4,6,9,10! Still pretty good for a 2 year old I think. He is also recognizing a few letters like the letter 'O' and the letter 'T'. I bought him the Leap Frog letter magnets and that is how he is learning his letters right now.

We have craft day every day and we either draw, play with playdough, cut some stuff using the funky scissors or read our books from the library.

He has also graduated from his Toddler and Tots 2 in swimming and I'm very proud of him for that. I am looking forward to more swimming with him for sure this summer.

We got hit with an awful flu this past week so we haven't been outdoors much...but the kid LOVES to play with his Dad's Ultimate frisbee and LOVES to kick his soccer ball! Looking forward to summer! and getting better!

Ok, next....Life is still busy!

As for Mark and I, running two businesses is a 24 hour job! He has been extremely busy with his new Sport Sandbag product and we are so very excited! Check out his new product at: www.velocityfitness.ca

Pete Estrabrooks has written a very good article about it and you can check it out here.

http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/reallife/story.html?id=051e10f8-fcba-445a-8529-0f5385d3035a&k=93243

He was also featured on Shaw TV this past Monday...so with all the media frenzy around him, bedtime at the Eshpeter household is 1:30 am (even if you are sick!).

Marky, I'm proud of you for working so hard for us!

As for moi, I am fortunate enough to have continuous flow of clients. Now that I'm starting my year 2 of my biz, I definitely have a good set of clients to just support me this year. As you can see from my site, I haven't had a chance to update my portfolio but will post once it is done!

As you can see, on the last sentence of my title- we need another vacation!

Will try to post some pictures on the next update.

Ciao for now!

Short Update

Hello all,

It's me again giving you a very short update. I do apologize but it has been a hectic busy month for me ever since we got back from our vacation. I had 20 days to finish a brand new website for a client while trying to do updates for a couple more projects this month. Yikes, I am beginning to hate the computer...I think I need a career change! What do you think I should do?

Anyway, an update is much better written in my husband's blog: Enjoy!
http://www.theesh.blogspot.com/

Ciao for now,
K

Home Sweet Home

It truly feels good to be back home! Even though our 6 week long vacation was the most amazing vacation I have ever taken in my entire life, home is where it rocks!

It feels good to be alone as a family again (will tell you the reason on my next coming blog about our trip to the Philippines) and it feels good to be back in the comfort of our regular routine.

It took about a week for Micah pants to be back to normal which is expected from any little ones that travel. It was a rough week but we got through it with lots of "I don't know what to do!"


I definitely learned a lot during our trip. I realize that we always seem to crave the things that we don't have when we are "at" home (like: white sandy beaches, hot weather, beautiful places to check out, snorkling in the ocean, relaxing and not doing any work :)

and then we crave the things that we do have when we are not at home (like: good roads, good nutritious foods, good health care, good system for getting married etc. etc.) I also realized how fortunate we are to be living in Canada. Even though we complain about taxes and the government, they are the reason why we have good roads, necessary rules and regulations, good health care etc. etc.

I am excited to start the new year! I know that Mark and I will have an awesome year with our businesses and a fun year as a family! The most cherished times we've had so far was spending time with our beautiful son. He is getting so smart, goofy and sweet! He knows Mommy and Daddy and we are so in love with our little boy!

Anyway, this is all I can post for now...will try to post again soon.

Luv, K

I will let the pictures do the talking

more pictures to follow in the next blog. stay tuned!

K

You can read Mark's blog for now

http://www.theesh.blogspot.com/

whatever he is feeling, I am feeling the same way :)

Luv,
K

Too busy to blog...

Hello all,

I know I have been slow on my blog updates and I am sorry for that. I promise to do more once we get to the Philippines! We are about 3 weeks away frrom leaving - woohoo!

Our wedding date is set for Dec. 18th and Mark and I are very excited.

Will update you more on this later....for now, I work my butt off until we leave! yuk.

Ciao for now,
K

Pictures! and an update

Hello all,



I should be in bed right now but I wanted to upload some pics of my family and give an update of what's been going down with our lil familia recently.

I have 15 minutes before midnight so here goes.....

Micah turned 16 months last month and I missed my monthly letter for that month. I will just have to make it up for the next month. He has become so smart and I am so proud! He can actually point out things on his books now if you ask him. Like clouds, cow, horse, dog, moon, stars, socks, shoes, flowers and I can go on and on....it amazes me the new things that he learns everyday. He is also talking more now...just repeating words that we say: like cookie, milk, star and so many other words. He is such a goofy kid. I have the pleasure of laughing at him and with him every single day! I love waking up in the morning and seeing his sweet little sleepy face. He now has a Micah and Daddy day and they have been going to places like the Airport to watch big planes land, the zoo, the museum and the parks to play ball. I am so glad that he gets to have that special day with his Dad. They both seem to have so much fun!

As for our businesses, I don't even know where to begin. All I can say is that the next week is insane. Mark and I are going to be on Breakfast Television on Monday, September 17. And then Mark is doing a Self Defense presentation with the City of Calgary on the Thursday. I am off to my PGIB meeting on thursday and have booked a couple of meetings with clients as well. So with two businesses at hand, Mark and I are in need of a little vacation. Good thing we are off to Panorama for a week at the end of this month! AND we are about 65 days away from our biggest vacation ever to the Philippines. We are all very excited about that!

Anyhoo, my time is almost up. I will try to give more updates again in the near future.

Here are some pics:





take care everyone!
K

Like my new color scheme?

I know, I know. It is screaming pink alright! that is how I feel about September. Screamingly busy and I'm not even the one getting married! Business people say August is a bad month for businesses because everyone is on holidays...well, they are correct on that one. BUT September....oh September is insane! Mark is so busy with his business, I am so busy being a Mom and dealing with my business. I didn't even get to write my monthly birthday letter to Micah when he turned 16 months. Oh well, I will have to make it up for both August and September. I just want to write something so my readers know that I am still alive and kicking. Will be posting lots and lots of pics in the next coming weeks.

ciao for now,
K

P.S. you guys can check out "The Esh" for more current pics of our family.

My late July monthly letter

Dear Micah,

Belated 15 month old birthday my boy! I'm sorry this letter is a little late sweetie. I want to let you know how precious each day is that I spend with you. Every morning is a new adventure. I look forward to picking you up in your crib and starting the day with you. You have been sleeping 12 to 13 hours every night and your Dad and I are loving that. Hopefully it will be like this for awhile :)

You have been spending lots of time in the water this month. You love it! you are such a fish! We have been to the spay park, the lake, the river and of course your little pool on the back.







You also figured out that you can run with your little powerful legs. And you run everywhere and especially after Cascas. She is constantly finding places to hide from you.

You have been into climbing things too. You love climbing onto chairs, boxes, benches and the stairs.

You also like to sit on things. Your favorate spot right now is sitting on the stairs. You like to hang out there with Cassy, or play with your toys or read your books. And if you see anything that you can sit on you do not hesitate to sit on it.





You have been getting really good at figuring things out. Like putting things in and out of your truck. Playing with the legos and figuring out how they stack up.


Your are loving playing with your balls too. I always have to bring a spare ball in the van because whenever we are at the park or the lake and you see a ball, you are determined to go after it even though it's not yours.

You are starting to figure out that you can throw little tantrums towards Mom or Dad and it's pretty cute. Of course, we just laugh and wait until you're calmed down. I know I say that right now because it's just minor tantrums...hopefully we won't have to deal with the major ones like the kid next door. He is pretty good at throwing some big tantrums. I guess we'll just have to see about that.

You are starting to understand words more now. I ask you to give something to me and you do. Or find something like your book and you actually go and pick up a book and hand it over to Mom. Or something like show it to Dad and you go over to your Dad and show it to him. Recently I have been pointing to the helicopter when it is over us and you totally get excited and point to it as well. You are becoming so smart my love.

You love to imitate what we say and do so we now have to really watch what we are doing around you. Hopefully your Dad and I are doing the right things and making the right decisions for you. We only want what is best for you my baby.

Anyway kiddo, I wanted to get this up before the end of the month. I say it's better late than never.

I love you my little warrior.



From Mom