I love mornings

I love mornings when the sun is so strong you can almost taste summer, I love mornings started with a good cup of coffe ( that's how long I lasted Angie :) ) I love mornings when I have time to spend with God. I love mornings when my Maggy is home for the day. I love mornings when there is no babysitting. I love mornings when I can't wait to get my hands dirty and clean like a crazy girl. I love mornings when the fridge is full and I don't have to worry about suppers. I love mornings when there are only 7 more to be spent here before we go away. I love mornings when I'm tired because I've spent 3 nights in a row up until past 12:30 with my hubby watching movies ( that's pretty rare) I love mornings full of potential when I don't have to go anywhere else if I don't want to. I love mornings when it's actually quiet enough to here the walls crack in my hubby's office. What makes a good morning for You.

Exciting news

What do I get from round #3 of the stomach flue? Well lots of hugs and cuddles at times when I'm usually sleeping, I get to answer fun questions like is God in control of my vomit? because I would like to pray right now! and will it hurt more then this when I have a baby? followed by "can they put me to sleep?" with finally my 7 year old letting me know she wants an epidural for ALL her kids. I also get days off cooking because nobody is hungry, I get to bake my 60 cookies for church at 1:00 am I wasn't sleeping anyways and had been out until 11:30 PM with the girls ( a bit irresponsible but fun for a Saturday night :) We get to lay on the couch with lots of pillows and blankets for the whole afternoon watching "Babe the pig" and "Beethoven". We get to be thankful of our usual very healthy family. We get to try all the blankets and sheets in the house to see if they still work :) as we wash the dirty ones. I'm trying to be positive.
Well I bet you were all dying to know what's new at the Sawatsky's it's been a week without blogging shame on me :) Let's just say that my life for now revolves around my children the flue and babysitting. Nothing glamorous but LIFE. I was hoping to have exciting news to share this week but no. I will be babysitting 3 days a week for an other Month minus the time we'll be away. So when I have Joe and baby#2 all day things are all about cleaning there mess and getting ready for the 3:30 invasion of 5 more kids so I have to be ready to go. And Joe and Emma had the the stomach flue over the week-end. Only 2 more to go. So this week I'm hoping to get ready for our family getaway to Florida to visit Grammy and Grampy Sawatsy and have lots of fun on our 50 hour drive :) Enjoy every minute of the sun and the beautiful ocean. I'm hoping to get back on track with other house things and help the munchkins recover I also have to start packing and figure out if we have everything we need fo our trip. So is life at our house lately. There has been lots of good moments like a date downtown with hubby and a nice dinner at a place called Mr. Green, then a trip to Value Village with my friend Angie that included 2 Tim's coffee :) and last night we went out the 3 girls Myriam, Angie and me to have a girls night out. It was good to get together again, we haven't seen Myriam a lot since she's been working. Life is Good and God faithful.

Emma Bear turns 7

An other B-day for my baby girl, a very tired mommy.

I'm all about planning

Well today is just an extension of a very long night. Yesterday I thought It's my day off so before I start my crazy week, let me take a nice cup of coffee with Angie ( it was more like 3 :) I came back at a good time to cook supper and be organize so here comes the whining ... as I'm putting something in the fridge I knock over a full glass of orange juice (Maggy's) and it spills everywhere did I say EVERYWHERE so I slam the door, thinking I'll wait until it dries knowing how much harder it will be to clean up, so I re-open the door and tackle the 45 min job ahead so buy now hardly any time left so get my chicken, rice veggies for supper as I try not to loose it to a toddler that only seems to know one word MOMMY! MOMMY!MOMMY! sorry he also says CAR and Lighting McQueen . All I want is silence to think but that would be too much to ask, so by then after 2 loads, doing dishwasher blah blah the neighbors boys are at the door and are locked out, sure come in :) then the 3 +1 extra kids ( Maggy's friend ) come in my small tinny entry way. They are excited, hungry so much to say, have to get started on a project and I'm thinking breath in and out ( as I try to not hipper ventilate) so buy now I have 7 kids in the house MY house and the next door neighbor is at the door ( Emma's friend ) Well all I remember is sending her away without any recollections of what I had said. Our evening was full of school project, reading, going to the dollar store to get started on the birthday planning LOTS of phone calls, planning for the snow day. It's 11:00 and I'm a happy girl, I'm going to bed... but my baby gets up for half an hour until he starts trowing up (8-9) times until somewhere around 3:30 non-stop. I'm so tired right now and it's almost depressing to read my own post. Sometimes I wonder why I can't think of what my day was like or what I do and I'm learning more and more to go with the flow or the coucou hospital as I call it will be picking me up.

I've always wanted a big family, the kids friends invading our house, making hot chocolate and cookies for everyone, and now that I have it, I sometimes don't know how much more I can take. Today is Valentine's day and for us it's also Jake's B-day. I haven't had a chance to say anything to hubby yet beside go sleep in Emma's bed, I need to sleep for an hour,my head hurts and drive safe, we kind of lose our self in this cahos called life, children, ministry and it gets so busy but just the fact that I wake up and look at him and crave spending more and more time with him, talking,laughing, sharing our heart and dreams and what God is doing in our lives makes my day. I don't want Roses (maybe a jade) or chocolate don't get me wrong I love treats but the overwhelming feeling of gratitude, respect and love that I have towards him after almost 14 years is better then anything material. God blessed me and now I can spend the rest of my life with my best friend and I love him more today then ever. I can't wait to get away to San Diego with him. so much for not having time to blog!!!

The Great White North...

After trying for a couple of months, I finally managed to go see my sister in Gatineau. Angie and I left at 5:30 a.m on wednesday morning with the 3 little ones leaving daddy Rob and Bartley with the rest :) to go spent couple extra days with Marie. The guys met up with us on Thursday night. We got to spend Friday at the Ottawa winterlude in real cold Ottawa weather, even went skating on the canal. Maggy's goal was to skate the whole canal :) she soon realized that she might have to wait a couple more years to fulfill her goal. It was so good to get away with my good friend and be with my sister. There's nothing like being real with people you love. The kids also had a great time and we are all getting really excited for March Break. Thank you Marie and Alex for having 6 adults 8 children in your 2 bedroom house we had LOTS of fun. This week is busy with 3 days of babysitting, 2 Birthdays Jakob and Emma and 5 hockey games in 9 days! ( that's totally not typical but I guess we made it to round 2 ,so happy :) can you sense a bit of sarcasm. So I have been a very boring blogger but unfortunately not much time to spare. So I'm sharing some pictures for mommy to see xoxo The kids should all look happy as they are sucking on half a pound of maple syrup but "I think" they were cold.

Letting go...

Well Joe had his last bottle last night... At 2 years old, one month, and a couple of days just like that Beep-Beep was over that is Josef's bottle ( the sound the microwaves makes after 1:11 Seconds ) So yes maybe mommy spoiled him a little wouldn't you rather warm milk. So this is it! my baby won't lay down, tucked in my arms drinking his milk anymore, just like that it's all over. So am I crying? OF COURSE, I think if I could give him a bottle until he left for college I would but he might not like that! I knew I had to do it someday but I couldn't. You should all know Maggy was off the bottle by 11 months, I did everything by the book, but Joe, come on he's my baby . So even if all I want to do is run upstairs and say here you go mommy has some warm milk for you I know he has to grow up and he'll still love me...Je t'aime bébé