Too busy for God?

Nope, but in the midst of all of the daily "going-ons" in my life I totally forgot to call Rebecca and tell her that we were not going to make it out to cell tonight - Oops, Sorry Bec!

I also have to apologize to Kristin...hope you enjoyed chapters 5 & 6 :)

I took this picture of the beautiful sky & trees out my own back door...how amazing is God's creation!?!?!

Jessi, these pics are for you... He's almost 5 months here:

This is what Jacob does while I blog, clean or bake - So PRECIOUS (at least to me)

Here he is when he was just 10 hours new :)

Terrible Blogging Buddy

Okay, so I have let my blog slip...but frankly, I'm not going to watch life pass me by while I blog. So I have cut back on my bloggin addiction :)

*NEWS FLASH*
The "Laderoute Stroller Search" has come to an end, tonight we purchased this beauty:

It was a great deal considering that we checked out the same one at TJ's Kiddie store and they were asking $459.00 for a very used one! We paid $230.00 and it was just used for 6 months!

We feel like we got a steal of a deal considering the price you can pay for a Peg Perego stroller.

As a bonus we also got the matching car seat:

So now we will have to try and sell our Peg Perego car seat that we bought for Jacob prior to him arriving!

This is the one that we need to get rid of:

It makes me sad thinking that we will have to get rid of the very first seat that Jacob was ever in but what was I going to do - Keep it forever? It's better to have the cash in our pockets...it's worth over $180 new, so I don't know how much to aks for it. It's still in really good condition, almost in better condition than the one we just got!

I forgot the Molasses!

Ugh, Jacob and I went on a lovely fall walk today to Extra Foods to pick up a few things...but dumb Mamma forgot the molasses for the ginger snaps I wanted to make! Oh well, Aunty Juliet & Paul (her Paul) will have to do with double choco chip cookies for tonight :)

thank you "A" channel

In my humble home, life and daily routines I don't often run into God. By this I don't mean that I don't talk to him or do my devotions (even if it's just a 2 minute one), but I don't find myself being challenged by what God wants me to accomplish.

As I have transitioned into a house mama I have found that I miss work, not that I don't like being at home, but I miss work. So since I have taken on this new role, I have tried to figure out what it was that I miss the most...Interaction with people that can actually speak, daily routine, fresh coffee all day long, but none of those things were the true reason I miss being at work.

I miss coming across fresh ideas of what God calls us to be and thanks to "A" Channel being on today keeping me company while I mix a batch of cookies, I was able to encounter God and His heart for me. Thanks to "A" Channel for running Touched by an Angel (although sometimes lame, it's message was very clear today).

I have had a vision planted in my heart that I truly think was sent from God....so this is what I miss, I miss being in different situations that call me to delve into the heart of God. Cause let me tell you changing a dirty diaper doesn't make me feel like I am being the hands of God!

More on my little vision later, I must go and change a dirty diaper :)

Any Idea's???

I'm now looking to find a good deal on candy for the goodie bags for Paul's Birthday Bash ~ Anyone have any ideas? Paul likes the $0.5 candies, like Hot Lips, Sour Key and Red Raspberries...Any ideas???

{Chocolat}

When I was at the Vancouver Home & Interior Design show a few weekends ago (where I got to meet Marilyn Dennis and Lynn Spence off of City Line*) I picked up this magazine and a subscription to it. I really need another magazine like a hole in my head, but this one is different. All of the stores/items in the magazine are Canadian. So I thought why not support something that is truly 100% Canadian! It is only $12.00 with shipping for 6 issues - not bad eh?!?! Here is the link if you too would like to indulge in some Chocolat http://www.chocolatmagazine.ca/english/index.jsphttp://
www.chocolatmagazine.ca/english/index.jsp

:: Make it STRONG coffee this morning ::

Well we had quite the night - Jacob was hungry so he was up and down quite a few nights last night and in and out of our bed and with my parents being away on business their dog Tucker is with us as well. So to say the least our bed was a rather full one last night!

Bring on the coffee this morning...even thought it's not caffeinated, it still does the trick :)

So we were at Blair and Cara's last night for a great night of conversation and fabulous food and they have this thing called a BUMBO seat. Jacob just loved it, he was quite content in it and liked that he was able to see what was going on. So this morning Paul said to look on Craigslist and see if there were any for sale. Sure enough there was one in Langley for $45 (in store price is $68). So I am super excited, since Jacob is our first the BUMBO seat will get lots of use!

Hopefully they haven't sold it yet!

Here are Blair & Cara's girls; Sydney and Brooke:

These pic's were from a couple weeks ago when the girls dropped by for a visit.

Thanks again for a great night Blair & Cara - We'll have to do it again!

This Afternoon

We had a great time visiting and scrapping with Kristin & Miranda this afternoon - Thanks for the great time ladies!

Miranda was too cute, she continuously called Jacob a she "she likes me, she has cute feet etc" after Kristin told her for the third time that Jacob was a he she would just say "the baby likes me". Just too darn cute!

I have to say that I would like to hire Miranda - She would sit by Jacob and put his toys in front of him and play peek-a-boo...he couldn't get enough of her and nor could I! You can certainly tell she's going to be a big sister again - she's a pro!

Well we are off to Blair, Cara, Sydney & Brookes place tonight for dinner so farewell for now- remember to leave a comment about your stroller experience!

THANKS *S

Is there such a thing as 'Stroller Envy'?

Well apparently there is - Who knew?

Originally, prior to having Jacob we had recieved some money for Christmas so we thought we would be smart and spend it on a stroller for our baby once he/she out grew the cuddle seat. So we invested in a $150 "Jeep" brand stroller...seemed to be just fine when we bought it but since we didn't have a baby of our own we didn't realize all of the things that you have to know/remember when buying a stroller.

So after using the stroller for 2 weeks we returned it to Baby's R Us and got a full credit, so now I am on the market for a new stroller that is hopefully better quality than my previous "Cheep" one :)

I cannot afford a brand new Peg Perego or Zooper, but we have tested those ones out and you can definitely tell that it is a better made product.

So I have been looking on craigslist - http://vancouver.craigslist.org/search/sss?query=Peg%20Perego%20Stroller

I have found a few that look great but I still don't know as I can't try them out...does anyone have any advice or knowledge that you would like to pass on to me? I need as much help as I can get!

So far these are the ones I have found:

#1) Zooper - Walk Air ($100) #2)Peg Perego Atlantico ($160)

#3) Peg Perego Venezia ($150) #4) Peg Perego Venenzia Newport ($200)

#5) Zooper Sport ($150)

I'm leaning towarts the Venezia (of course it's the most expensive) there is something about it that I love...It doesn't have a cup holder which looks to be the only thing that I don't like and apparently it's quite heavy! I found one on Costco .com called the compass that is only $89 USD http://www.costco.com But today it doesn't seem to be there! Arg, I hope I can still get just the stroller!

Well that's all for now...I must go and get ready to meet Kristin, we are going to be scrapping for most of the afternoon!

I found favor boxes for Paul's Birthday Bash :: I wanted something cool looking without spending too much money and Lisa B gave me this idea. So today I sourced the web and found these:

I am going to have three big glass jars with three of Paul's favorite $0.5 candies in them - I hope everyone enjoys the treats :)