My 25th Birthday!

Can I just say that I have the best husband ever?!

He knows that birthdays are important to me, and even though they arent a huge deal to him, he went out of the way to make sure I had the best birthday ever this year!

First off, he got me the best present!

Since we moved to Calgary our car was a standard, and I dont drive standard, and refused to learn in Calgary during the winter, so Norm had to drive me everywhere.

This meant that when he was working I was trapped in the house with Becca.

So for my birthday he got me a new 2012 Honda Civic! I love it!!

This isnt the best pic, since it was taken on Norms phone, and it was before we had the windows tinted, but its the only one I have on here:)

So as if that wasnt enough, it gets better ha ha

Norm came home from work and surprised me with a dozen roses and balloons. 

Then we dropped the girls off at Diana's and Norm took me out to Montanas for supper.

Thankfully he didnt tell them it was my birthday, so I didnt have to wear the antlers lol

It was the perfect day!:)

Then a few days later on Friday ( Norms day off) he threw me a supposed to be surprise party lol

When he got up that morning he said he wanted to clean the apartment so we could relax later.

I thought it was a bit weird that he totally went to town cleaning, but didnt think much of it.

In the afternoon we went out and did our grocery shopping and errands.

He said he wanted to be home by 6 to relax.

On the way home he took the wrong exit, and when I asked where we were going he said, "oh crap, I took the wrong exit, but since were here by DQ wanna get supper?" I said I didnt feel like a burger for supper, so he said oh, well I have to pee so im gonna run in real quick.

I thought at this point that something was up ha ha

He came back to the car with an Ice Cream cake! My favourite! 

Then he said that I couldnt eat it, cause all my friends were coming over to share it with me in an hour.

He was gonna wait till they all showed up, but was scared i'd try to eat the cake without them ha ha

I was way impressed that he was able to invite everyone without me knowing!

I told him that he couldnt have invited all my friends, cause Laura had just moved to Calgary, so I sent her a text to invite her, and it turned out that she was already coming with another friend! so crazy!

It was the best birthday yet!! Thanks to everyone who came and made it special for me!!

Norm forgot to get candles lol

All the girls from NS at my party!

Sara's 1 Month Pictures.

Sara will be 4 months old next week, so that goes to show how bad of a blogger i've been lately lol

But I want to catch up on everything.

Here are some pics I took of Sara when she was 1 month old.

Looking back now I cant believe how small she was!

Then Becca wanted to join in...

I love how much my girls love each other!!

Sara's Blessing Day!

We had Sara’s baby blessing on the 22nd of May.

It was nice to be able to do it when my mom was here. 

 Here’s Sara with all the guys in her blessing circle.

Sara with Grandma Wendy, She made Sara’s dress, isnt it amazing??

Our complete family:)

 Big Sister Becca

 Look at the amazing detail on the dress!

 With her Nana!

 It was such a great day!!

Im so thankful for everyone who could be a part of it, and for a husband who was able to give my daughter such a beautiful blessing!

Banff Trip.

When mom was here, on Norms day off we took a day trip up to Banff. Mom had never been, and Norm and I hadnt been (beside once for my cousins concert) since our first date.

It was nice to have my mom there to take pics too!

This next pic is the same place that Norm and I had a picture taken on our first date over 4 years ago. Crazy how much changed in 4 years lol

Becca and Norm decided to do some rock climbing

Beccas first time being up close to a horse

We had a lot of fun in Banff. We did a little hike by the falls, and after that did all the shops up and down main street. I got some stuff from Rocky Mountain Soap Factory. Its so good!! And I just found out that they have a new store at the mall closest to me, this could be dangerous lol

The start of updates from the last few months.

I havent blogged in forever!!

Im in the car right now on our way back from Utah, so im hoping I can catch up on the last few months.

I feel bad that I havent blogged a lot about Sara. 

So when Norm was on parental leave, he was complaining about how he didnt wanna go back to work. When he started working at the tire shop he was told that he would be moved to sales soon, he just needed to get the tire tech experience first. Well after working there for 6 months, it wasnt looking like he’d be getting into sales anytime soon.

So I started looking around for a new job for him while he was off. I came across a Sales Rep job at Calgary Honda, I told him about it, and he wasnt sure about it. So I kept looking. The next day he came up to me and said I cant stop thinking about that job, and feel like I should apply for it. I told him to go for it, what was the worst thing that could happen. So the next day he went into Honda, just planning to hand in a resume. 

When he got there all the managers were in a meeting, so he said he would wait.

He waited about 30mins and they got him to fill out some paperwork, after their meeting 2 of the managers talked to him for a bit and asked if he could do an interview right then. He wasnt expecting to have an interview that day, so wasnt mentally prepared, but said sure. He was taken into a board room with 6 people sitting around a table, they asked him lots of questions, and were really impressed with his sales experience from last summer. At the end of the interview they asked him if he had any questions, and he said before he knew it he was saying “ ya, when can I start?” He doesnt know where that came from! He normally wouldnt have said anything that ballsy. But the manager said, we like that! And had him step outside for a min. He said as he was leaving he heard one manager say to the other “ I really like this guy”. When they called him back in they said, “so, can you start tomorrow?”

He had to explain that he was still employed and needed to give 2 weeks notice. 

So he’s been at his new job for almost 2 months now and is loving it! Its awesome! I dont have to hear him complain anymore about hating his job. He’s doing really well too! So well that after only 5 and 1/2 weeks he was given a promotion. He’s now a leasing specialist as well as a sales representative! Im so proud of him! There’s other guys that have been there for years and havent been promoted.

And since I dont have any pics of Norm at work, hers the proud big sister taking a pic of 

herself lol 

I was so lucky to have Norm home for almost 3 weeks! He was such a big help. I was a little scared to be alone with the girls at first. I just had to get used to not jumping at Beccas every request right away. She adjusted pretty well too.

I was so lucky that my mom was able to come out to visit for a week!

I recovered so much quicker from Sara than I did with Becca. 

So by the time my mom got here I was feeling perfectly fine, so it was nice to be able to go out a do fun stuff with her.

We got together with my cousin, his wife and kids one night. Becca loves playing with her 2nd cousins. 

Here’s me and my cousins wife. She was I think 37 weeks prego in this pic. We went for a baby inside- baby outside pic.

They had a little girl, after having 2 boys. Im so excited for them!

Sara’s such a chunker that I was able to give them a bunch of stuff she’s outgrown. It was so much easier getting rid of the girls stuff knowing it was going to family, I have to admit that I was a tiny bit sad to think that I wouldnt have another little baby to wear the stuff.

Here’s a pic of Sara with my mom, I cant believe that Sara was that small! And I have to say that my mom looks pretty dang good for being a grandma!