Surprise! Charlie's here.....

div>Last Tuesday (Feb 26), 3 weeks before my due date, our beautiful baby boy Charlie decided to surprise us. He weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 19 3/4" long. He is absolutely dreamy and we are all completely in love with him. Here are a few pics......



Looks like Brent is the one in labor........

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Valentine treats now in the LDD shoppe....xoxo

Here's a few new Valentine goodies I have in the Little Dreamer shoppe. Valentines really snuck up on me this year. Made some Valentine sugar cookies with the kids this afternoon, they love decorating them and I must say the process gets more hygenic every time we make them. We no longer have to 'flag' the ones Ben decorated! ;)

Hey Tweetie!

A couple of new paper packs I put the the Little Dreamer shoppe recently......

Sweet Mugs!

Check out these sweet Valentine mugs we picked up at Starbucks....ah, simple things make me happy....

Sweet and Saucy Aprons!

Ange made these funky aprons for her friends this year. Here's me, Christy and Ange modelling these nifty domestic little numbers....

Christmas!

Ok, just a brief note to say that this past Christmas was simply wonderful. Filled with good stuff but at the same time didn't feel rushed or hurried. The kids are at such fun ages and of course the were excited about the whole Santa thing. They were so surprisingly in tune with the whole baby Jesus aspect of it, too. It really brought that out in me too as I saw things through their eyes and really contemplated Christ's birth and God's gift to us. Refreshing......
A few favorite pics through the holiday...

The Sawatzky side celebrated Great-Grandma's birthday and Christmas in Altona...

Mark & Crystal came out from halifax for Christmas this year. The kids absolutely LOVED spending time with them (as we all did of course!)


Played a little Dutch Blitz (das gut fon yo?) and celebrated Dad's bday...


Christmas morn at our place.....

And Christmas at Nana & Papa's!

growing and growing and GROWING!

Oh my, I have been the most negligent blogger.....New Year's resolution - to become a better blogger? Well, I'll try but that could just be added to the many other things on the resolution/things to do before baby arrives list.....



Yes, it has just hit me. It's January and this little one will be here in 2 more months. YIKES.

In December my girlfriend Ange and I went to Thistle Lane for coffee and snapped a few photos...

I must admit this December I have really been homesick for small town life, the simplicity, the slower pace. Getting out to places like Thistle Lane just seem to foster this sort of homesickness. Don't get me wrong, I love our life in the city but it's just different from what I know growing up, but I don't necessarily think that is a city/small town thing but rather life in general has changed.