Snuggle Time

So every night possible, I take the time to have some one on one time with Mason!!! I recently had a talk with a close friend who is expecting her second child. With a busy toddler boy and expecting a girl, I knew exactly how she was feeling when she expressed her concern with loving baby num. 2 more!!! I was in the same boat!! How can you not love a cute, cuddly brand new baby girl???? She asked what I do to keep the balance? I told her that I have to really be aware of it and really think about it!!

Don't get me wrong!!!!! I LOVE my son!!!! But as any parent of a toddler can attest....they are busy and a lot of work!!! And my little girl is pretty much and angel!!! She has her moments no doubt but she is a doll!!! I am sure sometime within this year the terrible 2's will hit, but I am secretly hoping that it won't and she will just stay amazing forever!!

But back to my story.....I really try to take the time to let Mason know just how much I love him. Every night that I can I go in after prayers and stories and we have our snuggle time. I just love it!!! Some nights it lasts only 1 minute, and sometimes it is around 5! But we talk about our day and what we liked and I make sure and tell him a few things that he did that day that made me really happy. I think it is really good for him, and I know it is really good for me too. I need to remind myself how much I love him too. And every night before I walk out the door I turn back and tell him I love him sooo much!

The other thing I do every night is go into his room after he is asleep turn out the light and give him a kiss. And I just let all the love I have for him run through me!!! It is soooooo easy to love a quiet sleeping baby!!!

I am sure everyone has their ways of sharing the love, this is what works for me! Perhaps when my kids are teenagers I will be feeling all the love for my boy (I have heard girls are harder!! lol)

Fathers Day's a Coming!

Three more days until Fathers day, and I am not sure what I am going to do for Mike......he's is probably reading this, or at least I am being hopeful that he might be the one and only person reading this right now. He already got his "fathers day gift" a few months early. Mike and I are bad at holding off for gifts. If we see something we want we usually get it and then claim it as an early gift.....I already have my birthday gift and my birthday isn't until August!!! I think we will just do a little something to try and make the day special for DAD but we won't be lavishing him with gifts this go around!

We sure are lucky to have such and amazing guy in our house!!! So he knows and so I can tell him here is a list of some of my favourite things about him!!!

1. He picked me!!! Out of all the other girls out there he picked me! And I am so glad he did!!

2. He is super SUPER easy to get along with!!! aka he often lets me get my way because he loves me so much!

3. He does the supper dishes almost every night after dinner!! I am one lucky girl! He also helps clean up and take care of the kids a lot!

4. He is an AMAZING dad!!! He may not think he is but I certainly do!! Mason and Aubrey adore him!!

5. He is a crazy hard worker and when he puts his mind to something he gets it done and he does it well!!

6. He has a huge soft spot for his little ladies!! Aubrey can melt his heart pretty darn quick. And I would like to believe I still do the same!

7. He loves taking Mason to the park and getting him little gifts. Namely cars and animals.

8. He sure loves his family and I think he likes mine quite a bit too!! I am so luck to have married into such a great family!!

9. He always makes me feel great about myself!! Who doesn't love to have a compliment here or two or three!!

10. I just think I lucked out and married the best guy out there!!! I couldn't be happier!

I hope he knows how much I love him.....I guess I will just have to sit down and make him read this come Sunday!!

Let the Pictures Begin!!

As I said earlier I need a spot to keep track of some of my favourite people in the whole world. It is almost impossible to get a picture of this guy with out a funny face!

My handsome little man!

I just love them in their Sunday best!!

I love her in dresses, to bad they are not the most practical for crawling!

I just love their smiles!!

Aren't these 2 adorable!!! I can't get enough of them!

Never Thought IT Would Happen

It's true, I specifically remember telling my husband "I don't think I will EVER start a blog!!!" My reason you ask??? I am NOT a writer!! Never have been, don't know that I ever will be. Not in the sense that I consider everyone else who own's a blog a "writer". We just don't get along...I dreaded essay's and the thought of having to write my own. And I really didn't get good grades on them. I think that is what turned me off blogging. I would have to write, and possibly be judged. Not necessarily given and actual grade, but a blogging grade! I guess I will leave my rant on not wanting to blog, and get on with blogging!!

I guess I started this more for myself than for anyone else. I have not written in a journal for close to a year, and status updates of Facebook don't exactly give an accurate description of what you have been doing for the last year. "Just ate a Croissant filled with Nutella" doesn't really tell me much of what I have been doing other than the fact that I have a love for fluffy pastry stuffed with chocolate. I really needed a better outlet and also a way to keep track of all the other blogs I just love to read.

I couldn't decide on the direction I wanted this blog to go...there is a lot in a name. I enjoy crafting and cooking and doing hair and being a mom but I didn't want my blog to only sound like one of the above! So Everything Carla it became. Hopefully now I can keep track of my life, my kiddo's and a ton of pictures!! And also give a few people the opportunity to really know what goes down in Carla town!