sabbath afternoon

This is what it looks like at our house when we get back from church on Sabbath. We eat and then we hang out together on the couch. the kids jump and run around while we try to catch up from the week and plan the weekend! How do they get so much energy anyways these kids? Dad looks pretty tired on these pictures, I did not even think of putting mine since I looked even worse.

It is fun just to sit together, talk, read, play a few games and try to catch a snooze when we get a few minutes or if the kids will let us. for me most of the weeks this is when I come here and do a little up date if I don't come during the week.

You are more than welcome to come and visit if you want to the door is always open for our friends.

hands

this is a new favorite this week for Xavier! Those fingers and hands seem very yummy, every time we turn around he is putting them in his mouth. We have had a few episodes of gagging himself, but for the most of it he is enjoying it.

He is funny since he will give us a big grin when we pay a little attention and say this tastes good?

good reading

I have not blog in a while and I do not have much to say since the weekend. So I thought I would just talk about what I have been up to in the last week or so.

this is the book that I am reading now. It is very inspiring and full of good insights. Raising kids is fun but such a big task. Many days I feel so overwhelm with the whole concept, lonely, and inadequate....

this books brings me back to the basic and what it is all about to be a mom in first place. what a privilege to be a mother. It is a true gift from God and a great privilege.

This week I am changing a few things in the routine, we will see how the kids react and if there is any changes in the future.

My favorite quote is right in the beginning of the book "prayer is the only way of becoming the mom that God wants you to be"

Maybe I'll put a little update once in a while of what this book is doing for me and my family.

the result is all about being a child after God's own heart.

4 months

Days are just flying by. It seems that he should only be 3 months. Xavier is good as ever, always happy,smiling and now laughing and cooing. He loves it when we talk to him, he makes his mouth move and tongue sticks out then he starts drooling!

Sleeps like a champ, 11 hours at night and a good 3 hour nap in the afternoon (wish I could get half that some days)

Loves loves and loves to be held in our arms or to sit on our lap. He just loves to chill and look around and sometimes take a little snooze.

He makes our days brighter on these grey gloomy days of winter.

It is almost scary to see how content he is, we are going to pay for it somewhere down the line I think, but we are enjoying it for now.

look at my new hair

that is what Olivia said today to her daddy as we entered his office. She is so proud of her new haircut.

I guess this is the real girl in her. She has been excited about going to get her haircut for about 2 weeks now. When we got there she right away got on the chair and waited patiently. When the stylist was done she even asked to have some styling product in her hair.

She looks so different with this new style more girl then baby look to her for sure. It is looking a lot thicker and grown up.

merry christmas & happy new year!

not always easy to take a picture of my three little monkeys.

what a holiday season we had!

We want to wish you a very happy new year, may it brings you all health, joy and peace.

As we are back on track after being all the victims to a vicious cold virus, we are hoping for a great start to this new year that looks promising to us. We still enjoyed this time off as we went bowling, skating, sledding, and out to eat friends. mom and dad even got to go out on a date.

With a little guy among us to reach many milestones we are planning to keep up with our blog this year and all the other happenings in our family.

Julien is ready to head back to school,and we have started again to practice violin and he is also ready to start his lessons again.

Olivia is ready to get back to her bossy little self and have her own playtime while Julien is in school. We will also try a few violin lessons with her at home, as she wants to learn to play like her big brother.

Francois is ready to go back to a more regular and steady schedule at work. Talk and meets patients again, although I am sure he will miss being at home everyday with us for lunch and a Little afternoon nap.

As for me I am looking forward to get back to a little more of a schedule and predictable routine but not sure that it will be relaxing as it was nice to have hubby around to help. Now back to the kitchen, laundry room, the cleaning mode and running many errands.