Just Life Lately

Brother and sister hanging out!

Kenzie chilling with her dolls

My handsome youngest

Love this boy so very much

One of the strange places he falls asleep

Coloring with Daddy at the Krahn/Cowie Gathering in Merrit

What an amazing Grandpa.  On our way home from the gathering Kenzie kept asking when would she see Grandma and Grandpa again.  It was hard to explain to her that she would not see them in person until March or April next year!  She sure does love them very much.

Second cousins hanging out.  My cousin Krista was over yesterday with her little girl.  Our kiddos are 9 days apart (Hayden is older).  It was a lovely afternoon of hanging out with our kids and talking about life as moms.

So what is new in our family.

Kenzie - she is her usual bubble and spirited self.  Her new favorite word is "Sometimes".  It follows many of the sentences that she says.  She also likes to say "No Way Mommy," especially if I ask her to stop doing something she is not supposed to do, or ask her if she wants a consequence for her actions.  She changes her clothes multiple times a day, and is such a little girl and I love that about her!  I also love that she still loves to snuggle with me.  Probably my fav part of the day with her is in the mornings when Jeral takes Hayden after I have fed him and Kenzie and I snuggle and watch a cartoon in our room.

Jaris - slow and surely his vocabulary is increasing.  He still talks a lot of jibberish, yet in time that will get less and less.  We have been going to a group program for toddler with speech delays.  It has been hard because Jaris does not function well in large group settings and this is a large group setting.  He also is not a fan of being over stimulated and he definitely gets over stimulated there. I have been very tempted to join him in crying the times that he has cried while we are there.

Hayden - He is a very healthy little boy!  I am so thankful that nursing him is going so very well.  He is smiling and talking up a storm these days.  I am pretty sure his favorite time of day is anytime his diaper is being changed and he grins from ear to ear at diaper changes!  He also likes us to hold him in ways that allow him to sit up, and he like to try and stand, he even fusses when we do not  give him enough standing time during the day.

Jeral - Well motor cycle season is over with for now :(  He did not ride as much this summer so he could spend more time with us as a family and help me out.  I am so very grateful for that!  Life on the farm is just the same old same old.

Me - I have been rather sick with what my Dr. thinks is gall bladder issues.  So that means we I am being very careful with what I eat.  I definitely feel it if I cheat.  I have an ultrasound scheduled for Nov 23rd, so until then careful is my moto when it comes to eating.  I have no desire to be in the kind of pain an attack brings with it.  I am hopeful that for now the issue can be controlled with a dietary change, and that surgery will not be required!  Other than that life is same old same old for me!

So there you have it.  Life in the Krahn household!

Happy Thanks Giving

Okay so I will admit I have not posted as much here these days!  I am tired and I am blessed to parent three miracles so blogging just has not been a priority.  Plus I like to have pictures and rarely is the good camera near by when I want to take a photo!  However here are a few from the last few weeks!

A father and his boys!  Jeral has been so amazing as a dad and a husband, I love him just as he is, yet doing the dishes, and the laundry, and playing with the kids sure sends the love charts soar up to number 1 on a regular basis!

A few weeks back my dear friend Marie came for a visit and this was our boys chilling and relaxing after we had fed them.  While we were feeding she pointed out that we were nursing our boys together, yet something I thought we would never do.  Thanks Jesus for the small reminders that miracle do happen in our every day life!

Kenzie and Joelle watching a cartoon on the couch.  I love that we have girls and boys that can grow up playing together when we manage to make it out to Abbotsford or they manage to make it out here! I wish I still came every other week so our kids could get to know each other better!

Sleeping boy!

And this boy yet again fell asleep in a strange position.  I really need to put a photo book of his strange and uncomfortable sleep positions together!

So today is Thanks Giving Sunday!  While I was sitting in church and had a rare moment when I did not have a baby in my arms or a toddler climbing all over me I took some time to write out the things I am thankful for!

1. My Husband - he is a great day and the best life partner I could have eve been blessed with!

2. My three miracles - and yes this includes the long night and the fighting that goes on because there was a day we were unsure if our home would ever be filled with these miracles!  I love you and and thankful every day for you Kenzie, Jaris, and Hayden

3. My extended family and friends

4. The home we have been blessed with

5. The reality that we have everything we could ever need and many of the things we want.

6. My church family - this one is huge for me to say because not long away we chose to leave and yet I am so thankful that God made it clear that our church is where we belong!

7. I am thankful for a lady who ended up coming into my life as a result of someone else deeply hurting me.  And with that if I were now to bump into the woman who really broke my heart I would look her in the eyes and say, "Thank You!"  To come to this place and know that I truly could look her in the eyes and say thank you is huge, and for that I am grateful to God.

Well with that I will end today's Post!  I am looking forward to my family heading to my mom's tomorrow for dinner with my mom, sister and her kids.  Truthfully I really just want the pear pie!  My mom makes the best pear pie ever!!!!!!

Happy Thanks Giving!