new year, new life

2010 has nearly come to an end and i can't help but think about the changes i want to make for 2011. i'm not huge on the whole resolution hype, but i do think it gives everyone a good time to start making some changes.

i don't know that 2011 will be able to top my 2010 for all-time favourite years...2010 was a big year for us. the highlight was obviously the birth of kingston. my life feels so much more purposeful as a mom. i knew from a very early age that i wanted children and now that i am a mom i feel like children are my passion in life.

are you a big resolution person?

these are the things i want 2011 to bring...

1. i want to go back to school to obtain my ECE.
2. i want to lose the last of my flabbiness from being pregnant. actually, it's not necessarily weight i want to lose as i weigh less now than i did before i was pregnant, but i need to tighten and tone a whole lot of areas!
   
3. i want to spend as much time as possible doing family things. i want kingston to feel loved and nurtured...that is the absolute most important thing.
4. i want to finish our living room (hang the television, reface the fireplace, get an area rug, get an upholstered ottoman to hide kinston's tacky (super fun) toys).
5. i want to frame and hang pictures of our family and friends.
6. i want to expand our family.

i am excited to see what the future holds for me. i know that if i focus my attention on the things i need to, things will only get better.

i feel so blessed to have the life i do and can't wait to see how much better it gets.

easton adam has finally arrived!

he's here, he's here, he's here!

i was shocked when i got the news this morning that our great friends had their baby...and a BOY! they didn't find out what they were having and since they already have a little girl i think i had girl in my head. i was wrong!



baby easton adam arrived this morning at 5:46am weighing a healthy 6lb 4oz. he's so unbelievably cute.


i can't wait to watch easton and kingston grow up to be little buddies for life. it was amazing to meet their little girl avery, but now that i have kingston...new babies mean so much more to me. it never ceases to amaze me how my life and outlooks have changed since becoming a mom. i love it.

christmas is for the kids

wow...what a different outlook i had on christmas this year. cameron and i have always gone over and above for christmas and this year we took a different approach. we focussed everything we purchased on the children in our life and had so much fun shopping for each and every one of them.

of course this year was all about kingston. what an absolute JOY he is to our lives. he has so much personality, he's affectionate, he wears his heart on his little sleeve. he made my christmas so much more than what it has been in the past. watching him ponder ribbons, bows, wrapping paper and gifts was amazing. the look of concentration in a baby just melts my heart. they're so naive to the world, so perfect...a completely blank slate that is formed by their parents.

kingston's schedule was all over the place the past week and it was all worth it. we didn't miss out on anything, we enjoyed great food, excellent company, a few drinks, and some great food. what more can anyone ask for? we had the season of our lives and can't wait to see what the future holds.

i was blessed with an amazing son in 2010....that was the only christmas present i ever could have dreamed of.

thank you cameron for giving me an amazing baby boy, and thank you kingston for making my life so purposeful. i love you both with all i've got.

my sick little boy

well it's been a long few weeks around the martyn household. first i got a cold, then kingston got a cold, and them cameron got the cold too. it's been non-stop for a few weeks and it's absolutely exhausting! kingston's dragged on for a while and finally after having a fever for a day and a half i decided i would take him to emergency. i called the bc healthlink hotline (what a godsend that line is sometimes) and they recommended i take him in immediately...so i listened.

after waiting a good 3 hours, the doctor finally was able to check the poor little dude out. he checked his ears and right away knew he had two nasty ear infections. to be cautious he decided to get some bloodwork done and also sent him for a chest x-ray to rule out pnemonia. all i was thinking was how bad i felt for my poor tired little baby who now was going to be poked in the arm with a needle and then sent for an x-ray.

those that know kingston know that he's such a charmer. he constantly flirts, he smiles all the time, giggles, and is just a silly little boy. the nurses absolutely loved him and thought he was just so cute (obviously...right?). the lady came to take his blood so dada got to hold his head and distract him and i held his arm in place. she put the elastic band around his bicep and was preparing for the big scream...but nothing. no scream at all. what did we hear instead? the sweet sound of a very ticklish boy giggling!! yes, my tough little charmer giggled the whole way through getting his blood taken. what a relief.

anyways, we're on day 3 now of the antibiotics and things are hopefully looking better. his ears are improving but he's still got a wicked smokers-cough and has a few characteristics of the flu (yuck). i'm keeping my fingers crossed for a healthy baby soon...PLEASE!

the only thing i'm happy about is that we're getting this all over and done with before christmas arrives...which is in a mere 9 days for our family's first day of christmas celebrations!