OFFICIALLY OUTNUMBERED!!!

Sometime at the end of July or beginning of August We are adding another Hunsperger baby to this family. I was a little scared and worried about trying for another after my miscarriage in June and my post partum depression, but I had this very strong impression one night that we were suppose to try again and there was another little one out there for us, and after my 12 week ultrasound today and seeing the little babies heart beat I feel at so much peace about this growing family.

BEST BUDS!!!

Macie and Wade are definitely not perfect and they have some personality treats that sometimes drive Mom and Dad crazy, but overall they are such good kids. Macie is such a pleaser and listens so good when we ask her to help clean up, Wade is such a positive kid and always making us laugh. One of my favourite things about these two kiddos though is how well they play together. They will go into there toy room and play for hours with no fighting, only laughter and fun times. The other day I had someone ask me, do they always play this good together, yes they honestly do.  They have the odd moment or usually it is the odd day, when they struggle and fight and don't play good together, but for being so close in age, and opposite genders there is very few times I am getting mad at them for fighting with one another. It definitely makes for a happy mom when I am cleaning the house, making supper, or just taking a moment to relax and I don't have to check up on them for any fighting. I also love how they are never getting into mischief when they are playing together. They just go hard playing with their toys. I've never once walked in on them colouring the walls, putting toilet paper in the toilet, getting into mom's make up or nail polish. Just being good, having fun and building a great relationship. I really hope this lasts there whole life. 

Firsts!!!

Today was Wade's first day of pre-school. He was so excited and did so good. No fear at all. When the door opened he said bye to Mom and went right in with no hesitation. His preschool teacher said he did so good and was such a delight to have in class. After preschool we then went to sports check and bought some used skates for the kids and took them skating for the first time. Wade was a little more hesitant with skating but still tried it a couple of times, but Macie was a machine. She absolutely loved it and after about 40 minutes of practicing with Dad and a chair she was off all on her own. So proud of her and excited to watch her over the winter gain more confidence with her skating.

Macie is 5

Another year has come and my little miracle is now 5 years old. Man how we love this little girl.

- Macie is still fearless as ever. She will try anything and isn't afraid to do anything. This year she jumped off the diving board for the first time and the rope at the swimming pool and now she doesn't want to stop.

- Swimming is still probably one of her favourite things to do and this summer she started to swim on her own with no life jacket. We also got her a good pari of swimming googles and loves wearing them and swimming under the water.

- She has learned so much this year from writing to even a little tiny bit of reading.

- If she is not playing with her best buddy Wade she is doing some kind of craft. She is gonna love her Christmas present this year ( a big craft bin full of crafting supplies)

- She is such a pleaser and want's to make sure everybody is happy and hates seeing people sad. I love this about her and how much love she has for others.

- She is loving preschool and making all kinds of new friends, and of course doing endless crafts.

- She has gotten so much better with Molly and Lily and being more gentle with them that the dogs will even go and find her if she is snuggling on the couch and climb on her lap and snuggle into her. It is beyond cute and just makes Macie's day.

- She is one determined little girl, which sometimes can be a negative when she is not listening to Mom cause she is focused on getting the task she is currently doing finished, but in the end I love it. She is always so determined to make her bed perfectly, make the craft perfect, finish what she is doing before she moves onto the next thing.

- That determined side also brings out her competitive side, and we definitely have one competitive little girl on our hands.

- She has started doing actual chores this year and earning an allowance and although she needs a daily reminder to do them, she is always getting it done.  Macie's chores right now our: feeding the dogs, making her bed, practicing the piano, keeping the toy room and her bedroom clean, and helping with the dishes after meals.

- Macie this year at dance is doing Jazz and Ballet, and is taking piano lessons every other Saturday.

We just love having this little girl in our home and the sweet spirit she brings, and the joy that she brings into our life. She is always so willing to help and always wanting to make others happy. She so often puts others before herself and is always finding ways to brighten my day. Thanks for being such a wonderful little girl Macie, Mom and Dad love you way too much and our so grateful to have you in our life.

Quote from Wade

Tonight for Dinner I made Green Beans, roasted potatoes and ribs, delicious buy the way. I had our plates filled at the table and Wade went to sit down. I was grabbing the milk and glasses when I heard these words come from Wades mouth. 

"Yes Green Beans, they make me Fart!"

I almost dropped the milk I was laughing so hard. This kid has some of the best one liners ever. When he is not being stubborn almost everything out of his mouth is hilarious. 

Getting Better!!!

It's been almost three months since I told the world about my Post Pardom Depression. Things have only been uphill since then. It is hard when you miscarry at such an early stage cause you haven't even told anybody yet. So you are going through this big turmoil thing and doing it all alone for the most part. Because for some reason telling people is such a bad thing, people shouldn't even know you miscarried and people shouldn't even know you are pregnant until the second trimester. The hardest part was I just wanted to shout it at the top of my lungs that I miscarried. I had all these amazing friends texting for play dates and girl nights and I just wanted to lie in my bed with a heating pad, a bowl of popcorn and Netflix. But I couldn't cause I had kids depending on me, work, my calling at church, friends and even a husband. I think the Depression came on for lots of reasons. 1. not being in as good of health as I had been the past 6 years, 2. the build up of changes going on in my life that year, from moving, husband starting a new job where he was away and my parents getting divorced. and 3rd not getting time to grieve and just have a couple days to be sad. Plus having to still

hold it all together on the outside so nobody knew I was falling apart. I really noticed things started to get better when Mark took the kids to Glenwood in August and I had 9 days to myself to finally think, pray, write, exercise and cry. Then the biggest help was finally telling others. The support and love I felt was incredible. I know we say that we live in this terrible world with so much hate, and maybe there was some people secretly judging me for having Depression and then worse sharing it with everybody, but I haven't felt any of that, I have only felt love and kindness. Support and encouragement. The therapist I have been seeing has really helped me work through my thoughts and getting back into doing my favourite things from reading more, exercising more, playing with those adorable kids of mine and taking some time for myself, which doesn't include work. To end I just wanted to say Thank You to so many of you for your help and support. And if there is anybody else out there struggling with anything, talk to someone about it, a friend, a therapist, family you will find someon to help you or like me lots of people. 

All day Family day!!

The kids have been struggling this past week with there behaviour. So we decided today to spend a lot of fun positive time together as a family. Once Macie got home from Pre school we had lunch then got dressed in warm clothes and took the public transit (something the kids have been wanting to do for awhile) to the dollar store. We went and got some buckets and Pom poms. We are using these buckets at home to find ways to fill each other's buckets. If you haven't read the Bucket filling book to your kids yet I highly recommend it. So we have Pom poms now and buckets and when someone does something to fill your bucket...  exp. make your bed, listen to mom and dad, no fighting, helping to clean up. Then you put a Pom Pom in there bucket. We are hoping it will stop the fighting and help with listening. Then after Supper we had FHE and after a lesson on The Plan of Salvation we made some paper plate Christmas trees, then headed to DQ for some ice cream treats. The day wasn't perfect and we still had some moments of struggling but it was definitely the best day we have had in over a week. 

Wade fell asleep on the way home.

Macie loved taking the bus and was so good

Primary presentation 2016

I forgot to get a picture of Macie in her adorable dress and curled hair, but still wanted to write what she said for memory sake. 

" You can Read the Scriptures and ask your Parents."

She did such a good job and had her part all memorized. She has no fear when it comes to talking in public, it is so adorable. 

Photo Dump!!!

Halloween 2016!!!

This year we had a Captain America and Macie wanted to be a piggy bank. So Mark whipped up a costume for her using his creative and handy skills. We decided to go trick or treating with our friends the Ellis' this year as the area they live in gets awesome treats. Plus it is fun to go with friends. Great Halloween and the kids had a blast and were so good.