Goodbye November, Hello December

It's been awhile since I took the time to write on here, so I figured I should take some time and do an update.  I can hardly believe that November is over, where in the world did this month go?  I had such high ambitions of things I wanted to accomplish this month, but unfortunately lack of sleep and energy has won yet again.  I was hoping to be done my Christmas shopping by now, but that has not been completed.  Although I do know what I am getting everyone, so that helps.  I should be able to finish next week. :)  

What else has happened since the last time I wrote, not much.  Chloe is loving kindergarten and got her first report card.  She is doing excellent and her teachers are very impressed with her.  I had a "proud as a peacock" moment during out Parent Teacher Interviews.  Her wonderful teacher, Mrs. Collier, said to Jay and I that she doesn't know what we are doing, but we are excellent parents and our daughter is a wonderful girl!  I was so happy to know that someone thinks we are succeeding as parents.  Isn't that always our biggest concern, to succeed at this crazy job we have been given.  I mean some days it can be so overwhelming to think that we are responsible to raise a child.  We are responsible for their futures and the future of their world! What a crazy thing!  So, needless to say I was so overjoyed that we are doing a good job!  

Noah is growing like crazy... he is such a big boy.  I just wish that he would sleep at night better!  We were so spoiled with Chloe when she slept through the night at 2 months... Noah doesn't like to sleep more than 4 or so hours at a time.  It's exhausting!  I guess our only saving grace is that he is such a happy baby!  He has his moments of inconsolable fussiness, but for the most part, he is always smiling.  I forgot how much I love that goofy toothless grin.  It's adorable.  I am looking forward to his next checkup on the 16th to see how much he has actually grown. 

Jay is still enjoying working from home... and I am still able to tolerate it! LOL. No, it's great having him home.  It definitely makes life easier on the days that I don't get any sleep at night and he can take Chloe to school for me.  

We finally have started to decorate our bedroom.  I figured after 6 1/2 years of marriage, it was about time we decorated our space!  It's slowly coming together, but we have discovered it is even more difficult to do renos and decorating with 2 children!  Everything takes twice as long.  I will post some pictures once it is actually completed.  Oh and I should post some pics of the kids rooms too... soon... 

Well, I think that updates everything for now.... 

Enjoy your December and remember that Christmas isn't all about getting gifts.  It's about giving to others and spending quality time with family and friends!  And of course celebrating the birth of Jesus!!

Love you all,

The Masters

Another year has past...

So, I turned 27 yesterday and it made me think... am I any wiser just because I am a year older?  Honestly, I don't know.  A lot has happened this year, both good and bad.  Have I made the best decisions that I could?  

As I enter into my late 20's and see the horizon of my 30's ahead, I have to ask myself, have I accomplished all that I wanted to accomplish?  I honestly believe that I have.  I have a fantastic and loving husband.  I have 2 wonderful, adorable children.  I have a great house that I can make into a home.  I have discovered what my passion is and what I want to do for my career.  These are all the things that I wanted to do before I hit the big 3-0.  So, now I wonder, what do I do for the next 3 years?  

Let's be honest, the kids will keep me insanely busy, but everyone that knows me, knows that I have to be "doing" something.  I have to have a project, a hobby, a goal.  So, now I am left wondering what that will be.  One thing for sure is that I will be focusing a lot of my time on starting my Interior Design business.  Beyond that, I don't know, but what I do know is that I am sure that the next 3 years will bring lots of excitement and I am looking forward to seeing what happens :)

A Tribute to a Wonderful Woman

If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, 

I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again.

Grandma, I love you and miss you.

And so it begins!

So, I thought that it was about time I start a family blog.  The plan for this blog is to let family and friends know what is happening around the Master's household!  Some days it will be pretty mundane, but sometimes, it might be pretty exciting ;)  Of course I will post family photos, mostly of the kids, because let's face it... that's what most of you will want to see!  

I guess I should bring everyone up to speed on our last couple of months.  After many years of trying to move back to Red Deer, we finally did it!  Jay was able to convince his boss at Telus that he can do his job more successfully from home and they agreed! So, step one was complete, Jay had a job in Red Deer.  Next we had to sell the house in Airdrie... gotta love real estate.  Things have slowed down immensely in the last year, which is great for the buyer, BAD for the seller.  But we did end up selling our house in a week, which was FANTASTIC!  However, we did not sell it for nearly what we wanted, but live and learn, right?  So, now the house is sold and we get the fun adventure of finding a new house in Red Deer!  

We have never had such a hard time finding the "perfect" house!  I swear we looked at over 40 houses in a month period!  Luckily we had the most patient and understand realtor!  He was great.  The ironic part is, we ending up buying a house that we saw in our first week.  We could have saved a lot of time, if I had just listened to my gut... but you know, you want to see what else is out there.  So, we bought a great bungalow in Clearview that we love.  It has a bay window, which I have always wanted, and loads of storage space, which we NEED!  I have enough Christmas stuff to decorate 2 houses!  I think it might be time to get rid of some of it.. we'll see.  

The funny thing is that when we set out looking at houses, we wanted something that we could update, but that we wouldn't have to do it right away.  Well, we have been here 3 months and we are already itching to demo!  Some things will never change.  LOL.

We moved into our new house at the end of June and I was 8 months pregnant!  FUN!  Did I mention that it was 30+ degrees the first week we were here?  Needless to say, unpacking was not a quick thing.  

Then in July my wonderful Grandma Murray became very ill and sadly on August 1st, she passed away.  This was an excruciating time for me and my family.  It was also very hard on me and my pregnancy.  My normally very low blood pressure, shot through the roof, so much so, I was put on bed rest.  I will write more about my Grandma in a later post.

On August 14th, our beautiful baby boy, Noah Robert Charles Masters, made his world debut!  We were so happy to finally meet him!  It was a long and somewhat difficult pregnancy, but the end result is SOOOO worth it!

But, we had lots to do before the end of the summer... we had to get Chloe ready for Kindergarten!  It amazes me how quickly she has grown up!

Well, I guess that sums up our summer... more to come soon!