30/52 - A Portrait a Week

Starting off this week with two together pictures of the boys! It is so cute how much James loves his baby brother and I can't wait to see how their relationship changes as Jordan gets bigger.

Up next is my adorably handsome and so grown up looking big boy James. 

And lastly, a smiling and happy Baby Jordan looking so damn cute!

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Jordan's Monthly Photos with Harris

2 Months - looking so much bigger now!

And one more just because he's so cute!

Happy 2 months to our big little guy! He is topping the growth charts at a whopping 14 lbs 7 oz and 22.75". I finally got around to putting his birth announcement in the paper this week and I absolutely love it! He is such a happy little guy these days and loves his swing and occasionally laying on the floor on his floor mat. He is a big sleeper and often still just wakes to eat. He is sleeping 5-6 hours for one stretch at night which is really nice and is keeping this Mommy quite well rested. He is now smiling and has even giggled a few times. I love this age so much as they still sleep lots, smile at you and the dreaded teething hasn't started yet! I am loving every minute of having him with us and plan to enjoy him the best I can as I'm pretty sure he's gonna be our last one!

Post #150 - A Barrows Family Update

Well, a quiet moment appears to have come upon my afternoon so I thought I'd sit and write a blog about all that's kept us busy the past 2 months.

The first, best and most important thing is that Jordan is 2 months old today! The little guy isn't so little anymore and is in the cute smiling stage, but is still sleeping lots which is working great for getting out to do fun stuff with James. He is a happy baby that is thankfully sleeping 4-6 hours at night and eating every 2.5-3 hours during the day. He is super adaptable and has done lots of fun stuff already in his short life: a trip up the lake to the cabin, beach days, playground outings, mini golfing, shopping and lots of time spent at Nana & Papa's visiting. We are so enjoying this little guy and loving every minute of having a newborn again. Knowing he may be our last is making me take the extra time to try and savour the baby snuggles and slow down a little and take it all in. Before I know it he will be walking, and talking (although I doubt he will ever get any words in with James around!)

My happy almost 2 month old smiling big!

James is doing great this summer and I am loving being home with him so much. He is absolutely OBSESSED with baseball and plays imaginary ball in the house all day, complete with base running. He has a nice little purple bruise on his cheek from where he fell on the laundry basket in the hallway the other day! He is a funny and happy big guy and is so loving and kind to his brother it makes my heart melt when he asks me every day if he can hug and kiss Jordan. And the way he says his name is something I have got to get a video of! He tells everyone he meets these days: "This is my baby brother, his name is called Jordan Doug-a-wuss" It is just too cute the way he says it. I can't wait until Jordan really starts responding to him and I can tell already that he is going to worship his big brother completely. 

He is so grown up these days!

Jim and I are doing good these days too! Baseball season is almost over after this week and hopefully Jim will be able to play this weekend in the year end tournament. Two weekends ago in the last tournament he slid into second base and hurt his shin/leg and is still paying for it now. The scrape was horrible, and then it got infected so he went onto antibiotics, but even a week later the pain was still bad so off to the ER he went last night. The doctor figures he just hurt a small muscle under his shin so when he's been inactive for a few minutes and then stands up to walk it is a terrible pain. He thinks it will just heal on it's own but 3 games this week plus a whole weekend of ball coming up may prolong the pain a little bit. Luckily he's a tough guy and he'll play with a smile on his face and probably love every minute of it!

As for me, I've been keeping busy since May with our strata. Just a few weeks before Jordan was born our strata's paid secretary resigned and myself and my friend Ashleigh took on the resident manager positions here so we are now doing the administrative work of the strata. It's fun and keeps us busy with a huge project coming up and a special meeting next week to get through, then after that hopefully things will calm down a little bit!

Jim and I are about to celebrate 10 years together in less than 2 weeks! We've been married for 6 years and have decided to take a trip to Seattle with our friends to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play. We are so grateful for the amazing family support of my parents and sister who are taking the kids for us for 3 nights and 4 days. We are both so looking forward to this trip and getting away from it all with our friends, Sean and Ashleigh. Expect at least one big picture heavy blog post from that trip!

The most recent picture taken of us a few weeks ago.

WOW, are my legs ever white?!?!?!

One last AMAZING update that I realize I probably haven't shared anything about since we found out back in mid-June. MY MOM DOESN'T NEED TO HAVE ANY FURTHER CANCER TREATMENTS! No chemo, no radiation, no more surgeries! This was the best news that any of us could have hoped for and something that makes me smile just thinking about how lucky we are that her cancer was caught so early and taken care of with just the one lumpectomy and removal of her lymph nodes. It will of course be monitored closely and she will take yet another medication to add to her daily regimen, but she is CANCER FREE! We are so very thankful for all the kind words given and I appreciate the love and support I got from family and friends that knew how scared I was at the possibility of it being way worse than it was. It is amazing to be surrounded by so many wonderful friends and family members.

She is the very best Nana ever! She willingly got into James's pool with him and proceeded to have a super fun time and he just loved it. There is a reason she is almost always referred to as his "best girl"

Note: he is not drowning her in the last picture!

And two more picture because they are just too cute to not share and will probably be reported if I post them on Facebook. There is just something so cute about a bare little boy's bum while he's peeing on the tree! He was told he could only pee in the yard if he was wet so of course as soon as we stripped him to get dressed for supper he happily ran off giggling! hehehehe...memories!

That's it for now! Will be definitely trying to post some more photos from our amazingly awesome summer we are having! Beach day with friends, family visits, mini golfing, Inland Lake, etc. 

Happy Post #150 to me! 

A Beautiful Powell River Sunset

I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world. A small town on the west coast of British Columbia called Powell River. We are part of the mainland but essentially live like we are on an island as we can't leave without taking a ferry. Ever since I was a kid I have loved PR and couldn't be happier that my hubby and I moved back here before we were married so we could buy a home, have babies and raise those babies with the love and support of family nearby.

Anyways, back to what I said in the beginning, I live in one of the most beautiful places in the world! Here are some sunset photos and one of the awesome huge rainbow that was in the sky at the same time as the beautiful sunset.

29/52 - A Portrait a Week

My little baby Jordan doesn't seen so newborn lately! He's a whopping 13.6 lbs and is smiling and laughing at us these days too! 

I realized this morning that I hadn't really taken any photos of James this week! We had a somewhat quiet week at home and didn't really do too much so no photos taken, so this morning I grabbed it out and told him to smile....this is what I got! :o)

And because of the quiet week at home I also didn't take any photos of the two boys together. We'll change that one today as we are heading off to the beach this morning!

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

28/52 - A Portrait a Week

Changing it up this week with the photo together first!

 James being chased by a little girl at the water park. The kid just loves to run and the fact that she was chasing him just made his whole day!

Smiles from my youngest little J.

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

27/52 - A Portrait a Week

This week we'll start with my much happier and content little man Jordan.

And move on to my loving-every-minute-of-summer, big boy James

And one of the two of them together too!

"A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013"

Top 3/52 - My Favorite 3 photos so far

The website that is hosting this weekly photo post has challenged everyone to pick their 3 favorite photos so far in the year. Wasn't hard for Jordan as he's only been around for 5 weeks, but was definitely a bit harder for James!

So, here's James!

Week 10

Week 16

Week 20

And Jordan

Week 24

Week 25

Week 26

And my favorite two of them together so far are:

Wasn't part of the 52 weeks photo challenge but I do love this photo!

Week 25

A portrait of my children, once a week, every week, in 2013