First Father's Day!!!

First thing Marc did this morning, was opening the little presents I made for him for his first Father's Day. Baby even helped me finished one of the presents I made for his daddy. My gifts were simple BUT Marc loved them a lot. I printed a picture of a tree I found on my computer, then used baby's thumb print to do the leaves on the tree. I then, framed the picture. I also wrote him some love notes, made a card, and prepared a couch potato kit for him to enjoy any time he wants to just relax.

After Church, we had a light lunch then headed to Vermilion for supper where his mom prepared some of his favorite foods. We had a good time with family. The Vermilion branch put on a mini concert at the church at 7pm. One of the member from their branch played a number of songs on the piano. The concert was a success. Kevin played the piano beautifully. We could feel the spirit throughout it all. They had a great turn out (mostly non members). It was really nice to end our day this way.

Father's Day photo before Church :)

 Another one.

 Picture baby helped me with.

He so willingly let me paint his thumb :).

It was nice to have uncle Yann's help too.

 Potato couch kit and the card I made.

 Little nap before heading to the concert.

It's nice that grandma has carpet in her living room.

Before...

... and after. 

The Quest...

On Friday, I met a lady who is opening a day home come September. I had a lot of questions regarding methods, snacks, activities, and more that she would be doing if she was to look after my precious little boy. Although her resume showed that she had a lot of experiences when it comes to looking, and caring for children, I kept "seeing" red flags popping in front of my eyes. Don't get me wrong, she is probably good at doing what she does BUT it just didn't feel like she was the right person to look after my son.
 I am meeting another lady soon, and am hoping that everything will go well with her. I hope to find someone that I could trust.

When I came back from seeing that lady on Friday, I felt a little sad that I was going out to find someone to look after someone as precious to me as my son is. As soon as I got back in the house, I grabbed Yann and tried to give him a kiss when all of a sudden, he put his left hand on my cheek, and gave me a kiss on the lips. I almost cried, and couldn't help being grateful for witnessing such a beautiful act. I do want to go back to work. BUT I also don't want to miss the cutest, and most innocent things my son can do.

I will keep looking for the right person, and if I can't find this person, well I will stay home with my son until he goes to school. I love working with the people I work with. I love the feeling of being independent. I don't need to be working outside the house but I like doing it. I am sure my Heavenly Father has a plan for me. Whatever the outcome, I will do what He wants me to do.

Feeling better.

My baby has been sick for a few days but is feeling way better now. On Saturday, baby had a really stuffy nose, and started coughing a lot. It seemed to have gone really good on Sunday but then it got worse but not to the point where we needed to take him to the hospital. He was having such a hard time sleeping because he had troubles breathing, so it was hard to see him going through it. Every time I went to put him in his bed, he would just start screaming, and couldn't breath properly unless he slept on the pillow with me. So, for a few days, baby slept with momma and daddy.

Now, he can sleep in his bed, and is breathing better. I took him to nurse Tiffany :), who listened to his little lungs, and she said every thing was okay. His lungs are clear.

Seeing him being sick was a bit hard. I felt so useless at time. He screamed a lot too, and was "crabby" at time which wasn't necessary fun :). I am glad he is feeling better. He is playing, smiling, and laughing. I love my little boy.

Laying next to my baby

while he was napping.

 Fell asleep in daddy's arms.

It's been a week!

My brother has been here for about a week now. We are so happy to have him with us. When I first left Tahiti, he was just a teenager, and now he is such a wonderful man. Really mature, and full of life experiences  that shaped the AWESOME man he is. So far, my favorite time with him since he got here is, the night he came to me and said he wanted to talk. He hugged me, and we spent a whole night talking and laughing in our deck until 6am in the morning. I love him, and love how he makes me laugh to the point I have tears running down my cheeks :). Sometimes, we laugh so much that it almost hurt to do so.

He is an AWESOME uncle to my son. Every time Yann sees his uncle (in our house), he can't help smiling. They play together, and sometimes uncle looks after him in the morning so that I can sleep in for a few hours. Uncle feeds him at time, and makes his bottle. He is really good at feeding baby his food with a spoon. Uncle also takes baby for walks so I can have a time to myself and finish some house work. I am being spoiled :))).

My brother also helps us a lot around the house. When I came home from church on Sunday, he had supper all cooked and ready to eat. Last night, he barbecued some chicken. Yann (my brother) makes the best barbecued chicken ever. Marc loves it (so do I, although I am not a big fan of chicken). and was looking forward to eat it.  Yann also mowed the lawn for me, and moved my side walk blocks to make my patio look better.

He's been so willing at helping my friends too!!!

I am happy to have him close to me, and am hoping that the time will go slow while he is here :))). My brother is a great guy. He has such a big heart <3.

After a long walk with uncle :)

 Sweet moments <3

 Playing, and laughing with uncle.

 <3 <3 <3

 Yann meeting Yann at the airport!

Check out uncle's leis!

 Love it!

 Just eating on the couch with uncle.

Not something we do all the time.

He's on his way!!!

It's 2:14am, my brother's plane just took off from the airport in Tahiti (my sister just Facebooked me). I have been working all day to make sure that I got every thing ready for him, and that the house is spanking clean. I cannot sleep at all. My face hurts for smiling all day knowing that my brother will be here soon. One of my best friend and I made leis tonight to welcome my brother the Tahitian way (yes, leis!). I AM REALLY REALLY EXCITED!!!!

Here's a picture that my sister posted on Facebook tonight,

of my parents and their"baby" boy before he got in the plane :)

I got his bedroom all cleaned up. Got him a basket full of goodies,

and a journal to write about his time here.

Our table after we've made the leis.

Jasmin and I just used Lilacs.

 Me and my silly smile. It was really hot in the house :)

I love Sundays!!!

Once again, we went to the park and had another potluck picnic with friends. We ate, then went for a very long walk. It was beautiful out! I really like the fact that we are doing this every Sundays whether we are with friends or just our little family. What a great tradition.We're hoping to do this again, next week with or without friends.

I have enjoyed taking pictures of the park to show to my family. There are a lot of nice plants that I find really beautiful in the park.

Meeting moms!

On Friday, baby and I went to the park (Bud Miller) to meet a couple mothers with their babies and toddlers. We met by the playground, and visited for a while before going on a walk around the park. We saw Jen and Kari with the kids. I am glad to meet new people, especially mothers, so that baby and I can get out of the house, and go for walks or play dates.

Monday, we are going to meet other moms, and go for a walk. This time, we'll meet one of them at her house, and just walk to the park near by. One of the mom we met on Friday just moved here from Medecine hat.

My little man fell asleep

as soon as we started our walk :)

It's amazing how mothers like to talk about their babies.It's AWESOME that I can talk about motherhood with them. And so AWESOME that now, I can be part of the "mommy club". It's not so exclusive any more. I am looking forward to meeting new people.

My son and I.

I love saying this simple phrase, my son and I. Yann is almost 5 months old. It is so amazing to see how much he has grown. Life hasn't been the same since he joined our family. In 5 months, he turned our world upside down. The long quiet evenings, Marc and I used to enjoy are now almost all gone. But yet, what a joy to hear him giggle, and make sounds, and NOT such a joy to hear him scream, and scream, and scream :). Sleeping in, is now, just a memory, a thing of the past, something that hasn't happened in months. But, how I love seeing my baby's cute little face when I go in his room, and see how excited he is to see me, unless of course, he is welcoming me with screams, and screams, and screams :). Our old routines have been replaced by new ones. Some EXTREMELY enjoyable, some not so much. Being a mother is, like they say, the greatest calling I have ever had but like most callings, I have moments where I feel overwhelmed, and tired. Never tired of my son but of the constant screaming, when nothing I do seems to help him. I LOVE my son, and I LOVE being his mother. Like Marc said, I am so privileged, so lucky to witness all those little things he does that no ones but me gets to see. Or witness his firsts whatever they may be. I will never be able to replace those memories we are creating together, but will one day be able to sleep in, even if it takes years to get there. I LOVE my son, and I LOVE being his mother. It is so sweet to see him grow so fast, yet so bitter too. Because the time will come when I won't be able to lift him up, and hold him the way I love too. My son and I, what a pair we are!what a blessing it is to be able to call him my son. He is making our family a stronger US. I LOVE my son, and I LOVE being his mother.

Nap time!!!

Yann sleeps anywhere for nap time BUT his own bed. He only sleeps in his bed at night. I tried to put him down for his nap but he just wouldn't go.

On momma's lap...

... again, momma was too busy "working"

on the computer :) 

 On the floor...

 ... again.

 On the couch! Again, momma is "working"on the computer.

Mini pedicure.

This morning, after baby was all fed and changed, I decided to give him a pedicure, just to do something different. We played first then I went and grab all that I needed for his baby pedicure. Nothing extravagant. Just nail clippers, cream, water to wash his feet, and some kisses. I had a lot of fun doing it, and he seemed so relaxed. Why not pampered your babies little feet even if they don't walk yet. I had fun. It wasn't long but it was really really fun to do.

I love playing and do different things with him. I need to cut his hair BUT I am so afraid to hurt him. Next blog post, if I have the courage to do it would be Baby's first hair cut.

Fun Time!

What an AWESOME day we had yesterday. After church, we went to Bud Miller for a potluck picnic with Kari, Barrett, Luke, Indie and Daniel. The food was good, and we were with great friends. After lunch, we went for a nice walk in a park, and just visited. Once the walk was over, some of us sat on the grass a little then we all headed home.

At 5pm, we went to Tiffany and Graham's house to celebrate Graham's birthday. Once again, the food was GOOD and the company was GREAT. We had a fun time visiting with friends, and got some good laughs. I got to hold Macie for the first time. What a beautiful baby girl she is. She is growing so beautifully. I really enjoyed holding her. It made me want to have a girl :). We didn't go home until 10pm.

It is so much fun to be around great people. Once the mess upstairs (master bedroom) is done, we would have to have people over for a fun get together night.

There are some beautiful trees and flowers in the park. I don't even know the name of some of them.

In the shelter we were in for our picnic,

we saw this in one of the wall, lol.

We don't know who wrote it but it looks like my name.

We thought that was funny :)

Books!

Today, grandma brought a couple of children's French books for baby. I was really happy about it. I've been struggling a lot to find books in French here for Yann. Not long after grandma gave them to me, my friend Lucy called, and asked if I wanted some children's French books. Of course, I was really excited about it. Her daughters don't need them any more. I have tutored Lucy's daughter a couple years ago. Lucy came and brought a box filled with books, most of them in French and a couple in English.

 I love reading books. I enjoyed reading to my son every day. I am happy to have gotten all the 'new'books for my baby, and cannot wait to read them to him. There's a children's bible (in French) in the box that Lucy brought which made me even happier. Every day, I read the 'Children's Picture Bible'to baby (in English), and had hoped to find one in French. Now, I have one :). I asked my sister to get me the Book of Mormon reader for baby (in French) and send it with my brother.

I got the English one at work :).

It's important to me that baby learns French at home, so that he can communicate with his family in Tahiti. We mostly speak French to him. Of course, we can't avoid English (and we don't want too). He is used to hear both languages daily, and from time to time, I speak to him in Tahitian. Sometimes, I forget that I (myself) was born in a bilingual culture speaking both Tahitian and French at home.

Need to get him a new bookshelf :).

Our little brownie bear!

In 3 weeks, Yann is going to be 5 months old. Where did time go? Babies seem to grow so fast.

He is a way better sleeper now, and wakes me up only twice at night. During the day, his naps are really short, too short sometimes :). He likes to watch cars drive by, and enjoy being out in the sun, and doesn't really mind his feet touching the grass. He still HATES tummy time but does it anyway. He is better at holding objects now, and puts it in his mouth. There's something else he likes to put in his mouth, his fingers, especially his cute little thumb. I don't really want him to suck his thumb. He makes lots of noises, he really does but for some reasons, he is really quiet when we go places. He smiles and giggles a lot, and laughs. Hard to believe, isn't it? He always looks so serious on the photos, and else where. He likes to eat food. He likes peas, and carrots. He doesn't like apples but seems to like bananas. Every time he gets a hold of "tinny bear", he just puts it to his mouth.... he does so many different things now.

I LOVE being a mother.

 Daddy's boy sucking his thumb.

Tinny bear :)

Summer 2012!

Summer is definitely here. Green grasses, leaves on the trees, plants growing, lawn being mowed, barbecues, and so on. We go out every time it's beautiful. Baby enjoys looking at trees. I make him stand on the grass, and so far, he doesn't seem to mind it. He can't do much in the yard yet but we make sure he gets out, and enjoy the beautiful weather. Daddy is going to make him a teepee (we saw on Pinterest), so he can be out with us when we are working in the yard. We're going to add a mosquito net at the entry of the teepee so that the mosquito won't bother him. I LOVE summer! It always makes me happy. This year summer is going to be even more AWESOME because my brother would be with me. 3 more weeks to go :). I can't wait to show him what summer is like in Canada. We're going camping too. That would be fun!

Good day mate, lol.

 "Le fils a papa".

Mother's Day!

Today, we went to Vermilion for my first Mother's Day dinner. My mother wanted to do this for me. She made my favorite dish, and had a couple gifts all wrapped nicely for me. We had such a good time there. Everything was perfect. After dinner, we went for a walk, and visited Jean (a familly friend). We had a beautiful visit with her. She was happy to finally meet baby. The walk was AWESOME!!! It was so beautiful out. Baby got to spend a lot of time out. He loves it! Every time we were near a tree, his eyes just sparkles. He kept looking around him. He saw the cats, birds, trees, and so on. There will be lot of time to be spent out with baby now.

My nicely wrapped gifts!

 I got a beautiful "MOM" frame with a picture of baby and I.

And a wonderful book called "Forget me not" by Dieter Uchtdorf.

The book came with a pouch of forget me not seeds that I am going to plant.

Father and son. Love them <3

 Mother and son <3

Marc and I are going to celebrate Mother's Day at home too, on the day they celebrate it back home. I can't wait. Marc will be in charge of that one. 

Projects on the go!

We  finally found the hardwood flooring for our master bedroom. YAY! Because we have the family fun run this coming Saturday, Marc is going to install the flooring next Monday (can't wait). Soon, we'll be able to check one thing off our family project to-do list.

On Friday, Marc's parents came and got our plot for our vegetable gardens ready for us, so all we have to do is to plant our seeds. Aren't they AWESOME? They did that, so that Marc doesn't have to and can spend time with his family (us) after work instead of going out. Nice of them, eh! We usually do everything around our house ourselves but it is nice to have help from time to time. My in-laws have been spoiling us with kindness a lot. When Marc came home from work, we all had Chinese food together, yummy.

On Saturday, Marc started working on my flower beds. He could probably have finished both flower beds BUT we HAD to go and run a million errands before finally starting working on them. We want to spend a lot of time working in our yard this year, and make it look the way we want to. We spent so much time working inside the house that we didn't do much with the yard. We love our yard, it is really big, and it can look so much better than it does. I'll get my brother to help us with some projects :). I forgot to take a pic of the finished flower bed, oh well...

Nothing like having our little supervisor close by, lol!

FHE Board.

I finally finished my FHE board. My board was in my friend's van the day we were suppose to finish it, so I couldn't do mine. I brought it home, and completely forgot about it. Last week, I finally decided to do it. I like it even though I didn't get our names done in vinyl, so I bought some stickers to do it. It's not quite the same color than the rest but Marc and I like it.

Photos on facebook

I post a lot of pictures of my son on Facebook. I mostly do it for my family. It is the best way for me to share photos of him with my parents, siblings and the rest of them, and also to share it with my friends that live far away. I wonder if people ever get tired of seeing them, lol. I don't really care though, I know my family LOVE THEM. I post videos too, but those, I just post directly on my sister's wall. She downloads all the photos and videos for my mom to see. I miss my family :(. I am glad that most of them have Facebook. It makes it easier to see what they are up to. Phoning all of them is way too expensive. I just call my mom and siblings once a month. Anyway... Facebooking is not always a bad thing :)

Baby's hair

Baby's hair is thinning :(. It makes me kind of sad to see all his hair everywhere. If you look at it, you can see that it is thinning. He still looks CUTE though :). I'll still love him without hair, haha!!!

Can you see?

 Love my brownie bear <3

Is it June yet?

I am getting REALLY excited about my brother's visit. He is staying with us for almost 4 months. I  CAN NOT wait to see him. Everyday, I think about the things I can show him, and places I can take him to. He will be the first member of my family to ever come to Canada. It will be so AWESOME to show him the way I have been living for the past few years. Life here is SO different from life in Tahiti.

Yann (my brother) is a wonderful man. I have loved him ever since he was born. I was 8 years old when he was born. I read him books, fed him, changed him, bathed him, and so many more. He is the reason why I have always wanted to be a mommy, and that's why I named my son after him. For the past few years, he has put his life on hold in order to take care of our mother. His visit here will be a good way for him to relax and just take a break from it all.

I can not wait for him to meet my baby. I have been working on making sure that he gets everything he needs when he comes here. His room is "almost" all done. I just need to hang pictures on the wall, get his welcoming basket ready with some treats in, and have a nice picture of him and mom on his night stand, so that she is next to him, :). June is not coming fast enough for me :).

There he is!!!

Yann and mom :)