6 year old computer.....

Well i haven't posted in a long time. And trust me, there's lot's of updates that could be posted, however, we have a 6 year old computer and it crashes several times a day. VERY FRUSTRATING. So, June 26, we will be celebrating 6 years of marriage and our gift to each other???.....a NEW COMPUTER. The only thing...do we get a laptop or not? Any suggestions or advice?

So, until the new computer, hold tight...i will update in a few weeks.

Pure Joy

Most of you have seen these pictures because i've emailed them to you, but I can't help to post a few on here as well. I'm so happy with them. Rachel Phillips did such a great job, and I couldn't be more happy with them. Thanks Rachel. Here is little Autumn...she brings such pure joy to our lives =)

I sure hope she keeps that red hair.

America's Funniest Video's???

Should we submit this to AFV????

AUTUMN JOY REMPEL

I'm skippng my nap to get this blog updated, so hopefully i won't regret it tonight, when i'm super tired =)

Autumn Joy Rempel was born April 25 at 5:10 am. I started feeling contractions around 11:45pm. I would feel a contraction and then fall back asleep, only to be woken up by another 10 minutes later. I thought to myself i better start counting these contractions. I had been having so many braxton hicks the weeks leading up to, so i thought maybe these were just braxton hicks again, but they started to become regular, only 6 minutes apart. We decided to head to the hospital, and got there around 1 am. They put the monitor on me, and decided to admit me once they saw the contractions were so close together and were quite painful. I never had painful contractions with Isaac, they were quite bareable. With Autumn they came on so quick, that I was in a lot of pain, and wanting an epidural asap. By 2 am i was in the labour room waiting for an epidural and by 4 am i was starting to get ready to push. Unfortunately, the epidural didn't have much time to take effect, and I could feel a lot of the labour pains and delivery process. Autumn wasn't as pleasent to deliver as Isaac was that's for sure. Let's just say I was more vocal.....yelling for the doctor to "pull it out" and a few other things =) After only 20 minutes of intense pushing Autumn was born. I was so happy to see when they put her on my that we had a girl. We had her name picked out for years and we're so happy to have our little princess. I recovered a lot quicker with Autumn. I was able to walk out of the hospital on my own and climb into the vehicle like any other day. It was great! So maybe it's worth to feel the pain for 20 minutes, in order to have a better recovery.

Here are some pictures of the last 11 days. We love holding Autumn and have enjoyed every minute of being parents to two kids.



Showing us she's got a good set of lungs. She sure looked like her brother Isaac when she was born.


Laura was up for the weekend, so it was great to have her and my mom here to watch Isaac when i went into labour and Laura to be in the delivery room with me.



Isaac loves holding his little sister. He's adjusting very well to having her around, and has been a great help....most of the time =)

Taking it all in.....

So proud to have a baby girl.

Enjoying some cuddle time.

She likes to have her hands free...so cute!

So tiny!!
Autumn is doing really well. Eating every three to four hours and letting me get some sleep in the night. Brad's family has come and gone as well as my mom, so we look forward to adjusting to life and getting use to having two kids.

Our Busy Home

This house has been busy, and i know in a few days will only get busier. But it's been great.

Isaac had to get another haircut. His hair grows so fast, and I wanted it short for when it gets hotter out. I dont' know what happened to my 2 1/2 year old, but i know have a 4 year old. I keep lookin' at him, with his new haircut and think, who is that? What happened to me little boy. He looks so grown up, but it suits him, and he is cuter than ever. Cheese!
We were busy the last week with another April snow storm. We headed over to our friends farm where they had 5 to 6 feet snow drifts and the boys made a huge snowfort, and tunnel for Isaac. It was a great day! Thankfully the day after the snow storm the sun came out and started to melt the snow. That was also the day that Isaac locked me out of the house for 45 minutes. I went to bang off the vaccum filter and he turned the deadbolt behind me. Long story short, Brad was able to come and unlock the door after 45 minutes of trying to get Isaac to unlock it. He was fine the whole time, and thankfully nothing was cooking on the stove....all in all, we learned a lesson....get spare key for house and hide outside=)

Other than that, we've been waiting for baby to come. My mom surprised us and came up on Sunday. I only wish the baby was here already, but it's worked out great because Laura ended up needing daycare this week, as her sitter had a family emergency, so mom would have been called up anyway. So, we've been heading to the park, flying kites and enjoying the sunny weather.
Isaac on the slide at the park

The boys loved going down the slide, over and over again! Oh, and that soccer ball goes everywhere with them too.Best of Buds!Tired after a busy morning at the park!

Next day we flew a kite!! Isaac enjoyed it more than Liam....but some overall good times!Isaac learning to blow bubbles.

Liam learing to eat bubbles =) Two, very cute boys!!

Yes, we've been busy, but it's only going to get busier when baby comes, which i hope is ANY DAY! I love being pregant, but i also love holding a baby, and can't wait to see if it's a boy or girl! I think the next post will be of the new baby so until then, I"m off to clean the house and do the laundry!

April Blizzard

Thursday around midnight the wind started, gusts up to 90 km. Then a few hours later came the snow....and it never stopped until this morning. It's still very windy, but atleast it's not snowing. However, they say we should be getting another 5 cm tonight. Crazy Lloydminster weather. Thankfully Isaac is very much like his dad, and the cold windy weather doesn't bother him too much. Isaac just wants to be where daddy is, which was outside shovelling. I'm so glad Isaac loves to be outside and be active, more reason to get out in the country. So, this morning we spent lot's of time watching the tractor clear the parking area, and then they headed outsided all bundled up to shovel some snow. Lot's of snow drifted up against our place. Some drifts were up to Brad's waist. Isaac using his wheelbarrow to push around the snow.

Isaac, even though the wind was howling, wanted to go on a sleigh ride. Brad took him to the park and he loved it....what a prairie boy!

I'm so happy the baby hasn't come yet. Laura wouldn't have been able to come from Bonnyville, and my mom would've had a terrible time on the roads. So far i have one week left and the baby is still moving lot's...sometimes too much, making it very uncomfortable. I feel as though the baby has dropped, but am hoping for the baby to stay in a little while longer.

39 weeks!

A day at the farm

Some friends of ours have a farm just outside of town, and Isaac loves to go there and see the cows and the tractors. We've been having some beautiful weather lately, so we headed to the farm so Brad could help move cows for calving and Isaac could go for a horsey ride. However, once we got the horse all saddled up, Isaac was too scared to ride, so he just walked the horse instead. It was a great day. Walking to go check out the cows.

Watching from the gate as the cows get seperated.Brushing the horse, with Vanessa, for a ride...which didn't happen. I think it was too high up for Isaac, so we'll try again another day. Walking the horse with Darcy. Daddy and Isaac. I think their side profiles are so similar.

And last a ride on the tractor. Isaac loves to drive and turn the wheel by himself.

And then me and the baby at 35 weeks. 5 more weeks to go and tons of movement from the baby. I'm feeling pretty good. I just wish I didn't have to get up every two hours to pee, thus getting no sleep at night. All preperation for what's to come =)

Hockey Night in Rempel Home

This is the daily occurence in our house....every day, every night is hockey night. Many hours spent in the living room playing hockey. It'll be nice when Isaac gets a little older and he can play outside. Sorry the video is a little dark, I couldn't get the "night mode" to come on.

Grandma comes for a visit!

Isaac and Liam were both very excited to have Grandma come and stay with them for a week. They got along pretty well and had lot's of fun. We ended the week off with some shopping in Edmonton, which mom was sick for, but overall it was a great week with a surprise visit from Auntie Shelley! One mischievous little boy.... ...and his mischievous cousin

Great times spent reading, watching movies, and cuddlin' on the couch. Of course, hockey highlights to end the night off....Bath time!

Burning energy in the hotel room in Edmonton.

And last, some baby pictures. These were taken on my birthday, Feb 3, at 28 weeks.

I've been feelin' pretty good. My last doctor's appointment showed that my blood sugar has dropped so I'm on Iron for that, and my thyroid as become underactive(hypo) so that would explain why i've been wanting to go to bed at 8:30 every night. Hopefully with medication, things will start to pick up.