I'm crying now...

As most of you know, it doesn't take much for emotional Lisa to cry...I cry for nearly every Disney movie, I cry when I tell stories, read stories (even childrens books)heck I can't even make it through Love You Forever or The Kissing Hand, when I watch T.V...and listen to sweet songs...sweet songs like this one! I'm bawling right now listening to it!
It makes me think of my daughters and their daddy...he has such a special relationship with them (like I did with my daddy!)
Anyways, it just makes me realize what a special gift all our children are. How God has lent them to us for a really short time, when compared to eternity. God has entrusted them to us and that for us is a really important job. I can only pray that we can love our kids with the love of Jesus and raise them to love Him too. I know this song is about how we loved them first...but really, God loved them first and loves them and us more than we could ever imagine or comprehend.
Here are the lyrics to I Loved Her First by Heartland. You'll find this song on the music box right here on my blog at the very bottom. Click on it, I bet you can't make it through the verse without sobbing...like me!!!

Look at the two of you dancing that way
Lost in the moment and each others face
So much in love your alone in this place
Like there's nobody else in the world
I was enough for her not long ago
I was her number one
She told me so
And she still means the world to me
Just so you know
So be careful when you hold my girl
Time changes everything
Life must go on
And I'm not gonna stand in your way

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it still hard to give her away
I loved her first

How could that beautiful women with you
Be the same freckle face kid that I knew
The one that I read all those fairy tales to
And tucked into bed all those nights
And I knew the first time I saw you with her
It was only a matter of time

But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But its still hard to give her away
I loved her first

From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
Someday you might know what I'm going through
When a miracle smiles up at you
I loved her first

Daddy & Ezra


Daddy & Matthijs


Daddy & Isla


Matthew, you are an amazing husband and daddy...thank you for everything that you do for me and the kids!!! They adore you...and so do I! xoxoxox

odd ramblings...

So things are great here! Enjoying the summer! Isla turned 8 weeks old yesterday!!! I can't believe that she is almost 2 months old!! Time beavers by too quickly (You'll get it when you read on).
Isla has been an AMAZING sleeper...waking once a night for a quick 5 min feed then off to bed without any questions! Then 1hr after she wakes in the morning shes been taking 3 and 4 hour naps in the morning...and then back down a couple of hours later for another 2 hour nap!!! No complaints here!!! She is a lot more alert these days (except for when shes sleeping!) And loves when mommy has conversations with her! Isla LOVES attention...and eye contact!
Not much else new...Isla is the one that is doing a lot of changing these days! Matthew is renovating the bathroom and working hard as usual!!! More to come another day...until then ENJOY the pictures!!!

Ezra & Isla hamming it up and just being cute for the camera!


Cheesy Monster


All you need is love...ba pa da da da



Ever Changing Isla...
Her hair is looking lighter...and her smile is getting more and more adorable by the second...is that even possible???



Ezra being so good...


Matthijs being cute after screaming NO at mommy for taking pictures of him when he wanted me to "tum" (come) when a "beaver" (fly) flew at his head...mean mommy!!!

I feel GREAT!!!!

Look out Posh...here comes Lisa!!! Just kidding...I know I don't look as good as her! But I probably feel better than her! What better way to make yourself feel good after popping out an almost 10 pounder....get your hair made over (now I just need to fit into my old clothes!!!)
I needed a change and here it is!!! (Thanks Candace) I'm very happy as a mommy of three and I didn't NEED a hair makeover to make me happy...but it helps!!!
So here are some pictures only like 6...now you must REALLY think I'm full of myself!!!

Here ishow the hairdresser styled it after the highlights...I don't like it as much flipped out like this...




so I took the flippies out!!! Better???

Ahhhhhhhhh to be a kid again....

Remember these days??? Fun times!


Oh man...I think this is gonna be freezing..........let's see

Yep...I was sooo right!!! FREEZING!!!!!!!

but fun....

LOTS of fun!!!

Matthijs likes it too!!!

LOTS OF PICTURES!

**JUST CLICK ON THE PICURE TO MAKE THEM LARGER**

Here are a few cute ones of me and my handsome prince on Sunday afternoon...is it just me or does Matthijs and I have the same size head?????





Today we went to a park, brought a snack and had intentions of flying a kite...no such luck with NO WIND! Anyways...we had a lot of fun anyways...Matthew taught Matthijs how to throw a frisbee! Topped it off with a visit to the airport and then for some homemade icecream!!!!







Okay...and got finish up with 2 super cute pictures of Isla...who is making this sweetie smile??? DADDY OF COURSE!!!

Calling all LURKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay...I know of a couple of you that read our blog quite frequently...not mentioning any names **cough cough** Nancy :) I know that a lot you read it but don't post comments...which is totally fine!!! BUT if you could all humour me just this one time I'd love to see who actually reads this thing....
All you have to to post a comment in this post is look under the post and there is a line that says:

Posted by Lisa at _ _:_ _ AM 0 comments Links to this post

-just click on the word comments
-type in the box "leave your comment"
-do the "Word Verification" below
-"Choose an Identity" - pick Anonymous ***BE SURE TO WRITE YOUR NAME IN THE POST*** or I won't know who left it!!

It's not as confusing as it sounds!!! You know me, I just can't shut up!!!

Yeahhhhhhhhh I look forward to seeing all your names!!!

Thanks guys,
Lisa

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away....

but now it feels as though there her to stay....
Okay, okay...maybe I'm exagerating a bit!!! But I do have one KRANKY KID!!!! ISLA MAY is her name!!! And this is what she has looked like for a good part of yesterday to today...except for when she is eating and sleeping.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

On a happier note...yesterdays weather was finally like summer and we enjoyed it...a lot!!!
Here is a couple of pics of the kids enjoying their slip-n-slide and one of Isla just being cute!!! Oh and dont mind Ezras teeny tiny swimsuit...its a size 4 but too small!!! Enlarge the picture and you won't be able to miss the fact that her swimsuit doens't cover her "upper half" TOO CUTE!!!! Dont worry, we have bigger swimsuits for her...but once this was on & we were only in the backyard...it was just too cute!!!

our last appointment

Today is our 6 week (discharge) appointment with our midwives...sniff, sniff. It's been great having their support prenatal and postnatal for 6 weeks. Not to mention during labour!! We have had just an absolultly wonderful experience x3 with all of our midwives...I'm so glad that we decided to go that route!
Well today it will be goodbye (probably forever). Its crazy that our journey of pregnancy and labour is over :(
Barbara, Eileen, Dianne and Betty...here's to you!!!! Thank you for everything!!! What an awesome experience! Thank you!
A little something I made for our midwives to put up at the clinic....

a true obsession...STICKERS

This entry is about Ezra and her obsession with stickers!!! I have been meaning to do a scrapbook page on this...and still haven't gotten around to it, so I thought what better place to document it than our blog! Ezras love for stickers has been ongoing for as long as I can remember...I actually first wrote this "entry" on Aug 13th, 2006 and reading it back it still holds true!!! So instead of always intending of doing a scrapbook page, I'll record it right here, right now!

"Ezra, you have an obsession...a big time obsession with stickers! You just can't get enough of them. You want them from the time you wake in the morning till the time you go to bed. In fact, most nights you fall asleep with them in your hands. We find them in the strangest places, in your bed, hair, on your clothes and even your bum! This is truly your greatest obsession...healthy or not you love stickers. Sometimes it gets frustrating trying to 'peel' you away from "sticky" places...doller stores, library books, and garage sales. Those things and places witll always remind me of you and your ture love and passion...STICKERS!!!!!!!!" Aug 13/06

Here are some pictures over the years...PROOF!!!

I have THREE???

Okay, it's still hard to believe that I'm now a mommy of three...crazy!!! But when I look at these pictures it is very clear that I have three very sweet children...and judging by these photos...they love and care about each other very much...it's true!!!

co-operation at its finest

You may not think this a big deal...but I do!!! It's not very often that Ezra wants to co-operate with me when I have my camera...but yesterday she decided to do a couple of angel faces...I didn't even ask!!!
Thanks Ezra, you are beautiful!!!
Love Mommy

moon, sun, monsters!

Ezra and Matthijs love to be on the swings!!! Just 3 days before Isla's arrival, Matthew put together a playset in our backyard for the kids and they LOVE it!!!

Anyways, when Matthijs wants us to push him higher he used to say, "higher to the moon mommy/daddy", then he realized that the sun was out during the day and he switched his line to "higher to the sun" and now that they both have become obsessed with monsters, he refuses to say anything but "higher to the monsters" what a guy! I never want to forget any of this!!!