My Project 365

I am sure that some of you have heard of Project 365.
You (attempt to) take one picture every day for a whole year.
I've decided to jump on board and give it a try.
I know that the year is already half over - but better now than never.
It's going to be a fun project! I think that it will help me
become a better photographer. And it will be a neat way for our family
to remember the year.

So....if you want to take a peek - click HERE.

Maybe you'll even decide to join in the fun!

Mr. Aiden

Oh Aiden.....you are such a funny kid!
You always have a way of putting a smile on my face
and you make me laugh a LOT!!
Love ya Buddy!!

So, the big decision is final. We are moving to..........

MEDICINE HAT!!

I know that's probably not a huge surprise - but it's still very exciting! Matt has a really good job lined up and I get to live close to my family again. We are moving at the end of June - so pretty soon - and we definitely have LOTS to do!! Let the fun begin!!


And since no post is complete without a picture, here's a few of Dexter.
He's such a cute and sweet little boy!!

My Life Right Now

For quite a while we thought that we were staying here in Airdrie. We were led to believe that was the case. So, we found a beautiful house here, fell in love with it and pretty much bought it. The next day we were told that Matt wouldn't be able to keep his job here. It was a pretty huge shock and we were very disappointed. We had finally reached a point in our life where we were settled. We had (or were going to have) our first home, Matt had a great job, we were starting to make good friends, etc. etc. etc. And now we were back to having our lives up in the air. So, we've spent the past few months looking for a new job. It's been stressful! But I think we've finally found something - at least I hope so. I'm excited about it. It will mean another big move, but I think it will be great for our family. We should know by next week what the deal is - then I'll let you know where we are headed.

This weekend my cousin got married and I got to be their photographer. It made me realize how much I've been missing taking pictures. I really do love it and I feel really happy when I'm doing it. I snapped this picture of the temple while I was there. I wanted one to hang in my home - and I just love the way it turned out. I'm excited to make it really big!! And the wedding pictures turned out great too - you can peek here if you want.
And if you know anyone that needs a photographer - feel free to send them my way. haha!


I've really been hating the way I look lately. I know that I just had a baby - but I'm sick of being squishy and mushy. I finally decided it was time to do something, so I got a gym membership. I LOVE it!! I've been going 5 days a week and doing lots of different classes (my favorite is ZUMBA - you have to try it). It's amazing how a good workout makes you feel so much better! I'm super out of shape - but I feel good knowing that I'm changing that. And it's nice to get out of the house too!

Aiden and Dexter are doing good. I'm still adjusting a little bit to having 2 kids - but it's fun. Aiden is at such a funny age right now - he always says the funniest things. And Dexter is getting so big and cute. He's just starting to smile, which I LOVE!!! I'll be sure to put up some new pictures of them soon!

And now, I'm off to bed. Better sleep while I can!

Boys Boys Boys

When I found out that baby #2 was going to be a boy - I was pretty disappointed.
I really wanted a little girl - they are so much fun! But now that
Dexter is here, I couldn't imagine not having him.

It is so much fun having two little boys!!

I look forward to them growing up together. They will be best friends!
They will play cars together, catch bugs together, play on sports teams
together, all sorts of fun 'boy' things - at least that's what I see in my mind!
But my favorite thing about my boys is that little boys love their moms
And I definitely love them too!!

Look at them....how could you not?!?

My Boys

When Aiden was a baby I took hundreds of pictures of him.
My favorite pictures of him are ones that I took when he was just 2 weeks old.
I love them so much that I had to take some similar ones with Dexter.
So, here are our boys at 2 weeks old - kindof funny!!

Dexter Riese Gibb

Our new little man is finally here!!
Dexter Riese Gibb
arrived on March 9 @3:21pm.
He weighed 7lbs 14oz - and he was 21 inches long.

We are so excited to have him as part of our family!

Update on Old Toby

I went to the doctor today for another visit and everything is still looking pretty good.
She did all of her checking and stuff and I learned that things haven't
really started moving along yet. So, she gave me two options:
1. Come back next week and check again, or
2. Schedule an induction
Of course I chose option 2 - seems much better to me! So the date is set. I am getting induced next Tuesday morning (and I mean morning - we have to be there at 6:15 - yikes!)
Anyways, I'm excited that the end is in sight, and the countdown will now be on. I'm also excited that this little guy is coming 2 weeks earlier than Aiden did - and I'm hoping that means he will be much smaller - at least a bit smaller.
I think that everything is ready. I have tons of freezer meals made, I've made quilts for Aiden and the new baby, the room is all set up, we have all of the supplies, the bags are mostly packed. All that's left is to figure out a name. We have a very short list, so I'm hoping that once we see his little face there will be a name that just seems right. That's how it was with Aiden, so we'll see I guess.

Anyways, 7 more days!! WooHoo!!

WHAT?!?!

Look at these shoes! Can you imagine seeing someone walking down the street wearing them.........or sitting next to you in church?! Yikes!
I guess they would be really warm for winter - maybe it's time for me to invest!

The Trouble With Teeth!

Both times that I have been pregnant, I have definitely had my fair share of problems with my teeth. When I was pregnant with Aiden I got 9 - YES 9 - cavities! One of them was so bad it needed a root canal treatment too. So, that was fun. This time around I have managed to make it with only 4 cavities. At least only 4 that we need to fix, and 3 that we are just going to keep an eye on. Thank goodness I am married to a dentist - and a very excellent one at that!

And I think that I probably won't be having too many babies -
or I might end up looking like this!!
YIKES!!! How would you like kissing that mouth?!?

He's Coming!

Baby Gibb #2 - more lovingly Old Toby - is coming soon! It's crazy to think that I'm only 5 weeks away from my due date. This pregnancy has been another pretty good one. It's mostly felt like it's gone by pretty fast and I've felt mostly good. My back and hips have been more sore this time around so I've been using the heating pad a lot. That seems to help quite a bit. I've also been sleeping pretty crappy for quite a long time. I wake up tons every night to go to the bathroom and to reposition myself. Luckily Aiden lets me sleep in most days.

Matt thinks I'm looking smaller this time than last time. Hopefully I am and hopefully that means I get to have a smaller baby. Aiden was 8'10" - plenty big.....I don't need any bigger. My doctor is still considering inducing me a week early and I really hope she sticks with that plan! Maybe I'll cry a lot and see what that does.
Anyways, as fun as being pregnant is, I'm getting real excited to meet my little guy! I can't wait to see how similar, but at the same time how different, he is from Aiden. His looks, his personality, everything. So hurry up Old Toby!! haha!!

Merry Christmas??

Life is slowly returning back to normal after the Christmas holidays. We had a very interesting holiday this year filled with all kinds of fun things:

-Trip to emergency with Aiden: ear infections in both ears and that horrible wheezing/not breathing good thing going on.

-Second trip to emergency with Aiden just 2 days later: fell on the hardwood floor and split his chin open. Aiden was not real happy to be back there, poor kid. Luckily he didn't need stitches. Unfortunately we had to wait there for about 3 hours to find that out.

-Got some lovely smelling lotion from bath and body works. I lathered it on thick everywhere since my skin is so dry lately - apparently I'm allergic to that kind and I ended up with a giant, red itchy rash everywhere.

-Matt's last day of work was supposed to be a super fun Christmas Extravaganza: he ends up having probably his worst day of work ever, and ends up with something to stress about for his holiday.

-Leave for Fernie: horrible driving conditions. Takes an hour and a half to get through Calgary alone! It was a very scary/stressful drive, but we finally make it. Unfortunately my brother goes into the ditch in his brand new car driving from Edmonton to our house.

-Sledding at Fernie: not a fantastic idea in the pitch black. Matt's sister crashed and bruised her hip really bad and broke 4 ribs. Not fun!

-Christmas Eve: My semi-bad cold got super bad. I slept for approximately 1 hour that night. Boy was I a joy to be around for the next few days! Sick, tired and pregnant do not mix well!

-Matt goes home to sort out some work stuff, on his way home he gets a giant speeding ticket.

-Matt attends a funeral for a long-time family friend. We also had one other to attend, but we weren't able to.

-My cousins were driving down to the MTC and crashed their car. Luckily they were both fine - the car was not so lucky.

-Finally come home to find that our car battery is toast, and the car is parked in the garage. So now we have to park outside. The router for our computer also decided it was time to break, so we need a new one of those as well.

-I've sliced my finger today and have I also have some wierd red rash thing going on under my eye. And that brings us up to date. haha!!

We are hoping that all of our bad luck ends soon! But even with it all, we did have a fantastic Christmas. And the bad things always make you extra grateful for the good things - which we have lots of!

...All I Want For Christmas....

To Our Sunbeams Class:
"What is one thing you want Santa to bring you this year."
Responses:
"A reindeer that is big enough to ride around. Or a car big enough to ride in."
"Santa isn't real....He died a long time ago."
and my personal favorite
"A scarecrow that is Jesus. Standing with his feet together and his arms out."
(hmmmm...not sure a crucifix is the way to go....haha)
Kids are funny!

A Visit with Santa...

Last year we took Aiden to see Santa. He was not overly impressed.
This is the picture we got.

This year we decided to try again. We've really been talking about Santa
and Aiden is always excited to see anything Santa. We got to the mall and
Aiden waved and waved to Santa - he was all smiles.
Then came time to sit on Santa's lap.
Here's what we got.
Sorry Santa!! I think next year our picture will be really
funny with 2 little boys doing this!

It's ready!

Fantastic News!! My new website is finally up and running. Matt did such a good job on it - especially since he has never made a website before.
Thank you Matt, you are my hero!!
Anyways, please check it out and tell me what you think!

Kari Gibb Photography

Happy Birthday Aiden!!

Yikes...It's Official! Aiden is 2!!

(as he is so wonderfully showing)

I can't believe that my little boy is two years old already. The time has just flown by! Wow!
Aiden has been such a blessing to have in our home. He is such a funny kid. I know that's what I always say about him, but it is true! He has such a big personality and he is always making everyone laugh. And he knows he's funny too - so he likes to ham it up as often as he can. I love that he has a fun personality and a sense of humor already!Aiden is a very strong-willed boy! He knows what he wants, and when he wants it. And he will definitely let you know! It's not great all of the time, but sometimes it's nice to know what he wants and how to make him happy.
Aiden is also a very smart kid. He talks a LOT! He loves to read books and sing songs - and he remembers things really well! He can count to 10 by himself (if someone helps him, he can't), and he can recognize what most numbers are. He knows all of his colors - the basics anyways. He knows what lots of different animals are - his favorites right now are monkeys, rhinos, and bison. He also knows all different kinds of vehicles - bus, plane, van, car, truck, tractor, train, etc. etc. etc. And he ALWAYS points them out to you. He loves learning new things and exploring new places - I love his zest for life!

Aiden is a very loving little boy! He loves me! :) We are best friends and he always wants to be where I am. Sometimes I get a bit annoyed - but I just have to remind myself how lucky I am to have someone love me and trust me so much. Aiden loves his dad. He loves playing games with him and tickling him and climbing all over him. They have so much fun together.
Aiden also loves his aunts and uncles and all of his cousins. He especially loves his "gamama" and "gapapa" (all of them). He gets so excited whenever we get to visit family!

Aiden is stinkin' cute!! It's true!! I don't know how we managed to come up with him (hopefully our next kid is just as lucky!!) I love his big hair, his giant cheeks, his funny teeth, and his gorgeous blue eyes (thank you for those Matt). I love his chubby tummy and his funny little bum, his little boy fingers and toes, everything! Even the funny scar right in the middle of his forehead! He is perfect!
There is so much more that I could say about Aiden, but I'll stop the essay!
I'm so grateful for my little boy - and I love him so much!
Happy Birthday Aiden - here's to another fun year!!

Aiden is talking a LOT lately. He says some really funny things already.
One of his most common phrases is "Excuse Me - Sorry", which he pronounces as "Smooze me - sorry". He says it to everyone.....when we walk past someone in the store, when he's standing in the way, when he's not in the way, to other cars on the road while we are driving, he says it all the time.
Last night Matt was getting out of his chair and Aiden was by his feet - so Matt looked at him and said "Smooze me Aiden". Aiden's repsonse, "NO - SMOOKS ME." Guess he has decided to change how that word is said. It was super funny! Probably only to me and Matt, but we were laughing so hard!! What a funny Kid!

It's A.............

OK.....So I think most of you saw this on facebook already, but I thought I'd put it here too.
I just had another ultrasound - and we found out that we are having..........

A BABY BOY!

I will admit that when the tech told me, I was a little bit sad. (I really want a little girl!) So, I left the ultrasound not feeling overly excited....happy that everything looked ok......but not jumping up and down excited. Later I was talking with my best friend Lianne - she was super excited for me and said "I can totally picture you with two little boys!" I don't know why something so simple made such a big difference - but it did. A soon as she said that I started thinking about how much fun it will be to have two little boys in our home. Aiden is so much fun, and I can only imagine what it will be like with two. So, I have warmed up to the idea! It's going to be great!

We went shopping last night to get a few things for Aiden. We talked ourselves into buying a few things that we normally wouldn't have, just because we now know that we can use them for two different boys. It will be nice that they can share clothes (because Aiden has TONS) and toys (which he also has TONS of). And hopefully the two of them will grow up being best buds!

Anyways, here is a picture of our little guy. There wasn't too many good shots from the ultrasound - but I really like how his little legs look. Very cute!

In other news, I have had quite the adventure with doctor stuff. Since I was 'fired' from my last office - I have been desperately trying to find a new doctor. I called every office in Airdrie - no one is taking patients. I went and got a list of doctors accepting new patients (it was the newest version - from August), called those numbers, they are all full now too. I finally called the maternity clinic at the Peter Lougheed - where you go if you can't find a doctor. They said I just needed a referral to go there. I went to my old doctor to see if they would give me one, they said not until I paid my fee. So I left there. Went to another place, but they couldn't give me one either. I started bawling and I felt really stupid, but they were super nice and gave me some numbers to call. Did that and still no one would see me.
Finally I phoned my mom! Mom's always have the answer! There is a doctor in her ward that agreed to send a referral for me, and she booked another ultrasound for me. So, I got in touch with the clinic at the Peter Lougheed - they are so busy that the earliest they could see me was in December sometime (I will be 26 weeks by the time it's December). I haven't had any check-ups, no one has listened to a heartbeat, nothing. Matt was pretty mad that I could be so far along in my pregnancy without really having any medical care at all. It does seem a bit crazy! But that was that.
Then today Matt's receptionist from work phoned. She is pregnant - having twins, very fun! And she heard from Matt about what's been going on. She was pretty upset about it and talked to her ob/gyn about me. And they agreed to take me!! So, I finally have a doctor again! I am so excited/relieved/happy/thankful/etc! This new doctor has already looked at my ultrasound stuff, she's very on the ball. She's sending me for one more ultrasound because they couldn't see the right ventricle - so I will go for that next week and make sure everything is ok. And then we will go from there I guess.

Now we just have to settle on a name.............hmmm............

Happy Halloween Everyone!! from Aiden

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Kids Say the Darndest Things

Me and Matt teach the Sunbeams class in our ward. It is a very interesting calling. We get to see some very funny things and hear a lot of interesting and funny things:
-We had a visitor in our class today - he told us that when he was a baby he fell out of the window of his new house. And when he was older he fell off of a tractor - that's why his head hurts sometimes.
-Today during our bathroom break I was informed by a girl in our class that she had very fancy panties - she got them at the store. She then proceeded to tell me all about them.
-at the same trip I was also told that if you want to wipe your bum, you need to fold your toilet paper. I guess it's a valid tip.
Kids are real funny!