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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Reese's 3rd Rainbow Bday Bash

Last Friday our baby girl turned 3 years old and we celebrated over the weekend with a rainbow themed birthday bash! 

It's so crazy to think about how different our lives were 3 years ago.  We were living in Orebro, Sweden and anticipating the arrival of our sweet baby girl.  My, how our lives have changed.  We feel so blessed to have Reesey bear in our lives and love watching her learn and grow. 

Right now she loves books, puzzles and everything girly!  She still loves Dora, but also Peppa Pig and Max and Ruby.  She is also loving all things crafty too.  Markers, crayons, paint, stamps, and play-doh are a few faves.  She has a wild imagination and we have so much fun listening to all the stories and games she comes up with.  Still a great sleeper but think naps might be on their way out, something I'm definitely not looking forward to.  Bedtime seems to be getting later too which might have something to do with naps.  Reese loves her new daycare but took a little while to adjust as with all things.  She has a few friends that she regularly talks about which is so cute to see.  Reese is such a great big sis, usually watching out for her baby brother, but isn't afraid to tell him he's not allowed to have certain toys.  Although, I must say, she has taken 'danger' things away from him before I've even seen that he has them.  Such a big helper! 








It's hard to believe a few short years ago she was a tiny, newborn baby in our arms.  She's grown into such a vivacious little girl and we couldn't be more proud!

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I keep thinking about all the catch-up posts I owe this little blog but then get sidetracked with bottles, lunches, cleaning, and other miscellaneous baby and toddler things.

I know most of the people reading this blog know by now we are no longer living the 'hockey life'.  Which is part of the reason for all the time away from the blog.  In short, we've been busy with so many changes and adjustments I barely know where to begin. 

We knew heading to the UK a couple years ago, we were nearing the end of the road.  It was part of the decision to go there and pursue Scott's MBA.  Just another way to prepare for life after hockey.  Then I got pregnant with Owen and playing another year just made the most sense for us.  Life with two started to change things a bit.  We talked much more seriously about the reality of life after hockey.  Scott started his job search and luckily enough had an offer before his season was even over.  We started to prepare for the big move home, a daunting task with a lively 2 1/2 year old and newborn.

Fast forward 6 months and we are finally feeling settled at home.  We bought our first house and what a feeling to actually be planting roots somewhere.  Of course, there will always be a part of us that misses the hockey lifestyle but we are so happy to be raising our babies at home with our family and friends.  I think we are through the transition phase of Scott's first job, outside of hockey, finding a new daycare for Reese, staying home with the kids, etc.  There were definitely a few rough patches along the way with all the changes happening for all of us but we made it through.