Friday Favourites!

Yahoo it's FRIDAY! 

I'm linking up this week with Andrea, Erika, and Narci for Friday Favourites! If you have a blog, you should link up with your favourites from the week too! 

-ONE-

Sophia went on her first EVER sleepover to Grandma and Grandpa's house! 

She was pretty darn excited and loved using her new suitcase!!

-TWO-
And because Sophia was gone for the night....Damian and I got to go for dinner and then to a movie!
It was such a treat!!

-THREE-
So this is definitely NOT a favourite...however we got some great news later in the week about Sophia's leg and that WAS a favourite!!
Sophia broke her leg while she was dancing/twirling at my parents house! She just fell weird on her leg...like she does about 100 times a day since she is learning how to walk still! And she managed to fracture the bottom of her tibia right above her ankle. Originally she was put in a full leg cast and we were told she would have to wear it for 4 weeks! UGH!!
BUT then we met with the surgeon at the Stollery Children's Hospital and he said that because she is still learning to walk it would be better to give her a smaller, walking cast, and to only have it on for 2 weeks!! YAHOO!! Her smaller pink cast is SO MUCH BETTER and she is already figuring out how to walk in it!!

-FOUR-
I made S'more Dip and it was AMAZING!!
This is the recipe I used:
S'more Dip

-FIVE-
It has been HOT out and I am LOVING it!!
We are keeping cool at our house by eating our weight in Popsicles!! These are the two flavours I made this week!
Watermelon Coconut

Banana Nutella Fudgesicle

Have a wonderful weekend!! 

Enjoy this HOT weather while it lasts!!

Friday Favourites!!

Yahoo it's FRIDAY! 

I'm linking up this week with Andrea, Erika, and Narci for Friday Favourites! If you have a blog, you should link up with your favourites from the week too! 

This is a whole bunch of RANDOM from my week...

-ONE-
I did a little bit of 'spring shopping' a few weeks ago and its finally been nice enough to wear some 'lighter' clothing! I don't like to spend alot on my clothes and one of my go to places is Joe Fresh at Superstore. I pretty much LOVE the fact that I can get all of my groceries and an outfit at the same time! Gotta love my awkward selfies!! 

 -TWO-
Sophia's FIRST Birthday invites are sealed and delivered!!
Exciting and sad all at the same time!!

-THREE-

Baby capri pants are pretty much the cutest thing ever! Especially on those chunky baby thighs!

-FOUR-
Random Starbucks delivery for the win!! I have the BEST friends ever! My friend Carlene had to pick up something from my house this week and when she came she brought me my favourite Vanilla Bean Frappe! YUM!!

-FIVE-

This girl has turned into SUCH a character!! 

You know your playing hard when your headband looks like this!!

-SIX-
I LOVE tacos!! So when I saw these new shells I HAD to try them. And they were SOOO good!! It was like eating a taco wrapped in a Dorito chip! ha ha! DELICIOUS!!

 

-SEVEN-

I woke up to THIS note this week and was SO EXCITED!!! 

Full House was my ultimate favourite show growing up! 

I can't wait to see what this new show will be all about!!

FULL HOUSE LOVE!!

-EIGHT-

My brother and Brit got a puppy this week!! Rue Kunyk is officially part of our family! And she is the sweetest and tiniest thing ever!! She is not even 1 pound yet!! I can't wait for them to be home for the summer so we can meet her!! 

-NINE-
These two are my whole wide world!! It was a beautiful evening one night this week so we spent a little time out in the backyard getting Sophia used to the grass. She is still very confused by it! ha ha!

 -TEN-
Damian got our hot tub all sparkly clean and ready for the summer!! We LOVE our hot tub and get a TON of use out of it! Especially on beautiful summer nights!

 -ELEVEN-
That face...
I hope I can cuddle her like this until she is 20!!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a great weekend!!

Friday Favourites!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!
I am linking up again this week with Andrea from Momfessionals blog for Friday Favourites. 

If you have a blog you should link up with your Friday Favourites as well!!

Here are a few of my favourite things from this week...

*NHL All Star Break!*

Yahoo it's the NHL All Star break this weekend!!! 

Now this may sound a little bit backwards...but I actually couldn't care LESS about the all star game!! HA!  BUT the reason that this excites me is the fact that because of the All Star Break, my little brother gets to come home for a quick, unplanned trip for 3 days!! It has been a LONG FIVE months since we have seen him, and Christmas without him at home was particularly hard! So we are all SUPER pumped to spend a few days with him home! It's such a treat!! I am mostly excited for him to see how much Sophia has changed in 5 months!!

This was the last time we saw Cody! 

Sophia was just about to turn 4 months old!! 

*Sleep Training*

This is definitely a favourite this week! We have had a VERY successful first week working with our sleep consultant!! After struggling with any sort of sleep routine with Sophia for the past 5 months we finally bit the bullet and hired someone to help us. And I am SO glad we did!! I plan to do a separate blog post on our sleep training at some point. But so far it's been a LIFE SAVER!!! 

*BarkTHINS*

This is my PSA for the week...

Go to Costco. Buy this bag of chocolate. TRY to NOT eat the entire bag in one sitting. 

Your welcome!

This is my new favourite snack!!

*Valentine's Day*

Valentine's Day is just around the corner! And we all know I take every opportunity to celebrate and go over the top for just about ANY holiday!! I've started collecting a few special things for Sophia for her first Valentine's Day. This is what I have so far...

Annnnnd....

I am really hoping I have a new little niece or nephew to give this onsie to for Valentine's Day!! One of my best friends is due to have her baby a few days before Valentine's Day so fingers crossed they make their arrival in time to celebrate!!

*Swimming Lessons*

Sophia started her second round of swimming lessons again this week! She LOVES the water and is really turning into a little fishy!! It's so funny to watch her in the pool as she gets older. She isn't so interested in the 'cutesy' songs anymore...she just wants to grab all of the toys, and drink all the pool water!! ha ha! What a girl!!

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Friday Favorites!

Happy Friday!!

So I'm doing something NEW and FUN today! I am linking up with one of my favourite bloggers, Andrea at 'Momfessionals', for a series called Friday Favourites!

 Here are few things making my list this week...

*My RED cast iron dutch oven*

I am LOVING my new dutch oven that I got for Christmas from my parents!! I made some spaghetti sauce this week, and I think it tasted even better because it was made in my new pot! Ha ha!

*Cousin Love*

On Sunday we celebrated my Grandma's 80th Birthday with the whole family! Now that Sophia is getting a little bit older, I LOVE seeing her interact and 'play' with her cousins!! I think these two are going to be buddies!! 

Maryn and Sophia

*Carrots*

Carrots?! Ha ha...yes you read that correctly! Sooo...a little bit of background on how carrots became one of my favourites this week...Damian text me on Monday when I was out grocery shopping, telling me that one of the guys at work told him about THE BEST CARROTS EVER!! And my response was; ummm what?! Carrots are carrots!!. WELL apparently not, because Damian and this guy had a FULL lengthy conversation about these dang carrots. He then informed me that you can only get them from one SPECIAL grocery store! Soooo I was totally intrigued!! Sophia and I made a quick stop at this store on the way home to find these carrots. And when we found them, there was this BIG pink sign in front of them. NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I SEEN A LIMIT ON CARROTS!!! I honestly laughed out loud when I saw that!! And thought, sheesh, these carrots MUST be THAT good! Well people...I am here to report that these carrots ARE THAT GOOD!! They taste like 'straight from Grandmas garden' carrots...and that is a treat when its' the dead of winter here!! YUM!!

*Notebooks*

I LOVE cute notebooks and have a TON of them! I picked this one up from Homesense a few weeks ago and have been using it for my New Years Resolution goals. 

Believe in your #selfie 

*The Weather*

It has been unseasonably WARM here for the past few days and it has been WONDERFUL!! Usually it is -30 in January with 5 feet of snow on the ground!! We have been trying to take full advantage of the warm weather and have been going for a family walk every night after dinner. Fingers crossed the warm weather lasts for a few more weeks!

*Cranberry Chicken*

This is one of our favourite dinners and 'go to' meals in our house. 

And what makes it even better is that it is easy peasy to make!!
We had it for dinner last night and it was delish like usual!

Put 6-8 chicken thighs in a baking dish. In a separate bowl, mix together; 1/2 cup Catalina salad dressing, 1 pouch dry onion soup mix, and 1 can whole berry cranberry sauce. Pour over the chicken. Bake at 375'F for 50 minutes. Serve with rice. ENJOY!! 

Have a wonderful weekend!!