Well it seems its that time again, to update the old blog. I seem to get kind of lost in everything happening around me and forget that everyone doesnt just automatically creep my facebook page to keep up with whats going on in our lives ;-) but here i am! we have had a busy few weeks it seems, julians been working alot at the mall an hr away from here so by mid week i feel as tho i have barely seen him. the boys are growing like weeds, Ezekiel took 3 steps last night! he will be 1 in a week, but he really has done everything in his power to NOT walk up until now! Allistair is hilarious, the conversations we have sound like something between 2 adults, not a mom and a 3 yr old. For those of you who havent heard, julian is running for councillor of hanover this year, im so proud of him for doing something hes' always wanted! he has a meeting on wed. and will have 2 minutes to talk, and then gets questions asked and has to answer them so be praying for him if you think of it as he's pretty nervous. hes an excellent speaker though so im sure he'll do great. the votes will go out in october so im keeping fingers crossed for him. we've been hearing a lot of positive things about him getting in, so now we just wait.

as for myself, nothing is really new. i guess as a mom its my job to just keep up with what everyone else in my family is doing! thats alright though, i love just watching the boys learning new things and grow, its what life is all about :)

here is my sis and me at our cousins wedding.


we took allistair to wonderland a few weeks ago, he LOVED it, although he was sitll much too small for most of the rides, he did enjoy a few of the little ones in the kiddie land! hes not too impressed with getitng his pic done in this pic, but he did cheer up! haha

1+2= 3

Yesterday Allistair turned 3!

It seems like just yesterday i was pregnant with him, getting anxious to meet my baby, and now hes turning into such a big boy! he had a big party with all his little friends! there were about 12 2/3 yr olds running around so it was very hectic, but much fun! we finger painted outside and chased bubbles, then came in for fire truck cake and ice cream, and of course, presents!

I thank the Lord everyday for giving me the chance to be a mom, there really is nothing greater! Allistiar, you are such a kind , polite little one, you have made my life everything ive hope it could be, and i will always love you! happy birthday sweetheart!

oh how they grow

I realize it has been a good 5 months since i posted last...i know, pitiful right?! Its not even that ive been really busy, to be honest i just kind of forgot about this blog. Life in the Murphy house is crazy, as usual. Allistair and Ezekiel keep me very busy, but i love every minute of it. Now that the weather is nice out, ive been doing a lot of garden work. Some of my fam came over and helped me move the shed, that was a huge job! but its great now that we have a big space thats more secluded for the boys to play and for a sitting area. it will be even nicer once the grass that we planted grows! im looking forward to lots of evenings by the fire back there :)

We also recently aquired a new kitten ! my cat that ju got me when we first got togehter had to be put down 2 weeks ago because she was very sick , so i needed a new little one to fill the void and to keep charlie company. we bought a very cute playful little siamese boy. his name is toopy and allistiar adores him. i dont know that he adores allistair quite as much, but he puts up with him, so im happy lol.

Allistair has loved learning how to ride his new big boy bike that his nia got for him. he bikes all around the house and is especailly happy when we go for walks in town and let him ride there!

Ezekiel is now crawling like its nobodies business! its crazy how fast he can go when he wants something!

heres ju, testing our new bbq

me and the boys at Easter



allistair and mummy stopping for a donut while on a walk

heres our big boy!

i love these moments!

new house!

I realize its been nearly 2 1/2 months since my last post, we seem to be getting busier with every day that goes by! we are finally all unpacked (well, just about!) and moved into our new house. its seems to be a never-ending job, especailly with a 2 month old baby! Speaking of baby, Zeek is doing great! he is smiling and cooing now, hes the cutest little guy! Allistair has adjusted amazingly to having a little brother. that was one of my biggest concerns while pregnant, was that he would have a realy hard time, so its great to see him so fascinated with Ezekiel. i have gone for my ultrasound for the cyst that was discovered early in my pregnancy with Zeek. i havent gotten the results yet, but the tech did say it was huge and that i would definatley need surgery soon (which i already knew, but i had hoped it would have shrunk, or gone away). im a bit nervous to have surgery, especailly if i wont be able to do much afterwards for a little while. i have been having quite a bit of pain from it though so i do hope it happens soon. i'd like to just get it over with and not have to worry about it anymore.

Im so excited for christmas this year! allistair is as well, i dont know if he fully understands but while we were putting the tree up, we were explaining to him that on christmas morning he gets to wake up early (which is no different than any other day :-P ) and run down and see all the presents under the tree so every day he asks me where the presents are ! lol . He doesnt seem to get that he has to wait for christmas haha.

Anyways, just thought it was about time to update. Here are a few pics.

This is half the living room, before it was walpapered with baby blue and pink wallpaper, and all the trim was bright pink...it was horrible! dad textured the walls, and then we primed and painted. it looks so good now!

this was a bedroom before, it was painted dark green and had flowery carpet! we ripped up the carpet and laid cherry hardwood flooring, then painted it this color blue. It turned out great! its allistairs toy room so i still have to get some bright curtains hung up.

This is our room . it was a brown color before and was used as an office. i love how it turned out

Allistiars room is my favorite! it turned out so perfectly! it was bright red with navy blue trim before and had green carpet! We ripped out the carpet and bought this new light carpet, and painted the whole room.

Zeeks room turned out good too. It was pink and had rainbow wallpaper previously! the walls were in horrible shape, it took us a whole day to even it out!

Ezekiel Julian Murphy

Well, the day finally arrived! Friday morning at 8 30 a.m. , Ju , Allistair and I welcomed a very precious new baby boy into our little family! Ezekiel Julian Murphy wieghed 9 lbs 5 oz! The birth went amazingly, i woke up at 4 a.m. hoping to find myself in labor and was quite dissappointed that i wasnt having any contractions, then 12 minutes later, i felt my first one. They were very close together right off the bat, about 2 minutes and just kept getting closer. at 5 i woke julian up and texted my sister who was in stoney creek, letting her know i was in labor so she might want to head home (i was definately not expecting things to progress as fast as they did!) by 6 a.m. i was having back to back contractions so my mom came over to get allistair and we headed to the hospital. I was 9 cm already by this time! i couldnt beleive it when my midwife said taht, but was very relieved! i pushed for about 20 minutes and then our little Zeek was born. The midwives were incredible, i also had my best friend katrina in the room with us for the birth which was awesome! i was sad my sister didnt make it in time for the actual birth (she walked in 5 minutes after he was born! :( , but at least she got to see him right after. Everything is going great so far, Zeek loves to sleep, hes a very content little boy! and Allistair is doing amazing with him, he loves holding his baby brother ! here are a few pics of our bundle of joy :)

holding Ezekiel for the first time. We were shocked by all

his very dark hair!

Allistair meeting Zeek

What an awesome 9 months to share so close with my sis Shanelle

im so looking forward to our boys being so close in age :)

Allistair holding his baby brother

2 very proud grandparents :)

Auntie Kris and her newest nephew :)

Zeek is very pleased with his being able to stretch out now that hes born! this is how i found him after i came from my shower!

happy birthday little boy!!

Last saturday was a very special day for us as we celebrated Allistiars 2nd birthday. His real b-day is Aug 24, but we had it on a weekend so everyone could make it up. It was so much fun having all of julians and my family and friends up to help make it such a special day. Allistair got all sorts of trucks and tractor toys! thanks so much to everyone who was able to make it out!

allistair and ben - best friends!

Allistair LOVES tractors of any kind so for his birthday i made him this farm cake.

it took me forever to do because i was trying to ice it in the dark, since the power

was knocked out after the tornado that went through!

allistiar didnt pay any attention to all hte presents until julian told him

they were full of new toys! then we could barely keep him away from them!

Today shanelle and i had kris take some pictures of our tummies before one of us goes into labor! (more likely to be nelly than me seeing as im 33 wks and shes 37!) it was a lot of fun, and we had a good amount of laughs too! its been so much fun being so closely pregnant at the same time!


this pic was not done today, but i thought i'd put it up anyways,
it was a fun week having mark and his new wife lauren home from school!

it looks like a mirror image! funny how shes 4 wks ahead of me but we're about the same size!

is it going to be a boy?

or a girl?
we'll find out soon!

in other news, julian and i bought a house! we've been wanting to buy for a few years now but it wasnt financially possible at the time. we'd given up actively searching since we couldnt find anything that seemed to be the right place for the right price and then 2 weeks ago we found one online and thought we'd give it a shot , just for fun. We called the realtor and LOVED the house the minute we saw it, the next day we put in an offer and after a few counter offeres back and forth, we now officially own the house! move in date is sept. 28th! its going to be a tight fit trying to get everything done before the babys' due date on oct 4th but it will be fun! its so awesome to be starting a new phase of our lives together as homeowners! i'll post pics once we get moved in!