Halloween

That's my Happy Pumpkin Girl!

This was the end of the night and both kids were so tired!

This last one freaks me out, Caleb's facial expression is such a big boy smirk! Yikes! All in all, we had a fun time!

Halloween

Wow, October 31st is here already. Less than 2 months from Christmas. This year has just flown right by. I was looking at Amberly as she was sleeping just now, and I just can't get over the fact that she's almost 4 months old, and all the things she is doing now. She's teething, I'm not enjoying this so much since there is constant drool, wet shirts and her fists are always in and out of the mouth. I guess it was at this point we starting adding bibs to Caleb's wardrobe, but I don't want to cover up her adorable outfits. Teething also means interupted sleeps. Just the last 2 weeks Amberly has started to sleep through the night, but the last 2 nights she's been up every hour crying. It's been exhausting. She now prefers to be held standing her up, she's rolled over a couple of times from her tummy to her back, she's in the jolly jumper, and she's wearing 6mth clothing, and is laughing, grabbing toys, blows rasberries and is very dramatic with her coos.

Caleb is finding more and more words to spout out. Tuesday we spent the day with my parents and he followed my mom around calling out for Suzie. He says, truck, pee pee, Christa, Mommy, Daddy, juice, treat, please, bless you, thank you, up, shoes, baby. Then there is the random ones that he'll say, but when asked to repeat, he won't. He also sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, he gets that out and Up Above, but all of the rest of words he mumbles out to the tune. It's so adorable. The potty training is going good. This past weekend he did major backsliding and I was so upset with him, so now I'm using the treat reward where he gets one smartie for a pee and 2 for a poop. He's gone 3 days dry, so we'll keep going.

My life, outside of the children, hmm. Well, I've been pretty tired. I've been trying to take the time I have for myself during their naps and accomplish what needs to be done around the house. I try to ride the exercise bike for 20 mins, while reading my Bible study material, sometimes I will grab a 20 min nap too. I had that norwex party last Friday, and I did pretty well. Many of my friends came, even Amy drove all the way to provide a trifle and the blanket I asked her Mom to make Amberly. Saturday night Fern and Mert babysat and we went to Shannon's place for her birthday celebrations. We played some games, and it brought back memories of what life was like before children! Sunday we've been going to a marriage discussion after church which Dave and I have really enjoyed. The speaker is so funny but so right at the same time. I think what I enjoy most is hearing the other couples many of them older than us share their experiences and what they've learned. Monday a couple of ladies from church took Shannon, Wendy and I with all our children to McDonald's in Kitchener, where the kids could play in playland and we could visit. It was fun, I really like seeing Caleb interact with other kids. Then last night Dave and I played volleyball. We joined a church team and I haven't played on a volleyball team in 3 years. It was a lot of fun, but the short ride from Cambridge home was just enough to show me how out of shape and stiff I am! I could hardly walk in the house! How sad is that?!

Today to mark Halloween, Caleb and I carved our pumpkin. Well I did it. Caleb didn't even want to touch the guts inside, which surprised me. They are both sleeping now, but late afternoon I'll get them in their costumes and take some pictures. Then Fern and Mert are coming over to hand out candy and watch Amberly for us, while we meet up with our friends and watch our little ones go door to door. It will be lots of fun! Cara is a horse, Caleb a skunk (again), Mason a dog, so I told Shannon we should have Cara pull the wagon, run over Caleb and have Mason chase the wagon. HA HA HA! I will post pictures soon!

Amberly Talking

Caleb Kisses Amberly

Thanksgiving, Come and Gone

Wow, I can't believe that Thanksgiving has come and gone already. It was really fast. The weather was so great! Sunday we spent out at my parent's place. It was nice. Caleb just loves being able to run around with freedom. Plus his Uncle Benji easily entertained him for the longest time by throwing a ball onto the roof and letting it fall to the ground. Caleb eagerly waited for the ball and was so excited each time it would come back! We also got him on the 4-wheeler finally with no tears! He liked it too.

This one is cute, all 4 cousins. Caleb was so excited about the campfire that was over in the corner, Brooke was trying to hold him down for the picture. It didn't turn out too bad.

Pictures

Amberly is three months old now. I tried getting creative for pictures. I'll have to get better at it, but here are just a few that I liked.

We took our babies shopping for pumpkins today at a patch. It was so much fun and lots of great photos were taken.

Three Months

Amberly is three months old today. It's hard to believe. I haven't gotten around to taking her pictures today, but I will. She is becoming more and more like Caleb when it comes to sleep. Caleb always loved his sleep, he still does. He gladly says "nite nite" to us and walks to his room for his afternoon sleeps. Bedtime is hit and miss, if he's tired, he willingly goes, if not, then he cries, but after a few lullabies, he's out. Amberly has always been funny when it comes to sleep, but I find lately she's becoming more predictable. She's still a cat napper if I don't wrap her up. So in the morning, I let her have her cat nap in her crib, and it once only lasted 15 mins, but the past few days it's gone on longer, to a good 30-40 mins. Then always around noon she gets pretty fussy, and as soon as I lay her down and she feels her first arm getting swaddled, she gives off a big smile, I think she's telling me, "Yes, BED!" Now on good days she will sleep for 3 hours without complaints, but there are other days where she will cry after 1/2 an hour. But I am persistant at keeping her in the "sleep mode" for the afternoon. That way both kids are sleeping (like they are now) and I have free time to myself. The best part is at 8pm for Amberly. She totally loves bed at this hour. We have started the same bedtime routine with her that we used with Caleb. We put her on our bed and read her "Guess How Much I Love You" (we still recite Goodnight Moon to Caleb, but we needed a change in story!) then I wrap her up in this Miracle Blanket, which is basically a straight jacket for babies. But she loves it. The whole time during the story she's talking right back to me, and then she's full of smiles when I start wrapping her up. And once I put her in the bassinet, we don't hear from her. Dave dream feeds her at 11pm, and 3 nights in a row she went until 5-5:30am for a bottle. So I think we're getting there. After that bottle I put her back to bed and she goes until 7:30-8am. It's becoming a routine.

On the Potty front. Well I don't know if I can say success or not? Caleb isn't 2 yet, and he doesn't have many words. He doesn't tell me if he has to go or not. So basically as my friend Cindy put it, I'm trained, and Caleb isn't yet! ha ha ha. I know what to watch out for, and we have had many days where Caleb has been in a dry pull-up for the whole day. I watch him to see signs, and if I think he has to go, we go. Now he knows when he doesn't have to go, so it's a start. He says NO if I ask, and at first I wouldn't believe him so we would go anyway, and 9 times out of 10, he sits there and doesn't do anything, OR he says no and then I discover he's wet his pull-up, which technically means he doesn't have to go. So we're getting there. I don't think I'll go back to diapers, not yet anyway. I haven't used a reward such as candy yet because the little guy thinks flushing the toilet and waving and shouting "bye bye pee pee" is so wonderful! I just don't let him flush if he didn't do anything. That may have to change too, I might have to find something more thrilling for him to make it worthwhile, but again, I'll have to wait and see.

As for me, well, I've been doing o.k. Our house is pretty much all settled into, things are on the walls, and we have some windows covered. We are getting central vac next week, since our other vacuum died on the day we moved. I'm trying to get myself into a routine, and take advantage of when the kids are in bed, and I get things done, but one thing I have to find time to throw in the mix is to scrapbook. I was once doing a page a day, and I want to get back to doing that, so I can finish Caleb's first year and start on Amberly's. This past Wednesday I went out with my friends from work and we watched Nights in Rodanthe, didn't love it, but it was o.k. Plus I try to never pass up an opportunity to meet with the girls and get out, so what ever movie they decide, I would go! Our church has changed the Sunday morning schedule and now our sevices start at 9:15am. This I don't really like because it makes it really hard to get there on time. Many times I'm doing it on my own if Dave is already there because he runs the power point. But then after the service we have what we call Faith Steps, it's to take place of Sunday School and we started to attend that. The one Dave and I joined is a group of married couples, from all different ages, and it's great. I love hearing older couples talk about issues that they deal with and realize that we deal with the same things! It's encouraging to say the least.

Tonight Mike and Joy are coming for some pizza and Rock Band. Dave and I have been playing after the kids are in bed, and so we're all going to "Jam" tonight together. It's fun. We don't really have plans this weekend, but I think if we can catch a stretch of time where there isn't any rain, I think we'll be going to the pumpkin patch that we took Caleb to last year. A great opportunity for pictures! Which I'll post sometime!

Fall is now here

I can't believe it's officially Fall now. Where did this summer go? Man! This past week has been a blur. I don't even know where it all went to. On Tuesday I took Caleb and Amberly to my brother's house. I had to run Amberly to the doctor's for her 2 month check up which also meant needles. She did fine. She now just weighs 11lbs. She has finally caught up to Caleb's birth weight which is nuts! She's long though, almost 24 inches, so she's much above the average with that. She isn't going through the nights yet, once in a while she teases me and goes until 5am, she actually went to 5:20am this morning! But it has never happened twice in a row, so I'm curious to see what tonight brings. She even rolled over on me from her tummy to her back, she's going to be an early mover, she's constantly wiggling and kicking her feet. When she's on her tummy she can practically hold herself up with her arms, she's so strong.

Caleb is peeing in the toilet every time he gets up from his afternoon nap. He's not close to being toilet trained as he doesn't have to the words to tell me anything yet, but he's smart enough to sit and pee right away, only when his diaper is dry of course, if it's wet I still sit him on it for a few minutes, just so it will become routine for him. He's not afraid of it and he waves bye bye when we flush, it's quite cute. I also had a girls night out on Tuesday and went to the movies with my friend Val and Lesa. We saw The Women and it was really good. I liked it.

Yesterday Dave and I had a day to ourselves (the kids were with Dave's parents) and we went to Ikea. We got a couple of shelving units for beside our tv. Then Dave drove me into St. Catherines to take me to The Friendly Greek (when it was in Orangeville we went there alot, in fact we went there the night he proposed to me, he didn't do it there, but it was afterwards) Unfortunately when we got there it was closed for renovations. So we found another family restuarant called Perkins and we enjoyed our meal. We got home and Dave started to assemble!

Today we went to church and then had a birthday party to go to. Man it was soooo exhausting. There was so many people there, and to have Caleb running around all crazy like and Amberly to watch out for, I was spent! I'm just so happy to be home and relaxing. I'm dying for some chocolate, but not bad enough for me to actually go out and get some. I'm tempted to crack open the chocolate chip bag!

Our time at the wedding a couple of weekends ago was fun. It was a small wedding but very elegant and pretty. It was neat to be child free for that time. Well, I'm feeling really tired. I need some rest. Good night.

I Made It

We're in the new house all safe and sound. It was a trying weekend. It seems when something goes well, something else always goes wrong. The move went well. There are a few oopps that the movers did that we have made claims about, but all in all, it was a simple solution and a wise one. Considering I was still moping the floor at the old place at 12:30 when the new owners arrived. The down side was my little Caleb got very sick. Thursday evening Fern and Mert picked him up from Christa's. They took him to their place for supper and I told them to keep him until about 8pm, but at 6:30 they were back with him, he wasn't himself. So I thought he was teething, he kept sticking his fists in his mouth and he had rosy cheeks. But then he started poking at his ear. We drugged him up, and he slept on and off through the night. Friday he got worse, he would cry and cry and scream, he was just miserable. So I took him to the emergency in Fergus because a) it's not too far away and b) it's a small town with hopefully a short line in the waiting room. We got there and it was packed :( It took about 3&1/2 hours before I got in to see a doctor. The last hour Caleb spent just crying. The doctor looked in his ear and mouth and told me that he had bit of an ear infection and that he had tonsilitis. He prescribed some antibiotics and told me to alternate Tylenol and Advil every 3 hours. Over Saturday and Sunday he seemed to get progressively worse not better. He also got blisters all on his hands and feet which I didn't think too much of, but was worried that it was some kind of reaction. Tuesday came along and I got him in to see the family doctor. As soon as he saw the blisters he told me that it was Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease. Ahhhh. It was the longest and sadest weekend ever. He was so sad, that I think I spent lots of time in tears with him. I didn't sleep much Tuesday night because I was worried for Amberly, it's very contagious apparently. But today is Friday and he's back to himself. The best thing out of all of this was we said GOODBYE to his soother. He wouldn't take it because his mouth was so sore, so I put it away and I'll never bring it out again. So far it's been great. Night time isn't as easy for bed, but he still goes to sleep eventually.

I love our house. It turned out beautiful. We still have to find homes for many things, but our basic needs are unpacked and it feels like home too. I still haven't taken any photos of it, but maybe this weekend I will. We are kid free this weekend. My parents are taking Amberly and Fern and Mert are taking Caleb to the trailer. Tomorrow we're heading to Ingersoll for a wedding and then spending the night there. I'm looking forward to it, but unfortunately I'm not feeling so great. I think all this lack of sleep has caught upto me.

I'm going to post a few of my favourite pictures I took of Amberly to celebrate 2 months! I took a million, playing with the camera and shadows. It was fun. Hope you like them!Both her and Caleb have beautiful long dark eyelashes. They get them from their father!This one below is of her in the middle of one of her stories. She's just so cute!

Hi There

It is completely pooring with rain outside. I was going to walk to Shannon's tonight and then we were going to walk to McD's for an ice cream, good thing we didn't walk! It was nice to get out and just have some girl time. It makes a world of difference for me to be out of the house away from my kids for a short bit, it makes me a better Mom. I know it sounds funny, but I'm not wired to be the classic mother who lives and breathes for her children. Does that sound terrible? I don't know how to explain it, but being out and about from them, I get the opportunity to miss them. I love being a mom and I absolutely love and adore my children, don't get me wrong!

I've been watching the Olympics, it's bad because I get hooked on them at night when I know I should be sleeping. Sunday morning at 4am, I was feeding Amberly and I turned the tv on to watch the rowing, well then I got hooked and I had to stay up to see Sarah B. in the women's 8, next thing I know was it was getting close to 6am! I just remember thinking to myself, "Man I'm so stupid, and they only came in 4th!" ha ha ha. Oh well, only one more week of them, then I won't have anything to hold my attention in the middle of the night. In fact, I just won't turn that darn thing on!

We move next Thursday. We've got everything packed up that we can for right now, and Dave is taking next week off. So I think we're in good shape. I don't like living surrounded by all these boxes, I just keep telling myself that by the end of September I should be fully settled and I can start to just enjoy each day. Right now I feel like I'm missing out, life is just all about the move. I'm missing out on enjoying my baby, and I just feel scattered. I can't wait to have life resume to a normal state!

Man I miss playing baseball. I was playing volleyball for a bit yesterday with Dave and I had a blast. So much so that I might look for a v-ball team to join this fall. We'll see. I feel like I have my energy back, I just need to get back into shape!

Sounds like the rain has let up.

House Progress

I kept forgetting to post the pictures of our house has it was going up. I missed getting just the picture of the hole. But oh well. This first one is of the forms that were set before they poured the foundation. This one is of the foundation poured.
Here is the first floor framed.
Then here is the second floor and roof with shingles and insulation.
And here it is with windows, brick and garage doors. I will have to go down there again to get another shot of it with all the brick done.
So there it is. Wow, 2 & 1/2 weeks before we move in! That's insane!!

One Month

Well I am going to try and be faithful to Amberly as I was to Caleb at taking pictures of her monthly birthdays. So here are a few I took of her this past weekend. This first one is my absolute favourite, what I call a "Blow up worthy" one.I Absolutely love taking pictures, I'm starting to look into getting a digital SLR, I think I would have lots of fun with one, but I take so many pictures as it is, I can't imagine how many I would take and love with a new toy camera! The issue is, when it comes time to getting them developed I have a hard time choosing so I get so many done, then later on when I go to put them in an album or scrapbook I have so many shots that are similar! Oh well!

Not much is happening, well packing is happening, we spent the weekend packing up many things. Our house is full of boxes and all the walls are looking bare. Only 3 weeks away! How scary!

Today I had an old friend come to visit me, Tammy from public school. Her and her husband found my place and stopped in for a visit. It was so wonderful to see her. She has the same laugh and it was great to hear it in person again!

Well, I should go and get myself ready for tomorrow, a day with both my kids. Oh ya, today we forgot Caleb's blanket at Christa's. At bedtime I thought I could be sneaky and give him another soft blanket to hold. Well he was hilarious. At first he hugged it, then he pulled it away from him and started to examine it, looking very oddly at it. Then he tossed it to the ground. Then he picked it up again and carried it around. I thought, perfect, it was going to work. But again, he looked very closely at it, and then let fall to the ground. So I thought I better quickly run to Christa's to get his real blanket, so I did. I'm sure he would have been fine without it, but at the same time, I didn't want to run the risk of an interupted sleep tonight. My sleep is very precious to me right now, and anything I can do to ensure a good sleep, I do!! ha ha ha.

Loving My Babies

Well it's been four weeks now that I've had Amberly, four weeks, I really can't believe that. Where did those weeks go? It's been a tough adjustment, but I'm doing o.k. I look forward to getting up and being with my babies, but there are some times that I dread. The days I have both home with me and I know Dave will be out for the evening are long and I don't enjoy that, but I get through it. Caleb is warming up to Amberly all the time, he actually gave her a kiss today, and then he gave me one right on the lips, he's my sweetie. Granted, he has smacked Amberly as well, on her precious head. Both are sleeping right now, and I'm hoping to catch some sleep myself. I've managed to get Amberly on a schedule, where she eats every 7-11-3, she's doing well at it, and now I can be a little more organized and prepared for things with Caleb and going places. I don't enjoy the 3am feeding, she takes her dear time then and usually won't burp, so I get frustrated, but she has always gone back to sleep without an issue.

Our move is only a month away. It's freaking me out. I enjoy driving past the house each day to see the progress, yesterday they started laying the brick. The doors are all on now, so we can't walk through anymore, but we did peak in the front door to see that they have laid our floor tile. I'm still a little nervous, hoping that everything we chose will flow well together.

Ahhh, I can't keep my eyes open so that means I need sleep!

Two & a Half Weeks Have Gone By

I'm doing o.k. I'm still emotional, and I can easily find a reason to cry. But things are so much better than the first week. My body feels good. I'm still terrified about the whole incision and the idea of having stitches inside of me, but when I don't think about it, I'm o.k. I can get around more and I have more energy. I'm not taking the pain killers like before either. There are periods throughout the day when I feel like I need something, but other than that it's all good. With these hots days and periods of sunshine, I wish I could go swimming. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to do that or not?

Amberly is wonderful. Last week I was getting really nervous and scared that she was going to become colicky. There were a few days where I felt like I had to hold her all day and comfort her. But then I tried a few different things, and swaddling seems to work the best. She's been great at night too, sleeping stretches of 4-5 hours at a time. She is becoming more alert and she's even making happy noises when she's awake.

My 30th Birthday was yesterday. I was kind of sad for the whole day. Mostly because I was home all alone. Dave worked half a day and then he took Caleb away for the weekend for church camping. I encouraged him to go, but when it came time for them to leave, I was beside myself. I hate being home alone, and to be home alone with a newborn, I don't know it just wasn't how I wanted to spend my birthday. My good friend Valerie came over last night to spend time with me, which was great, I was able to stop crying! And we watched 27 Dresses and it was a good laugh.

Today I haven't done much at all. Just watched a couple of movies on the tv. It's too hot to go outside! Amberly is being a bit fussy, but I've gotten some great shots of her. Here are a couple of the ones I most like.This last one here she's wearing the adorable sun dress my Aunt bought her. She's my new cabbage patch dolly! Ahhhh isn't she just so cute, lots of smooching goes on here!

July 3rd

Well, as most of you have heard, I had a beautiful baby girl on July 3rd. You will all laugh at the beginning of labour for me. As you may have noticed I posted that Huggies commercial on July 3rd. Well my water broke because of that, seriously. I was laughing so much about it, and then all of a sudden, I stood up and there was that odd sensation and then, ooppps, my water broke! I first I managed to get upstairs and called Dave. Then I called my parents and told them it was time. This was all about 2:10pm in the afternoon. I started to get really nervous. I finished getting things for my hospital bag and Dave got home in good time. We called Christa (Caleb's sitter) and then we called Fern to ask her to pick Caleb up from Christa's and take him home where my parents would be waiting for him.
We got in the hospital at 3:15pm, at this point I was getting contractions about 6 mins apart. There was thick meconium in the water again (like with Caleb), so in triage, they hooked me up to the monitor and then the nurse came in to check me to see how dilated I was. It was then where she discovered that the cord was down around the face of the baby. It was at that point panic set in and I was terrified. No one told me what was going on, I just know that little triage room was loaded with nurses giving me needles, taking off all my clothes and jewelery, putting oxygen on me and all the while the first nurse still had her hand up in me. It was not fun to say the least. She rode on the bed with me, on me, and in me. She was holding the baby's head up. It wasn't until I read O.R. on the door of the room they wheeled me in that I knew I was going to have a c-section. It was terrifying. They rolled me on my side and tried to give me a spinal, which was so painful and scary, after some time, the man gave up and looked me in the eye and said, "I'm going to put you to sleep" At that point I was o.k. with that. She was born at 4:09pm. I was in the hospital less than an hour before Amberly entered the world. Dave wasn't able to see either. I just remember coming to and a nurse was in my face saying, "you have a beautiful baby girl" I was so confused. I didn't know where I was really. Then I got into the recovery room and saw Dave sitting in the corner holding a pink bundle. I had to ask about her, her weight, what she looked like and if she was perfect, because she was so wrapped up I couldn't see her. She only weighed 6lbs. 11oz and was 19&3/4 inches long. Her size alone was another shocking thing for me. Almost half of what Caleb was!

Now I was in the hospital for 3 days. I didn't enjoy it, and recovery really sucks. I'm an emotional wreck, I feel completely overwhelmed and scared and sad, I feel guilty when it comes to Caleb, I really missed him. When I got home he didn't want to have anything to do with me, and I was so heartbroken. Last night he finally cuddled with me while watching his tv show and I just sat there crying. Even now, typing this out makes me emotional. Life is going to be tough for the next few weeks. I can't lift Caleb, nothing more than Amberly they tell me. Not only is life hard for me, but it is for Dave too, I'm completely relying on him. He has this week off which is wonderful.

Anyway, I don't know what else to share with you all for now. Once I have more time, I'll post pictures. I think she looks like Caleb at birth. But I have a baby girl. Who would have thought!

Huggies Commercial

I saw this commercial and died laughing! Ahhh, I laughed til I had tears. Been there, done that! ha ha ha

The Hair Cut

Caleb got his first hair cut on Saturday June 28th. Christa did it in her home. He did surprisingly well. I asked her not to cut it too short because I want him to still look like my little baby. So here is the before and after shots. I didn't get too many because I had to hold him while she cut his hair.

90 Years old

That is how I feel. I feel so old, I can't roll over in bed without aches and pain, I can't lay still without being uncomfortable. Walking has slowed down to what seems a crawl. It's pathetic. Within this last week I feel like this baby has taken over my body literally. I can't eat much without being uncomfortable, I feel like I'm getting stretch pains on my stomach when I roll over, heartburn isn't just at night anymore, it's all the time. Needless to say I'm getting really nervous about the size of this little one. I see the doctor tomorrow so I will tell him my concerns and see what he has to say. A part of me wants to say, lets get this baby out, but then there is a part of me that wants it happen naturally. I'm nervous about the pending labour, and I'm nervous about what happens to my body after birth and all the gear I need just to go pee. Plus there is just so much happening in life right now, I'm not sure now is the right time to have this baby, if it's another week, I think that may be better. BUT can I physically take this for another week? I don't know.



Tomorrow we are picking up our new van. That's right. We traded in Dave's truck for a minivan. It's really sad. But for practical needs, we gave in. Gas alone for the truck was ridiculous. So we got a 2008 Grand Caravan, it's the same colour as the truck, and has neat accessories. Neither of us really love the idea of having a van, but we're warming up to it now. We have too! ha ha ha.

Our house is coming along. Yesterday it appeared that the framing of the roof was going up.

My mom is in the hospital. I mean, what else can possibly happen to me right now? She was having chest pains over the weekend, and she went to emerg. on Sunday and they kept her. The one set of tests seemed to indicate a mild heart attack, but all the other tests were normal. They are sending her for an angiogram to be on the safe side because of her family history. Man, she's not supposed to be in the hospital, I'm supposed to be! Hence another reason why this baby would be better off coming next week. Our plan is to have my mom come when labour begins so she can stay with Caleb for as long as we need her. Plus she's supposed to stay with us when we bring the baby home just to help me emotionally! ha ha ha. So this all better pass soon!

Anyway, Caleb is at the babysitters still. We are keeping him in until the baby comes, just so I can rest throughout the day, he's such a busy little guy! He's just so darn adorable. Yesterday I went to Toys R Us and bought him a few things that we can give to him when the baby comes. I wasn't going to, because I don't think he will understand, but lots of people said they did it, so why not, I still take any opportunity to spoil him!

Last Wednesday was my last day of work. My good friend Valerie brought her corvette to work so she could take me out in it. It was awesome! I laughed when I opened the door, I said "o.k. I can get in that, but getting out might be an issue!" You ride so low to the ground! Work had a big party that day, and treated the whole staff to a play at the St. Jacobs Playhouse. We had so much food. I brought in donuts as a treat for my last day, then the company provided lots of treats and then Val and my department brought in cakes for me! They gave me a nice card and a present for Caleb too. It was really special. I'm going to miss being there, I love the people I work with, already I feel like I'm missing out on the conversations. But such is life.

Well, I think I'm going to whip up a cheesecake for dessert tonight, then I really feel like having cookies, so I may run to IGA for some of their store made ones, they are so yummy! We'll see!

This is Hilarious!

I will watch this constantly and still break out laughing out loud. I love, love, love it!

In the End.

4 more days to go, then I'm finished with work. I'm going to use my holiday time up before this baby decides to arrive. I was hoping things would slow down a bit for me, but so far, I'm still on the go. This past weekend was not such a great one. I feel a bit sad for my husband because I think I didn't make it enjoyable for him. He had planned a camping trip with Kris a couple of months ago, for both our families to hang out. We went to Kincardine. We had borrowed Mert and Fern's trailer, which was nice, but at the same time, this past weekend's weather was not suitable for an 8mth pregnant woman. Plus the matress I had was pitiful and I sat awake for most of the night Friday night longing for my own bed. As soon as we arrived there on Friday I was longing for Sunday to come so I could just go home. It was not relaxing one bit, especially with Caleb who was on the go constantly. Atleast he had a blast. The benefit of that was he slept wonders for us! But everything seemed wrong with me. My feet are now the size of elephant feet. My hips ached, I swear, I now know what an 80 year old feels like. Saturday we took the kids to the beach. Caleb was unsure about it at first, I think because the sound of the waves were pretty loud. But he finally inched his way into it and was enjoying himself, so much so, that when it came time for us to leave, he had a melt down. I've included some pictures that we took.

This coming weekend we finally don't have much on the go. I think I can finally relax on Saturday and just do minor things. Hmmm, like I should finally get a few plants to put in our front garden, since the weeds aren't so pretty! Plus, again, I need to start thinking about this little baby. I need to go and find a new bottle system, since we returned all of our Avent stuff. And I need to find Father's Day stuff for not only my Daddy, but for Dave and Mert too!

Our house is making progress, last week there was a hole, and now there's a foundation and stuff, it's pretty exciting to see the progress of it.

Dave is at the Toronto Blue Jay game tonight, so it was just me and Caleb. We had a good night together, we went to the park for a good hour and then he had a nice long, luke warm bath, we snuggled for 1/2 an hour and then he went right to sleep for me. Now I'm here catching up on things and sorting through other stuff.

You can just see the joy in his face. He loved just being free and able to go where he wanted. Plus he really enjoyed following Mason around. Below is our trailer we had. It was nice, and yes it did have air conditioning. However, even with that luxury, I still had a rough time with the heat! Here is a cute one of Caleb and Miss Jaden enjoying a little dip in the kiddie pool we brought. It was shortly after this photo when Caleb had an explosive diaper. Little does he know that this kind of thing does not impress the ladies!