something new...

Sooo I have been having a pregnancy experience that I havent really had before and it is causing me some... well... distress? feelings of self conciousness? People are staring at me when I go out. Not me but the belly! I have often wondered what it must be like for a large-chested woman to have that happen in public... it doesnt feel too good when your are a large-bellied pregnant woman. Kinda feel like saying, "hey the boobs are up here". Maybe it is because it is summer time and we arent wearing jackets or anything... but geez people. Oh well...

Our little bud...

Some pics of our little man... awww he's gotten so big. And he speaks almost entirely in complete sentences now. He is still working on pronunciation but hey as long as we understand him great! His newest thing is to tell you when you have taken something of his. "Daddy took my dummy out of my mouth! Daddy hid it! Where did my dummy go?"

Baby's room: before pics

Here is a pic of the wall paper that was under the chair rail! Sorry I'm just not a wall paper kind of person. Luckily the walls were all primed before the wall paper went up so getting it off wasnt too bad. Thanks to my mom for helping us get the rest of the backing off the walls when she was here a few weeks ago!

I cant find the pics of when the wallpaper was still on the walls but here are some just after we took the wall paper off. It was only on the top half of the wall and was a nautical theme. The bottom was painted dark blue and to separate the top and bottom there was a chair rail along the middle. The chair rail caused us a lot of grief getting it off as it damaged the walls. Some of the nails used to put it on were huge!

Baby's Room part 2

We'll be painting out all the trim. This is the painitng "in progress" shot.

The paint is on the walls and done! We chose a nice green for this room. Not too dark and not too light. Nice and clean and gender neutral! We had to wait a bit longer than we thought to get the trim done. Some of it took 4 coats (by choice due to location). The tape is off and we are going to set about vacuuming, cleaning up, hopefully shampooing the carpet, then it will be furniture time. I'd like to put something on the walls but seeing as we dont know the sex of the baby it will have to wait. Drew has put a lot of time into getting this room ready. He put in some really late nights and is very tired. He did a fabulous job. You cant even tell where that damage from the chair rail was it is so smooth!

New baby's room

We have moved the kids into one room to make way for our new arrival. Drew had to do alot of work on this room to repair damage that resulted when we took a chair rail off the wall. We also had to fill all the holes in the walls from almost 30 years of picture hanging and shelves. The room used to have a nautical theme complete with wall paper and borders. That has all been removed now. Thanks to my mom for getting a lot of the backing of the wall paper off the wall when she visited!

I cant find the before pics but if I do I'll try to post them later. Currently the room is primed and the trim is up. Drew should be ready to put colour on the walls soon! I am so lucky to have such a talented mate!

Reading time...

Reading is one of the kids favourite things to do. It is amazing that Lilly will be going to school and starting to read on her own in the next couple years... *sigh*

thank you for wonderful gifts!

At the end of the season the PCRC we attend has a BBQ lunch for all the families that come to the centre. As always it is quite busy as there are a lot of us that use the centre. The kids have a great time, so do the parents and the workers are great to us. This year they went step further and had gifts for all the kids. The kids were allowed to go in and pick a gift to take home. That was such a nice surprise, so not expected!

Lilly went in and contrary to her usual tastes she decided to pick out a baby doll with all the pieces! She wasnt coerced or anything. So she now has a baby who has been getting a lot of attention since it came home ( it is a girl baby). Lilly has been practising taking care of the baby, feeding, nap times, walks in the stroller. She's getting ready for the new "real" baby to come home! So sweet and very compassionate.

Aidan picked out a transport truck that transports cars. He has now figured out how the whole thing works, even how to get at the motor by lifting up the hood - which I cannot do by the way.

The nice thing is that both kids are sharing the toys and taking turns! Lilly gets a "truck fix" for a while and Aidan gets to walk the baby in the stroller for a while!