Long Weekend

What do you do to avoid the crowds of the first long weekend? Go camping in your own backyard! That's what we did on the May long weekend. There was no way we would get a spot up at Cultus for the weekend, see we don't plan ahead for this stuff we just do it at the last minute.

Joe is putting the final cover on the tent so we can try and get the kids to bed, but it was still awhile before they would settle in for the night.

Wyatt shhhing us because his stuffed puppy was trying to sleep in the tent already.








Madison in and out of the tent.



We even had our own little campfire for roasting marshmallows and keeping warm.

It wasn't quite a full moon that night but it looked pretty amazing. We were able to do some star gazing as well and I was able to find the big dipper I think. I'm not very good at finding all the consellations up there. It was a nice night to lay out on the trampoline gazing at the stars though.

Fun times...

The pictures above are from the Community Preschool event that was held at Rotary Stadium last Saturday, May 10. The forecasted rain held out on us, but it was pretty cool. The kids enjoyed some mini golf (there first time and they both managed at least one hole in one) and some face painting. There were crafts, bouncy castles, balloon animals and free lunch among other things there. Apparently this is the 5th year they have done this event.

They say it was 29 here in Abbotsford today and will be the same tomorrow. Quite amazing considering it is the long weekend. Usually the first long weekend is rainy but not this year. So I figured I better get some kind of water toy to keep them cool. It wasn't long before the kids across the fence came over to enjoy the slip and slide too. The kids had tons of fun playing around. I guess tomorrow will be the same type of activity unless we venture out to one of the nearby lakes.

It's a....

GIRL!!!!!!! this is what they are telling us but of course there is the precautionary it's not 100% accurate so don't go all pink or all blue. They were accurate with Wyatt's gender so I will go with what they have said this time as well. Of course I had to buy a few pink things when I found out. A couple of sleepers, onesies and some little hats. It's like I don't know to buy 3 month or 6 month stuff. Both kids were 1-2 ounces shy of 10 lbs and they were 22 and 23 inches long, so needless to say they never fit the newborn stuff and barely fit the 3 months.

GENDER???

BOY or GIRL?? that is the burning question. Unfortunately, I don't know yet. Dr. told me today everything looks good on the ultrasound, but she doesn't have the gender because the lab doesn't release that information to the doctor until the mom is 20 or 21 weeks pregnant. So by the time I go to my next Dr. appointment on the 7th of May I will be 20 wks 4 days so maybe I will find out then, if not the week after. My guess is we are having a BOY, so until then we will have to wait. Stay tuned...

Have a great week!

Baby Update

I'm back!!!! Thought I would give a little update on the baby. Just had my second ultrasound today due to the results of last week's ultrasound. When I had my ultrasound on the 9th I thought I should be 20 weeks but according to the measurements I am only 16 weeks. Shocker!! So my Dr. had me go back today the 18th I guess to recheck the measurements. According to the tech today I am about 18 weeks which would correspond to the measurements taken last week. Soooo, it looks like my due date has changed from Aug 27th to approximately Sept 21st. Just 4 days before Wyatt's 5th birthday. I will be having a C-section so I will get a definate date of delivery in about a months time. The tech did note the baby's gender today but of course I have to find out from my Dr. early next week, so untill then I will share some pics with you instead. Stay tuned...

If you click on the picture it will enlarge for you to see a bit better.

What's New???

Well, it has definately been along time since I posted here. It will just be a short post though. Just made an update to my blog, can you see what is new?

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW AND MORE SNOW

Here is the second snowfall. Joe and the kids got out and built a big snowman. Joe and I had a snowball fight ( I challenged him to one) we had to get out and have some fun in the snow too!

This was the first snowfall of the year and the kids couldn't get outside fast enough. Notice Madison is wearing her pjamas, it is nighttime but they don't care they just want to play in the snow.