Oh where did summer go? This time around last year we were happily baking in the tropics. It's been hot enough here in Victoria although we've still been working and vacation isn't until end of the month.We originally planned to take a big road trip through the Rockies (every year we plan it and then something comes along), but as it is, my 4-month belly will probably not survive 3 weeks of camping and roughing it out. So we're renting a cottage at the beach close by! So excited about that...
Lots of things happening around here. Like me starting to feel baby since last week, and this week there's been markedly stronger and more frequent taps under the belly button. Like me turning 31 last week and getting thecoveted iPhone from my dear darling hubby--I suppose I should have posted this from that phone but I still have to get used to the touchscreen keyboard without ending up with a lot of i's when I wanted o's. Like a shuffle in the office and I'm moving to a different capacity but it's not really a promotion because my paycheque won't even notice the move. Like a deeper bonding with Jaden because I've been trying to get her used to the idea of a sibling and giving lots of love so she doesn't feel threatened, and that she's spent a couple weeks hanging out at my work waiting for her camps to start. Like my baby turning 8 yesterday amid lots of love and spoiling from family! God I feel old. Like me frantically looking for a birthday present for hubby who's turning 34 in a couple of weeks, and I want to get him something that will evoke the same reaction as I had with my iPhone. (Methinks I've found it and I'm crossing my fingers he will like it--I've never been successful with presents -frown-). Like us starting to get the ball rolling for a February visit from Ma & Pa. Like us slowly filling up the baby room--got a diaper change table used from someone, a changing pad, a nursing pillow, some cute clothes, a used musical swing. I love Babies r' Us!
Things to do: clean out the Cabo Market and prep it for Ma & Pa. Prep baby's little corner in the master's bedroom. Sew cute stuff for baby, and some for J too so she wouldn't feel left out.
Tomorrow I go for my 18-20 week ultrasound and with all the hoopla about gendering, I'm still hoping that at least I would see and be able to tell. Otherwise, shell out the big bucks for the assurance that painting the baby room blue will not be a mistake. Sigh.
