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In the morning he woke us up early as usual but this time I didn't try to make him go back to sleep. I made a small breakfast plate for him and got his wrapped gifts. I lit the candle on the little cupcake that he brought home from daycare the day before. We sang to him and watched him as he excitedly opened his gifts and marvelled at finally getting the things he'd talked about for weeks.



Outside it was still drizzling slightly which was not good for our plans to go to the zoo. We hung around at home for a couple of hours having breakfast and watching Curious George before making our minds up to go to the zoo anyways rain or shine.
At the zoo the sky was blue and the sun shining. He was so excited shouting "We're going to the zoo yaaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeyyyy," the whole way there. We saw rhinos, elephants, hippos, zebras, tigers, lions and lots of other animals,







We ate ice-cream and went on rides and at the end of the day we cooled of at the pool in the water park. We had a fantastic day.



I can't believe my boy is three already and that this was his last birthday as an only child. Next summer at the zoo we'll have his little sister (probably) with us and we'll be a family of four.

Finally pictures

I have finally managed to get some photos up here! These were all taken yesterday when we went downtown to get my iPad and stopped by the new fountain at Place des Arts to play.

Halfway done

Today I'm halfway done, I'm 20 weeks pregnant!
I'm also the proud owner of an iPad!
It's crazy to think that I've done half the work and in 4,5 months I'll see my new baby.

week 20??

So I believe I'm still 19 weeks pregnant... 19+3 I think... but I get confused.
It's very different being pregnant the second time around, I just don't have time for all the thinking about what the baby looks like now and what she's growing this week. Maybe with school out of the way I will find time for that again, but it just doesn't feel as important to know day by day what's happening. It's probably because I've been through it before and in all honesty it's not much I can do (except for eating right and stuff) that will change anything.
This week I've gone into full on planning mode. I'm planning W's birthday and his party and I'm planning the packing. We finally got our tickets to visit Sweden and we're leaving in less than 2 weeks and we'll be gone for three weeks. I bought a new suitcase for W today because the bags we have are too big and with the weight restrictions on the plane it's pointless bringing a huge bag that's only half full. With this new bag we have two good sized bags. I also picked up his birthday present from my grandparents. I won't tell you what it is but it will come in handy for the traveling.
Tomorrow it's W's three year check up at the paediatrician so we'll see how he's growing and developing. That's always interesting.
I honestly have nothing more to say.

Go Sweden, Go go Go Sweden!

Today is Sweden day! So happy Sweden day everyone!
Today is also the birthday of a very special little girl. My friend J had her baby girl at 6.26 this morning. She has no name yet and she's only 3 kg but she does have a proud big brother F. Congratulations to the whole family on their 2 week early addition!
So that leaves me, the only pregnant person around. Everyone else who was pregnant already had their baby and I... well I have 21 weeks to go.
So I'm 19 weeks along, which means I'm almost at the halfway mark. Which is exciting but also a bit depressing, 21 more weeks before the baby is here... that's a long time.

Last week was a nightmare. I had two exams and W got sick on Monday night and stayed sick most of the week. I was exhausted and felt like I had no brains left by the time I got to my second exam on Friday night. I did a real poor job of that one too so I'll most likely have to redo that one in a couple of weeks.

Hopefully with school being over my life will quiet down a little, these next two weeks are still busy though cause I'm working a bit this week and next week it's W's birthday and that requires some planning. But after that maybe. Or maybe I'll make it to Sweden after all. My family really wants us to come so they want to pay for our tickets so now I'll just have to make that work. It'll be good to go and hang out with my mom for a few weeks though and meet up with friends and family and finally get to see M and J's new baby boy L.

As far as the pregnancy is going all is well. The babe is kicking a lot and that's always reassuring and the belly is getting rounder so soon I won't look like I'm just fat, I'll actually look pregnant. I can't wait. I took some pictures of the belly but they're still on my camera so I'll upload them tomorrow when I have some time.
Well that's it for now.