32 weeks

so this whole thing about posting weekly to give my unborn child some kind of a resemblance of a pregnancy journal is a complete fail!
I have not at all felt like blogging, it's been too warm and I've been too tired and too busy. But I thought I'd post some photos this week so you'll see what I look like when I'm huge and tired. =)

Week 27

We're back.
Sweden was lovely but warm and busy. I managed to get my morning sickness back which I did not appreciate and my child now speaks Swedish. We had a great trip.
Since coming back I've dealt with horrid jet lag and humid weather. These past two days have been amazing though warm but not too warm and beautiful.
The belly is growing and baby is moving around a lot. Going to the doctor next week for a check up and a glucose test so I'll have a better idea of what's going on then. Been having some cramps on one side of the belly that I'm a bit worried about but apart from that it's all good. I'm 26 weeks and 1 day today which means it's time to start looking for a dress for weddings. I have two coming up in 9 and 10 weeks.
Now I shall go enjoy the quiet time while W sleeps.

3

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.

feeling hot hot hot

this week has been busy busy and it's not slowing down. I have exams next week so I'm in full study mode.
This week the temperature climbed above 32°C and the humidex was unbearable. We installed our a/c:s and had picnics on the bed just to cool down a little.

The belly is growing the baby is moving and I'm feeling better.

More when I have more time.

first brush with death.

W has just discovered death.
The other day we were walking back home from daycare and we found a dead bird on the sidewalk. W wanted to pick it up but I told him no (eww bacteria) and said the bird was dead. The words were out before I had even time to think about what I was saying and I regretted it immediately. "What's dead mommy?" asked W.
Wow tricky, how will I get out of this one without traumatizing the wee one for life.
"Hmm honey, it's.... "
W interrupted me and continued
"Is it sleeping?"
Sleeping is good,
"Yes honey it's sleeping, it'll be sleeping for a long time" (regretting that one straight away to I don't want him to be afraid of sleeping)
"Is it going to fly away, mommy?"
"No darling, it won't fly anymore"
"Why not? What's going to happen to it?"
"Well, it probably had an accident and flew in to something so it won't fly anymore and now it's dead and someone (not us) will come and bury it"
"What's bury it, mommy?"
"It's when you put something or someone in the ground. But it won't be stuck underground forever it'll go somewhere else where other birds are" Boy am I rambling at this point.
"OK mommy"

And that was it, he then talked a bit more about the dead bird that was sleeping on the sidewalk and he wanted to go back and see it the next day. Luckily it was gone.

How do you talk to an almost three year old about death without scaring them?

the maybe?

I think it's finally happened... the nausea is going away. Unfortunately it's been replaced by daily headaches but you know... you can't win them all!
Anyways. I had a doctors appointment yesterday at 9.30 am. I showed up early since I was late the last time I was there and since I had decided to walk there. The walk was much quicker than anticipated mostly because I found a nice back entrance through the woods on the side of Mount Royal. So early I was. I went and sorted out my hospital card since I had gotten a new medical insurance card since my last visit and then I went upstairs... or is it downstairs... that building is confusing. The entrance is on the fourth floor and my doctor on the second so downstairs it is.
I checked in at the reception weighed myself and left them a nice pee sample then I settled down in one of their uncomfortable chairs to read some school work. It was 9 am.
At around 10.30 I got to go in to see the nurse and answer all the regular questions and so on. I then went back to the waiting area to wait for the doctor. At noonish I had finished my school work and was getting seriously stressed out because I had promised I'd pick up W from daycare at 1 pm. I called J who gave me an earful about how important it was for him to be early for work and how useless I was being waiting for the doctor to see me. I hung up on him and turned the phone off. I then spent some time fantasising about drop kicking that stupid woman hogging my doctors precious time. At 12.25 I called J back and told him I would try to reschedule my appointment, he told me not to since I had already spent all day waiting around. I hung up on him again because I was finally being called in to see the doctor.
Once in the office I calmed down a bit and after answering some questions and talking about my headaches I was told to get on the bed so he could do a quick scan... A scan again I got to see my baby again so soon!
I was very excited and told my doc how much I want to know if it's a boy or a girl. He asked me what I thought it was. I lied and told him it's probably a boy (I secretly thought it was a girl but I didn't want to let myself hope). He laughed and said I didn't sound too excited about that. I told him the truth that since I already have a boy it would be a lot of fun with a little girl and besides since I'm only having two kids if I have a boy this time I will never have a little girl.
He laughed some more and told me that he does not think it's a boy. He thinks it's a girl. He then showed me the three white spots that are connected by a thin white line that are supposedly tell tale signs that the babe is in fact a girl.
It's probably a GIRL!

Now J takes this news as "alright it might be a girl but I'm not convinced" whereas I am more in the "oh my gosh it's a girl it's a girl"
We'll find out with a little more certainty in 5 weeks at our second scheduled ultrasound with the ultrasound technician but until then I will be browsing the girl section at the baby store!
To keep you guys from getting too bored with my ramblings I have also posted a couple of photos.

The hospital where new baby will be born

Rainbow around the sun

Just sittin' in a tree

The first ice-cream of the season!

Oh and another thing. Since Friday last week we are now a pacifier free house! It's been better than anticipated and W has been a real champ.