It's a new day!

Why hello! Today started out pretty slow. I felt like a ton of bricks when Adelade woke me up this morning, perhaps it was because I had to pee like 6 times during the night, or because Adelade had been crying on and off since 6. (I know 6am is a normal wake-up time for most kids, but not for Adelade--AND she didn't go to bed until 10pm last night because we were playing with Matthew's family) Anyway, I finally got her out of her crib around 8 and took her downstairs. I let Matthew keep sleeping as it was his first day on holidays. Thankfully Adelade was happy to eat breakfast and watch "Melmo" aka-Sesame Street. I was more than happy to lye on the couch beside her and learn about the letter "B" and what the word "Surprise" means.

By about 9:30, Adelade kept rubbing her eyes and I thought..."ooo....perhaps she will go down for a short little nap, so I can ALSO go down for a short little nap". Yah, it didn't work out so well, about 30 seconds into our nap session Adelade was giggling and having a party in her bed. I then asked Matthew if he would let me sleep for a little bit and take care of Adelade. He happily obliged. Thank goodness!! Well my "short nap" turned into sleeping until 11am. I didn't feel anymore rested, in fact I felt like I needed to lye in bed ALL day, but I wouldn't let myself give-in to my selfish laziness. I rolled out of bed and went downstairs to find a neighbor/friend of mine was over because her roommate had locked her out while she was mowing the lawn...ouch! After trying to figure out what to do we thought the best decision would be to drive to Okotoks and pick up a key from her other roommate.  I was happy to get out of the house and it was really nice to catch up with an old friend. By 1 o'clock I was back home and Adelade was napping.

Matthew and I then had lunch, macaroni and tuna...we are running low on groceries. Watched an episode of Drop Dead Diva (did I mention I LOVE this show!-Matthew is such a nice guy and watches it with me). After watching DDD, I was feeling SUPER sluggish. I needed a pick me up. I had to get a move on, but didn't really know what to do. Before when I was at home with Adelade I would workout when she napped, but for the last 2 months I haven't done any such thing. The last workout I remember doing was when I was 26 weeks pregnant (I'm 36 weeks now), but then I got the flu/a cold and didn't get back into it. I NEEDED to feel better, I NEEDED to workout. So I DID! I put on my workout clothes, which happen to be A LOT tighter than they used to be, popped in my "expecting more" workout DVD. ( I should probably get my $50 worth out of it-since this is only the 2nd time I've used it...I know, not so good!) There are a variety of workouts on the DVD, I did a 30 min synergy workout--it was basically a lot of body movement, no weights, no running shoes, just me moving my body. It FELT great. Honestly, I felt like A MILLION DOLLARS afterwards. It was the first time in a long time I didn't feel really bad about myself. I know with pregnancy comes discomforts, but today my mindset changed, instead of thinking "I wish I could be running right now" or "I want to roll over in bed without making a production of it"---I am now singing a new tune, which is "I am so glad to be pregnant, and to be carrying a healthy baby" I don't want to focus on what I can't do but rather what my body can do, which is a miracle. I know this is pretty ramble-y, but after my workout I showered did my hair and make-up and felt REALLY good. I felt really good in my mind. It was a good feeling.

From that moment on, my day turned around. I feel like I found what I need to keep going, to keep myself being positive, rather than negative. I need to MOVE my body. I need to exercise. Even though I can't exercise like I used to, which is OKAY, I need to do something that kicks in my endorphins and makes me feel good about myself. I know this is what works for me. We are all different and it doesn't do the same for everyone, but this is the first day in quite a few days I felt GREAT!

 So here's to a NEW day :)

The rest of our day went as follows....
Our day ended with a trip to the mall, where I got a NEW phone :),,,,and iphone might I add. (I did it, I am now and iphonian--hehe) I am happy to be retiring my motorola pearl. We had a love- hate relationship. It did it's time, it lasted 3 years without breaking but I am happy to be paying less for a cellphone plan that gives me more--AND a free iphone to go with the plan, why not?!

After the mall Adelade had a hard to falling asleep, we took her soother away yesterday and it has been hard for her....and for us. Part of me doesn't know why I took it away, but we did. I just hope it doesn't take 2 hours to fall asleep tomorrow night. It is hard to listen to your baby girl cry out "momma" for an hour straight. I finally went to her and just by holding her and rubbing her back it calmed her down and she went straight to sleep....I am learning and re-learning how to be a mom everyday.  

Since then I've been playing on my phone, making a meal plan for the week/grocery list and blogging. Those endorphins did the trick. Now it is time to hit the sack! night-night

HUGS

HUGS

I love hugs.

Today wasn't my shiniest days, I was not feeling so hot...well actually I was pretty much overheating all day today and couldn't stop sweating like a pig, along with being super exhausted and nauseous---all equaled to not feeling so hot.

Anyway...

So after giving Adelade a bath and reading her books we were saying good-night. Each night we give each other snuggles, and 'squeezes'. I have been trying to teach her to give me an actual hug/squeeze, where she

 'squeezes me around my neck' (an actual hug)....and tonight she did it!! She gave me the BEST HUG ever! She actually gave me like FIVE real HUGS!

 It was a great-precious-lovely and heart warming moment.

Thank you Adelade for a wonderful moment you turned my whole day around.
XOX

I love you and always will :)

-Your Mom-

Some "Super exciting moments" and some "Super NOT exciting moments"

I don't totally know what to write about as nothing SUPER exciting has happened, but hey I'm a normal person living a normal life so super exciting doesn't come along everyday. I guess when I think about it, it is all in your perspective I guess I choose what is super exciting and what isn't.

"Super exciting" moments of the week/couple weeks:

1. I don't know if I want to potty train Adelade yet. First off I don't really know how, I'm sure I could google it and get overwhelmed by all the different methods. But I feel like Adelade is the type of kid who does things on her terms, I can't force her to do anything--and I don't want her to force her to do anything. So we went to wal-mart a few weeks ago and she picked out the potty she wanted and it has been sitting in our bathroom since then. Sometimes she will use it, and by use I mean sit on it and use copious amount of TP to 'wipe' herself, even though she hasn't done a thing. One day though after sitting on the potty she said she was "all done". We then washed her hands (side note: she LOVES washing her hands! How FUN is that?! haa! All this kid needs is soap and water and she is a happy camper!), after washing her hands she sat back down on the potty. I went and put some things in her room and came back a few minutes later. She then said she was "all done", I was expecting anything but then I noticed the TP was wet!!!! YAY!!!! I almost missed it :) That was about a week ago, since then not much has happened on the potty, but she is getting there. I am happy she is understanding it, and my theory on it is to not get stressed about it, she will get it.

2. I bought a STAPLE GUN!! woot woot! I know I know, how is this exciting? Well I have been wanting to make a few things that require the use of a staple gun, but I keep putting it off. So finally I got one, that is after buying the cheaper one, only to find out the only staples they sold didn't fit that gun--that was after Matthew and I jammed them in and got them all stuck....oops! I was super frustrated!! I was already to- staple gun- away, but no I had to wait until Monday and go find the 'right' one. Anyway, I finally got the one that works and made the bulletin board I have been wanting to for a while.

Before

After

3. Matthew, Adelade and I went to a good friend of Matthew's wedding last Saturday. It was beautiful and Jessica looked ravishing!! I always get a little teary when I see a bride walk down the isle. Adelade was really good during the ceremony, thank goodness it only lasted about 10 minutes. There was a catered reception and let me tell you the food was AMAZING! There were appetizers, 1st course (lasagna) , 2nd course (chicken stuffed with cheese and peppers, with roasted potatoes and veggies, salad, and cheesecake for dessert! We were overflowing by the end of it!! I didn't eat it all, but I sure had most of it. Adelade spent most of the reception being her silly self as it was way past her bedtime--- so we ran the halls.

4. I took Adelade to kids day at the Stampede (You get in free between 6am -9am). We got there 3 minutes before 9am, so we made it just in the nick of time to get in for FREE! I love anything for FREE! I went with my very best friend Tam and met up with my sister-in-law and her little girl. It was so much fun! It was SO HOT out that day. I hadn't been to the stampede in 3 years and was craving these skinny curly french fries I used to get in previous years. So my friend Tam and I shared a bucket (yes a bucket-o-fries) and I loved every minute of it!! Adelade loved seeing all the animals and just taking in all the hustle and the bustle that Stampede is. I remember at one point thinking, "holy moly there is a lot of kids and pregnant women", then I realized I was one of them! Last time I had been to the Stampede I was single and just hanging with my girlfriends. It is interesting to think how much difference a few years can make.

YAY! we made it :)

Adelade and Aunty Tam waiting for the super non-eventful water show, no wonder there was no line-up

Wearing her free glasses that she later through on the C-Train tracks...oops

"This is a fake cow"-no fooling Adelade

In her glory!-driving a tractor

Us with 'Senor Manuel'---me in my glory....hahaha! (p.s: I love Llamas!)

Looking so cute on her horsey

Eating a wagon wheel for the first time. Apparently shoving it all in at once is the best way to go :)

Slowly chewing it up

5. Matthew's parents are moving HOME!!!!!!! YAY! They have been living in Australia for the past 3+ years and are now coming HOME! I know that it is bittersweet for them but boy oh boy I am happy they are coming home. I know Calgary doesn't have the ocean or all year round warm weather, or wild kangaroos, and other great things that Australia has---but it has family..... and sikome lake! (hahahaha)

They are moving back next week and should be home on the 25th or 26th of July. I am really happy that Adelade will have her Grandparents closer, so she can build and good strong lasting relationship with them.

6. I found a change table! YAY!...and it was only $35! I am refinishing it at the moment. I have covered the shelves in fabric and have painted it black but unfortunately one of the cans of spray paint I bought was gloss, and I had done it all done in mat...so back to Wal-Mart I go! haaa! I am learning my lesson over and over and over again when it comes to not reading the fine print on what I buy.

7. Being off work and having the summer with Adelade has been glorious. Though some days I find myself feeling a little bored I am so happy to have this time with her and to play and be outside.

8.We have finally moved our room around to make room for the baby! okay, moment of truth....I am not a clean/tidy person naturally. Though I wish I was, I really do. I am a messy teenager at heart! So I struggle A LOT with keeping a tidy house, room, bathroom, kitchen....everything! I have made progress in my organization, which has helped me keep things more tidy. It is amazing how when things have a 'spot' it is so much easier to keep things clean AND tidy! Marvelous!! (....and I'm just learning this, oh jee!) So anyway, back to getting our room ready. Our room was so NOT ready to fit a baby in it a few weeks ago, what with all the laundry and who knows what lying on the ground. I was starting to get anxious about it and Matthew could tell so one night we moved things around put things away and now we have a spot for the baby and a clean room! double YAY!

9. We took Adelade to the Southland Leisure Center on Monday. It was so fun! I loved just sitting in the water and Adelade had a ball walking around the kitty pool. We also ventured into the 'wave pool' which we have only done 1 time before (last time Adelade lasted about 2 minutes before crying out of control), but this time Adelade liked it, well she tolerated it. We took her on the kid slides and she actually liked it!!! I was so happy to see that she wasn't as scared as she was last time. Aw, my little girl is growing up! 

10. I have been keeping up with laundry every week!! I am super impressed with myself. 

11. We went for a nice walk 2 Sundays ago. It was just in our neighborhood but it was great! :)

Let's GO!

Taking a rest

After 3 tries we got Adelade looking at the camera...YAY!

Snuggles with Dadda

Adelade actually wanted to hold my hand!!! I was in LOVE :)

Finished the walk off by making some brownies. I wanted Matthew to take his shirt off too for the picture because I thought it would be funny.....haaa! But he didn't go for it :(

Since life is not always full of roses and sunshine...here are some Super "not" exciting moments of the week/month, that make me really appreciate the good moments :

1. Okay this one sounds totally ridiculous but it was not my finest moment. We went grocery shopping last week and we decided on having BLT's for supper that night so we forked out the dough for 'good' bacon. Only to come home and cook it and realize there was like NO meat on this bacon. I know, bacon is mostly fat--but it was mostly all gristle. Now most people in the situation wouldn't have been upset about this or made a stink...oh no--not me! (insert: not finest moment) I made a huge stink! I had my heart set on yummy bacon and when I realized all I was going to eat was gristle I was mad...can you believe it--MAD, about bacon??? Then I was mad about being mad about the bacon--oh yah...that's right! Matthew in his sweetness just hugged me and said "no, Angela you are not ridiculous, it's okay". Gotta love that man!

2. I ate a half a bag of chips in one sitting...

3. The other night we had gotten home late and we wanted to put Adelade down right away. I had gone upstairs most likely to pee, because I feel like that's all I do!! Anyway, as I was upstairs waiting for Adelade to come up, I was growing more and more impatient. I finally in a stern voice said "Adelade, come up stairs now please!" I could hear this weird scratching noise and knew she was on the stairs playing. Finally she made her way up the stairs and we did the whole bedtime routine and put her down. As I was walking down the stairs I saw that Matthew had written something on the chalkboard (which is placed right at the bottom of the stairs). I asked him when he did that? He said, "while you were getting upset at Adelade for not coming upstairs"....oh jee! I felt like a smuck. Here is what it said:
-I meant to take a picture...but it now says something different. It said:
"Angela is------Amazing"

4. I didn't unload the dishwasher for 3 days...

5. I got really mad when Adelade poured an entire box of crackers all over the kitchen floor, she even shook the box to get the crumbs outs.

6. I think I made dinner twice last week... (note to self there are 7 days in a week!) haa

As you can see I don't take picture of the not so super moments! ha

As I am writing this I am realizing how imperfect I am, and how that is okay. I can't be brilliant and everything or even one thing. I am trying to do a good job, though some days I could do better--a lot better. I am trying each day to do better.  I am happy for the super exciting moments and also happy for the not-so exciting moments, for in those moments I am reminded that there is always tomorrow and life is still good.

-Ang

 

7 weeks to go!--or maybe 9!

Well I am a little too late to do a whole pregnancy blog thing, but it doesn't mean I can't write about it--since I've only got 7 weeks to go! It feels so far from now, yet so close at the same time. 

I have to say I am really grateful that I am pregnant, I know it is a blessing and something not all women are able to experience or have a really hard time getting or staying pregnant. So I have to say I am very blessed and happy that I am able to be pregnant and that my pregnancy has had no complications. 

This is my second pregnancy, so you would think I knew what to expect or remembered everything, but I totally don't! Hahah. I still get surprised by what is going on with my body and think, "is this what happened last time?" Either way it still feels like a new experience. 

I am looking forward to meeting this little guy and seeing what he looks like. Adelade was born 13 days late and looked nothing like how I imagined she would. She was born with fair, fair, fair skin, blue eyes and the littlest bit of white blond hair. I thought she would look like -me- when I was born...oh silly me!--I was born with a TON of dark-dark brown hair. It really threw me off when I saw her for the first time. After a few days I realized she looked nothing like me and completely like Matthew. So I really wonder what this little guy will look like. Is he going to have brown hair, blonde hair, red hair? Is he going to be long and skinny like his sister? Or short and chubby? I have no idea. I selfishly want him to look like me, so I don't get the shocking response from people "oh really- YOU are his mother" I get it with Adelade a LOT! 

One time at church when I was walking the halls with Adelade this lady was walking by me and could see Adelade walking aimlessly down the hall, she turned to me and said "who is that little girl's mom?" I wasn't sure how to break it to her that is was me. Even at Wal-Mart one time when I was with a girl friend of mine the cashier was so shocked when Adelade called me "momma", she kept saying to me "I would have thought it was her who was her mother (referring to my friend)" I had to keep reassuring her, no I was her mother and YES she looks like her Dad. Jee the things people say sometimes!

Anyway, I said I was writing about my pregnancy and I haven't really done that. Let's see what is there to say:

1. I will be 34 weeks pregnant next week...say what?!

2. I feel as big as a whale (even though I'm measuring small)

3. I miss my body...and lying on my belly!

4.  Sleeping is not the most comfortable experience of my life. I guess it is to prepare me for sleepless night when the little mister arrives.

5. I am pretty nervous about having 2 kids. Some days I think, Oh I got this- other days I don't really know what I will do.

6. Adelade likes to play peek-a-boo with the 'baby' aka my belly. It is always a bit awkward when she wants to do it in public as I don't really want to be baring my midsection to the world.

7. I seem to have gained weight like it was going out of style. Thank goodness I have it under control right now...this is for the time being.

8. I really wonder WHEN the baby will be born. Will he be 13 days late like Adelade or 13 days early, born on his due date? I don't know...but all I know is that when people ask when I'm due I say "the end of August" because it is really difficult going overdue. Everyday feels like a week! It sounds ridiculous but you feel like you will be pregnant forever! haha!

9. I totally watch youtube weekly pregnancy vlogs...not sure why, but I think it's a guilty pleasure. Matthew thinks its weird that I do, but I watch them anyway.

10. I stopped working out, about 1 month ago. I was jogging up until then, but got sick for a few weeks and when I tried I failed miserably. I should really do some light cardio and strength training, but whenever I seem to want to workout I also want to nap----what do I do, you ask? I NAP! I know I am a personal trainer, I am even certified as a pre and postnatal fitness specialist. I know all the benefits of working out when pregnant, but my tiredness has gotten the better of me. I try to get a few walks in here and there, but they are really slow walks. I know I will get back into after the baby is born, and there is no point in feeling guilty about it--I working on it. The hardest part about it all, is that working out is something that really helps me feel happy, and I like to workout a certain way and feel a certain way afterwards, and it just doesn't work the same way right now. 
Anyway enough with the "whoa is me!"

This is me and my feelings on being preggo at the moment.... though I'm sure I'll have a hormone swing and feel totally different in 5 minutes ....bahaha! 

12 weeks

 Then and NOW (well a few weeks ago)- Ang aka shamu

31 weeks

I finally made something!

I am a HUGE procrastinator. I am REALLY good at it! No matter what it is, work-laundry-crafts-dinner-groceries-doing things I know I need to do-basically most things. But when it comes to making things--I come up with these 'great' ideas (well I think they are great- and I usually think of them in the middle of the night when I can't sleep) of crafty things, or things for my home, and then I NEVER do them, or I start them and never finish them. 

I went to a few garage sales about a month ago and found some old picture frames for $1 each! Real wood and everything. About 1 or 2 years ago I came across chalkboard paint at Michaels, it was on sale for a buck I think.  I picked some up in the hopes that I would use it. So with these picture frames I bought I thought "I should make a chalkboard out of one of them!!" Then do you know what I did? I ACTUALLY made one. 

I am not trying to show off by any means I just want to remind myself that I can be somewhat crafty and to not procrastinate as much as I do.

I forgot to take before and after photos, but here is what I did:

1. Took the glass out of the frame.

2. Sanded down the wooden frame. So I had a clean surface to paint on .

3. Painted the glass with 1 coat of black Acrylic Paint and 2 coats of Chalkboard paint 

(I just followed the instructions on the bottle, I did a coat of Acrylic paint because I wasn't positive I was going to make a chalkboard in the beginning)

4. Painted the frame. I did 3 coats I believe

5. I wanted the antique-y look so I bought a stain and put it over the painted frame. I basically just brushed it on and wiped it as I went, so I could get the desired look I wanted.(DON'T buy your stain from Michaels as it is SOO much more expensive there, I got mine from Wal-Mart for $8)

6. I assembled the frame.

7. I put 3 hooks on the bottom of the frame and 2 hook things on the top to tie ribbon through so I could hang it.

8. Taadaa- It was DONE!

I think it's pretty cute! (not to toot my own horn!)

I am now currently working on some frame art for above our couch. I want to brighten up the living room. It is not done yet, but here is what I've got so far.

This is the frames before I sanded them

This is us painting them (Thanks Matthew for doing it with me!)

This is them painted. I will be covering the white fabric part on the giant frame with paper or other fabric. I haven't decided yet, really I'm just procrastinating...hahah!

So I hope to get a few more frames and some other pieces to go with these frames. I also plan on staining them as I really liked how it turn out with the chalkboard frame I made. Anyway, that is what I'm currently working on to help me de-stress and decorate my home on a budget.

-Ang

Happy Long Weekend :)

This past long weekend we decided to make a last minute trip to Sylvan Lake. We were supposed to run the Color Me Rad on Saturday, but since it got postponed until August we had the long weekend wide OPEN!-hence the last minute trip to Sylvan Lake.

Since we decided to go during the middle of the week all the campsites were FULL, so my lovely Aunty Carolyn and Uncle Jeff offered for us to stay in their camp-trailer on their farm just a few clicks outside of Sylvan, which we gratefully accepted!!

We left Friday evening, the plan was to leave at 6pm....but we didn't leave until 7:30pm-yah that's how we roll! I don't know what it is but getting ready for a trip stresses me out and I usually have some sort of 'blow out' that is completely uncalled for, which probably helped us run later than planned. Thank goodness for unconditional love **Matthew! It didn't help that I wasn't feeling 100% and just needed to sleep. Anyway we finally got the car packed and were off. We stopped for din-din at Wendy's in Airdrie....( FYI: I LOVE WENDY'S, I used to work their when I was a teen and I still love it!) Adelade had her first kids meal. She sure loved it!-Poured milk all over herself and everything-- hahaha!

We got to my Aunt and Uncle's at around 9:45pm, put Adelade to bed, which took about 1hour because she had never not slept in a play pen or crib, this was her first time in a 'bed'. She thought playing with the blinds was the funnest thing-- EVER! So once we pulled them up, she finally fell asleep. YAY!

See those little fingers! I wish I had gotten a picture of her standing between the window and the blinds, another time I suppose.

I have to say I really felt the uncomfortableness of pregnancy this weekend as I tried to sleep. It was not the greatest time to say the least.


Saturday started early...really early. Adelade woke up at 6am-ouch! She was adamant on going to say "hi" to the "puppies". (My Aunt and Uncle have 2 labs, which Adelade LOVED!) So I took her for a little walk over to the dogs pen and she was a happy camper.

"HI PUPPIES"

 When we came back to the trailer I was trying to figure how I was going to get through the day with the little sleep I had managed to get through the night and now having my child awake. Thank goodness for technology!-My Uncle had a little TV with a VCR in it and we popped in "Harry and the Henderson's". I wasn't sure if Adelade would go for it, but her and Matthew watched it while I watched it with my eyes closed! Adelade laughed every time Harry come on the screen, by the way Harry is 'Big Foot'. By 8:30am we were done our movie--which is a first for me--I have never watched a movie before 8:30am ever! Though I'm sure it won't be the last time since I have an almost 2 year old.

LIFE SAVER!

Once I got a little bit more rest, I felt WAY better so we headed to the Lake! At first Adelade cried her brains out when she walked in the sand. I think it was a combination of being ridiculously tired and not know what the heck was going on. After we FINALLY found the 'perfect' spot...which took 3 spots (sorry Matthew for making you move all our stuff 3 times...he was a trooper about it though!)  Our perfect spot had just enough sand that Adelade could play in it and walk in the water. It was GREAT! I sat in the sand like a beached whale and took it all in. Adelade did really well walking in the water, she was a bit uneasy about it at first but then she got the hang of it and really loved being in the water even though she was shivering most of the time. Matthew enjoyed playing in the sand with her and making and destroying sand castles. Adelade enjoyed the "putting sand on Mommy and Daddy" game the best. It was so nice to see her happy and enjoying the water!

Loving the water!

Playing catch with Dadda

The 'toys'!

Being her cute self :)

After the lake we went back to the camper, which Adelade enthusiastically called  "Huuuuuume!", put her down for nap while Matthew and I ate some lunch outside. After lunch he and I joined Adelade and we all napped--thank goodness for naps!

 After our nap session we just hung around the farm the rest of the night fighting off mosquitoes and enjoying each others company. Adelade loved when the dogs would come over and lick her face and she especially loved sitting on my Uncle's tractor. I think she sat on it over 10x in 3 days. She LOVES diggers, which she calls "joo-joos". Matthew also pointed out that I got a "batman" sunburn on my face. Apparently I didn't apply my sunscreen very well and got a sunburn around my eyes that looked like the batman mask--sexy I know! Since we are on the topic of sunburns, we tried out this spray sunscreen and realized it has it's faults. The problem is we trusted it too much!--because Matthew and I ended up with some sunburn spots on our backs--it looked pretty funny to say the least. Needless to say on Monday I bought some lotion sunscreen and we had much better luck.
There was a crazy storm on Saturday night with tons of rain. It was so nice to have it cool down and the sound of the rain pounding down on the camper helped us all fall asleep. Double YAY!

Matthew and I went for a little walk on Saturday night as we watched the storm clouds form, it was pretty crazy!!

Sleeping like a baby!

We all had a WAY better sleep on Saturday night and no one waked before 8:30! :)

On Sunday we went to 1 o'clock church in Red Deer--which was another first with Adelade. We only lasted the first hour as it was prime time nap time!! Some of my other Aunts and Uncles are in the ward we went to so it was really nice to see them. My Nana (my Mom's mom ) is also in that ward so it was lovely to see her. Unfortunately she has lost a lot of her memory so she didn't know who I was,  but I was happy to see her and give her a hug. I don't get to see my family much so it was nice to see them. We got to sit with my Aunt Jackie and cousin Jessica during sacrament. Jess was more prepared than me to entertain Adelade, she had books and stuffys for her to play with...while I had nothing. Thanks Jess :)
oooo...another neat thing Adelade learned this weekend was how to climb into her car seat on her own! GO ADELADE!--I was happy about not having to do as much lifting.


After Adelade got in a nap after church we packed up a picnic and headed to the lake, we cooked up some smokies by the water it was nice. Matthew said this while having dinner:

 "When Daddy makes dinner it is so much simpler than when Mommy makes dinner"...as we ate smokies with mustard! hahaha! 

 I was happy to not have to cook, so I was pleased. We got home from the lake around 8:30pm, I thought Adelade would go to sleep in a jiffy, but no--she was much too excited to go to sleep. After trying many a different ways it was close to midnight so we decided to all go to bed together. I kind of wish we had tried that from the beginning...:) Adelade is not a cuddly sleeper, when she is tired and not in her bed she can't stop moving and she gets really giggly and silly, which makes it hard to get upset because she is so stinkin' cute! Anyway, we finally all hit the hay and had another nice night of rest.

On Monday we didn't really have any set plans, but all I can say is it was hot as an armpit so I was tired just trying to stay cool. I know I sound like I'm a big baby but the heat was a bit much for me. Also it is hard when your kid has beautiful porcelain skin, or skin whiter than a bar of soap some may say, that BURNS really easily. Matthew and I were so worried she was going to get a sunburn, but thank goodness for sunscreen and hats she didn't.  Matthew spent the afternoon helping my Uncle Jim (different Uncle) fix up his boat to take out, but it ended up that they just took out his jet skis instead. Matthew was a happy camper. Water sports are totally his thing, he loves them! I was happy he got to go Jet Skiing. Adelade and I played on the beach while they jetted around. Matthew wanted me to try it, but I didn't feel comfortable trying something for the first time being 8 months pregnant, not to mention if I fell off or whichever. I was happy to stay on the beach. Adelade was really used to playing in the water my this point, it was great she just did her own thing while I stood in the water to cool off. It was pretty funny though how she wanted to play with ALL her beach toys at once--her bucket, shovel, truck, ball, and floaty crocodile thing. I ended up just holding them most of the time, so she felt like they were being played with. Oh Adelade!

Anyway, we had a great evening at the lake and headed home around 7:30pm. Adelade was a champ on the car ride home! We got home had a bath and went to bed.

Chowing down on some chips

It was SO nice to get away, but also very nice to come home. I am grateful for my family and their hospitality and also having the time to spend time with Matthew just enjoying the outdoors, he taught me some things about clouds and such I never knew before- what a smart pants he is. Also,  it was lovely spending time the 3 of us enjoying the weather, the water and each other. I'm sure Adelade's highs of the trip were eating chips, playing in the water, sitting on a tractor and playing with puppies.  All in all it was a wonderful long weekend.

-Love the Leavitt's