Snug it off

I am tired just looking at these pictures. They are the last of our trip to Canada. The weather was just so beautiful that you couldn't help play in the backyard. The kids and Brian were doing the playing, I just sat back and watched from in the fresh cool grass! Ah, I miss it already!
Yes, running with sharp gardening tools, awesome parenting I know!

So we are home and it is so good to be back. I have ment to blog faster but things have just come up. FOR EXAMPLE...

The big event of the week/Month/Year has come along - Not the baby, the other one.

Potty Training.

My least favorite part of being a parent, the dirty work that someone has to do so that the child fits into society.

Boots is still a baby to me, so this was kinda hard. We also were doing no more blankies, shared bedroom, and big boy bed all at the same time, this week. As you can imagine - AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I Just want to scream!

No, he has done pretty well and we are on day 4, with only one small accident today. There were none yesterday and he stayed dry all night - BONUS!

I had my 36 week appointment today, after not being in since 30 weeks, and I am so happy with the progress of me and baby. I will try to get a belly shot one of these days, I am feeling nasty though, rarely do I want to be in a picture! The baby is measuring perfect, just under 6 lbs, and she is still a SHE! (Boots was a "she" until 34 weeks when he finally was a "he") This means the projects can begin and hopefully all be completed by the time baby comes, which cross your fingers isn't far away.

I am getting pretty sick of night times that consist of 4 potty breaks for me, 4 pillows(which isn't enough), 6 plus* tums, and an uncomfortable night all together. The day time is better, I am not as tired as I thought I would be, my tailbone doesn't hurt, and I am not waddling (all the time).

So like I said above, we do blankies in this house. The kids both have them and I HATE THEM. They are nasty and they were getting so attached to them in Canada that I had to do something about it. I am not all about the extra limb and breakdowns when it isn't around. So we have cut them out, they only come out of hiding when the kids are going to sleep. They have done fabulous! As an exchange, we found these radical kid snuggies at Costco the other day and had to get them, I am jeleous, I still want a snuggie.

funny, yet not so funny side note... I wax my own eyebrows and yesterday I BUTCHERED them. I swear everything was going smooth until, *tear* "ahhhhh" and a look in the mirror to find A LOT of hair missing. I am soo mad, there is not much worse than bad eyebrows that are half missing.

Hugey Gardens

At the end of our sailing journey we stopped and got to walk through the Butchart Gardens. For those who have no idea what or where this is, IT IS BREATHTAKING! We didn't have much time there but it was so gorgeous what we did see. little miss POSER wanted all these pictures taken of her in front of all the different flowers.

And yes, I am very very much aware of how large and hugey i am looking. If I say hugey rather than huge, it makes me feel smaller! haha

So now almost 35 weeks along and we are traveling home tomorrow back to the HEAT of Texas. I love Canada and will miss it like crazy till we meet again, who knows when that will be. So long Beautiful Canada!

On a Boat

To be back on flat, not rocking ground is so nice! Although when I close my eyes I still feel like I am on a boat.

We had an awesome week out at my Dads Boat in the Vancouver islands and I love it out there so much. The winds were not in our favor but the sun was, and I LOVED it!

We were a little worried about the kids doing OK on the boat, and they did radical. They adjusted to life jackets and playing on a boat real fast. It was like a giant playhouse for Natalie, and boots naps were phenomenal!

My favorite thing boots did this whole trip was learn a little terminology. SHROUDS was the word of the week and I had no idea he knew what they were. (They are the wires on the sides holding up the mast) anyway, he is on his way to bed one night and out of his mouth I hear "Night Shrouds." It was adorable!

My highlight was not having the baby at sea, although Dad did come prepared with everything we would need just in case! And each night we made a plan of where we would go and what we would do.

And yes, again A LOT of pictures!

That is Brian way up at the top of the 5 story tall mast.

And then jumping off half way into the water. You can never just jump with him, it has to be off of something or into something not normal.
34 weeks. that's all you get for now of this hugey!

the boys went and dropped the crab traps one night. Pulling up the crab traps, we found the first one completely empty. The second trap, however, was filled with goodies. 8 large eatable crabs, a 17 legged star fish, and a half eaten up shark. Very cool.












AHOY! Boots loved waving and yelling HELLO at all of the passing boats!

So now we are back in Calgary for a few days, just in time to discover that I need some major dental work. UGH. Way to stress me out right now. Talk about inducing labor. I am seriously stressing. i just have to take a deep breath and hurry home to Texas, because once I am home I don't care what happens because my Dr will be there, as well as my hospital!