Shower Part 2

Here are some more photos from the Shower.

Here I am holding the wonderful Winnie the Pooh mobile.

These two are of me holding Lily who was such a cutie. I am 30 and 1/2 weeks at the shower so you can see my baby belly is growing steadily.

This rattle is from Arda--it was one of Lily's favourites and it has all sorts of different textures and sounds so it will entertain baby (and Jeff) for hours to come.


Winnie the Pooh Socks--we love Winnie the Pooh but I don't think we had told anyone that so all the themed items seem very serendipitous.









Again, thank you to everyone for the wonderful day and all the presents--baby will get a lot of use out of every item she/he received and Mom and Dad certainly appreciate everything. Stay tuned for pictures of items with baby in July!!

Baby Shower

On Friday, my friends from school threw a baby shower. It was wonderful to see everyone and to see how the babies have grown. Thank you to everyone who was there--and to those who were unable to come but were there in spirit. Here are some photos from the shower--I had a great time and I hope everyone else did too! I may have to put these up in more than one set as I seem able to only put 5 photos up on a posting.



This is me holding Lily and the sleeper set from Carolyn.




Here I am with the Winnie the Pooh bedtime book and the Winnie the Pooh in Latin that Nicole sent. These are great and will be read often to the baby.



Here we have cute little Lily and Sean--who seemed quite entranced with each other.





This is the beautiful blanket that Luisa made for baby--it is so soft and cuddly and I just know it will become a favourite.

Easter Snow!!

HAPPY EASTER!!!

Well, Easter Sunday arrived with a bang--we got about 25cm of snow overnight so we woke to a winter wonderland in April!! I think this is the most snow we have received all at once all year. As you can see from the photos, it is very snowy. It is also very windy (gusting in places between 90 & 120 kmh). Since everything is closed out here today, we are glad we set in provisions yesterday and don't have to leave the house.



This is the view of the houses from our dining room window--they were completely covered in snow when I took this photo this morning--at noon it is all starting to melt off.



This is the view of the park from our window--full of snow which people and their dogs seemed to be enjoying--it is hard to believe it was clear and green yesterday. As you can see from the next couple of images, the view from street level is pretty snowy too. The upside is that they actually clear the streets and sidewalks here. When we got out of the movie last night (we went and saw The Shooter with friends which was an entertaining but predictable film with some not-too-subtle commentary on the state of American democracy) the city had teams of snow plows out trying to keep ahead of the snow. But, it is still pretty warm even with all the snow and they spray salt--a lot of salt--so the roads are clear.



The view from the front of our building--I don't know if you can make out the swirling snow but it was pretty impressive to look at.



Other than the snow, not much is new. The baby is VERY kicky--little mister or missy is having quite the aerobic sessions and Jeff can see my belly jump from across the room which is entertaining for everyone concerned. All is well on that front and we don't really have much to report--we have been doing our prenatal classes and have our last two (labour and delivery) this week and next so we are looking forward to those. I have been feeling great and Jeff is planning all sorts of sessions where Daddy and Baby watch the Tour de France coverage together--here's hoping I don't go late and then he will have to choose between the Tour and the birth!

The only other new thing is that we finally got curtains for the living room and bedroom (we never bothered to get any when we moved in but the western sun in the afternoon can be pretty strong--obviously not today but it has been very sunny before this). I am sure that is terribly interesting to everyone so I have put up a photo.

That's all for now. Hope you are all having a great and relaxing Easter Sunday.

26 1/2 Weeks!

I forgot to put these up--this is me at 26 weeks and 4 days. I have popped a bit more--a lot more according to Mom and Heather and Jeff!!

Fun Time in Halifax!!

Hi All,

This week, Mom and Heather (Alison's Mom and Sister) came to visit for a week. We have had a very good visit. The first few days had terrible spring weather (rainy, windy, cool) with winds that just about blow a person over (which Mom didn't really believe until she was in the middle of it!). But since then, we have had lovely sunny and warm weather.

Today we went downtown and by the harbour and took some pictures (they said I could put them up here for all to see). I am 26 1/2 weeks so everyone can see how I have popped--Mom and Heather swear I have popped even more in the last week. We wandered downtown for about 5 hours--had lunch, had coffee, saw some shops.

This evening we decided to be brave and cook live lobsters for the first time. It was a bit of a fiasco--my pots aren't big enough for 4 lobsters at 1 1/2 pounds each so it became a bit of a production (I will get a bigger pot for next time) but it all worked out in the end and was well worth the effort (the Babelette appears to have enjoyed the lobster in liquefied butter!!). Tomorrow we will take Mom for a Birthday Brunch before sending them on their multi-stop plane home.

Photos from London

Here are some photos of our recent trip to London. We did lots while we were there: the British Museum, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, the Natural History Museum, and Westminster Abbey. The park is Russell Square which was near our hotel. The weather was lovely and it was a great trip--can't wait to go back!

First Posting

Hi Everyone,

So, this is Jeff's and my attempt at blogging. This is unlikely to be interesting to anyone who doesn't actually know us--and it is mainly intended as an easy way to share news and photos with family and friends instead of sending emails. We will see how it goes--it could be pretty sporadic.