Thursday, October 15, 2009

Getting Back to Being Thankful

This past weekend was Thanksgiving here in Canada, and I realized that I haven't done a "1000 Gifts" post in a while. So let's do that.

101 - Getting the keys to our new house tonight, yay!

102 - Getting a Tim Horton's gift card and 2 Goodmama diapers in the mail yesterday, which was a much-needed ray of sunshine during a rough day.

103 - Fun Dip for the kids from Grandma.



104 - A nice little stress-free Thanksgiving dinner with just our little family.



105 - A little boy who has been a joyful trooper despite being sick.

106 - A little girl who is suddenly looking so grown up.



107 - Getting to sleep in a lot lately.

108 - The promise of warmer weather for this weekend when we move.

109 - How Gideon likes to "steal" mugs and canisters of tea and hide away in our bedroom trying to figure out how this works.



110 - Judith deeming herself "Judith, The Pretty."



111 - Home made lemonade.



112 - The sound effects Gideon makes when he plays with trains and cars.

113 - Living with the sweetest little ballerina.



114 - Goodmamas and wool pants.



115 - A very active little baby in my tummy.

116 - 32 weeks of pregnancy!

117 - A husband who makes the best stove-top popcorn and home made chocolate almond milk.

118 - Having 4 pillows to sleep with at night.

119 - A husband who has been doing the grocery shopping for the last month.

120 - Knowing that we will not be living in this clutter and mess much longer.

Friday, October 9, 2009

Manitoulin Island

Judith and I played "cats" when we found cat tails at one of the stops along our 7.5 hour road trip. The kids did SO well, they are such great travelers!



Judith LOVED our motel room!



Rain rain go away, Judith and Gideon would like to play!





Watching a movie before bed. I always remember loving watching movies when I was on a trip with my family as a kid.



We spent a lot of time just hanging out in my grandparents' motel room. They got to play with the kids and it was a lot of fun. Especially playing hide and seek. Even Gideon would cover his eyes with his fists, "count" to 10, say "Ready or not, here I come!" and then go and find Judith and excitedly scream "Found you!" It was seriously the cutest thing ever. I wish I got it on video.



Fun Dip! Best treat/entertainment for the money. There were 2 sticks, it took them days to eat it all, and they shared wonderfully!



Our family at my cousin's wedding.



It was Gideon's first wedding.



Judith insisted that she did NOT want to get married, lol.



Judith found "sea shells!"



Gideon enjoyed lots of attention from the little girls!



Our motel was right on the shore of Lake Huron. It was beautiful.







Judith was jumping over the waves that came in. You can tell she takes gymnastics.



There were some waves that night that were almost surf-able. The sound was so soothing to my soul. I need to live by the ocean again!







There was a playground right at the shore.







Saying goodbye to my parents and grandparents.



We took the Chi-Cheemaun ferry to Tobermory.



How Gideon (and Dave) spent the entire boat ride.



Judith was SO excited for her BIG BOAT!





She made me so nervous!



Once the initial excitement wore off, we ended up sitting on that bench for about an hour while Judith cried on to my shoulder about having to leave Grandma.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Free Book!

I got myself one of these.



You can get a free copy here, http://store.laurelsprings.com/ You just have to pay shipping.

I'm really excited that once we move we will actually have room to, like, DO stuff! It will make things so much easier.

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Algonquin Park

We made a trip to Algonquin Park while we were in Ontario. I love it there!



So cool.





Mmmmm, wild blueberries!



The bridge made me a little uneasy...



I <3 water lilies.



Judith loved the trails!



So pretty.



At the cafeteria for lunch. They know how to melt a mama's heart.



Judith sang while she waited for her food, it was awesome.



Good family times. =)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

30 Week Belly Pic

Here I am at 30 weeks!



Judith feeding the baby a grape.



I seriously can't believe this baby is going to be born so soon! I have so much to do in the next couple of months...