Home from Ontario

August 13
29 weeks

You know you're pregnant when... you listen to random parents yelling out their kids names to see if you like the names or if their kid is really naughty to make sure to take it off the list! 

29 weeks at Rick and Adele's house

We got back from Ontario Sunday morning and enjoyed a stop at the Richmond farmer's market and a PoCo river swim with Ryan and Erin!

Ontario was wonderful. We were forced to lay pretty low the first few days we arrived, first day to recover from jet lag, so we hung out in Mike and Margie's pool, and then for most of Saturday we hung out with ma and pa Phieffer at their place because it was so humid I could barely move off the couch! Sunday we visit Dean and Mandy at their campsite and had a quick dip in the lake before the thunder scared us out. Monday, Tuesday, and a bit of Wednesday was spent at Marble lake at the inlaw's summer trailer. That was a nice visit because we had 4 of the 6 neices/nephew with us. Wednesday night I was surprised with a very special baby shower! We are so lucky to have such wonderful families! Friday Sheldon and his brothers went golfing. The trip finished up Saturday in Kingston with a quick visit with Anita and Josh followed by Kylie and Kyle's wedding! Such a great trip, just have to figure out how we can get a few of them out here to meet baby PJ! Perhaps Air Canada will have a crazy seat sale next spring and PJ will get to meet his aunites and uncles! Until then pictures and skype will have to do!

I've been feeling good. Tummy is getting big, sometimes I find it hard to get around things because I can't suck it in like before! LOL! PJ was well behaved on the plane ride, kicking a fair amount on the ride home (but perhaps he/she could have still been grooving from the wedding dancing the night before)! I unfortunately was so tired from no sleep that I stayed in my seat the whole plane ride home and paid for it when my ankles and knees swelled up. Thankfully a hike with Michaela today seems to have stretched things out and it's clearing up!

Photo props at the wedding

My weight gain has evened out, thankfully my midwife was right and I seemed to have just gained a bunch at once instead of spread out (which is totally normal for some women!). I love my growing tummy and don't mind a few extra pounds, but it is hard being a woman seeing the numbers on the scale increase. So I'm always happy when people say I look great. A pregnant waitress the other day told me I looked great just before I was about to dive into my fries and lettuce wrapped burger! I couldn't help but love it! 

Love you!

I think I'm feeling PJ's heel in side every now and then, it feels like a sharp point rubbing my tummy from the inside. The neices and nephew were very interested in talking about the baby while we were in Ontario. Emma was even one of the lucky ones to feel a couple kicks one night. They all have name suggestions for us, and are very curious about what it's like. I loved talking to them about it, they are so excited to meet PJ, I hope it can happen sooner than later!