living life and loving living!

we've had such a great few weeks the past few weeks. the weather has been lovely, kingston is thriving, baby number two is growing as well as can be and we're chugging along! we've been lucky to enjoy some really fun weather the last couple weeks.

we have had picnics in white rock and cultus lake, walked many evenings, enjoyed the playground, and really enjoying our back deck. it's been a fantastic august thus far and it's only the 5th!

i've spent a good portion of this week preparing for a weekend away with the girls tomorrow! we're headed off to celebrate my sister's bachelorette party. so much planning and thought has gone into this weekend and i'm so excited that it's finally here!!!! she's got some great surprises coming her way...mwah ha ha. a lot of this weekend will be a surprise to her, so i'll post more about our fun getaway next week!

this weekend also marks the first night i've ever been away from my sweet prince charming. it took over 13 months for me to get this far...and i'm sure everything will go well...it always does when he's home with daddy...but i'm going to miss him like crazy. he's turned into such a little mama's boy. sometimes it can be a little annoying to have little feet always on your feet and arms constantly grabbing at you...but honestly, it's one of the greatest little moments in life. how can you look down at a beautiful little boy and not pick him up?? that's his biggest trouble at the moment? wanting to be carried by mommy? sure! i'll soak up as much kingston time as i can this summer because come early january our world will durastically be changed.

baby number two is healthy as can be. i saw the doc yesterday and he gave me the two thumbs up. healthy heart rate of 144bpm, weight gain is on track, blood pressure is all good, and measurements are about on par. i measured 16cm instead of 17 but that's all minor. i still haven't gotten my "second wind" this round, but i wasn't chasing around a 13 month old when i was pregnant last time so this pregnancy has been a totally different world in comparison. either way...this could be the last time i'm pregnant so i need to soak up all this pregnancy time too!

work has been going really well. i've been picking up shifts fairly steadily. it's been a weird change being back at work, but i've been lucky to have the support of my family and cameron's family to help with my little man while i go to work. we're so lucky to have a baby that doesn't play strange. since he was born we made a huge effort to bring him into our lives. we wanted him to be socialized, be adaptable, and have a fairly flexible schedule. i like to think we've done a pretty good job at it. he never plays strange, he is fine when mommy and daddy aren't around, and he's just a charming little man for whoever watches him. i can't believe how well he's doing.

time to roll...dinner is cooking, laundry is washing, baby is sleeping, and my bags aren't packing themselves...TGIF! enjoy your weekend!