For all the family we didn't get to celebrate Christmas with this year. Here is the munchkin in action early Christmas morning...

I get so overwhelmed if I don't blog for a few days. Because as each un-blogged day goes by, more and more blog-worthy events and pictures add up until blogging it all seems impossible. So. Here is the last week in list-form. With many blog-worthy events already forgotten I'm sure.

- Christmas rocked. Nich and I made the big turkey dinner this year at our house, and I think we pulled it off. Eva and her cousin Aaron (who's almost two) sat at a kids table for the first time. I'm so proud!

- Eva got spoiled rotten by great-grandparents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins on Christmas. She's in new toy heaven. My Little Ponies, Dora figurines, a Mini Kitchen, Thomas the Train book & cd, a new stuffed puppy she has named "Precious" (I should get that on video, it is so sweet how she says "Preeciousss" and then gives him a kiss), an art easel from Ikea that she can colour on to her hearts content....ohh so many new cool toys to list. And she loves it all.

- We had a white Christmas! Can you believe it? It actually snowed, this is the first white Christmas I remember in a long time. So beautiful.

- I am in my 3rd trimester!! Woot Woot! Belly pics to come.

- I keep forgetting to feed my cat at night. And the next morning I have a VERY unhappy Siamese. Have you heard an unhappy Siamese? They are loud.

- Eva got new dolls and furniture for her dollhouse in her room. She loves it so much she wouldn't nap yesterday. I kept going in there to re-tuck her in, and she kept getting out of bed to play dollhouse again.

Well, there's a bit of an update, and sorry no Christmas pictures. I have over 200 pictures and a few videos on my camera, and getting them on my computer is going to take sooo long. So, maybe another day.

I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas!

If you happen to drop by my house unannounced in the next few months, you will find me lounging around the house in these:



Nich got them for my birthday (along with the house- yes, I am so spoiled). And they are insanely comfortable. Every time I come home from errands, I slip out of my maternity jeans and into these heavenly fleece pants. I love them. I wish I could wear them every minute of every hour of every day. While sipping an Americano Misto with 3 raw sugars and a splash of coffee cream. Yes, that would be my heaven.

It's been a long time since an Eva update. And since she has been exceptionally cute lately, I thought I'd share what she's been up to:

-She can count to 12 now, although she tries to count higher, and says 14 over and over after 12.

- When something goes wrong, she exclaims "OH DEAR" or "OH MY"

- She begs for "pretties" (ponytail holders) in her hair now. Now that's progress!

-She says the phrase "Push It" for just about anything (puzzles, toys, shopping carts and on and on) The thing is- it doesn't sound like push it. Sounds like something that rhymes with push it. That isn't very nice. It doesn't help that the "pu" part is quiet and she yells the last part. Loud. I've already been embarassed at the grocery store and on the phone with a client.

- She still eats like a bird

- She says "Bless you" when someone sneezes

- She sleeps in until 8:00 almost every morning.

- We took her to our new house, she walked up the stairs, looked around and said "WOW!"

- She says "Please" and "Thank you"

- She is my little cheerleader. If I walk in the room after being gone for awhile, she'll drop what she's doing, clap and say "Yayy, Woohooo, Mommy's heeeeeeere!" Not kidding. I've trained her well.


There are a million more sweet things she's doing, I just love her to pieces. I can't get over how much she's changed since she's turned 2. She is growing up to be such a kind, loving, polite, gentle girl. I am just so proud. Everyone talks about the "Terrible 2's", but I'm wondering if we went through that when she was 1. She was so much more tantrum-y and rebellious during that year, then she has been the last little while.

Annd, before I hit the hay, we went to visit Santa on the weekend. This wasn't really a hit with Eva, but here's the pic nevertheless.

He was a super cool Santa- he even gave her a teddy bear! And the whole thing was free- you just had to bring some cans to donate.

And there is so much more I could update on, but that's all for now. Hope you are all enjoying this magical season with your little ones, as much as I am!

Isn't it crazy that we're moving again? I know, we're nuts. We just bought this place brand new less than a year ago. But, with Baby Bean on the way, we were really hoping for another bedroom. And everything is falling into place so well with this house, it really seems like a "God thing". Although, I should say, it's not set in stone yet, everything seems to be working out just dandy.

It's only a few blocks from where we live now (same neighbourhood, yay!). It will be finished February 28th, so we're hoping to move sometime in March before the baby comes. AND, this is where Nich is working right now, so he just landed the finishing carpentry contract yesterday for our house. He is absolutely overjoyed. If it was up to him, he would finish building the whole house himself (yep- he could do that, he is that talented), but since everything has been contracted out, he has to try for each one with all of the sub-contractors. Pretty exciting stuff.

I tried to find interior pics of the show home online, but they have them all privacy protected. (All I could find was an artist rendering of the exterior- above). And I don't want to link you there, cuz it has the address listed (not that I'm cool enough to have a stalker, but the thought really freaks me out). So, anyway, if you want to see more pics and details, email me and I'll send you the link.

Wow, ya'll. We've been running around like crazy this week. We've had birthday parties the last three days in a row. Yes, we are party people. It's been so.much.fun. And amidst ALL of the partying, we still managed to get a Christmas tree, wrap all the Christmas presents, start Christmas cards, and buy a house. Mmhm, Nich bought a 3 bedroom townhouse for me for my birthday. It was a good day.

K, before I disappear into the kitchen to start my Christmas baking. How about a few shots from Eva's partay.

You need to see this.

The Doctor's appointment yesterday went well. Especially noting that pregnancy brain has taken over my entire life, and I remembered to show up. I can't seem to remember anything lately. Just a few minutes ago, I took milk out of the fridge and then couldn't remember why. It's bad.

So, what's new with Baby Bean? The heartbeat is 145 bpm, and the Old Wives Tale says it's a girl. Everything else is going well, he's even waiving the icky glucose test because he says I don't need it. Hooray! No gross orange soda to down (does anyone even know what I'm talking about?)

Annd how about a belly pic. Took last week, sorry no current one. Too lazy to take the camera upstairs. No, actually, I would. But, then pregnancy brain would take over, and I would totally forget that I was in the middle of blogging. So if I don't publish this NOW it will never get done. Peace out.

Well, the original plan for today was to hit Ikea for breakfast and do a little shopping. But, we woke up to a beautiful winter wonderland! So, we got all geared up in our snow stuff and went for a little romp in our yard.



It is so fun having a toddler. And it's supposed to snow 10-15 cm more tonight. So, there may be many more snowmen and snow angels in our future.