Third trimester, baby!!

Well, as of today I am now in my 3rd trimester! Yay!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that I'm here already, 27 weeks, crazy!! And with it being Christmas, the next few weeks will fly by and then all of a sudden I'll be 30 weeks!!

We tried to take the girls to see Santa on Monday night. We got to the mall (which is 35 minutes away) at 7:20 and we went up to the line there were quite a few people. The lady in front of us must have worked there cause she said that Santa was closed, the wait was over a half hour and he had to leave at 8. So we walked away and told Kayla that we couldn't see him. Her little heart was breaking and she started to cry, which of course made me almost start to cry cause she was so excited to go see him. So when we got home Jeff emailed the mall and told them how upset he was and that it was ridiculous that they would have the mall open until 10 yet Santa was only there until 8 and that they would turn kids away. We were both pretty mad. So luckily I had my OB appt the next morning so we took her with us and stopped on the way back. She was happy. We get home and there is an email from the mall waiting saying how they were sorry that happened and they told us that we get a free family package! So if we're brave enough we may try to go up Saturday and get a both of them on his lap! I'm happy they did something about it, or else we'd be pretty mad. If it wasn't for Kayla being so excited, we would have just said screw it. Here's Kayla's pic!


Anyways, I don't know if I'm going to be able to post again before Christmas, we have a busy schedule for family get togethers so I wanted to wish everyone a very merry Christmas and I hope you all have a safe and wonderful holiday!!!!

26 week belly pic

I'll be back later to post pics of the basement but I thought I would post my 26 week belly pic! I'm looking and feeling huge already and really wondering how much bigger I'm going to get!!! LOL!!!

The basement is partly painted!

Well, the guys finished mudding and sanding on Friday and then Jeff and I went down and put a coat of primer on the walls that night. We stayed up way too late doing it! I was so tired in the morning but it was so nice to see the primer on. Then Saturday we put another coat on and did the bathroom, closets and ceilings and then did a second coat of primer on the walls at night. Then Sunday afternoon we put a coat of the top coat colour on and it looks awesome! We were going to do more Sunday night but we were both way too exhausted. Every muscle in my body hurt and my joints really hurt too, especially my hips from standing up so much. I calculated it and we each painted for 12 hours on the weekend! Here's some pics of it!

The family room
The computer area
The hall (looking towards the stairs)
The hall (looking towards the bathroom)
The family room primed
Towards the hall primed
Here's my big belly while I was painting, Jeff thought it was funny to take it!The family room top coat (it looks really orange, but it's not!)
The hall (towards the stairs)
The hall (towards the bathroom)
This is a close up of a piece of trim and one floor plank with the wall,
gives you an idea of the finished product!)
The same spot, just further out!
(this is more what the colour looks like in person)
And here's Kayla helping to paint the bathroom closet!!!
So cute!! (she's wearing one of my t-shirts!)

We plan on doing some more painting tonight, finish the 2nd coat on the walls and start the basement. Hopefully it will be all done by this weekend! And then Jeff is going to start on the drop ceiling, install the floor and then put the trim and doors on and it will be time to move in!! (Mind you that probably won't be for a couple of months yet!)

The Bumble look-a-like!

Zachary's bedding came on Friday!! It is so much cuter than in the pictures!! I really can't wait to put it on the crib, but obviously I have to wait until we get Juliana out of the crib! I think I've taken it all out of the package 4 or 5 times already! I just had to post pics of it!!!

Wall hangings and pillow

Bumper pad
Quilt
Toy hanger and diaper stacker

We took the kids to the Santa Claus parade on Saturday night, boy was it cold!!! And Juliana being the stubborn little girl that she is didn't want to be in the stroller with a blanket over her, or be held with a blanket around her. She wanted to stand up on the ground even though she couldn't see anything. Jeff ended up taking her back to the van even before Santa got there cause she was screaming bloody murder cause we wanted to hold on to her so she could see!!

Kayla & Juliana (and Kayla's best friend Breanne)
Juliana during her one of her stubborn moments of standing up
Kayla all smiles (excuse how geeky I look!)

Last night Jeff says to me "Do you know who Juliana looks like? The abominable snowman from Rudolph!!!" At first I didn't understand but then when I thought about it, she does!!! She is our little Bumble!!! Every time I look at this picture, I crack up!!! I think I need to print it out and put it on my fridge so when I get cranky or stressed out I can look at it and let it cheer me up!!!! I was almost crying this afternoon when I first made this comparison!!! This is her new smile when we tell her to smile for the camera. What a goof ball!!


Anyways, now that I've bored everyone beyond tears with my rambling, I should go and work on some more cards. The kids are in bed and Jeff is at a meeting so it's quiet!!! And the guy is coming tomorrow to start mudding our basement!!! So hopefully we'll be able to start painting in a week!!! Have a good one!!!

Fireworks and Christmas!!

Well, we put up all our Christmas decorations on the weekend!! I know it's early but I love having them up. I one of those people who don't like to take them down either, cause I love how wonderful our house looks with it all up! And next year we'll have 2 trees cause the basement will be done by then! Here's a pic of me and the girls in front of it and me. I don't know why it's so dark, sorry!

The park near our house always has a Fantasy of Lights every year and they do fireworks to kick it off so I took the girls on Sunday night. Jeff came for a few minutes because he got a call and ended up meeting us there. They really enjoyed it! Although the first big bang, scared Juliana really badly! She jumped and then clung onto me for dear life!! LOL!! They just stood there in awe of the lights!

Kayla staring up at the fireworks!

Juliana after a big bang!!!!

Jeff, Kayla and Juliana watching the fireworks!

We bought the flooring for our basement!! It's called Natural Oak and it's an 8.3mm laminate. We got a really good deal on it. Most decent ones cost at least $1.50sq/ft. They had this one in stock so we got it for .99sq/ft!!! So the guy who is going to do the taping and mudding is coming next week and he'll be done in a week, so we can start painting after that!!!! Here's a pic of the floor and the paint colour. I know it's dark but we have lots of white down there and lots of light so I'm not worried. I just love dark colours!!!! What do you think?

Ultrasound pics!!!

I went for my 2nd ultrasound this afternoon and it was so amazing!!!! At first he wouldn't open his legs, he kept them crossed so tight! But then I went and emptied my bladder (thankfully!!) thinking he would move, but no!!! So just as she went by the area, he opened his legs for us!! And Jeff just came in at that time, so it was perfect timing!!! He is getting so big!! He was constantly moving all over, she had a hard time measuring him! He's measuring right on with my due date!! It was so nice to see him again. He kept looking right at the us, we could see his eyes and mouth, and even saw him yawn once! So now the shopping begins!!!

Trick or Treat!!!

Here's some pics from last night! The girls looked so cute!! Kayla just loved being a Fairy Princess! I put sparkles in her hair and put some make up on her! But Jules, that was another story! We had to fight with her just to get it on, then to realize that I forgot to put a long sleeved shirt underneath! And then another fight to get it on again!!! Once it was on, she sat fine for the makeup, but when we tried to put the hood on, NOPE!!!!

Here's Juliana as Tigger!

Here she is for the split second that she wore the hood!

Kayla in her Fairy Princess costume!! So pretty!!!

And the 2 of them! Just before the hood came off!

Here's Jules in the van!

This picture is really blurry but I thought it was cute to see them with daddy!

And running around!

And Jules running around!!

Another pumpkin

I thought since the other pumpkins went all saggy I would use the other side of the pumpkin to practice a picture that I wanted to maybe do next year. It turned out great!! (I photoshoped the background out since you could see the other pumpkin carving in it and it took away from the real picture.)





(It's Juliana's 6 week picture. I've tried to find a picture of Kayla's that will work but they won't)

Lots of pictures!!!!

Both girls were sick last week with some sort of bronchial infection so they couldn't breath that well. One of the nights, Jeff built a tent and put the vaporizer under it to try to help Kayla breath. Here are some pics of it! Kayla really enjoyed it, it's all she asks for now is a tent, so Jeff said if she's good they'll do one Saturday night for fun!

I thought she looked like a little papoose!

This is the tent!! Lots of sheets on our bar stools!!

Kayla all cuddly in the tent!

My poor baby girl!

The next bunch are of our pumpkin carving fun!

Here's Kayla and I posing! She didn't like putting her hands inside cause it felt too gooey!

Here she is painting her little pumpkin. It's very colourful!


Here are the pumpkins. I waited until the next day to take a picture so they had shrivelled up a bit. The holes are bigger than what they should be. They are of 2 Backyardigans characters.

And this bunch is of some bath time fun! Jeff thought he'd hop in with them. It was pretty crowded but they had lots of fun!

Here they are smiling for the camera! Crazy hair after taking their pony tails out!

Here's Jeff squirting Kayla. I love the face on Juliana, I don't know what it was all about!

She's trying to grab the water here. I love the smile!

And they were both laughing really hard!