We also had a visit from Jon's sister Rachel and our nephews Ben (10 in a few days) and Sam (7). It was great for Violet to have some time with her cousins and her Aunt. She loved every minute, I think because she got totally spoiled and because the boys were so good to her.
So our guest accommodations have been well tested now and seem to do the job.
Here are some recent pics.
Jon worked like a mad man during the Spring to get the house in order before our guests arrived and to prepare for the arrival of our newest family member. Things are looking great and the house is really functioning well with all our new space and storage room! He still has an awful lot of projects on 'the list' but I think we are down to the kinds of things that are on any homeowners list now - phewf!
I feel huge :) Our latest doctor's appointment gave us some indication that baby might decide to arrive earlier than the scheduled date of Aug 23rd, but then again maybe not. This coincided with a terribly painful night when I had thought several times that I might be going into labour. As a result I left work a couple of days early and have been on mat leave now for about a week. The painful night was caused by a combination of baby 'dropping' (which was pretty painful in itself as it felt like she was making room for that larger than average head for about a week!) and my hips beginning to separate which somehow involved a nerve that ended up feeling like cyatic nerve pain. OMG! What a night. I ended up doing a lot of things that I would have done if I was in labour like yoga poses and a soak in the not-so-hot- hot tub. I eventually felt good enough to go back to sleep, after about 3 hours, but woke up convinced that I was done with working. I think all this hip pain was probably exacerbated by the fact that I've gained 40lbs already. I am 'big all over" this time around :) I'm really hoping that there is a LOT of water retention going on in this body.
I have been looking back at our blog from my pregnancy with Violet and her early days and realize that this baby might start feeling like the typical second child because we have written so little about this pregnancy. There is no doubt, I truly get it now, that pregnancy and I'm sure parenting when you already have another child is just a completely different experience. We just don't find much time to write down what's happening with the pregnancy, Violet or life in general. I love being able to look back and remember in detail all the little things that make our family life so special and valuable to us so I am hopeful that I will manage to find the time to write things down here more often - our new second computer should help I hope.
One of the major differences with this pregnancy is that I have slept a lot more (and I'm bigger - have I mentioned that already!?), oh how I hope this is a sign of things to come! I'm not sure if its me or baby but I manage to sleep most nights these days. I only have trouble if I can't get right back to sleep after going to the bathroom (currently only 1 time per night!) or if Violet wakes up for some reason. Then its my head that keeps me awake and baby usually joins in for an early morning visit that can last for quite a while. I have been really enjoying having this little being inside me and as much as I am starting to feel like I'm losing my mobility and want to meet her soon, I kind of like having her all to myself for the most part.
We have finally put the name search to bed...but we aren't telling yet!
Our baby room is ready now as well, just missing a piece of artwork from big sister Violet. We will take some pics and post them.
Violet update:
Violet accomplished a major milestone in the past couple of weeks. She finally gave up her soother "soosie". We tried at Christmas and lost her voluntary participation at the last moment and for some reason we just haven't had to gumption to push the issue again until recently. We did start to push it though a couple of weeks ago and she decided to have a few practice nights without the soosie before officially letting the soosie fairy come to take the soosies away for little babies. She got along great and only had a few nights where her settling down to sleep process was longer than ususal but we also had guests at the time so we weren't surprised. Finally she thought she had enough practice to let the magical fairy some to our house. The trade, of course, was well thought out by Violet. She wanted the soosie fairy to leave her a scooter, in a box, with a gold ribbon. Her wish was granted and now she is the proud owner of a 5yr+ Razor scooter complete with girly kneepads, elbow pads and gloves. She woke up on the big day and immediately put on the safety gear and took her new scooter for a ride around the house. Of course, as she likes to sleep naked these days (no its not our way of saving on pj costs!) it was quite a sight!
Violet is very keen to be the centre of attention and really is experimenting with being funny. When we were in the car with Rachel, Ben and Sam during their trip, Violet piped up with several stories that all ended with "a man getting covered in goo"! We all did think it was pretty funny and induldged her for about 5 minutes. Then Sam said "Violet do you want to hear something really hilarious?" To which she responded with perfect 3 year old comic timing "no thank you!" Many more laughs ensued.
Some favourite words and phrases are "actually", "but mommy or but daddy" and anything with 4 or more syllables. She really likes Fancy Nancy books which include a lot of 'fancy' words so I think this is where she is picking up a lot of her words. She loves to learn and is really keen on learning her letters and how to write them - patience is not always with her to make it happen but she is still keen to keep trying.
V is so excited about the baby - hope it lasts when baby is actually here. A few weeks after baby's arrival she will be starting preschool so we are hoping it will be good timing for her to have her own special thing starting.
Well there is my epic update. Let's see what news the next one includes... :)
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