Such Exciting News!!

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080611/entertainment/entertainment_smurfs_col

Hangin' with my homies

I had a lovely day on Sunday, hanging with the girls in Toronto.
Even though they know about my phobia related to all things shower-related, especially opening presents in front of people, they still insisted on hosting a non-shower. (Which, basically, was a real baby shower except in name).

It was a HOT day in the big city, but Emer's backyard was a lovely venue, and it was SO nice to get in a visit with the ladies. And, of course, they are a generous and thoughful bunch, so baby HigginJax now has a bunch of loot (and a place to sleep - love the bassinette!). Thanks girls!!

The 'girls' looking beautiful on Emer's deck

Wow!

Wow! The lads had a busy day yesterday. The chicken coop is now actually looking like a real building! Very exciting! It was SO hot yesterday, yet the wee army of men was hard at work from 11am until 8pm - they just didn't stop!

I think Rob is VERY pleased! Unfortunately, I don't think there's going to be much progress today because the forecast is calling for thunderstorms (hoping the basement doesn't get flooded again!).

Am off to Toronto this morning for a day of visiting with friends. Hope the rain isn't too bad for my drive! At least the car has great A/C, because it's going to be another crazy-hot day here!

Bleh bleh bleh

Soooo, summer is here with a venegance. I don't know how my 'fatty' self will cope with the heat this weekend! It's still before 12 and is already 30, but feels like 39 with the humidity. Doh! I think I'll be installing our window air conditioner tonight, so that I can get some sleep!

Who knew that pregnant women have a 50% increase in the volume of their blood!? (Eww, right?). So I think that creates a certain amount of heat already! And then when it's hot and horrible outside, it's even worse!


In other news, the basement is drying out (hopefully!). Rob stayed up until 4am to keep an eye on things. It took a few hours after the rain stopped for our indoor river to stop too. What a pain in the arse! I really should have taken a picture of us last night - Rob was literally steaming because he was soaking wet from being outside and working hard carrying buckets of water upstairs to dump, so he was looking 'good'! And then I was wearing a pair of underpants, a tank top, and my rubber boots (accessorized by giant belly!) We looked like total hillbillies!

Is supposed to rain a lot this weekend, but hopefully the basement won't flood again. Fingers crossed!

Zut

1:04 am. Basement flooded. Torrential rain.... thunderstorms for the past hour & a half.

We are giving overheating wet/dry shop vac motor a rest before going back downstairs to remove yet another few gallons of water from the basement.

Good timezzzz! Gotta love a house from the 1880's.... they weren't big on weatherproofing back then....

And the 'Severe Weather Warning' says there's a chance of tornados.

Maybe I should just go back to bed?? Or maybe I should be excited.... baby's first natural disaster!!

The latest

I just know you're all dying for the latest belly shot, so here ya' go! I think the horizontal stripe is very 'slimming', don't you?



Am glad tomorrow is Friday - I've been weary this week. And am trying to prepare myself for the weather this weekend. Is supposed to be MISERABLE and HOT and HUMID! I'm sure my ankles will be the size of tree trunks. Which, really, is a distinctive and original look, I guess.

SO much fun!

Had a lovely, exhausting, fun, fabulous weekend celebrating baby brother Ben's WEDDING!

It was a perfect day, and despite a horrible weather forecast, the day ended up being beautiful! They even had gorgeous sunshine!

Kristin looked beautiful, and Ben looked so handsome! The day was perfect, and now I have a wonderful sister-in-law!! (Though, really, she's been an unofficial sister-in-law for about a decade!)

Too sleepy tonight to write more, but it was a perfect, spectacular, memorable day!