Please Pray

Please pray for out sweet little one!

I will be heading to BC Woman's Hospital tomorrow morning for an ultrasound on our babies heart.  Our last ultrasound showed some fluid around the heart.

These last two weeks have been rough.  But I have faith.  And I believe in God and in the power of prayer.  And I know during this time I'm not walking this path alone.

"My precious child,
I love you and I would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

Half Way There

Last week marked the half way point!  20 down 20 more to go (well actually 19 to go but you get the point)!

Belly comparison:

20 weeks with Lincoln

20 weeks with Nathan

20 weeks with baby #3

And 20 week ultrasound comparison:

Lincoln

Nathan

Baby #3

Love all three:-)

Retail Therapy

Sometimes I like to shop as if I have endless amounts of cash!  I think it's a sickness and then I see my account and I have one of those "Oh %^&% where the heck did my money go?" moments.  I've had a few of those lately.  It just feels so good to spend money!  In fact Kev put me on a "major purchase buying" freeze until we get a new car.  Hence this is why I don't have my new headboard...yet.  I will add that he hasn't frozen his account because I see some nice new underground sprinklers, fresh turf, new pressure washer and now he's talking about getting a trailer...to haul stuff in (what stuff I don't know) but he says he needs one! 

Any ways I'm back to buying house stuff.  I've been to Hudson Madison, Winners/Home Sense, Cozy Home and all the other little shops in Abbotsford trying to find the perfect house accessories.  I'm slowly getting there!  Today's finds were these cute little hooks from Cozy Home.  They are going in Nate's room (although I'm sure it'll take Kev a few months to get them hung up:-)  I was a little unsure about the two different color hooks but they didn't have two of a kind.  Once I got them home I think they'll actually look quite cute with the two different colors!

I also found these candle holders for our bedroom from Cozy Home:

I know I could have found something similar for way less at Home Sense but I've been looking and haven't had any luck!  Now I just need some candles!

And chirpy (Lincoln's bird from Maui) has found his way into our home.  I know the bird should probably be in the cage but I loved how Urban Barn had the orchid set up in the bird cage!

Sometimes when I'm a little indecisive about things I buy and I'm not quite sure if it goes or if it was really what I was looking for, I find it helps when I take a picture of it and then see what everything looks like in a picture!   I only wish my picture taking skills were as good as others!  I love when people take pics of rooms in their house and it just looks so complete and perfect (maybe that's why I love this blog so much (http://www.maillardvillemanor.com/p/house-tour_17.html).  Her rooms are just so complete and perfect!  Everything has a place and nothing looks cluttered!  I want to be able to take pictures of the rooms in my house and see that completeness in them!  Work in progress, work in progress, work in progress:-)

My Weekend!

Friday marked Kevin and I's 5 year anniversary!:-)  On Saturday we were going to enjoy a day out in Vancouver just the two of us followed by a delicious dinner at Hy's steakhouse.  It never happened!  We both woke up Saturday morning stuffed up with sore throats.  We knew we couldn't enjoy our dinner not being able to taste it all stuffed up.  Nor did I want to spend a day walking around with piles of kleenexes in hand!  We decided to postpone our date:-(  Instead I spent the weekend cleaning, organizing and napping.  I have also spent the last three nights sleeping on the couch...I opted for this!  Why would I do that?  Well because when Kev's sick he takes Nytol (or something like that) which knocks him into a deep glorious slumber which also involves nose and throat gargling noices.  The couch was clearly a better option for me.  And my sweet Lincoln always found me there in the morning for snuggles.  I heart sleeping with my sick baby!  I am so over being sick.  I'm 19 weeks pregnant and I've had 3 colds!  Along with allergies and 6 weeks of awful morning, noon and night sickness!  I'm so done with being sick! 

2 of my sick babies!

One thing about our new place that I love is all the closets!!!  We have two for jackets and shoes.  I finally went through both and cleaned them out.  And I finally tossed my size 6 Aldo shoes from 1990 something.  I also might add that I'm not a size 6...my mom is.  I took the shoes from my mom and have worn them ever since-I've had them for 12 plus years and...I'm a size 8.  Yes they needed to go!  Those vintage beauties served their purpose and brought many years of joy to my life.  I also let go of my two down filled Gap vests.  Those two were from 1990 something as well.  And they are in fact kids XXL vests.  Yes those too needed to go.  Awww sometimes it's not easy letting go.  I also had a moment of "do people even wear vests anymore?"  I came to the conclusion that they don't so the vests are off to MCC.  And the shoes made it safely to the trash...FINALLY!!!!!

I also found these over priced OXO containers at Home Sense.  At $13 a piece I was a little hesitent in buying them (and that's at Home Sense's discount price).  They are excellent quality and are stackable which I love for the smaller ones but I couldn't help but think "maybe I should get the cheaper ones from Ikea."  I haven't fully decided what I'm gonig to do yet but I'm thinking of them as an investment...these containers are going to last me a life time...right?  Since they are abit pricer I might buy a few each month.  I don't think I can justify spending a few $100 on containers in one purchase.

I googled organized pantries and came across this blog.  Their pantry is amazing!  I'm a bit envious!  Especially after I spent all last weekend "organizing" and "cleaning" mine!  My pantry will continue to be "a work in progress!"  I have my great grandmothers dishes and they were stored in the pantry in a box wrapped in newspaper.  I finally picked up these and stored them away nicely:

So I scratched a few areas off my list: the powder room, the hall closets and our kitchen.  Finally some "areas" in our house are complete and organized.  But like I said.  The pantry is still "a work in progress."  But the kitchen as a whole is basically complete.  And I love it!!!!!!  All the cupboards and cabinets have been cleaned and organized.  And I have finished decorating the kitchen.  I am still looking for 2 containters to store our medications and bandaids in but for now they are stored nicely in the cabinet. 

The complete and organized areas:

I finally found a new rug this weekend at SuperStore of all places.  I'm not IN LOVE with it but it was $50 and it sure beats the little piece of carpet we had there from when we first moved in (it was a piece of carpet left over from when they installed our carpets).  I was really hoping to find THE  carpet-they one that I must have and couldn't live without!  Of course now that I've bought one I'll find the one!  It'll do for now:

Our laundry room is my next project room.  All I need is hooks for jackets and a little bench.  Our laundry room isn't huge but it's also not as small as our old one!  We have a closet for jackets right outside our laundry room but I'm looking for hooks to hang on the wall so we can quickly grab our jackets and go.  I'm thinking a trip to Target is in order!  I also want one at the kids level so that Lincoln can get his jacket on himself.  I also found a bench!  I didn't want anything too long or too big and I wanted something so that I could store things (like in baskets).  And I found this one at Home Sense!

It's perfect!  And I love that I can store hats, scarfs and mittens in it!  And it's soft to sit on and doesn't take up too much room!  And I love the fabric!  Ahhhh how I love Home Sense!  

Maui Adventures Part 2

Nathan is officially our new water baby...Lincoln only like pools when we can touch but loves hot tubs!  We spent many days in Maui hanging by the pool!  And with the view...how could we not!

When we were in Maui it was whale season...and I love whales...so whale watching was on my to-do list!  We left the kiddies at home with my parents and Kev, Brenda, Dusty and I headed out on a catameran in search of some whales...and whales we saw...some 5000 yards away!  We didn't get as close as I would have liked but there is something about whales that captivates me!  At one point I caught myself smiling so hard my cheeks were starting to hurt! 



We took the kids to the Maui Ocean Center and Lincoln loved it!  Nate was so fascinated by all the fishies!  We fed Linc hot dogs and Shaved Ice for lunch and well needless to say that was a hit!

Lincoln and I-2.5 years old!

Lincoln and 1 when he was 6 months old!

Nate and 1 when he was 9 months old!

Our family at the Maui Ocean Center

And the first time we were at the Maui Ocean Center

Road to Hana-a must when in Maui-we took the back roads home and the sceniary is magnificant, it's breathetaking, it's just gorgeous!  It was our second time doing this 9.5 hour road trip and the first time we did it was back in July and the kids were perfect and by perfect I mean PERFECT-not a squeak or a squeal from either one of them!  This time around we had a few bumps along the road but what could we really expect with a 9 month old and a 2 and half year old.  We didn't get to take in all of the beauty of the back roads this time a round because the sun sets ealier in the winter but none the less it was still beautiful and fun!  My highlight was probably sitting in the back of the car feeding the kids while Kev was driving and the two of us were singing at the top of our lungs...poor kids:-)  My highlight from our first road to Hana road trip was driving through the back roads (which by the way is a one way dirt road-which they call a highway), taking in the beauty of it all and listening to Somewhere over the Rainbow by Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwoʻole
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I
Seriously...listening to that song completed our trip.  Our first road trip to Hana will forever be engraved in my mind.  It was one of those days I'll never forget.  And every time I hear this song I think of the beauty of that day!  Me and my babies road tripping it in Maui-one of the best days of my life.



Trying to get a family photo at the Lava Tube!



Us at the Lava Tube 6 months before!

And the day before we left the sun came out and it was blazing!  That was my "mommy day."  I headed to the beach with my beach chair, suntan lotion, new books and trashy gossip magazines!  I lyed in the sun basking it in...taking in it's warmth while it tanned my skin a beautiful golden brown.  It was heaven...even then that really doesn't describe it!  I was at the beach for 5 hours...5 glorious hours in the sun listening to the waves crash all by myself...I am sure any mom can appreciate how wonderful that was.  I did miss by babies!  When I got down to the beach there were these families there playing in the water with their kids and building sandcastles and i thought to myself "my babies should be here too" but I knew I needed this day to myself.  I did secretly wish that Kev would bring the kids down to see me but he too knew I needed this day!