Preggo Bawl Sesh Tonight... CHECK!

Let me lay out the setting for you... I'm in the kitchen with a baggy T-shirt and lulu pants cooking hamburgers and salad.  Got my country music playlist on shuffle in the background.  It's been a busy busy day today and I'm ready for my hubby and Cars to get home for some down time.  All of a sudden a tune catches my attention.  I recognize it and my eyes start to well up a little and I'm not quite sure why yet.  All of a sudden I am taken back to January driving home to Raymond with Dust with my knees held up to my chest crying as I hear this song and knowing that this will be my last trip to see and be with my Granny Hill.  The song is called 'Holes in Heaven' by Blake Shelton and let me tell you, it doesn't matter how many times I hear that song, every time I have flashes of my best friend and I.  But this time, it was a little different.  I started thinking about December when we have our baby and thinking about how badly I wish my children could've got the chance to meet this amazing woman.

 After pushes repeat 3 times and bawling the whole time (there may be a lil taste of salty tears in the salad tonight), I thought how neat it's going to be to tell stories and share experiences of my time and memories of not only my Granny Boo, but also my children's great Grandpa Hill and other great grandparents that may or may not be around for my children's life.  Now this would happen any other day, but being preggo really brought on the tears and I just could not contain myself AT ALL for like 10 minutes.  Felt good to be honest haha  I've decided it's healthy to have a good bawl sesh every once in a while whether it's from watching a movie, listening to a song, or stubbing a toe while walking home from my walk (yes this happened and I did have a lil sesh haha).

I have been getting bugged to put a pick up of my ENORMOUS belly... so here it is people...

that's right 18 weeks and proud of my bump that no one believes is really a baby haha.  I've had a few people tell me that they think I'm carrying further back and that's why I'm not showing as much as the 4 other people I know are due around the same time as me and they actually have a bump that looks like a baby's inside haha.  I'm sure I'll be wishing I was back to this time soon enough where I barely have a belly, but I am excited to have that preggo belly where people KNOW you're pregnant and not just gaining a front tire around my belly haha.

I'm excited for tomorrow because it's St. John's civic holiday tomorrow called the Regata.  It's kind of like a mini festival where they have rowing races and a bunch of tents with activities and food set up and it's held at the lake (Quidi Vidi) that I walk around all the time.  I'm hoping the weather is beautiful!!  I will make sure to take my camera and get pics.. promise haha

Holy Back Pain!!!!

So our lives have not been very exciting lately, so I haven't done a blog in a while.  I haven't even taken any new pics, so this one may be a little more boring, but I am going to talk about my new back I've been experiencing.

 

The problem is I don't even look pregnant and I am having bach pains.  I'm nervous for how it's gonna be when I actually have a huge belly pokin out.  It all started about 3 days ago when I woke up with a bit of a back ache.  I adjusted to my other side and was fine, but it has been getting worse.  Last night, I probably slept 4 hours because no matter what position I tried to sleep in, I was hurting.  I put a pillow to support my back and one in between my legs and neither helped.  So I was up early and finally decided to go have a warm shower and let the water massage my lower back.  It felt good, but the ache hasn't gone away all day. :(  

So I asked around and heard that massages and doing prenatal yoga can help.  I have a massage booked for next Tuesday morning and am starting yoga next Wednesday.  Hopefully I make it to next week without having a major breakdown to Dust haha.  Poor guy has to deal with this overly emotional lady for the next 5 months and probably after that too :)  He's such a trooper and thank goodness he can sleep through anything because I would keep him up all night with my restlessness :)

The boys are working hard and ending their summers really well!! I'm so proud of both of them!! Cars leaves on the 8th of August and we're gonna miss him around here!! It's been fun to have him around to hang out with and Dust loves having another guy to chill with.

 

Also some very exciting news... we found a place to live in the fall and I'm sooooo stoked about it!  I was worrying about finding a good place as we're across the country and won't be home till the end of August, so we were checkin up on kijiji every day and I found a house with 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with open concept and landlords that seemed to be very on top of things and clean.  We emailed back and forth with them and my mom ended up going and checkin the place out along with another place we were lookin at and she assured me that we wanted this house.  So we set up a skype session with them so they could get to know us a little more in person.  They seemed super nice, but I wasn't sure what our chances were with it being such a great place and price, so I asked her how many people they had interested and she said they got 30 emails about it.  I probably had a shocked look on my face because she quickly replied with 'and we've pretty much narrowed it down to... you guys'.  EEEEEKKKKKK I was sooo pumped!  The only problem is... we have zero furniture haha We're starting from scratch, so we'll be shopping around when we get home to get our new lil home feeling cozy and like our own.

Dust and I are also booking a trip to Vegas for our 1 year anniversary, which should be fun!  We've got the hotel picked out (the Aria Resort) and the package found, now I just have to get my passport renewed before I leave in 3 weeks :) haha  Dont' worry, I've already started the process and will hopefully have everything in on Monday.  They say it takes around 10 days if you take it in person, so crosses my fingers :)  That's about it with us!  We're both really looking forward to being home with our families, but are trying not to think about it too much as Dust needs to be focused on finishing the summer well and I need to not distract him with my excitement haha.

First Burn of the Summer in July!!?!?!?!?

I know, what the heck eh!!?!? I'm usually the one who's already tan in the middle of May, but Newfie-land has been a little different than back home.  We've finally started having gorgeous weather!  Today the other wives and I went to 'Sunshine Park' where there was supposed to be a sandy beach.  We would call it more of a pebble beach... not sand though haha.  We had a lot of fun and although the wind was blowing pretty cool air, we all got a lil burnt!  I think I will sleep really well tonight.  Bring on the sun!!!!!!

 This is the lake that I walk around 2-3 times a week... the flowers were gorgeous this day!

On July 1st, we spend the day at Middle Cove where we had heard you can see whales from the shore and we did just that.  I guess thousands of little fish that the whales love to eat start moving in toward the shore into this little cove, so the whales come in pretty close.  I would say this whale was within 40 yards of us.  He was huge!  

 There were a few people out with nets catching the little fish.  They catch them and cook them up or cut them into chunks and put them in their garden.

  It was a beautiful July 1st and we had a great day out there.  In the evening the whole Vivint crew came out and we had a bonfire and set off fireworks.  Carson, Dust and Luke all go tackled into the water after a little competitive game at the office a few days prior.  I took a video of it all with Cars' phone and it was pretty hilarious and they were freezing at night from the cold ocean water!
                                     

 Last Sunday, we headed out to Cape Spear which is the most easternly part of North America.  The fog was coming in, but it was still a beautiful day and fun to walk around and take in the beauty!

 There was a cave that you could walk through, so of course the boys wanted to do some investigating inside!

It was so cool watching the waves smash against the rocks and the grass and trees are so green and lush!

Other than that, life is pretty much the same.  The boys work their hiney's off and I get to play in the sun (when it's out).  I'm 16 weeks prego this week and am feeling pretty much back to my normal self besides the fact that my stomach is growing bigger every week :)  I'm so glad to be over the sickness and am sooooo looking forward to our ultrasound on August 3rd :)