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Introducing Miss Maklyn Serine Sheen...

She has been stealing all my time since her birth and I'm not complaining one bit!  We have quite the little birth story so I'll start with that.  So on December 24, 2012, Christmas Eve, I had a doctor’s appt with Dr. Godwin. Everything looked good.  I was still measuring small, but they weren’t worried because of the ultrasound I had previously gotten.  She checked to see how dilated I was and said the baby's head was REALLY low.  She did her checking (very uncomfortable) and said I was maybe 1 cm and that I may spot a lil because of how she had to check me.  After the appt, Dust and I headed out to Raymond to spend Christmas Eve with the Hill family.  We went up to the cultural hall where the boys were playing some basketball and I decided to jump in and play a little myself.  So at 39 1/2 weeks I was shooting, jumping (or at least trying) and running as we played bump a few times.  I was feeling pretty good and agile.  Dust was pretty impressed too :)  We went to bed that night and I woke up at 4 a.m. and thought I needed to go to the bathroom, so I got out of bed and while walking there, I felt like I had pee’d my pants a little (oh dear), so I got to the bathroom and cleaned myself up and noticed that it wasn’t a yellow liquid but was clear.  I then wiped again and my mucous plug came out.  I had no idea what was going on.  I started having some contractions in my front and back, but tried to go back to bed.  I heard Aunt Lynz get up to feed Jeter, so I got up and told her what had happened and she wasn’t sure what was going on either because she had been induced with Beckam and Maddox and Jeter came through contractions.  So back to bed again I went until we were woken up by Santa ‘HO HO HO’ing.  By this point, I was feeling the contractions a little stronger.  I told the rest of the family what had happened and mom said that when her water broke it wasn’t very much either and that she thought my water may have broken.  Then Dr. Tollestrup came over to say hi on Christmas morning and I told him what happened and he said I should plan on having our baby in the next 24 hours.  I was freaking out a little.  The only day I didn’t want to have her was on Christmas haha  I timed my contractions and they were very irregular, so Dust and I headed to Cardston in the late morning to go spend some time with the Sheens. 

 

When I got to Cardston, Lyndsey called and said that if my water had broke that I needed to go to the hospital because there is a chance that the baby can get an infection if you wait too long.  So Dust and I headed to the Cardston hospital where I told the doctor I was supposed to get my fluid checked.  I also told the doctor what had happened and he did a stress test on the baby.  He proceeded by telling me that I wasn’t in labor and it wasn’t my water that had broke AND that I probably wouldn’t have the baby for at least another week.  We left the hospital and I was disappointed!  I even cried, I know surprising that this emotional preggo mom cried yet again :)  I think I just had built it up that we were finally going to meet our baby girl and the doctor just slammed it down.  So we headed back to the Sheen house and continued to enjoy family time.  I continued to have irregular contractions and felt like they were getting stronger and more uncomfortable.  I barely slept that night as I was VERY uncomfortable and in pain from the contractions.  I was dreading the idea of going through the next week or more feeling like that. 

The next day we had pictures with the Hartley family (Brenda's side), so we headed back to Raymond for that.  We got there earlier than everyone else and were just hanging out.  Riley was goofing around and was trying to do a cartwheel.  He then turned to me and said ‘ok Kris, your turn haha just jokin’, but I took the challenge and did a full out cartwheel at almost 40 weeks haha.  I wasn’t gonna let Riley think I couldn’t do one :)  I felt a little dizzy after, but was pretty proud of myself and again Dust was pretty impressed too :)  Shortly after, I went to my mom and dad's house and was talking to Lynz about how I felt like I needed to call my own doctor just to let her know what had happened.  She agreed, so I called.  My doctor, Dr. Watke, responded by saying ‘uh that doesn’t quite add up to me.  I want you to go to the Lethbridge Hospital and get your fluid checked’.  Oh boy.  So I called Dust who was watching Riley play at Sugar Bowl and we finished watching his game and then headed into Lethbridge with our truck full of Christmas presents we had been given.  We got to the hospital at about 5:30 pm.  I was sure we were going to be sent home and it was going to be nothing.  About 10 minutes later, the nurse came back and said that my water had broke and that they were going to put me on the drip so they could get our baby out quicker.  WHAT!?!?!? I was shocked, nervous, but excited! 
 
Dust went home to get our hospital bag and anything else he thought we’d need and I started on the drip.  At 9:30 my contractions were getting stronger and more painful and I got an epidural!  Best decision ever! The nurse checked me and I was still only 1 cm dilated.  At 12:30 a.m. she checked again and still 1 cm.  I thought for sure they were going to have to do a c-section because of how long it had been since my water had broke.  I went to sleep and woke up at 2 a.m. feeling A LOT of pressure.  I told the nurse and she said it’s probably nothing, but that she’d check me.  All of a sudden she was like ‘uh your fully dilated and we’re gonna have you start pushing’ WOAH!  I pushed for 20 minutes and they had to tell me to try to stop pushing because the baby's head was coming out and my doctor wasn’t there yet, so I tried my best to just breathe through the contractions (again I cannot imagine doing it without the epidural!!!).  The doctor showed up and two pushes later... ta da... there she was.  She was absolutely perfect! She was wide eyed and beaming at us.  She had so much hair just like I did when I was a baby and your Dust had quite a bit too.  I couldn’t believe she was actually ours.  At first glance, I thought ‘holy cow she is all Sheen!’ and I still think she looks a lot like a Sheen baby haha  She was beautiful and so happy.  They laid her on my chest and Dust and I were so in love!  She measured at 6 pounds 8 ounces and 20 inches long.  Dust held her in his arms and I could just see his heart melt.  She had him wrapped around her finger in no time.   My mom and dad just couldn’t hold back their excitement and they ended up driving in at 3:30 a.m. to come meet her!  They didn’t stay long as it was late and we were exhausted, but they already could not get enough of her!

We are loving having her home with us!  She has been such a good baby!  She sleeps great most of the time.  We put her down at about 11 and she wakes up at 5 and then sleeps till 8:30 or 9.  She feeds great too, which is awesome!  She loves to smile just before going to sleep and making kissy faces!  I am absolutely loving being a mom and Dust a dad!  We can't imagine our lives without her anymore and feel so blessed to have such a beautiful and healthy daughter!  It's still kind of weird to think of myself as a mommy, but it's so fun and I just can't get enough of the lil angel!

Crunch Time or I mean SQUAT Time!!!

Well the end is getting near and I cannot wait!  Last Wednesday, Lynz volunteered to take some pics of my 38 week belly and I've been wanting to get some cute pics done before the lil one arrives, so Dust and I headed out there and got some done.

I have to admit... I very much dislike looking at myself in these pics, but it will be cool to look back and show lil baby sheen how big my belly was and how excited we were to meet her!  Dust struggled a little in the beginning... he must of left his photogenic loving self at home haha, but we still managed to get some cute ones along with some funny ones to go along with them.  Here's a lil peak at some:

  

Seriously what a goof :)

 

 

 

I am now a week and a half away from my due date and am getting more and more uncomfortable by the day.  I finally got to packing (or at least partly packing) my hospital bag, but haven't worried too much about it as I figure we only live a few streets away from the hospital and I have an amazing husband and family that I'm sure won't mind making the short drive to pick up any left out items I may want/need.  I have all her clothes and blankets washed and prepped, but tonight as I was going through them and organizing them into the dresser and closet, I realized I have only a couple newborn outfits... oh crap, so back to shopping tomorrow hehe  Dust is excited for that :)

We had an amazing baby shower that my mom and sis' put on.  I have zero pics from it cuz Lynz was the official picture taker, but we had a great turnout and felt so loved and blessed to have such amazing people in our lives.  My mom and sis' did an amazing job at putting it on and decorating the house so cute!  It was a blast.  Wish I could have one every month leading up to the actual due date haha

We've had a couple lil scares this past month.  I went in for my appt at 37 weeks and was only measuring at 32, which the doctor found strange because 2 weeks earlier I was measuring 33 cm, so they sent me in for an ultrasound that day and I didn't really know what was going on, but it made me worried that they would rush me in for an ultrasound on the same day and the ultrasound tech wasn't giving us ANY information.  So when we got home, I called our family friend and doctor, Dr. Baker in Raymond and told him what had happened and asked if he could get any info for us because my doctor was out of town till the following week.  He, or course, was amazing and did some calling around.  We heard back from him a couple hours later and he said that everything looked normal and that she must've just dropped.  He asked me 'you're feeling her move right' and I replied 'ya, she's kicking the crap out of me' haha  He said as long as I was feeling her move, that everything should be fine.  A couple days later, Dust and I had gone to bed later than usual and I hadn't felt her move in a few hours, which was REALLY weird because she's usually the most active at night time before we got to bed.  I tried to relax and not think too much, but when I woke up I still hadn't felt her move.  I got up and ate some cookies and drank some orange juice and tried to stay busy for a couple hours, but still felt nothing.  I began to worry as I remembered what Dr. Baker had said about making sure I was feeling her move and I immediately started getting emotional.  I called my mom and sis and broke down crying and they reassured me and told me to get my butt out to Raymond and have them check for her heartbeat.  I did just that and an hour later, I had tears of joy in my eyes as her heartbeat was strong!  I tell ya... this baby business can be stressful!  I went back to the house and was holding lil Jeter, and she gave me a firm boot just to let me know she was there. :)

We can't wait to meet our baby girl!  I am still feeling great, but am growing impatient.  It's such a busy time of year and I have mixed feelings about whether I want her to come now so that we can have her for the holidays or if I'd rather have her after and not have to worry about all the family gatherings and activities that take part around Christmas.  I have a feeling I don't have much say in this, so we'll leave it up to Baby Sheen and make the best of whatever happens :)

Life's a Dance

I have yet to write about my experience going to the Calgary Temple open house a few weeks ago.  First off.. it was amazing!  Mom, Aunt Danielle, Shantel Hofer and I headed up Friday afternoon and it was quite the adventure trying to figure out the best way to get to the temple.  We made it without getting lost and found that the temple is placed in quite a unique place.  It is placed in the middle of a neighborhood with houses all around the temple grounds, but it is placed high and when it's dark out, you can see the lights of the city below.

We drove up and there was a long line outside the church building.  The line moved fairly fast thankfully because it wasn't the warmest day outside.  Once we got inside we waited to be ushered into a classroom where we got to watch a 10 minute video on the church history in southern Alberta.  Shantel really liked the video as she said she had always wondered why the church was so big in southern Alberta.  After the video we were led outside and then into the temple.  As we walked inside with our white slippers, I was overwhelmed with a feeling of peace and love for the beautiful structure I was entering.  It was a VERY busy tour with it being the second last day to go to the open house and sadly we weren't able to take as much time as we would've liked in each room we were taken through.  It was understandable how quickly they were trying to move us through, but still wish we could've taken more time especially having my good friend, Shantel, who just got baptized over a year ago and has had some struggles in the past few months.  Shantel and I had to sneak into the bridal room because our group was supposed to skip that room and just see the men's dressing room.  I'm soooo glad we went in there though!  Shantel loved it and it was one of her favorite rooms.  I could not believe the detail, grace, and beauty this one room held.  It had a beautiful chandelier hanging from the room and it took me back to my own wedding day with my mom helping me get ready to go out and greet the family as Kristen Sheen rather than Hill.  Every room had a unique beauty and the detail that went into each room was absolutely breathtaking.  I can't wait to go back and take Dustin there!  None of us wanted to leave as the tour ended, but Shantel, mom and I shared a great desire to return as soon as possible!

I feel so blessed to have had this unique opportunity to be able to go and share the experience with three women that I love!  It will always be a special memory in my life.

Pregnancy has been great.  My appointments have been going good and everything is looking good as far as I know :)  I feel like my belly gets bigger every week and can't believe there is only 7 weeks left!  I was having some sharp pains in my lower abdomen last week and they felt like cists as I have a history of them, so I asked my doctor about that in my appointment yesterday and she said she wouldn't worry too much about it unless it becomes more constant and stronger.  She said I may have some scar tissue from past cists or it may just be my muscles stretching, so I'm not gonna worry :)  It's so amazing to feel and see the changes your body goes through to have a baby.  I feel like I have come to accept most of the changes and focus on being healthy for the baby and I'll face the rest of it after the baby come and is healthy :)

I had the opportunity to be a sub-mommy for Lynz' kids for 5 days as she got to go to Atlanta to visit her hubby.  He's in school down there till December and sadly can't take much time off to come home and visit, so Dust and I surprised them with a ticket for Lynz to go there.  I slept in Raymond for the 5 nights and it was nice to spend some time at home with the family.  The boys and I had a blast!  We played with playdoh, went on walks, watched movies, played games, wrestled, and went to the U of L basketball games.  My mom, dad, Dust, and Cars were very helpful during different parts of the 5 days and it was nice to have others around.  I loved every minute I got to hold and sooth little Jeter and I must say, I am feeling a lot more confident about bringing my own baby home after having Jeter to take care of for a few days.  Mom was a lifesaver!  She took the nights with the baby and I got to sleep soundly... what a great granny she is! 

These boys are soooo fun to be around and were such great little helpers with anything I needed.  They play so well together which makes my job as the babysitter much easier.  I loved hearing them have little conversations with each other while laughing and joking.  I had to walk away when the wrestling started because sometimes it gets a little rough, but these tough boys just keep going and didn't hurt each other during the process.  They LOVE wrestling haha.

 Here Beckam at stay and play practicing his car seat placement in the stroller haha... so cute!  He eventually gave up and threw the car seat with the baby on the floor... so Lynz maybe don't let him be in charge of that any time soon :)

 The boys sat down to watch some Harry Potter with Cars and they were sooooo into it haha

I'm so glad that we were able to do this for Lynz and Dust and that they were able to take advantage of the situation and have some quality alone time together!  Lynz has been such a trooper being a single mom at home with 3 kids and I gained a lot of respect for what she does in my babysitting endeavor.  She's such a great mom and her love for her boys is so apparent in everything she does for them!  I've been home with Dust for 2 days and am kind of missing having the lil guys around all the time :)  It was kind of nice to be the one they wanted to cuddle with when they woke up from their naps or got little bonks.

Dust had these flowers waiting for me when I got home with a note saying that he knows I'm gonna be a great mom from watching how I am with Jeter and that he's proud of me for being a good sub mommy with Lynz' boys.  I walked in, saw the flowers, read the note, started bawling (pregnancy emotions obviously) and gave him a GREAT BIG hug!!! I have the best hubby!  So grateful for his love and support in everything I do.

31 Weeks and Growing :)

Well I got a friendly reminder from dad again that I have been slacking on the blog front.  I have been meaning to do a blog, but just haven't made it a priority.  So here is my update.  Baby is moving and grooving lately.  I have been feeling her constantly throughout the day and at night and it has been really fun to actually feel her moving around.  She is very active, which hopefully means that she's got plentiful athletic jeans just itching to get out and use haha. This is me at 29 weeks...

And here's one at 31 weeks.  I can't believe there's only 9 more left.  The time has been flying by and it's still is strange to both Dust and I that we are going to be mommy and daddy in 2 short months!

We have been starting to put the baby room together and organizing our house a little better to get ready for baby to come.  I took Dustin's old dresser, sanded it down and painted it to match the baby bedding, which we picked up across the border last week.  I wasn't sure about the yellow, but I am loving the look together.  Brenda helped me find the drawer handles on etsy, which match the chevron bedding and yellow accent perfect... hehe so fun!  We still have a few things I want to do to get ready for baby, but it's coming together slowly, but surely.

 

 

 

 

I also put together the stroller and car seat just to be the keener I am haha.  I even got lucky enough to get I a bag full of baby girl clothes from my Aunt Diane as she was getting rid of all her baby clothes, so that's fun too!

 

And I also took my first swing at making a blanket for baby.  Lynz was a HUGE help and thank goodness she was there because it definitely would not have turned out as well without here there to coach and help me through haha.

Dust and I have also started a project of making our own headboard and footboard.  We shopped around for a few months and were finding that they were just so dang expensive, so we kept putting it off.  Then my cousin's wife, Laura Hill, posted a picture of a headboard and footboard that she had made herself from plans on a website.  So we decided to check it out and quickly realized that it was something we could and wanted to do!  The website is ana-white.com and it is an amazing site with free building plans and pictures to go with everything!!!! We were so excited and have a few more projects that we plan to tackle in the next few years.  So Dust and I (mostly Dust) did the building two weekends ago and I have been put in charge of painting.  I decided to go with the antique look, so I stained the wood first with a dark walnut stain and then painted over it with an almond antique color.  I did two coats and left it to dry and will be going out to Raymond tomorrow afternoon to sand down the edges to create the antique look.  I'm a little nervous, but excited to see how it turns out.  Here they are after the first coat!  I'll put more pics up once they're done and set up in our room.

Other than that we've been staying busy with me subbing and Dust going to school, hunting and playing bball with some rec teams.  Dust has been testing out all his new hunting gear and is pretty stoked about getting out there and shooting something.  He spent one night trying on all his hunting stuff and testing his new boots to make sure they were water proof in our sink haha  He's such a stud :)

 Dust also thought it was very important to trim our annoying sidewalk crack grass growth before the snow came, so he took the scissors out and went to work... I just had to take a pic :)

I got to sub out at West Raley Hudderite Colony all last week and had a blast with the kids.  They're such nice people and it was neat to be able to learn more about their culture and way of life.  Thank goodness for Raymond as they have been my main source of income for substituting!  I have been getting calls from all the schools in Raymond each week and feel very blessed for the opportunity to be subbing so much.  I am feeling fantastic and am even more grateful for Zantac as it has saved me from my heartburn and will continue to love using it for the remainder of my pregnancy!  Man heartburn is rough!!!  I spent one night over the toilet throwing up for 15 minutes because of heartburn and the acidic burps that were coming up... yuck!!!  But other than heartburn... pregnancy is great.  I had an appointment today and everything is great!  I passed my glucose test (woot woot) and everything is looking great!  We're getting more and more excited for this Christmas and the new addition coming to our family!

During the Break from Blogging

Well I think it's time for a new blog and I haven't even been reminded about it from my dad and family :)  My last post was about us finding out we're having a baby girl which is very exciting and things have continued to change and progress with the whole pregnancy and life. So here's me at 24 1/2 weeks... no one can say I'm not showing anymore haha

 

We finally came home from Newfoundland and Dustin ended up having his best summer number for sales, which is very exciting!  He worked his butt off and it paid off!  I came home a week early to see Jarah and her new baby boy, Roan, before they left to go back down to Utah for school.  Baby Roan is adorable!  He's got dark hair like his mama and is soooo tiny!  Jarah is doing great and loving being a mom!  I got to spend some time with the fam before taking off to meet Dust in Las Vegas for our 1 year anniversary.  And boy did we have a blast!

We went to the Mandalay Hotel to see the sharks

I touched a stingray.... took me quite a while, but I did it and man are they slimy creatures and fast!

Had an octopus swimming next to me

Met the shark from jaws.  He still had food hanging from his teeth.. eww!!!!!

Saw this cool shark... can't remember what they're called, but I called him the Pinocchio shark

We went strolling along the strip, went to the variety show which was awesome and we wished we had gone to a couple more while we were there!

And of course, we had to make a stop at hte M&M store!  It was like a mini heaven for me :)

We went out to dinner at 'The Prime' which was a very high end restaurant.  Dust and I hadn't brought a lot of clothes and Dust was wearing his shorts.. well as we're walkin in the door we notice a sign that saws 'NO SHORTS.  DRESS PANTS PREFERABLE'! oh dear... so I thought we could use our anniversary as an excuse so they still let us sit down to eat.  Turns out they have a stash of extra dress pants that the men can put over the shorts they've worn, so Dust headed to the change room to put on his borrowed dress pants.  We got to watch the water show from the window by our table that the Bellagio Hotel puts on in the movie Ocean's 11.  It was such a fun view!  We found the two cheapest, but still delicious sounding meals on the menu and enjoyed the heck out of them!  I even forgot to take a picture because we demolished them so quickly, but Dust got a crab leg with sides and I got a chicken with sides.  Then we got a special surprise.  Because the hostess had found out it was our anniversary, they brought us dessert on the house.  It was melt in your mouth delicious brownie with ice cream.  We loved it and loved to celebrate our amazing first year together at such a beautiful place!

We stayed at the Aria Hotel, which we loved and would definitely stay there again!  It was all 'yes maam, no sir' and high end, but totally affordable with the package deal we did.  We spend some time chillin by the pool and really enjoyed the restaurants in the hotel as well.  Here's a picture of the Filipino waitresses that Dust and I made good friends with during our stay.  They got so excited when they saw Dust because he would speak Filipino with them, which they thought was amazing.

On our last day, we decided to rent a car and head to Hoover Dam to check it out.  It was truly amazing what had been built and to see it in person was even more amazing.  It was a hot hot hot day (well really the whole week was scorching hot), but we got some cold water and walked around for a while.

All in all, the trip was a big success and we would do it again for sure!  We are now back home and Dust is taking his two last classes for his degree at the U of L.  I am on the sub list with Westwind School Division and am in the process of applying the the Lethbridge school division too, so hopefully I can get some jobs soon before the baby comes :)  We've moved into Lethbridge and are living in an upstairs apartment with 3 bedrooms and a roomy, cute place.  Next blog will update on our move.

It's a GIRL!!!!

Well we had our ultrasound last Friday and found out that we're having a lil girl!  Dust and I got up early Friday morning and headed to the hospital.  We got inside and it took us half hour to find the darn place.  Their hospital is set up like St. John's city.... a nonsense maze.  I was freakin out cuz we were late and I was just hating Newfie's silly city and hospital set up.


We finally got there and had a student interim start off our ultrasound.  She had me laying on my back and started the process.  Dust was amazed and thought it was the coolest thing.  He kept guessing what different things were and was having some fun with it.  The heartbeat was about 150 and she was healthy while movin and groovin.  I think we have an active one on the way :)

About 20 minutes into the ultrasound, I suddenly felt very hot and lightheaded.  I started waving my face with my hand and the student ultrasound tech told me I needed to stay still, so then Dust started waving my face with his hat.  I was struggling and just wanted to cool off.  Just as I was real uncomfortable and felt like I was gonna pass out, the real ultrasound tech came in and immediately asked if I was okay.  I told her I was just really hot and light headed and she told me to quickly lay on my left side and got me a cool clothe to put on my forehead.  Thank goodness she came in!  She ended up doing the rest of the ultrasound with me laying on my side and it was really cool.  At the end she showed us the full profile of the baby and then we got to find out we were having a girl!

It's a lil blurry, but here's 19 weeks.

Dust wanted to keep it from our families and make them suffer, but I could not wait to tell everyone!!!  Lyndsey was the first to find out!! Lucky gal :)  and then we skyped with my mom and lil sis and called Dust's family after.  Anyway... it was a pretty exciting day and we can't wait to meet our lil girl!

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