Growing up

Daniel is definitely growing up! No pics for this post but a few new things in Daniel's world:

• Sings the animal noises in Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  
• Says 'home' and 'read' (well, the start of the word anyway)
• Loves digging and making sandcastles in the sandpit (even if it is 6 degrees outside)
• Possibly crawl over his crib/cot rail if he is upset - hoping to avoid this for a few more weeks if we can!
• He loves pretending to talk on the phone, and usually wants to call Pa and Neen, or Poppy and Nana.
• He's grown an inch taller in the past 2 months, and has more teeth now. His incisors have cut through on the top row, and he has his 12-month molars.

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9 month belly

One week to go! :)

Waiting around with Daniel

Daniel & I are doing lots of hanging out this week. Playgroup and errands mostly. I'm enjoying 2hr naptimes (and having a rest myself). Not enjoying being the moody pregnant woman though :(

I signed Daniel up for a weekly music class today, which starts in 2 weeks. I'm not sure if I will be going, or if I will be delegating to Nana and Daddy, but I think Daniel will enjoy it a lot!

He is enjoying 'pretend' play at the moment. We feed and give drinks to his animals and toys, and he likes it when mummy and daddy make 'food' with playdough. He's gotten into reading stories with us big time lately, I think because it requires our undivided attention! He makes sure that he and I both have cushions to sit on, or chairs depending where we are. The Wiggles, Elmo and Curious George are still favourites in the entertainment department. And driving trucks/cars around is becoming more normal too. Our little guy is growing up!

2 weeks and counting

2 weeks today our bub is due! We are really hoping he makes an early appearance, but we'll see what happens :)
The Olympics are hard to ignore, and Nathan is finding it hard to study with exciting Olympic events and practice contractions happening.
Tiredness has really hit me today, I'm hoping it's just because Daniel got up early. Lots of naps for me today.
Today my friend Ramie rang and said "can you come watch the ladies gold hockey match right now?" Unfortunately I couldn't as Nathan was locked away in a study room somewhere, but it would have been awesome! We've been cheering on the Canadians (especially since Aussies aren't in every event) and getting a little more into the hockey.

Today we spent the morning at Jericho Beach. Daniel had fun chasing crows, ducks, seagulls, and climbing logs. Glad we packed gumboots, as the ground was surprisingly muddy.

Clear days should be treasured in Vancouver!
We finished off the morning with a picnic in a sheltered spot. Vegemite sandwiches for D and ham & salad wraps for us.
Daniel couldn't even keep his eyes open for the trip home! A successfully busy morning for out little guy :) We'll have to come again before we head back to Australia, he had so much fun.

Olympics, baby & sunshine!

Well, it's impossible to ignore the Olympics here in town. On Tuesday night I went downtown with my friends Jackie & Ramie, and we checked out the Olympic flame (behind it's chain-mail fence), LiveCity Downtown (one of the celebration sites), and the general buzz near BC Place where Canada was playing a hockey match. We even got a photo with one of Wayne Gretzky's jerseys (a very very famous Canadian hockey player). Tomorrow night Nathan and I are watching Russia & Slovenia ladies play ice hockey here at UBC (one last date before the baby comes!). Speaking of which, the midwife told me today that our baby's head is engaged and ready to go, yay! That was one of my big fears, that he wouldn't engage - just like Daniel. So hopefully sometime in the next 20 days we will meet this little guy! :)

And the sun has been almost constantly shining lately, which definitely improves moods everywhere. Nathan has cloistered himself indoors at the top of the high-rise right near us, as there is a study room up there with lots of windows. He is getting a good amount of work done which is great. Daniel and I are spending a fair amount of our time out in the sun. If it was rainy, I'd find it really hard to be bothered to get rugged up to go outside (yes, my energy is on the low side!) Yesterday we even played with some water and watering cans in our little garden (warm water from the kitchen tap) as it wasn't too cold. He is missing his little playmate Ixmu, and was glad to see her at playgroup on Wednesday.

It's February!

February has arrived - not that it is too significant mind you, I don't feel like anything really big has happened, but time is definitely passing.

I have 5 weeks til my due date - kind of scary, it has definitely snuck up on me. Feeling a little daunted to say the least. I mentioned to some of my friends that I didn't feel 'big enough' compared to my first pregnancy. Guess little boy Cunneen heard me! I'm not huge, but I did stack on a few kilos in just a few weeks. I'm partly blaming that large packet of Doritos that was sitting in the pantry with its MSG-laden tastiness (an extra ingredient not found in Aussie Doritos). And the ice-cream I bought for visitors. And watching TV during Daniel's naps.

The Winter Olympics will be starting in just over a week. And in just over 5 weeks Mum will be here :) Looking forward to that! Australia has almost 50 athletes registered which is pretty good considering we don't have much snow (maybe as much as Vancouver haha). Mind you, Canada has around 200 athletes - the benefits of being the host country! By the way, we could definitely do with snow on some of our mountains if you feel inclined to pray for some 'good' weather.