Ok, so I'm starting to get the hint that people out there want another blog...to be quite honest, I don't understand why...we are such boring people!!!
Where to begin? Well, how about, today is our two year anniversary! Happy Anniversary to us! It's hard to imagine though, not only because it doesn't feel like it's been two years already but also because aren't we supposed to be on summer vacation when we celebrate our anniversary?? 20 more days til school is done! But I'm not talking about school yet...
We went out yesterday to celebrate. We went into London for dinner and to catch a show. We went to one of those half price ticket booths and got tickets for the show "Wicked: The untold story of the Witches of OZ". All I have to say is, BRILLIANT!!! If anyone gets a chance to see it (TO, NY wherever) PLEASE go and see it. It was absolutely amazing. The plot was fantastic, the music was incredible, the special effects were excellent. I don't have enough words to describe how good it was! It was well worth the money spent (and we spent a little chunk of change...) Before we got to the show though we went shopping (picked up a couple of maternity tanks on sale at Gap) and went out for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe. The food was not as good as in TO though and was a bit of a disappointment. We did have a free dinner though, so it was all good.
What else is new? Hmm...we had our 22 week appointment and scan for baby Steve. Steve is doing very well, growing like a weed and is now about 1lb big. Huge, eh? You would hardly notice, given that my belly hasn't grown much. I'll post pictures on my live space. I'm still wearing all my regular clothes (well, pants anyway) plus a few added maternity shirts, mostly because I bought them, they were new, and who wouldn't want to wear new clothes?!? I bought a pair of maternity jeans on sale that I have yet to wear!! I'm not complaining...but at almost 6 months pregnant, I would have thought I'd be able to participate in the fun-ness that is maternity shopping!!! Haha!
Steve is also kicking up a storm these days. For awhile I got nervous that there might have been two babies in there because I would feel kicks in three places at once!! The u/s confirmed though, only one baby in there! I've also noticed that some things can make Steve move more. One is orange juice (which I am drinking now and having a blast watching Steve jump and wiggle!!) I can't wait to get home and let you all see and feel for yourselves! The u/s tech was super nice too, she gave us three FREE photos of Steve and we only had to pay for one!! They are pretty cute shots too, at least one of our little thumbsucker!! I should have known that I would be blessed (cursed?) with a thumbsucking baby!!
We are also busy packing up our house and getting ready to move back home. We got some boxes from an international shipping company and are busy filling them and getting them ready to head home. It seems that we have so much stuff, but I have to remember that we aren't taking a lot of it back with us! We've sold our extra furniture and are giving away what we can. It's still a lot of work!!
School is getting ready to come to an end. Only 20 days left (or technically 13.5 working days). The kids are feeling the shift in season though and are getting antsy. Plus, at the end of the year there are so many other things happening that our routine gets thrown by the wayside. I'm trying to keep as much routine as I can in class for the sake of my one autistic boy. Otherwise he will be off the wall!! I've finished all my reports (they are being handed out monday) then all there is left is one parents evening, a summer fete (festival type thing) and the end of school production. Time will fly!! It doesn't even seem real yet that we are going on vacation again in three weeks. I've hardly had time to think about our trip to Europe.
Julie and Laura are coming over to travel with us for two weeks (plus they have some other travels planned) which should be so much fun!!! We are doing a 12 day tour around Europe. We will hit 8(?) countries and almost all of the major cities that we wanted to see. I'm too busy and tired to be excited yet, but I'm sure in the next week or so it will start to hit home that we are actually going to see a bit more of the world! Immediately following our tour we are flying home so we'll post and put up pictures once we are settled. So much happening in the next few weeks!! AHH!!
Ok, that's about it for the comings and goings of our life for the moment. I'm going right now to post those pictures, so keep your eyes peeled!!
Love you all!!
