Well, life’s been crazy lately. Actually I kind of prefer it that way. I’m not sure what “not busy and nothing to do” would look like, or if I might just waste away my days being an unproductive member of society, eating and watching daytime television.
Nonetheless a few days off is always a blessing (and more appreciated when it’s in the midst of the busyness). That’s what I got to do last week.
Two weeks less a day ago, I flew to New Brunswick. My Nana and Grampa picked me up at the airport at 11pm. I spent Thursday with them (spent several hours looking at old pictures of relatives from the last century or so. My Nana is trying to put them all together with dates/names, etc. so that it’s not “lost history” when she’s gone). On Friday, Georgina and the Steeves’ picked me up and we headed down to Halifax for the Halifax MissionsFest (called Jesus to the Nations). I helped with booth duty in representing AIM and talking to people interested in missions. Chris flew in Friday night to Halifax to help us. Then we all drove back to NB Monday morning. They dropped us off at Nana and Grampa’s house, where we stayed until EARLY Thursday morning. It was a wonderful few days of domino matches with Nana & Grampa, Roger & Judy (great-aunt & uncle), being spoiled with Nana’s cooking, sitting around reading, sleeping in, and enjoying the quiet. One day we went to a sugar camp to show Chris how maple syrup is made. It was too bad they weren’t boiling yet due to the lateness this year of the season, but it was still fun. I also got to see my 17-yr-old cousin, Shawna, and her new boyfriend, Adam. They are adorable! I feel stinkin’ old though… I remember the day she was born. I said that to my Nana, and she said “how do you think I feel, having a pregnant grand-daughter!!?” haha!
We got up at the ungodly hour of 4am (3am Toronto time) on Thursday morning to catch our flight back to Toronto, where our awesome friends picked us up at the airport at 7:27am! We went home, did a load of laundry, patted our very needy kitties, and hit the road again for our BABYMOON (like a honeymoon, but done as a “last vacation before baby comes” thing)!!!
We went to Niagara-on-the-lake to a B&B (John’s Gate B&B, which we now highly recommend!). We were there until Sunday. It was such a glorious time! I can’t remember the last time I felt that relaxed and spoiled! There was a gourmet breakfast waiting for us every morning (and I mean seriously gourmet – Saturday had 3 courses!!!), we had a king-size bed, an ensuite bathroom with a tub for bubble baths, a chocolate on our pillows each night… and the list goes on! The weather was gorgeous (except one day was rainy). We went to a dinner theatre one night, the spa all day one day, the Shaw Festival to see Wonderful Town (AMAZING!!!), walked around on historic Queen St in the town (2 minutes from the B&B), and went for a fancy dinner at a fancy schmancy pants restaurant (I was classy enough to sneak a few pics though, so I’ll be scrapping them)… there were so many little things that just made my day each day, but it would take a long time to write them all down. I’m gonna scrapbook the weekend, so you’ll have to just check it out when it’s done!
Anyway… if you’re pregnant, I highly recommend a babymoon. It’s good for the soul!
If you’re not pregnant, go to Niagara-on-the-lake for some other reason. It’s such a cute little town.
And last but not least….
I am 18 weeks pregnant today! Haven’t felt any movement yet (that I can confirm is definitely baby). That’s apparently normal, but I could start feeling it pretty well anytime. Looking forward to that!!!
