Ange playing with Aarik at the pool. She was entertaining him since he was stuck in there!

We have had a very busy couple of days! We were at St. Michael's hospital from Sunday-Wednesday to visit my dad. He was in a motorcycle accident on Saturday afternoon/evening on Bathurst St. He was hit by a drunk driver. Luckily, they got the driver and charged him with DUI etc. But, I hope we can make his life difficult once dad is better. Should that situation arise... The last person you want to hit is a LAWYER. lol 

Anyhow, so we've been busy. Cadina was down until this morning. So it's been nice to see so much of her this summer! 

I've been trying to organize the house, etc. It doesn't matter how much I seem to do.... There always seems to still be more!! I moved the love-seat from Angela's room to my room. Brought the TV and stand up to my room as well. Moved the crib from my room to her room... Now, if I could paint the upstairs hallway, the big living room wall, and Angela's room... Within the next 2 weeks, I will be very happy! And then it will only be my room/closet, and the 2 bathrooms. I still have some touch-ups to do, but at least when the big part is done, the rest is relatively simple to do! 

Also, we are planning on going to England again in December... Though, the tickets have not worked out so well. Darn British Airways. I spent 2 hours calling and on the website this morning trying to figure out our different options. Now who knows what we'll do. 

We have our home visit with our midwife Lisa on Saturday. She hasn't been able to speak with Jamie at all this pregnancy since he's been in London. So, that will be good. I think we are going to try and get a birthing pool again. It was really nice to have. But, since the one I had was a home spa, it was kind of hard for me to move when I was in pain. However, there were bubbles from the "spa" you could turn on whenever, so during contractions, that felt quite nice! I am glad this summer has been pretty mild because I was dreading going through another one like 2007 and adding pregnancy to that.. No, thanks! So, it's been really good. I can't believe it's already the end of July! 86 days to go! 

My aunt and 3 cousins are coming on Monday for 10 days. We haven't seen my aunt in 3 years, since she came to our wedding, so it will be really great to see her! 

Anyhow, I am exhausted! I think a little mid-afternoon nap is due! 

Already July!

We had a "Little Mermaid" party for Ange. 

This is Ange's 1st birthday cake.  

I cannot believe how quickly time has gone by! It feels like just yesterday I found out I was pregnant and couldn't even fathom getting to summer!! 

We found out a couple weeks ago that the baby is a GIRL! I am so excited. I even bought Ange and baby their first matching set of onesies! So cute! It's hard not to buy everything that's so cute right now, but the baby is going to be born in October and she won't be able to wear summer clothes! I was thinking of making the baby a little "egg" costume for Hallowe'en. She'll be the egg and Ange can be a chickadee again! =D

We are all doing well. Jamie is very busy at school, but he is doing great!!! And we've been able to seem him quite a bit the last couple weeks. We are going to see him Wednesday and then we'll be with him for almost 2 weeks! =D

We just had Cadina and her boys stay with us for a week. It was great! Though bedtime was always interesting and Ange was a little bully to Aarik! But it was fun.

Sarah is visiting too, so we've spent lots of time over there! It has been great having her home. We missed her and Jake so much!

Ooh, and speaking of travelling.... We are planning on going to England for 2 weeks in December! I am so excited!!

Anyhow - It is a lovely cool day, so I feel like painting! Or sewing! Or decorating! lol

BPA

So, I was skeptical about this whole BPA problem coming to light. First it was bad, then the government said it wasn't so bad, etc. 

They say that adults already have so much of the chemical in their bodies that it can't be removed. But, they've discovered that it causes severe problems in babies/children.

I just read this post from www.momgogreen.com and found out more information. I suggest anyone interested read this post. It is great. Also, I was sad to hear that Avent is not a good product for babies. I love Avent, so that was disappointing!! 

Anyhow, I want to raise healthy babies so I will be replacing the plastic bowls with glass ones (for when I feed her!! If she wants to feed herself then it's going on the placemat!) and I need to look out for this Born-Free company. Their products do not leak BPA! 

She's a single digit!

Yesterday was Angela's 1st birthday! 

I cannot believe the time has gone by so quickly! She is such a great baby and we love her so much. 

We had a "Little Mermaid" party on Saturday - We'll upload the pics later.

She devoured her cupcake and loved her presents! 

We are very blessed

Today is our 3rd year anniversary! I cannot believe how quickly time has passed! 

Together in these 3 years we have had some great accomplishments. Firstly, the best day ever was when we got married in the Toronto Temple. We waited a year and a half for Jamie's immigration to come through, and once it did, he started university at UOIT and amazingly, he got a great job with RBC as a manager in the Learning and Recruitment department. This allowed us to accomplish our goal of owning a home by our 2nd anniversary! We made it by 10 days! 

We had a sweet baby girl June 1, 2007, Angela. She has been a great little girl! We have another one on the way, due October 18th, so we will have 2 little angels! 

And now, without having an undergrad, Jamie was accepted under special circumstances to attend one of Canada's top business schools - The Richard Ivey School of Business (At Western) and take the intensive 1-year MBA course. 

We have been greatly blessed and are so grateful for the years we've had together and can't wait to see what exciting things the future has in store!  

Life in London (Ontario)

Jamie has been in London for 2 weeks now. I drove up with Angela on Saturday morning to get the new apartment ready! 

It is a great place... Though, I don't think I ever want to live in a previously owned/rented place! Cleaning up after the previous people is not so fun! 

We went to the London 1st Ward yesterday, and there were some people Jamie knew from his mission, so that was cool! 

There was a pot-luck last night for his MBS class, and it was great to meet the people he is going to be in class with. They were all so nice and everyone loved to meet Ange - Even though she was exhausted and would shy away! 

I don't have my camera cable here, so I'll have to post pictures when I get home! 

May is almost here!

It's official - Jamie is living in London. He started his course yesterday and so far so good! He doesn't have any food though..... We'll have to work on that!

Luckily, we get to see him on Friday night!

Aside from that, we had our first ultrasound last week!! 14 weeks and as soon as she put the thingy down, the baby was waving! It was so cute :) "Hi mom!" Official due date: October 18th.

I have been trying to decorate the house... Painting is as far as I've gotten. I really want to get Angela's room done before the baby comes!

We are very excited for the summer - So much to do! And Sarah and Jakob are coming to visit for 5 weeks!! Yay! I even ventured to purchase a "maternity" bathing suit... I hope it's not too scary. lol

Anyhoo, that's all the excitement around here!