Happy Halloween!!!

Searching for the right Pumpkin

Weekend is booked solid!!

We normally don't plan much on the weekends and just do whatever but this weekend we actually got lots going on for us which is nice for a change.

Saturday we are going to the Bridge School Concert Event here in town which we are excited for. Not sure who all we'll get to hear b/c we bought the tickets for the wrong day by mistake and Saturdays concert starts at 5pm and not 2pm like on Sunday oops. Anyhow Hopefully we'll get to see :Jack Johnson, Death Cab for Cutie, Norah Jones don't really care or no the others. Sad things we miss, Josh Groban, and Smashing Pumpkins where they only play on Sunday. Anyhow we got the lawn seats where you brink a blanket and sit in the grass just like we did for July4th. It should be good times and if all goes well we'll make it till 9pm before walking home.

Sunday depending on how Noah will be doing we are going to head out to the beach and stop either on the way there or on the way back at one of the pumpkin patches to pick out our pumpkins and than Carve later on this week. I already know what I am carve for my and Noah's pumpkins, I can't wait.

Besides that I finally got to my exercise class again, since I have only been there twice in a month with all the travels I haven't been around. I must say if feel great that I can still kick all the non pregnant mom's butt in the workouts at 33 wks pregnant. I actually won the push up contest, not sure how many I did. I know it was over twenty because that is when I stopped counting and just kept going till she said stop, two of us tied out of 15 mom's. I got a window shade for the car that says my mom can do more push ups than your mom, pretty funny but so true haha. Anyhow I now have no energy at all after the workout, so I am going to hope here Noah falls asleep and I will put in probably a Christmas movie since I already watch the Charlie Brown's Halloween one yesterday and do some cross stitch. I am still hoping I can finish the baby's stocking before Christmas.

Hope you all have a great weekend.

Christmas almost done

Yes you read right. I figure that since it's a small Christmas this yr with all the traveling going on and the baby coming soon, we should get a move on things and plus there not much we need. We finished Noah Christmas shopping pretty much, I'll pick up maybe one more outfit here but that's it. We know tom is getting a new bike so we just have to go out and pick one up and I already got pots and pans which I have only used some but love them completely. What a difference cooking is when you have good pots and pans, I wish we could have gotten them long ago. The last thing really we need to get is go out and get our tree or put up the fake one which can't happen till Dec 1st. I am so excited for Christmas this yr as like any year the wait is killing me.

We got Noah's Halloween outfit before I flew back home and I can't wait to put him in it and take pictures, he's so cute in it not that there isn't anything he isn't cute in, says his very proud mom!!!!
I am hoping to out here on Saturday to the pumpkin patch and get our Pumpkins and than carve them. Not sure what we'll make this yr I guess I better start looking at pictures. Well should go...suppose to rest but when is there time to lots to do lots to do.

The Big Question

From time to time this Question comes up from our family and friends.....

ARE AND WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO MOVE BACK TO CANADA??????

The answer to this is simple, it's yes we are moving back home but the when part is undecided. We just go year by year to tell you the truth. We know we don't want to live in the USA forever , but when is it time we haven't decided. Lots of things come into play with the decision of moving back home:

1. Save money so we can get a house
2. Paying off debts
3.Having tom happy with his job
4.Would love to move to a different country for a bit before going back to Canada

Next part of the question is when moving back home, where???

We both love the Maritimes and would love to live somewhere there but when looking at it today, it's just not promising to us. Let's face it High Tech world is just really not there....it has come a long way but it's still not there. Tom needs a job he'll be happy with and that is important to both of us, especially since I don't work. I strongly feel that since he is the one with the career he needs to be happy with what he is doing...I would never want to settle for something I am not happy with doing, so why should he. For us if you are't happy at work it makes it hard to be happy at home and enjoy life... Happiness in all parts of our life that is very important to us!!! So we'll go where he finds something he likes. Saying this we really see ourselves going back to Ottawa or maybe out West but who knows really because we don't. I know when it comes to deciding somethings will come into play in helpping us decide:

1. The most important no long communtes(anything over 20min) for Tom.
I don't see the joy of commutes and it makes me worry. I don't want Tom on the road for hours of the day when he could be home with us...Communting to me seem like a waste of life....So we'll live close to his work, our family time is very important to us. As well in winter there is snow on the roads and as well back home there is more animals too than down here. So I guess this is the big deciding factor.

2.Finding a house close to Tom's work.
Would love to have ours built for us, I already have a house plan I like, but we'll see on that.

3. Finding a good school close for the children so they don't have to be on a bus at all or a long time.

4. Has to have stuff to do in the town or city.
This is important to us not only for us but for the kids. We don't want to have to drive forever to go out for dinner or to a childrens event etc... We want a community where we can just go out and do somethings as family, if that is a movie, mini golf, a sport event etc.

That is just a few things but I know there is more. Anyhow we will move back to Canada one day but where and when is undecided, but it will happen and we know it will.

What a worldwind

....the last week was.

Well I made it to Adam and Laura's wedding. It was a very beautiful day and they were a very beautiful couple I have to say. I can't even express how happy I am for them and how happy I made it. It was nice to see a few old friends too for a very short time since I didn't get to talk much where Noah was running none stop and didn't want me to stop and talk to anyone. Maybe one day I'll get back home and have some friend time with friends but I doubt it, our trips home are so busy and always feel rushed...but one can hope.

It was nice to see some family and friends even though I didn't get to see all of our families or friends. I have to say even though it was a good trip it was a very hard trip too. I was on the road every day that I was home except for the day before I flew back home and by than I don't think there was one part of my body that didn't hurt etc. I don't think I will fly by myself with children again but I should know better and know not to say never, I really hope though that I never do. Noah had one rough flight out of three on the way up and was the best little boy on the way back. I got so many compliments of him on the way home on how good he was and we had a lot of nice ppl helping me on and off the plane however none where airplane or airport employees haha.

I wish I could say I have pictures to post but I hardly ever took a photo as sad as that was. I was so tired that I just looked after Noah and if he was a sleep I tried to rest some, not that he got many naps b/c we were pretty much on the go. For what Tom and I put him through I must say his is the best boy around. Well I am exhausted and very sore and now Noah is napping thankfully, and I should lay down or clean some.

Happy Belated Anniversary Honey!!!

Well yesterday was a long and sad day, for me and I think Tom as well. We celebrated our Anniversary apart. Last few years we haven't really gotten to celebrate it b/c things are always happening. Last yr I was really sick and end up in the hospital one night, this year I spent it on a 9 hour flight trip home. Hopefully next year we'll be together. I miss you babe, can't wait to come home.

Well I made it home with Noah, and I must say I am never flying by myself with a child. It could have been worst but I am physically paying for it today. I can hardly move and having a really hard time lifting and carrying Noah as well as just rolling over in bed. Noah had one bad hour on our second flight out of three. Not sure why but he ended up puking all over me and him. Good think all our clothes were carry ons and I didn't check any baggage. I must say I ran in to a lot of nice people that try to help me out in the airport and on the play, however on one work for the airport and the rest were passengers. I had one lady bend down and tie my shoe(I had three bags and Noah in a front carry), one lady carried my little suit case and a few men carried the car seat for me. On the plane I had one man try to entertain Noah with is Iphone(the flight he puked on me). There are other and I am grateful for all their help and the funny thing is I wonder what they would have thought if they new I was 31wks pregnant and doing this. Noah was on my front facing me so they couldn't really tell when I was carrying him. Anyhow I was surprise at the friendliness of the people I met.

Well I am tired we didn't get to sleep till 3 am and than up at 8:30am, Noah got an extra hour and is now down for a nap thank goodness. Here is hoping I get rested and in time for my flight back.

coming home

Well most of you know I am flying home and get in midnight on Thursday so I will be in Canada from Friday to Wednesday(full days) and fly out early Thursday morning. I am excited to be home for Adam and Laura's wedding and so happy for once I am not missing another wedding. Saying this now, my small flight of just the weekend by myself just got extended to a week and Noah is coming with where Tom can't take time off either home with Noah or coming home with us. I am so stress out at this point, I will be 31wks pregnant with an almost 16month old on a very long flight by myself....I am crazy I know. I also have to find some warmer clothes too for the trip where all my maternity clothes(very few) are more summer clothes and not suited for home, as well as something to wear to a wedding. I looked all day for something to wear but found nothing. I am on a mission tomorrow to find one outfit for the wedding and maybe I will be wearing that all week home who knows. I hate shopping especially when pregnant, I think that ppl that design the clothes are either male or women that have never been pregnant is all I have to say.

So now that I am stressed out and excited, I am just praying this little one doesn't come early let alone on the plane b/c if I go into labour they won't have time to land the plane, Noah's labour was from the first sign of labour to finish 5 hours yes you hear that right, it was a very fast labour with almost No doctor to deliver him, we are already nervous about making it to the hospital in time, when home here.

Well that is it for now, I got soo much to do where I haven't even been home for a week yet from our vacation and I am trying to catch up on everything else when we were away. Oh my goodness I think I have lost my mind.

Pictures

Swimming with Dad

Kisses for Dad

Sitting in my hole.

Ice cream smile

This is one tree and only half of it.

Dad wouldn't let Noah in the pond but he kept trying.

Needle Point in Iao Valley

Jelly Fish

A turtle cam to say hi, he's only3 months old

Mom and Noah looking at Turtles

Running in and out of the water

Running from Dad on the beach

Eating Shaved Ice(nothing like a snow cone...no chucks of ice) it's like powder snow.

It's finally October!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

October started off just as great as ever. On October first not only were we in Maui but I was 30wks pregnant which mean 10 wks to go!!!!!!! And this is the first full month of Fall too can I say awesome!!!! I am loving it.

So it's sad we are back in California and Tom is back to work...and will most likely work the weekend...ugh. There's no nice clear beach and relaxing time here.... I so want to go back to Maui right now, we could have a Hawaiian baby common. Our trip was awesome and just what we needed...time away from everything. No set plans, no schedule...just nothing. We would wake up have breakfast and head to the beach, than based on how Noah was doing it was nap time or a drive after lunch. We did do two small things in Maui, we took Noah to the Maui's Ocean Aquarium which I love and than drove to Lahaina to eat at Cheese Burger Paradise which sort of was a disappointment to be truthful. I am sure the burgers were good but nothing really out of the ordinary and my chicken sandwich burger was okay but they didn't have a Keiki menu(that children in Hawaiian) which was really weird I had to say since it like a family restaurant. Anyhow we had fun walking through the town and Noah got to chase the birds and have a bit of ice cream too.

Not a lot to tell since most of our time was on the beach digging holes for Noah to climb into and sit which was is favorite thing to do, and was hard on us b/c he didn't want to wait for the hole to be dug. We would scoop one shovel of sand out and he would already be trying to sit in it, it was pretty funny b/c we would have to dig around him and under him, than distract him with a sandcastle which he would have to leave the little or big hole and smash it down and than return to the hole. Noah also loved the water and the waves, he got slashed many many times in the face with the waves. AS well surprisingly right on the beach Tom spotted a sea turtle in the water really close in and ran into the water and fallow it. Me and Noah just saw the shadow of it b/c we didn't realize what tom was doing, we even missed it's head coming up for air.

Well I think that is it fro our trip, I'll try and get some photo's up but right now I got to run and get some stuff down around the house and try to adjust to the 3 hour time difference. I really hate fly east and adjusting to the time, loosing time is so hard. I can fly west and be find but east just kills all of us.

In Two

.....days we will be in Maui and I just can't wait. I am very much looking forward to being able to relax and rest as a family, it's just so important to us to do it and I am glad we are keeping it up. As well it's officially Fall. Which is my favorite season and more important it's also almost October and September(the month I like the least) is over!!!!!! I am trying to organized our trip and get everything ready so that I am not running around the last mintue like crazy, which is what normally happens.

Noah is feeling a lot better from his booboo I must say and am happy to report. He's just so really active than most his age actually and we really do think that he thinks he is two. Well I know some of you have asked what happen and well Noah was running around the house like normal and went running in to his room for his shoes which I must report after he came out with one I told him to go and get is other shoe which is what he went to do when he just ran to fast and trip over his foot and hit his head on the corner of the bed frame. I was just so relieved he didn't hit his eye. However, as any parent knows any facail wounds bleed like crazy even if they are small. So this is accident number two( first one he bit through his tounge) and hopefully the last for a long time. However I have a feeling that Noah is going to have many booboos growing up. I can see all the sport injury nows, I love that he is so active but some days I wish he would slow down.


Well by the time I get back from our vacation I will be just over 30wks and it's hitting me pretty hard lately. I don't know how I can get any more tired but I am and keeping up with Noah takes most of my energy.

Writings

It's been so long since I have sat and been in the right mind frame where things just flow to me. I can't explain it. I use to write for me all the time, I never showed anyone any of my writing till I wrote one for Tom over 10 yrs ago. It is framed and on our wall, expressing my love I have for him. I have to say nothing has changed and things I wrote has come true and are stronger than ever.

Well here are two that came to me today, I don't know what you call them, they aren't quite poems but just little writing I guess.

Truth

It's quiet now, one of the best times of the day
I sit and think and clear my head if there is time today
I find myself dreaming of things to be
But loving how things are today

Many people dream of the greener grass
While I am pretty happy with what we have
Sure I may want this or that
But would I trade with what I have
I certainly would not

Our family is strong
And Love keeps growing
The honeymoon stage is never really gone
The kisses, the hugs, the precious little touches
Not everyone see them but we have them

There are tears and arguments but there is always love
Agree to disagree that is fine
But never go to bed without showing your love.
Because in the end Love is what holds us strongly together.

Our Love

My Angel you are
I watch you sleep
curled up so tight
Away in your dreams

You are cuter than ever
and I just want to cuddle
And hold my sweet baby
As tightly as ever

One day you'll grow up
And leave us behind
But I will Remember
That sweet baby of my.

-Selena

Finally....

....I am done all the stitching of Noah stocking!!!! Now I just have to turn it into a really Christmas stocking, I little bit of cording, a material for the inside and than the back and it will be done. Not sure when I will get to all that but he will have a stocking. Now to start #2's stocking, however I know it won't be finished in time but hopefully next yr it will be. Anyhow it's late and I need sleep.

Noah two teeth finally poke a little bit through so we still have some painful times ahead. He finally got is first pair of sneaker since he is running more and more but not big clunky ones just some light weight ones, don't want to slow the boy down haha.

Had our doctors appointment but I wrote about it on the other site, so you can check that out if you want, but things went well. Getting even more tired lately but that is expected during the last 3 months. Still haven't picked any names out and well when we have a name people you'll find out when the baby is here and no sooner, but no we don't have a name. Two weeks behind but I almost have all the stitching done for Noah's Christmas Stocking. Next step is to cut the fabric and so the inside sleeve and than the cording and back on it. Lots to do....

Getting more and more excited for our vacation, it's been over a year since our last family vacation. So it's well needed!!!! Weekend was good fast but good, can't really remember anything to report about it so I guess that says how exciting it was.

Little man woke up early so my time is over.

What....

goes through other peoples minds really does surprise me sometimes, especial when they feel free to let you know. I really try not to let what others think bug me and I am pretty good at it now...though once I wasn't. I am so happy that I am better at it though, I have to say because if not I think over the last few days I would be in a bigger downer than some days I already let myself get. Yes folks I am not always happy and I feel down and when pregnant I can get a little more down than normal. I will always desire to get pregnant even though lets be truthful I do not enjoy it but I love having babies and so I will give up my body for these precious little bundle of joys that I love so much and will probably be crushed when we have our last one(but I will not miss the pregnancy part).

Anyhow lets get back to other people. Why do people feel they have the right to comment on pregnant women I really want to know!!! I bunch of us were talking at my baby boot camp class(exercise class for the parents), about what people say to us.

1. Tell us what we should eat(thankfully I never go this)
2. How big you are
3. You look tired(another meaning you look like poo)
4. How much weight we should gain
5. Than talking behind your back about how they can't believe how big you are
6. My favorite is wow they are going to be close together(if you are having the children close together), you'll have your hands full.


Well this week to my face I got, 1.wow you are really looking wide, 2.your face is really getting round and you still have 3 months to go and my all time favorite that I got this morning at the REI store"when are you do?....wow you are really big...are you sure you're not having twins...you got a long way to go still....." Wow is all I could think and laugh on my way out.

When this stuff happens I laugh and just think people are a riot. I wonder to myself if they..... don't think I notice myself getting bigger, that I don't look in the mirror and see that my belly is sticking way out, that I don't feel tired and I am not well aware that I look like poo but I do try not to look like poo but I don't get the famous pregnancy glow. I can't help how my body looks(how and the size of it goes when you are growing another human being in side you). I work out 3 times a week, I think I eat pretty good(I don't snack but I do have 1/2 cup frozen yogurt almost everyday). I don't get craving, I don't do the I am eating for two bit or eat whatever I want because I am pregnant. I know the junk you eat when pregnant is normally the weight that doesn't come off easy after the baby comes. Oh and being tired well some get more tired than other when pregnant and than add a very active 15 month old in the mix, on top of normal day things that need to be done, one does get tired and yes look like poo. People just truly don't understand until they are there in the exact same position where there are no breaks, no coffee breaks, no sitting down for lunch even for 10 min, and no leaving work(no different atmosphere) or it's been yrs since they were pregnant and for get what's it's like(got to like older people that block out things). But on the other sides you do run into a few people that say you look good or just a simple nice complement. Anyhow I get many good laughs at people I do have to say.

As well I love the advice and the comparison of working and stay at home parent from people that are single or from couples without children but let me tell you"they have no idea what you are talking about"(you can read all the books, take the course but until you are a parent and have the responsibility 24 hours a day, they really have no clue). However, to me there is one thing I could imagine that would be even harder, and that would be a single parent or a working parent(when the spouse doesn't help out) and have to come home and try to do everything, but truly I wouldn't know if it is or not but I would think it would be harder.

Okay so that is enough of me just babbling away how crazy people are towards pregnant women. Well we almost did it, we almost had a date night this Friday, which I was looking forward to since we haven't had an evening or a moment out together just the two of us in 14 months. Our last one was July 2007 to see the Harry Potter movie, but anyhow Tom has some work stuff that came out so it got canceled. I have a feeling our next time alone together will be when all the kids are moved out, which mean 18yrs after we have our last child, maybe it will happen when we both go into a retirement home haha, hopefully not but who knows.

Anyhow sorry for sp, grammer, long run on sentence I am too tired to proof it more and even than I know I miss things.

It's booked

....yup we are taking a small vacation to get me out of this house, and tom away from work. These are the times I love. I place I don't have to clean or cook and someone will do it for me!!!! We bit the bullet and book a trip to Maui again. It won't be a long stay b/c well we need the vacation for when the baby comes but something is better than nothing. Did I mention I won't have to clean!!!!! It won't be like the last vacation we went on, where we are now three and not just the two of us but it will be great all the same. We'll get up have breakfast and head to the beach(which will be different too because both of us can't go in the water at the same time but that is alright) and than back to the hotel for nap time and more relaxing time and time at the gym for a work out!!! We might try and do a snorkeling trip and just take turn going into the water, since that was truly a lot of fun, and we both loved it. Anyhow I am excited anytime that we have a family vacation of just relaxing, is the best....no plans, no times you have to be here or there, we just wake up and decide what to do and if we have plans we only every plan two activities for a trip, that way it's not rushed and exhausting.

Well we didn't do much again this weekend, went for a walk and Noah's having a hard time lately with his teeth and has a bit of a rash but hopefully that will clear up here soon, his little bum is so red and hurts a lot(only happens when teeth are coming in). Well that is if for now I got to get some cleaning done now that the temp in the apartment is more bearable then it has been, and then onto making some fish chowder for dinner. I can't wait for my vacation, finally a little bit of a break for me, before I have to come back and cook up a storm and freeze things so that we have some food in the freezer for when the baby comes. That way Tom and I can just take out a frozen Lasagna and pop it in the stove, makes things a lot easier for sure. Three more months to go and I can't wait, I am truly loving this December, no traveling and no being pregnant, just a quiet(some what), relaxing winter, but I'll still miss you snow(not traveling in it though, just the prettiness of it and it's cold chill that makes you get hot chocolate curl up in front of an open fire place(I'll have one in my house one day) with your family!!!

Double Digits!!!!

Yup that is right so happy but still have a ways to go. We have 99days left of this pregnancy, woo hoo. Some how it looks so much better then 100 or more days. I don't want this little one coming too early but I do want the time to fly by fast and would love to go before my due date. This little one is just as active as Noah was in utero so I have a feeling I am going to have two very active children. I don't mind that much and look forward to putting them in sports if they want to, I think between tom and I though they will probably love to be active in sports.

Looks like our Fall weather left and hello summer all week...ugh, 95+ all week. I have to say we have had a pretty cool summer for most parts but they weeks of heat waves are killing me. I like summer but don't love it. I am a spring and fall person always have been. I looking forward to watching our leaves change... yes folks our tree change color and die too, as well in spring I love watching the blossom bloom on the trees too. But this heat we are getting now is just not what I want at all. I have to say that being pregnant in the summer especially sucks, I think next time if we can I am going to avoid being pregnant in the summer but for us that really easier said than done....but I can dream.

It's getting closer and closer for us to finally get our green cards which will be nice to not have to deal with these visa issues. We would like to have them by December but I think it will be more into the New Year when we get them. Not much else is new here with us our long weekend was quite and we didn't do anything but that is alright, we are trying to save time for christmas and it's just nice to relax. It's hard to believe that August is over I am not sure where it went but I am hoping that September just goes as fast. I love October when its really truly Fall and everything is crisp and fresh, after October I long for December b/c December 1st is when I am allowed to decorate for Christmas and if we aren't getting a really tree than folk yes my tree will be up that first weekend!!!! I wish Noah was old enough to get excited for Christmas, I love watching children excitment it brings me right back to when I was a kid!!!

Shopping Therapy

It's the long weekend and we have no plans and I am sure Tom will work some of it which is normal for us. Today we drove out to Gilory Outlets stores I have been wanting to go out there for a while since we having been out there since Grampie Flynn was here back in march. We got up and out the door early for us before 10:30am and got there around 11am something. I was disappointed at first b/c the Gap didn't have a maternity section like they did when I was pregnant with Noah. However I found some clothes that fit me now(a little tight in the belly but what do you expect when you are 25 1/2wks pregnant). I also bit the bullet and bought pants that I love and hopefully I got the right size I could zip them up still but they were a little tight in the tummy and upper thighs so I am hope they will fit better after the baby comes, the next size up wasn't tight at all but my waist won't be this size after December so that is why I went a size down. Here is hoping anyhow. Tom got a lot of nice stuff too and it was even better that not only was it an outlet store but labour day sales too!!!!! I am not much of a shopper and very rarely find stuff I like or fit well but today was a success. When you have clothes that fit nicely they really make you feel so much better. Especially when you been feeling low for a bit and down, so for once my shopping therapy was a success, even if none of the clothes were maternity haha.

Well we are slowly getting back to normal, I knew that first day with the 3 hour nap was too good to be true but we are getting there. There is no screaming in the car anymore and eating a bit better however we have 5 teeth coming in and appear to be coming in one after another so our gums are swollen, so eating won't be much fun here in a bit. I finally got almost a wholes night sleep(no Noah hasn't been waking us), I just don't sleep well when pregnant(nope the baby doesn't wake me up kicking either), I am up to pee or just up at least 4-5times a night...so frustrating. Well that's it for now. Hope everyone having a nice long weekend!!!

A litte too silent...

Today had an empty feeling for us. The buzz of others and their presence were gone today which always leaves our house lonely. We had a great week with Uncle Dan and Aunt Genevieve and we miss them. We had a busy week and our schedule was upside down but it was well worth it. Noah love having them here and always wanted to hold Uncle Dan's hand or watch him play guitar hero etc. Noah did way better than we thought he would with not having his normal naps and routine, he's such a routine child. We did have our screaming fest and trouble falling asleep in the travel bed but over all he did great. We didn't get to do everything and somethings were cut short b/c of a tired little man but I think over all they had a good trip or we hope they did. Can't wait to have them down again in the future.

Well we are trying to get back to our routine here and we are getting there little by little. Noah took is 3 1/2 hour nap which was wonderful and I got a little house work done with a rest in there too. Noah still looks for is aunt and uncle and probably will for a few days. The heat wave is on it's way here...ugh I knew it was too good to be true to have the cooler weather here, hopefully it won't stay too long. Tomorrow we get back into exercising and than loads of laundry and normal everyday stuff, and hopefully Noah will take his nap again and be fully settle.

News on #2...We had our doctors appointment today and it went well and things look good. So we are happy with that news our next appointment is September 15th so hopefully things will continue to look good.

Dreaming

I have to say it's nice to have dreams andl I mean the dreams you hold out for in the future. A lot of my are ones that I want to come but just not at this moment.

I dream of....

1. A house one day that we will live in and it will be ours(or the banks) where we'll stay forever(not ready for this b/c well I am not ready to settle down in one spot, a house is a big commitment in my books).. I have completely found the plans for my dream house though.

2. Trips!!!! I want to see the world, I love discovering new things, different cultures(I hope this happens sooner than later, I don't want to wait till we are older b/c well you never know what will happen in the future)

3. The days when both of us don't have to work and the kids are gone(we'll miss them yes, but we also like being just the two of us, hopefully we'll remember what that will be like, because we sure don't know it now).

4. The day when our family is finished...this will probably be one of first to get checked off my dream list haha.

5. Live somewhere new and exciting...a new country sounds good to us...really hope this one happens just for a few yrs.

Those are probably my top five of dreams, I have little ones here and there, but I would say those are my top in really No giving order.

This weekend here was a bust, we didn't do anything at all and Noah and I were cranky...Tom couldn't make up his mind what to do...ugh. I dislike these weekends just b/c I look so forward to them. Most of the time we don't do anything and that is fine, but we really didn't even get out of the house for a walk etc. Hopefully next weekend well be better, no plans just hoping for a better atmosphere in the house.

Noah quite the firecracker and most of the time makes me smile, at night some days I just feel like crawling into his crib and cuddling with him. I so miss him being a new born, however we developed new type of cuddles, Noah will walk over to his books and pick one out and bring it to me to read to him, he loves loves books, which I am very thankful for.

I am really getting excited for Christmas, I think I would have the house decorated now if tom let me. I am hoping we can sneak in a really tree for this Christmas. We'll miss our families but I have to say we love not traveling at Christmas time. It's just so nice to stay in our home and not have to go anywhere!!! When the kids are older it will be like that too, No traveling at Christmas but people are more than welcome to come see or stay with us.

I am really hoping we go on a mini vacation here in September. I dislike September for a few reason, so if we go away that month it well make it a more happier month. I am still dreaming of going home in October for my friends wedding but I strongly doubt I'll be going when I'll be like 32wks prego, my parents want to see me but don't want me to make that long flight and we'll have to get traveler insurance if I do go just in case. But we'll see how things pan out. I'll be really disappointed that I won't see it. Maybe someone could take a web cam to the wedding and I can watch it live!!!!

I think that is it for now, not much really going on, just me day dreaming most of the time and wondering when #2 will grace us and hopefully we'll have a name picked out too. The name game is not going well this time. Last time it was so easy we just knew and this time there is just nothing we like or stands out. There are names I like but not when they get shorten or I just don't like them enough. I can tell you all that if we pick a name though that can be shorten that we will not be using the shorten version of the name. I don't care once they are in school and if their friends shorten it, if that is what they want but not family. I really don't understand why parents name their children a name and than don't call them that name, it just doesn't make since to me at all. So if for example we let say have a boy and name it Richard where did Dick come from?????? why call him Dick when you named him Richard. If I wanted to call my child Dick than I would name him Dick not Richard and I am not a fan of the 'Y' thing either. So please don't think we are mean in saying to you all but don't do this to our children. The name we give our children are the name we want them to be called. And No Richard is not a name we are considering. Okay Noah is down for his nap for sure now so it's time to clean.