Water Baby

Man, it is hot today...and Mckenna and I are really feeling it. I took her outside tonight to play in her 'pool' and splash around to burn some energy off before bed. She really loves the water and doesn't even mind how cold the tap water is out of the hose. She found out tonight that she can drink from the hose, push her friend Jada on her Dora car, and spray T.J the cat with the water. She was so funny and it really burnt her out. By 7pm she could barely walk anymore and was dying to go inside to bed. Yes, I am lucky enough that when asked if it's night night time, she will enthusiastically shake her head yes.
Our packing has begun as has my sleepless nights of organizing everything in my head. It is so real now and I am finding it harder to know that at the end of the month, this will no longer be our home. I am really dreading that day, but have decided that tomorrow I am going to film the house so that Mckenna knows where she first lived and had many of her 'firsts' in her life. It will be a sad day for me as we have truly made this our home and filled it with many wonderful memories. I know our new house will have even more, but it is amazing to think back 5 years ago and how far we have come already. I better stop....the lump in my throat is forming again.
Enjoy the photos and video. The pictures of Mckenna with her new bikini on is from tonight and the rest are from the last couple weeks.

Link to video:http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ally92/?action=view&current=100_3092.flv

Good things come in three's......

What can I say except it has been a whirlwind of a week.
Mothers Day was great and we spent it out at Dave and Sara's house on the lake. We had people come through our house at 10:30am so Ryan took me out for breakfast since he couldn't make it and mess up the kitchen. We thought it was just another uneventful showing, but low in behold, they put an offer in 4 hours later!! I was elated, but holding my breath. They came in low, we countered to what we wanted and they accepted 2 days later. Only financing and house inspection were the conditions, so once again we were worried about the financing thing as the last offer didn't go through because of that.

On Monday I had my ultrasound at the Dr.'s office trying to find out what the sex of the baby is. It took forever and the Dr. said I'd have to try again next time because the baby wasn't co-operating (go figure, it does have Ryan's genes) but he said it was 'pissing' him off that he couldn't determine the sex (Yes, he literally used that word, I guess he's comfortable with me!) So he kept poking my belly and making me roll from side to side and finally the shot came at the very end and I am SSOOOOO excited to say that we are having another GIRL!!! I thought I wanted a boy at first, but since they are so close in age, I really wanted another girl. The fact that I already had all the clothes and it would save us so much money had absolutely nothing to do with it!! ;) He is about 90% sure and putting that with my ultrasound at 18 weeks when the tech thought it was probably a girl, I'm guessing it's a girl. But we could still have a surprise on delivery day.

So we had the house inspection on Thursday, went great, no problems and the their financing went through on Thursday night and we got all the conditions removed, so our house was officially SOLD!! So why didn't I feel relieved? I think all the stress and exhaustion caught up to me that night and just overwhelmed me. I was running on empty for so long just going with the flow to get our house sold, that when it was finally done, my body and mind just gave in. Literally collapsed. We had our financing approved Friday and removed the conditions for our lake house and now it is officially ours!! What an amazing feeling.

We took my mom and dad out there today to see it and meet the people. They are a wonderful couple and I fell in love with the house even more. So much more I noticed this time and she showed me all the hidden storage ( A girls best friend!)

So the pics are of mothers day and I've included a couple links.... One to the new house and one to a video of Mckenna on mothers day and one of her playing outside in my makeshift pool. She had a blast.

http://www.mls.ca/PropertyDetails.aspx?vd=&SearchURL=%3fMode%3d0%26Page%3d1%26vs%3d1%26rlt%3d%26cp%3d%26pt%3d0%26mp%3d0-0-0%26mrt%3d-1-0-0%26Beds%3d0-0%26Baths%3d0-0%26f%3d%26ft%3dall%26o%3dA%26of%3d1%26ps%3d10%26ptgid%3d1%26pro%3d2%26ci%3d%26st%3dlakecrest%26zip%3d&Mode=0&PropertyID=5638288

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ally92/?action=view&current=100_3068.flv

Enjoy!

Fishing for Coi

My parents new house has 2 ponds and 3 waterfalls. 1 waterfall leads to this massive pond in the backyard, 1 leads to the pond in the front yard and one leads directly into the pool. It is amazing and Mckenna loves seeing all the fish and water. Tonight we laughed as my Dad tried his hardest to 'take Mckenna fishing' for the Coi in the front pond. They stay there over the winter as it is heated so he wanted to transfer some to the back pond. Mckenna was so excited to see them come to the top of the water to feed. She already knows where they hide the fish food and points to the container all the time.

I took some new pics of the house today to change up the ones already on the mls listing. The other ones were good for Christmas, but not for summer. I think these look much better, so here's hoping for some takers over the weekend.

Good news for Sara today....she got a full time nursing job at Met on the internal medicine floor. I am so excited and proud of her. She starts June 12 and is very pumped.

Baby is kicking ALOT tonight. I think it is all wound up over the Grey's anatomy episode. Can any more people die in that series? Got my heart racing tonight.

Yay...one more night of Ry on afternoons and then back to normal. The time alone at night is great once in a while, but by the end of the week, I am missing him.

Here are some of the new photos of the house....

Maybe today is the day

I never thought that selling a house would cause so much anxiety, stress and sleepless nights. Where are the people who enjoy living in a nice area, in a beautifully redone home and are anxious to put in offer in so they can start enjoying it as much as we have. What a pain in the butt.....I will NEVER move again.

That venting being done, I will attempt the video link again. Here's hoping it works or you may keep seeing edited versions of this email as I get more and more frustrated.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v717/ally92/?action=view&current=100_2941.flv

Link not working

Okay, so I can't get the link to work...I'll try later. This blog set up has wiped me out!

Finally...

It is long over due.... I know. I have been envious and loving every minute of reading everyone else's blogs. It seems like such a definitive way to keep the family and friends up to date on the happenings in our family. OUR FAMILY....the sentence still blows me away. Mckenna is already 15 months old and is such an amazing little human already. She has such a caring and compassionate side to her and this funny habit of having to put things away when she is done with it. I'm not complaining at all, it's just so funny to watch her with such determination to get her shoes back on the shelf, the newspaper back in the box after she's thrown it all over the living room and the chalk back in the box when she's done coloring outside. I know who she gets that from...I am a little obsessive about putting things back and cleaning things up when I'm done.Ryan is on afternoons this week and has enjoyed waking up and cuddling with Mckenna before she heads off to the babysitters. There is something to be said about watching the man you so deeply love and care for, melt over this tiny little girl. It is a joy that only mothers can watch and truly appreciate. I have included some updated photo's and some video of Miss Mckenna Grace. I am feeling well and can't believe I have only 14 weeks left of this pregnancy. It has truly flown by. I am still debating whether or not I want to find out the sex on Monday. I think I do, but then a part of me wants it to be a surprise too. Enjoy the pics and I hope to update more often on here then I do on email.