sunday afternoon bike ride

we got my bike out of winter storage for the first time of the season yesterday. it felt so great to be back on the bike. i have read all kinds of different advice about biking while pregnant, but i have decided to listen to my body when it comes to physical activity. riding the bike felt great, though we went slow and stayed on the trails (hence the lack of helmets). we biked to get ice cream and magazines, then back to our house. such a perfect afternoon.

what i'm wearing: my amazing j brand mama j skinnies. also, i am finding toms to be the best shoes for pregnancy.

6 month bump!

i am about 27 weeks pregnant now, which is 6 months. crazy how fast time goes by. i can't believe i am in my last trimester. now, it feels like my body changes so much every single day. lately, i feel huge!

thoughts on my 6th month:

- baby has been moving so much! sometimes j and i just watch my belly for a few minutes, because there is so much action. feels so cool and weird.

- we went for our fourth ultrasound the other day. usually you only have one, but baby has been in the same position every time, so they couldn't get a good pic of the back. the technicians are really amazing, and have been showing us the 3D images of baby's face. crazy how much baby looks like jon already.

- i have been wearing my fav maternity jeans nonstop, and am soo looking forward to warmer weather so i can wear all my stretchy maxi skirts. also, i had to switch to shelf bras because regular bras are so uncomfortable for me lately.

- we are debating getting photos done. i love shakira's bump pics, but i'm not shakira.

life lately...

(a kitty hiding in some towels at the local SCPA)

(energetic pound pup)

(first iceberg of the season in Twillingate)

(first lobster of the season)

(beautiful birthday flowers from my parents)

life seems to be smoothing out a bit. i have a feeling the next few months will fly by. 

on turning 29

(5 month bump)

something that i am learning about life is that opportunities aren't handed to you in a perfect order at the perfect time. sometimes life is a bit messy. my life is a bit messy. up until a year or two ago, my life was steadily heading down a certain path. i was in high school, then went straight to university, then right to grad school, then right to the best job opportunity i got at graduation.

now, life is getting a little crazy. i am 29 years old today. i am 6 months pregnant, 10 months married. we are moving in 2 months. we got new jobs. we are in the process of buying a house. i am really happy, and really overwhelmed. these past few weeks have been really tough, i think partly because i am more emotional due to hormones, and also because we are changing our life so drastically so quickly, i can barely keep up.

i will definitely write more about all these changes as they happen. all i know for sure right now is that this next year is going to be amazing. i am so excited to meet our baby, to move into our very first house, to go through all these things with jon.

another weekend in st. john's

(i wish we had fancy coffees in gander) 

(enjoying a virgin margarita at zapata's) 

(cohen concert)

j and i had a sweet weekend in st john's when i returned from vegas. we stayed at the sheraton, our usual. they renovated the pool area, so it is much brighter and nicer now. one thing about sheraton: their cable makes it really, weirdly difficult to change the channels. you have to go through this whole thing to flick through each channel. super annoying for someone who wants to flip from house hunters international and kardashians. ha. 

we went on a big baby shopping spree. we got the stroller, the rest of the baby furniture, some reusable diapers, an ergo. sooo fun. more fun than shopping for myself, for sure. we also went to see leonard cohen at the mile one centre. this is really not the ideal venue for a concert. soo huge! but leonard was amazing, and we loved it. he played for close to four hours! such a good weekend.