Photoshoot at Rideau Hall

On Saturday I wanted to get outside and enjoy the summer. I haven't been going outside much when it's so hot. I wish we would've gone out on Sunday instead because it was about 35 degrees on Saturday and only 26 or so on Sunday, both before the humidity! At Rideau Hall (the Governor General's residence) even the guards had the day off cause it was too hot to be out there in those bear skin hats. I guess they had had most of last week off too.

Anyways it was a nice day and the gardens at Rideau Hall are pretty (although this was our first time there). We even saw 2 wedding parties taking pictures there too. One was an RCMP officer in his full dress. He must've been hot!

These are some of the pictures Simon took. He took some with the manual SLR camera and most of the same with the digital in case the film didn't turn out. We really want to get a DSLR to make this a bit less complicated. Simon really likes the shots he can get on the SLR but they don't always turn out on film how they looked through the lens. Maybe I should get him a DSLR for T-Rex's birthday. The only thing is, he wants the really expensive one, of course. 

 Bottom right: I was very excited to see coloured hydrangea's! You mostly see white flowering ones around here and these were a nice pale pink!

 

This one is Simon's favourite. He was a bit upset that my rings aren't in focus, but we'll see how it turned out on film. I can't wear my rings anymore, my fingers are too swollen, especially when its 35 degrees!

This one is my favourite. We're going to come back and do this one again in September or October when all the leaves are changing colour <3 since most of the trees in the background are oak and maple and since my belly will be much bigger then!

Week 24 1/2

Here is my week 24 belly photo as promised! 

It's actually almost a week 25 photo, but that's okay. I'm officially 6 months along! And FINALLY starting to show for real! People actually notice now. Some people are weird about it... they look me up and down and keep walking past.. it's kind of weird. Yes I have a baby growing in my belly. Some people at work will talk to me about it, some just kind of stare and some ignore it (or don't notice). A couple customers at work have told me I shouldn't be on my feet all day. I should ask them to get me an office job. One girl (no older than me, probably a bit younger, but older than 20) the other day came out of her fitting room (I'd been helping her the entire time) to give me back the clothes she didn't want and she just gasped and went "awww!" I guess she hadn't noticed t-rex until then. Silly girl.

I think this picture will be the last day I will wear those capris. They left horrible marks on my lower belly last night at work and made my belly really itchy. I really like them, they're linen and really nice for this heat. Also this tank top, I should invest in more. It's from Dynamite and is a "bubble" top, supposed to be loose and flow-y. It hangs on really nicely. And finally I got new sandals! I've wanted some really good supportive shoes all summer and finally Simon thought that yes it's worth the extra expense (I also thought they were expensive and I could go without). They're real Birkenstocks! My arches hurt the first couple days wearing them, but now they're great! The support is really nice. I was getting tired of wearing closed shoes (flats) with insoles; my feet were getting so hot!

I am sorry to talk about the heat for all you BCers. I was thinking yesterday that all we do here in Ottawa/Ontario is complain about the cold in the winter (cause it's so cold!) and the heat in the summer! And then this spring was pretty rainy (for Ottawa standards) and people just complained about the rain! I guess the best/only months to be in Ottawa are September and October (if it doesn't rain too much!) Simon and I were talking about moving back to BC in the near future. One of our concerns is the rain. I don't think we're used to it anymore, although I miss the sound of rain on the windows/roof. Even though our winters are needlessly cold and summers ridiculously humid/hot, it is sunny a lot of the time!

Well that's all for now :) Enjoy your weekend :)

Hello!

One day I looked out the window while eating breakfast and thought I saw mountains! Mount Baker to be exact... I was sadly mistaken, it was only clouds hanging out in the distance.  

 Here's an update of what we've been up to lately... I've been working a lot lately... well more than normal for me, but less than a regular person.. about 20 hours a week. After work I'm just pooped. I can't do much more than 4 hours on my feet all day.

We went to Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest one night cause Jeff's band Three Times Lucky was playing (a major feat and lifelong dream for them!)

I crocheted a blanket for my brand new niece.
I finished the very colourful afghan I had shown the start of in an earlier post, but I just don't have any pictures of the final product yet. Baby blankets take so much less time because they're so cute and little.

And some others of interest... 

a shirt my mom/dad sent me!

my mid-morning snack today - an orange, raspberry platz and a cup of tea!

I want to get a 24/25 week photo up, I just haven't taken one. I think t-rex has grown lots and is starting to grow up my belly rather than just sit on my bladder. I'll hopefully have that tomorrow!

Canada Day + Week 22

WoW! Canada Day was crazy!!

We were on a packed bus, but made it downtown by 9am in order to wait around for things to happen. The concerts and stuff were really good. The only downsides were that there were a lot of people (about 300 000 on the Hill at one point, and about a billion more on the streets) and it was super hot out! I think I had about 5 bottles of water in the four hours we were there, this also means I got to visit the line of port-a-potties a few times! We had fun overall :) It did make for a long day and yesterday I had to work so today I am doing a lot of nothing! Well I did make strawberry freezer jam, but that took all of 45 minutes and I sat on the kitchen counter while I did it.

Here's some shots from Canada Day downtown.

And here's my week 22 belly shot! It seems to have popped! A lady even gave up her seat on the bus for me! A first!