Summer 2009 is coming to an end. Despite the boring nature of our stay in Regina, Saskatchewan, it's hard to believe that we have been here 4 months already. Perhaps I deserved a seemingly faster summer in my "condition", or maybe time is bound to move along a little more quickly when you spend most of your time throwing up, sleeping, and throwing up some more. Although the weeks may have been slowing down the closer we get to our departure, I am more than happy to have waved goodbye to the sick days!
I guess if I had been blogging this whole time, my last post of the summer wouldn't be quite so long winded, but as it turns out, we haven't done all that much in 4 months anyway!
Daisy is officially the best dog ever. She has kept me company during the long lonely days, and dragged me outside for some exercise when it's been nice. She sure has been missing Clark since he's been gone working though. Recently, she has taken to whining at his side of the bed in the morning, until he lets her up!
At, the end of June, we took her to the lake downtown for her first swim, which was hilarious to say the least.
She was a little nervous at first, but soon warmed up to the idea when a stick was involved!
The middle of the summer brought more fun for the Platt family. Clark and I were able to head home one weekend, for our mid-pregnancy ultrasound. The trip home was wonderful in itself. Although 6 hours each way was a long drive for just a weekend, our house still smelt like new, and I can't even begin to explain the good nights sleep we both finally got being back in our own bed!
We had hoped to find out what we were having at the ultrasound, but baby decided it would be more fun to keep it as a surprise, and clenched it's little legs together, so there was no peeking! We were a little disappointed at first...but we have totally warmed up to the idea of having a surprise at delivery, and the most important thing is that everything looked healthy.
It was sure fun to see our little baby moving around in there. I was 18 and a half weeks pregnant at this point, and had been feeling it kick for a good couple of weeks already, but it was great for Clark to have a little more sense of reality.
After dropping Thomas off at the MTC in Provo, Mama, Genna, Matthew and Kiera were able to stop by for a few days, to check out our sweet abode here in Regina. The weather wasn't our friend for the most part, and much to Matthew's dismay, we spent a lot of time at the mall! We also made sure to check out the hotel pool though! Matthew and Kiera were a little wary of Daisy upon first meeting, but they soon warmed up to her, and she is now apparently their "number one dog". Eat your heart out Cocoa.
Lucky for her...and me, while my family were here, we stumbled upon a cute little paddling pool type thing, with fountains. It's about a 10 minute walk from the apartment, and on the hot sunny days, it keeps us both cool, since our place has NO AC! Don't even get me started on that.
Clark's parents also came for a brief visit after my family. They were here for just a day and a half, but having visitors sure gave me something to look forward to! I was pretty exhausted after a tiring week, but happy to have had some entertainment!
It's not easy being without a car. It has limited my activity somewhat! Especially in the area we live. I have only once decided that I needed something from the grocery store so badly, that I walked the 3 hours there and back to get it! Thankfully there have been a few occasions where I have had the car. Last week was one of them, and it couldn't have come at a better time! As we inch closer to our departure of the Queen city, the excitement begins to make the days feel like weeks. My sister-in-law feels the same way. Her husband is doing the same thing 2 hours north of where we are, and, thanks to the freedom of having a car, I was able to go and stay with her for all of last week. So it zipped by like a charm, Daisy and my little nephew, Corson, kept each other entertained, and Ashley and I finally had each other to laugh at when her Wii fit congratulated us each day we weighed in heavier and heavier. (She is pregnant too!)
Daisy is sure going to have fun having even more kids to play with soon!
Clark is more than ready to have a break from all this selling, and we both can't wait to head back home and start landscaping our yard, and preparing for our new arrival, not to mention, sleeping in our own bed! The last selling day is August 29th, and we'll hopefully head home a day or so later. We're here 'til the bitter end...2 weeks, and counting.
