Good Things

Three of my fave things are sushi, babies, & friends. We combined the three all in one night, uhhhmm the BEST! I have to admit, I am the worst sushi roller ever, J is pretty darn good I must say. I think I need to buy a kit so he can make sushi for me every time he comes home.

These pictures are prime examples of why I am not overly excited to move.Two of our friends just had babies in January & March. It would be really fun to be beach bums with them this summer :)

Noah 5 & 15 Days Old

It's truly amazing how fast they grow! Baby Noah at 5 days old <3

Anuk trying to get in on the action

Noah at 15 days old. J's first time meeting him

So alert!

Precious.

A surreal moment for J & I. We will have our own sweet babe so soon :D

We love babies

I had such a great day yesterday and would love to share it with you!

It started off with a yummy blueberry pancake breakfast at my gf Catherine's house. Then we were off to the "big" city of Sydney to go to my Dr. appointment. It was +8C so that helped brighten our day.

This appointment I was really anxious for because I was hoping to hear my babies heartbeat for the first time!!! I was a little sad J couldn't be there with me but happy my friend Cat came for support and company :) The Dr. was feeling around with the doppler for a couple of minutes and being a concerned pregnant lady I was watching every single movement. She shook her head a couple of times and immediately I said "what? what? What's wrong?!" I was in panic mode. She said "If we can't find the heartbeat today, we will send you off for an early ultrasound. But we will keep looking for this stubborn babies heartbeat" After a couple minutes longer she moves the doppler closer to my bellybutton and finds it!!!! Ahhhhh the sound of relief, joy, excitement, LIFE, MY BABIES HEARTBEAT!!! What a special gift to have something so special growing inside of me. I can't wait for J to hear it. Now I am counting down the days until the ultrasound. I can only imagine how exciting that will be.

We had a forty minute time slot before quiet time to go visit Anne, Michee, and baby Noah at the hospital. So we raced over there and I was able to me the most amazing little man. Ugh I love him so much. They had a very healthy 7lb 8oz beautiful baby boy named Noah. It was so precious to hear & see how proud they are. They shared the moment of when they first met him and I can't wait to experience that for myself. All is well with them and they are hopefully coming home today. I can't wait to kiss and snuggle him some more.

Handsome little dude

Showing off his chest

Cat & I were starved and I was shocked to find out she had never had sushi. So we sped on over to the one and only sushi joint in Cape Breton, Oka Maki. They don't have a big menu but J and I go there every second time we venture into Sydney. We have found many rolls we love, I was excited to share the cooked ones with Catherine. She did pretty good with the chopsticks :p

The Calm Before The Storm

Whenever we go to Anne and Michee's house we always end up spending at least 5 hours longer than anticipated over at their place. This evening was actually 8 hours longer than planned. This time was a little different then most. We arrived to have a coffee with them and they had some crazy french polka sounding music playing, but there was this sense of calm masking the quirky tunes pouring out of the speakers. They are about to give birth any day now! So we wanted to get a quick little visit in before the wonderful chaotic mess begins.

I bombarded Anne with a billion and ten questions about how she was feeling, what she expects, how she has felt during her pregnancy etc. I am sure I had already asked her many of the questions before, but this time was a bit different. She is so READY! Michee and her had this serene sense of calmness. Of course they are a bit anxious about what's to come, but they have read all of the books, prepped the rooms, have the over night bag ready and are all set for this next journey!! They are going to be the best parents, this sweet babe doesn't know yet just how much it's going to be loved.

J & I are pretty good at making things weird, so after an intense game of Rummie 500, I decided it was time for an impromptu photoshoot.

Now that's a belly <3 She was due January.11th. Come onnnnn baby

xo

<3

Anuk doesn't understand what's going on either

The happy parents to be :)

hmmmm

Let's all be like Michee

There certainly wouldn't be many ME Me ME posts

J has got the baby bug baaaaaaad. The past couple of weeks all he has been talking about is our kids... that we don't even have. In random conversation he will bring up "so you want to have a babYYY?" in this high pitch tone. It's partly joking but mostly serious. When we went to our friends house on Saturday we talked babies for a good part of the night. They have this more then adorable 11 month old, baby Callum. As cute as he is, it got J seeing it's not all rainbows and lollipops. It's a life time commitment. Of course I want to have babies sooner then later, but the selfish part of me wants to wait a little bit. I still want to do some traveling. And I also want to enjoy each step in life. I want to enjoy just Jenna, J, Maple and Lily life for a little longer. I know bringing a baby in the world must be the greatest joy in life and I am so looking forward to that experience but I feel it can wait just little longer. And believe you me, I don't think there is a bigger baby/kid lover then me out there!!

check out this video.... so cute!!!

I got my baby Callum fix!!! He is such a strong little boy who can now pull himself up. His mommy and daddy just bought a beautiful new home where he will grow up with a little brother or sister one day. I get to see my little buddy again on Saturday, these pictures from last night will have to get me through the week <3

Little monkey!

So handsome!! xo