Eat, Poop, Sleep, Repeat

Will is growing. Like growing way too fast growing. At our final checkup at the midwives he was 12 lbs 4 oz, and has just started slowing down a bit (he had been putting on a pound a week, the latest pound was over two weeks). At the pediatricians office he was in the 85th percentile for boys his age, and I have officially packed away the newborn outfits and he is fitting perfectly into three to six month clothes. I am frantically trying to remember every little moment and feeling of what he does, and part of me worries that I should just still and calm myself and enjoy all the little moments.

I can't help myself though. A lot of our days are spent with me staring at him and holding my silly iPhone camera in his face.

In the last couple weeks he is really starting to interact. Starting to look into our eyes rather than us just gazing into his. Starting to smile at us when he is in a good mood and make this little laugh. Starting to demand entertainment when the house is too quiet. He loves going places and seeing things, the more commotion the better. He's now been to two football games already and has been great for both. I'm thankful for when naptime goes long as I'm enjoying whatever quiet time I can get. As he quickly gets bigger and more and more busy I know he will keep me on my toes and my quiet "me time" will likely soon become a thing of the past.

For now, I'm enjoying the naps. The little sighs. The gummy toothless grins. The fighting to gain head control. The way he rests his head on my chest once holding it up himself gets too tiring.

And of course, all the blurry iPhone pictures :)

The newest addition

So. Because we seem to be more than content building our little funny farm. We have a new addition.

Meet Sofi.

 
Her father is a Bernese Mountain Dog and her mother is a St. Bernard. Right now she's ten weeks old and weighs just over 16 lbs. We're expecting her to be a biiiiigggg doggy. Which is exactly what we wanted in a yard dog for the acreage.

Her story is actually a pretty cute one. Keith and I had found this breeder back in the early spring and were planning on getting a puppy from the fall litter when we moved out. Well the fall litter came a little earlier than we expected so we went back and forth back and forth back and forth about whether to get a puppy now or to wait until the early spring for the next litter. After much debate (MUCH debate), we decided to wait.

Then I left for Calgary to go to my brother's wedding and when I came back on the Sunday Keith had gone to get a puppy.

Love. 

Nova is handling the change pretty well. For the first few days she acted as though the puppy didn't exist. Then she went through a big of a "disgust" period when she realized the puppy wasn't leaving. And now she's actually doing pretty good with her and runs around the back yard and tries to play with her.
 

She's catching on to the house rules pretty quick (she has a lovely role model to look up to - thank you Nova!), no woofs allowed in the kitchen, etc. She gets along with the cat great, and we're looking forward to watching her grow (and grow and grow and grow!)

Catching Up

A week seems to go by very fast. Looking back on it anyways. During the week perhaps not so much. But another week is past and yet another weekend rolls around and I'm left to my own devices while Keith is gone on yet another away game.

This week the weather is starting to cool down, and I'm loving it. The nights are cooler, it's less humid, one day I even wore a sweater! It is so comfortable outside right now. I could just be out there all day. Today I was out at the property and I just didn't want to come back in to the city, it was so beautiful, just the sound of the grass, the leaves, the grasshoppers, and my camera lens clicking away.

Lets start at the beginning though.

Keith and I took a long drive through the valley one evening after work this week. It was lovely. Exploring back roads that we haven't explored yet, and like I've said, the weather and the late summer sun is just so lovely.

We found this guy snoozing beside the river. I was too slow to get my camera out while he was laying down.

 
It was such a great little evening drive. We do this often enough, when we can, go for a little drive down some road we haven't explored before. With the windows down, the sunroof open, and the music going it was just about as perfect as an August drive can get. 

Friday rolled around and apparently it's shower season. Within four days I have two showers to go to (first baby then bridal) which is more social eventing than I usually do in a month. I'm blessed enough to work in a place with amazing coworkers and we all have such a great time together. This Friday we were lucky enough to formally meet Mital's new baby. Raahi was adorable and handled being passed around the room like a football quite well.

Beautiful new Mama!

Welcome to the world baby Raahi! We all look forward to watching you grow.

Today I went up to visit the house. It's already been almost a month since we've last been up, and our cooktop has been sitting in the spare room and delivering it up to the house sounded like a good way to spend my lonely Saturday (and a good excuse to see the house!) Since we've been up last the siding has been installed, the cabinets are in, the walls are painted, and the (pine!) ceilings are almost all done.

Because it's getting close, I'm not going to get into too much detail quite yet (not to mention the inside still has scaffolding and construction everywhere) so I will just give everyone a glimpse of the exterior. 

It's going to be our colorful little house on the prairie :)

I'm getting ridiculously excited for the house (I know I probably say that every post). I spent almost two hours in there, taking pictures and measurements, opening up and closing all the cupboards and cabinets. It already feels like home. Even with the scaffolding and the sawdust. I grew up in a house that was constantly under construction, so maybe that's why I feel like I could settle in there tomorrow, but it feels right. The outside is cute and colorful, the inside is bright, warm, and cozy. I'm so excited to have that house as our home.

On the way home I stopped by at the property. The basement walls have been poured. The well has been finished and capped. And it's Saturday, so it was peaceful and quiet with no one working out there. I was free to wander with Nova and take pictures. I could have done it for hours. 

Beautiful girl.

After poking around the house we went to our little oasis on the prairie. 

Our "oasis" is a small old dugout. It's really gross but Nova just loves swimming in there. She comes out gross but happy. I'm ok with it.  

I love sun flare. I know it's an imperfection. I know that the people who make cameras try hard to prevent it. But I love capturing the sunlight like that. 

I love looking at a picture and going "ah, I can almost feel the sun in that picture". 

Anyway I'm a newb I've been having difficulty figuring out the camera to find my perfect flare.

Until today!

  

Oh hello f20. You look so pretty today.  

 I could have danced all night

I could have danced all night

And still have begged for more

I could have stayed out there and danced with that little sun flare for hours. But Nova got hungry and so did I so we had to call it a day. I look so forward to evenings spent wandering the yard with the camera, taking pictures of little sun flare.

Until then I will sit in my little north-facing cave and dream... and look at pictures in which you can almost feel the warmth of the sun.