west coast wedding weekend

so last weekend was our first weekend away from liam.  a whole weekend!!  i know to some that may sound crazy.  but not really to us.  it's not as if we haven't been away from him, rather it was a result of circumstances.  no babysitter for the entire weekend = no trip for mommy and daddy.  until now.

our very dear friends, mike and kelly, got married.  we're so excited and happy for them as the embark on their adventure of life together.  it also gave us a very good excuse to plan a parents only trip.  believe me it took work to make this one happen.  at one point we were considering multiple flights just to do it.  in the end, liam's gramma's came through for us.  lots of hugs and thank-yous all around.

our weekend started off with flying to vancouver island, driving an hour and then catching a ferry to quadra island.  our point of destination.  and despite the cold rainy weather, it was an awesome weekend.  full of great friends and good fun.  here's what quadra island and our weekend looked like.

thanks for the good times quadra!!

we'll be back soon.

wordless{ish} wednesday: my silly boy

lately i felt like i've only been posting about my pregnancy and baby girl.  i haven't forgotten about liam.  how could i??  he is at such a fun age.  everything he does now is with the utmost concentration.  and i love how his personality shines through.  he's such a silly kid.  love him, just love him.

here's a couple snaps of him at his best!

he loves his alpha-getties and his whacking stick.

happy wednesday!

house update

the house is moving along.  finally.  it feels like we started this process so long ago.  oh wait.  we did!  you may remember way way way back in october i announced we'd bought a house.  well it only took five months for them to get started on it.  and oh baby once they get going.  things are starting to change daily now.  it's starting to sink in that we'll be out of our small-ish two bedroom soon and into our family home.  i'm currently obsessed with hgtv and style at home magazines.  basically anything decorating related.   here's just a few snapshots of the current state of construction over the last couple weeks.

this is the pond on the side of our house.  the family room and dining room windows get this view.

i can hardly wait for it to be finished and we can move in.

fingers are crossed for beginning of september!