another Ontario Holiday

We stopped at Ikea to do a bit of baby shopping on our way out. This was supposed to be a short 4 day trip, so I managed to pack light and we went a little crazy shopping.

We had some really great weather and free time, so Michael polished the wheels and I worked on some knitting. It was beautiful.

Here's a little belly shot for you all. This was at 32 weeks.

Our trip turned out to be a lot longer. Our load got cancelled, we got rerouted, then we got rerouted again, etc. In the end we were gone for 14 days and spent a week hanging out in Ontario. So, we played a cool word game with Michael's cousin, Aunt & Uncle. I can't remember the name of it.

Also, since this trip turned into 14 days instead of 4, we were cutting it really close to my 'no longer able to travel to the US date', so on the way home we had to make a very important stop.

This was the crazy walk way from the truck stop to the parking lot. Let's just say it was a little bit long for me to walk when I really had to use the loo!

Babymoon

Our drive home from Ontario turned into our 'babymoon' complete with shopping for some baby outfits (the ride home from the hospital clothes) and a stay in a fabulous B&B. Indulging in a smoothy craving that turned into finding an amazing little diner and pie shop, since the GPS's declaration of 'your destination is on the left' had us looking at a house instead of a smoothy shop.

I can hardly believe that we'll be meeting 'little schultzie' in less than three months!

The diner.

The pie case.

Our B&B.

The room.

Baby Blanket

I've decided to turn my passion for knitting into a tradition and knit a blankie for each of our kids.   

Little Schultzie's blanket is being knit while we truck, so in keeping with that, I hunted for a yarn shop somewhere along the way in our travels that we could get there in the truck (so it had to be close to the interstate), and we found one in Janesville, WI, The Dragonfly Yarn Shop.

It took less than two weeks to knit! Amazing what all that driving time and DK yarn held double can do to help a project cruise along. It's Leafy Baby Blanket, which Michael and I picked out. He also helped me pick out the yarn. I wanted to find something gender neutral, it was between this yarn (Madeline Tosh merino DK in 'magnolia leaf') and some other delightful squishy yarn that was aqua, blues and a little bit of purple. I'm glad Michael talked me into this one because I think it's absolutely amazing.

Here's the finished product, all blocked and ready for snuggling!

Little Schultzie is on the way!

Here's a pic of me the day before we discovered I was pregnant:

I was so excited to tell my family, but we held onto our news for another 6 & 10 weeks, so we could have some fun making the announcement in our family's Christmas presents.

I made these:

Here's what's on them:

This year each member of our immediate family got a little present from us. Inside was one of these little bibs with the appropriate title for that family member. Michael's Dad got a special one.

  

It took Michael's family a while to catch on, since my sister in law was due to have her baby the week after we celebrated Christmas with them. But as you can see, when the lights went on they were excited.

In BC, we repeated this same procedure, though I don't have any pictures of it. The great grand parents got little onsies.

So much fun! We're looking forward to meeting 'little Schultzie' this summer!