a lot of snow, and some surreal moments

For those of you in Ottawa, you're well aware that this winter we've received an insane amount of snow. I dont remember ever seeing this much snow before. It's been coming down pretty steady since early November, and personally I'm getting sick of it.

I saw two things yesterday that confimred that I'm probably not the only one who's sick of the snow.

Coming back from doing errands on my lunch hour, I saw two sidewalk plows (which I affectionately call "dinky plows") drag racing. One was on the sidewalk, the other one was on the road. The drivers were staring at each other with maniacal grins. I hope there were no pedestrians in the way as they were definitely not looking where they were going.

About 2 minutes later, I saw a big plow STUCK in a snowbank. Probably a snowbank that it had just made. The wheels were spinning and the plow was up but there was no way that plow was going anywhere. I bet the driver of that plow is sick of the snow!

Too funny.

Ever the optimist

My daughter cracks me up. Last night she was paddling through the kitchen wearing some cute jeans, a cute top, and ONE sock on.

I said to her "Hey! What's going on? You've got one sock off!"

She replies: "But I have one sock ON!"

Ever the optimist. I guess I have some things to learn from her.

Where have I been?

In case anyone out there is still reading this blog, and wondering where the heck I've been.. well I've been sleeping. A lot.

Why?

Because I'm finally pregnant!

Baby #2 due in July!!

Last pregnancy was fraught with so much stress and difficulty. The postpartum period was even worse. We'll keep our fingers crossed that this one will be less difficult.

We had our first scan on Monday December 31. All was well. Baby was laid back, resting. Flipped around a bit, but not nearly as active as my daughter during BOTH her ultrasounds. I hope this is a sign of things to come. Abby is a VERY active and intense child. I hope the little one is more laid back and takes things as they come.