Entry #2- Summer Daze

...And oh, those summer nights.
Having grown up without a/c during the summer and the whole 'blanket-over-the-windows-during-the-day' trick, I was appalled at myself for succumbing to the use of our central air for three days over the past week. Granted, even the die-hard anti-a/c person may have tweaked the dial on Thursday (there are rumours even my own father) as it reached a balmy 45 degrees C with the humid X. 


I've always been pretty good with climatizing, and since there was much complaining about the long winter, I was determined not to make a peep about being too hot this summer. However, what people told me about being pregnant in the summer has proven to be true. 
Even at 9am for our daily walk, I felt like a steamboat by the time we got home, huffing and puffing away, my body feeling like it was 20 degrees hotter than the temp. outside. Even with a handful of freezies and lying on the floor in the basement for a good long time, I didn't cool off for the rest of the day! And I wasn't even sprinting:)


My darling husband who usually will strongly protest if his body temperature is slightly above or below his preference, has been oddly silent about it, which confirms to me 2 things; one, I am definitely taking the heat harder being pregnant because there's no way he'd be so calm and collected if he was as hot as I, and two, I WILL NOT budge beyond what I can bear in the complaints department if HE isn't.
So over the weekend the central air was turned off. And lucky for us, we were gone to my cousin Mark's wedding and when we got home there was a big rain storm which has cooled things off immensely, making this declaration very easy for me. We'll see how it goes..:)
Also lucky, on that particularly hot day, we packed up and went off to Stratford to visit our handsome new nephew, Josiah!
They took us along to Judah's (my brother-in-law) parents pool which was SUCH a relief in so many ways!
Isaac also decided to take a run (a splash?) at surfing. We were impressed at his lack of fear as he rode the waves and I warned Eric he may not pursue golf after all.

He stood up several times all by himself! Video footage proof!!! (see below)
(with Eric &Uncle Judah)
Unfortunately I didn't get to snap any pictures of Josiah, there was a flurry of ants...err, I mean Aunts, who whisked him away. (Judah has five sisters) that will be one happy little boy growing up with no shortage of cookies and kisses:) But he is a very handsome little man and we can't wait to get to know him better and watch him grow and grow, even since the hospital he had changed so much already. Isaac fell asleep (WHAT?!) during the afternoon while Eric was holding him and I could not fathom how my little boy went from being Josiah's size in my arms to how big he was now in Eric's. (I took a photo but it's on Bethany's camera) It's incredible! Cherish every moment Bootsma's! Also Bethany & Judah are doing great! Bethany looks amazing and Judah has gained extra daddy whiskers:)
It was also lovely to reconnect with my friend Hillary who has moved to Stratford to work at L'arche, thanks for joining us Hillary and for your delightfulness!!

  

That's all for now! Enjoy the week everyone:)/