Sunday, September 07, 2008

Expanding the family tree

Things have been quite hectic for the Seaborn family this summer. Even though only one of us was playing competitive ultimate, the summer just flew by. It's hard to remember how we spent Connor's first summer.

We took an early vacation to coincide with Geofford's regionals tournament in Waterloo and we spent the week at Cawaja beach on Georgian Bay. It was quite the relaxing week and it was nice to have doting grandparents caring for Connor. Geofford and I were able to spend a day together at Wonderland with Damian and Michelle. We started the day on Behemouth, which made me nauseous for the rest of the day, but it was worth it ;) Connor loved his week at the beach and he is definitely a water baby. Although the water was a little chilly, he still had a fabulous time splashing in the water and sitting in his floaty raft. This was my first trip to Cawaja for the beach and I can't wait to do it again next summer.

The rest of July was a little bit of a blur for me as I was organizing things for Mixed Up, which took up most of my free time. Fortunately Geofford was still off with Connor so he could take care of dinner and house things.

August was also a blur with practically every weekend spent at UPI for ultimate tournaments and playoffs. Geofford also went to Calgary for just under a week for Nationals. Although the team did not finish as strong as last year, Geofford had a great time and was happy not to have to drive back to Ottawa to spend the weekend at the hospital like he did last year :)

Connor celebrated his first birthday party with a small party with friends and family. He decided to stand unassisted for the first time that day to the delight of everyone. He still prefers to move around by crawling as it is faster than cruising so he hasn't taken his first steps yet. We are expecting it anyday now.

With Connor's first birthday also comes the end of Geofford's parental leave. He took an extra week off of vacation to go to Calgary, but Connor and I couldn't attend because we were doing the transition from being at home to spending time at daycare. Connor's transition was amazing, it took at lot less time than anticipated and he seems to love his daycare and daycare provider Lynne. Although, it is nice when I go to pick him up and he is still happy to see me.

I guess the biggest news for the Seaborn family is that this summer we found out that Connor will be a big brother sometime in February-March 2009. The official due date is March 2nd, but due to the closeness in ages and the fact that I had a c-section first time around, the obstetrician doesn't want to take any chances, so the second Seaborn baby will have to be a planned c-section. I am a little disappointed, but I hear that planned c-sections are easier than emergency c-sections and hope my recovery will be easier especially since Connor will be 18-months :)

Here are a the first few pictures of new Baby Seaborn.

Hopefully I will publish updates more often now.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jules, So glad you enjoyed our beach. My Grandfather originally buit our cottage on Cawaja and now my children enjoy it each summer. I will be returning to the beach in about two weeks to close the cottage up (always an unhappy event for me) so I was sorry to hear that the water was getting chilly as I can never go without a swim off the beach I call home. Hope you and your family can make it to my pacel of paradise again next summer.

britcanadagal said...

Congrats on Baby #2...How exciting!!! Wow!!