While some people got to stay, others had to come home yesterday. But trip one to the cottage this year was good. Lots of Aunts and Uncles and cousins and overflow cottages. A trip to Niagara Falls, a retirement party, food, fireworks, sunsets and a plane ride home.

Lately, I tend to take photos with my phone on these trips, just to try and capture something different.

While we were on vacation at the cottage, we went out to Cleveland to (among other things) tour the Steamship William G. Mather. Now, I like boats, but I didn't expect to fall in love with all the little details that were on the ship. 

A cabinet of keys that made me weirdly giddy!

Chalkboard!

Fan I wanted to pull down and put in my purse!

Light I also wanted to take home with me!

And last, but not least, a griffin woodcarving!I am pretty sure I'm going to draw and stitch this guy up at some point. 

We're back from our vacation at the cottage.

Photos of lake activities and our side trip to Niagara Falls are up in the gallery.

Lots of pictures, not a lot of words.

Oh poor blog. You have been so neglected.


Our short trip to the cottage this year was fun. Bridget had so much fun. She's proven to be completely fearless when it comes to swimming and she is definitely not afraid to get dirty. All good things. We made sand castles, skipped rocks, ate when we were hungry and generally had a relaxing time. It stunk not being able to stay longer, but we needed to save our leave.


The nursery is pretty complete. I still have to nail up some photos. And I'm waiting until the baby is born to finish an emboridery project since we will not know what his first initial is going to be until we see him. Bren and I came to an agreement: He will be named X (Brendan and Bridget's choice) if he has brown eyes and he will be named Y (my choice) if he has blue eyes. We both like both names, and were very analytical in our approach. We made a big list, then independently said yes or no to them. Then took the cross-section of the yes-yes names and then went from there. It was pretty clear early on what the front-runners were going to be.
Right now, I'm one day past my due date. I feel like I'm going to be pregnant forever. Rationally, I know that it's just not possible, but that doesn't help get over that feeling too much. I'm working at home 100% of the time and usually it's OK, but some days I just feel like I'm going to go totally INSANE. So today I'm keeping myself as busy as possible between work emails and tasks. Laundry, dishes and now, this.
Lastly, Bridget has started wanting to take pictures all the time. Some attempts are better than others.  We're definitely getting her her own camera for Christmas (if not before then).

It's almost time to take our annual trip up to the cottage. Unfortunately, it won't be  as long as we'd like but leave needs to be saved up for after the little man arrives. All three of us are really looking forward to it.