Hot weather, humidity, black flies, pot holes.... Oh, the joys of living in Timmins. The weather has finally cooled off some. Right now it is at a comfortable 23 degrees.

Only two more weeks until this baby's due date. We had a doctor's appointment yesterday and he said that I will probably go full-term. So, two more weeks of waiting. The bags are packed for the hospital and everything is in place. I made cookies and put them in the freezer to have in the hospital after the baby is born, but someone in this house seems to think that he can sneak a few once in a while and I won't notice. We will see how many are actually left in the pail when he brings them to the hospital.

Last night Brad and I went out to Sandy Falls (a place about 10 min. from our house on the river) so Brad could do some fishing. We got a late start as we got talking to our neighbours, but we were able to spend some time out there until we just could not stand the black flies any longer. Black flies are extremely worse than mosquitoes. They are smaller than a house fly and take a big chunk out of you when they bite. Pesky little creatures. Around here you do not want to be driving on the highways at night as the moose are driven out of the bush by the black flies.
No, Brad did not catch any fish this time, but there is always next time.

We are excited to have Mom and Dad Burrell coming out here on July 8-23. If I go full term there will be a very small baby in the house when they are here. We already have a few projects for them to help us with around the house (staining the deck, etc). Brad has July 8-15 off of work so that will be very nice to have everyone around to help. Hopefully the guys can get some fishing in.

That is the latest that is happening around our home. We are just waiting, and waiting and waiting. I am ready for this baby to come at anytime.

When is it going to cool off? It has been over +30 for four or five days now. Yesterday it was +36 (yes, I did type that correctly). I am dying of the heat. I spend the whole day in the basement. We even have our meals in the basement now. I thought that the extremely hot weather would come after the baby, but I guess not. It has been so hot that it is too hot to even stand over a BBQ to cook supper. Our supper tonight is in the slow cooker, which is outside on the deck.

Fortunately, Tony and Sarah have a pool in their backyard. Yesterday evening we went over to cool off.

I am now into the 38 week of this pregnancy, so this little munchkin could make an appearance any day. With all this heat I wish this baby would just come.

We have a new niece, Aneya Elle Steeves. She was born on Monday afternoon at 2:26 pm and she was 7 lbs. 6 ozs.
We now have two nephews and two nieces. Our baby will be the tie breaker.
These pictures were taken on Sunday. The belly seems to point out like the tip of a football. Most people say that it looks like I am carrying a boy, but who knows. We don't know. It will be a surprise.

Well, I have spent enough time in the office upstairs, it is time to go back downstairs to cool off. We have heard that is rainy back in Alberta. Could you send it our way, PLEASE!!!!!