We hit the road not long after leaving Jan and Sizwe so we could squeeze in a very short visit to see my cousin Kate and her daughter Alexianne aka "Lexi". We had to go so soon in order to get the best light and try to beat the worst of the storm on the way to Montreal.
(photo of Towa, Lexi, Kate)
Lexi is nearly the same age as Tavaris and is so adorable with her bilingual chatter to Mummy and the cutest eyes ever. Kate is pregnant too and is nearly a month ahead of me but it doesn't show at all. Her husband Eric is in Bali or Fiji with the Governor General attending the environmental conference and Lexi and Kate miss him lots.
Oh, so Kate sent a note by email that morning telling us that Lexi has come down with Scarlet Fever! Can you believe in the 21st century that kids are still getting Scarlet Fever???? She was on antibiotics and not contagious in any way, but she wanted me to know in case I still wanted to pass on the visit, being six months preggers n' all! Needless to say, we went anyways....had to see my cuz and it had been ages since I'd seen my niece.
Funny, they also live in the bottom of their duplex. We both have tenants above and are pregnant in the suite below LOL! We just barely manage to fit our family in ours with Tavaris, Donna and visiting guest on a regular rotation but they are a lot tighter due to the layout of the house. So they are looking to buy in another area of Ottawa and rent the bottom suite. Just like I've been planning for a year. So cool.
Had to hit the road way too soon, not even enough to brew a "cuppa" but we had to come by and say hi.
THE SURPRISE PARTY!
We had been secretly planning this leg of the journey with my good friend Evelyn Couture (red headed, Irish/French Canadian) who went to Bishop's with me. We were a tight crew and a lot of us were going to be gathering at Pat's house to surprise him for his birthday.
Photo: Evelyn, Towa, Mike
His girlfriend, Caroline, had set up a whole Casino theme and ordered poker tables with Croupiers to man the tables, real Karaoke from the 80's to sing along to and a gorgeous million dollar home to play in!
Greg played my chips for me, together with his own, and had a ball. My school mates got to meet him and everyone thought he was one of the gang (yippee for me). Isn't he handsome?
Mike and Pat (BFF's 4ever) had a blast on the song machine. Here is Mike belting out, was it the Beastie Boys, "Tricky"...the hip, hop golden oldie LOL.
The upstairs poker table was a hot one...Pam's husband took the pot for largest take of the night off this table.
Another one of the "Girls" from Bishop's, Patty was there holding down the poker tables with her happy man Chris..it was sooo good to see her smiling and happy. What a pair!
My boys took a second out of the festivities to toast "Junior" in my belly! They can't wait to have someone to spoil but I have to admit it was strange to have the party queen sipping Perrier and holding her tummy all night. The party hard chick was gone and the "NUN" was in effect. Didn't stop the party from going until 7am though!!!
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