Heat wave, bird chase and contractions!!

Today was HOT HOT HOT!! 30 degrees, but it felt more like 40 without the breeze.

I had a play date planned with a friend of mine for today, but it got rescheduled so I decided to take Nya to Chingcousy Park to have some fun at the park, splash pad and to visit the barn animals.

I packed us a little picnic lunch and a bag of bread to feed the ducks by the pond.

Unfortunately, we found out once we got there that the splash pad is closed until June 1st :( Big disappointment for such a hot day.

Fortunately, Nya didn't mind; she was having a fun at the park. She didn't seem to be bothered by the heat.

I had one mommy look at my sympathetically and ask 'how much longer do you have? I feel for you being pregnant in this heat!!!'. Lol

Personally, I absolutley love being pregnant in the summer! It's just so much more fun to be pregnant in the summer; to me at least.

I was hot today, but it wasn't unbearable. I was sure to carry a big bottle of water with me and make frequent trips to the shade to keep cool.

After an hour or so at the park we decided to check out the barn animals and feed the ducks.

After seeing the barn animals we made our way to the pond to feed the ducks. This is where things took a turn for the worse. What was a fantastic morning turned into a living nightmare.

Perched on the grass around the pond were at least 50 Canadian Geese - no joke. There was a sea of them resting in the shade and eating grass.

We carefully made our way around to the other side of the pond where some ducks were sitting.

No sooner did we open our bag of bread, when we literally charged at by the sea of geese. I'm not kidding!! The whole gang of 50+ geese came charging towards us, wings open and mouths hissing. I immediately grabbed Nya's hand and started walking away quickly. The faster we walked, the faster they charged. I was terrified!!! They caught up to us so quickly and had us literally running along the bank of the pond with no where else to go. I dropped my phone, keys and water bottle in our escape.

They got just a few short feet away from us when I let out a scream and grabbed Nya running.

Imagine the site of that; a 9 month pregnant woman, daughter in arms, running from a swarm of geese snapping at their feet.

I don't remember the last time I was so scared!!

Not far from us were a few groups of school kids and their teachers standing and watching the whole ordeal go down. Believe it or not, not one teacher came to my aid!! In fact, there was a man not far away at a picnic table having lunch who also sat back watching and did nothing.

At this point, I was running through bushes with Nya in my arms as she fearfully yelled 'they are going to eat us!!!' (Looool, my poor child!).

I turned around and threw out some bread at them in hopes that they would stop for the bread and let us go.
Well, half of them stopped for the bread whereas the others thought 'this girls got food; follow her!!!' and ran after us even faster. I threw the whole bag on the ground and kept running until I was able to get us up by the barn again.

After reassuring my little one that we were ok and that they didnt want to eat us, lol, we headed to the car to grab our lunch and sit by the park in the shade.

A few seconds after sitting, I started to feel contractions. Between the running and the weight of Nya in my arms from running, my body wasn't happy.

I sat very still for a bit, finished our lunch and headed straight home.

After taking a cold shower and putting Nya down for a sleep, I felt another contraction hit.

I immediately laid down and put my feet up.

I have since felt a few sharp pains and dull cramping off an on this evening, but nothing concerning.

I have been laying low most of the night and have avoided being up on my feet as much as possible.

Long story short, it has been an eventful day to say the least!!!

Dennard wasn't too happy with me when he got home. He said 'what were you doing out chasing birds?'. I couldn't help but burst into a roar of laughter; which in turn had him laughing.

Like I CHOSE this to happen today, Smh.  Lol
Not even that, but he made it sound like I took Nya to the pond to chase birds!!!! Lol

To set the record straight, we were not chasing birds.....they were chasing US! Lol

One of the many adventures of my pregnancy with Sweet Pea for her to look back on and laugh at. Lol


This is Nya with our bag of bread BEFORE the wild geese pursuit. Fortunately I can laugh about all of this now.... lol

PS.  Dennard said he wants to take Nya, Sweet Pea and myself to Port Credit this Friday to feed the ducks and grab ice cream. After today's experiance, I think we may just go for ice cream! Looool

PPS. I seem to be carrying small to people; my husband says I look huge to him, lol.
Several people I have met this week have asked how many weeks pregnant I am. When I tell them 34, they are shocked. One said she thought I was only a few months, another said I looked like I wasn't due until November, another said she was shocked at how tiny I am.....
I thought I was realitivley average in size for 34 weeks; guess not!  Lol