Paper Venassa gives birth

You remember Paper Me? And remember how she got knocked up over Easter? Obviously she couldn't stay knocked up forever. So on Thanksgiving Monday she gave birth to a two-week old baby. 

I can't believe I let them do this to my child: 

Yes, she is tracing my baby.

Paper Chloe is born.

Paper Venassa and Paper Chloe will leave for the Dominican at the end of this month.

Pregnant Paper Venassa in Iceland

In June 2011, Paper Venassa went to Iceland. It was her first trip since getting pregnant over Easter weekend. Being knocked up sure isn't slowing her down any. 

Next time? Paper Venassa at work.

Meeting Rick Mercer

Did I ever tell you about the time in April 2011 that Paper Me met Rick Mercer? Well, Paper Me did. 

If you ever run into her I'm sure she'll tell you the whole story. I don't know too many of the details, myself. 

But it looked like a blast.

The Day Venassa got Knocked Up

I'm sure you know how that works, so I'll spare you the details.

But I will share with you the details of how Paper Venassa got impregnated.

If you don't know, this is Paper Venassa.

If you're confused, read about where Paper Venassa came from, or click here to see all of her recorded adventures so far. She's been to New York, The Philippines, Ireland, and Ontario, and so many other adventures that I haven't talked about yet. 

On Easter Sunday 2011, we decided Paper Venassa should get caught up on real life. I am pregnant, therefore she should be too. 

Me,boyfriend, and  Scott each took a try at drawing the embryo we would attach to Paper Venassa. These are our drawings, in that order. Scott's koala bear embryo at the end did not win. 

There was a family vote done by Scott's siblings and siblings-in-law, and boyfriend's embryo won, so we attached it to Paper Venassa. 

And ta-da! The job is done, Paper Venassa looks great and up-to-date, so we took some family photos. 

And that, my friends, is how Paper Venassa got knocked up on Easter Sunday 2011. At this time, real Venassa was approximately 18 weeks pregnant. 

NYE in NYC

Remember Flat Venassa? Sure you do. Now I've barely begun to show you the adventures that she has been on, but those stories can wait. Flat Venassa been around for a few new years, but she has never celebrated - until now, that is! Flat Venassa did New Years Eve this year in Times Square. That's right, New York. 

S. and Flat Venassa at the bridge from Home Alone

Grand Central Station

Looks like a good time. Wish I was there. 

Birthday Party Pictures

The weekend turned out nice, and I don't mean weather-wise. Weather-wise, deck chairs were being thrown around and rain was knocking on the windows.

Besides the wet and cold, it was a good time. We spent the night in a beautiful cottage.

The master bedroom

Second bedroom. Paper Ness was having a nap.

Livingroom/eating area

The kitchen

It was a simple night. We ate lots, drank lots, and listened to lots of music. Played a few games. S. made me the cutest cake ever:

I got my favorite movie from A. and R. - Letters to Juliet. I already watched it again last night with mother. I was excited when I opened it. 

It was sad to see everyone leave but my real birthday is officially in a few hours for more fun. I'm meeting some friends and family for dinner, then maybe hit up the theater afterwards. 

I am also preparing tomorrow for my first giveaway! I don't know what it will be yet, but it will be announced and open for entering by Wednesday. In the meantime, here are a few more party pictures:

Early evening story time for the children. 

I fail at pin the tail on the donkey. Most of my tail is on the wall. 

Me and R.

Everyone looks happy with a shot in their hand.

'After' faces. 

I love getting birthday cards! 

Jacuzzi bathtub! 

Dancing 

Making faces 

Then I got to go home to this adorable little guy.

Hope you had a great weekend as well!

Venassa Does Ontario - Part 2

Part 1 - Cinnamon buns & Air-trains

And this is part two. Again - this will be terribly long and extremely detailed.

Thursday, September 9th.

Nothing like waking up on the your first morning in a new city with a hangover. And being rushed to go out.

So we headed to the mall. I love malls. I don't love shopping so much when I'm hungover though, so I didn't shop very well. We went from the good mall, to the not so good mall, to the shitty mall, walking. It was a nice little tour of the city, minus the cloudy weather and our hangovers.

We ate at Applebee's.

I've never been before. I forgot what they're called that I got.. French Sliders? Little mini beef sandwiches with swiss cheese that you dip in some kind of dark jus, that really tastes like nothing. But it was good. Man, I'd love some of those RIGHT NOW.

Moving on..

We hopped on a bus, got off at the station and hopped on another bus. Easy stuff. Then we walked to B's father's place.

We had a quiet afternoon then went on a drive around the city with B's friend, S. We stopped for dinner at Jack Astor's. Chicken strips were okay, fries were boring. It was fine, but my meal was nothing special. When are chicken fingers ever special?

S's burger was interesting though.

We were home fairly early to our empty condo. I was kind of restless so we went for a walk. I got some pizza, then we got a bit of snacks and went to Blockbuster. It was a nice walk.


Friday, September 10th

It was Wonderland day! Or so we thought.

Closed on weekdays now, and closed Saturday due to a private event. We did CN Tower instead.

It was cool. I got some nice pictures and had my ears pop in an elevator. It's one of those 'try it once' things, where I would have no interest in doing it again unless I was going with someone who'd never done it before.

We wanted to stop at the Eaton Center but traffic was too crazy and we needed to get back. And THEN we got stuck because some sort of Back to School Parade was going on for a college or something. It was then that I got to see my first crackhead - a guy in a tye dyed shirt dancing down the street with a creepy smile on his face, stopping occasionally to spit at cars. We put our windows up.

On the way home I tried another new place: Mr Sub. Bread = good, but I would've rathered my sub toasted.

We relaxed for a little while then packed up to go to B's Mom's place for the next two nights. The drive was quite long due to construction closing off one lane.

We got there while she was still at work. It was nice to shower and be comfortable.

We were starving to we hit up a place called "Family Restaurant". I got fish and chips. I forget the type of fish, but definitely not something I'm used to. They got pizza, and it looked great.


Saturday, September 11th

We got up at a decent hour and went on a tour of Huntville. It's a really pretty place.

Lion's Lookout, I believe it was called. Overlooking part of the town. 

And look who came! This is Paper Venassa and B's mom. 

After we looked at the pretty-ness, we stopped at some shops along the town, then went to the mall.

At $7 each they were too expensive for me to buy them for my nephew, but still very cute. And he loves trains or basically anything that will stick together and move on wheels. 

I spent most of the rest of my money on jeans, DVDs and other random things.

We ate at a place who's name I don't remember. The food was okay. The waitress was not good at refilling water and missed somethings in our order.

We got home and relaxed and watched Eurotrip and napped.

We went out to Pizza Pizza (3rd time!) and I got us a large pepperoni pizza for supper. That is when I fell in love with jalapeno cheddar dipping sauce.

We were in bed crazy early that night, but I could not fall asleep for hours.


Sunday, Septembe 12th

Up early, to be on our way to the airport. Home time already.

Toronto airport was so easy to me this time around. Less stress with having someone with you, and knowing a bit more about the airport procedure. I love how huge it is on the other side of security in Toronto. On the island, we have a vending machine and a woman who sells chips and sandwiches and cinnamon buns.

Toronto they had about 5 places to eat and a bunch of shops.

I got poutine.

We were there very early so I broke down and bought a book to keep me entertained until it was airplane time. Time flew by.

It was nice flying with B this time. A lot better than being alone and beside strangers. I tried to sleep on the plane but wasn't very successful in it.

Mom picked me up at the airport and it really felt like I'd been gone for a long time. I don't know why. But it felt weird to be home. It was so hard waking up for work the next morning.

But basically, that was Ontario. I can't wait to go back.