a good day

Today was a day of lots of sun {yes, up to 25c!}, yummy fruitfilled smoothies and a visit with a wee Bassett with soft suede ears that friends of ours just brought home. Marley's only 8 weeks old, is perfectly snuggly, and is just too adorable with those floor-dusting ears and droopy eyes!

{Oh, and we heard Baby's heartbeat again this morning, strong and sure, and we were told that the ultrasound results show everything is just fine. Pure joy.}

not so fond memories

While packing up a great deal of our bedrooms today, I came across all of my old glasses - except for my first oval shaped pink pair! - which really reminded me that I need to get them sent off to a charity organization to re-fit and re-use in some way. But, oh dear, who would ever want these? They're so hideous! Well, except for the last and most recent pair which, actually, my to-be mother in law helped me to pick out at the time. But all the others ... sigh, what a fashion nightmare. I mean, who would ever willingly and happily sell these to me as flattering to my face, no matter what decade we were in?? The first pair, the huge gold orbs of almost perfect circle-ness, are beyond words.

I put each pair on for Sam to see, in all their glory, and he about fell over in horror. And then promptly insisted that he take mugshots of each of them, for memory's sake. {And his future amusement, I'm sure.} So there you have it, a story of my teenaged years, through the eyes of, well, four eyes. Yes, laugh it up, people, but let's all be thankful that I graduated to contacts and finally had Lasik eye surgery a few years ago ... glasses are only but a dream now.

To be fair, I made Sam put on his own university years Harry Potter glasses so we'd look equally moonfaced. Sophie, through all this, really didn't care and just slept through our walk down memory lane.

is this going to be all about babies?

Well, yes, quite possibly! I don't deny it's a great deal of my thoughts lately and the reason for the sparkle in my eye. Here I am this week at 18 weeks and Bethany at 21 weeks. Somehow I actually look smaller than last week, but I think that rather has to do with the angle I'm presenting The Belly. Give me two weeks though and this blog will be all about renos, renos, renos, so just hold on and I'm sure you'll get more than your fill of that next focus!

And ... my sister and brother in law found out yesterday that they're having a girl and so I'm thrilled that I'll be an aunt and not an uncle!! (oh, that old joke still cracks me up every time!) Really, it's terribly exciting. My Mum had a dream in the beginning that we're both having girls and so she felt very triumphant with that news ... but she's only half right so far ... we'll have to wait til September for our own surprise. Guesses???

everyone, meet baby

And Little One, meet everyone!

This morning was the long awaited ultrasound - an agonizing bladder filled, corridor waiting, ultrasound belly-goop smearing lead up to the moment of meeting our child for the first time. Which was of course wonderful! He or she was moving around a good deal and didn't sit still too well for an ideal photo shoot {Sam thinks it's a boy and a good soccer player at that!}, but we certainly got a few pictures. Unfortunately they don't have the capabilities to put these images on a disk in digital format for us, so I've scanned them at work and tried to get them as close to clear as I can. You can click on each to enlarge.
You can see a little foot, a little arm and hand, a perfectly nosed profile, and one looking right at us - all documented and well preserved for future baby books and my memory box.
Hello Baby, you look beautiful. Mum and Dad love you very much.

sisterly competition

Somehow I'm always 3 weeks behind her ... but now the Bump's catching up!


Today at 17 weeks and the belly has suddenly popped in the past 10 days!



My sister Bethany a few days ago at 19 weeks.

Now, my belly's high and hers is low ... any telling what that could mean?

baby bumps 1,2,3

Today was Brandi's last day of work before she leaves on maternity leave ... Baby Boy or Girl to arrive any day now. Our whole department put together a surprise breakfast-lunch-all day potluck and so Brandi spent her day eating, talking, eating some more and not getting much work done at all ... which is exactly as it should be. We staged a Gotta Be Preggo picture for the 3 of us in the group known as Lil' Mama, Mid Mama, and Big Mama and I don't think it will be too long before I'm the Big Mama, yikes!
Have a wonderful week or two before Baby comes {hopefully}, Brandi, and we're sure eagerly waiting to hear your big announcement!


Leah (12 weeks), Cass (16 weeks), & Brandi (pretty close to fully cooked!)


And of course, Katrina joining in to round out this group of friends.

unpacking

Just back tonight from a work trip away. One of those Personal Development seminars. Today was better than yesterday's long day but, still, I'm Lou Tice'd out for a few weeks - til our next 2 days, at least! Here's a shout-out to Sharla, my co-worker I got to spend lots of time with!

Sorry for the long silence, folks. These past few days away have been my best excuse and then before that it seems as though I just haven't had much to say or write about. I think my blog goes through days of seizing up as well ... as my baby countdown ticker is stuck again on yesterday. I can't even go in to their website to remove and re-do, so I suppose that's the problem really.

2 weeks now til our ultrasound, which is awfully exciting. And no, we're not finding out the sex of the baby, so don't even try asking! Though I was under the impression that our town only does them before 16-18 weeks {so I chose 18 weeks} but have just found out that other doctors have a policy of 18-22 weeks, and I'd really rather be later than earlier. So I'm toying with the idea of rescheduling til 20 weeks or so but I'm sure my impatience will win out in the end anyways.

Just found out that the TV show ER will be ending next season after 15 years ... so sad. You hear that, Joy?! I've been a die hard fan from the beginning, though there's been lots of changes and it's never been the same as the original cast left one by one, but still I'm sad to see it go.

So glad to be home. Sam and I haven't spent more than a night apart for almost a year now and it really felt strange to be apart. To have that whole hotel room to myself. Yes, we're saps. And love each other immensely. So, so nice to have that.