Busy Weekend

Well, It's been ages since I've posted anything, yet again. haha oh well. I keep meaning to just don't always find the time to do so. It's been super busy around here lately. I've also managed to get a few things done around the house. I've cleaned the bathrooms from floor to ceiling and have also done the same in the kitchen and the entry way. I hate cleaning off the top of my cabinets. Really disgusting and gross! But I am so thankful its done because now I wont have to do it for a while. Were currently planning Cam's 6th Birthday party! How crazy is that? I just can not get over the fact that my little boy is going to be 6!!! Where on earth has the time gone?
We had two soccer games yesterday for the tournament weekend. I have to say this is the best my team has ever played. No we didn't win but we played hard and made 3 goals in one game (which is record for us). Then we have just one game, our last game today at 10. Unfortunately it will be raining for that game but what can ya do? I was absolutely crushed yesterday when what I thought might be labor turned out to be false. I powered through 2 soccer games while having contractions and pretty much as soon as soccer was over my contractions quit :( At least on the bright side things are starting to move along. After soccer we headed out to a friend of mines and celebrated her 50th birthday! I am thankful to just have one soccer game today. Although I think we may have to head back to the soccer fields at 1 for awards. Hopefully the rain has stopped by then.

Countdown Update:
Currently: 37 weeks, 6 days
264 days down, aprox. 16 days to go

Been a while!

I feel like a huge slacker on the blogging lately. Unfortunately not by choice. Just been too busy to blog. We've had house guests for the past two weeks which doesn't leave a person much time to sit, relax, and reflect on the day. Yesterday I had another doctors appointment. My doctor is no longer worried about the size of our daughter which is good. He said she's put on a great deal of weight since he saw me last. I've only gained 2 lbs since my last appointment so I think it's safe to assume that most of that weight tacked onto our little miss and not me :) I also get to keep my ultrasound appointment which is good! Get to make sure were actually having a girl. Can't hurt to get a second opinion that's for sure. Anywho gotta rip, hopefully I'll be able to blog more frequently now. Or maybe not.... She is sitting really low and getting ready to meet the world. Only time will tell...
Ttfn

Friday Doctors Appointment

Well, I had my doctors appointment on Friday. So far so good I suppose. I'm now weighing in at 132.6 lbs so I'm up 7.1lbs since March 13/12. It's the very first time I've ever been in the 130's. I don't think I passed 125 with Cam. Anyhow long story short. Baby seems to be just fine. But they are sending me for another ultrasound (only supposed to get one at 20weeks, which I did) they want to check on the size of baby because my uterus is measuring small. I know that I don't produce big babies. I carry them mostly in my back. I remember when I had Camron they didn't think he would be over 6lbs. Well, Cam was 7lbs 2oz so I proved them wrong there. Part of me is FREAKING OUT!!!! Although I know better not to. I just want to get my ultrasound over and done with so I can have peace of mind. Right now I can feel the doubt and insecurities in the back of my brain edging their way in, making me paranoid. I have to phone on Tuesday or Wednesday to make my ultrasound appointment. Which I'm sure I'll have to wait at least two weeks to get in. My last day of work is Thursday and I will have lots of time on my hands to sit and worry so I must make sure that I keep myself busy. Not that I don't have 101 things planned to do to keep myself busy until either baby gets here or cam gets out of school.

On a lighter note, Dr. Roux is proud of me. One of his kids plays soccer so I see him almost every Monday and Wednesday. He is happy to see that I am out there coaching, because "most women now a days use pregnancy as an excuse to sit around and be lazy and get fat". LoL his words, not mine. Although it is hard on my body I am happy to do it and want to learn more. As well as get myself back into shape. So, I've decided once I'm not working anymore Jax is going to be my work out partner. I'm going to go for 2-3 walks with him while cams in school (just short ones to build my endurance) then make sure I play and run around in the yard with him for short increments in order not to strain myself and build my endurance like that.

Anywho I best be getting ready for work.

Countdown Update*
Currently: 33weeks 7days
237 days down and aprox. 43 days to go

Nursery

Handmade Wall Art

Feeding / Rocking Corner

Her Name <3

Looking up at handmade mobile

Looking up at Handmade tissue balls

Quilt and Bumper made by my Mom. Learned a cool trick to stick them down by the mattress so they do not prevent air flow.

Handmade Diaper Stacker made by my Mom

Door to babies room

Guess What? I finished it! Now to fill it with all sorts of wonderful goodies, I already have a decent stash but still have some random stuff to get as well. I've gotta say that I am pretty proud of how well it turned out. Especially dealing with such a small space.. Once I got it all together it was hard to hold back the tears. I am so excited for this baby to come. I can hardly contain myself. I'm blessed to be so crafty and am very lucky that I got to include Cam on almost all the projects. Made him feel like he contributed as well. 

Well, there is is folks, my pride and joy before the real one arrives <3

Soccer

Well... so far soccer has been interesting. We have gotten our butts handed to us twice now lol. Talked to another coach today and he highly recommended  practices on the weekends. So I figure if I hold a practice at least every other weekend (because I'm sure these people have lives and don't want to dedicate all their time to  their kids soccer games) hopefully that will be enough that these kids can come out of soccer enjoying it and possibly kicking butt. Our first game we were up against a team whom have already had a previous season under their belts and all played together last year. So far this has sure taught me a lesson. ASK FOR HELP!!! and don't trust people when they are trying to con you into doing something. I'd like to shake that man for saying that I didn't need to hold a practice. Seriously dude, how long did you think it would take me to figure it out. The reason why I am going to try so hard is because I think I might really want to coach again next year. It feels good to get out there and do something for the kids. As much as it stinks for the kids this year. They are my test subjects. If I can turn this team around then I know I can become a good coach. There's a lot of learning involved and I am motivated to do it. But like I said, I just need to ask for help when I need it.

I am so glad my last week of work is approaching. 5 days of work left. One day tomorrow and 4 days next week. This should at least free up some time for me to concentrate on coaching the little ones and making sure that they have a good time. I'm lucky enough to have a young kid helping me out as well. Because I am 33 weeks pregnant and getting more pregnant by the hour it seems. I feel like I can't do much without having braxton hicks contractions or my herniated belly button acting up. Don't get me wrong, I am by no means complaining. I have been blessed not to have too many issues during pregnancy. But I do wish I could run around with the kids without paying for it later. I made the mistake of playing with the kids this past Sunday and about 2 hours later I could hardly move. It was absolutely rediculous. Made me feel sad to be so out of shape. It's not like this pregnancy is getting any easier tho, and I am six years older than I was with my last pregnancy haha..
Oh well,, Here's to hoping for positive change. Go Team

Countdown
Currently: 33weeks 2days
232 days down, 48 days to go until expected due date

May Already??

Is it really already the 5th of May? This doesn't quite seem possible. It feels as if only yesterday was the beginning of April. Time sure does seem to fly now a days. As it stands I only have 2 weeks left of work. Can you say "exciting"!! Two weeks of work = 8 shifts left as I am only working 4 days a week as of Monday!

We seem to have caught the "busy" bug this weekend. This morning Camron and I headed out bright and early to go to the community clean-up. Thankfully it didn't take us too long to finish the part of town we were designated to clean up. We were along the highway by the golf course so Cam found about 6 or 7 golf balls that I let him keep. That kept him going because he was tired and not feeling 100%. I think it's very important that Cam sees us as adults doing things to help in our community. Set a good example for the new generation. I want my kids to care about the environment and do what they can in any way that will help. We have a birthday party this afternoon/evening at a hobby farm just out of town. That should be fun. I at least hope Cam is feeling a bit better so he can just be a kid and enjoy himself. I got to be honest when I say that I am REALLY not looking forward to another outside activity. It is beautiful, sunny, and warm but the wind just seems to take all the energy from a person.

Tomorrow we have a soccer practice / meet and greet at two. I don't think I mentioned on my blog yet that I am coaching Cam's soccer team this year. I'm actually looking forward to it (other than being preggers and having to stand out in the heat/cold and not being able to just relax and watch a game) I am fairly lucky because these kids are so young that they don't recommend getting too technical and teaching them too much. They just get to go out and have fun. So we will be busy with games every Monday and Wednesday night. Then right after practice we have another birthday party to go to. Also outside. I really hope that maybe the wind will just stay away tomorrow. Although I may be wishing for too much. We do live in the windy city of Dawson Creek after all.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
TTFN

Countdown Update
Currently: 32 Weeks, 5 Days
Approx 228 days down with 52 days to go

Parenting

There's something to be said about parenting... By no means is it remotely easy, I truly feel its one of the hardest jobs any adult can take on. Also, one of the most rewarding jobs ever. Honestly, parents deserve so much more appreciation. But, we are all content just to have a well mannered, respectful child. That is our "appreciation"!
It's one of the only jobs where love is your reasoning. Even discipline is performed out of pure love. How can soo much love be poured into just one child? Even parents with multiple children still manage to give each child what they need in terms of love.
Parenting is setting aside your own needs for the needs of your child. It's hurting just as much if not more when your child is hurting. It's wishing you could take their pain away by giving it to yourself. In some cases it's wishing your death over theirs (although this is something we hope never happens to anyone we know / care about) I know that if I'm ever faced with such horror I would pray for his life to be spared in exchange for mine. Parenting is a welcome sacrifice for our children, something we don't think twice about. Even if the child is not your own flesh and blood you can still have that bond with a child. I think Shawn is proof of that. What a wonderful man. He loves Cam unconditionally without ever being expected to. There's no doubt in my mind that he loves him just as much as I do. He's been in Cams life since just before Cam turned 1. As long as Cam can remember :)
I'm not gona lie, I've completely lost my train of thought.. I'm not even sure if I got my point across. Maybe it's time to put away blogger for now.
TTFN

This And That

What an interesting day yesterday was. I'm going to post a little update on my anxiety yesterday and confess to those of you who read, how "childish" hormones can make you feel. Obviously I was pretty upset at the time, now looking back I have to laugh just a little. Shawn came downstairs looking for me, comes in the room, lays down across the foot of the bed asking me what I'm doing.. This is where it gets interesting.. Instead of calmly telling him about how I felt with the mess like any adult would. I look at him, and I feel myself breaking down. I start to tell Shawn about how much anxiety I had over a stupid mess and I'm trying to hold myself together. Meanwhile, my lips quivering as I'm trying to speak without having a melt down and trying desperately to hold my tears back and BAM water works everywhere. I'm sure Shawn could not make out half of what I was saying because lets be honest here, I was an utter mess.haha. I gotta love my husband dearly though. I could tell in his eyes he felt so sorry for me and was completely understanding. But he couldn't help but laugh at me and say "oh dear, what are you going to do when baby gets here?" My reply was somewhere along the lines of either loose my mind entirely or hopefully the "mess anxiety" passes as soon as I'm too exhausted to care. It honestly is just too funny. Although I do not wish to repeat how I felt yesterday. Anyhow, after that we went and took Camron to spend the night at his dad's then went and did some grocery shopping. Somehow after that we just managed to be as lazy as you could imagine for the rest of the day. Which was nice and I suppose we should do that as much as possible till our little girl gets here. It's not very often we get the opportunity to just relax and pretend that the world doesn't exist besides just the two of us.

I was reading some posts the other day on the baby app on my phone and there was a big conversation about now that your pregnant what are some things that you will not take for granted once baby is born. I got thinking about this the past few days and I have some interesting things that I miss about not sharing my body (although I do love the fact that I'm pregnant and don't overly mind sharing)
1. Being able to get up off the couch unassisted.
2. Hearing my stomach growl in my abdomen and not my ribs. I never ever noticed this till last night. I have to say it's really unnerving to hear rumbling that close to your face when it used to rumble in your belly.
3. Being able to eat/drink in a semi-reclined position. I currently have to sit exactly upright or it feels as if my food/drink is just going to sit in my throat all day.
4. To not have my little invader dig her feet/hands/knees/elbows (whatever it is) push against my herniated belly button. She doesn't do it too often, but man alive does it ever hurt when she does. Pretty much stops you in your tracks and you stop breathing till she's done hurting you.
5. To have a normal belly button again. I'm sure the hernia doesn't help much but it's pretty amusing when you look down at your belly and the first thing your eye catches is BELLY BUTTON prodruding 3/4 of an inch past your belly.
6. Last but not least (although I'm sure I'll think of more) being able to eat/drink almost anything without heartburn. Water is even a struggle most of the time.

That's all I have for today.
Have a great day xoxo

Countdown Update:
Currently 30weeks 6days
215 days down, approx. 65 days to go

No Way!!

It's official, I'm developing kankles!! Looked down after my shower and my once very prominent ankle bone has gone into hiding. Guess that explains where all that xtra weight has gone.. Legs are most definitely more plump haha. Oh well, what can a girl do??

I've discovered lately that I'm not a fan of the changes going on. If you remember a while back I was nesting. Well the house has stayed relatively neat and tidy since that day. It only takes me about 15 mins to do random clutter control. Not to mention cam has been fantastic at cleaning up his toys the way mommy likes them done. I'll get to the point though. I'm laying in bed downstairs writing this because the mess of Shawn and Cam playing Legos and K'nex has given me the worst case of anxiety I've had in a really long time. So I'm hiding... I want them to have fun and I cannot be upstairs without the mess bugging me. I feel like a child hiding from angry parents haha pretty pathetic. I'm really hoping this clean anxiety doesn't get any worse after the baby comes. Hoping I can retrain my way of thinking at least a bit so I don't have a psychotic breakdown every time there's a mess. Keep your fingers crossed for me! <3

Friday The 13th

I'm not one to be superstitious, I generally believe we make our own luck in how we view life and the world around us. But I gotta say I had a crappy day to start off with! Thankfully it's getting better tho. That started by some wonderful woman ahead of me in drive-thru at Tim Hortons paid for my coffee! Yay what a great thing. Sure got me thinking though. I don't know this woman from a hole in the ground and I was very taken aback by her paying for my coffees. It's pretty sad once you start to think about it. We shouldn't be blown off our feet by someone being nice. In today's world that is the case. Everyone is always in such a hurry you will wait forever to back out into traffic because no one can spare the time to let you in. What happened to common curtesy?? Doesn't seem that long ago that people used to take the time to help you out. It's a rare and desired commodity that's for sure. Any how just food for thought..

Baby has been super active for the past few days! Seems I never get a break and I'm finding myself adjusting to suit her needs and not mine haha! Even in our belly we keep them in mind and what's best for them <3. I can't rest my right arm against my side without her pushing me away. I'm beginning to think she's getting crowded in there! Seems she has to fight me for every last cm of space :) poor thing. Kinda feel bad for her, almost anyways!! On the bright side her room is almost done. Just have a few small projects to do then it all needs to be put up. I will make sure to post pictures once done. I'm really proud of the outcome so far. Can not wait to see it all together. I figure if I get her room done now then when I'm done work I'll have more time to nest in the rest of the house and spend some more quality time with cam before his little life changes.

Today marks 5 more weeks of work! Yahoo!!!! The first 3 weeks I work 5 days ( mon - fri ) then the last two I only work 4 days a week (mon - thurs). Very exciting! The end is near! Cam should be starting soccer in 2-3 weeks as well. I'm pretty excited for that!
I think that's enough blogging for today
Have a good weekend :)

Nesting????

I'm not too sure if I was nesting yesterday or just finally ambitious. I can not believe everything that I accomplished yesterday!
I washed dishes
Emptied the dishwasher
Cleaned the kitchen (There was some major clutter going on)
Washed about 6 loads of laundry and put it all away
Washed all bedding and changed sheets
Cleaned off the headboard in our room
Emptied Camrons dresser and put all his clothes in his closet
Moved the dresser into babies room as its a change table and dresser
Cleaned Cams room as there was not one spot you could step without something being under foot
Cleaned out the closet in babies room
Packed away all my clothes that no longer fit
Moved one of our rocker/gliders into babies room from upstairs
Cleaned up the laundry room and made it WAY more organized. I'm currently kicking myself in the butt for not            taking before and after pictures. The transformation is amazing!
Cleaned the upstairs bathroom
Cleaned the downstairs bathroom and tub/shower stall
Tidied up my art supplies that were upstairs
Packed away clothes that don't fit cam anymore
Spray painted the letters for babies room
Cleaned the microwave
Cleaned the livingroom after the easter disaster
Then went for coffee with a good friend of mine Michelle. She stayed for dinner and we sat up and talked till about 11:30. I gotta say it was a pretty productive day yesterday. Now I just need to vacuum. Then I'm done. I feel pretty good about myself. Didn't even have to make dinner yesterday as I got it ready and in the slow cooker the night before and just turned it on in the morning. Then tonight we're having leftovers. Now that I look at that list there is no debate, I was most definitely nesting and not just energetic. Tomorrow I will be 29 weeks (only 11 more weeks to go). Currently sitting at 202 days down the hatch and 78 more to go.
Starting to get really excited. We're going to have a baby in our house once again. It sure has been a long time.

Hiccups!

Well it's official.. 28 weeks into my 2nd pregnancy and I finally felt baby hiccups for the first time. I've heard of women talking about them but never experienced them until last night. Kind of makes me wonder... Do babies in the womb get irritated with hiccups like they do out of the womb? There's a solid question that's up for debate. Sure makes me wonder. Shawn got to feel her hiccup as well, which is nice that he got to experience that with me.
Not much is new in our neck of the woods. We've just been putting away our days working and being parents. Camron's classroom is now a peanut free classroom. Which is really disappointing. Poor kid, he has a peanut butter and jam sandwich every day. I'm almost lost when it comes to making a sandwich for him. It sure makes me sad for him, that's for sure.
I can not believe how big Cam is getting. It just blows my mind. It feels like he's getting taller by the day. I'm so happy to watch him grow but I am also sad. He's still my baby boy and always will be. It's hard to accept the fact that time flies so quickly, before I know it he will be a teenager. He is doing really well with basic math in school but is struggling with sounding out words. So, that's my mission as a mommy to try and find a better way to help him learn to sound out a word. Wish me luck! :)
That's all I have for today. Hope everyone has a fantastic Easter weekend.

My Dear Baby Colby

To my sweet baby Colby
  I know you were not my child, but I love you as if you were. I will always love you more than you may ever know. The days are getting just a bit easier now, but I feel as if you took part of me up to heaven with you. I hope that part of me that you took helps keep you safe and warm. I miss you with all my heart. And I hope your watching over your mom right now. I know she needs you now more than ever. xoxo

A Sad Day In Our Household

We got some of the worst news yesterday we could have ever received. My best friends baby passed away yesterday afternoon at the innocent age 4 months. Just before we found out Shawn and I were talking about baby Colby. I was saying how much I missed her since they moved back to PG. How I felt as if Colby was my own child. I have never bonded with a baby (besides Camron) the way I bonded with her. We just had a special connection. Something I can't quite begin to describe. I feel as if I have lost my own child and can only imagine how Kelsey is feeling right now. This got me thinking about God. I've honestly never truly believed in a higher power. But when a child is taken so young I have to believe that she was needed somewhere else more than she was needed on earth. I believe Colby was destined for great things and would have grown up to do so much good in the world. I sat outside last night and looked up at the stars, this is what got me thinking about heaven. I feel like Colby is up there shining brighter than she ever did, watching over us all. Especially her mom Kelsey, Brother Chase, and all the friends and family she had in the world. I love you Colby, I don't ever want to have to say goodbye. You we're taken from us too soon. No parent should ever have to say goodbye to their child. I love you with all my heart and pray that you are watching over your mom right now. She needs you. Rest In Peace my love.

My Diaper Bag

I finished my diaper bag the other day. Pretty excited about it. It's most definitely not your "traditional" diaper bag but it's something I can use and enjoy using. I am very much in love with it! 💗

My Baby Creations

Here's a picture of the hats and headband I've made so far

Monthly Dr. Apt Update

Well, I had my doctors appointment yesterday.
So first of all lets add another 5.5 lbs to the scale haha. I am now weighing in at 125.5 and going up. Most definitely going to be about 140-150 by the time little one arrives. My doctor asked why I was so concerned about it.. I just very blatently said ``I`m lazy and I don`t want to have to work it off ``  Hows that for honesty. Actually to be honest I`m worried about the effect it will have on me closer to the end of the pregnancy because my feet and legs have never carried that much weight before. My goal is about 115-120 for my everyday average weight. I definitely wanted to gain some (to my non pregnant body) weight because lets face it. I could use an extra 5-10 lbs.
Secondly, it looks like I have a herniated belly button. Yay for me. That explains the ``belly button attacks`` I have been having. So chances are after baby is born I may have to go and get surgery to fix that. Which I imagine is just day surgery and super simple/easy. It's still going to be a pain in my butt! That wasn't exactly what I wanted to hear.
Then I've noticed the past couple days that I've been having braxton hicks contractions. Not very often, maybe one or two a day. I will take BH contractions over labour contractions any day haha. It's a strange feeling that can easily be mistaken for baby rolling around.
Anyhow I must be going, but I will post a picture a bit later of some baby items I've crocheted.
TTFN

What They Don't Tell You About Pregnancy

There's a few things no one ever bothers to tell you about pregnancy. Well I'm about to shed some light on a few of the random side effects.

Don't sneeze with a half full bladder. If by chance I sneeze chances are I am going to pee my pants at the same time. If there is ANYTHING in your bladder a few drops always end up sneaking out. Which isn't much but its definetly enough to make you super uncomfortable, especially if you are out and about or at work.

Baby likes to roll way down there. It's by far one of the strangest sensations. It's almost like she's rolling over your bowels and trust me it is uncomfortable. I can always tell when baby is putting pressure down there because I feel like im going literally crap my pants. Or let out one heck of a fart. It's one of those feelings that stops you in your tracks.

Everyone knows that babies like to kick your bladder while in the womb. Which is fine. But there's no better feeling than being kicked or punched in your cervix. It's instant pain. Trust me it's not fun at all.

Then there's good old fashioned exhaustion. It can hit you like a ton of bricks. One minute you feel fine the next your begging for a nap. Even if you have or have not been active or productive that day.

Then the dreaded belly button pain! OMG! Apparently your belly button is a weak spot in your stomach which leads to the odd belly button attack. I dread when those happen but am thankful that they don't last all day.

Even tho all of this seems negative, I am by no means trying to be. There are a lot of wonderful feelings and sensations that come with carrying a baby. All I know is I can not wait for my little girl to get here and hopefully have the natural birth I desire. Cherish every moment. Time fly's way too fast. Sit back, relax and enjoy. I know I'm going to look back and laugh about how often I had to change my tidy-whities due to sneezing and peeing my pants. :)

Well Hello Again

I can't believe it! It's been three weeks since my last post. I knew it had been a while but what I didn't know is it had been so long. It's been fairly busy around here with work, school, hormones, and lack of energy. I have been thinking about my blog a lot, I just havn't made the time to sit down and write anything.
Baby is doing good so far. She is moving A LOT! She's like the energy bunny on steroids. Over the last 3 weeks it felt like she was constantly kicking my in either my cervix, bladder, or my a$$. Haha no word of a lie, I gotta say that's pretty damn uncomfortable. It seemed like I only ever felt her on my left side and down REALLY low. But the last couple days she's moved up and I think she is no longer in the breach position. I'd have to predict sideways. I can usually feel her around my belly button with movement on the left and right side of my body. So it's nice that I'm getting a little break.
Seems like already she has a very strong bond with Camron. Which melts my heart. Every time Cam talks to her she starts moving around like crazy. Cam had to spend a night at my parents due to the teachers going on strike. My mom called me and Cam wanted to talk so I put him on speaker phone by my belly. The little miss went from dormant to making insane movements once she heard his voice. It was really cool, Shawn and I just sat listened and watched as my belly looked like it was doing the wave. There's just something about the way she responds to Camron that just melts my heart. I'm excited for her to get here. I think that Camron and her will have a great relationship from the start! :)
Camron is now officially on Spring Break and I am officially beginning my 10 days off. Which I have to say is just plain comforting. I'm so excited just to have some time to breathe and not have to dread going to work or come home crying because my co-worker decided it would be fun to be nasty to everyone living that day. It's just a big sigh of relief to tell you the truth.
The first half of my days off are pretty busy so far. Today I am hopefully going to go for coffee with a friend I've had forever but havn't spoke or heard from in the past 7 months. Which trust me is a good thing. I couldn't get her off my mind and she was in my dreams at least once a week. Lets just say the way it "ended" didn't quite add up and it was playing tricks on my mind. Then Sunday we have a birthday party for my girlfriends daughters first birthday. Then prenatal classes that night. Monday is a Grande Prairie trip with my mom to pick up some material and see if Sears there has the baby bathtub that I want. (figured I'd save myself shipping and the extra taxes if I could pick it up in GP) I am going to be making my own diaper bag, as I can not find one that I like without a hefty price tag. I am also going to make a diaper clutch out of the same material then my last project is a baby ring sling. Why pay up to $100 for this sling when I can make it for about $25? A sling is something I never had with Cam. While I was at work one day I saw this poor new mom with 2 kids, 1 baby in the car seat and a preschooler. She was picking up a ton of groceries and had no room to put them because she  had baby in the cart taking up a lot of room. So I figured I would learn from her misfortune and be prepared for grocery shopping with two children. Not to mention babies are usually calmer with being close to mom. Then my mom is going to make a baby quilt and bumper pads so she will need material for that as well. Then on Tuesday I have a doctors appointment. I think were just gonna cruz and try and have fun for the rest of my days off. We will see what happens...

Birth Plan

Well, I finally sat down and worked on my birth plan. Very excited. I think I may go through and make some changes over time. I'm really excited to share this with my doctor and get his advice on it. Well, here it is..

Birth Plan

People:

·         I would like my partner to stay with me at all times

·         I would like to allow other family members or children to visit me in the hospital

Monitoring:

·         I prefer intermittent rather than continuous fetal monitoring, if possible. During contractions this causes a lot of extra pain for me

Anaesthesia/Pain Relief:

·         Please do not offer pain medication, instead offer advice on different labouring positions and breathing techniques

·         All medical intervention must be approved by myself and my husband before doing

Tearing & Episiotomy

·         I would like to avoid an episiotomy as much as possible, please let me tear naturally

Labour:

·         I want to be free to move or walk around

·         I would like to drink clear fluids instead of being hydrated through an IV. I wish to eat and drink freely throughout labour

·         I would like to labour in my own clothes

Induction:

·         I would like to try natural methods of movement/position before using pitocin

·         I would like the amniotic membrane broken before trying other methods to augment labour

C-Section:

·         I would like to avoid a c-section, unless ABSOLUTELY necessary

·         I would like a second opinion from another physician if time permits

·         If a c-section takes place my partner is to stay with the baby at all times

 Delivery:

·         I would like to use a mirror so I can see the delivery

·         I would like to touch the baby’s head during crowning

·         I would like to push when I feel like it rather than being coached

Immediately after the birth and newborn care:

·         Please place our baby skin to skin immediately after delivery – I would like to breastfeed

·         I would like my partner to cut the umbilical cord

·         I would like to continue holding my baby through delivery of the placenta and newborn procedures.

·         I would like to spend as much time as possible with my baby to breastfeed before being measured and weighed

·         If our baby must go to the nursery, my husband will accompany our baby at all times

·         I do not want to be separated from my baby during newborn procedures (when possible)

Postpartum:

·         I would like to have my baby in the room with me

·         Assuming I feel up to it and our baby is healthy, I would like to be released as soon as possible

Dr. Appointment

Well, I had another doctors apt today. Blood pressure was actually good again instead of really low! Yay me. Baby's heart rate was 144 bpm. Sounds like horses galloping. I had a different doctor as mine is on holidays. First thing he asked me was if this was my first. I said no, my second. Then he asked me if cam fell out or if I had to push lol funny guy! So I gave him a quick over view. He asked if I had an epidural, I said no just a shot of Demerol. He seemed to be impressed that I didn't give into the epi. He also fully believes I can give birth naturally like I plan on doing! Yay for having a doctor confirm that yes I can do this. I weighed in at 120 so I've gained another 5 lbs since my last appointment 4 weeks ago. Not too shabby. I'm not concerned about weight as I know I can afford to gain some and keep it on. But I figure I keep gaining at the same rate I am now I'll be about 145 ish by the time I give birth if not more. Not gona lie that scares me a bit. Considering I usually weigh between 105 and 109. I'm thinking I might be pretty uncomfortable with an xtra 40 lbs on. Let's hope I plateau for a few weeks :$ but that's all I have for today folks..

Happy Valentines Day!
TTFN

Excited at 8 in the morning??

Good Morning Peeps :)
I am having a FANTASTIC morning! Hope your's is the same. Camron is at my parents right now having a sleepover at the cabin. I am a little jealous.. Then Shawn is gone to work. So I'm sitting here, just my dog, cat, and myself and I am having a great morning. Want to know why? Well regardless, I don't care if you want to know, I'm going to tell you why because I want to! hahaha

So it all started a couple days ago when I was cruising on one of the many baby forums I'm enrolled in. Someone mentioned freezer meals for after baby is born. I thought to myself "hey, that's a fantastic idea. I'll have to check it out". Well this morning I actually had time to check it out and let me tell you, I am amazed.
I have no idea how this new baby is going to be, or how much energy/time I'm going to have afterwards. And feeding my family and myself good wholesome meals is really important to me. Not to mention I will be breastfeeding and want our newest addition to be getting great nutrition from mom for her to grow and thrive. In the back of my mind I was panicking to tell you the truth. I lived with my parents after having Cam and I didn't have to cook for myself. It was never a worry. Now all of the sudden I'm going to have a 6 year old (at the time baby comes) just fresh out of school whom I imagine will get bored very easily after having such busy days and being accustomed to a school routine. Not to mention a newborn. I have no idea if she will be colic, or need to feed every hour, or if she will be a really easy baby like Cam was. I don't imagine I will get lucky enough to have another easy baby. Regardless, I wont have any idea till she is here. I have no clue whether or not I will have the energy to be preparing home cooked meals, keeping the house clean or even be able to shower. I will get lucky tho, when baby is born Shawn gets 4 days off which will accumulate to 12 days at home being able to help me out and help me get into the groove of having having two kids.

I'll get to the point now. How awesome would it be to have a month worth the meals sitting in the freezer? It would free up my time. All I'd have to do is put it in the oven and viola I have a balanced meal for my fam.. Sounds like a pretty great idea hey? Well to tell you the truth I'm not a horrible cook, but I most definitely am not a chef. But on the bright side I've found some websites with freezer recipes. Who doesn't like to try something new? So not only do I plan on having a month worth the meals in the freezer but we get to try out new recipes at the same time.

The first website I've found is http://onceamonthmom.com/ . Let me tell you, this site is amazing. There are all sorts of different menus to choose from. Traditional menus, gluten/dairy free menus, diet menus, whole foods menu, vegetarian menus, as well as home made baby food menus. How fantastic. I do plan on making baby food this time around. I do not like the idea of all the preservatives in jarred food. If I make it, I know what's in it. I plan on taking recipes from the whole foods, traditional, diet, and vegetarian menus. Just to have a little spice in life. As well as try new things.

The second website I found was http://budgetbytes.blogspot.com/2012/01/smoothie-packs-my-favorite-smoothie.html. What a great way to have a snack ready to be prepared. Camron and I love smoothies. I hate the time it takes to chop up the fruits and get them ready. This way I could do it all at once, freeze, then toss in the blender with some milk and again viola. A quick healthy snack when we need a pick me up.

I wish you could all see how super excited I am about this. I am actually giddy right now! :)

Is this a one time thing or will I continue it to make life a little easier? This I'm not too sure of. I'm hoping Linda and my mom won't mind helping me out with this. We will try it out once. If we like it we will keep it up. But I can't always rely on help from others. So if we decide that this is a great fit into our family life I will keep doing it. But I will most likely do a week or two at a time. Which will make it a little easier for one person to handle.

Well, that's all for now folks.
TTFN have a great day

Results Are In

Well.. We had our gender scan and the results are in! We will be expecting a baby girl in June. Did I ever mention that I love my OBGYN? He is one incredible man! We got into his office and he asked "Is there any particular reason why you are here today?" well I must have looked at him with hopeful eyes because I didn't have to say anything and he knew within seconds. So he sends me into the room with the ultrasound machine and Shawn and him follow. He asked what I thought it was. I said girl. So he starts looking around in there and baby is currently breach (which would explain why it feels like someone is scratching my cervix, because she is). Breach position makes it really difficult to tell the sex, not to mention the umbilical cord was between babies legs. So I'm laying there kind of freaking out to myself thinking he's not going to be able to tell us and we might have to come back another time. He looked from every angle he could possibly look from. He is such good energy to be around he was making sure to show us parts of the baby and you could just see that he was excited to show us. He gave us a 90% Girl! Said the highest he could give anyone was 97%. That's pretty impressive. He's got a flawless rep as well. I've never heard of him being wrong. If memory serves me correctly he only gave us a 90% that Cam was a boy.
Before Shawn was home for 30 seconds he had it broadcasted on facebook. I think that's one proud daddy :) I'm excited he's going to get his "daddy's little girl". It's been a busy stressful couple of days here so that's why I didn't post an update on blogger till now.
I've also realized through this experience how lucky I am to have Shawns family in my life. Linda cried with excitement. Paul doesn't want to know, but we all know he wanted a Girl. My parents reaction is a rant for another post that I don't really feel like getting into. Don't get me wrong, they are excited for us. It's what is actually going on in the back of their minds that makes me upset. Although they don't know how to hold their tongue and make their "wishes" quite clear. But like I said, a story for another time.
Anyhow
Hope you have a fantastic day!
TTFN

Little Alien

Get to see my little space invader today! Pretty excited! Not excited about drinking a litre and a half of water but what can you do. Hoping for 10 fingers, 10 toes and a perfectly developing baby. Shawn has me paranoid about birth defects and mental disorders. Thanks babe, next time keep your concerns to yourself, PUNK! Who does that to a pregnant woman? At least he's being honest tho. Wednesday we get to find out the sex of our little alien.. Who's excited? Because I know that I am! For a mom who likes nothing more than to be prepared finding out the gender sure makes life a heck of a lot easier. Considering its nearly impossible to buy gender neutral clothing.
Also, I've had my eye on this bassinet from Sears. Guess what? They no longer stock it. Thanks a lot sears! You Suck! But.... On the bright side I found the same one in GP that has hardly been used, still in immaculate condition for about $125 less than I would have paid buying it brand new. This wonderful woman is going to hold it for me until I go over to Grande Prairie in March. Yippee. I love saving money :)
That's all I have for today, need to wake up Mr. Camron and get him ready for school and get on that litre and a half of water.
Hope everyone has a Fantastic Monday :)
TTFN

Slacker!!

Holy Smokes! I can not believe how much I've been avoiding posting in the blog. What a disgrace, on the bright side it's only been two weeks. Not too much has been going on around here to tell you the truth. Seems were just counting down the days. I'm currently 19weeks 6days with approx 142 days to go, 2 more days until we hit the half way mark. We have a fairly busy week ahead of us. I have my ultrasound at the hospital tomorrow, Monday Feb 6th. This will check and make sure everything is developing properly and re-confirm my due date. Then after that I go and get the second part of my blood test to check for genetic abnormalities. Then back to work Tuesday. Then Wednesday after work another ultrasound to determine the gender.

Remember about a month ago when I was posting about babies movement?? I was horribly mistaken. Stupid Gas!! I can not believe how differently I'm carrying this baby. He/She is way back there and I am very lucky if I happen to feel anything. And if I do feel anything I know that no one else would be able to pick it out as movement. The only reason I am able to feel anything is because I can feel from the inside and just barely on the outside.

I was talking to my mom about it and she said she carried the boys up front and I hid in the back. Who knows, maybe we will get our little girl? Either way I'm happy. All my pregnancy all I ever wanted was one or the other. Never satisfied with what I didn't want at the time. Now I'm happy to say I have no preference. Which is good! Because I don't have a choice in the matter :)

Lately I've been going on and on about how much I dislike my job and thinking about cutting back my hours. At the same time its almost the middle of February then in the middle of March I'm booking a week off. Which I'm hoping will make it a little more bearable to stay there. Then I only plan on working till the end of May. It's not that far from now in all honesty. And if all else fails I'll cut back my availability and not work Mondays which only looses me 2 days a month which is only 10 hours. Then I wont have to work 6 days in a row anymore and will get 3 days off twice a month. I think doing that will make a world of difference. There is a lot of stuff I want to get done before baby gets here and just taking off my last month of pregnancy will sure help. Then if I change my availability in May it will sure help me feel like June is coming.

Au Naturale

Natural child birth has been a goal in the back of my mind since before I had Camron. Too many women today wont even consider the possibility of pain. They go into pregnancy already well researched on the types of pain medication they can take and are asking for it as soon as they hit the hospital in labour. Or there's the alternative, a "planned birth" or "too posh to push" women who go in for an elective C-Section and or being induced just to have their little one out on a certain day. There's no doubt in my mind that birth is a beautiful experience no matter what road is taken. But here is what bothers me about it. Little do these unsuspecting mom's know after giving birth 100% natural a "feel-good" hormone is released from the brain called Oxytocin, also called the "love drug". Oxytocin plays a very important part in child birth. This drug is at its highest right after delivery. Immediate bonding with your child after birth is essential. This hormone, along with the hormone baby secretes (cant remember what its called for the life of me) creates a very important bonding moment between you and your child. It also helps with certain other things such as you milk coming in, creating a good latch between baby and you, as well as creating an everlasting loving bond between you and your child. Many women refer to all the "pain" being gone after they held their newborn child after natural birth. This natural drug is to thank for that.

Why do women vote for a C-section? This I just don't understand and I guess I never will. A C-section is MAJOR surgery with a 6 week recovery time. Not to mention you don't get to hold your baby until you are out of the ER and recovery. That could be an hour or more in some cases. Why would you want to miss out on that bonding time? The C-section rate has gone from I believe 7% to almost 40% over the last 30 some years in the US. This is due to doctors schedules and the plain and simple fact that they don't study natural child birth.
Nor do they know how to turn a breached baby. I've learned this from a documentary "Pregnant in America" which unearths many interesting facts. Worth watching even if your not pregnant. The numbers will blow you away. Especially considering that the C-section rate with a midwife is around 3%!!!!

I didn't get to have my natural child birth with Camron due to circumstances that were not in my control.
I was scheduled to be induced on Monday June 19th 2006. My water broke and I was in active labour on the Sunday. Went into the hospital and my contractions stopped. My mom and I walked around that hospital so many times trying to get labour going again but nothing worked. They sent us home for the night and I had to come back in the morning to be induced. I was hooked up to the pitocin drip around 11am and HARD labour hit me around 12. Pitocin causes your contractions to be harder and longer and closer together. I didn't know at the time but this restricts blood and air supply to the baby while your having a contraction usually causing the baby to go into distress. Once baby goes into distress the doctors usually make you go for a C-section. I got a shot of demoral late in the afternoon because the pain was too much I had been in hard labour for hours. The demoral shot didn't take the edge off the contractions but I was able to sleep in between which was only for about 30 seconds to a minute. They hooked me up to the fetal monitor and Cam was in distress. My OB/GYN decided it was time to get Cam out. Instead of taking me down for a C-section like any inexperienced dr would he helped me along because my body was not ready to give birth. I don't even recall if I was 10 cm dilated or not. I do remember he had to get his hands up there and work something away in order for Cam to come through the birth canal. Cam was born at 9:23pm with 20 minutes of pushing. After he was born they placed him on my chest and cleaned him off. I was ecstatic. Then the nurses and my general practitioner took him so they could check him out and get his passageways clear. My OB/GYN wont touch babies, that's why Dr. Roux was there. I fully believe had I had another dr. they would have sent me in for an emergency C-section when Cam went into distress. For that I am thankful. The demoral had not 100% worn off at this point. I feel I missed out on important bonding with Cam and that is why I wish more than ever to do a natural birth with this little one. The drugs effected my state of mind, of this I am 100% certain.

I am going to write up a birth plan for this baby. Give one copy to my dr. a couple months ahead of time and bring extra copies with me to the delivery room. It is my goal to do this natural, the more prepared I am I hope the easier it will be. I am hoping I can have a good half hour with baby before they take him to be cleaned off and measured and weighed.. I guess we will see if this can happen. I am hopeful :)

OBSESSED!

Now that I've finally finished the baby blanket i was making for a friend ( whos baby will be 2 months old tomorrow ) I've been absolutely obsessed with printing out patterns of cool stuff I can make for baby on the way! I'm going to go shopping after I drop Cam at his dads for a sleepover tonight and hopefully start on my first project. I've decided it might be a good idea to get a 3 ring binder and hole punch to store my crochet patterns in, as I always misplace them and they are scattered everywhere. First on the list is Baby Converse booties. Which I am going to make in blue and pink and use them as a "gender reveal" to close friends and family. Then I've also printed out patterns for a Newborn Nest (for newborn pictures), A Munchkin Hat, a Woolly Owl Hat, and another sweet baby hat. Most of these will be for newborn pictures as having a baby in June means that little one is not going to need a toque on his/her head at all times. This is just what I have printed off so far and I'm really excited to start. I know I will be sitting at the computer trying to find other cool things I can make. Like I said, I'm obsessed. Well I best be getting ready for work, I was just so excited I had to blog about. Hopefully I can post a picture soon of one of my creations.
TTFN

Bumpity Bump

Here it is as promised... Drum roll please... The developing baby bump ;)

Dr. Appointment

Well, had an appointment this afternoon. The first part of my blood results came back and everything looks good. Which is awesome because this is the blood screening that tests for spinal issues as well as downs syndrome in babies. My jaw dropped when I hopped on the scale and I've gained 6 pounds in the past 4 weeks since my last appointment! Don't get me wrong, I'm 100% happy about my weight gain to tell the truth. I didn't think I'd be up quite that much. Second pregnancy must make a difference!

Also, my belly finally popped. It's not huge but it's there! I've definitely had a lot of muscle pain due to the ligaments in my uterus growing. So I don't think it's going to slow down much over the next 4-5 weeks as baby is now 500 grams at 17 weeks and grows to be 1 lb by 21 weeks. I will post a belly photo soon!
TTFN

I Feel Cheated!

Such a disappointment. I feel robbed. Of sleep and my baby bump. haha childish I know. My darling husband must love me so much he feels it necessary to crowd my side of the bed and use my pillow. May I add he did this multiple times last night. I love him dearly but I think I may just love sleep and being in a good mood just a smidge bit more. I was waking up and shoving him over and jumping out of bed due to charlie horses in alternating legs several times last night and Cam came in at 5:44 asking if it was time to wake up yet. Regardless, I'll just get to the point. One of the times that I got up then returned to bed I had my hand resting on my stomach and it was sticking out. My reaction? Right on, Yahoo, I'm finally going to show in the morning and not be bloated Yippee. I was wrong. Here's the kicker, as strange as it sounds. I sneezed three times and am going to assume that the pressure caused my belly to stick out. Strangest thing I've ever imagined. It has to be true, I woke up this morning and no belly bump! I bet Shawn is going to wake up in an hour or so and ask me what crawled up my A$$. I got up because I had a charlie horse, laid down in bed and there was hardly enough room for me and Shawn was hogging my pillow again. I snapped! (again childish) I snapped up out of bed, ripped my phone off its charger, stomped out of the room and I didn't slam the door but I wasn't exactly quiet either. I look back at it now and it makes me giggle, what a night! For those of you who know me well, you are quite aware that I can have a raging temper. I'm actually pretty surprised that after not getting much sleep I didn't actually "snap" on Shawn. I must be having an off day.. Or maybe I just love him and know he's tired and didn't feel it necessary to shake him awake and tell him to shove over.

Hope that makes someone smile if not a giggle.

Have a good day folks :)

TTFN

Good Things To Come

Although my last post was not the happiest of posts I do have good news. I believed it wouldn't be fair to add my good news on a post devoted to my friend Kelsey and her baby girl Colby.

Shawn received a raise just recently. He got a $3.00/hr pay increase. I guess the company has had enough with a quick turnover rate due to low starting wages. Not to mention when Shawn has been there for 3 months he will receive another $3.00/hr pay increase. So things are definitely starting to look up. Shawn's boss has told him over and over again how happy he is that he hired Shawn. My thoughts on this are " Are you kidding me... He's an excellent worker and your lucky he dropped his resume off and harassed you for a position. " haha.

I have my monthly check up on Wednesday January 18th. I will be 17 weeks at this appointment and will be able to book my ultrasound at the hospital to make sure everything looks good with baby and I will also be able to book my gender scan with my ob/gyn. Both will be done around 20weeks pregnant. To us that is very exciting. It will be nice to know what we are having so we can start preparing for baby in a more "gender specific" way! I am hoping to book these ultrasounds both on Shawn's days off. Especially the gender scan. I am really excited to share that moment with him :)

Sure feels like time is going by so slow. But I know it is indeed going faster than I think it is. I am currently in my 4th month of pregnancy on a 9 month basis. I believe the last time I posted about my gender scan I had 5 or 6 weeks to wait. Now I'm down to approx. 2-3 weeks. Super, Very, Extremely Excited! Can you tell?

Still not showing. It will come in its own time I suppose. Baby isn't very big right now, only about 5 inches. But on the bright side in another 3 weeks 3 days I will be exactly halfway done my pregnancy. How crazy is that. From what I can remember with Camrons pregnancy the last 20 weeks went way faster than the first 20 weeks. Almost there. I do believe the last 2-3 weeks are incredibly painful in the "waiting dept" we will just have to see. June is a busy month maybe it will just fly by.

I got a gift in the mail the other day from Shawn's Aunty Barb. It's a pregnancy tracker book where I can record all the milestones and belly pictures and dr. appointments etc. I have all the dates filled out so far. Now I just need to make sure I keep it in my purse at all my dr. appointments.

That's all I have for today. If I keep typing I will bore everyone to death and then when Shawn gets home from work I wont be able to talk his ear off for an hour.
TTFN

Busy, Stressful Couple Of Weeks

Well, It's been a while since I posted anything on here. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. One of my very close girlfriends went through a really tough time with her incredibly strong baby girl Colby, who was only 2 months at the time. I had received news that Colby was in the Dawson Creek hospital hooked up to IV as she was not keeping down and fluids. Like any parent they figured it may have had something to do with the formula she was on. When switching formula didn't help at all they decided to take her in to see what was wrong. They got admitted into the hospital with baby Colby on IV. The hospital was going to let them go home for the night after they had an ultrasound first. The ultrasound turned up a problem. Colby was diagnosed with Pyloric Stenosis. "Normally, food passes easily from the stomach into the first part of the small intestine through a valve called the pylorus. In pyloric stenosis, the muscles of the pylorus are thickened. This prevents the stomach from emptying into the small intestine" Therefore causing poor baby Colby the inability to pass her food. 


They were then rushed to Grande Prairie hospital, as the hospital here in Dawson is not able to preform the procedure to bring baby Colby back to perfect health. Kelsey (mother) has a type of hemophilia and brought this subject up in concern that her child may have this blood disorder as well. The risk was too great to preform the surgery without knowing if Colby was a hemophiliac as well. From Grande Prairie they were flown to Edmonton where a hemotologist was able to determine whether or not Colby had this condition. It took a few days to get the results back. They were negative! Thank god! 


They were then able to preform the surgery in the Edmonton hospital. Where everything went perfectly. Kelsey and Colby came home a few days after the surgery. Both are doing well and it just shows how strong one little girl can be. Not to mention her mother. Even though Kelsey has no idea how I feel about her, she is my beacon of strength. It just amazes me at how much she has been through in her life and she always tries her best to keep a smile on her face. Kelsey Jo Pattie, sweety I am so proud of you! You are an incredible mom, friend, and fiancé. I pray that your hardship is over now and you can sit back and enjoy life. You are a fantastic role model. I love you!

4 On 4 Off

I miss my husband dreadfully! I'm not used to him being gone. Shawn is working a 4 on 4 off shift. 12 hour days, 2 shifts of days and 2 shifts of nights. So far he's just been working days. He's had to travel north of fsj temporarily for work. That means he's gone well before I get up at 6 and doesn't get home till after Cam goes to bed. It has been an adjustment for sure. It doesn't feel right to sit and eat dinner without him but we don't have much of a choice. I've even been ambitious and left the house to visit while he's at work but there's still too much emptiness to fill. Here I am just whining away haha well on the bright side it's not the rigs :) Baby has been super active lately. Seems that baby is most active about half hour after I've eaten, or maybe I can just feel it better when bloated out like a balloon haha. Shawn's missing out on that. But it's not like he doesn't get time off either. Yup I think it's official, I just wanted to whine :) until next time my friends ( when I'm not a whiner ) ttfn

Bump In The Night

Shawn and I we're sitting at the kitchen table last night deep in conversation when all of the sudden I felt a bump. I couldn't believe it. I'm sure the look on my face was priceless when I said " I think I just felt the baby kick. "
You would think that being a second time mom that there would be no doubt in my mind. But there sure was doubt. Sometimes it is super difficult to tell especially when everything you eat makes bubbles all the way down your digestive tract. Sure enough we laid down on the couch to indulge in the series "The X-Files" and I felt it again! So I made Shawn put his hand exactly where mine was and wait. Although he had to wait about 15-20 minutes he felt it too! Which is rare, usually no one else can feel it for about a week or so after I can feel it. I think I'm safe to assume that being so slim had a big part on that.
Earlier that day we had gone through all of Cams toys so that we could possibly get rid of a few, currently our spare bedroom (babies room) is a play room for Cam. I decided yesterday that I was going to start moving all his toys out of there for two reasons. 1. I don't want to wait to do it till just before baby comes because then he might be upset with his new baby sister or brother. 2. I had yet to have any real connection with being pregnant. I want that room set up so that it starts to feel more real that we're bringing a baby into this world. Nothing like being 15 weeks pregnant and not feeling pregnant at all. It's kind of an awful feeling that I don't wish upon anyone. Regardless, I got all of the toys out of the play room as well as organized and am now just waiting for my crib to come from GP. I do feel much better that I've made progress in that room. It looks like its waiting for something which is very relaxing to me!

Still no baby bump. Most likely one of the reasons why I'm not feeling connected with being pregnant yet. I did feel the baby kick, but at this stage those movements are usually few and far between. On the bright side, we are progressing. In two weeks or so I will have my next dr. apt and from there we will most likely book my gender scan. Which I'm trying to wait patiently but it is very hard. I'm just too excited to start preparing. Today I am officially 15 weeks and in another 5 weeks I will be halfway through my pregnancy. Very exciting!
I should get off the computer and start getting ready for work! TTFN

Happy New Years

My first official post of 2012! Very exciting I'd say. 2011 was fairly good to us and was pretty busy. We moved from Fairview back to Dawson, got married, Cam started kindergarten and last but not least we found out we were pregnant! I left one thing out Shawn started his new job. Hopefully one that he will have until retirement! Haha.

2012 is going to be a great year. Can not wait to find out the sex of the baby so we can start preparing. I will officially be on maternity leave in 5 months. Then a few weeks later we should have a new addition. Then our 1 year anniversary will be shortly after that. Our biggest struggle this year will be getting out of the place were renting. It's a pretty steep goal as our lease will be up in August and Shawn just started a steady job. But he's hoping to get some property set up out at his parents with a modular. So I guess we will see what happens. Only time will tell I suppose. Hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! All the best in 2012!