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Week 36...

Thanks everyone for your posts! Its great to know people are checking this thing:) It's been a couple of weeks since the last post so there are lots of updates. We are no longer dealing with snow in Victoria but we have been having HUGE wind storms. Luckily, those of us in the City haven't had many issues, just a lack of sleep during a loud stormy night. Doesn't matter for Jon and I as the pregnancy insomnia has well and truly kicked in so I am not sleeping much and neither is Jon because he is contending with the larger me AND my huge body pillow shifting around all night.

I have just 1 week of work left - hooray! :) I love my job but I am really starting to slow down these days as I get so big and awkward. I am pretty tired and feel like my brain is made of cooked squash or some similarly mushy substance. I am really hoping to have a couple of weeks of down time before the big arrival. Any guesses on the arrival date? We should have a pool.

I am almost 36 weeks pregnant - yikes! That whole labour and delivery thing is becoming a reality - sometimes one I am ready for and other times it scares the s--- out of me. We have good days and bad around here as we are preparing to become parents. Mostly we are really excited.

And as you can see, the old belly is growing like crazy. The baby, according to our doctor is on track to be an average size - fingers crossed she's right. Baby G has hiccups at least 3 times a day and loves to stick her butt out of the side of my belly so I am lopsided most of the time. She is quite the little trickster already, she is always in the perfect "ready for delivery" position when we visit the doctor and then as soon as we leave the doctor's office she shifts into her lopsided sideways position.

We have finished our prenatal classes as well as a class on baby care and infant CPR. These were all really helpful and great confidence builders. Jon is now an excellent swaddler and diaperer.

I had a wonderful baby shower last weekend. I am so blessed to have many wonderful friends who are excited for us. This weekend the big task is to pack "the bag" for the hospital and install the car seat. Hope you are all having a stress -free lead into the holiday season!

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A recording of our baby's heartbeat, recorded from a monitor during our November 29th doctor's appointment.

Winter in Victoria

Well winter has certainly arrived in Victoria! This is me working from home on our first snow day of this winter. (Can you tell that I am barely able to reach the keyboard these days?)

It was about -9 today which is soooo cold for us Victorians. We are surviving though :) We have had about a foot of snow in Victoria, see the photos of George enjoying the yummy snow and Beacon Hill Park. Jon really wanted to get me out on the tobaggan hill but we decided against it in the end. These days getting up off the couch is enough of a challenge.

Have I mentioned that we got "the stroller"!? It costs as much a used car but man its cool! It practically raises the baby for you - that's once you get the damn thing assembled. Our little baby will be travelling in style. This is our one major splurge in the baby gear department. We walk so much and are really hoping that this stroller will be the ONE!















I am starting to look for a few new items of maternity clothing (unbelievably!) I am getting pretty big and most of my clothes are just about stretched to the limit. Only 7 weeks to go so I hate to buy anything new but a girl has to have some semblance of a wardrobe even if she IS a beached whale :)

Well that's it for tonight, I'm tired, nothing new there.....

Movin' right along

It is so hard to believe that 8 months is just around the corner! Life is so busy and this pregnancy is just flying by. Just had our 31 week checkup - baby and I are both doing fine. I had my first flu shot yesterday (Jon got one too) I was really hesitant because I am just not convinced that they are good for you. But it is the only way to protect the baby in the event that the flu bug finds its way into our lives so hopefully it will work out. We are starting to have doctor's appointments every 2 weeks now.

We have been really enjoying our prenatal classes. We have had 4 already and are learning a lot. Yesterday we had a tour of the hospital maternity ward. It was not exactly a place that made me feel warm and fuzzy - not very zen. It didn't help that it was a stormy night and the wind was really howling in the room! We will just have to bring a few suitcases of stuff to warm the place up a bit. The reality of having to deliver this baby is really hitting home. I am mostly feeling ok about it but I do have some moments of panic - no question.

Jon and I had a very relaxing weekend together on Pender Island. It was great to have some down time together after having a few really busy months. We watched lots of movies, went swimming in the outdoor heated pool and ate too much. I also had a fabulous spa package while Jon did some exploring on the island. He did a great painting of a wave scene from Tofino on our last day there. Here is a pic of us enjoying a little walking trail by a waterfall and one of Jon's photos of the island.













For those of you who don't know about the conference that I have been volunteering for through the Y, I mentioned that I would post some more info - you can check out the conference info and the news stories on the website www.LMConference.ca.

We're Baaaaaack......

Not that we were away but it has certainly been a while since I got a post up here. It has been incredibly busy latey. Work is busy as always but even moreso and I have had a lot of work for the conference I chair through the Y. It took place on the weekend and it was a GREAT success. I will post more info about that later.

Jon has done a mega paint job on the baby's room - will will take some pics this week - it is really sweet. He is also still fixing up all the things around the house that we are hoping to have done before the arrival in January. The house is really becoming a home.

We had about 70 kids for Halloween. See one of Jon's 5 pumpkins here. We had so many comments on them but this was his favourite. He was going to paint my belly like a pumpkin but we just didn't have time.

I am 30 weeks pregnant today - I can't believe how quickly this pregnancy is moving. the baby is getting BIG, I can feel her every move these days. She is really busy and spends a lot of time kicking for daddy. This morning she was very responsive to a light we were putting on my bump. It is all so amazing and we are getting very anxious to meet our little one. Though I have told her in no uncertain terms that she is to stay put until at least the new year!