My new staff picture

I like this picture. I think I look nice. Man I miss the bleach blondeness.

My friend Tahnee

So I have this friend from New York. I was introduced to her over email via my friend Rachael. We had a very strong email relationship. I got to meet her in January - about two weeks before this whole pregnancy thing started. Anyways, I really like her and she's funny....but she emailed me last week to tell me she walked out on her job. She just up and quit...so I was a little worried. Manhattan is not a cheap place to live you know.

Well, last night Rachael came to pick me up for dinner at her house. I like D's lasagna. As we were just leaving my driveway, Rachael pulls up to Matt and says, "I would like you to meet my friend, TAHNEE" !!!!!!!!!!!! Out from the back seat jumps my New York friend - only she's moving to VANCOUVER!! To work here!!! On Olympic stuff!!! Wow. I screamed and I screamed loud. I was totally shocked. She had quit her job quite awhile ago, but kept it a secret. The surprise was so worth it!

Thanks!!!!

Garage Sales & Craigslist

So Nate and I were able to purchase the following items this past weekend for $690:

Dining room table & 4 chairs
Lawn Mower
Baby crib - mahogany
A Sofa & a loveseat (3 years old and BEAUTIFUL!)

We are so excited about our new house. We pretty much have everything we need to get our house all set up!!!

Getting BIG

So I've had some very well-intentioned people mention that I look a little biggish for only being 4 months. Does that worry me? YES. My Nate does not want twins and I do not want a giant baby. We will see at the ultrasound for sure whether or not it's a solitary child. I hope for Nate's sanity that it is...but I think it would be quite fun to have 'instant family' and have a house full all at once.



I can feed two babies at once!!

I've had people also mention that they've had a 'feeling' that I'm having twins. What good is a feeling? Really. What does it mean? Does it mean that if they're wrong they don't look like total fools because it was only a 'feeling'? Or like complete geniuses because they were right all along?

And some are quite sure it's a boy. Others are convinced it's a girl. What is with people? IT will be what IT will be. Maybe it will be goy or a birl. Hehe. I don't want that. I did see a Law and Order episode about that though. Where this little girl was actually born a boy...And the parents changed him into a her once someone botched the circumcision. I know, the child was really messed up.

But enough about that. I'm having a baby. I considered posting belly pictures, but I'm undecided. Do I really want shots of my growing waistline being plastered all over the world wide web? Hmmmm??? I think not.

My new best friend....Diclectin.

For those of you who are not familiar with various medications for pregnant people - there are not many. But one that shines more than any other medication is Diclectin. It soothes the feelings of nausea and makes the vomit man go away. I've been on it for a week now and I think I'm in love. Yes, it makes me drowsy....but all the better to sleep then m'dear! There were nights before my best friend came along where I could not get comfortable for the life of me...now by the time I hit the hay, I'm completely exhausted and don't even hear Nate come to bed an hour later.



Also - we have a house. For sure now. It is ours and we love it. We have even convinced Nate's friend Becky to come down from the Okanagan one weekend this summer and paint the baby's room for us. We might go with a sea & sky theme...then if it's a boy we'll add sailboats and if it's a girl we'll add flowers somewhere. I'm so excited about it. I even get to pick up a baby crib this weekend. The lovely picture shows how beautiful and lovely and ..all kinds of other wonderful descriptive words.. it is.

We were in the Okanagan this past weekend and I realized I hate traveling in the car now. It's uncomfortable and when I get out of the car my back just screams out in pain. It's very unhappy about the whole thing. Plus I hardly was able to get to sleep what with going to a wedding and catching up with old buddies...it was brutal..But nice to spend a weekend away with hubby.

I've come to the realization that I really really really love my husband. Nate is an amazing person and I'm lucky to have found him. We had fun cutting up the dance floor - ok we only danced once. And we were able to talk a lot on the way there and back...mostly just back since I was a real grump on the way there. But suffice it to say...I LOVE NATE. And he loves me too. That makes me happy.

bump bump.. bump bump..

I got to hear life from my belly. We went to the midwife office on Tuesday and we heard our little childs heartbeat for the first time. It would have been way more exciting if I wasn't really sick that day, but it was still fun to experience the miracle.

Nate took the trusty camera and videoed away. It was fun to listen later, but not fun to see how mammoth the belly is getting. And I do mean mammoth.

Tomorrow we find out if we can call a house our own. We put in another offer on a different house and it's pretty. If all goes according to plan then we will be moving a few days after Matt's wedding.

Speaking of which - everyone is invited to Matt's fiancee - CHRISTA!!! Her Burnett church shower will be on Sunday, June 4th at 7:00 p.m. and she's registered at the Bay and Linens & Things. She's really nice and I adore her. My brother done good.

Nate is going away....

Just for the weekend, but it might as well be forever. Ok, so I'm a little overdramatic. Don't get me wrong, I'm not upset...just bummed. He invited me to come too, but what in the world am I going to do at a stag? I'm sure his buddy wouldn't mind if a naggy pregnant women showed up to spoil all the fun. It will only be one night. Besides, it gives baby and me a chance to bond during our first Mother's Day. He/She better get me something good - like a little movement or no sickness!

Speaking of stags - when there is one of those going on it usually means the wedding is soon. So next week I get to go shopping for a fat dress! Woohoo. There are some pretty nice maternity dresses out there. My new favorite store is Motherhood in Coquitlam Centre. I've almost tried everything from the store on already. I love clothes and I miss a lot of my other stuff *sigh*. Like those grey pants from RW that only fit me for about 2 months before I gained some weight. Then there was the pink RW shirt that Nate really liked. I miss that one too. RW is expensive, but girlfriend - those clothes last! Unless you gain weight like moi.

I've been reading Michelle's blog over at www.passtheveggies.blogspot.com and it's quite motivational in the weight loss area. I may be pregnant, but I don't have to gain 80 lbs. I'm not trying to lose and I'm not trying to gain. I'm just trying to eat healthy. Unless I get a chocolate craving then WATCH OUT.

Exciting news - we're going to see the midwife on Tuesday at 4:00. The big exciting part about that is we will be listening to the baby's heartbeat for the first time. We're going to bring the camera and try and document it as best we can. I'll keep you 'posted'.

Testimony

Today I finally gave my witness account to a motorcyle accident I saw 4 years ago. I was so nervous. The opposing counsel guy was super intimidating and kept second guessing everything I said. The judge was nice though...Nina was there too because she saw it as well...Hope what we said helped and didn't hurt the case!

Saturday night I was really sick! It only lasted about 1/2 hour, but it was a really painful vomiting experience. I didn't make it to the bathroom quite quick enough. Nate had to clean some of that up, but he's so good and didn't complain at all.

We're going to look at more houses tomorrow night so wish us luck!

Good news and bad news....

If you're anything like my sister Megan, you want the bad news first. Well, we aren't going to get the house. We wanted to buy it and put a suite in the bottom, well there's this iron-clad caveat in the land title which says that only one household or family may live in the dwelling. To change it we would have to go to court and we just don't have extra time or money or energy to do that. We will find that perfect house eventually. I get the feeling we're driving our real estate agent crazy, but this too shall pass.

On to the good news...Yesterday was the first full day I did not feel sick. Hardly anything. No boat, no seasickness, no barfing, no nothing. I loved it. It felt totally great. Thanks to all who were praying for me to feel better, because I sooooo do!

More good news - On Thursday evening while I was laying on my side in bed reading a book....I felt the baby move!!!!!!!!!! It was totally cool...I thought I had become a fish bowl with a little fishie swimming around. It only lasted like 2 seconds, but it was the highlight of my week.

So here's to feeling better and having fishes in my belly!

Moving....

It is with sad, but excited hearts that we pass on the news that we are moving. Don't worry - not far! But far enough away from the quiet tranquility that was life in the mobile. We won't be taking this huge plunge until near the end of July, but money has already become a huge topic in our house.

Baby will want to go visit the mobile, I'm sure....But we have an accepted offer for the house he/she will spend at least a few years. Wish me luck as I start going through 'stuff'. This move will mark my third move during my marriage to Nate and I only moved twice in the 25 years before that.

About the house - It's 33 years old, two levels, has an amazing kitchen, a yard with old trees my kid can eventually climb...it's close to an elementary school and not far from MRSS. Not that we are planning on staying there until Baby is in grade 8, but you never know.