December 29, 2004
Ahh .. now we can relax
We survived .. the shopping, the packing, the cooking, the cleaning, the entertaining .. all of it .. we made it to the other side of the bridge.
Christmas is over for one more year, and now we can look back and say .. eh that wasn't so bad!
JJ and I put together all the baby stuff over the few days off we had. The only thing we have left to buy is the playpen and the high chair and Vivian (JJs mom) offered to get that for us. So just the playpen now. Whatever are we going to do with ourselves during that extra long dragging last month when most normal people get ready and put things together we will be stuck staring at each other. Oh well, we had a lot of fun putting it all together.
JJ said we are going to start taking pictures of my growing bump. Just to be able to look back when I'm bigger and remember. Remember that I used to be able to see my feet and one day I will see them again!
Off I go ... JJs mom has been cooking and cleaning like a crazy woman since the day she walked in the door. The girls, Amy, JJ and I have taken a vote behind closed doors and we're considering keeping her. I mean seriously .. we've had mashed potatoes like three times this week. Better yet .. we've had non deep fried potatoes three times this week ... and not once have we eaten out of a paper bag. Ohh the excitement of the holidays!
Take care of everyone and have a happy holiday .. hope Santa finds you all!
Christmas is over for one more year, and now we can look back and say .. eh that wasn't so bad!
JJ and I put together all the baby stuff over the few days off we had. The only thing we have left to buy is the playpen and the high chair and Vivian (JJs mom) offered to get that for us. So just the playpen now. Whatever are we going to do with ourselves during that extra long dragging last month when most normal people get ready and put things together we will be stuck staring at each other. Oh well, we had a lot of fun putting it all together.
JJ said we are going to start taking pictures of my growing bump. Just to be able to look back when I'm bigger and remember. Remember that I used to be able to see my feet and one day I will see them again!
Off I go ... JJs mom has been cooking and cleaning like a crazy woman since the day she walked in the door. The girls, Amy, JJ and I have taken a vote behind closed doors and we're considering keeping her. I mean seriously .. we've had mashed potatoes like three times this week. Better yet .. we've had non deep fried potatoes three times this week ... and not once have we eaten out of a paper bag. Ohh the excitement of the holidays!
Take care of everyone and have a happy holiday .. hope Santa finds you all!
December 28, 2004
Well, well, well
Seems as though Mike has run into a snowstorm and a little bad luck and of course his loving sister (moi!) is always there to lend a hand and bail him out. Hmm Mike where will you be next year for Christmas I wonder .. you owe me one!!
December 22, 2004
My brother has ditched me ...
... for Christmas how sad .. all because he decided to move to PEI for a better job and now lives 4 hours away instead of 2. Please feel free to forward him hate mail on my behalf @ mech19@hotmail.com
December 20, 2004
We are in ....
Not exactly in a pretty way ... but we're in. Boxes everywhere as always. Newspaper spread from one end to the other. No sign of Christmas in sight. No stocking hanging anywhere .. but we're in .. and that is a nice feeling in itself!
Cait's room is way too bright ... it nearly hurts your eyes to walk into with the lights on.
Ohh and I've finally found the toilet paper, ahhh!
Cait's room is way too bright ... it nearly hurts your eyes to walk into with the lights on.
Ohh and I've finally found the toilet paper, ahhh!
December 16, 2004
Houston we have paint!
That's right! Not a typo! We are actually going to paint some of the rooms. Amy, JJ and I went out last night and pick ourselves up a cart of paint in several shades. Likely nothing will match or flow right .. but well it is a big step from the plain white walls with no pictures. Atleast now we will have oddly coloured walls with well still no pictures.
Went to the doc yesterday and found out I gained a pound in the last month. I can deal with that sort of weight gain, although I truly believe that the pound was to be blamed on the pound and a half of sour cream I ate with my nachos right before going to my appointment. The baby heart rate was at 134 bpm which means, if you believe in old wives tales, that it's a boy. Now even though I said I was going to run out and buy something blue, JJ said stopped me for fear of jinxing it ... although those parts are already formed and nothing I do will change it!
Well that's all folks .. time to focus on more packing .. and more packing .. and more packing!
PS .. I have to say I am enjoying the new traffic in my comments section. Thanks to all the friends and family who have been keeping updated on little old me. Sorry I have no juicy gossip about the family .. well except for hey did you hear Monica's knocked up = )
Went to the doc yesterday and found out I gained a pound in the last month. I can deal with that sort of weight gain, although I truly believe that the pound was to be blamed on the pound and a half of sour cream I ate with my nachos right before going to my appointment. The baby heart rate was at 134 bpm which means, if you believe in old wives tales, that it's a boy. Now even though I said I was going to run out and buy something blue, JJ said stopped me for fear of jinxing it ... although those parts are already formed and nothing I do will change it!
Well that's all folks .. time to focus on more packing .. and more packing .. and more packing!
PS .. I have to say I am enjoying the new traffic in my comments section. Thanks to all the friends and family who have been keeping updated on little old me. Sorry I have no juicy gossip about the family .. well except for hey did you hear Monica's knocked up = )
December 13, 2004
Amy drives again December 31st
Phew .. we all made it. Actually Amy told me she did rather well driving. She said her instructor had her drive around in circles practicing her left and right turns for like an hour. Anybody that has had the priviledge of driving with Amy will understand the importance of practicing this skill. Alot. I figure she must have scared him too. I'd like to say I was kidding about the last one Amy but even you have to admit = )
We have upstairs packed, with the excpetion of Amy's room .. so we are now onto the downstairs. Then we start taping off and painting on Wednesday. The truck is rented for Saturday ... we should be almost ready to put up the tree on Sunday .. or we would be if JJ wasn't duty, so probably Monday instead. I would go get the tree myself but JJ has something to prove after bringing in the appalling oversize tree from last year. Lets just say several layers of branches had to be cut just to get it through the door, not to mention the top was bent along the ceiling and we couldn't even put up a star! He tried though. This year he is convinced he will find the perfect tree and well I atleast have to let him try.
We have upstairs packed, with the excpetion of Amy's room .. so we are now onto the downstairs. Then we start taping off and painting on Wednesday. The truck is rented for Saturday ... we should be almost ready to put up the tree on Sunday .. or we would be if JJ wasn't duty, so probably Monday instead. I would go get the tree myself but JJ has something to prove after bringing in the appalling oversize tree from last year. Lets just say several layers of branches had to be cut just to get it through the door, not to mention the top was bent along the ceiling and we couldn't even put up a star! He tried though. This year he is convinced he will find the perfect tree and well I atleast have to let him try.
December 10, 2004
We'll hang our stockings by the chimney ....
on the 18th ... that's when we move into the new place. I can't even believe it. I love putting myself under intense pressure with serious deadlines. Luckily JJ and I found a great deal on a fridge and stove .. now as long as we make it out to purchase the extra four dozen sets of blinds we need we'll be good to go!
I thought I would share a frightening moment with everyone .. as long as give everyone enough time to get off the road. Amy starts driving classes on Saturday. Now I don't know the exact time, but it's just safer to avoid driving that day all together .. just kidding Amy. I was a little scared the other day when she told me she had a dream about rear-ending somebody... with a little fishing however I figured out she wasn't driving my car in her dream. Ahhh relief. It'll be great when she gets her license though, then I can send her to Starbucks.
No more baby updates. I have a doc appointment next week so we should know more then. There seems to be some fluttering going on but not very often. Not very sick anymore but still having a hard time eating. Maybe someone out there can help me with this .. how can it be that I'm losing weight, yet my pants are getting tighter and tighter every day. This puzzles me, not to mention seriously concerns me. How much tighter will my pants get when I start packing on the pounds. I'm still trying to stay out of maternity clothes. Well atleast for another month or so .. then I guess I'll have no choice but to give in. I did however break down last weekend and bought myself a pair of maternity jeans (actually made JJ buy me because of the changing room incident). I do have to say they are mighty comfy.
I thought I would share a frightening moment with everyone .. as long as give everyone enough time to get off the road. Amy starts driving classes on Saturday. Now I don't know the exact time, but it's just safer to avoid driving that day all together .. just kidding Amy. I was a little scared the other day when she told me she had a dream about rear-ending somebody... with a little fishing however I figured out she wasn't driving my car in her dream. Ahhh relief. It'll be great when she gets her license though, then I can send her to Starbucks.
No more baby updates. I have a doc appointment next week so we should know more then. There seems to be some fluttering going on but not very often. Not very sick anymore but still having a hard time eating. Maybe someone out there can help me with this .. how can it be that I'm losing weight, yet my pants are getting tighter and tighter every day. This puzzles me, not to mention seriously concerns me. How much tighter will my pants get when I start packing on the pounds. I'm still trying to stay out of maternity clothes. Well atleast for another month or so .. then I guess I'll have no choice but to give in. I did however break down last weekend and bought myself a pair of maternity jeans (actually made JJ buy me because of the changing room incident). I do have to say they are mighty comfy.
December 06, 2004
Update for the family!
I honestly had no idea people were reading this. Ok well I knew some people were reading this because of my stats counter, I just had no idea it was people I knew .. let alone my family. Then again if I really think about it people that don't know me would be bored to tears reading these pathetic updates on my life. However since some of you love me enough to keep reading, let me update on the journey.
We just recently got the call that a 4 bedroom PMQ has finally come up. We are very excited. It's in the officers block, which means much nicer place and JJ has decided after all these years of being in the Navy to finally start wearing his uniform to work **wink*wink** I know I know we should be buying a house, but instead we are buying a Durango! With this growing family we need a vehicle with more seats.
Needless to say the place is big and beautiful. JJ will finally have a garage. Amy will have a big enough room to hold all her stuff and her "Core Secrets Ball" which is collecting dust .. right along with JJ's bowflex in our kitchen right now, which will now fit in the basement. Did I mention the fireplace? Oh and the brand new hardwood floors throughout ... now if my water breaks there will be no mess on the carpet! It's just perfect ... we are very excited. Imagine we won't even have to chain down and lock the patio furniture anymore.
Baby Grape update .. oh incase I never mentioned it we call it by the fruit it resembles that month and even though it's now more like half a banana it just doesn't seem as catchy as grape. For such a small little thing it is certainly creating havoc. My insides are streching, I am certainly starting to take on that alien look and my back .. oohhh my back. Who knew my hot water bottle would become my new best friend ... and what JJ thinks is the answer to everything *I just love this guy I tell ya*. I can complain of heartburn and he will run and get me the water bottle. He's trying so hard .. I think deep down inside he is hoping to just avoid me crying as much as possible, because well, I think it just scares him. Poor thing he just doesn't know what to do with me. I can't imagine what is going to happen to him when the baby comes if my crying scares him now!
JJ incase you are reading I will not tell the world how I asked you to stand guard in front of my dressing room at Motherhood Maternity because I knew that crazy kid was going to try and run in and you were too busy counting the holes in the ceiling when he did run in and catch me practically in the buff **oops** guess I slipped = )
We just recently got the call that a 4 bedroom PMQ has finally come up. We are very excited. It's in the officers block, which means much nicer place and JJ has decided after all these years of being in the Navy to finally start wearing his uniform to work **wink*wink** I know I know we should be buying a house, but instead we are buying a Durango! With this growing family we need a vehicle with more seats.
Needless to say the place is big and beautiful. JJ will finally have a garage. Amy will have a big enough room to hold all her stuff and her "Core Secrets Ball" which is collecting dust .. right along with JJ's bowflex in our kitchen right now, which will now fit in the basement. Did I mention the fireplace? Oh and the brand new hardwood floors throughout ... now if my water breaks there will be no mess on the carpet! It's just perfect ... we are very excited. Imagine we won't even have to chain down and lock the patio furniture anymore.
Baby Grape update .. oh incase I never mentioned it we call it by the fruit it resembles that month and even though it's now more like half a banana it just doesn't seem as catchy as grape. For such a small little thing it is certainly creating havoc. My insides are streching, I am certainly starting to take on that alien look and my back .. oohhh my back. Who knew my hot water bottle would become my new best friend ... and what JJ thinks is the answer to everything *I just love this guy I tell ya*. I can complain of heartburn and he will run and get me the water bottle. He's trying so hard .. I think deep down inside he is hoping to just avoid me crying as much as possible, because well, I think it just scares him. Poor thing he just doesn't know what to do with me. I can't imagine what is going to happen to him when the baby comes if my crying scares him now!
JJ incase you are reading I will not tell the world how I asked you to stand guard in front of my dressing room at Motherhood Maternity because I knew that crazy kid was going to try and run in and you were too busy counting the holes in the ceiling when he did run in and catch me practically in the buff **oops** guess I slipped = )
