It's a boy!

OK - we've talked with all of the grandparents-to-be and we're safe to put this on here now. Today on the ultrasound we saw a healthy baby boy! He waved at us and then stretched and went back to sleep . . . .

Baby's first pictures

Here we go! The ultrasound this afternoon went great. Baby looks perfect (although the feet were hiding, so I'll probably have to go back for another one), and weighing about 12oz., which is about a week ahead of where we should be, so baby is definately healthy! We know what baby is too . . . . but we're waiting for our parents to call up back before I post it, so stay tuned. Meanwhile, here are a few pictures!

Doctor's Appointment today

Just got back from the doctor, and wanted you all to know everything is going very well. Baby's heartbeat was loud and easy to find this time and was going at 140 bpm (babys' hearts beat much faster than ours). Tomorrow is the big ultrasound where hopefully we'll be able to find out what we're having! Now I'm off to have a nap before our class tonight!

Go Canucks Go!

18 weeks

Well, it was nice out today . . . for about half an hour! Long enough for us to BBQ some burgers for lunch and sit outside, though by the time we finished, I was ready for a sweatshirt and Byron was asking for his touque. Actually, I can't complain, though. The last couple of days have been sunny, and the snow is gone! I'm still expecting at least one more good snowfall before spring offically hits.

I'm now 18 weeks, and I've been feeling baby move a lot more this week. Here's a picture from yesterday:

We are really looking forward to going to Victoria next week (We leave a week from tomorrow). We've finished all of the projects we had to do around here before we go, so it's just one more busy week and then we're free! Yesterday I finished writing my last paper for school, and my last class is on Tuesday.

Here's another picture I'll post just because it's cute. How can you resist this face?

My new Sling

Ok - for those of you who are wondering, yes it is still snowing. Ick. No - I don't want to know what the weather is like in Kelowna.

This morning I went out and bought the sling that I wanted - I figure I can get some practice with it with the kids at church who like me to carry them but are getting a little heavy for me. So I thought I'd get some practice, and to my suprise, Tia loved it! She purred and purred and almost fell alseep on me. Hope baby likes it as much when it's his or her turn!

This morning

Are we sure it's April? Doesn't this look a lot like the picture I posted in November? Anyone know of a church looking for a kids pastor in the Caribbean?

And a few more Preggo Pictures

So when people see me now it's not a question of "Are you pregnant?" It's "When are you due?" and "Are you sure there's only one in there?" Byron and I went to the Mom and Tots fair this week and got all sorts of great information on products and services and stuff. We even found a great source for organic cloth diapers here in Calgary! Byron was very excited about this one. (He's even admitted he'll probably end up doing most of the laundry, and he's still ok with it!) We started out baby classes last week, and our second class is tonight. We're taking a course called "The Bradley Method" and it's very focussed on husband-coached, natural childbirth, which fits very well with our way of thinking already. Here's more info: www.bradleybirth.com Anyways, here is a picture of me that Byron took last night and a couple of our sweet kitties:

Kananaskis

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while since I've updated this (3 weeks), but it's just been SO busy. The current project is writing a paper that's due in 8 days (I haven't started yet). Then we need to get our taxes finished, our house cleaned up and in 21 days we leave for our Victoria holiday! We are so looking forward to getting away. Hopefully I'm feeling alright. Anyways, the week after our anniversary, Byron booked us in to the Delta Kananaskis for a couple of nights for a quick getaway. Here are a few pics from that: