8 Months Down, 2 to Go

Joshua Tree Park

Andrew gives bouldering a shot

Andrew...need I say anything......

So we are now 8 weeks away from the estimated arival of our new baby and things are going well. We have a new couch, chair, TV, a mountain bike for Andrew, a Coach purse for me, and we took a vacation, that's all an order for never having money to spend again.....right?

We have at least now painted the baby space and have a few items of generic baby clothing.

Our holiday to Palm Springs was a lot of fun, we spent time in the pool, did some hiking and a lot of window shopping. It was nice to have some relaxing time together before our life goes through the potential majour shift.

I can't say I am exactly tired of being pregnant, but I am missing climbing, going to J tree and not being able to climb or even scramble around was hard. I miss running on these nice spring days we are getting, not being able to bike and I am even a bit tired of the round shape.

Did I mention I miss wine at dinner? I am ready for that again to. I know it will all be worth it and I am almost done, but really this growing a baby business kind of throws a curve ball for the better part of a year.

Baby 19 weeks 2 days

Well we are now at 5 months the half way mark, which we are really happy about. I don't feel rushed, things are progressing at a nice pace. I can feel the baby move quite regularly and Andrew thinks he has felt it move. it likes to sit to one side or the other, so you can sometimes feel where it is or isn't. The ultrasound was a really cool experience as we could see our baby open and close it's mouth, wave it's hands and see it's spine flexing as it moved around.

At this point I still have no feelings either was as to whether it is a boy or a girl, and Andrew says if he were to pick based on an inkling he thinks it is a boy (but has planned and practiced his reactions to both-which he says are equal, yet different responses).

We are horrabley unprepared with no nursery, although we have talked about it a bit, in fact we have yet to purchase a single baby item yet. Our plans have been focussed more on the things we anticpate being harder to buy once we have the baby here, such as a couch or Andrew's flat screen and Play Station- you know essential items.

Last week end we flew to Edmonton for my Gerrany's 90th birthday, which was a lot of fun. I was amazed by all the friends and family that came from all over to attend the party, England, Toronto, Vancouver etc. One of my brother's made a slideshow to music with pictures throughout her life time and my other brother Sang a song about 3 old ladies stuck in a lavatory or something- it was good times.

Next year i am looking forward to...

Instead of making resolutions, I found this way of listing things to do in the new year on a blog, so here we go:

Next year i am looking forward to...

Our second ultrasound on Feb 4th, which we will see together (Andrew and I)

My Gerrany's 90th Birthday party in February

Experiencing the last 5 months of pregnancy

Meeting our new baby in the end of June or early July

Taking another warm vacation to the West Coast of Mexico (short flight with no time change)

Taking time off from work to spend with my baby

Seeing more of my family because I am off work

Reading lots of books and watching the backlog of movies Andrew doesn't want to watch with me (i.e. Ballet Shoes and Marie Antoinette) while nursing

Spending time with Andrew in the morning while walking Farley

Drinking lot's of latte's with good friends, made with our new espresso machine

Running again in September with Alison- maybe next fall we can do our half marathon

Pilates with Carla in the fall

Baby Mayo

Due July 1' 2009

Apartment 322

So as of June 26th'2008 Andrew and I will officially be"Home Owners", or home debtors...whichever you prefer.

We are so excited and so in awe of this blessing from God.

I think I had decided that we could never buy a home in Squamish.

Awhile back though I heard a sermon at church that talked about when the Israelites were almost in the Promised land, and some of them decided to settle outside, they were ok to have have the Promise of God. I thought " I don't want to settle for less than what God has planned for me. If God wants us to own a house in Squamish, he will do it."

So about a Month ago we went for dinner at our Pastors, Steve and Marilyne's home, where they told us we needed to get in the Market as soon as possible. They gave us the numbers of people they use when buying real estate and told us to find out what our options were.

I still don't really think we were really serious, but a week later Andrew started making the calls, we had an appointment with the Realtor to see the 2 properties we thought we might be able to afford. 10 minutes before leaving to see her, we got a call from the Mortgage Broker saying we would be able to get significantly more than we thought, which significantly increased our options.

I think we looked at 5 places that day and decided to put in an offer on the above. We signed the papers the next day (Sunday) and had all our subjects removed by Friday. Who knew buying a home was so easy?

Really I don't think it is usually, but I think God has a plan for us, and it involves us owning our own place.

FAiled

So I guess I missed February and March, so I failed at my resolution to post twice a month.

Life has been work busy for us, for 6 weeks (February and Most of March) I was filling my old job and new job, as we were having a hard time finding someone to fill my old position. This stretched me in a lot of ways but finally we hired someone, and she is doing a great job.

During Spring Break Andrew and I went to the Dominican Republic, for a week long all-inclusive. Now typically I think these are for unadventurous persons, but as Andrew and I were both in need of a worry free holiday, it was a good break. I didn't have to cook, clean, think about money, work or check my e-mail for a whole week.

We did choose the resort for it's plethora of water sport activities, but ironically because it was too windy, and because of the Easter holidays they were all cancelled.

Anna's Resolutions

1) Be uninhibited and post 2 times a month

2) Add a recipe to her other blog once a month

3) Teach Andrew how to cook, at least 2 times a week

4) Take singing lessons

5) Go on a hot Vacation

6) Pray daily and often

7) Finish crocheting pink hoodie