I've been resurrected!

Well after 6+ months I've felt the need to blog. I don't know why... I don't think my ramblings are very important, and most of my family and friends keep up with us on Facebook yet here I am, logging in and making a new post. Stay tuned for pics and stories of what we've been up to lately and what's new in our lives. (And maybe blogging on my Mac will be much easier than on the old pc!)

Peace Out!

Okay It's hot now... the sprinkler is out!

As much as I'm not into winter, I'm not into summer either. I know... hard to please. It was super hot today so I actually agreed to bring out the sprinkler for some water fun. The girl was happy to play and run around in it, whilst I took some pictures for her album. We also had to try on the new bathing suit for this years swimming season, I think it's two cute!! The bottoms might be a little big but we can fix that with a stitch or two. After the play, we sat in the sun room and had a little snack and cold drink before heading inside to the nice cool air conditioning.

Ultrasound at almost 19 weeks

Everything went really well, and I'm so relieved! I drank about half the water required of me and was full almost instantly with almost a 45 minute drive left to go. When I got there I was about ready to explode! LOL They got me in pretty quickly and after a few minutes of her looking she asked me if I have felt baby moving. I said yes, wondering why she was asking, as if something was wrong and the baby wasn't moving now. (always thinking the worst right?!?) Well then she said, "I don't know if I can do this, this baby is moving way to much!" *phew!* So she told me to empty my bladder almost completely (ya like that is easy to do) but it did make me feel much better and after that, baby cooperated nicely. She worked away at the pictures and measurements and then after about 10/15 minutes or so she was done and let Scott come in for a "viewing" She showed us everything but the "money shot". It kind of made me realize I do want to know the gender but yet I still don't want to, kwim? Anyway... It was great to see our little one moving around in there, kicking and moving his/her feet, opening and closing his/her mouth taking big gulps of fluid. It was the best day I've had in a LONG time! Scott was so taken by it and I think it's finally real for him now. We got 8 pics to bring home and show the girls, they were pretty taken with the little one too. She said I'm measuring a bit bigger but only by a few days, so my date according to the u/s is October 29th, but it's not enough to make me change it in my mind.

Prenatal Appt. & Apples

I'm 18 weeks already! Can you believe it??? I had another prenatal appointment today, everything is going well and I've only gained 3 lbs so far. (Yippee!!) Blood work all came back negative, that's where they test for Down's and Spina Bifida, so that's good. Heard the heartbeat again at about 140 so it seems to be on the lower end of things, I think, pretty similar to Daelyn. AND my ultrasound is on Friday. I'm nervous that everything will be okay but also really excited to see my little baby!

Also exciting for us is that our apple tree is blooming, a LOT! Last year it didn't bloom more than a few flowers and we didn't get a good crop. We only made about 4 pies the whole winter. This year should be similar to 2 years ago where we got the wagon full, made pies all winter and gave away bags full to neighbours! I've still got my peeler/corer/slicer so I'm ready to go come end of summer!! :) Isn't it beautiful!?!