And we're home!

Avril Veronica was born on Sunday March 25th. 7 lbs. 14oz. 19 3/4 inches long and just wonderful!
We got the thumbs up to bring her home this morning and she's been just an angel so far!

Family moving within 1 hour!

As long as all goes smoothly with the closing my brother and his family are going to be moving to Burlington soon! It's been a long few years of driving back and forth to see family for birthdays and various celebrations. I'm not complaining because it has always been worth the drive to be able to see my parents, siblings, nieces and nephew, but I can't wait for it to be much shorter (and hopefully more often)! Yipee!

My due date has come and gone

So here I sit waiting....

To be honest I didn't think that I was going to be overdue. I realize that being a few days overdue is not unusual but I just didn't think that it was going to happen to me. In general I am early for things or right on time. It's a rare occasion that we are ever late unless circumstances are beyond our control. I suppose I am going to have to get used to that with a baby coming who is going to rule my world. The only real solace in that thought is knowing that I'm not going to be sitting around waiting, but will be busy trying to get it (and keep it) together. My original plan was to take 3 weeks of holidays before the due date, but as it ends up I took a week in January to chill out and only 2 weeks of holiday leading into maternity leave. Thank goodness for that! I can't imagine this being the beginning of week 4 of no work vs. week 3. There's always the chance that I will be waiting for another week for this little one too!

All we need now is a baby!

2 down 1 to go!

My best friend Meaghan had her baby today! Her due date was April 10th but her son decided to make his appearance early! Weighing in at 5lbs 8oz. Her family reports that she and baby are both doing well. I'm going to head out to see them tomorrow at the hospital. What better place for me to be than the maternity ward in a hospital...maybe it'll rub off?

Chilly 1/2 Marathon

Colin ran in the Tim Horton's Chilly 1/2 Marathon in Burlington yesterday morning. This is the 2nd 1/2 Marathon he's participated in. He ran the Toronto 1/2 back in October. He beat his personal best time by 3 minutes and ranked 15th out of 84 in his class! I can remember hearing him say a couple of years ago "I hate running" and then suddenly he decided to pick it up and he's doing so well. His dedication amazes me. He goes out on the coldest, messiest days and also on the hottest, sweatiest days. I really missed seeing him cross the finish line yesterday and being able to get a good snapshot of it too. Seeing him accomplish his goals always makes me so happy and proud. Congratulations on another milestone!

There's a new Nephew in town!

I received a phone call from my brother Tim last night to let us know that his son Joshua was born just after 7:30pm weighing in at 8lbs 2oz. He reported that mom and baby are both doing well. Congratulations!!

Pregnant + Sick = Not Fun

The bug finally caught up with me after months of being around people who come to work (or come home) with a cold. I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with the completely plugged up sinuses this year! At one point I had even said to my boss "If she doesn't take a sick day, I'm going home for a wellness day. Oh well...I guess I can't win em all. Good thing is that I'm feeling much better today.

We have the second round of pre-natal classes starting this Saturday. We're on the crash course...2 Saturdays vs. 5 weeknight sessions due to Colin's work schedule. I think that it's probably better since I am pretty much a zombie by 5:30pm these days. The 10-3 schedule on Satudays will hopefully allow me to actually remember some of the info that they are providing. Out due date is a short 5 weeks away! It's hard to believe that we're so close to such an exciting and life changing event!

Snow fun!

Still sick as a dog, but found enough energy to take the Coop' out for a play in the snow. I *dare* you to try to take this stick away from me.

Fox in Socks

One of my favourite Dr. Seuss books is Fox in Socks
I wonder how many takes it took to get it right? I certainly won't be able to say it as fast as that!

Tee Hee

This just made me laugh out loud.

Mmmm..winter

I guess I asked for it with that last post! I didn't really want the ice that came with this winter weather, but as we all know too well...you can't always get what you want.

It's been funny to watch our dog Cooper out in the back yard trying to figure out what happened to the precious grass that she's used to going on. She doesn't seem to like the crunchy snow on her paws. It'll just take some getting used to I guess.

When I got home for lunch yesterday I saw that part of the cedar hedge that lines the back of our yard had snapped. So we're left with a bit of a gap in the privacy that we have been so used to. Not sure what we'll do with that, but whatever it is it'll have to wait for spring. It's odd looking out and seeing the parking lot for the park that we back on to vs. the nice lush green (overgrown) cedar though.

All the snow is gone :(

I woke up yesterday morning to a smattering of snow on the ground and I almost believed that winter hadn't been cancelled this year. There was a chilliness to the air that was refreshing. Sadly, it rose to 7 degrees C during the day today and everything has melted away again. What a strange winter this has been.

I really feel badly for the poor kids who were relying on working at the ski resorts for the season. It's hard to believe that there are so very few runs open and it's almost the middle of January! I bought Colin cross-country skis for Christmas last year and between the weather last year and this year he's been able to get out on them a grand total of ONCE! That'll teach me to buy winter toys anymore.

It's nice not to have to worry about slipping out there right now, but I am a little concerned about the conditions. Could it be that we are losing a season altogether?

Spa Day!

I am currently on holidays and taking advantage of the free time to go to White Oaks Spa to use up what is remaining on the gift certificate that I received for my birthday. Going to have a pregnancy massage, an Asian green tea pedicure and a spa manicure. I have been looking forward to a day of pampering!

Allie is a Blog Newbie

I don't really know much about blogs or what to put up here, but here goes nothing!

Colin and I are both getting very excited about the arrival of our first child. Each day that passes brings something new to think about. Today's obsession for me is how to set up the change area in the baby room.

We've been spending some time doing things that we most likely won't be able to do once the little one arrives. For example...between Friday night and Saturday we watched all the episodes of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman's cross country motorbike adventure Long Way Round . What a cool adventure! I'm not sure that I would be able to persevere on a trip like that.