24 Week Update

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23 Week Update

My Favorite Video of ALL Time

I took this video when Joel was about 6 months old. The camera is super shaky because I was laughing so hard, but this has to be my favorite video EVER! Oh and don't forget to pause the blog music.. its worth it.

22 Week Belly Pics

Thankful Thursdays

Welcome to the 3rd edition of Thankful Thursdays. If you happen to read this, please leave a comment with at-least one thing you are thankful for this week. It is such a cleansing thing to name at-least one thing that blesses you and remember that we have it a lot better than we think we do.

This week I am so very very very thankful for a healthy baby, especially after so many woman that are due around the same time as me have found out that their babies have problems. There are so very many things that can go wrong during a pregnancy and I just feel so blessed that I have been given 3 children with a clean bill of health.

I am also thankful that Nathan and I will be having a date night on Saturday night! His parents are going to be taking the boys for the evening and we are going out to supper and possibly a movie! I am so very lucky to have lots of family around that I trust to watch the boys, so Nathan and I can continue to have special time together, especially before our next little bean joins us in June. Oh and did I mention that Nathan and I also will be taking off for a weekend mid April, child care provided by my mom, to go to a marriage retreat. I am very excited! It will be our last big getaway before baby #3 joins us in June.

I am so very very thankful that I have gotten about 5 consecutive nights where I have not had to lay with Colin in the middle of the night. And on top of that the boys are now sleeping in the same room, and sleeping better than they did separately I might add. I am very thankful for that. That means I get a couple extra months to get the baby's nursery perfect before his or her arrival! I was really dreading moving them into the same room and it has been so smooth. Did I also mention that Colin was the instigator and it wasn't even my idea in the first place.

So feel free to join me in Thankful Thursdays and cleanse yourself for the week by remembering how truly blessed you really are.

22 Week Update

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My First Baby

I got this sent to me by a friend on facebook and thought it would be fun to fill out.

1. Were you married at the time?
No

2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant?
Terrified, disappointed, overwhelmed, sad... a whole lot of feelings being that I was 18 at the time and he was most definitely not planned.

3. How old were you?
18

4.How did you find out you were pregnant?
A pregnancy test @ 9 weeks. I thought I just had a bad case of the flu that didn't want to go away, and yes I was a bit naive ;)

5. Who did you tell first?
Nathan.. though he had to ask me straight out what the test said.

6. Did you want to find out the sex?
No... I really like the surprise

7. Due date?
His due date was July 29, 2004

8. Did you deliver early or late?
14 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
a bit

10. What did you crave?
I don't really remember having much for cravings with him

11. What irritated you the most?
I am a very irritable pregnant woman.. so a lot of things

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
somewhere between 35 and 40

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes.. we got a false positive on the triple screen test and had to have an amnio to rule out the possibility of down syndrome

15. Where did you give birth?
Misrecordia in Edmonton Alberta

16. How many hours were you in labor?
22

17.Who drove you to the hospital?
Nathan

18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I had a shot of morphine at first and then about 18 hours in I got an epidural.. oh how i love the epidural

19 . How much did your child weigh?
7 lbs 2oz

20 . What did you name him/her?
Joel Ryan

21. How old is your first born today?
4 years and 6 months

22. Who does your child look like?
His daddy

23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor?
Nope

24. What was your reaction when you held your first baby for the first time?
Joy... and exhaustion

25. Who was with you in the delivery room?
Nathan and my Mom

26. Who were your first visitors?
everyone... there were a lot of people at the hospital waiting for him to be born

27. How long did you spend in the hospital?
1 day

28. Would you change anything in the delivery?
I wish I would have gotten the epidural sooner.