It's a GIRL!!!

It's Week 35, and the ultrasound today showed for certain she's a girl.
She's a healthy 5 lb. 11 oz., and pretty darn cute as far as we can tell from the ultrasound images.

She was settled at the correct angle for the technician to use the 3D ultrasound... All the 3D ultrasounds I've seen before I always thought looked a bit creepy... but now that it's mine???
Well, I can see her little closed eyes, and her little nose, and her little mouth peeking out from behind one of her hands. As our friend Sue says, "Awwwwww. Look at the little face!"

OK. OK. So right now she's got a face that only a mother could love (I'm guilty), but in a couple months she'll be melting all your hearts.
:-)

The Baby Shower!

The baby shower was Saturday evening and over 30 people attended! We had silly games (finish the nursery rhymes, guess the width of Heather's stomach, guess the name of the famous mother stuck to your back, connect the animal with its baby, and baby word scramble among others...) and prizes for the winners. Everyone seemed to have a good time - including me!

I need to give a BIG THANK YOU to Lilly and Heidi - the shower would not have been possible without them.And some photos of people who came to the party...Carlotta, Chasity, Christine, Darlene, and Emily (the cutie in purple).Katie, Christine, and Sandy.
Janet, Stacey, Joanne, Jill, Maya, and Sue's head...Alison with some of the gifts and the cake, which reads "Can't wait to meet you Baby Pretty!"

I can't thank everyone enough. There were so many beautiful gifts. This is certainly going to be one very well-cared-for baby with a lot of CUTE outfits.

Here I'm holding one very special outfit (the first half) crocheted by our good friend, Sue.Please, don't anyone worry about Michael being kicked out of the house or being sent to the basement! There just happened to be a scotch tasting at his friend's house the same evening...
He did just fine... ;-)

Oh, and Sophie? She had a great time, but was still recovering on Sunday night... Here she is trying to get some rest, though somehow she became decorated with our socks...

Jingle Bell Walk and Run (err... Waddle)

Michael and I did the Jingle Bell Walk and Run (or "Walk and Waddle" for me!) on Sunday (yesterday) to raise money for the NL Arthritis Society. We ended up running into a bunch of people we knew doing the same thing.

Here's another chance to see my belly... kinda. It was an RDF (that's "rain drizzle and fog" for those who don't know Newfoundland lingo!) day with some wind, so I bundled up a bit.And here I am halfway around Quidi Vidi lake with my co-worker Stacey (middle) and her cousin, Elizabeth. And, yes, I did make it all the way around the lake! The baby bump is a bit better accentuated by the rain jacket hanging down each side...Today we had our third appointment with the obstetrician. The baby is healthy by all measures: continuing to grow, has a strong and steady heartbeat, moves a lot (has discovered how to push its foot up under my rib cage!), and has settled into the "proper" position of head down-tail up.

Oh, and sister-in-law Beth is coming along nicely as well. She's about 20 weeks along now.
Hopefully, she won't mind if I share a picture of her and Michael's brother, Jamie...
It's so nice to see everyone happy!!

Video from August trip to Alaska

So, I'm FINALLY getting to know and use my new laptop better. Here's my first movie making attempt. It features the days leading up to Ellen and Bob's wedding.

People featured? Ellen (of course), Krista, Ethan, Mom, Dad, and... and...
the VERY cute Amelia!

Halloween

Okay. I'm posting the Halloween pictures a bit late... To make up for it, there's something I've noticed reading through the posts and showing people the blog.
People want to see pictures!
So, I'll focus on more pictures and less text.
Okay, pretty self-explanatory. Michael is a sexy Quebec'er and I'm a pregnant Catholic school girl. The tie I'm wearing features the characters from South Park. Funny enough, I bought it for Michael for 2 pounds at a car boot sale while living in England. I think I've worn it more times than he has now...

Our pumpkins! Michael's is the cannibal pumpkin. Mine is the devil pumpkin.














The party at Heidi and Dave's new house was LOTS of fun. A bunch of us ended up dancing (and singing) around the computer to downloaded 80s music. Is THAT scary???

Heidi's friend, Dominique, was visiting from new Brunswick. In addition to being a great person and very nice, she also has been reading Tarot cards for many years. She agreed to read my cards, and of course I asked lots of questions about the baby and family. Good news. The baby is going to be happy and healthy and will have a great life. Our whole family is going to be happy, and I'm going to live a long life and be happy. Can you see a general theme here? All is good, we're all going to be happy.

Halloween was LOTS of fun.