Whoah Belly!!!

It's funny how time seems to fly by, yet move at a snail's pace all at the same time. We are now officially ONE MONTH away from our due date. I'm becoming less and less mobile, but I feel like this is the part of the pregnancy that I've enjoyed the most. I can feel her move on a regular basis and she seems to have her own little schedule. I also haven't had the nausea as much since week 30 or so and I think that helped a lot!

With time ticking down, I thought it would be appropriate to post some pics of "ma belleh" throughout the last 8 months.

This one was taken at 16 weeks. By then, my regular pants were getting tight and I had to use the rubberband trick on my jeans!

Here we are at 25 weeks. We went camping with some friends. I remember feeling really big at the time. Hahaha! If I only knew!

These last ones were taken just the other day, at 35 weeks. We went to have someone take some maternity shots for us. See what I mean by "Whoah Belly"?


So that's all folks! Perhaps in the next post, we'll be able to show you some pictures of our "little pumpkin". She just needs a little more time in the oven. We can't wait to see what she looks like!

Bon Voyage Ner!

This weekend Josh and I went to Victoria. My good friend Nerine, who I've known since UVIC days, lives there. She is getting ready to leave for Ethiopia for a year where she will volunteer in a small town. She will be helping teachers with their teaching practices.

I'm so proud of Nerine for embarking on this adventure. It has all happened so fast. I can remember that it was only in the spring when she first mentioned about wanting to go. Since then, she has found a placement, travelled to Ottawa for training, learned to ride a motorcycle (something she has to do to travel between towns) and settled things with her own school board in Sooke.

It was really nice to be back in Victoria again. It sure has changed since the old University days. Walking around downtown is so much more peaceful there than in downtown Vancouver. We had a great lunch at the Milestones in the harbour and walked around downtown. Since we didn't go anywhere this summer, like we usually do, it was nice to feel like a 'tourist' again!

I helped her set up a Blog account so I'll add a link here for you all if you're interested in seeing what life is like in Buee, Ethiopia. Bye Ner, I wish you all the best. I'll miss you so much!!

Love Mon and Josh

Win a House! Win a Car!!

Josh and I haven't been to the PNE for the last couple of years because we always seem to be away at that time of year, so this year I was especially excited. I was looking forward to the BBQ chicken, lemonade and other "only at the PNE" foods! Though the weather was a little rainy, the fair was still busy. We went to the marketplace but there seemed to be less stuff to buy. Not as many vegetable slicers as I remembered. I usually don't line up to go in and view the Prize Home, but our friends Louanne and Patrick gave us a VIP ticket. We didn't have to line up at all!! I felt a little bad as we got to sneak in line so I tried to stick out my belly in hopes that the people in line would have mercy. Hee, hee!

As we were walking though the house I started dreaming! The master bedroom is on the main floor and has a bathroom that seems as big as our kitchen. The shower was so big it looked like it was a shower at the gym. There was a door that led to the outside from the master bathroom to a hot tub. The kitchen and living room was an open design complete with a poker table. The movie room had this thing where the walls were the actual speakers!! Anyway it was a really nice house and I kept thinking "Hmmmm, we won't ever win, if we don't try!" So when we came out we out we plunked down our money in hopes that this would be our lucky year. I even rubbed each ticket on my belly for luck before putting them into the bin! :)
Afterwards I was so tired from all the walking that we headed home. I thought I'd fall asleep for a nap as soon as my head hit the pillow. The only problem was that I was still dreaming about winning the house. I pictured Global News coming to our house with the limo ready to whisk us away to see our new home! (I figure, they won't even have to drive very far to come and get us.) Anyway, luckily the draw is tomorrow night, so I only have a little over 24 hours left to dream about it. Wish us luck!!