Brooke Summer Lynn Remillard

Introducing Brooke Summer Lynn, the newest member of the Ward/Remillard family. Born March 26th at 1:40am. She weighed 6lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. After two days of contractions, I was relieved to have this little life in the outside world. She arrived with her eyes open and a good healthy cry!

She calmed down once she got dressed up in a sleeper that just hung off of her! And, of course the little toque!

Jeremy's a very proud daddy. I do not think I will ever forget the excitement in his voice when she arrived. We knew it was a girl, but he was so proud and so excited, it's definitely a moment in time I tried my hardest to obsorb as I never want to forget. He said "She's got her eyes open and she blinking, she's ready to see the world....look babe!" I didn't have the heart to tell him I couldn't see anything because of the position I was in.

Brooke and I quickly got on the phone to call Grammie and Grandpappy in New Brunswick to tell them the wonderful news that they had their first Granddaughter. Since the phones in Grandpappy's hospital room weren't turned on we had to call the nurses desk. I told the nurse who I was and that I would like them to have Debbie call me back. The nurse said "I'll do that first thing in the morning" I said..."I think now would be good" "You want me to wake her up?" the nurse asked. I said "yes please, she's a grandmother today and I'm sure she will want to know ASAP." Within a few mins my phone was ringing back and the exciting news that their first grandchild had been born was spread to New Brunswick!

Baby Room

Here is the baby room all completed and ready for her to arrive!

Thank heavens I don't have to say he/she anymore! lol

Tucker and Bunny

Tucker has this new obsession with taking every toy he owns outside. As per my pervious post about him getting dirty in the mud, you can maybe understand why I am refusing to allow the bunny to go outside with him. lol



Take note of the dogs eyes. At one point he's like, yeah, I'm going out side, I'll take Bunny with me. Then at the end his eyes are sad, like I'm making him say goodbye to his best friend. lol What a funny dog!

Tub Time

The weather here has been extremely warm, it was up to +23 one day in the sun! Since it's been so nice, the ground is thawing, the snow is melting, and that creates MUD! Tucker spent a good portion of the day outside, which was nice as it allowed me to do what I needed to do inside.

When it came time for him to come in his paws were very very muddy. Since I have this huge belly infront of me, I can't exactly bend over to wash his paws before him running through the house.

I came up with this "brilliant" idea tho. I'll fill the tub up and get him in it, then I can wash his paws and all will be good. I even put doggy shampoo in the tub and made it a bubble bath for him. (I know spoiled eh?!) After some convincing, Tucker got in the tub, because at first I don't think he realized it was for him. I started to wash his paws and the water quickly stated to turn brown. What a brilliant idea I thought to myself, so much easier then getting on my hands and knees to wash his paws. Then Tucker decided it was time to get out of the tub...before I had the towel down to catch the water. Wooosh! There's water now all over my bathroom floor! And then Tucker decides to get back into the tub. Splash, more water everywhere! lol I decide to block him to keep him in the tub, he decides to lay down in it! UGH! So he is now soaked, I'm soaked, the bathroom is now soaked, but he thinks this is the greatest time ever! lol I can see it in his eyes! He's loving every min of his tub time.

Eventually, I got the water wiped up in the bathroom and entry way and I got him somewhat dry and myself somewhat dry and I drained the tub (much to Tuckers disappointment). I didn't think to have the camera there with me while there was water in the tub, probably a good idea concidering there wasn't much that wasn't water logged! lol But I took these pictures afterwards. I thought you might enjoy them!

Baby Shower in a Box

Today, I woke up later then normal and I didn't feel like doing anything. I didn't even bother getting dressed, I was in my jammies all day! It sure is nice to have that option now!

I had just gotten up and let Tucker back in the house when....I looked out the front window and see a DHL truck. I thought "What is that all about?" Then I realized they were obviously going to deliver me something, and my front door has plastic on it to keep the drafts out. So I quickly started to get ready to go meet the guy. When I got to the gate he was there already and he had a HUGE box in his arms. I signed for it and then went into the house to see what was in it and who it was from. The first name I seen was Mary Chisholm and she is a girl I used to work with at UPS. I thought ohh awesome stuff from UPS girls!

Then I seen Fonda's name and I started bawling! I was so happy and excited I could hardly contain myself. So happy to get something from home. I was so excited I almost called Fonda right away, but then realized that there were probably instructions inside the box. I quickly (or rather not so, there was a lot of tape on that box!) ripped into the box to see what awaited me. There was a video tape. This made me cry even harder. Not only was I going to hear the voices of my friends back home, but I was going to get to see them as well!!!! I cried the whole way to the basement to get the video tape and the whole way back up and the whole time I was putting it together. I ignored the instructions and hit play on the video tape, I just wanted to see everyone so badly! I did stop the tape after a few seconds and followed the instructions. Which I have posted on this blog. I will add the other pictures after the baby is born, because well if I was to show any of the other pictures the gender would be given away!

I watched the video as my friends back home had a baby shower for me, I laughed with them, I opened gifts with them. I really enjoyed the video and the whole shower. They are way too much, and once again it reminds me that I have the best friends I could ever ask for, even tho they are miles and miles away, they can make me laugh, smile and cry!

Little Too Much Excitement!

Saturday night, Jeremy had trouble breathing again. We ended up taking him to emergency again at the hospital on Sunday Morning. Come to find out the infection from the pnemonia is still there. The dr gave him some meds and it seems to be clearing up pretty good. We were at the hospital for hours. We came home and I had to make cookies for the baby shower, I also, cooked us breakfast. At 11 when Shoppers opened we went to get his prescriptions filled. It was about noon when we got home and I went to have a small nap. Then at 1pm I got up and got ready to go to the baby shower. Left the baby shower at 5pm and went and picked up the CRIB!

I now have a crib...how exciting is that?! Now to finish painting that one wall and set up the room! That'll be on the agenda for this week. That way I have a few days to relax and wait for baby's arrival. My sleeping at night has gotten worse, I am up for a couple of hours each night.

Needless to say, I was a little tired yesterday, Jeremy and I both didn't sleep much the night before.

The Animals

It's been awhile since I have posted pictures of my animals. Sometimes just Tucker. I have had a request for pictures of the cats. So here are some pictures of my little girls and boy.

Here is my little Nellie. Isn't she adorable?!

I just realized that I can't put the picture of Wink on here because she's on the table and that's where some baby stuff is and it would give away the "is it a boy or is it a girl" thing that my family has been asked to be kept in the dark. I'll try to snap another one this week and add it in. Cuz you know I'm not doing anything! lol

How can you not think this guy is handsome?!

22 Days and Counting

Here I am with 22 days left to go! Can you believe the time has passed so quickly?! I can't believe I'm almost a Mom?! I sure hope I know what to do! lol

Ok looking at this picture now I think I look huge in here! I tried to get one with my hands on my belly, but it was blurry so I didn't bother. I don't think I have dropped yet!...but I will I'm sure...I can't wait!

Lost and Found

So, Friday night, Jeremy came home around 7pm, he and I met Tara and her mom at Boston Pizza. We had a great supper and great conversation and didn't make it home again until 9pm.

At that time Jeremy took Tucker for a walk. I laid on the couch and started reading my book. After a little bit my cell phone rang, when I answered it, it was Jeremy. A puppy had followed him and Tucker home. He asked me to bring Tucker into the house, then we fed the puppy and I fed Tucker.

Jeremy wanted to keep the puppy all night, I had wanted to kick it out last night. Tucker and the puppy got a long great, they had a great time playing in the yard chasing one another and what not.

I told Jeremy to get rid of the dog and he said, I kinda feel like I've given the puppy it's last meal if I send it back out tonight. I said fine she can stay the night and we'll put up posters tomorrow to see if we can find her owner. Jeremy was already planning on keeping the dog indefinitely but he agreed to the posters.

The puppy stayed the night and needless to say Jer and I did not get much sleep last night, neither did Tucker.

This morning the dog peed on the floor twice, I yelled at the dog and she didn't even stop peeing, she just ignored me. I was furious, I yelled to Jeremy the dog is going back! lol Then she peed on the floor a little later and Jeremy yelled at her and again she didn't even stop or look at him. That's when it was decided that the little black run away was no longer welcome in our house. We let the dog back out through the gate that she had arrived at and I haven't seen her since. I'm sure she had a family to go home to and they were probably waiting for her.

I told Jeremy today, he is not allowed to bring home any dogs on his walk with Tucker.

It's Begun!

So...I am officially 4 weeks away from due date! Kind of exciting, kind of scary, kind of making be a bit looney to think of everything that needs to be done in next 4 weeks!

I've completed my last day at work for 10 months. 10 months without working...wow...that's a long time, I know everyone says the time will go by quickly and then I won't want to go back to work at all. This will be the longest I will have gone without work since..umm....I was like not old enough to work! So not working is hard for me to imagine! lol

I boxed up all my stuff, trained my replacement, and on Friday at 430pm, I walked out the door, to return only after the baby has been born.

Showered with Kindness

Since I am so far away from home, I really thought I wouldn't be having any baby showers. I thought I would be really lucky to have the girls from work give me something, but I wasn't expecting all the wonderful acts of kindness I have received in the last week.

Last Sunday, Jeremy and I went to my cousins, Beulah, for supper. Beulah had asked that we arrive at 130 or 2, which I thought was kind of early for supper, but she said she had wanted to visit with us first for a bit before supper. Jeremy asked what time Beulah wanted us there and when I said 2pm he said ok, without any second thoughts. I thought that was kind of odd, as Jeremy isn't the most social person in the world and actually finds social situations a bit stressful and exhausting. But he didn't complain at all, he just said ok.

On Sunday we arrived at 2pm and went into Beulah's new house and had a look around. It's quite a bit bigger then the apartment they were living in at Christmas time. The house has some great painting done inside, as well as other things that make the house stand out from most of the ones going up now a days (where most everything is the same).

We got the tour of the upstairs and eventually we moved our way down stairs. They had decorated the apartment with streamers and balloons and there were baby presents everywhere. Not to mention there were tons of people there that I did not know! lol Beulah and Jen had planned a baby shower for me and Jeremy. Jeremy was shortly afterward banished to the upstairs...lol. We played some games, we measured my belly with string, we had to guess how many jelly beans were in a baby bottle, we did a word scramble game, played baby bingo, and of course were given beads and told that we would lose the beads if we said the word "baby". One of the girls was actually right on with my belly, and she was the skinniest one there! lol All she did was wrap the string around herself twice, makes me kind of sad to know that I am twice the size of her...but it's all baby right?! lol

I got a ton of great presents. I felt so spoiled and am ever greatful to the hospitality and the kindess of these mostly strangers. I would list everything I have gotten, but you know SOME people don't wanna know what the baby is yet, so I'll add pictures later and give a general list now.
Beulah - 3 sleepers, 5 onsies, and 2 blankets
Jessica and Kim (Kim is Beulah's daughter in law and Jessica is Kim's daughter, she's 5) - knit outfit and socks
Judy and Robyn (Judy lives with Beulah and Robyn is her daughter, 20 something) - 2 Onsies, diaper bag, change pad, wipe case, and $25 gift certificate to shoppers
Jill, Jason, and Gianna (Judy's other daughter is Jill and Gianna is her daughter and I'm guessing that Jason is Jill's husband) - 4 recieving blankets, hat, soap, teether, 2 bibs, 2 onsies, coffee toppers and additives, bubble bath, hand lotion, candy, baby hangers, and bouncy chair
Jen, Brenda, and Larisia (Jen is Beulah's daughter, Brenda is her daughter and Larisia is a friend of Brenda's) - Stuffed Eeyore, 5 receiving blankets, baby outfit
Louis and Destiny (Louis is Jen's mother in law and Destiny is her granddaughter) - Photo Album set (has My First holiday, my first birthday, my first vacation and my first year)
Susan (a good friend of Beulah's) - 2 candle bottles, snowsuit, 2 bibs, a onsie, a sleeper.

Quite the load of stuff if you ask me! lol I was pleasently surprised by the generosity of these almost complete strangers.

On Wednesday, I had another baby shower at lunch time at work. The girls worked hard on organizing and keeping it hush hush so that I wouldn't find out (but if you are my mom, you know I'm not easily surprised...lol) I did have an idea but not until Wednesday at about 11am. When things got a little hectic in the office and people started disappearing...lol

Again we played games and had a great time not to mention ate food! lol This party actually involved most of the office! I was quite surprised by that, I thought maybe my group of 4 people would be doing something, but never expected most of the office to be involved.

The gifts from this group was amazing as well. Again, for people I hardly know they certainly pulled together for me!

Rachelle - garbage bag of clothing she had found from her baby
Donna and Shannon - bowls, spoons, 2 outfits
Russell Farrow (the whole office) - Diapers, formula gift pack (has a soother and bottle and a bunch of other stuff), shoes, bath towel set, socks, face cloths, and a stuffed animal.
Tracy and Nicole - Calendar (to record baby firsts), basket, bib, seseme street bath mitt, safety plugs, spoons, teether, baby soap, oil, powder, vaseline, soothers, wipes and bath towel
Jennie - outfit
Sherri - winnie the pooh sun shade, baby on board sign
Betty - 2 bath towels
Jean - outfit
Teri - basket w/stuffed animal, pop tarts (inside joke with her and I), outfit, 2 onsies, socks, scrapbook stickers
Evelyn - Basket with face clothes and bath towels
Andrew - Nursery Rhyme books

You should see all this stuff, I have so much baby stuff now, I'm not sure what to do with it all! lol

Last night, Friday, Jeremy's aunt stopped by, her and Ralph just had a baby last May and she had quite the load of stuff for us as well. She gave us a car seat (I now have two), a swing, a bouncy chair (I now have 3..lol), a bath tub and an activity center for the baby to lay on the floor and play with.

I can't believe how much kindness has been shared out here, I think it's great that people pull together like this.

Jeremy and I have decided to try to give the baby stuff we aren't using, or when we are done using it, to someone (probably military) who moved here and has not much for family. I appreciate all that they have done for me here and I think that giving back to others in the same situation would be the best for the things we have received. So I told Jeremy to keep his ears open in a few months to see if he hears of anyone who could use the stuff.

On the other side of things, I'm pretty sure I do not need anymore wash cloths...lol I seem to have a ton of them and receiving blankets, but everyone keeps telling I will need lots of receiving blankets, but I really have like 15 or 20 of them, I think that's plenty! lol

Pregnancy Forgetfulness

So yesterday, I felt like my head was in a fog. Jer and I stayed in bed most of the day, watching tv and sleeping. When I finally did get up, I couldn't shake the "I don't know what I'm doing" feeling. Everything I did was like it was the first time I had done it. We went into Edmonton, to some second hand stores and we found a few things, but we didn't buy too much. One of the thrift stores we went to had a half price sale. So we got 3 bibs and 1 underwear shirt for 1.23. Crazy eh?! Then we went to goodwill and I found cute little pants for 2.99 so we got those too. We then went to chapters and bought a baby book, which Jeremy has had a blast filling out. He's got the family tree done, wrote down what we have received as gifts so far, along with many other areas filled out. He's looking forward to adding to the book as we go along.

So I was talking to Jen and had told her what I was going to blog about this weekend, however, I completely forget what it was. lol Everyone said I would get more forgetful as time went on, honestly, I never imagined it would get this bad! lol

I think it was about the Crib. I have finally found a crib! Jer and I had bid on one on Ebay and had one. It was going to cost us 206 dollars. Right after I found out I had won the bid, a girl from work, Steph, came up to me and offered her crib to me for FREE!!!! I said I'll take it. But then I had an Ebay problem. So I explained to the seller that I had just found out that I could get a crib for free and that while I thought the one he had built was beautiful, I would rather have the free one because of finances. He came back and said he completely understood and he sent a Mutal Agreement to Cancel, which will hurt neither of our scores and he can get his money back from putting the item up for sale. So crib problem is now solved!

Tonight, Jer and I have supper at my cousins place, and maybe we will pick the crib up afterwards or something, I will have to call Steph to find out what she is up to. Jer also has to drive back tonight, so hopefully we won't be too late.

Jeremy's Away! UGH!

Last Tuesday, Jeremy came home and told me that he's being sent away to train some new troops. He'll be gone from that Thursday until June. Since he's not going to be too far away, he will be home on weekends. It's only about a 3 hour drive.

I'm in my last weeks of pregnancy and they think now is a good time to send him away? I was livid, livid might be an understatement, I was PISSED!!!!! I couldn't believe that they could be so insensitive. Family is important to them my ASS!

I knew that when dating Jeremy there would be times I would be alone as he would be away, then when I got pregnant, I realized that there would be times when I would be a single mom. However, I did not in my life ever think that I would be going into labour by myself, or possibly having the baby with out him. I do have some cousins here who are willing to come to my rescue, and I do have some friends who will help out in a pinch. I just never thought of him not being here.

Not to mention, as far as we know, he gets 5 days off to be with me after the baby comes. After that I'm by myself all week with a newborn. As if the newborn isn't enough to think about and worry about, but I have all the household things to do on my own as well.

A friend of mine from back home, is thinking about moving in with us...well me really...from March until June, which will be a big relief for me. Jeremy's mom doesn't know about this yet, I'm sure she'll be concerned as well. My mom was supportive, but still wished she could have come out until after the baby is born. This would have been easier if I had of been due the end of June...lol

I've calmed down a lot since I found out the news of him going and him actually leaving. But I'm sure when those labour pains hit, I will not have nice things to say about his place of employment!

Let's all hope and pray that the baby makes his/her arrival on a weekend, rather then during the week! I know I will be discussing it with the baby every Friday and Monday! lol

34 Weeks

Almost there! If I was Jennifer I would have the baby in two weeks, however, I am not Jennifer, so I guess I'll have to wait a bit longer!

Ultrasound Pictures

After losing the first ultrasound pictures, I begged my dr to send me for another ultrasound. He eventually gave in and got me a spot.

I think the baby has huge lips...what do you think? lol

Random News

Once again nothing exciting really happened during the week, but keeping with my promise of updating every week, I have to type about something so here is some random news and thoughts!

- Melissa is counting down to her trip, which in turn is counting down to my due date. 7 weeks left to go, scarey that I can count down now! While I'm either looking after a newborn, or giving birth Melissa will be preparing for a beach.....I think I'd like to trade with her! lol

- I seen a UPS truck in the ditch this week. I thought it was funny. The roads were quite bad tho, but it was on the highway on my way home from work. Melissa said I should have stopped and took a picture, I said yeah, and cause another accident! lol

- I had an ultrasound on Tuesday. Jeremy came along as well. This one wasn't quite as exciting as the first, but I did get pictures again. Jeremy left them at work, so I'll get them scanned and posted on here hopefully for next week. I think my baby has huge lips! lol Hopefully the rest of the face will even out before she's born...lol

- I had a dr appt on Thursday to meet my new dr or another dr. Dr Heard, my original dr is moving his mom and dad the week that I am due so if I go then he will be unavailable and I'll have to call Dr Azer. Dr Azer seems nice enough, more chatty then Dr. Heard, but he's not Dr Heard. lol

- Pregnancy thoughts. I've been blessed with a rather normal pregnancy, nothing out of the ordinary, no complications, but I have to say with 7 weeks left, I'm more then ready to have the baby. So I don't have a crib....the baby can sleep in a laundry basket just as comfortably as in a crib! lol I'm anxious to see what the baby will look like, what color hair, how long, how many pounds, will the baby be cholicy, will the baby have huge ass lips...lol

- With all that being said, I kinda wish I had more time. I have 10 working days left and then I am off for 10 months. Crazy to think that way. What am I going to do with myself for 10 months? Jeremy's decided to take a couple of months with me, so that all the parental leave gets used up. It'll be nice to have him around to help for those couple of months. I'm scheduled to be back to work Jan 1, 2009.

- I've decided that to be on the safe side I'd like to get a tent thing that you can put over your crib, it's made of mesh and it's to keep animals out of the crib. I think that would work for keeping the damn cats out of it, which is a concern of mine.

- UPDATE: Tucker is no longer scared of the last 7 steps to get upstairs. Ok, it's not that he's not scared of them, but he will go up them now, which is nice, because there is no way I can carry him up..lol

- We had a few storms this week. They were small storms not amounting to very much, but we did get a little snow, which is now slowly turning to ice as it's been warm (10c or so) and the snow is of course melting and then freezing at night when the sun goes down.

I think that's it...Until next time!

Let's See How Long....

....a cold lasts when you can't take anything for it and the temperatures outside are well below zero! lol

The latest flu that has been going around work is one that begins with a migraine (which I had on Friday) and progresses to the sinus. Let me tell you, I woke up yesterday, achy, tired and whiny. Poor Jeremy I really think this is the first time I have been this sick since I have met him.

Temperature outside yesterday was -36...in other words...FREAKING COLD!!!! We needed groceries, it was a we had to go yesterday or we would starve to death kinda situation. We went for groceries and I didn't think I was going to make it around the grocery store. We got home I curled back up on the couch only getting up to eat supper with Jer. This small amount of time away from my blankie on the couch made me freezing. I quickly ate "enough" and rushed back to my blankie and couch. Soon after I went to bed (I didn't get out of bed until 2pm and was back in bed by 730pm...lol) I woke up with the chills, I literally thought I was going to freeze to death! I didn't want to move out from under the blankets to put more on so I just wrapped my head in blankets and hoped that would help keep the heat it....and it worked, I fell back to sleep and woke up a little later sweating!

Today the temperature has been -18 (a nice improvement!) and I am feeling a little better. I am still cold a lot of the time. My head feels fuzzy and my legs get tired from the quick trips to the bathroom...lol

I asked Jer yesterday how long he thought I would be sick seeing as I can't take anything for it. Usually I knock the cold out of me by taking some cold medication and am all better within a day or two...this time...I think I'm going to be delivering my baby with the flu! lol He said I should be better in a couple of hours....I hate to tell him he is way wrong! lol I'm not sure he completely understood how sick I was yesterday, today he had to go to Canadian Tire to get stuff to fix his car....He said you want to come....I said do I have to? he said no. I went anyways, because I like to get out of the house sometimes!

How was that for a pitty post?! lol I really had nothing to write about and being sick is on the top of my mind...lol

32 Weeks!

Here are my latest belly pictures! Wow, I don't realize how much it has grown until I see a picture of myself! lol I just told Jen the other day that I didn't think I had gotten any bigger since the last time...I think I should start looking in the mirror more often, or something.

Time for an Update

Jen and I made a mid-Jan resolution to update our blogs at least once a week. So far we have both done well at this, however this week I really don't have a theme. So I'm going to make this a random posting.

***No pictures today as Jeremy's camera is on the base, so it will have to wait until Monday or Tuesday. I am guessing tho that I have grown a bit, as the girls at work are noticing more now. So pictures will come soon, I promise.

***Baby's been quite a squirmer...I might end up having my hads full when he/she arrives! I would say I'm carrying a soccer player, but really it's not so much kicking as it seems to be shifting positions, which causes butts, feet and arms to be shoved to the front of my uterus. None of this hurts of course, but definitely lets me know I'm not alone!

***Monday was cold at -35 when we got up, but my car started just fine. But I parked close to work as I wasn't walking 5 blocks in the freezing temperature! It cost me 10 dollars to park that close! Usually I pay 2.50 a day, so 10 dollars is quite an increase. Jeremy's car broke on him and the heater coil was frozen on him as well, so he had a very cold drive to work.

***Tuesday was even colder -43 when Jeremy and I got up. Pretty cold...actually so cold my car wouldn't start. I didn't know where the plug in was so it took all day to get the car going. I eventually found the plug in and after 4 hours the car gladly started for me. Since Jeremy's car was broken and he got sick from his cold drives to and from work, that left me to figure out the car by myself...pretty much, he did help a little bit, but he was freezing to death and then sweating, so he really wasn't of much use. I sent him back to bed. lol

***Wednesday, Cold, but not near as cold as -40. Jeremy and I car pooled to work. Was a pretty good day.

***Thursday, cold, I was so grouchy when I left work. I had a huge cry when I got to my car and if I could have strangled Jeremy I would have! lol Not that he did anything wrong, he just wasn't helping my mood. I was bitter that I had to walk in the cold. I took the Pedway (so I can walk inside most of the way) and ended up 3 blocks out of my way. I was just in an overall bad mood. Meanwhile, Jeremy was going to get picked up at the door and would only have to be outside for a few mins. Yeah....it was a bad day for me, however the mood did break. Why was I driving Jeremy to work you might ask? I work downtown, Jeremy works waaayyy at the North end of the city (I do mean WAY...lol) So instead of him fighting traffic 4 times a day downtown, it's easier and quicker for me to fight it twice instead.

***Friday, Jeremy was exhausted and still not feeling well so he came home and went to bed. I stayed up with the animals to give them some attention, as they have been alone all day and probably pretty bored...lol I couldn't imagine not getting out of the house. I bought a new purse today. Imagine that girls...Lisa carrying a purse! LMAO. I figure since I'm going to be a mom I should get used to the whole purse idea. I got it at Winners, it's a Tommy, it's pretty big, I could probably fit a couple of diapers and some other baby things in them for those short trips where a diaper bag is really too much.

***Saturday. I got up and took Tucker for a drive to the store, ok I wanted to go to the store and he wanted to go in the car...lol it was a win win situation! I cooked breakfast for Jeremy and I and then I had a nap! We got up and headed into Fort Sask to browse through some shops. We found a second hand store and let me tell you was it ever packed with stuff in there. We did get 1 pair of mitts for the baby so he/she doesn't scratch his/her face, 6 pairs of baby socks (too cute!), Jeremy insisted on the pair that says "I love Daddy". They had a few crib sheets and what not, but Jeremy said let's wait until we get a crib. Then he said you haven't bugged me about that lately. I said well that's because if we don't have a crib by the first of March I'm just gonna go buy one. Ohh he said. We went to Canadian Tire and got the stuff to change the oil in our cars and tired to get a treadmill again but no luck, but we'll have one soon. We went to The Source and found a boombox for the Sirus radio, however it's not compatiable with Jeremy's so it will be going back. I rearranged the baby's room in the evening trying to get it organized for the arrival. I started by emptying the shelves, boys are there ever a lot of books in this house! lol I definitely want a 3 bedroom next time, so that we can have one bedroom as an office and the baby will have their own space. Because it really sucked trying to figure out where to put everything, since the room is an office/baby room. Ahh well next time will be better. So I think I have it set up the way I want it, however I still don't have a crib or a rocking chair yet. lol so I'm sure once those things arrive I will want to rearrange again.

***In other news, my 100 lbs baby with fur named Tucker is all the sudden scared to climb the last 7 stairs to put him upstairs with us. For two nights Jeremy carried him up, and last night I slept on the couch, otherwise he would whine all night. I have no idea how to fix this problem, I don't want to make the situation worse, I've tried bribing him with cookies, but he just won't come up those last 7 stairs! lol Poor Pup.

***On the agenda for today, Cook breakfast, clean up afterwards, return boombox, I'd like to go into Edmonton to browse some shops in there, but Jeremy's been invited to some superbowl thing, so I'm not sure if he's going to go to that or not, he's not much of a sports fan. Ohh yeah and Jeremy's changing the oil i n the cars.

***My dad has had his first week of radiation treatment. It was a bit rough, lessons were learned and hopefully next week will go easier and better for him. I'm so glad that the treatments are working, it's very hard to be this far away at these times. And I'm glad the postal service found the parcel I sent out and got it to mom and dad. I was worried that it was lost forever.

I think that's all from now...over and out in Alberta! lol

Baby Stuff

Everyone has been asking what Jeremy and I need for the baby. Today, I went to my friend Jean's (a coworker) and she had a bunch of baby stuff ready for me, but won't give me a price as to what I should give her for all the goodies she had ready. I felt like I was coming home from a baby shower today! lol

I took some pictures of what I have for the baby so far, but I'll try to list everything as well, as the pictures are a bit overwhelming. Or at least I find them to be! lol

Jeremy loaded up the car today with all that stuff and said..."Yeah....We need a mini van!" lol Finally he's realizing what is needed for a baby.

So far we have:

1 Car seat with base (Jeremy's uncle is sending us another infant car seat. The one we got today will mostly be used for going for walks and such as it clips right onto the stroller)

1 Stroller

3 Infant hats

3 Sleepers

8 Receiving Blankets

1 Sweater (might be too big sized at 3 months)

1 Crib Mobile

1 Crib Bumper

1 Diaper Changing pad

1 Night light

1 Baby Carrier

1 Bouncy/Vibrating Chair

8 Washcloths

1 Hooded Towel

1 Baby Soap (pack of 3)

1 bag of Cotton Balls

1 package of Baby Wipes

1 Travel Container for baby wipes

1 Diaper Bag

1 Nursing Pillow

1 Baby Monitor (has video too!!!)

2 Teething toys

1 Baby Bath tub

3 Bottles

2 Bibs

1 Small Can of Formula

And a whole bunch of baby toys....lol As if the baby won't have lots of those anyway Jean gave me whatever her kids aren't playing with anymore....lol

Almost Forgot

Ok I forgot a few things.

While Jeremy's mom was home we went to an Imax movie called Hurricane on the Bayou. It was a good movie. Almost all Imax movies are Documentaries and this one was about Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans and the Wetlands. It was quite informative and brought back the rath of Katrina. I still feel for that city and them having to put everything back together.

We see this at the Telus Science Center. Which is where we spent the rest of that day. We had a great time playing with all of the exhibits. We got to see the stars as they would appear over Edmonton that night, however it was too cloudy to really see them.

The next day we took Jeremy's mom to the airport and then went back that night to pick up a puppy for a friend of Jeremy's who lives in Winnipeg. She drove all New Years Eve to come get this puppy. The airlines would only fly the pup this far. The dogs name was Quest. She was cute, a mix between a husky and a german shepherd. Tucker was still cuter of course! lol

Speaking of Tucker, he was not impressed that we brought another dog into the house. He was mad at me at first, because I was carrying the puppy, and he was mad at the puppy. Poor girl. We kept her locked up in the bathroom all night, as she was stressed from the travel and we didn't want Tucker to hurt her. I worked the next day and by the time I got home, Tucker and Quest were good buddies. They played the day away! Jeremy and I went to the fireworks that night, and when we got home, and decided it was bed time, Quest protested by crying all night. Which kept, me, Jeremy and Tucker up all night. The next day Jeremy's friend arrived to take her dog. Both Jeremy and I were relieved to have some peace and quiet and celebrated it by doing NOTHING all day. It was great. Tucker was a little sad to see the puppy go as he had a great time playing with her, but he was happy that he didn't have to leave too and that he got to stay here with us.

Here are some pictures of Tucker and Quest playing.

28 Weeks

I know it's been awhile since I have posted on here with a picture of me. I did have my webcam hooked up on christmas day for mom and dad and Jen. I tested it on Jen to make sure it works properly. Thank you Jen!

See what happens when I don't post in forever?! lol I just haven't had time lately to post anything or to even think about what to put on here. But I think I'm pretty much up to date now! lol

Ohh yeah I suppose you want to see the pictures now eh?! ok I'll get on that.

Painting Frenzy!!!

Jeremy's been very busy this last week. Painting up a storm, trying to get things done. So far he has the back entry and the livingroom has one wall done and one wall waiting a second coat on the walls, but no trim done yet.

This is the livingroom wall that he has finished. he put the last coat on it today and then hung everything back up while I had a nap.

Here is the back entry way. Tucker always wants his picture taken when he sees the camera come out, so I figured I would make him take his picture where it would benefit me too! lol

New Years Eve

I know most of the people who look at this were pretty snowed in on New Years Eve, however I had no problem getting out and going to look at things.

Jeremy and I went to the events in Downtown Edmonton. There was live music and crafts for the kids, out door skating and a bunch of other things, ending with Fireworks.

Jeremy didn't take any pictures of the fireworks, however I have found a video on youtube of them. I added them here incase anyone wants to have a look at them. It is a 7 min long video, and there is a "part 2" on youtube as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_XbQ3LLr5E

Flowers For After Christmas!

Beulah got me a nice vase for christmas. (this is one of mom's cousins who lives out here) I didn't have any flowers to put in it, so I wanted to buy rocks to put in it so that we could still use it as a center piece on the table. Jeremy said in a sarcastic tone "You and rocks. Now you want to buy them?!" Which is fine by me, baby and I will just collect our own rocks this summer and probably for the next 10 years or so! lol

So while Jeremy's mom was here, I went to work and came home to a bouquet of flowers already in the vase for me. Jeremy took the picture o f this flower but there were others in the vase I swear. Some orange roses, which were very pretty!

Edmonton Snow

Everyone from back home has given me lots of oppurtunity to see how much snow they really did get out there! I have to say WOW!!! I haven't seen that much snow since I was a kid!!! The kids out there must be having a great time with snow forts and tunnels and sliding!

This is my backyard. Quite the difference eh?!

I thought these two trees in the next picture were pretty so I snapped a picture and decided to put them on here too. To give you an idea of how little snow we have (not that I am complaining!), twice today we have had to clean the mud off Tuckers paws before he could come in the house! He's dug through the snow into the mud, somewhere in the backyard.

This picture actually shows the garage, we need to put real siding on it...it kind of reminds me of an old barn back east. and I do mean old! lol

You can see our neighbours house in this one. These ones are to the left if you are looking at the house. They have two dogs, who Tucker likes to play with by running up and down the length of the fence with them. They seem to have a good time, hard to say how things would go if we let them play together where there was no fence. He'd probably love it and play the dogs out!