Five and Half Weeks Left...

I can't believe that we are only 5.5 weeks away from the baby's due date. For Geofford and my parents' sake, I hope the baby arrives after August 14th ;) For my sanity, I hope the baby arrives in August because we are getting carpet put in July 24/25th, and I figure I can put together the baby's room in a week if I need to, but it would be nice to have more time.

As the due date comes closer, I am getting my labour bag and the baby's bag ready. We were trying to figure out what size clothes to pack to bring to the hospital. Do you think that this onesie will fit?


I have also been feeling some weird heartbeats and when I spoke with Doctor about it, he suggested that I should get this checked out by doing a Holter Monitor Test. I went to the Heart Institute this morning and now I have seven electrodes strapped to my chest and a little fancy machine that monitors my heart rate. Hopefully everything is okay and this is just a precautionary measure, but I guess we will find out in a couple weeks!


I feel the baby kicking all the time, which is a very good indication that he/she is doing okay. I can't wait to meet him/her...

It is hot outside and inside.

I didn't think that heat would be such an issue during the pregnancy as I have been generally quite cold so far. As the temperature has been gradually increasing, I have been becoming increasingly uncomfortable. Unfortunately we have not been able to install an air conditioner in our room yet, so getting to sleep is quite difficult. I'm not sure how much I will enjoy having an air conditioner in our room because I find I get a little too cold with a/c. Even now, with the window open and the fan on, I find I am searching for the duvet at about 4am because I am a little bit chilly but I know that won't happen on humid nights.

I think it might also be smart to install an air conditioner in one of the other rooms so that I can deal with the heat during the day, which is probably more of a problem. I find I can't even move because I am so hot. I have discovered that the library in Manotick is air conditioned so I will probably be spending the super humid days there. If anyone else has any suggestions (besides going to the mall - as I will be super tempted to buy baby clothes - but I will probably go as a last resort), please let me know.

Getting bigger!

It's hard to believe that I am into my third trimester. It just seems like yesterday I just found out that I was pregnant. My belly is definitely getting bigger, but I do have a lot more energy nowadays, so that's good. August 23rd is coming quickly and hopefully Geofford and I will be able to get everything ready before the baby arrives.

Sad

People have been wondering why I have been sad for the past few days and I really haven't known what to say. Monday, Geofford and I found out that one of our friends Nick Hamilton passed away last week in Japan. Although I only met him a few times, I know what he meant to Geofford and his friends. He was a great guy and it was always exciting to read about his adventures on the other side of the world. Whenever Geofford and I talked about our big plans to travel to Asia (which we keep putting off...) we always planned on stopping in on Nick wherever he was. Although we aren't sure when we will make it to the other side of the world, we will definitely have to visit some of the sights in Japan.

Spring is here!

Spring is finally here! We had a brief glimpse of spring earlier this April, but then it got cold again here in Ottawa. I had planned a trip to Thunder Bay to visit Rachel and Clayton and spring was definitely in full force there. It was really nice to be outside and take walks with Rachel. It was a really nice visit as I haven't seen Rachel since my wedding last September and I haven't seen Clayton since their wedding in Mexico. Below is a picture of Rachel and I at the Terry Fox lookout. There are other pictures from the trip if you click on the photo.


With spring comes many things including tryouts for ultimate. Unfortunately (or is it fortunately), I have been unable to participate in ultimate tryouts this year, but I did go out and watch the last two tryouts. They were on beautiful sunny days, so I got quite the interesting tan. I can't believe that I already have tan lines and it is not even the middle of May yet. Here is my favourite picture from tryouts. To see some other pictures, you can click on the picture.


Geofford and Damian have both made the Coed A team, which is super exciting. It looks to be quite the good team, so hopefully they will do well this summer :)