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 :)

Week 22

After a couple of ultrasounds and many doctor's visits, we now have an updated due date of August 23, 2007. This puts me at week 22, which is a little over half way. This is pretty scary and exciting because it means that we are that much closer to meeting Baby Seaborn. :)

My pregnancy is so much better now. As mentioned before I was quite nauseous during the first part of the pregnancy and I didn't really have that nice transition into the 2nd trimester because I caught a bad cold. I have been fighting this cold for about a month and I think that I am finally winning. I was able to recover slightly when I passed the cold to Geofford, but then I got it back during Easter weekend. Due to my sickness, I wasn't able to fully enjoy our weekend at Cawaja beach. We were finally able to meet Ellis Seaborn Allard, but I wasn't able to hold him because I didn't want to pass on my nasty cold. Hopefully during the Victoria Day weekend, I will feel a lot better and be able to hold him. I think that we scared Geofford a little bit as we tried to get him to change one of Ellis' diapers. I am a little worried that Geofford will not want to get close to another diaper, but he's going to have to deal.

The next big milestone that I am waiting for is to feel the baby kicking. I think it will be a weird feeling having someone inside of you moving around, but I will feel alot better about knowing that the baby is alive if s/he is kicking.

Here is a picture of the 2nd ultrasound. The baby was quite uncooperative and refused to pose for us. We were also told that the baby was quite active and we were able to watch him/her try to squirm/kick/punch the ultrasound paddle thing. It was quite amusing.

Our Honeymoon, Part 3

Well, it turns out we didn't just bring souvenirs home from Hawaii, we also brought home a third life. :) We found out on Francis' birthday that we will be expecting a baby in August. This was a little bit of surprise since we were not planning on having children so early in our married lives, but we are still very excited. The baby is due August 19, but I think that the doctors are off, so I think the baby will actually come in September. Geofford also hopes that the baby will be late because although Nationals are early this year (August 9-12), I think that's still a little too close for comfort. Fortunately, Nationals are in Toronto, so if I do go into labour, he can always drive back.

Unfortunately, the beginning of the pregnancy has not been as smooth as one would have liked. I have been quite nauseous and exhausted. Now that I am into my second trimester, I feel less nauseous, but there are still some bad days. Right now, I am just looking forward to the weather warming up so that I can spend more time outside. But then again, I hear that summers are particularly uncomfortable for pregnant women, so maybe I should enjoy this freezing cold temperature while I still have it :)

Here is a picture from our first ultrasound on February 5, 2007. The baby was 4.74cm long and I was 12 weeks pregnant (according to the doctor). I think that we may get a revised due date on our next ultrasound on March 27.