Working on stuff ...

I got my December CK magazine and was inspired by Kayleigh's layout ... this is my lift. I haven't scrapbooked in ages and so tonight while I should have been sleeping I was scrapping ... so theraputic though.



Today I am 31 weeks pregnant. Planning on incubating this one for 9 more weeks (even though I feel ENORMOUS!) Thanks to Allison and Glen for the new sweater (I finally used my birthday gift certificate!)



This morning I washed all my fabric (I pink the edges first so that they don't fray) and went shopping with my MIL to the fabric store ... I had such a lovely time. I love you R!

So as you see, I need to work on some stuff before this baby is born (I need all nine weeks)!
Peace to you!

It is finished!

I finished Joel's quilt this afternoon! I really really like it ... so glad that I spent the time to "fix" it. Next time I need to a better job with the binding. Excited that he get's to snuggle under it tonight (and so is he!)

Gotta start the next project ...

PS, Happy Birthday to the love of my life.

Turn Baby Turn

I had another ultrasound on Monday ... I'm 30 weeks along and the baby is growing well and everything is good. The only thing is that this baby is STILL breech. But, I believe that he or she will turn and be head down soon. Josh was transverse and he turned ... and so will this baby. (And just in case you were wondering ... having a monthly ultrasound is not a normal thing in Canada - my Dr. is having them done to watch me closely because Josh was 8 weeks premature.)

My giraffe and my lion ...

The lion and the list

This roaring lion got to go to playschool today. He told me he had fun and that there were lots of princesses at school today. Then the lion said: "I can't tell you anymore because I'm too busy roaring."

Today I've been thinking about all the things I have on my list to do in the next 10 weeks: (some are must do, some are want to do)

1. Finish Joel's quilt. I'm in the quilting stage. This has taken me forever because I was having a lot of trouble with the tension on my machine when I was trying to freemotion quilt - so I spent several hours picking out all the stitches and now I'm just putting horizontal lines on it (they are far from straight - hoping I'll like the wonky look).



2. Make a quilt for the new baby (I'd really like to make a pink and a blue ... we'll see if I even get to this).
3. December Daily. (This will be a project I've done three years in a row. A project inspired by Ali Edwards. I'm close to having the bones of the album finished ... then I will just have to journal and take pictures every day in December - a fun little commitment with a wonderful keepsake at the end).
4. Get ready for Christmas:
a) buy and or make some gifts
b) baking (I'd like to have some cookies in the freezer)
c) decorate the house (not until December).
d) make and send out our Christmas cards
5. Get ready for baby
a) move Josh into Joel's room
b) pull out the new baby clothes and wash them
c) wash the bassinette and set it up in our room
5. Finish my 2007 blog book.

That's about all I can think of right now ... I'm sure I'll think of MANY more to do ... most important thing to do for sure is to keep incubating this baby (which is kicking me right now!)

Trust

There has been a whole lot of hype and talk about H1N1 (the swine flu) lately, at least in my neck of the world. So I wanted to just put my thoughts down. This is what we are going to do. My obstetrician has asked me to have the vaccine (apparently H1N1 has been particularly nasty to pregnant women) and so Matt and I have decided to immunize our whole family. AND (more importantly) we are also going to "give all our worries and cares to God, for He cares about what happens to us." (1 Peter 5:7) We are also going to trust in His healing promises particularly in Isaiah 53 "Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses, and He carried our pains; but we in turn regarded Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds." (Isaiah 3:4-5). Planning on staying healthy and whole this year!

Baby news ...

I have been so enjoying watching this little bar on the side of my blog. It's amazing to me that I'm already 75% pregnant (29 weeks). I saw the obstetrician this morning and all is well! Hoping this baby will decide to turn though ... he or she is breech (and has enjoyed this position for quite some time now).

I'm believing God for a healthy, full term baby - and also for an easy quick delivery.

So thankful ...

A couple of weeks ago my old battered piano moved out of our house and a beautiful fully functioning piano moved in ... thanks to my wonderful mother in law. I am so enjoying playing it ... every spare moment (when no one is sleeping). It's funny, I started playing piano when I was four years old. My neighbour Mrs. Hammel had the softest hands and would help me press the keys as she taught me ... she was like a Grandma to me. I took lessons until I was in Grade 12 because my Mom made me. I was a terrible practicer and so I never really excelled ... but as my Mom reminded me ... "someday you will thank me for this." This is the someday if you are reading this Mom! Thank you. I have had opportunities to play on music teams at church and just the fact that I can sit down and play a song on my piano gives me joy. Music is a good thing (and yes, my boys are going to take lessons ...)

So thankful for the return of fall! The snow has all melted and now we are enjoying fall again (rainy cool weather ... but at least it's not snow.) And no, I haven't started decorating for Christmas ... but I'm certainly thinking about it and making plans to get my shopping done soon so that I can relax and take it easy during the busy season ... I am going to be very close to having this baby in December!

I have many things on my list to do before this baby comes. I should actually write that list down and start crossing things off ... this morning though I just had a nap on the couch while the kids played and watched kids shows (I've been pushing myself a little too hard lately and so I decided to rest this morning.)

First sled ride of the year ...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ... are you thinking about it yet?

Canadian Thanksgiving

This weekend we are celebrating Canadian Thanksgiving. Last night we had the oportunity to have a big turkey dinner with Matt's family. It was really nice to hang out with everyone (we missed you Auntie Adrienne). Here are some of the things I'm grateful for this year:



So thankful to be pregnant with our third child (27 weeks and counting). I had another ultrasound on Friday and everything is looking good.



So thankful for my Joel. He's growing so fast and learning so much in playschool. He has grown about 2 inches I'm sure in the last few months. (Yes, that is snow he's standing in ... we've had snow since tuesday and well, I wish we could have had a little bit more autumn weather ... the leaves hardly got a chance to change color this year, let alone fall to the ground.)



So thankful for my Joshua. He is such a happy little man these days!



So thankful for Grandma and Grandpa W (and Uncle Clarke and Kim) for taking him to the rodeo this afternoon! Joel's been chattering all about bucking horses and bulls and needed me to make him some "chaps" just like he saw on the cowboys! It is such a joy to be a mama!