Dave's Worst Nightmare

This morning I woke up to this ...

The graininess of the pictures is from the screen door ... no way was I braving the snow that early in the morning.

Dave has been threatening to leave Alberta if it snowed this year in October. Last year it snowed October 28th and it never melted until April. Just to calm all your worries, I'm not planning on going anywhere.

Where did we put the snow brush?

14 Weeks ... Nothing in Particular

Unfortunately my baby website ran out of cute visual comparisons after week 13 so I have nothing in particular to post here.

I am starting to noticeably show, but I will leave you all in suspense of another belly shot for at least another couple of weeks. However, to give you an idea of what I'm talking about, those particular corduroy pants from my first set of belly shots are now particularly snug. There are really no maternity stores in Grande Prairie, so I'm particularly looking forward to a trip to Red Deer/Edmonton we're taking over Thanksgiving to replace my shrinking wardrobe.

Okay, I'm starting to run out of particular instances to use the word "particular" so I will now end this particular post.

13 Weeks

Our little one is the same size as the good, old-fasioned floppy disk! How's that compute? He/she measures 3 1/2 inches from crown to rump (8.89 cm) and now weighs in at 1 1/2 ounces (42.52 gm).

Dave & Me and BABY makes Three!

Dave and I are extremely excited to announce to the world that we are expecting our first child around March 24, 2008. That's right ... there's finally a bun in the oven!

So far everything is going very well. I am 12 weeks a long and I have only experienced some nauseau, fatigue, some acne reminicent of my highschool days (which should really stay in the past), a few dozen canker sores, and a need for constant snacking. Dave on the other hand has had to put up with my nauseau, fatigue, complaints about my acne and canker sores as well as my crazy hormonal mood swings. He deserves a medal (there's been a lot of mood swings).

I recently found an article on one of my pregnancy websites that gives a comparison of the size of the baby week by week for the first trimester. Such items have included a wedding band (week 9), a cumquat (week 10), and a humming bird (week 11). But ever since I sent Dave the link to the site, he has eagerly been anticipating week 12. That is because in week 12 our baby is roughly the size of a Playmobile figurine. Dave thought that was VERY cool. So imagine my surprise when I woke up Monday morning to find that Dave had gotten me a little gift to commemerate our baby's 12th week. What was it, but of course ... our very own Playmobile family!

Autumn in Grande Prairie

I know it's still summer everywhere else, but it's definitely fall up here in the north. Here is a little haiku I wrote for the occassion, particularly true for our neck of the woods.

The leaves are changing.

The days are now much shorter.

Change the quads for sleds.