Bump Update

Pip is continuing to grow as is my bump, I figured that I would post before all the Christmas dinners! Pip is now the size of a banana and quite happy. I'm still eating every three hours or so and trying to keep active but it is getting harder as is it getting colder and less friendly out for a leisurely stroll.

This morning Rob and I were up early and at the grocery store for 7:30 , did a power shop, then off to work for a couple of hours. After saying our Merry Christmases we then headed back downtown to the St. Lawrence market to finish off our shopping. What a zoo! It was fun though. I believe that we have everything we need for the next few get togethers over the holidays so tomorrow will be spent relaxing and enjoying the day together.

Merry Christmas to all and a very Happy New Year.

I can't wait for next Christmas :)

Oh, Now I Feel It

So I am now half way to D Day (delivery day) and was not really sure if I had been feeling Pip move yet. There were a couple of times about two or three weeks ago that were possible but not 100% sure.

Well, I'm sure now! For the past couple of days it has been a regular barrage of nudges, elbows, kicks and head butts. The head butts are the craziest as Pip moves from a side to side position to a front to back position producing a very lopsided and lumpy belly with either a bum or head poking out. That one feels the freakiest so far.

I had read that drinking juice encourages some dancing so last night I has a cranberry and coconut cocktail, (I made it so I can call it what ever I want) and sure enough the bumps and jiggles started.

Definitely my new party trick for the Christmas season!

3D Pip

Yesterday morning was quite exciting for us, we went for our anatomy ultrasound and got to take another peak at Pip who is 19 weeks along. The technician was great, as they have always been, and right away asked if we wanted to know the sex of the baby.

Rob and I agreed that this may be one of the few controlled surprises we may have and are going to wait until Pip arrives to find out.

After all the necessary measurements were taken Rob was brought into the room and we both got to see...

The technician right away say the baby has Rob's mouth and I agree, so cute. She was good to keep all the pictures from the waist up and we did see a few 2D shots which were amazing. We could see the heart beating, the ribs and spine and very cute little hands waiving hello.

What a fantastic day.

Bump Update

So look what the bump fairy left me last night, seriously! I woke up this morning feeling quite awkward and looked down to see this. It may explain why I have been so tired for the past few days.

The past week seems to have flown by, we went to a friends Christmas open house on Saturday and my how times have changed. House was still full of people but now was even fuller with tons of kids running around having a blast. Mind you the adults still ended up in the kitchen drinking and catching up with one another. It was quite the eye opener for us, realising that in a very short time we will be going to and hosting a lot more kid friendly get togethers. We may need to move the scotch collection to higher grounds.

We have our ultrasound this Wednesday and are really looking forward to it, another chance to see Pip. Stay tuned. alien pics to follow soon.

Oh Christmas Tree

So it was suggested last week that I may want to pick up a tree stand, you know, just in case! I tried to act cool about it but truth be told, the next day I walked up to Lee Valley first thing and found the most kick ass stand they had anticipating what was coming.

Needless to say Rob did not disappoint. He arrived home with a stunning Douglas Fir. All we needed to do was trim the bottom and place it in our stand, if only it was that easy. Turns out we only had a dull metal blade on our hand saw (oops, that was me from my drapery days) so the very simple cut was quite the effort. All I could do to help was ensure that Rob's beer was topped up. Once finished and raised we cut the strings and opened up our first live tree and stood back to admire.

Friday night was our night to trim the tree so we invited our neighbour Mtoki over for some Christmas cheer. Once the beers (and grapefruit pelligrino) were opened we naturally started on the lights. Well, seems like they did not want to cooperate and not a single strand light up. After some jiggling of the bulbs and shaking of the strands we realised that it was not going to happen, no problem! Motoki generously offered his set and ran off to get them for us. What a guy.

Lights up, decorations on and a mini scotch tasting (and more pelligrino) made for a very fun evening.

We are really looking forward to doing this all again next year with Pip and starting some great family traditions.