Ahhhh... weekends

This weekend marked my 31st week of being pregnant - a mere nine weeks to go (and that's only if I don't deliver early - which seems to be a habit with Calgary women).

But being 31 weeks preggers isn't slowing me down - this weekend we had two breakfast dates, a BBQ at a friend's place and a cooking class. It was busy but so fun.

Our winter weather finally broke so we drove out to Bragg Creek, our favourite outdoor stomping grounds, to go for a walk and play around with our camera. It was wet and muddy, but fun.

Here are a few of our pictures. I think Dan is pondering what life with the Bean will be like in his profile shot :)

PS This weeks's favourite food is... fruit salad! Yum!

30 Weeks Today!

Today I'm exactly 30 weeks pregnant and heading into my 31st week. Only 70 days until our little bean arrives.

I had my regular doctor's appointment this past Wednesday and my doctor says everything is going really well. My tummy is measuring bang on at 30 weeks and The Bean's heartbeat was a healthy 146 beats per minute. (As usual the doctor barely touched my belly with the doppler before picking up The Bean's heartbeat.)

While she was measuring my tummy the doctor let it slip that based on the way my tummy looks she thinks little Beaner might be a boy! My friends from work aren't buying it - they say according to the Chinese birth calendar we're having a girl and they're pretty sold on that idea :)

Baby Bean is definitely a busybody lately. At any given moment there's a ton of movement going on in my tummy and it's strong enough that Dan can see and feel it. We spend a lot of time just feeling the Bean move around in there.

This week we also started our prenatal classes. And suprisingly for both of us it was great! We'd heard the classes can be a bit dry and not all that informative - but ours was fantastic. Our instructor is a former doula who wasn't shy about role playing and acting out the stages of labour for us. She also has a great sense of humour which helps a lot.

Of course I was the complete keener of our class - showing up with every single item our booklet said we might need (pillow, yoga mat, water bottles, pens and paper etc). No one else was quite as prepared as I was :). I was also the first person to sign up for weekly treat duty (nerd I know - but I love that stuff).

I heart Eggos!

My obsession with Eggos started about two weeks ago. We were watching TV and there they were - yummy, delicious-looking Eggos staring back at me through the TV screen. So at 9:30 p.m. Dan made the trek to the grocery store to buy me a 16 pack of homestyle waffles - which I devoured over the course of about 4 days.

But instead of trying to control this craving I'm totally giving in. In fact my second 16-pack will grace the freezer tonight - ready for me to devour early tomorrow morning . Bring on the Eggos!

Hello World!

Here are some gorgeous pictures of Samuel, baby boy of our friends Melissa and Dave. Samuel is now a whole two-days old.

Is he not the sweetest little guy you've ever seen!

New Additions

Today two of our friends announced the arrival of of their beautiful babies.

The first was our amazing friend Melissa who had a rockstar delivery earlier today - she actually called me only a couple of hours later sounding like her usual chipper self.

She and her husband Dave are now the beaming parents of
Samuel David Ruginski
Born April 8th
7lbs 9 ounces
and of course cute as a button I'm sure.

The second was my friend Krista who (poor soul) had been having preterm labour for no less than two months. But on Thursday April 3rd she experienced the real thing.

Krista and her husband Jeff are now the proud parents of
Benson Henry-Arthur Moore
Born April 3rd
8lbs 9 ounces

Congratulations!