Jingle All the Way

Ah, the days of splitting Christmas between two families were so nice. Now We have to divide it into three, and this morning I had to endure a big angry crying tantrum about it. The first of many, I expect. Oh, the magic of Christmas.

Other than that this should be a nice season. Last night Melissa and I went shopping and it was really fun. I bought some super cute maternity outfits. We have a fancy dinner Christmas party for Matt's work on Saturday, and then a Christmas/Birthday party on December 17, and they will both be a blast.

So far I have only bought a couple gifts but I know what most of the rest of them are going to be, so shopping should be pretty easy. Someone come shopping with me!

Sammi, you will be aunty Bo. Or Aunty Mimi. How about that?

Just Sammi...

I withdraw the Auntie from my name. Sam is the true Auntie. I'll be family friend Sammi. I think the baby will be a few years old before it says, "family friend Sammi". I'll never know if the baby wants my attention. I could use this as an excuse for being late. I didn't realize the baby was refering to me...family friend Sammi.

Ok, that's enough. No problem on the pictures. I couldn't have done it without Keira (baby) and Matt.

Bye for now.
- Sammi

Soon to be Winter in the Okanagan!!!

Tis snowing as i type!!! well just a little update on me....ha...

lets see......saturday night...car got broken into AGAIN....thats 2 times in less than a month....nothing was stolen once again, thank god......but shit man.....i've had to pay $500 on friggin vandalism within one month...i'm pissed!!!

i have this nasty cold that doens't seem to be getting better and i hate being sick and cant afford to be sick cause i cant miss work!

keira i'm sooo excited that ur baby kicks! and your belly is mighty cute as well!

sam - are you still goign to mexico for xmas? or are yhou just spending xmas at your moms???

keira and matt - wut are you guys doing for xmas?

i think me and rob are going to salmon arm on xmas eve and staying the night, doing christmas mornign with my family then heading back here to kelowna to do christmas day with his family....the good ol' sharing has come into place! haha nah its not that bad!!

n e ways i'm off to a quick dinner for rob's, brothers birthday then its off to my second job of the day......

keira i still need ur updated mailing address cause i'm planning on getting my xmas cards out next week sometime!! i'm sooo darn organized this year!! hahah

ok talk with you all soon!

~Erin~

It's Officially Winter in Vancouver!

So this morning - 5:15am - I woke up to 4.5 inches of snow!! and it's still snowing!!

Key & Melissa - You both look so cute with your prego belly! I can't wait to see you both when I come up in February. Keep on posting your updates (keeps me feeling part of everything!)

Key - I'm not backing down on our agreement, I'm just postponing it by a lot. HA HA! Oh my gosh I can't believe you can feel the kicking etc now....that's fabulous!! I wish I was there to see/feel it too!

Sammi - Thanks for taking pics of Keira - they look great! Question - If you're Auntie Sammi...what am I called? Hmmm......

27 days til Christmas! 26 days more to shop! 24 days til I leave for Moms house!

Baby kicks

Hey Keira,

Did you feel the baby kick when we were playing poker on Saturday? I thought I heard you say, 'the baby just kicked.' Wow.

- Auntie Sammi

Getting My Kicks

The most exciting part of pregnancy has started: I can feel baby kicks!

6 months - 24 weeks and 5 days

Oh I love your bump Keira, you're catching up to me so quick! And I haven't posted my belly for a while so here it is.

Here's our neice, Kailea at two weeks. On December 1 she'll be 3 months.

Pictures of Keira's baby belly

Hey Everyone,
Like Keira said, I was over visiting Keira and Matt and taking pictures. Here are a couple of good pictures.
Here is the first picture of Keira's baby belly on the blog!





Matt and Keira

Arranged Marriages/Pictures/Sugarbear/Cars

Sam, don't try to back out of our agreement. It's time to settle down with you-know-who, since you have not found an acceptible substitute. Yes, I have been watching your picture site and I bet you can guess which album is my favourite! Hey, where is a picture of the new baby?

There isn't much new to report here. Matt is going to be in Kamloops Thursday and Friday for work and I have to spend a whole miserable night without him. I'm 16 weeks, 2 days pregnant now and Sammi took pictures last night. We sold Matt's car and we'll sell the other one and get a family car (4-door). Probably not until after Christmas though, since we'll be upgrading and 'tis the season to be broke!

Next week more exciting stuff will happen. And hopefully this weekend. Anyone want to have some fun?

Catching Up....

Well it's been forever since I blogged - glad to see that people are still using this as a source of communication. Nothing much is new with me I'm just getting over the flu; I was away from work sick in bed all last week and I also developed a viral infection that I am still fighting. Yuck! Work has been super busy even though I have cut down my hours from 10.5hrs/day(6:30-5) to 9.5hrs/day (7:15 - 4:45). I feel the 1 hour difference is making huge changes in my life though....I love it! For those who I haven't told yet I no longer have school to worry about as I temporarily dropped out at the beginning of October. I still have not decided if I am going to go back in January or ever for that matter and if I do if I will continue my current field (Child & Youth Counsillor) or try something new. The relief of not having school 2 -3 nights a week after working a full day is so fabulous...I feel as if I have a socail life again and according to Keira I've always had a busy social life so you can imagine it now- HA HA!

34 more days til Christmas!! or 33 more shopping days!! and 31 more days til I leave!! This may scare some people but I am feeling good about Christmas creeping up so soon. I am about 30% done my Christmas shopping and have started to figure out who I am mailing cards to etc. I think I am more nervous about going to my parents house in Medicine Hat, Alberta than I am of the actual shopping terror! *Laughs*. The coldest winter I have had was when I was 6 years old I think when me, my mom and dad went to Erin's place in Salmon Arm(remember Aunt Jo and Uncle Bo and everyone was there!!) Brrr!! I talked to my Mom on Saturday and it was already getting down to - 9 at night.....hmmm....anyone know where I can buy some muclucks and a parka!! I am excited about going to visit my Mom though....her and Bill (step-dad) have lived there for almost 7 years now and I have never gone to visit! Oooops!

Besides work, being sick and Christmas - I've just been hanging out with my friends, going out meeting new people (sorry no new guy yet Key - I'm still looking though), going to the pubs/bars, trying to get back into shape, going to kids bday parties, going to concerts/plays etc

Key - What's your new address and phone number etc?? How do you like the new place?? Are you feeling better? Which car broke down? I think it's time to sell them both and get yourself a reliable family car. Oh by the way I agree with Melissa you need to start taking pics of your belly and posting them too!

Melissa - You look so cute in your Halloween costume! How are you feeling lately?? Any new baby news to share on your dear little girl? What's your due date again? How's Matt?

Erin - Hot costume chicky! How's Rob??

To Everyone Else - Hellooooo!! *laughs* Hope everything and everyone is doing fabulous!

Talk to you all soon!!

Key & Erin - did you get an update of pics from my website thing lately?? (within last 2 weeks?)

Just thought I'd write a few things...

Matt and I had a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and our doctor confirmed that everything looks just perfect from the ultrasound we had a couple weeks ago. And we heard little Kaidyn's heartbeat and it was 160!!!! So definitely a girl, if the ol' wive's tale is true.

Kiera you should definitely start taking pic's of your belly and posting them. I don't want to be the only one. I wanna see how you're growing!

Matt has Sat-Tues off, so we could come see your place probably Monday or Tuesday. I can't wait to see it! Oh and there's this really cute little store downtown Vernon, I don't know if you've seen it before. It's a used children's clothing store and they have some really cute stuff. We should go check it out!!!!

Well that's all for me now.

'Tis the Season

Expensive accidents: The computer was completely distroyed (we found out after an expensive repair bill) and the car broke down twice. The car was a minor electrical problem but we had to wait until Wednesday (yesterday) to get it fixed. Additional expenses: two rents, extra moving expenses, winter tires. Bah Humbug!

Pregnancy stuff: I was working too hard and got terrible cramps for a few days, plus extreme headaches. Also, we had to get up at 5:30 for the ultrasound.

Things can only get better, right? I'll email the new phone number to everyone.

phone number

can you give us your phone number so we can call you?

Hellooooo to ALL....

Hey there...just thought i'd write a lil something cause keira FINALLY blogged...i was beginning to wonder where everyone has gone!!!

so keira i'm a little confused about something u mentioned in ur blog....

It wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't been plagued by expensive accidents and miserable pregnancy stuff.

Wut did u mean by that? is everything ok?

not much new here.....work work work...thats all i do.... ne ways talk to you all later.....

GOOD LUCK WITH THE JOB INTERVIEW.....

Samanthat where are you???

Love Erin

News Since this Morning

I just got a job interview for Friday. No, I was not looking anymore; this is one I applied for a month ago. It's a five-month term and if it lasts exactly five months that's pushing the baby schedule, so we'll see. I'm just going to go in there with my big belly and my baby due date and see if it works for us and them. Anyway I've still got my other job.

Oh yeah, I just remembered I can't fit into any of my interview-type clothes anymore.

The Loooong Weekend

We're finally getting back into the swing of things after an extremely long and busy week. It wouldn't have been so bad if we hadn't been plagued by expensive accidents and miserable pregnancy stuff.

Anyway enough complaining. Today is the first day that I'm home all or most of the day, so I'm getting the majority of the unpacking and organizing finished. The house should be presentable by this weekend.

Somebody call us, we could use a little fun.

Belated Halloween Pics!

Here's Melissa as a Lil' Butterfly!!! Here's Me and Matty i'm like a funky cat/devil and matts a FREAKY looking roughed up referee!!!
Here's me trying to look sassy!!! hahaha
And here's the mommy and daddy to be!!!

Melissa's 23 weeks on monday.....17 weeks to go!!!

PS

Also, the baby has all his/her hair now.

MattMatt

BOTH Matts were slobbering drunk by the end, and oddly enough it seemed to help their game.

We're free on Friday nights now too, but unfortunately we can't have parties at the new place becuase it is is miserably un-soundproof.

Matt's car wouldn't start and we thought we were in for a giant expense, but it turned out that some dinky little part was unplugged and it took like a minute to fix (after towing the car to a shop).

I knew Matt (the cousin) would win!

Hey,

I knew when I left Saturday night that Matt was catching up to Keira. Matt (the husband) was getting pretty drunk, and he was losing control of his betting abilities. What time did you four play until? It was fun on Saturday; too bad I always have to work on Sundays.
See Keira and Matt on Thursday night for Angela's birthday dinner at the Blue Herron.

- Sammi

A Week in Breif

Well I am 14 weeks (3 months) pregnant today, which means the baby is the size of a lemon and has 1/2-inch hands and feet! Also s/he can make faces and do lots of other neat stuff.

On the weekend we had poker night with the cousin house (Matt, Melissa, Erin, Rob) and Sammi. Matt (Keough) kicked my butt right at the very end. I hope I can do that to him next weekend.

We'll live in the new house starting Saturday, so I spend my days organizing, downsizing and packing all our stuff.

hello?

hey guys.. um.. everyone should start blogging! Hurray for blogs!