Hey There....

Seeing as i get pictures sent to me thru email of the two little cuties i thought i might as well just share them with all of you! so here are some more pics of Angelina and Kaidyn...

Awww!! She's adorable!!!!

Can't wait to see you guy's again! let us know when you are all settled in at home again and we'll pop on by. Lindsay is back tomorrow and wants to see her too!! I don't know if your up for leaving the house with her this week, as I asume you are trying to establish some sort of routine and get settled in, but if you want, you are invited to come over on Friday afternoon, evening. we are having a sefood bbq..(see our blog) it may be at our house, or Sammi's. we would love to see you guy's. If not, like I said, I understand.
Enjoy every moment with her!! take lots of pictures.... she will only be this small once :)

Angelina & Kaidyn

Here's some pics that melissa took of Angeling and Kaidyn.......1 day old and 8 weeks old.....Super huge difference in size for only being 2 months apart!!! awe.....BEST FRIENDS ALREADY!!! hehehe

HI ANGELINA!!

Aww she's SOOO adorable :) I can't believe it actually happened!!! YAY!!!

I have a couple presents for you, Keira... so please tell me when you guys are free and available and wanting company (cause my friend Anna told me how annoying it kinda gets when she had a baby and people showed up when she was tired and her house was a disaster and stuff...) and I'll come by and see the little angel and give you and her the presents :)

I'm so excited!! :D

Yeah!!

What a cutie. Congrats. I can't wait to see her in person. I'm at the guys place with Ang, and we were standing around the computer looking at Erin's pictures of the Garica Family.

We will see you soon,
- Sammi and everyone in the house right now (Ang, Bryce, Dave, and Isaac)

Your first Look at Angelina Garcia!!!

Here she is.....Angelina Rose Garcia.....8lbs 2 oz....20" long born on May 6th, 2006

Welcome to the world Angelina!

Congratulations Key & Matt!! I'm so happy that your little munchkin has finally arrived.....Lots of love to all 3 of you.


Hello to everyone else!

ANGELINA'S HERE!!!!!

Angelina is finally here!!!! She arrived at 6:22 this morning weighing in at 8 lbs. 2 oz, and 20 inches long! I'm so excited! Kaidyn finally has her little friend. But I can't believe Angelina was almost a whole pound lighter than Kaidyn! I totally thought that she would've been about the same size. Lucky Keira. Anyways! I am so excited and congradulations to Matt and Keira!!!!

Poker...etc

Hey Keira,

That sounds rough... I had surgery on one of my eyes a couple years ago and for 6 weeks afterward I wasn't allowed to lie down, bend over or lift any thing heavy. Having to sleep sitting up for 6 weeks made me a little crazy and very sore and uncomfortable. Being pregnent sounds even worse, so you have my sympathy.

To answer your question, we play poker every Friday at my place for a $10 buy-in. I've played a couple tournaments at the casino and I've just started playing a little online. I got 5th place in an online tournament on the weekend and won $80.

Hurry up and have that baby already.

ps. Can you have Matt send me an email, I've once again lost his email address. (ddayco@shaw.ca) Thanks.

The Eternal Pregnancy

I can not believe we have made it to May 5. I feel like I've crossed into some alternative reality (hell) where I will never have this baby. I am doomed to spend eternity fully pregnant; underrested, uncomfortable and desperately waiting for a baby who will never come!

Maybe I'll make the cover of one of those tabloids, like "woman gives birth to eighty-pound baby!"

WHERE'S ANGELINA???

hey all....just wondering how things are going.....Keira....hows that little darling in ur belly? ready to pop out into the real world??? well i hope so soon!!! n e ways not much new here except i got a new Car!! YEY!!! an 04' Chev Cavalier...its white...its hot! i love it! well here's some pics of Kaidyn this past weekend when i was in salmon arm....keep on bloggin...

Erin~

I'm Alive!

Hello Everyone....
Wow, I'm glad to see that everyone has been blogging like crazy...I have to admit that I have been reading the blogs a least once a week just haven't had the time to blog myself until today.
Dave & Nolan - Great to hear from you both!
Melissa - Kaidyn is growing up so fast and is more beautiful than ever!
Key - hey stranger....its been a long time since we talked last.....you're huge! haha! Glad to hear that things are still going smoothly and that you'll have little Angelina any day now (my bets are on May 1st). Call me sometime and we'll catch up.
Sammi & Ang - Hey girlies glad to hear things are going good for you both

Nothing really exciting to report with my life....work is extremely busy and life has been really hard for me over the last two weeks (thanks Erin for your support). I'm looking forward to the summer where I can go on holidays and put reality behind me for a few weeks. Anyways I have to make this a short blog I have a ton of errands to do today and it's already 12:45pm.

Best wishes to everyone, keep blogging and staying in touch.

Love Sam.

Poker and Labour

Pub Poker: until recently the local pubs held Texas Hold'em games. They were free to enter and the house put up a non-cash prize; i.e. it was legal, not gambling. The gaming comission shut this down a few weeks ago; I heard it was becuase of some bullshit about taking business away from the casinos. Where do you play poker Dave?

At the doc's yesterday I was too far along to be induced (fuck). But Leia gave me some superstrong medicine stuff and I have been having contractions all day, more than ever before. Today might be the day. I'm not even that psyched becuase I say that every day, but at least now things are really starting to roll. As usual, we'll just have to wait and see.

Did you get probed today Keira??

Sorry... Induced.....??? Will we meet her this weekend???

In a nutshell

Yes, I do feel quite the fool... sorry for the confusion.

Hello everyone. I have little to report about myself... I've been mostly working, eating, sleeping and playing poker when I have some free time. (Incidently, what is pub-poker?)

I'm going to vegas at the end of May. I've never been, so I'm excited.

I may take some school when I get back. I'm not looking forward to it, but Overwaitea pays for it, so I should take advantage.

Other than that, it's status quo. Hopefully, I'll find my way out there for a visit sometime soon.

Talk to you later.

April Fools?

Maybe we're not the only ones going crazy! Now I understand the recent rash of phone calls asking if I have had the baby. Erin and Sam both asked Bill, and then Bill thought she was born, and my parents have been phoning too. Every time I answer the phone, I hear "oh, you're not at the hospital". Yeah, I know! Soon, soon soon we hope!

Thursday is April 27, the much-predicted date of arrival. It started with Matt Keough and next thing I knew my mother-in-law heard it from Rob... small world! If she's not here by Thursday my doc is going to sort of naturally induce me. So we expect a baby by this weekend, keep your fingers crossed!

So for now, I can only show you the baby via my belly.

PS Hi Dave!

Hahahahaha

I was laughing my butt off reading the last few posts about everyone's reaction to Dave thinking Ang was talking about Kiera having the baby. Dave...nice. Great to hear from you though. How is it going for you lately? It's crazy busy at work, but I like the money. Melissa and Matt, your little girl is soooo cute.

Keep up the entertainment everyone,
Sammi

More Kaidyn Pics from Easter!!!

Whoa!!!...

Sorry guy's, didn't mean to stir a commotion!!

"show me the money!!"...... ("show me the baby!!!")

:) as far as I know, I havn't heard anything and Keira is still wishing she was going into labour.

AHHHHHHHHHH WHAT?????????

KEIRA? BABY? NOW?

Ignore me, I know nothing...

Opps... Maybe I shouldn't just make crazy assumtions, because I don't actually know anything... I just realised that other post could have been about some other baby or she could have been expressing her desire for the baby to be born soon ... or something else entirely... just ignore me.

THE BABY IS HERE?????

what? did keira have Angelina???? HELLOOOOO..................

I would write more, but I'm supposed to be working

Hey, I guess that last post means the baby is out... Congradulations!
I hope everything went well. I'll call soon.

SHOW ME THAT BABY!!!!

me, myself, and I

Hey Robin,

I was planning to go to Nova Scotia and the islands by myself, unless someone spoke up and wanted to join me. I'm easy to get along with. I'm still looking into it. I received an e-mail from my friend that is getting married, and the wedding is off. Ava has already returned home, and Mike is going to give me the full story when I see him next time. He said that he knew it wasn't going to happen when he saw me, but they were still trying to work things out. Too bad.

That it's for now,
Sammi

The Islands, school, the future, and the like

Hey all :)
First off, Sammi, take it from someone who has travelled across Canada a few times, Nova Scotia is the best place in Canada, I thought anyway. BY FAR! It has so much to offer. I'm sure that you have been doing your research and all, but when I have a bit more time starting on Sunday, I will write more about my adventures there. And PEI and Newfoundland are great as well, if you like fresh seafood that is. LOL they LOVE to eat fish and seafood. Almost all restaurants have huge signs for fresh seafood, caught right out the front door!! Quebec is awesome too, if you have ever thought of that trip. But I think the islands are the best choice, it will be so much fun. Who are you thinking of taking that trip with now?

And just to let you know, taking summer classes by distance ed doesn't mean that I can't go travelling. They end in October, and I already have to be back from whatever trip I decide to take by September to go back to school full time anyway. But my trip is going to have to be shortened to a few weeks or a month or something though, cause guess what?! I am starting psychology research in my field starting in May. We are just running through a few research projects, recruiting volunteers (*wink wink, nudge nudge*) and stuff during the summer that lead up to our HUGE psychology research project beginning in Sept and going thruout the school year. This is going to be HUGE for my future career in psych because I am forced to publish 3 psych articles about these findings for psych journals!! YAY!! LOL

I was surprised about Nolan being able to catch up on all this blog news so quickly too.

Any baby yet Keira???

Very Interesting...

So, what I have picked up from the current readings of the Sugarbaby blog is...
Robin is going to continue with school this summer instead of going on a trip. Nolan was caught up on the sugarbaby news in one sitting (that's a lot of reading).
Erin will have a lot more time to spent with her niece and 2nd cousin in a couple of weeks.
All the pub pokers were shut down...interesting? Keira, did you get anymore information as to why? I may have to stop into Sir Winnies and talk to Jeff. Which I don't mind doing because Jeff is a cutie.
I have been busy with work, the gym, going for walks outdoors with Ang (and sometimes Dave, Bryce, and Isaac), and my health. I am doing a partial brown rice cleanse right now. I say partial because I cheat once a day by having something somewhat healthy but not on the cleanse. I don't know if I ate the wrong something last night, but I woke up at 4:00 am with the worst tummy pain. I will spare everyone details of the next hour. I was very weak, clammy, and white as a ghost...I was not doing well. I think today I will relax and not push my body by going to the gym. The next two days I'm working full days, and I don't want miss the money grab by having to call in sick.
I was going to go to Oz in July, but my friend Sarah was not able to get the time off. Plus she would only be able to get two weeks off and that's not enough time for such a long flight. I was thinking of going East and exploring Nova Scotia, NewFoundland, and PEI. I could take a flight to Nova Scotia, rent a car or van, and drive to the islands. Dad says, "Nova Scotia, NewFoundland, and PEI are all connected by bridges or ferries."
I also applied for the business degree at Okanagan College on Tuesday. I want to get into Human Resources; there are couple fields to look into with Human Resources. I am very interested with the employee morale.
Anyway, I'm going to go and look at the websites for newfoundland, nova scotia, and PEI. Read about everyone later,

- Sammi

Me...

hahaha i forgot to tell u how i'm doing...well i'm good....busy busy with work as usual...only 1 and a half more weeks left up at the bowling center then i'm done there for the season....thank goodness....i'll have my evenings back......other then that not too much else going on here....just enjoying out house.....we get our new furniture this weekend (cross my fingers) we have been waiting since the middle of Jan...so i'm excited for that.....n e ways keep in touch.....

Erin

So soon :)

Heya!
I'm sorry to hear that you are so anxious Keira, but it is all going to be worth it. I am totally crossing my fingers that this baby comes this week, the sooner the better :) I can't wait!!! I'm sure you guys can't either. YAY!!!

Things are going alright here. Things have been hectic with school lately. I have an exam coming up on Saturday, and then it's all over... for a few weeks LOL. I am taking two distance ed summer classes. They both sound SO interesting. One is Health Psych (this one would REALLY interest you Keira) and Biomedical Ethics. It sounds like a brutal class, but very cool.

I hope all is well with the rest of you.

The Waiting Game

I'm totally ready to have this baby as of last week (I won't go into physical details) but it's not happening yet... and I'm going bonkers. I am still getting contractions all the time, they are just not regular enough to be actual labour (and it has been weeks!)

I don't have any pictures. I'll try to remember to nag Matt to take one tonight when he gets home. That is, if we're not already at the hospital having the baby! I hope I hope...

An interesting thing happened last week: all pub poker was shut down.

PS Erin you never tell us how you're doing either!

Hellooo??? where is everyone???

hey there just wondering how everyone is doing? keira how's things coming along? havn't heard from you in awhile.....post some pics.....the picture poster isn't working so i'll post some easter pics later...

Erin

Hey

Keira, can u please post some more pics of your belly. I would love to see how far pregnant u are. Hope everything is coming along well, and she gets here soon! Well take care all of u and see you in a few weeks.

Lindsay

Where is everyone??

Wow, the blog is dead....
Hope everyone had a great Easter.!!
How is the baby coming Keira?? hope all is well...can't wait to see her.

well, just thought I would say hi!

More Pics....4 weeks old.....

Hellooo everyone....here's some more pics.....went to Salmon Arm Yesterday.....Kaidyn is 4 weeks old here....awe....supa cute!!!

Aunty Erin

Ang

Okay I have some officiant info for you... but I'll have to blog later as I'm on my way out the door again.

Happy Birthday Kirsten!

It was yesterday, April 8. Hope it was lots of fun! You old fart!

hmmm

ya, i thought yours did both though Keira... We don't care if it is a man or a woman, and we would like a couple prayers,ect. but would like to write, or find our own vows and don't want it tooo 'religious'. I found a list on the internet but still have to phone them... what all do you ask them besides where, how much, and when??

Revs/JPs

We've been asked before to refer our "non-religious" officiant. It's astounding to us, since we had a Christian ceremony. The Reverend wore a robe, told a story from the bible, blessed our marriage, and we all said prayers. Does anyone remember our wedding??

A non-religious officiant (JP) will cost about $100 I have been told. I have been to a couple JP weddings recently and the ceremony can vary alot. Do you have any preferences? Like man vs. woman, concise vs. lots of poems and readings?

Florence Lynch

Hey Ang. I see that you need someone to do you wedding and I have someone for you. She did my wedding and she is awsome. Really really great. I think you should call her and just see what she is about. She doesnèt bring in any religion and has nothign but beautiful stuff to day. she is a cute elderly women and great to work with. her number is 250-549-2352 . I would suggest her to every one. She is from Vernon and so it would work well since that is where the wedding is at. She drove down to Armstrong for our wedding. but yes. highly suggest her.
Kirsten

need help...

Well, we're looking to book an officiant this next week or so.... does anyone know of any good ones around?? (a comissioner, not a minister) I have a list... but don't know which of them is good. Keira... who was the guy you guy's had, how much did he cost... did you hear of any other ones that were recommended?

Argh

I swear that I will never be able to city drive. Today I was going to meet the comunity living supervisir and had an appointment at 4. I left at 2:30 to make sure that I get there ok. IÈm living in Delta and he was in Burnaby (not to far) and yeah.. I ended up at UBC.. NOT in Burnaby. I had to call the guy and get directions and he had to stay on the line with me and I was late for my apointment by 20 min. it was horrible.
But yeah I start my job soon and I am really excited. I met the resident of the house that I will be working at and they are all really neet. They were all born with specual needs and all need help in different ways. Its going to be really challenging and exciting too.
It has been beautiful here for the last couple of days. I am happy since I hate the rain and I hate rain on my glasses. I will be making enough with this job that i can get special contacts for my eyes. I can not believe how much this job pays since I donèt have any formal training. Ièm going to be doubling what I make now at COnvergys. We can afford to have our nifty little scooters. Drew and I are going in at the end of the month to get our motorbike licence and getting scooters that can go highway speeds! no more filling up the car for 50.00! but yeah thats about it.
I will keep in touch
Kisten

Bubbys and Hubbys

I'm so f*ing excited too! I have been getting lots of contractions for the last five nights or so. They're not labour yet though, just practice. It will probably still be a few weeks, which is TORTURE.

I wish I could post the picture we have of her face (with her sweet fat cheeks) but it didn't turn out clearly and by the time I scan it no one will be able to decipher it.

We weren't able to finish up the baby prep on the weekend since Matt had to work the whole time. And nope, he's got nothing to do with tax season as some people have asked. People who deal with taxes are actually bookeepers.

Anyway we will do the baby/hospital preparation thing this weekend. I'll put a list of phone numbers in the hospital bag; don't worry, aunty Erin!

Matt K got a job at the spiffy new Kal Tire store in Vernon. Yay!

Hello everyone...

Hey there...hows everyone doing? Keira i'm sooo excited for you to have Angelina, i cant wait!!! make sure i get a phone call when it happens and i'll come and visit!!! yey!!! sooo excited...i love babies!!! hehehehe.....

n e ways not much new here...just thought i'd write and see how everyone is doing.....so keep in touch!!!

~Erin~

Good Eatin'

I suggest Little Tex... mmmmm, Little Tex.

Lunch on Monday...

I have to work on Monday from 1:30 until 5:30 or 2:00 until 6:00, but this all depends on our lunch. Because I am doing Debbie a favour by coming into work tomorrow, I can have a bit of flexiblity. So if we can start earlier than later, that would be great. I'll call Keira tonight.

- Sammi

lunch on Monday?...

Hey Everyone who is interested in lunch with Keira and I on Monday,

Keira where do you what to go for lunch? Anyone who wants to go for lunch with Keira and I, keep checking the blog for updates. I am going to make this very short.

Talk to you later,
Sammi

Monday

Robyn, Ang, you guys should come to lunch with me and Sammi on Monday (by the way Sammi, yes I can make it haha). I'll ask Melis when I see her tonight. Any other day this week works for me if we can't all do Monday.

More Pics

Our cutie-patootie neice (by Leia and Justin) Kailea at 6 months. She is seven months today.
Matt gave Kaidyn a punk mohawk like the one he used to have
He looks good with a baby doesn't he?

Hello everyone

First Kristen...Delta to North Vancouver is a long distance. I would recommend taking the skytrain and seabus. I would guess you could be in traffic for at least an hour and a half on a good day. At least you can get on the freeway and just ride it out to North Van. It all depends on the time of day if you are driving. I use to drive from Maple Ridge to Richmond everyday. I left for work at 5:00 am before rush hour started, and the drive took me only 45 mins. I left for home at 2:30 pm again before rush hour really started, and the drive took me an hour and a half. If there is some kind of accident or construction, I was in traffic for another hour or two. I would suggest looking for a place around the Burnaby/Vancouver broader and close to a bus route or skytrain.

I have a go; I didn't realize what time it was. I'll post again later,
- Sammi

busy busy

Wow, everyones busy busy...

Robyn- The wedding is scheduled for June.30/2007 We just booked our hall yesterday... we are going with the Army and Navy hall in Vernon. And then we book the park in June. Exciting!!! ya, about the hill..... I think the beauty of the park out weighs the grandmas who have had knee replacements .... I guess that sounds really bad hey???!! No- I think they are allowed to get dropped off at the base of the lawn there and then it isn't too bad of a little hill. Didn't even think of that though... Thanks for pointing it out Keira.

Sunday is the day

hello,
Well I guess I sould check in here since there seems to be so much news with everyone eles.
I"m moving to Vancouver this weekend. Sunday to be exact. This week has been a crazy week. I'm working 12 hour shifts for overtime pay and I"m workin on my days off. On Sat my parents will be coming in to visit one last time. and on Thurs Drews family will be taking us out for dinner.
I"m getting so excited about Gina. That would have been the scariest thing in the world not feeling her move for a while. I'm glad everything went ok.
I'm pretty stressed out. I"m moving to Vancouver early to get settled. Drew is going to move down after his exams. I got a job there as a care aid worker but on call. so I'll have to find another job asap. I also need to find a new place to live asap. I"ll be couch surfing for a while.
Does anyone know of an apartment that is clean and quiet and alows animals in the Vancouver area? I'll be living in Delta for the first bit and working in North Van (no idea how far apart they are) so yeah.
I'm getting excited about nursing this fall. and Drew is excited to finnish school at SFU this year. everythign seems to be falling into place. except for the place to live and not seeing Drew for a month. But oh well. life goes on.
but yes I guess thats all the news I have for right now.
wish me luck!
Kirsten

Hello from Ottawa!

Hey Everyone.

Sorry I haven't been around much. Been really busy with school, work and everything else. I have decided to come home for the summer and cant wait to see everyone, especially the new edition, and help Ang with all the wedding plans. 3 weeks is sooo soon. Thats great you two, u must be soo happy and excited. Hope the shower went well. I saw a few pics and it looked like a great time. Well I guess thats about it, take care, miss everyone and see you soon. Good luck in the last few weeks Keira, you look so beautiful and happy in all the pics. Motherhood definately suits you.

YAY! Everything is SO exciting!!

OMG Keira!!! 3 weeks would be SO awesome :) I'm sooo excited!! I haven't seen you in a while, and I would like to get together really soon if you're up for it. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate right now though :) I still have a present for your new baby and for you, when we see each other I'll give them to you. That ultrasound that you had sounds so interesting! Do you have pics of it?

I love all the pics of Kaidyn, she's adorable!

Ang, when are you getting married? I didn't know you guys had set a date or anything!! That's exciting news too! We have a lot to celebrate lately! :) I guess that's what happens we come to this age and everyone starts pairing off, getting married, and having babies LOL :)

How has everyone been doing lately? I have been fine, kinda hectic because it is assignment time (for the one distance ed class that I'm taking) and then off to the final, that is worth 55% of my mark... ugh, so I have been stressing out about that lately. Then maybe off to somewhere exotic for me!! Can't wait! What has everyone else been up to?

Countdown

Yay, three weeks! That's the same number I told Matt this morning. Let's hope your mom is right Sammi.

Matt and I are finishing up all the baby stuff this weekend: getting the last of the family baby stuff from Pat, buying the rest of the stuff that we'll need for the first few weeks, and packing our hospital bags. I'm too big and waddle-y to shop after that.

Oh yeah, we sold the car on the weekend, to the first people that looked at it and for more money than we expected. So now we're in the family car, and it's so freakin' nice.

Ang, Kaloya is beautiful. The reason we didn't pick it is becuase you have to make a bit of a hike to get to the place with the arch. It's nothing major, about five feet of slope, but the grandmas would have had too much trouble getting up there. Something to consider if you have family members who can't walk very well.

Sam, when is your Aerosmith concert? Rob, how are the travel plans coming along? Kirsten, what's up with Van? What's new everyone? This doesn't just have to be the baby blog!

come this friday Keira......

Me too!!! You guy's should try and come... we havn't seen you much at all... check out our blog, we have new links (specifically one for the wedding)... by the way, thanks so much for the info about Kopje. We went and checked it out again... mainly as a back up plan...and Sammi wanted to see it seeing she wasn't there last year. We think we are going with Kaloya thought where you had your engagement photos done for you invites. Awesome park!!! holy crap!!

Ya, I'd pack your bags.... that is kinda exciting hey! Can't wait to see little Angelina!!

Gina is coming soon!!!

My mom was reading your blog with me, and mom suggests packing your bag. Have a bag in the house and in the car; the car just in case you are out and about when you go into labour. Mom thinks you'll have Gina in three weeks.
Keira we'll have to go for lunch soon; it's been a while since our last lunch. How about next Monday for lunch around 1:00 pm? Do you think Melissa would want to join us? Get back to me if the time doesn't work for you. There is a bunch of us going to see "Ice Age (II) - Meltdown" on Friday at the Vernon theatre. I believe Ang said, we were going to go to the early show. Check Ang's blog for the correct time. I would love to see you and Matt there.

- Sammi

Oh Baby

We had a bit of a scare and called the doctor yesterday when the baby wasn't moving. We went in for an ultrasound today and it turns out she isn't moving so much becuase she has settled into the birth position- head down and very low- and is staying there.

An ultrasound at 34 weeks is so different than at 19 weeks! We saw baby's little face really well and even saw her eyes, open and blinking, clear as day. She has strong facial features and giant eyes, and huge fat cheeks! Her body is really fat and round too. Books and articles say the baby is just under five pounds now, but Angelina is six!

Six pounds, birth position, really low... I don't believe we will have to wait 6 more weeks.

Kaidyn Kaidyn Kaidyn!!!!

Here's some more pictures of my beautiful neice.....2 weeks old.....she's sooo precious....

I love the new car; it's cute. When I looked up after you honked, I didn't realize who was honking at me until I took a closer look. The car suits the three of you. Were you coming for poker at Sir Winnies? Did one of you win again? Congrats on your win the other day Keira.
Thank you for the cute "Thank You" card. How is everything going Keira? Not too much longer until Gina joins us. I hope everything is going well. I have been busy getting my life back on track after my little vaction in Vancouver. I had a blast.

Talk to you soon,
- Sammi

TGIF

Does anyone know Lindsay and Joe Loomis (used to be Lindsay Ackles)? They had a baby girl on Feb 22 and I am waiting for pictures! Linds if you read this, I forgot your email address!

How did the interview go Kirsten? Thanks a million for finding a BOB sign. I'll put it up as soon as I get it. My baby now sits like 2 inches from the steering wheel so even a small rear-ender would be dangerous, and people tend to drive a little crazy up here on the hill.

Not too much to report here. I won poker last night, dispite the fact that I am WAY too pregnant to still be playing... I'm usually nodding off halfway through the game. We're starting to get calls from people interested in buying our car (it just went in the paper yesterday) and with any luck it will go this weekend. Baby keeps getting bigger. She gets the hickups several times a day and they jolt me around. She also squashes me everywhere and kicks me in the ribs alot. Poor baby, she's so smooshed in there!

M&M both have the flu and are trying not to give it to Kaidyn. Speaking of M&M, Matt K found these pictures of them in our old photos. This was the first time we ever met Melissa. I think it was the summer of 2003.

baby on board

hey lady,
I actually picked up a baby on board for you and forgot it at home when I came and saw you. so I'll send it out this week.
News on me and Drew. I have a big job interview tomorrow. they women interviewing me really wants me so I have to go tomorrow rather than on Friday. If I get the job then I have to move to vancouver alone on MOnday and Drew will follow as soon as he is done his exams.
wish me luck!
Kirsten.

As Promised

The last belly pic, I'm way bigger now!

Daddy and baby, awwwww.

Me & M with our babies, one born, one not yet!

We had a great weekend. We spent most of Saturday walking around car lots in Kelowna and it was so nice out, I actually got a bit of a sunburn. And yes, we got a new Sugarmobile! It's a 2001 Toyota Echo with some nice features and incredibly low kms. We're picking it up tonight. Sunday we did the bedroom and the nursery.

This week we'll be selling the other car. She's a really good car, I'll miss the old gal. But I'm looking forward to driving around in our spiffy new car and putting in the carseat and "baby on board" sign.... help, I can't find one of those! If anyone sees them please let me know. They don't seem to exist anymore!

Yep I meant Mexico, not SA. Blame the pregnancy brain, it's getting really bad. Last week I went all the way to my doctor's appointment in Kelowna only to find out I was there on the wrong day.

Robyn asked if I was more nervous about the delivery or the motherhood: neither. I used to be terrified of delivery but I find as it gets closer, I get less nervous and very excited. It must be a natural anti-terror mechanism in the brain.

A Tarzan babbydaddy could be a good choice. Rugged, outdoorsy, healthy. A british daddy would be good too! I hear New Zealand men are jerks, or was that Australian men?

Update....

hey everyone! I guess I'll give you guys an update on Drew and I.
Sam, Drew and I will be moving to east Van or Burnaby for the first little bit until Drews family can find a new enough and cheap enough place to buy for us. They are looking for a place in Delta for us.
the reason why we are moving is that Drew is going to SFU to finish his teaching Degree and I have applied to Kwantlen to take nursing though I have talked to the program coordinator and it sounds like it is a sure thing! Drew is going to be taking out a student loan and giving it to me since I still have an outstanding loan.
I also have been sending resumes off left right and center threw monster and have had 4 places call me back about different secretary jobs! also I have had a call back for here in Kamloops at a manor.
Its kinda hard because I work Sunday threw thursday and have to go down to Vancouver and schedual interviews on those 2 days. and each interview is at a total differnt part of the city.
Drew is really liking Starbucks. it helps that he is working as well. It means a little bit more money to save for the move.
Keira did you guys find a new car yet? Is there any kind of make,model and year that you are looking for. I'm sure my dad would be more than happy to help you look a bit. I could also look here for you. And what city are you going to looking for a car? Kelowna or Vancouver?
thats about it. I'm getting so excited about our life moving on. I didn't think that it would ever advance
Kirsten

Quickie

Yup lots going on I'll blog later too. Right now we're on our way to the city to buy a family car and do a bunch of stuff. I have more pics on my camara: more recent pics of Kaidyn and the last belly pic of me & M. Will post soon.

HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY!

Good day to you all!

I don't have anything really exciting to share...I just wanted to say hello to everyone and see how they are doing....

Hope things are going good - I will blog in a couple days.

Travel and baby

OUCH! That whole process for Melissa sounds VERY painful! Holy shit! 9 lbs?! I weighed 5 lbs 4 oz, so that is crazy! So Keira, you're next, getting anxious about the delivery or more about having a new baby brought into this life? SOO glad baby is perfect!! But aren't smiles at this age just gas?!

Tell Matt I said thanks Keira, for suggesting Vegas. I have always wanted to go there, and it's not expensive at all for an all inclusive package there. I don't know if all of South America is under warning, but it would be cool to get to see Peru or something like that... hmm... I'll check into that. I know for sure that Cancun is though, and I really wanted to go there, but Cancun is in Mexico, not South America :P... Hmm Costa Rica sounds awesome! I could find myself a Tarzan there you mean :P and we could live in a hut and have sweet babies LOL. You have quite the imagination I must say, Keira. OMG going to the LOTR places doesn't sound geeky at all!! I totally want to!! I have a friend who moved there, so I could just stay with her. I have been doing some hard thinking about that. I'm not sure the shire would still be up, cause all those "doors" were manmade I think, but holy hell, I could see it all!! :) Hmm the UK sounds nice too. I have never looked into places to go and stuff there, and you make all your suggestions sound so awesome. THANKS so much for the suggestions, I will research them all.

What is new with everyone else? Thanks for the email about Friday, Ang... decide what you're doing yet?

More...

Melissa started having regular contractions at about 6:30 pm on Saturday while out to dinner with us. We timed and recorded every single contraction until 12:30. At that point they slowed down to every 10 minutes so M&M went home to sleep in their own bed. Matt called at 6:00 a.m. to say they were on their way to the hospital and this time really seriously in labour. So there were 8 hours of labour, not counting the 12 hours of contractions that were not serious enough to go to the hospital. The baby was not delivered via c-section, but she was huge and had to be pulled out, and Melissa has countless stitches. Daddy watched the whole thing and was the first to hold the baby. Melissa had a fever and had to stay in the delivery room for 3 more hours and be monitored. Baby is perfect! She even gave us a little cabbage-patch smile when we came to see her.

Robyn, Matt says if you can't do Mexico then do Vegas. Is it just Cancun that is under warning, or is it all of South America? What about Costa Rica? They have awesome jungles there that you can Tarzan through. I say go far far away. You were talking about New Zealand... then you could see the LOTR places! You could visit the fucking Shire! Or maybe you're not a huge nerd like me. Anyway I would go to the UK, they have the most amazing stuff all over the place and you can get package deals where you go to all five countries and see everything. And you can go to London and take the chunnel to Paris for the day and stuff. And you can sleep in a haunted castle and see Stonehenge and marry prince William.

A Congrats DIDDO!!

Very cute! Glad to see that everything looks like it went well. You guy's havn't given us much info though.... how long in labour? c-section or natural? daddy faint!!? :) well good luck with your first couple days at home...

Keira.... if you are the same size as Melissa was when she was due, how big is Angelina going to be do you think???!!! WOW! (i mean OWW!) hey... we may be playing poker at our house on Friday night... have a couple new people... give us a call... hopefully you can come.

Yay!

Kaidyn is so precious! She's really fat and has her daddy's exact nose and mama's lips, and a little bum chin! M&M also have lots of pictures of course. They might come over on their way home from the hospital, hopefully today. My Matt is so sweet, he made them a frozen meal to bring home so that they wouldn't have to cook as much this week.

I have 6-8 weeks left, but now we're getting REALLY excited. Angelina's getting really big now and when she pushes her feet out I can feel her feet, bum and head all poking out in different places. Morning sickness is back, unfortunately, and I never know which days I'm going to throw up or be really queasy. And I'm still too busy, with tons of family stuff and lots of work. My last ultrasound was postponed so I still don't know whether I'm actually supposed to be on bedrest. We're also shopping for a new car, the clock's ticking! Matt finished another gruelling CGA exam on the weekend and is now on his third-to-last course, yay!

Welcome to the World Kaidyn!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MELISSA & MATT ON THEIR ADORABLE NEW LITTLE GIRL! KAIDYN IS BEAUTIFUL! I CAN'T WAIT TO MEET HER IN JULY.

Hello Everyone ~ It's been forever since I've blogged. Glad to hear that things are going well for each of you. I'm doing alright......I've been going thru a really tough time emotionally with another sickness in my family but my family and I are managing (Mom's side). Other than that just enjoying life in the fast lane like normal. The weather is driving me insane in Vancouver this year though.....last week we had about 7 inches of snow, then we got a couple days of sunshine and this morning it's raining!
Kirsten - Where in Vancouver are you and Drew moving?
Sammi & Robyn - HELLLOOOO! Haha!
Erin - Thank you for all the pictures they are beautiful! Makes me feel like I am not missing as much as I know I am......the whole family looks so happy in all of the pictures. How was Penticton?
Key - Hey lady how are you feeling? I haven't talked to you at all since your birthday...feels like forever! Give me a call or email or I'll do the same in the next couple weeks and we'll catch up.

That's it for me today...I am at work (it's 8:10am and I've been here for almost an hour! Yuck!) so I should start working again.....keep in touch and if I don't talk to you on blog hopefully I will see you when I am up in July/August.

YAY!

CONGRATS TO MATT AND MELISSA!!

I know that I don't know you, but you are related to Keira and I'm still so excited! Plus, she is SO adorable :)

Thanks for posting all those pictures to share with us Erin.

How much more time for you Keira? Getting anxious yet?

Congrats on the move and the new house Kirsten. I hope all works out for you and Drew there. Any luck finding any job down there yet? I don't know, but I doubt it'll be that hard there. What about Drew, what is he going to do there?

Robyn

Congrats to Melissa and Matt!!!

Melissa and Matt,

Your baby is so beautiful! How long was Melissa in labour for? Hope everything is going well.

- Sammi

Moving in May!

hey everyone!
Hurray Kaidyn is born! She is so beautiful!
lol I'm getting antsy for little Gina to be born. I actually got a chance to see Keira this weekend. we went for a nice breakfast at the hotel most people had prom at (no idea what it is called). wow she is so pretty with her round tummy!
I also have some news about Drew and I. Drews parents have decided to buy us a place in Vancouver! We will be moving in May! I have been applying for all sorts of jobs already. I'm so excited.
well thats about it.
Kirsten

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Baby Kaidyn

KAIDYN KAIDYN KAIDYN

MARCH 12th, 2006 9lbs 1oz born at 1:19pm

OMG she is sooo adorable.........

hope this works

Hey guys,
I'm just seeing if blogging works for me now. I had to change my name and stuff because for some reason that me and Keira are still trying to figure out, it was bugged.

I have also been quite busy lately. I was supposed to be in Mexico for 6 months right now, but plans changed at the last minute because of two of my other friends so I am trying to plan another trip somewhere else. Anyone have any neat suggestions? I was thinking Cancun at first, but apparently I can't go there because of hurricane warnings. So I don't know... I was thinking Tofino or Las Vegas. Anyone been to either of these?

Also, I'm glad the shower went well :) and Keira, I still have a present for you.

Well I hope this works. I'll talk to you all soon.
Robyn

Yep

Yup I finally did. She is having problems posting to the blog so we're trying to fix that.

???

Anyone hear from Robyn yet???

Preggers

How exciting! Melissa told me all the weird details about the labour and the hospital and such. I'm still glad I have at least another 6 weeks, even though of course I'm excited to have our baby born. I haven't done all the reading and prep that Melissa has yet, so hopefully I will be cool and calm as her when it's closer to delivery time.

Poor aunty Laura. Hopefully she will be feeling better in time for Kaidyn's birth. Every time the phone rings I expect it to be Matt calling from the hospital to say the baby is coming!

Kirsten asked about cravings and I never answered: that's just a stereotype. Some women get cravings apparently, but it's not like on TV where they're waking their husband up at 3 am to go to the store. Anyone who could do that would be very spoiled and would get very fat! Most of the stuff we all think we know about pregnancy is false, and the stuff that actually happens is unknown to non-preggers.

Early Labour for Melissa!!!

Hey everyone....seeing as NO one posts...i'll post once again.....Matt and Melissa came to kelowna LATE sat night as melissa was in early labour.....i guess they hooked her up to a contraction machine and all that jazz....but things weren't happening all that fast so they sent her home (toi my place) they stayed all day sunday and sunday night and i think if nothing has changed they are heading back to salmon arm today....probably only to race on back here in a couple days....but her doc said she'd be more comforatble in her own home.....so it was a close call and we were all hoping for the baby to pop out......but nothing yet.....oh and here's an update on my mom....

Hi everyone,

Laura has been struggling with a cold and sore throat all week, and Sunday morning had some chest pain, so we went to the hospital where, after
about 3 hours, she was diagnosed with pneumonia. It is one spot in one lung, so not too serious, although the doctor said her lungs sounded
awful. She has been prescribed Moxifloxacin for 10 days, and was told to recover at home because of the superbug at the hospital. They don't want
her to be a patient at the hospital unless she gets really short of breath.

She also has a bit of an infection on her PICC line, which they swabbed and will culture over the next few days. I have to take her in today and
get her PICC dressing changed. Thankfully I am off work today and have no problem doing this.

Still no granddaughter yet.....perhaps she is waiting until Grandma feels a bit better......

Mike

TTFN i'll keep u updated on melissa as they dont have the internet right now!!!

Erin

Hello!

I have been extremely busy the last couple weeks, with work, lots of birthdays, family stuff, the shower, appointments, etc, etc. I'm too pregnant to be running around like a maniac, so I've become quite sick.

I tried to blog the other day but the computer was down because of the power outage that struck Salmon Arm through Vernon. Anyone know what happened there?

The shower was wonderful, thanks to everyone! The games were fun, the gifts were generous, and the food was delicious. The baby's room is starting to look more like a baby's room now. I put all the little outfits on hangers in the closet and carebears on the shelf and the dresser is full with baby stuff.

Matt was in Toronto for a week and we are sooo glad he's back. When he got back he won the month-end tourney at Winnies for the second consecutive time. On Friday we have another ultrasound, and on Saturday Matt writes another CGA exam. The end of all his gruelling work is approaching, slowly but surely (this fall).