k...

ok...so i guess i'll jsut reprint the invites with nothing on them and then just add a seperate piece of paper stating the registries....i'm just wanting to get the invites done asap not nececerily sent out TODAY but soon....and i'm limited on time as my place is a DISASTER and i got a shitload to clean and all that jazz so i was just wanting to get them out soon...so no worries.......i'll just change it up a bit i'm kewl with that, and well wut rob's mom doesn't know wont hurt her about using her ink! lol
otay girlies so i'll talk to you soon!!!

Erin

I'm Listening

I am absolutely working on this, trust me I am not ignoring it. Last night we went to Walmart and I could not find a single thing on my list of things to register for. They didn't even have babysitter pillows, cloth diapers or those bouncy chairs that babies spend most of their time in.

I just want to actually see the places so I can make a decision. I will tell you ASAP. If the invitations go out this week, that is still almost 6 weeks before the shower which is plenty, plenty, plenty of time.

hello???

ok so no one has really got back to me bout this babies r us thing and walmart, so i've got walmart on the invites and i'll put babies r us on a seperate piece of paper included in the invitation...hows that? then u and melissa can register at both cause they've got different things and people can pick and choose from there.......is that a plan???

let me know SOON.....erin

Poker and baby registries...

I am working Sunday Jan 15th, but I am free Thursday night at 6:00 pm. I will be at poker on Thursday Jan 19th. What time do you leave for poker? Is it at Sir Winnies?
Keira and Melissa could still register at Babies R Us (part of toys R us), and you can verbally tell people who live in Kelowna or area that you're registered at 'Babies R Us' as well. I like options. Plus, it gives you something to experience as a 'Mom-to-be'.

- Sammi

p.s. you're welcome Melissa

WAL MART IT IS....

ok wal mart it is...i've changed it....printed out 20 invites i'm not changing anything agian....ehheheheh so ur stuck with it!!

Erin

Confusion

Melissa just told me that she wrote that blog before reading Erin's blog about the invites being done. Melissa and I have been deciding whether to register at Walmart instead of BRU. But BRU is now already on the invitations, am I right? If that is the case then we will go ahead and register at BRU on Wednesday as planned.

I think that in my case I'll ask for diapers (cloth or plastic) from people who can't go to Kelowna or do a joint present or pickup with someone who can.

Sammi, poker is Thursdays at 6 and Sundays at noon, and we are looking at other pubs on other nights too. Can you come? That would be totally fun.

just real quick.....

#1: i'm starting to think that walmart WOULD be a better choice to do our registries at just because it wouldn't be so confusing for people. just with the babys r us registry, people can log on to the website and look at what's on our lists and then go get them at say walmart or whatever, that's just where i was going with that. but maybe the same can be done for the walmart registries. UGH. but no one should order anything online, it's more expensive.

#2: i've been trying to figure out for the past two days how to get those pics of me and keira off my camera and onto my mom's crappy computer, and no such luck yet. me and keira will be in kelowna on wednesday tho, so maybe i'll pop back into my place there and download them quickly so everyone can enjoy them!

#3: thanks sammi for the nice comment, i feel so loved :0)!

okay so i think that's it, for now at least. YAY i'm so excited!!!

Hi...

Hey Everyone,
I have been a bit busy, but I have now caught up with Keira's, Ang's, and Melissa's blogs.

1. Melissa, you look amazing at the New Years party.
2. Kiera, I would love to join you at the poker pub night. If you could give me the times on Thursdays and Sundays, I would check my schedule.
3. Erin, don't forget to e-mail me if you need any help for the shower. You can also ask Kiera for my phone number if it's more short notice help.

I'm going to get back to my day, so I'll talk to you later.
- Sammi

Qs & As

Babies-R-Us is inside Toys-R-Us on the main highway in Kelowna.

There was no question about how the gifts get to us, but I just checked the website and it said that when you order online, you either enter your address or if you don't then it will ship to us.

I sent along what belly pictures I had but Melissa has some of the two of us from last weekend. Melissa, can you send those to me too?

Thanks a bunch Erin and anyone else who is making the shower.

At the Sunday Pub Poker Matt and I got 1st&2nd place and on Thursday we got 3rd&4th. Matt and Melissa are coming with us to this Sunday's game.

Matt quit smoking 10 days ago. Way to go!

Invitations......DONE!

Alrighty girlies.....invitations are done, now i just have to get them sent out! hahaha.....Keira u need to get ur registry going, i found melissa's on there and i've included the babies r us website on the invitation so people can go there or visit......no one answered me on HOW the gifts get to you girls if they order them online........thats the reason i suggested wal mart or the bay as it was more reachable for most people....but let me know cause its on there now......

alrighty.......oh...keira do u have an address for brenda or should i just send it to ur dad's?

ttfn

Erin

Pics...?????.....?????

Keira do u have a weekly/monthly set of pictures of urself???? i NEED THEM if u do........

Erin

Location, Date & Time.....DONE!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

its finalized.....the combined baby shower WILL be held at Aunty Colleens, on Sunday Feb 26th at 2pm!!!

i'll be getting those invitations out here pretty quick.......

ALSO.......just a thought......dont u think it'd be better to REGISTER at a place where most people live in that town? for example Walmart or The bay...cause not very many people get to kelowna that often.....just a thought.....and PRICES are more reasonable at those two stores.........and WHERE THE HECK IS BABIES R US???? just a thought......it'd be easier on a lot of people i think.......but let me know ASAP so i can include that in the invites!!

and i thought of just including an item for someone to bring as a potluck/appy sorta thing...it'll mostly be snacky finger foods (fatty i know) but with two preggo's i'm sure they'll eat ANYTHING! hahaha just buggin...

alright....so get back to me on the registry idea and all that jazz......

TTFN

~ERIN~

Short but Sweet

Hey Sam,

My e-mail is sammibo@gmail.com. E-mail any ideas you have on the shower.
What a cute picture of Deigan.
Keira, we or someone should put out the camera out and take belly pictures.

- Sammi

I'm Alive!!

First of all - Key I am alive!! Hahaha! Sorry I haven't been in contact for awhile.

Baby Shower Plans - So I need to know the official set in stone date for Key and Melissa's shower asap so I can book the time off work (is the 26th a for sure date?)....my unofficial plan is to come up 2 or 3 days before and stay in Kelowna with my friends Leah & Dave - then come to Vernon for the shower (stay at Keiras or Aunt Colleens) and spend an extra day or two there.....so as you can tell I need to tell work when I will be missing all these working days! Teehee!!

Baby Shower Help - Not sure what I can do from down here but am willing to help Erin & Sammi out if needed. Erin I will email you today with some ideas......Sammi what is your email address??

Baby Pictures - Where's the belly updates??? Key-thanks for the ultrasound pic it was amazing!

Christmas/New Years - Merry (belated) Christmas & Happy (belated) New Years to everyone!! Hope you all had a naughty but safe one! For those who don't know I went off to Medicine Hat, Alberta for 5 days and Calgary, Alberta for 2 days. It was a great trip and wonderful to see my Mom and step Dad......the surprising thing about the trip was that the weather was waaay better and warmer there than it is here in Vancouver - weird eh?

Congrats Matt on quitting smoking!! How many days are you at now?

Nicole/Key - What a freakin' adorable picture of Deigan!!!!! I love it!

Deigan

Isn't he the cutest?

I'm in for helping with the shower!

Erin, I sent an e-mail to you. Keira and Melissa start your registries and don't forget to let us know where the registries are.

- Sammi

Okay....Baby Shower Plans...

Ok so i need some help! hahahaha i offered but dont wanna do it all myself, so who wants to help? and i need some details cause first we should get the important things in order such as

Date, Time, Place, who brings what (potluck/appy's is a good idea like Keira's Wedding Shower) Sunday is obviouly probably the best day i'd say for almost everyone.......so i'm thinking sunday Feb 26th, that is depending on when Sam is here and all that jazz....so KEIRA AND MELISSA u need to get back to me on this so i can start the Invitations.....Oh and i'll need a list of people u'd like there (friends, family ect.) and addresses if possible....and anything else u wanna let me know....otay......oh ya, we were thinking, shouldn't assume this but maybe we should hold the shower at aunty colleens or keira's dad's? seeing as they is pretty central and have big enough houses to hold most everyone.....so let me know what u think girls....

n e ways i'm off to bed as i'm pooped........feel free to email me as well about n e of this.....and ANYONE else who wants to help gimme a shout or email....we welcome all the help we can get

250-860-3776 or my cell 250-801-5178
erinkeough@hotmail.com

Erin

Okay Then...

I didn't think anybody cared that much, since I do most of the blogging. But yes ma'ams, I will keep it up. You frickin' too though! We want to know about our cousins', sisters', neice & nephew's, and friends' lives too.

December flew by sooo fast. Matt and I both worked all the time and went out most nights, and smack in the middle were a few days of jamming in family Christmas stuff. We were really glad to get to spend some time with extended family on both sides.

Life will be a dream for the next couple of weeks since our neighbours have gone away. I can't even describe what a relief that is. Kind of like being let out of prison I guess.

End of February has always been the (one and only) plan for the shower, becuase that's when Sam is coming. Erin, I for one would be thrilled if you did that stuff.

Everyone congratulate Matt, he has quit smoking! Today is day four of the rest of his healthier, more pleasant-smelling life.

Baby Shower???

Hello all out there.......people are getting lazy.....hhahaha i hate not seeing new blogs, i get soooo excited when new things are posted...especially pictures!!! lol

so question bout "THE" baby shower and whats going on with that, cause last i heard melissa and keira were planning it, and that shouldn't happen...ur not supposed too ur friends and family are supposed to plan everything for stuff like that....and well we are approaching January 6th here pretty quick and sooner or later it'll be february and this household will be quite busy come that time....with moving and everything....also sam will be down at the end of feb and i thought thats maybe when this duel shower was going to take place...so LET ME KNOW.....i'd like to do the invitations so if anyone has any objections please let me konw...and in order to do those i need the info from "the mothers to be" and if we ARE having it at the end of Feb we need to get ON IT!!! hahahaha.....ok so ya let me know asap......

n e ways........on another note i'm going to post so family xmas pics for anyone who cares!!!

Keep On Bloggin!!!

~Erin~
Note from Keira: Uncle Mike, Matt, Erin, Aunty Laura, Donovan


Matt, Melissa, Erin, Rob, Donovan

Happy New Year

Here we are at 21 weeks, just before Christmas. Me & Gina went to the doctor yesterday and she said we are in excellent shape. The placenta is low though, so I will have to get another ultrasound after 30 weeks to see if there will be problems with that. No need to worry yet.

Sam, where are you?

Just a prediction...

I was just predicting about Tara.

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year

I should have done this yesterday (Jan 1), but I was 'out of service' due to some drinking and toking the night before. On to Auntie Bo's 2006 predicts (via Sammi's amazing psychic abilities)...

I predict some exciting arrivals this year for Melissa, then Kiera, and then Tara. These arrivals will be costly but worth every penny!
No arrivals and no getting drunk for Auntie Bo (thank god for that).

I wish everyone 'All the best for 2006'. I'm sure I will see some of you sometime this year.

- Sammi

Where is Everyone???

hello? where are you? no one ever posts on here anymore.......

Happy New Years!

Well i hope everyone had a great christmas......just a quicky to say Happy New Years!!!

Erin

Merry Christmas

Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to say MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
-Sammi

Merry Christmas!

Hey everyone. 1 more day to Christmas. I hope everything goes well with everyone. Keira have fun splitting christmas up between all 3 family's.
Drew and I will be going to my parents place for christmas day then on boxing day we will be going to Drews family's.
Everyone be responsible over the holidays.
Kirsten and Drew

Happy Birthday Sugarbear!

I Vote for Jade...

Personally Rose sounds too OLD of a name....old ladyish....i'd go for jade......they are both pretty but angelina jade is beautiful!!!

keira ur belly's gettin bigger! yey!! how u feeling?

n e ways i wish everyone the best! have a safe holiday!

MERRY XMAS

~Erin~

tummy pictures!

The Name Game

Kirsten's talking about the middle name. I like Rose and Matt likes Jade, but we're not committed to either.

In case you can't tell, Gina's head is on the right hand side. You can see all her facial features facing up, and that ball by her chin is her little hand.

I VOTE FOR ROSE

hey Keira. thank you for the yummy gift and the great visit.
We didn't go shopping after seeing you. we did stop at ArtKnapps. wow that place is expensive.
how did the party go? Sorry guys that we didn't come. we are pretty tight fisted at this time of year. after christmas is when hours are cut at our blue collar jobs. Sigh
OOh yeah I have baby tummy pics to post. I"ll get those done soon hopefully. tomorrow after work likely.
thats about it
Keira tell Matt Rose is nice
Kirsten Annie

Congrats!!!

Hey key, congrats! Yey! its a girl! oh how exciting!!!

well i hope all is well in everyone's world...just busy busy here working...sooo looking forward to christmas break from the bowling center and the salon...i get the 24th-28th off at the salon and i'm working on the 20th - 3rd at the bowlign center! YEY!!!

Some other great news!! Rob and i are FINALLY moving in together.....rob's boss owns a house that he is going to rent to us in central kelowna that he has Gutted completly down to the 2-by-4's and refinished with hardwood floors, brand spankin new kitchen with stainless steel appliances to boot! 2 bdrms, quite small but livable for hte 2 of us, still not completly finished but they have giving me a date as of the end of January so looks like i'll be moving ONCE again! i'm excited.....and we're still not sure what matt and melissa are doing...hahaha still undecided!

n e ways other than that if i dont get to post before christmas i wish everyone a GREAT HOLIDAY AND A HAPPY AND SAVE NEW YEARS!!!

ta ta for now!

~Erin~

Congrats

Little Angel

Say hello to our baby girl, Angelina Garcia.

tell us!

Argh I have been trying to get hold of you for sooo long.. just blog and tell us what it is!!!!
I'll see you tomorrow!

SHUTUP!!!

Holy shit, I had a dream last night that it was a boy too!!! That's crazy! I can't wait to find out!

3.5 Hours...

...and I will tell you as soon as I'm home!

I had a dream last night that it was a boy.

baby!!

hurray tomorrow is the day!
Will you find out tomorrow or at your next Doc appointment?
I can't wait to find out! Drew and I have been shopping around for boy and girl stuff!
let us know right away!

25.5 More Hours

until the most exciting moment of our lives!

Where is everybody?

Porker

Today we went to a poker game at Sir Winnie's. Matt had to talk me into it but it turned out that everyone was really nice and unintimidating. I placed second at my table and Matt placed first at his and won a prize. It was totally fun and we're going to keep going. It turns out all of the pubs do free prize tournaments, and the players can hook you up to private money games.

PS I updated the links (to the right). Erin's, Melissa's, Kirsten's and Sam's sites are now on there.

Santa Bear

I was shopping on Dec 24th

Robin,

Dec 17th is nothing...I had to buy my Dad's present in the morning of Dec 24th and then I had to work from 11:00am until 5:30pm. My sister screwed me by changing her mind about going in on a present for Dad. I had about a hour to shop for a gift, and I had no idea what I was going to get him. I ended up getting a wallet and mall gift certif. I was not too proud of that gift.

I am thinking about a truck stereo this year? My mom x-ed the skydiving idea and is now thinking about satalite radio. Hopefully we can figure this out before his b-day on the 10th and christmas.

Everyone have a great week!

- Sammi

Deck the Halls

I was in Kelowna but I hadn't got the blog about that book yet so I didn't see it. Oh well, I'll be back I'm sure, since Christmas shopping is better there. Me and Sammi went today but I only bought one present! One down, a million to go.

Robin, you are insanely cheerful. Sorry I didn't answer your question before: yes, we have had names picked out since almost the beginning of the pregnancy. We won't know whether we'll use the boy's name or the girl's name though, until 9 days from now. We think it's a girl, but everyone we know has been wrong about theirs. Yay, only 9 more days!

go look at this book Keira!

i was in chapters today and looked at the most amazing book! it's called "from conception to birth" i believe, and the pictures are amazing! it tells you all about, obviously, the stages from conception to birth how they grow and mature and what they're going through at each stage. and just the pictures are amazing enough! so go check it out. hahahha, i almost started crying because they're just so incredible.

Did someone say shopping?

Hey Keira,

I have some time on my hands, so you can call me when you want to go shopping. If I'm not working, I am in for shopping. I'm in Vancouver until Sunday the 4th of Dec, so I'll be unavailable until then.

- Sammi

eeeeeek!

well only 15 more days until we find out what the baby's sex is!! then we can all start shopping! I am so excited!
Keira call me tomorrow I took my long distance off since each bill was well over $100.00. I have to tell you about my new job. yeah the pet store didn't work out.
but hurray!!! well I guess 14 more days now. teehee!

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!

Happy halloween

I just wanted to say happy Halloween to everyone!
Nothing Really new Happening with Drew or I..
We found kittens behind our house and decided to keep one. here is a pic of it
Another month and a half until we find out if Keira and Matt are having a girl or a boy!!
Oh my goodness Deigan and Kailea are Adorable I love the costumes!
Ooooh I can't wait to start shopping for Matt and Keira's little one as well!
well yes.. thats about it
Kirsten

20 Weeks and 6 days to be EXACT!!!

Here's Melissa at 20 weeks and 6 days! lol so pretty much 21 weeks....and i saw Keira and she's got a cute little ponch started as well so it wont be long till she can post pictures of her belly too! Yey!

p.s. We need to set up a poker night one of these saturday nights...i'm sooo up for learning!!!

PS

I just realized that nobody mentioned Melissa's/Kadyn's utrasound pictures. They are so awesome!

The Checkup

I went to the doctor for "the big" checkup. The good news is, most things are perfect. I have a loud heart murmur though, and have to get a heart ultrasound to see why.

I heard the baby's heartbeat, and the doctor had to chase it down a bit becuase the baby was swimming around! The heart beats 140 bpm. Below 140 bpm is supposed to be a boy and above 140 is supposed to be a girl, so no hints there.

Here's our upcoming schedule:

Nov 12- Heart Ultrasound, moving
Nov 29- 4-month Doctor's appointment
Dec 15- Ultrasound... boy or girl?

We can't wait for that last one.

YEY!!! Its A Girl!!!

Hello Everyone just a little update on my little neice Kadyn...its a little hard to see but its so damn cute to see little feeties and hands...

This is a picture of Kadyn's Spine
This is a picture of Kadyn's Face and Tummy
Its hard to see but this is Kadyn's Little Hand (right about the word hand)
This is Kadyn's Little Foot (right above the word Foot)
This is Kadyn's Legs and Tummy

The News

Happy 12 weeks to the baby, who is now the size of a lime and now looks like a human, not an alien. This is the last week of the first trimester, and I could not be more happy about that! From now on I should get less sick, and soon I'll get the baby belly.

As far as what we are doing with our furniture we have most of it already spoken for, but we are very interested to know that M&M might want some. Soon we'll have it sorted out, we're waiting to hear back from various people who have dibs.

I am so excited to hear whether M&M are having a boy or a girl!

....Just an Entry.....

Hellloooo there...just a quick "i'm bored" entry....2 more days then matt and melissa will find out the sex of their baby! Then i can start SHOPPING......and once keira and matt find out the sex of theirs i'll be able to do even more shopping! YEY! i'm mighty excited as you can see....

keira i noticed you posted a entry about u moving but it doesn't show up on the blog site. i can see it when i go to write a post, its on that part but not the regular site....so tell me bout ur new place....and wut are u planning on doing with all ur stuff? u should check with melissa cause her and matt may want some....

n e ways keep on bloggin cause its boring when no one writes!

nite nite
erin

Yes, We Are Moving

I didn't want to move to Vernon, but the place we found is such a nice, safe neighborhood (out of town) and fabulous place that I'm actually looking forward to it. We'll move in mid-to-end November. The only problem is that the place is fully, and I mean fully, furnished so we have to get rid of most of our stuff very quickly. We'll also sell Matt's car as soon as we move.

come one, come all....

Sex Party. November 11/05
check our blog..... :)

19 Weeks Preggers!!!

Hey Everyone this is melissa's 19 week photo of her belly....awe...getting bigger...and she told me last night that she can now feel the babies movements inside her! ooohhhh aunty erin is soo excited!!!

I only spelt Keira's name wrong once

In my defence regarding spelling Keira's name wrong, I was going to correct the spelling at a later time and forgot. How does the Meatloaf song go..."two out of three ain't bad".
I am thrilled to be part of the Sugarbaby blog. I try to check Ang's blog and Team Sugar's blog at least once a week.

Blog ya later,
- Sammi

Tech Stuff

Sorry Sammi, I was sure you were already a member. Anyway now you are! PS I forgive you for spelling my name wrong.

Also, I have erased the spam comments and set it up so that anyone who wants to leave a comment has to read some squiggly letters and type what they are, like when you get a new email account. Now when there are comments on a blog they should be from real people.

Posting Sammi's Comments

Robyn,
My cousin went down to Mexico and found a husband who turned into a father very quickly. Although, I think my cousin went down with thoughts of being a mom and wanted a certain Mexican culture to be the other nationality. Poor Alex did know what he was getting himself into when he hooked up with my cousin. Anyway…I was told last night about my pregnancy from Ang. I wish I could have seen the look on my face. Unless my Biology textbook has a special power of teaching me about sexual reproduction and actually making it happen without my knowledge, I am baby-free. I do have a good little tune about Johnny, baby Ronnie, and meeee (out of tune-of course).
Have a great trip to Mexico. When are you leaving? Every time I ask someone about a piece of jewelry, the person got the jewelry from Mexico. Happy Shopping!!

I'm glad to hear everything is going well for you Sam. If you're coming down in February, we should try and get a sex toy party together. Ang and I went to a party two weeks ago, and Ang is having a party in November around her birthday. It was pretty fun actually. After Kiera’s bachelorette party, I think the group would be into a sex toy party. I’m sure everyone will get together and will see you when you’re down visiting in February either way.

I am so glad to know I will be seeing Keira's face, Matt's face, and the little baby's face (when he/she comes into the world) in the Okanagan for a couple more years! I want the three of you to have all the best where ever it may be, but I definitely am happier to have you guys around for a while longer. We have lots of fun.
Congrats to Keira and Matt on the baby and the job!
Luv Ya,
- Sammi

Who is spamming our blog site??

Uggh - So has anyone been convinced to go to one of the spam sites and make a ton of money! HA HA!

Welcome Nicole & Melissa!!

Is Sammi really preggo??? This is all a joke right? It has to be....I can't be the only baby-free girl on here!

Robyn - Wow, sounds like a fantastic trip planned for Mexico - will I fit in the back of the VW? No one will ever know I'm there.....HA HA

Just so everyone knows in advance I'm coming up for a week at the end of February!! Yay!

Have a great weekend girlies!

Mexican Babies are Hairy Too

Haven't you noticed that almost every little Mexican baby is pretty much born with a dark mop on their head? Or maybe it's just me, but I've seen my share of Mexicans, they love to hang out in Utah and work minimum wage jobs. Okay I'm just kidding, I just had to write something now that I'm an official member, haha.

Los Ninõ

So Sammi is pregnant with a married man's baby... well, that means there is another baby on the way! And Ang is on board with the 2-year plan. You know Ang, you don't have to wait for Bryce's permission, if you get my drift. If Bryce reads this, then I'm kidding, of course.

Is anyone else noticing all the comments on here? One is from Nicole, and the rest are all junk mail! I signed on Nicole and Melissa so hopefully we'll hear from them soon.

Robin, I have one more compelling argument to make towards a mexican baby... they are very small. It's true, you'll see when you're there.

Sure Keira, I'll get pregnant with you!!!

Unfortunately if Bryce has anything to say about it, it won't be until your on your 2nd or third kid :( We want babies but need to get a wedding and some of those wonderful student loans out of the way first. I am so excited that you are thinking about moving to Vernon... are you thinking of buying or renting? That means we get to see the baby when it comes and won't have to go all the way up to TucktaYuckTuck just to visit you guy's.

you going to Mexico Robin?? Lucky you!!! think of all of us up here when you are getting pickled in the sun!!

Sammi.....I thought you said that you weren't going to tell anyone about the baby yet?? AND.... I thought you said that when Johnny and his wife dropped in for Christmas last year that you didn't get much time alone with him??? Are you sure 'he' is the father?? :) (remember you told us that the same night Bryce made the Hilarious comment about his legs??)

It's Contagious I swear.....

Well congrats to Matt & Melissa! Melissa you are soo tiny!!

Key - where's your preggo belly picture? (Congrats again!)

Robyn - Mexican baby - very different.....never thought of going on vacation as a time to hook up and get fertilized! HA HA!

Yay! Matt & Keira are staying in the Okanagan!! This excites me!

To everyone - Glad to hear people are doing alright. I'm doing fine been sick over the last month or so but things other than that are good. Work is super busy and school is driving me insane (I am thinking of taking a year off)

Key & Matt - How is Leia's new one?? How's Deigan doing??

The Nest

Matt accepted an Intermediate Accountant position with Kal Tire, and it's a good job, Congratulations Daddybear! So, we might move to Vernon, but will not be leaving the Okanagan for another year or two.

Another Belly

Remember Leia at our wedding? She was the same amount pregnant as Melissa is in the picture below. What a difference!

The "Cousins-for-Baby-Garcia" Club

I said you need to have a baby with me in two years, for my second baby. Don't worry, Erin and Sam are under contract for the same deal. Maybe you three could form a support group.

We figured ideally you should meet your babydaddy by the end of this month so you have time to fall in love and get married. Robin, you can wait until January to bring home a Mexican, but you'll have to act fast when you pick one.

Anyone else want to sign up? Sammi? Ang?

4 and 1/2 months prego!

Here is Melissa at 4 and a half months preggers. Just a little belly...We'll keep you updated as the weeks go on!!!

ps...Keira go to http://www.babycenter.com/ Melissa says its a good site to check out.

Chow For Now......

Aunty Erin

Babies Everywhere!

Yesterday Matt and I bought my very first maternity outfit. It was really fun, I tried it on with a strap-on belly and saw what I will look like in 3 months.

Also my cousin Matt and his girlfriend Melissa just annouced that they are four and a half months pregnant and due March 3rd! So the baby will have a same-age Keough cousin to play with after all. It's so exciting!

Happy Thanksgiving

The baby is 10 weeks old today, and over an inch long. If we had an ultrasound right now, we could see the arms and legs, or the whole baby, moving around. This week the baby gets its privates, and in two months or less we'll have an ultrasound and see if we have a girl or a boy!

Baby

Now that everyone knows we're pregnant, I'll revive this blog to update anyone who wants to read it.

We're almost 9 weeks pregnant, and I've already had an ultrasound, a doctor's appointment, and the dreaded blood tests. The due date is now May 8.

I also finished my Associate Arts degree and possibly my Business diploma, so now we're not stuck here in peanut-wage land. Matt is looking for a better job anywhere in Alberta or BC. We might go way North and have our baby in the snow. We might go to Calgary. Depending on the response from one company, we might even stay here. We'll soon see.

You'll Hate me...

I'd love to but I just can't do it; my Friday is too busy. I have a job interview in the morning and I'll be cooking and baking all day for my dad's big surprise birthday party, which I am organizing for that night.

Yes, we have been extremely busy. Every weekend from the beginning of the summer to the end of September has been/is booked up except for the September long weekend (is that next weekend?!) Matt's mom is trying to book us for that weekend. Let's all go camping, or have a party or or something! We haven't seen most of our friends for ages.

Girls Night....

Hey gals....
Just to let you all know that we are planning another girls night!!! Check it our on the Ang & Co. link. It is on Thursday night. You can get my phone # from Keira.. or I think Erin has my email address.
Kirsten, Erin, Bill....bill's friend..(sorry, I forget her name).... hope you can all check it out... it would be cool to see you again... Robin???? and who ever is interested.

BUT be sure to bring KEIRA, as none of us have seen her in like a month!!!!!!!!!!

Kirsten

It's on the Friendship Orb Blog. In the dark green area on the right, click on July archives. I'll have a photo cd for you next time I see you, or I'll mail it if that's not soon.

neato

Today I ran into both Ang and Sammi. Pretty cool. Sorry Sammi if I didn't spell your name right. but yes.. both Ang and Sammi said that there is pics posted here of our wedding. how do I see them?? can someone tell me how.. no one hs sent us any pics of our wedding and I didn't get any of the ceremony. so yeah. Keira could you help me out?
ok talk to you soon
Kirsten

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