Where is Everyone???

HELLO???? IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE????? WHERE IS EVERYONE.....GEEZZZEEE....

I couldn't be more thankful!!!

I just wanted to say a quick THANK YOU to everyone that came to the shower and was so generous with their gifts. I couldn't believe how many there were!!! I'm not about to list off names because I know I'd forget somebody (thanks mom for the horrible memory) but Thank You cards will be coming soon. I'm going to wait about a week to see if Kaidyn wants to show up, because then I can do Thank You cards as well as birth announcements. But if she still wants to hold things up, I'll get on those bad boys. So a big Thank You for all the WONDERFUL presents and a HUUUUUGE thank you to Erin for putting that whole thing together. She should seriously be an event planner or something, because everything was perfect, I couldn't have hoped for a better baby shower!!!

More pics...

Here are some more pictures....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEIRA!!!!

Hey guys....happy b-day keira, hope you had a great day........sry i couldn't be at your b-day breaky...hope it went well.....the nail course was fun stuff....learnt lots of funky artsy stuff.....

so the baby shower seemed to be a success.....i'll give myself and EVERYONE else who helped me a big pat on the back....THANKS so much...couldn't have done it alone.......

so here are some pics.....just puttin them on here right off my camera so i havn't even looked how good they are or not!!! hehehe......dont forget to post/send me ur pics from your cameras...i'm sure we all got different ones........thanks again for the help.....keira and melissa i hope your having fun with all those generous gifts........u deserve it!

Erin~

I'm coming to the shower now!!!!!

Wow, where is everyone???

So yah, I have been off on WBC for the last week and now the doctor says I can't go back to work for at least another week.... It means I can come to the shower now though, so I am excited!!!!

If you girls need any help setting anything up, make sure you give me a call. Keira and Sammi have my # if you need it. Otherwise, I will just come with Sammi when she gets off work.

see you soon.

I'm Back...

Hey guy's, Back from Mexico... had a great time!
The part that sucks though is that I have to work the day of the shower and can't really get out of it :( I really wanted to come because I had to work for Keira's wedding shower too. I will be able to make it the next morning for Brunch though.... Does anyone know where we are going yet and what time?? Can I just bring my gift for you then, Keira??

Keira, don't know if you and Matt got the invite or not, or if you want to come, but we are having a get together on March 4th at 1pm for a shower for Monica. Nothing really big, because she has already had a big shower with her family and all, but we can hang out and visit and see the baby. It will be potluck lunch/snacks and then we will open gifts. Hope you can come.

1 Week Till Baby Shower!!! Yey!!!

Hello everyone...so i havn't really heard back from any of the friends invited to the shower....that'd be all u people on here pretty much.....so....let me know just so i have an idea of who is coming...so far all's i know is the aunts on Keira and Matt Keough's side and the Moms/sisters on the Melissa and Matt Garcia side........oh and sammi and samantha....so let me know.....

i'm going to try and get all my end of everything done this weekend so i'm all ready for sunday.....I will be heading to Aunty Colleens sunday mornign around 11ish to set up and get everything organized so anyone who'd like to help, let me knwo....sam i think u'll be at aunty's that day anyways so u can help me.....

other then that i'm sooo excited!!! and i'm pretty sure the girls are too...so bring ur camera's cause this will be a shower to remember!!! n e ways its been awhile since anyone has posted..i was sooo pleased to see a posting by Kirsten!! THANK U CHICKY!!! haahahahha

n e ways let me know....Kirsten, Ang & Robyn...ttyl

Erin

oh and this..

hey I thought everyone would love this webpage.. well I do anyways. but yeah check it out.
http://www.cuteoverload.com/
Kirsten

Cravings

Hey Keira I'm wondering if you are getting weird cravings? if you are what is the weirdest? I"m going down to chilliwack next sunday to pick up a couple of birds that I"m adopting. http://members.shaw.ca/FIDS/adoption.htm I'm looking at Josie and Pepper (cockatiels). Drew and I are excited.
Any thing new with anyone out there?
Mmmm I just made a really nice looking lemon Meringue pie.. my parents are coming down for the first time together. getting a little nervious though they are both laid back people. not sure how they will like all the animals running about. (bunny, dog, rabbit and bird) maybe we will put the bird back in her cage.
We'll be babysitting Drews parents place for 2 weeks so I"ll be living there! I can't wait to use there BBQ.
thats about it!
Kirsten

Keira and Melissa Pics

These pictures were taken on Sunday, Feb 12\06 at Sir Winnies Pub. Keira, Melissa, and I were all out of chips early during Sunday poker afternoon, so we decided to take some pictures.

Keira at 28 weeks and Melissa at 36 weeks.
Look how beautiful these ladies look...

Baby Jack

My cousin Bobbi's son. Wow, he looks like Rag!

Belated Pics

Me& Melissa at 27 and 35 weeks. This was over a week ago.

Another one of us. This time you can see the difference in belly size.

Me and the proud papa.

M&M. Matt refused to smile, but still a totally cute picture.

Care-a-lot

I have a lot of new pics but the blogger photo-upload hasn't been working. I'll keep trying.

Care Bears are making a comeback and Matt likes those little guys, so voilà, now we have a baby theme!

i'm alive!!

we are all moved in...still unpacking and thre are still some minor things left to do on the house but its all coming along.....n e ways just thought i'd write a little message to see how everyone was and to say hi....i shoudl be up and running on the internet this monday so i'll be able to check and post regularily again!!!

keep on posting..........

erin

Things to do before i die...

Okay, brace yourselves, but one of the things I have to do before I die is go down in a shark cage!!! (It just go's hand in hand with what I wanted as my dream career - to be a Marine Biologist). I love the ocean and think Sharks are such magnificant animals. Unfortunately I don't even think I will be able to convince Bryce to go scuba diving with me :( one of the other things I want to do is go to either Costa Rica or another third world country and work with some of the orphanages and hospitals...Bryce and I had a chance and were ready to go last year through world vision but then had a big financial blow.... so I was pretty close to crossing that one off my list.

Thank Erin, for the shower invite... I am so excited.... unfortunatly I am scheduled to work all that day until 6pm, but I will try to trade my shift with someone...seeing I didn't get to go to her wedding shower either!!!
I do have the next morning off though, for Birthday Brunch, so if not then I will see you all then.

matt's a superstar!!

Good for you Matt. How was the real poker night with Matt's workbuddies? I wish I was there on Sunday, but I had to work again. I'll see you on Thursday night.

Matt's Kicking Ass...

... he broke us even against some major players on friday, when we were expecting to lose alot of money and consider it a lesson. Then on Sunday he won the month-end tourney and $100 from SW's! Yeah, baby!

25 and 33

I got the shower invite in the mail a couple days ago, thanks for sending me one Erin. It's so pretty! The shower is still a month away but I'm totally excited. I'm looking forward to hearing the aunties' stories about my cousins when they were babies. And all the good food. Mmmmm, potluck. Brunch on the 27th sounds good too! Mmmm, brunch.

I won another poker game on Tuesday and now I get to be in a final tournament March 1 where the prize is a trip to Vegas! Matt still has a chance to qualify and I'm sure he will. Last night was brutal though. Me, Matt and Matt got 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place (twice!) instead of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Okay I guess that doesn't sound too bad, but it totally was. I was bad.

I think it's silly to worry so much about the Conservatives. Even if Harper is pro-life, an anti-abortion law (and such things) would never be passed, no chance, it's not even worth thinking about at all. The Conservatives are just barely in there and they won't be able to change anything drastically anyway. The Liberals are totally f*ed up. If we had elected Liberal again, wouldn't that be just about as stupid as the Americans voting Bush in again? We're smarter than that.

Yay Aerosmith! I never cared for concerts but I had something on my life-list that I crossed off on the honeymoon: to ride a rollercoaster. It was freaky-deaky. Hey I am not a total nerd, I just have only lived in tiny towns and never been anywhere where there was a rollercoaster. Most of my list is places in the world that I want to see. What do you guys have on your lists?

We were a little late telling Dave about the pregnancy, but of course we did, last fall! Maybe we'll take a trip to Van this year and show off our little puddin'pop. I should ask the daddybear before I make promises like that though. Or was that a threat?

Well, we were dumb again and didn't get Melissa's pic off her camera even though she brought it. We took another one though. I look sooooo weird in it and Melissa looks alot smaller than she is because of her angle (she's actually way bigger than me). But we could barely convince one of the Matts to get up and take one picture, let alone two. Maybe next week will be more successful. Anyway here we are at 25 and 33 (!!!!) weeks.

Oooooh Yeah!

Hello Everyone!
I want to start off my blog with very exciting news - I AM GOING TO THE AEROSMITH CONCERT IN APRIL!!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!! Now that I've got that out of my system I'll explain why all the excitement besides the obvious.....Do any of you have that one person or group that you've got to see in concert before you die???? Well Aerosmith is mine! I had tickets about 4 or 5 years ago to see them but for some reason they cancelled due to not be allowed to cross the Canadian border from the USA. So this is why I am excited I am getting a second chance at making one of my life wishes come true. Yippee!
In regards to Key's bday - The more the merrier so it's great that you can make it Sammi!
Key - I don't have the information in front of me so don't quote me but I'm pretty sure I leave around 1:10pm on the 27th so I would have to be at the Vernon Greyhound by 12:45. So maybe brunch would be best?
Key- Sorry I didn't call you on Wednesday that night ended up being a gong-show. I'll try and give you a call next week if that works.....I'm home Monday or Thursday, either of those work or are they both poker nights? How'd you do in your last poker game? Win the big bucks?
Middle Names - Very cute names Melissa however I've been given two different spellings for Christina can you clarify? Thanks Doll! Key go with whatever name you and Matt like - I thought Rose was beautiful as you know when you first told me and I also like the idea of carrying down Jade. Whatever you choose - people will like (they'll have no choice! haha!). Just let me know whenever you've got it figured out.
Key & Matt - Did you guys ever get ahold of Dave and tell him about the pregnancy?
Matt G- How many days no smoking now??
Erin - Did you mail the invites?? Are you ready for the move??
Melissa - Matt told me he got a job congrats! Things are looking up both a house and a job....someone is definitely looking down on you.
The Election - As happy that I am with the party that got voted in my jurisdiction - I agree with Sammi about the whole Conservatives running our country thing. It frustrats me! Did any one see the comments from Rosie O'Donnell about the Canadian Gov't? Overall though - I hope that a minority government doesn't cause us to go back to the polls in 18 months.

Anyways back to work I go....hope everyone is doing well. Talk to you soon!

Ok, I'll make it 3 shower games...

For the shower games, one can be play during the whole shower. Then I'll have 2 actual shower games. If the games go by quickly, I'll have an extra back-up.

Sam - I am available for breaky or lunch on the 27th of Feb for Keira's birthday. Keep me posted on the time and place.

I'm not too impressed about the conservatives winning, but I do believe it was a good idea for Paul Martin to resign. With all the players of the Liberal scandal out of the picture, I believe the Liberals will win in the next election (in a year or two probably).
I liked Paul Martin as a Prime Minister. Martin didn't cave when George Bush applied pressure about Canada supporting the war, and he kept working at getting Canada's debt down. I'm not a liberal voter, but I do agree Martin did a pretty good job as Prime Minister. The scandal came from Chrétien's run as Prime Minister; although, Martin was the Finance Minister at the time.
I just hope Harper doesn't pull a 'Brian Mulroney' by digging Canada into a huge debt hole, or take away a same sex couple's right to marry, or take away a women's right to choose. I am somewhat interested about the fact Harper is from the West, and he plans to focus more on the West then other Prime Ministers. Ok, enough politics talk for me.

Keira and Matt - I'll see you at the poker game on Thursday night unless my work schedule changes. I'll be snowboarding Friday night again if anyone is interested...$ 5.00 fridays at Silver Star!! I want to see if I can snowboard without injuring myself this time. The back of my head still hurts when I brush or wash my hair.

I'll chat with you all later,
- Sammi

Yay, Fresh Big New Blogs

The conservatives won but with a minority government, so there will probably be another election within 2 years again. NDP increased their seats as well so the Liberals kind of got their ass kicked and Paul Martin resigned as leader of the liberal party.

I think you're right Sam, this will be the first time we've ever been together for my birthday! Weird. Let me know what time your bus leaves and we'll make that date. The morning of the 26th probably won't work becuase Melissa and I are going to a preggo event in Kelowna before the shower.

I don't have a theme, unless cute counts! Kaidyn's middle names are Christina Jean (aww), but you'd better take Melissa's word not mine. And Angelina's middle name is not decided (but it's not Jade- but yes AJ is cute). Just becuase people had mean things to say about my favourite name doesn't mean it won't be her name. I'll get back to you ASAP.

I agree that 5 games sounds like it might be too many, unless they're going on at the same time as everything else (like the don't say "baby" game). Presents always take a long time but in this case there are TWO of us opening presents.

This week it will be hard to catch me on the phone since we'll be at poker tonight, Thursday, and Friday. Friday is a big-money game with real players. So yeah I guess that leaves Wednesday!

Erin I saw your house the other day with M&M. Cute! They always take longer than expected to make. I'll keep my fingers crossed that you're in there this Sunday.

It is Melissa who has the pictures of us together, but they are stuck inside her camera. I think that they are coming to town tonight and/or Thursday, so we'll get them onto my computer if us preggos can remember. Actually we will take another one since that pic was weeks ago!

So did the Concervatives win???

good gawd i'm sooo bad with all this voting stuff, it actually makes me feel bad that i know NOTH ING and i mean NOTHING about politics.......i dont even get time to watch the news anymore.....what a life i have!

n e ways thanks Sammi for the games that should be plenty and if u need me to grab any more prizes just let me know.....

Sam - its great to hear from you, cant wait to see ya, hopefully u'll get a chance to see our new place!!!

rob has been working all this past weekend and probably continuing all this week to help his boss get the darn house finished.....there are still some minor things to do, but they seem to be time consuming......they spent like 6 hours yesterday cutting window trim and placing it where it belongs...today they are working all day and probably night doing the rest of hte base boards and doors and closet doors which rob spent all weekend painting......then they need to get the handles put on all the drawers and cupboards, the closets need shelving and a closet rack thingy.....and the appliances have to be put in......oh and the sinks still have to go in....the toilet and shower got hooked up yesterday...so there is still a fair bit of work to be done in order for us to move in on sunday.....yikes..i'm soooo excited!!!

n e ways the shower invitations should be arriving SOON....Keira and Melissa i just sent u two one as well just so u could see what i did, by all means u girls only need to bring urselfs and ur belly's!!!! hahah not like u could leave those behind anyways....:-) but everyone else is taking care of the appy's and all that....oh Key...hope there is no hard feelings bout the whole shower thingy...c.ause i heard thru the grapevine that u and i were FIGHTING about it? well in my eyes it was just a little missunderstanding but we got it all sorted out....hope all is well......

LADIES.....WHERE ARE THE BABY BELLY PICTURES???? key u said u had some of u and melissa together....those would be great to have...and melissa send me some 8 month preggo ones cause i need those too!!!

ok i'm off to starbucks (addicted) and then to start my work week!!!

Chow for Now!

Erin

Days Going By So Quickly....

Hello Everyone!
I realized this morning when I was reading my 3 main blogs that time has passed by so quickly - I guess all those times when we were younger and our older family members told us to enjoy the time now cause as we get older time goes by faster was true.....but still, I can't believe January is almost done.
I'm glad to see that Melissa and Key's shower is moving along smoothly it feels weird that for once in my life I have nothing to do with such an exciting event.....I think by doing that my excitement for the whole ordeal is heightened.
My plan as of now is to come up to Kelowna a few days before the shower to spend some time with one of my best friends who recently moved there and also finish my baby shopping - I have started but nothing big as you can only take so much on a Greyhound Bus. My trip up to the great Okanagan will be from February 22 -27.
Key - Not sure what time I am leaving on the 27th but let's do a birthday breakfast or lunch for you that day before I leave. I think this is the first time in our lifes together that I will actually be able to see you on your birthday. What'd you think? Anyone else who lives in Vernon or can get to Vernon up for bday breaky or lunch?
Key & Melissa - I haven't checked the registry yet but are either of you doing themes for your baby room? Also, what is/if you know the exact name of your daughters?? Kaidyn Jean Keough and Angelina Jade Garcia(oooh we could call her AJ for short! so cute!)?? Please let me know....
Erin - Getting excited about moving?? Are you excited?? Has Rob started packing yet?
Sammi - Holy 5 games!! That's insane! They aren't all long games are they? Presents take a long time remember.
Ang & Robyn - Glad to hear things are going well.

Well I think that's it for now....I'll try to blog later on in the week.
(Key-when's a good time to call you at home so we can catch up? Congrats on the poker game!!)

games for the shower...

I have a couple of games ready for the shower, and I also have a couple of prizes for the winners of the games. I have the games taken care of. How many games to you want in total? I was thinking 4 or 5 games for the afternoon.

I will be at the Thursday night (Jan 26) Sir Winnies poker game.

- Sammi

Vote

Today is election day; don't forget to vote!

Babies Everywhere!

Hooray, Robin's sister is pregnant! In honour of the new baby I have found Babies Everywhere:

Click Here!

Thanks Erin for offering to pick stuff up for people, that is super nice. Of course nobody has to buy from the registry, it is just a way to make things easier.

Roberto, the shower is Feb 26; will you be in Mexico?

I won poker on Sunday and we'll be trying out another pub tomorrow. Who is coming Tuesday and/or Thursday?

Ahhh Everything is coming Sooooo fast....

Hello all....well just a little check up on the girls who were helping me with games and stuff, hows that coming along? i picked up a few decorations yesterday while i was at walmart, so i got napkins, plates and a table cloth! other then that i'll just wait for my RSVP's and go from there

i'm busy working and packing this week as HOPEFULLY our house will be ready to move into this weekend, if we dont stay there we at least have to get all my stuff there as i have to be outta here on the 31st, so i'll just stay up at robs if its not done.....there are only little things to be done, so we are hopin!!!

other then that keep in touch.....keep bloggin dammit!!!! hahaha

Erin

Yey!!!

Well girlies...thanks for doing ur registries, that helps me out a ton, so i was thinking that if its NEEDED and someone needs me to pick up anything purchased at Babies R Us, ill volunteer to pick up anything needed and i'll include that in the registry note........

Nickelback concert tonight!!! sooo stoked.......but that poker tourny thing sounds great as well!!!

other then that i'm going to get those invites sent out here pretty quick, so expect that in the mail soon!!

Thanks Ang and Robyn for wanting to help, i told sammi that she is welcome to help me with games, and u girls can do so as well.......and i'll let u know if i need anything else......ttfn

Erin

Babies and Poker, as Usual

Melissa and I both registered at Babies-R-Us yesterday. You can see the registries online; of course you shouldn't buy that way becuase then you have to pay shipping. Cousin Matt was super nice to drive us there and be patient while we took 2 hours looking at all the baby stuff. We did send him away though, when he tried to pick out a breast pump for us. Haha!

Melissa, you should check out your registry online if you haven't already. Mine had stuff added to it (like a $350 crib!!!) and all of the pink stuff showed up as blue or yellow. I fixed it all except it still says I want yellow receiving blankets.

Looking forward to poker tonight. Sammi, Ang (well, next time) and anyone else who is interested, it is at SW's and we will get there a touch after 5 so we can have $5 appies before the game. M&M are coming too, then back to our place for Earl and The Office. Woohoo!

Ang, if you're talking about the dark white line along the bottom of the baby, that is her spine. Are you having trouble making her out?

Babygirl is getting bigger and stronger and you can see my tummy bouncing around a bit when she's active. She likes to hit me in some reeeallly uncomfortable spots, especially when I'm trying to fall asleep or keep my poker face.

I'm off to buy an iron; ours is busted which leaves Matt shirtless for work. The ladies would like to see him that way I'm sure, but that's not really accountant-like. Congratulations Sugarbear, 17 days smoke-free!

It's been forever!!

Hey all,

I have been here there and everywhere, busy, busy!! Work has picked up with all the highs and lows of the holidays and there are a lot of people coming down with that dreaded Flu too... Make sure you Preggers stay healthy!!! Have had a mystery health scare pop out of no where with myself as well, and well Bryce and I totally know what it is like to do the 3 family shuffle during the holidays. Hope you all had a great New Years... I know Sammy did!! :) Keira- love the ultra sound picture!! What is the big long thing going off to the left? Umbilical cord? Can't wait to meet her! Monica should be having her baby any day now... I think she is due on the 20th. I am up for poker night too, but not this week cause I work both days. Bryce and I went when they first started and it was really fun....except for "that Woman"- you know who I mean!! :)

Well, keep blogging everyone and just so you know, there is tons of fun things and get togethers being planned on our site so don't be strangers feel free to come to some of them ...Robyn where have you been?? We will be doing $5 Silver Star Fridays coming up here, and Sammi and I are wanting to go skating on the pond up there again one night. Erin, don't know if you still have my email, but you can get it from Keira or Sammi.... let us know if you want to come sometime.

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!