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!