Well here it is the big announcement that I have been absolutely dying to spill!.....

But I just couldn't do it here until I told all of my girlfriends at knitting group tonight :)

I still need to tell my spinning group and my ladies groups and won't be able to until next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively now....



So here it is after holding it in for close to two weeks....



We are pregnant! Yes you read that right :) we are, we are, we are!



After a little bit of trying (like one cycle) and vola! WE did it :)

My EDD is Sept 25... so that puts me at 6 weeks tomorrow.

Kevin asked me to wait to spread the news until he came home from AB so after picking him Monday afternoon and then the kids from school... I went straight over to my Pa's place and told him and the kids together.... You might say that I had a different way of telling them I told them that I had come down with a condition over the last month that was causing me to pee a lot but that it should clear up in 8 months or so.... and my dad right away got it... he was all your pg?! That's really good Billie was all I new it!and Kayne well he was all no way! that's cool :) I told Pa that this was is very much intentional...and that we are happy... he was happy too!

So we get home and Billie gets on the PC (with permission might I add) and immediately changes her MSN status to "mothers pregnant" I ask to to be a bit more polite about it... as she typically calls me mother but I don't care for it.. and well it was sounding a little on the cold side... so she made it a bit nicer and I get to thinking well she's on the phone right now with my step-sisters daughter and OMG what if she tells her mom and then she calls our parents! F*** so on the phone I get and I NEVER call the parents at night only in the am... so I do some basic chit chat with my mom and then ask if  Marshall (my step-dad) was home and and ask if he could also get on the phone so that I could say hi to him but for mom to just stay on the line because it would only be a second.. so again with the mindless chit chat and a bit of can you hear me oh I couldn't hear you just to make sure that they could both hear me... and then I give them the same line as I gave my Pa and the kids... and my mom is all "OH GREAT!" totally doesn't get it and thinks that I have some illness now or something of the like and Marshall right away gets it and say "are you pg?" all excited and happy sounding... and then mom finally clues in ... boy oh boy did that ever give us a laugh... they were both very happy for us and mom perked up a bit after realizing that I wasn't actually just calling for idle chit chat :)


So the long of the short of it is

We are pregnant... I had my first midwife appointment today and it went well ... I have already got a decent amount of stuff lined up or in the works for hen I will need it... Kevin and the kids immediately went through the name book and Billie got on the PC and was looking at names , so they already have a boy  and girl list.... I have 8 months approx to go and have already done more in the first couple of days of sharing the news than we did a month before the kids were even due..... this is good


Now for a smooth pregnancy and delivery :)
 

I have tried and tried to get the pregnancy ticker to load to this page but I just can't... oh well....

I do have it on my main profile page if you want to check it out... it's pretty neat :)

eta : So weird I did actually post this last night... but for whatever reason it just wouldn't show up on the main friends page, it did however show up on my main page???? but cmon I wanted it to be seen.... ;)

Well here it is the big announcement that I have been absolutely dying to spill!.....

But I just couldn't do it here until I told all of my girlfriends at knitting group tonight :)

I still need to tell my spinning group and my ladies groups and won't be able to until next Tuesday and Wednesday respectively now....



So here it is after holding it in for close to two weeks....



We are pregnant! Yes you read that right :) we are, we are, we are!



After a little bit of trying (like one cycle) and vola! WE did it :)

My EDD is Sept 25... so that puts me at 6 weeks tomorrow.

Kevin asked me to wait to spread the news until he came home from AB so after picking him Monday afternoon and then the kids from school... I went straight over to my Pa's place and told him and the kids together.... You might say that I had a different way of telling them I told them that I had come down with a condition over the last month that was causing me to pee a lot but that it should clear up in 8 months or so.... and my dad right away got it... he was all your pg?! That's really good Billie was all I new it!and Kayne well he was all no way! that's cool :) I told Pa that this was is very much intentional...and that we are happy... he was happy too!

So we get home and Billie gets on the PC (with permission might I add) and immediately changes her MSN status to "mothers pregnant" I ask to to be a bit more polite about it... as she typically calls me mother but I don't care for it.. and well it was sounding a little on the cold side... so she made it a bit nicer and I get to thinking well she's on the phone right now with my step-sisters daughter and OMG what if she tells her mom and then she calls our parents! F*** so on the phone I get and I NEVER call the parents at night only in the am... so I do some basic chit chat with my mom and then ask if  Marshall (my step-dad) was home and and ask if he could also get on the phone so that I could say hi to him but for mom to just stay on the line because it would only be a second.. so again with the mindless chit chat and a bit of can you hear me oh I couldn't hear you just to make sure that they could both hear me... and then I give them the same line as I gave my Pa and the kids... and my mom is all "OH GREAT!" totally doesn't get it and thinks that I have some illness now or something of the like and Marshall right away gets it and say "are you pg?" all excited and happy sounding... and then mom finally clues in ... boy oh boy did that ever give us a laugh... they were both very happy for us and mom perked up a bit after realizing that I wasn't actually just calling for idle chit chat :)


So the long of the short of it is

We are pregnant... I had my first midwife appointment today and it went well ... I have already got a decent amount of stuff lined up or in the works for hen I will need it... Kevin and the kids immediately went through the name book and Billie got on the PC and was looking at names , so they already have a boy  and girl list.... I have 8 months approx to go and have already done more in the first couple of days of sharing the news than we did a month before the kids were even due..... this is good


Now for a smooth pregnancy and delivery :)
 

I have tried and tried to get the pregnancy ticker to load to this page but I just can't... oh well....

I do have it on my main profile page if you want to check it out... it's pretty neat :)

Kevin comes home tomorrow! This is such a good thing as last year he didn't have much time home over the holidays. This year he will be home starting the 19th and flying out on the 5th... this is good matchy matchy with the kids last day before the holidays and first days back to school after the holidays. Hopefully Dean can get over this afternoon to finish up the dwnstrs bthrm... this will be such an accomplishment for this household as we tend to be starters and not finishers ;) More so on Kevin's behalf (even though he hasn't been here for the majority of this project) but I do tend to fall into it on occasion, but not very often.

We don't really have any plans for whilest Kevin is home and the kids are out of school... just really for tomorrow and Saturday... tomorrow after I pick him up from the Comox airport and then rush back as cautiously as possible with the roads being icy and snowy get the kids from school... head straight over to Pa's for our tree, Pa will come for dinner once he's done for the day with the tree's, Billie has youth group... movie night so we will decorate the tree Saturday morning..... and after that maybe we'll get some good quality Christmas shopping done ...lol! Nothing like leaving it to the last minute ;)

In the mean time I'll be getting the second and hopefully last coat of paint on the bthrm ceiling and walls, tiding up the house in general, figuring out what food we need to get before it's to to busy in the grocery stores... knitting up Kevin's second comically long sock and starting Pa's pair... no time like the present to get stuff done!

I almost forgot I still need to make a bag for my Q4 bag swap partner!
This I rember as I'm blocking the just felted bags.

If only I could have another helping of time!

The dungeon  to basement tranformation is coming along rather well. I now have an almost complete bathroom, running water at the sink and the toilet will be installed over the next day or two, the light fixture and towel racks and what not can go up whenever and just a touch up coat of paint and well be done (the shower doors will be in in the new year) and we will have an almost three peice bathroom!

All of this basement work / action has come at a cost for sure though... usually at thi s time of year I spend nearly ever day witrh my Pa over at his tree farm just keeping him company and helping with the tree stuff.... Itt is so nice to sped the time with him and see all of the happy families coming and going. He has seasonal music playing so that you can here it outside... and a couple of years ago we were offering spiced cider, but I imagine this year without my help he isn't doing that. We all really enjoy Pa's place as we have all had a hand in helping to develope the tree farm. We all helped with some clearing when he first purchased the land and Kevin has planted many of the trees, Billie goes over every year and fertilizes the trees, she also helps with the baby trees when they need their first handle pruning done. I help mow inbetween the trees during the growing season as the grass gets quit tall during the summer months.... and well Kayne he likes to supervise :) He has yet to really truly do anything with the trees, but his time will come. Well I guess you could say that he is the checker / driver as he likes to take Pa for rides on the golf cart down into the feild.
We always get our tree from pa's place but have yet to get one as Kevin won't be home until Friday the 19th, so the plan is to go right after the kids are out of school and get our tree and then put it up first thing Saturday morning. I guess you could say that we are cutting it a bit close but we would all rather wait for Kevin to be home to take part in the tree action with us.

Good vibes going out to my Pa today as he goes in for his knee replacement surgery.

Wishing him the smoothest of surgeries, no complications, the most gifted and capble doctor anyone could hope for,  a fast and smooth recovery with as little pain as possible.

Loves to my Pa.
*hugs*