It's a BOY!

Daniel and I found out on the 20th that we were having a little boy! It was quite exciting. I breathed a sigh of relief. I always wanted a little boy first. Have the big older brother protecting and all. That and I wasn't ready to have a daughter just yet. haha I grew up with sisters. It's time for Boys to enter this family! So I am quite excited! (Lots of people were shocked when we told them boy. they were pretty set that we were having a girl. Nope it's a boy. and there was no doubting it!)

So remember that other post I mentioned. This is it. This is how we told Gerald and Cindy that it was a boy.
 We filled a bag with 8 Blue and 8 Pink balloons. Inside were papers that said.. If I were a boy I'd leave the toilet seat up. & If I were a girl I'd have long hair. Stuff like that that really didn't give them any clue as to what we were having.

Bag full of Balloons

Very excited.. Don't let that fake smile fool you.

A note we had in there.

The note we had in there Said something like "oh oops. we left the score even. See ya at dinner. We'll bring the answer then."
The tie breaker balloon was a pink balloon with a blue balloon blown up inside. So from a first look it looked pink. When ya actually held the balloon you could see the blue one side. Inside the blue one there was the final piece of paper that said. "I'm A BOY!"
It was quite exciting. Seeing the pink balloon about through everyone for a loop. haha So it was fun to trick them just a little.

Now the time has come to start getting things ready for this little munchkin. We have some cute receiving blankets from Cindy and a few onesies we have gotten. Now it's time to get the crib and start cleaning up that room. Can't wait!!!

Christmas Time

I figured I should probably post about Christmas before the New Year comes and goes again. :P
So here it goes, not quite as adventurous as last years but still a great Christmas.
***I even kept it shorter this year! And sorry for the lack of pictures.. my camera is on my TV in Lloyd!***

December 22- We left our humble abode to go join our lovely families. Typically the drive takes about 5 1/2 hours but this one took 8 cause we swung through Calgary to pick up our new 2001 Honda CRV that we bought! (That was our Christmas gift!)

Beauty isn't it? We quite like it!

Well we got down there with out a hitch and spent some good quality time with Family.

December 23- Woke up in a lovely King Sized bed at G&G Stephen's house. (our favorite place to sleep) And took off to Christmas Sunday Church in my hometown of Magrath! After Sacrament we bailed out cause I was STARVING so we ransacked my parents house for food and then made it back in time for Relief Society and Priesthood. Then my parents fed us again. (I'm telling you, I just can't feed this body enough somedays!)

Then we went to Daniel's parents house around 4 for a lovely Sunday Roast dinner. Talk about Noise level! haha it was fun seeing all the nephews and Niece and playing with them. 

The event of this night was when one Nephew came over to us with his hand over his mouth and his eyes wide open. Everyone starting moving and told him to RUN to the Bathroom. We'll he didn't quite make it. So puke went everywhere. It was good bonding time for Dan and his brother who got to clean it all up. The house smelled very "pine-soly". Eventful these gatherings are I tell ya.

December 24- Didn't wake up to early at all. Slept in. :) Best thing. But we decided to bail on family mostly for this day and hang out with our awesome friends Lindsey and Brad. It was a blast! We played some tennis, bowling, and golf on the Wii and then took their stinky dog for a walk. (that was a bit chilly but still good to get out and about) and then came back to their place to place some Mario Kart and Sonic. It was quite the epic time. So much fun. We all decided we gotta move closer together so we can have some serious fun all the time! 

We took off just before five to grab some White Elephant goodies for my Aunt and Uncle's Christmas Eve shindig that we have at their house every year. 

Dinner is always soup in bread bowls which is the best! Then we have a little "Christmas Apron Program"

Sing some songs, Nativity, read stories, play Christmas Bingo, and the Right/left game.

It's a blast. And Crazy to see how my family has grown in the year with all the little kids running around and the noise level that is just INSANE! (Basically my grandpa can turn off his hearing aid and hear just fine this night everyone is so loud!)

hanging out. Sorry Melina.. didn't realize i caught ya mid yawn. 

kids doing the nativity

It's a pretty fun night. We left around 8 and went back to my parents house to open the traditional one gift. Which was  PJ's this year. Then we let my mom open a gift we had brought which was a little boy onesie announcing to them what gender our baby was.
We made it back to his grandparents house just shortly after midnight. Then we got talking with them till about 2 AM.

Dec 25- We woke up just (well I should say I woke up Daniel was still out like a light) I woke up just after 8. Woke Daniel up and we ran out the door for breakfast at my parents. Yum Yum! We opened the gift from my parents. We got this little monkey onesie for my little monkey that's on the way. I think he'll look quite cute in it. :)
We started watching Pitch Perfect but I fell asleep. haha I was a little tired... and I'd only been up for a few hours.
We left at 2:30 for Stephen and Janessa's house for Christmas Dinner. We brought with us the Tie breaker balloon for Gerald and Cindy. (that's another post) It was funny to hear them talk about the Pink balloon Daniel had in their hands. haha they thought they had all guessed wrong. It was pretty Clever if ya ask me. When you got up close you could see the blue balloon inside. Anyway it was quite fun.
Dinner was noisy and delicious. Everything a huge family dinner should be.
After the hub-bub had died down and people left we were all just sitting around talking. And my little Nephew upheaved his guts...Again. This time it was Dad-Son bonding. haha.

Dec 26- Daniel took off for Calgary to Ref the Mac's tournament going on there. It's a pretty big deal apparently. :) But before he left he got to feel baby kick for the first time. This little dude is definately going to be a soccer player! I get some pretty swift kicks all the time now. It's cool and weird all at the same time!!!... And I went to my parents house and got to spend the day with them and have another huge family dinner (Baby and I are kinda sick of Mashed potatoes and that right now). With Amie and Michael and Ty and Becky and Maddie and Brooklyn. It was quite the party. I have some pretty adorable Nieces and Nephews.

That about concludes the Holiday fun. Now it's just time to hide out and get all my sanity back. haha... I can dream alright? Hope Everyone had a very Merry Christmas!

19 weeks!

Well I guess we're about due for another post about my baby and I.

Highlights of the last two weeks are:

- I've started to feel this baby moving and kicking. Mostly when I'm just chilling on the couch, reading to Daniel or have been hunched over for a period of time.

-I have started to be able to eat meat again. As long as I don't have to touch it raw. (beef still not a fan of but  chicken is slowly coming back)

-I actually feel that I look pregnant and not just "too much cake" kinda belly.

-I have more energy again and don't have to always have a nap after work

- By the end of work my lower back is pretty sore. But being lazy on the couch till Daniel gets home usually does the trick

- I can no longer sleep or lay on my back for longer then five minutes. 

-Baby decides that I have to pee at least twice a night.

That's really all I can think of now.
Next week will be exciting because on December 20 we will find out the gender!!! :) :)
Yes we are going to find out! I can't wait! Baby please cooperate!

19 weeks.

Sorry no 18 week picture. We forgot! :)

guess what's back???

You guessed it.


Hockey.


And in full swing may I add.

Do I mind. No....kinda.... just a little bit. It means I get my husband for the whole week...weekends he's gone. Oh well. Gives me time to get stuff done now that it is officially Christmas time and he's not around to ask questions about what I'm doing. :) Sneaky sneaky!
I am glad he's out and about doing what he loves to do... even if it seems a little crazy. And really who doesn't mind the extra money coming in?
I don't really get or understand his passion for hockey. but hey let's face it there's stuff he doesn't get about me either and the things I like to do. (or don't like. :P )
I keep thinking maybe one day I'll understand more when our kids start playing or something.. we'll see. Not holding on to any high hopes there. I mean I've been around hockey since I was little... and at 21 do I get it? No... so whose to say another 5-10 years won't change that.....

Speaking of the little munchkin... growing rapidly. 

Week 17 people! woot woot! 

I'm feeling great now that baby has decided food is a good thing for mom to have. and baby has even started sharing energy with me. How kind. :) 

Sleep is good.... most nights as long as I have 4 pillows! :) (not even kidding slightly here people. I even have a body pillow. we're not the best of friends yet but we're working on it)

I finally let work know I was pregnant. What a bombshell that was for them. Didn't even see it coming! they are so good about it. Now they're all amazed they didn't know before with the "cute little baby bump" I have.  Well when you're not looking for it you're not going to see it. 

Surprise!

16 weeks. 

17 weeks. 

Let's be honest here... it still looks like I'm eating too many donuts. But it's shaping up better. Give me another week or two.

**still weirds me out seeing my body like this..There's actually a baby in there...My baby....**

The Future

There's our future right there.
At least I already know what it's partly going to look like.

:)

The Joys of Sneezing

I can't even believe it...As if sneezing wasn't enough oh it's own. Add in pregnancy and small bladder and you have got it all. 

I mean besides feeling like my hips are going to explode off my body I now have the added pleasure of wetting myself as well. 

Embarrassing.

Luckily I was no where public at the time of this incident. 

But still.... 

15 weeks.

Alright, 

I am 15 weeks today based on the whole due date and this app we have on Daniel's phone. :) Exciting!

I can definately tell that I have a belly. Others may not see it but I do (and I can feel it too.)

It's a different perspective looking down and seeing my belly pop out. Not used to that. Well kinda... but before I could just stand up straight and WALA it was gone. 

Anyway, 

some people wanna see this belly picture and what not and hey it may be little but i'm excited!

Not quite feeling the baby move around yet... sometimes I think I might... but I could be over excited too.

13 weeks just barely something there

15 weeks now it's see-able. 

It's amazing how much changes in 2 weeks. 

:)

Southern Alberta :)

So this last weekend we went on an impromptu road trip down south. Okay... we had kinda planned it a week before we went down.
My sister Becky had her kid's baby blessing on the 11th and we didn't want to miss that.
Daniel reffed the Saturday night however and didn't get home till.... 1:20. (I was asleep) Well considering he was wide awake and had woken me up and we were planning on leaving around 3:30 AM anyway... we jumped in the car while it was still warm and away we went. :)
It was 2:00 by the time we got out of Lloyd. :) awesome.
Well by about 3:00 I decided to cave and sleep. But oh yeah... being pregnant my body craves sleep yet detests it at the same time. Sleeping in a car... not the best idea. But I managed to curl up in the back seat and mummify myself so I wouldn't hear the radio and got oh 1 1/2- 2 hours of sleep.
By the time I got to drive it was 5am. Best shift ever! I got to watch the sun come up and the fog disappear! it was cool. though all the Fog was reminding me of the movie Brigadoon (anyone?) I got to find it and watch it again.
Well we made it to my parentals house at 8:30. Impressive hey? They were a little shocked they were expecting us to just walk into church right before the baby blessing. SURPRISE! haha
Well we made it to the baby blessing and it was wonderful! I got to hold that cute little niece for the first time! :) LOVE IT! Becky makes thee cutest babies. just saying. :)

Another reason for us going down south was so that Daniel could go hunting and be a man and bring home meat for our deep freeze.
So they (Daniel, Greg, and Bryan) set off Monday 10:00 and were gone till 4:45. it was a very unsuccessful day.
Tuesday (Daniel, Bryan) left around 6 AM. were gone till noonish. Successful for Bryan but no luck for Dan.
Wednesday (the day we had to leave we had decided to leave by 2:30) Daniel went out around 7:30 with Greg for a little bit out around my g-ma's. .... Nothing. I went out with him for a little before lunch.. bad idea. I got super hungry and had to pee (that equals a grumpy wife. mixed with a hubby who hasn't shot anything grumpy truck) So my grandma fed us and you could tell Daniel was ready to give up. Then my sister came in saying she saw a buck running through the trees. Wow did Daniel move fast.

****According to some hunting stipulations he can only shoot a buck in the Magrath zone. Which is a bummer cause there are millions of Doe's around. But you have to put in a draw for that****

So he ran around again (it's about one o clock he told me he'd be back by 2:30. At about 3 I started to wonder where he was. He wouldn't answer his phone so I was a little worried but I figured I'd freak out around 4 if I hadn't heard from him. Cause lets face it Magrath area is a dead zone.. especially when it comes to reception service! Well shortly after I decided this I got a call from him saying that he'd shot a buck! Wow was he excited! like I could feel him jumping out of his pants over the phone!
So I came out to my grandma's and found this:

I have a very Happy Husband! :)
And a lot of meat for our freezer! :) :)

Snow.. snow...snow..snow!

this is how I feel after being outside for 5 minutes.

this is what I think it looks like outside..


not to far from the truth I think.

Time to watch that movie I think.

With some of this
 

Cuddle time! please come back Sun!

The Secret is Out!

Baby Fyfe is on it's way!!!!


I figured something was up September 1st. But wasn't late or anything. So we waited. and waited. I started work on the 4th and we waited.  September 5th I couldn't take it any more. I was a whole 2 days late and couldn't stand it! I've never been late so I kinda knew already. So, we got me a pee stick. And the result was there 2 minutes later.

Just a little excited

But we decided to keep it on the D.L. :)
Weeks passed pretty quickly thank goodness and the only problem I had was I was tired all the time! Well until week 5 came. Then food tasted kinda like sand. Yuck. Didn't get to much worse then that. Except for maybe the 3 week period I ate like nothing and lost about 10lbs. (awesome) How you can lose weight when you stomach and boobs are growing is beyond me. (TMI sorry).
I haven't been too sick and I'm counting my blessings that I have still been able to work! Morning sickness. BAH! Evening sickness is where it's at! Don't know how many times Daniel came home to me asleep on the couch. But he survived without me cooking dinner so... we know he can do it! :)

I had my first appointment with Dr. Naude on the 22nd. It was... exciting? Well okay, I got to hear my baby's heartbeat. Then they move on to other things. Not so exciting! But it was awesome to hear that heartbeat and to hear the doctor say everything looks really good!
Then a week and a bit later we get to Today!!!
I got to see my beautiful little baby!
I am 13 weeks!
And Loving life right now!
Sickness is going away and food is becoming awesome once again! (especially fruit!)

Our ultrasound tech was awesome! She was talking and laughing with us about how stubborn this kid is already. Didn't want to show off his profile. Only his back and butt. (takes after Daniel.) We "woke" him up at one point and watched him do some summersalts. Never showing his face! haha talent I know!

*** When we say "him" it's generic. We don't know the gender. We'll find out just before Christmas! What better gift can ya get???***

Look at that cute little butt! :)

Love the feet! they are crossed at the ankles. :) Just chillaxin in my uterus!

and the cute little profile shot we finally got! just before baby rolled back over!

Amazing. Weird to think Baby is really only around the size of a peach but so formed!

Well I'm sure i'll have more posts soon! Yes we'll put up pics of the belly as I get one. :P
And Baby is due
May 11, 2013! :)

Thanksgiving

What a weekend! Sad and glad it's over all at the same time.
My weekend started Friday at 3:15 :) I got home and just vegged (like normal) until the hubby came home.
Saturday I got to sleep in and watch me some conference. Daniel had to go to work (sucker) just for the morning. Daniel got home and shortly after his parents arrived for the weekend. And then Daniel abandoned us yet again to Ref a hockey game. So we put in a movie and chillaxed and then I went to bed. :)
Sunday we lounged for a bit then I went to the church for the morning session of conference and Daniel went to another Hockey game of his. (poop head) So My inlaws and I went to Rommel's house (Daniel's cousin) and visited for a while. And then even longer while my FIL and I waited for the MIL to stop talking. :P no worries. After about 45 mins after we said goodbye we got out. :) oh family.
Then we played some serious gamage and went to bed. :) (so much sleeping. LOVE IT)
Monday we lounged in bed until 9. AMAZING. and then went to Smitty's for breakfast. Delicious! Best Waffles ever! Then lounged around all day while the turkey cooked.
The Low's came over around 4:30 and we put together the rest of the meal and ATE! it was delicious!

****My computer is retarted and didn't straighten the pictures. Tilt your heads. :P****

Daniel eager to eat

Gerald working on the Turkey! So glad I didn't have to make it! Though he makes it look easy! another year perhaps

Delicious food! but I forgot the stuffing in the microwave the whole time. FAIL

Look at all those happy people!

look even I'm there!

Afterwords we played some intense games! Awesome! So glad everyone could come and have a good time!
Next year. . .  I'm all for my Mom making my turkey dinner. . . . hopefully. :)  (though it wasn't as bad as people make it sound!)

Our Home Part 2

Alrighty

The Living Room

Alright. Let's head downstairs!

Craft Room still need to unpack and set up. 

Spare room 

Our room isn't up... it's a mess. :)

So the Bathroom.
Again... lets Recap

GROSS

Demolition Time

Now time to put it back together

Tiling

All done tiling. What a work

TADA!!!!!!
That's our house. WE LOVE IT! so fun to be in it and see all the hard work we've done. It's been so worth it!

Now we'll have to have some parties and break it in!

Our Home :) Part 1

Well Everyone has been asking how we're settling into our new place. We'll.. WE LOVE IT! It's been quite fun to actually be in the house not doing reno's but actually living! Big thanks to everyone that helped us move, renovate and everything we had to do before we moved in. 

So now to showing everyone. I was waiting to take pictures when my house is all neat and tidy and everything put away.. but let's face it... that rarely happens. So here they are!

The Front (the day we took posession)

Front Entrance

There used to be a wall here. It's gone now! This is looking into the dining room!

My dining room!

Landry room

Closet in Laundry room.. still needs organizing

upstairs half bathroom

THE KITCHEN!
To truly appreciate what I have now lets take a look at what I first had...

YUCK!

This is basically what I had for a kitchen... PATHETIC!
Here's all the hard work that went into the Kitchen.

Getting things ready to rip out

The new kitchen... Doesn't look like it will fit in

but it fits quite nicely

getting the counter tops in

FINISHED!

Beautiful Hey? I LOVE IT! and to go with my new kitchen... DISHES

Up Next!
Living Room and Downstairs!