The Month of May

Seeing as May is almost finished and I haven't posted since the beginning of the month, this is going to be a post all about our month of May....
It started off with us buying a new car. We were already looking because we knew we’d need a 4 door and something bigger for when the baby came. So one day a 2006 Ford Five Hundred came into the dealership where Josh works to be traded in. The guy that had owned it had worked at the dealership and taken really good care of it. We had to decide right away so we took it for a test drive and had it bought by the end of the week. It’s quite a fancy car, not something we would have normally picked, but it has so much more room and a lot of great features.

Our New Car
Also this Month Josh and I celebrated our 2nd year anniversary on May 6th.

It’s crazy that 2 years has already passed. It’s been a very busy month so we haven’t had a chance to do anything to celebrate. So we decided on this: We both have different picks of who is going to win the Stanley cup. Josh says Detroit and I say Pittsburgh. So whoever loses this bet has to plan a get away for our anniversary. The way the series has been going, it looks like it's going to be me planning something :) Well that’s if we can find a weekend before the baby comes where we don’t already have a wedding to go to, a baby room to get finished, a deck to take down and build…wow it’s going to be a busy summer!
We also had a couple great weekends of family visits this month. First Sarah and Isaac came up to spend the weekend while Brad was in Edmonton for hockey. It’s been so wonderful having Sarah close especially with the baby coming. She’s been so helpful with tips on buying baby things, and lending me maternity clothes…it’s been so wonderful!
On the Saturday morning, Isaac woke up a little earlier then Sarah so we had a little photo shoot. I love all of his expressions

For May long weekend we had my whole family come up for a visit. Jason flew from Toronto and Shelley and my parents drove up from Vernon. It was such a wonderful weekend relaxing, eating my mom’s wonderful home cooked meals, playing lots of games, and just hanging out as a family.
Here are some pictures of us playing "Quelf". Such a fun game!! It brought lots of laughs....

We were all pretty pooped after the weekend...especially Emmett!

This past Monday, Josh and I got back from a weekend in Edmonton for YC. It’s a big youth conference of about 16,000 people with bands and speakers and all that fun stuff. It was an amazing weekend that I know impacted a lot of our youth.

There were many great concerts and the baby was definitely dancing and kicking through lots of them. Let's just hope he/she doesn't come out addicted to loud rock music and greasy food because of this weekend :)
Well that's the update for now. Sorry about the long post. I’ll try and split it up a little better next time :)

Happy May 1st

What, it's May already!! Wow, so sorry about the lack of posts recently. There's been a lot to post about, but I've just been a bit lazy :) First of all, we'll start with baby :) Here are the pictures from our ultrasound a couple weeks ago. It was amazing to see how much the baby has grown from our last picture...

Here is the outline of the baby's face and belly.

Here you can make out the little toes and legs.

Here is the updated belly picture. People keep telling me that I'm pretty small, but I'm beginning to realize that it's not such a bad thing. As long as the baby is the size it needs to be (which he/she is) then I'm happy. At least I'm bigger then Josh now :)

21 Weeks (Over Halfway!!)

We also have some sad news...Dr. Pepper, our goldfish that we've had for a year and a half has passed away. We're actually surprised that we had him that long so we're pretty proud of ourselves for keeping a goldfish alive for more then a day. Now we'll have to move up the scale and get something a little more tricky...any suggestions?