TGIF!

Wow, it felt like a long week!

Work just seemed to have dragged on even though I was crazy busy! Maybe because I just had enough and I'm wishing everyday that I was somewhere else other than work. Anyway, 2 more weeks of work and I'm done! yay! I am definitely counting down!

Also, after today, I have 28 days left before baby comes! Me so scared! I'm excited but probably more on the scared side now....all I keep on thinking is the pain that I'm going to feel once labor hits. Not looking forward to it that's for sure. Jenn told me, it's only for a day so I keep on reminding myself that the pain I will feel will only be for a short period of time. I wish I could just switch it (like the Dairy Queen commercial) and have Mark deliver the baby :) he!he! I'm sure he would love that! NOT!

Dairy Queen Commercial Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SOcEKeubzk&search=Dairy%20Queen%20Commercial


Oh yeah, my sister dreamt that I had a baby girl and that my labor was only 6 hours long. Maybe it's a sign...maybe it's a twin thing. I guess we'll find out if she's right soon enough.

I also went for my weekly doctor's appointment yesterday and baby and mom are happy and healthy. They did this internal exam which was pretty uncomfortable but let's just say that she was able to feel the baby's head! I guess that's a good thing...I just laughed nervously when she told me it might feel a little uncomfortable....A little??!!! yeah right...it was freaking uncomfortable alrgiht! I guess I might as well get used to it though coz there's more uncomfortableness to come! (okay, too much info) - - changing the topic right away!

Anyways, Lots to do this weekend! I am looking forward to it.
My friend Steph is having a condo warming party tomorrow and we're going to stop by. She's been working sooo hard to be able to buy this place (even worked 2 jobs and insane hours) and I am so proud of her! She is the funniest and funnest french girl friend I've ever had! I learned a thing or two from her too! (Love food! and Love Life!)

Also, Mark and I are going to watch the hockey game...on TV! yay! (you see, we don't have cable so we get excited about little things like this :) Game on! I hope Oilers loose! I know I'm gonna get heck from my family (they are major hard core Oiler fans) but cmon - - you guys don't have Kipper!

I'm also going to meet another girlfriend on Sunday (Lesley) and I'm looking forward to that too. It seems like so many people are wanting to see me before I pop! Oh well, it's great to have good friends!

Anways, I hope you all have an amazing weekend!
Ciao for now!
K

5 More weeks to go!

Wow! I can't beleive I am at 35 weeks! I weighed myself yesterday and I am now at 153 lbs! I might even hit 160 by the time it's all said and done :) I am feeling more pain in my lower back now (surprise) especially when I go to sleep. Walking has been slow for me lately too but I still manage to walk the pups 4 times a day. Mark has been really great and supportive so it's helping out for sure. He gives me back massages and make awesome dinners and gives me lots of encouraging words. I feel so lucky!

Anyway, this weekend we had family and friends over to celebrate Mark's birthday and it was a blast! We had some drinks and food and did some Karaoke! Everyone sang and I was so surprised to hear such amazing talent! Mark and I ended up going to bed at 2 in the morning but it was worth it! It was good to spend time with family and friends :)

Monday update - well, let's just say I am glad that Monday is almost over! I tell ya, I have just been hating work today! Hate is a strong word but that is the best description I would have to pick for today. I just can't wait to be done! Today, there were just too many people that wanted things done and there's only one me! Okay, I better stop before it gets ugly. I know I have co-workers that read my blog :) I'm gonna try to be nicey nicey now... oh well, 2morrow will be a better day! I hope!

Ciao for now,
K

Be Thankful!

Today is my dad's death anniversary and I have decided to dedicate this blog space to him. It's been about 15 years since he passed away. Each year as this day passes, I always feel a twinge of sadness about it. I guess the same sad emotion that I have felt on the day that I found out he was gone. Just numbing pain and sadness. I guess suicide deaths will always do that to you. It's not like saying 'Well, he died a good death" or "he died happily". Unfortunately for our family it was tragic but se la vie!

All I can say is to be thankful for the people in your life. Especially your parents and your family. You never know what will happen tomorrow.

I'm sure he would have been proud to be a grandpa :)

Anyway, that's all folks! Have a wonderful weekend!
K

Good things come in 3's!

1) So yesterday, I went and saw my doctor again and Mom and Baby are happy and healthy. I weighed myself the other day and I now weigh a whopping 151 lbs! I also noticed that my stomach seemed lower so that tells me that baby is dropping and I am now able to breathe a little better. Mind you I should just move my office to the washroom because that's where I find myself often lately :) Also, my doctor told me that it's time to see her once a week! That's great news for me because this tells me that baby is almost ready to come out. yay!

2) Mark's birthday celebration was a success yesterday as well! I managed to invite his Dad, Mom, Sister (Evie), her boyfriend (Chris), Brother (Gordie) and Wife (Kara) to meet us at Smugglers Inn for dinner last night. Mark didn't know this and he was definitely surprised and happy to see them! It was a perfect birthday dinner celebration! Way to go Krissy pants!
3) I also found out last night that my other condo has been officially sold! yay! Since the market has been great lately, I meant to list at 140,000 but my realtor said to list at 149,900....and lo and behold, someone wanted it for 160,000! yay! Calgary's market is just insane right now. Good for sellers but really bad for buyers.

I guess when life turns shitty, there will also be a time when it will be great! Things happen for a reason and I feel blessed and thankful and appreciative to have gone through some rough times in life! I know there will be more ahead but I guess you don't have a choice but to take them as they come and deal with them one thing at a time. You just have to have faith I guess. Ok, I'll stop being sappy now :)

I hope you all have a great Wednesday!
ciao for now,
K

Happy Birthday Mark!

Today is a very special day and I am dedicating my blog to wish my one and only amazing boyfriend, Mark a very Happy Birthday!
I am not sure if I'm allowed to say his age but if you check out his blog sometime, he might mention it then :) His blog address is: http://theesh.blogspot.com/
Anyways, I will update you more later!
Ciao,
K

Week 34 Update

6 more weeks to go!!!! I can't wait!!!!
Baby is taking so much room it's hard to breathe lately. I guess when baby drops I will feel much better but that's when I'll be visiting the bathroom more (it's not like I don't do that right now anyway)
Who ever tells you that pregnancy is a breeze is totally lying! It's not! I am usually so optimistic but I guess I just want to be truthful as well. It feels forever and there's always constant pain. Don't get me wrong, I love that I am pregnant...and I love my baby with every breathe of my being. It's just really tough right now. I guess most mom's will feel like this towards the end of their term when all they want is to get the baby out. Soon enough I guess :)
For all you men out there, just be glad that you are a man (Mark keeps on telling me that now after seeing what I've had to go through for the past 8 months) ok, no more complaints!
Mark and I are so excited to have our baby! This past weekend, we went to our prenatal class and it was such an eye opener. We definitely learned lots and we were so glad to have taken the course. My friend Michelle who is due 2 weeks ahead of me was there with her husband as well and it was great to have taken the class with them.
So it's just a waiting game now...Also I met Mark's family (on his dad's side) for the first time! It was so great to meet them all. There were lots of them from cousins to Aunts and Uncles and his Grandma (it was so fulfilling). I love being with family! they make you feel so at home and so blessed.
Anyways, hope you all had a great weekend.
Ciao for now,
K

I'm OK now

It is amazing what a day off can do to a person...especially a pregnant one :)

Yesterday I called in sick and spent the day (shopping and relaxing and doing more shopping)

Sorry all for sharing my bad day with all of you the other day.
That night, I went home and cried my guts out (I guess I just had enough)

To Bill (my stepdad) thank you for calling and checking up on me -- sorry I didn't call you back.
I wouldn't have been able to talk anyway...I would have just cried your ear off on the phone :)

No worries though, I feel much much better for sure.
Mark gave me a massage and took me out to my favorate sushi restaurant yesterday.

We also went and bought some new clothes for baby and our first set of 40 baby diapers! We were so excited to take it home! It made me feel so much better too.

To Mark, thank you for being so patient and understanding. I know I have been such a wreck lately (with my emotions being up and down) and you are always there to witness the ugliness of things. Thank you for loving me anyway :) You are going to be the best dad in the world! I know it!

Anyway, hopefully I won't get any more bad days like that one!
Have a great thursday!
ciao for now,
K

How I am feeling today: Warning: Content is Negative!

Today was a crappy day for me.
My whole body feels stretched, beat up and bruised!
It is so hard to stay positive right now.
I keep on thinking to myself, why the hell did I make April 14th as my last day?
I can barely make it to today!
I have 23 workdays left and I don't know if I can make it.
Oh well, I guess you are bound to get bad pregnant days!
Anyways, I will stop complaining now. I just needed to let it out somehow.

Week 33

Wow! it seems like time is flying by. Only 7 weeks to go and Mark and I have started going through the baby stuff that my sister gave me and we have already separated the baby clothes that we are going to use for the first 3 months. We are very lucky to have all that stuff already. From blankets to sleepers to more sleepers...I don't know..... what else would we need? any ideas? All I know is that we already have a car seat to transport baby from the hospital to home. I think that's the most important one for sure. We also have the travel lite crib so baby has a bed to sleep in.

Hey mom's and dad's out there, what other things do we need to get for baby? I know we need diapers but I'm also missing a few more items :)

Also, Mark's parents came by the other day to drop off the rocking chair....all we need to get now is a change table and I am not sure where to get a good one.

Anyway as you can see I have so many questions...I guess it's just normal considering we're getting close to that time.

Lots of things going on right now....will tell you more later!

K

Week 32 Update

This is going to be a short one as I wanted to update you on what's been going on with my life lately. As you can tell, with no recent blogs posted from me lately.... I have been quite busy!

This past Monday was my last class and I was so happy that it's finally over! I am very thankful and glad to have taken the flash course even though it felt forever at times and I've had my emotional days (ask Mark, he'll tell you :) I have learned so much from it and now I can totally make cool flash websites!yay!

I have also been busy at work lately. I feel like I'm being pulled from 5 places at once..I guess it's expected when you only have a month of work left. Anyways, I'm trying not to let it stress me out but it's definitely getting to me.

I am now at week 32 and almost reaching 150 lbs! man oh man, was I in denial the other night when I stepped on the scale! I could not beleive it! First of all, I had to look over to the side because my tummy is now covering the scale...I can't see my feet anymore! oh well, Mark thinks I look so cute at 150! I feel like a beluga whale but whatever! The other day, it took me an hour to walk my dogs and I was sooo dead by the end of the walk. It usually takes me 1/2 hour to do it but this time...a full hour! anyway, If you want to see what I look like at week 32, please check out Mark's blog at: http://theesh.blogspot.com/

ciao for now,
K

Thank You Jenn!

I just wanted to share something special that happened today.

I felt totally spoiled! My friend Jenn (who is the wife of my co-worker Darryl) stopped by at work today to give me 6 cookies! yum!yum!yum! (I didn't eat all of them of course - I was still able to share even though I'm pregnant :) I was soooo surprised and was so happy at the same time! They have the cutest little boy (Lucas) - you'll see what I mean when you see him - check out Jenn's blog at: http://jennandlucas.blogspot.com/

Anyway, here's the rest of my story. One day, I was totally craving something sweet so I asked Darryl if he could buy me a cookie and unfortunately he forgot! (sorry Darryl :) Anyways, I totally understood coz sometimes guys forget right? so I guess he went home and told Jenn and he got in trouble for it! And today she stops by at work with 6 cookies. Thank you Jenn! It really wasn't a big deal and you didn't have to go out of your way to do that. I totally appreciate it. Darryl is soooo lucky to have such a wonderful and beautiful wife!

Cool Buys

Yesterday was a good day for me...why? coz I went shopping! yahoo! It is amazing what shopping can do to a prego person like me. It wasn't really relaxing as I only had an hour left to shop but I managed to get a few necessities.

Body Shop - 4 Pronged Massager ($10.00)

A must buy whether you are pregnant or not! It is the most amazing massage tool I have ever seen! You have to go check it out at the BodyShop store and have someone try it on you! I was sold when the girl used it on my shoulders and back (I even bought two!). Forget booking yourself for expensive massages...just go and buy one or two of these gadgets and let your hubby do all the work! Trust me, you will thank me after! Note for Mom's to be: this is a needed item that you must bring when you go to the hospital.

Graco Travel Lite Crib

I actually found this travel lite crib at the e-children's store beside my work. It's like a smaller version of a playpen but can be used as a bassinet/crib/playpen. The cool thing about this is that it is much smaller and lighter so we can pretty much take it everywhere. It has wheels so that you can easily move it in and out of the bedroom. Aaand, it only cost 99$ so I was pretty proud of myself for finding something good for baby. Mark and I put it together last night and it totally hit us afterwards that we are going to have a baby soooon! We were pretty excited! I guess all we need to find now is a change table. Anybody know where to get a good one?

More Maternity Clothes

Yeah, beleive it or not, I actually needed to buy more bigger clothes. You know, the necessary items like underwear, bigger pants and bigger shirts (for the third trimester of course). I'm trying to make do of what I have because I only have a few weeks left but I just keep on getting bigger! And the bigger I get, the more uncomfortable my clothes feel....so I went to thyme maternity and got some good deals :)

More Miracle Creams

And yes, I had to buy another set of my miracle cream as I am pretty much done with the first batch. Went to shoppers and bought some Vit. E, Aloe Vera and some Cocoa Butter (instead of Vit. A this time). Just mix em all up and apply after you shower!

I think that's pretty much it...I wish I could have gotten more things like some "Ugg" like boots for $15 at the Shawnessy Aldo Outlet....they look so comfy I just want one!....maybe next time :)

Oh yeah, I also wrote my 'last day of work letter' today and that date is going to be April 14th. Two weeks before I'm due. Wish me luck! I hope I can still manage to keep on working for that long! I think I can, I think I can!

Anyways, that's it for now.
ciao,K.