33 weeks pregnant

George took this picture of me on Sunday, two days before Blake was born so you can see just how big (or small) I was when he was born.

School trip

When Faith got back to school after Christmas, we found out that the kids were going on a field trip to the local arena for a morning of skating. I volunteered to go and help tie skates...you can imagine what taking two classes of 5 year olds skating can be like.

The morning of the trip, Faith informed me at breakfast that "Daddy said to make sure you don't go on the ice." Sheesh!

Anyway, the trip was fun for everyone (although laughable for me trying to get around my pregnant belly while tying skates :). The kids were quite amazing. They ranged from pro skaters to never been on blades.

Faith did a great job. She skated around and around and around and around, thanks to a little help from the "kid bars" at the arena. She even skated by herself for a bit (with a little help from her teacher).

Generation gap

Faith is definitely growing up with a different perspective on pop culture than we had. We started reading Charlotte's Web this week as we're planning to see the movie tomorrow night. But, for the first few days, she called the book "Charlotte's Web Site".

The week before, George had been excited that Charlie Brown's Christmas was on TV. He wanted Faith to be just as excited and told her at supper that they could watch Charlie Brown's Christmas Special that night. Faith's response?

"Who's Charlie Brown?"

Why I don't want to be a boy

Faith declared last night that she's very happy she's not a boy. Why, you might ask?

"I don't want to be a priest. Not a Catholic priest. Because I want to get MARRIED."

Dr's appointments

The last two days held dr's appointments for Faith and I. Faith saw our family doc on Thursday morning as a follow-up check on her diagnosis of pneumonia last week. Yes, pneumonia. She is fine now, other than a lingering cough, but the week before Christmas was really interesting. I got a kidney stone on Monday night and we found out Faith had pneumonia on Tuesday. This was a great double-whammy of sick women in the house for George, but luckily my mom came up for a few days to help us out, and then George's parents arrived a day early to spell her off. (Having family to help out is a huge bonus.)

My doctor's appointment was with my OB yesterday to do the normal check on the baby and get the results from my most recent ultrasound. All good news. My blood pressure is down (thanks to being off work I suspect), my ultrasound showed NO MORE KIDNEY STONES!, the baby weighs about 3.3 lbs and his head down, and the OB thinks I'll get to about 35 weeks before I have junior b. And the best part...I had only gained 2.5 lbs since my last visit! And that's with plenty of Christmas gorging!

Oh yes, and if anyone is ever interested, kidney stones are worse than labour. First off, intense, sudden pain, second, you "give birth" to a kidney stone and not a warm, snuggly baby. I was very happy to hear that I don't need to expect any more of those suckers. I don't want another midnight trip the hospital! (Well I can handle it if it's a baby.)

Experimenting with the new camera

Boxing Day hangover

Christmas was hard on Faith and George. They flaked out the next afternoon after a visit from Uncle Duncan and Deanna and caught some zzzzzs. This was really just a late Christmas present for George, who still misses when Faith would fall asleep on his chest as a baby.