Happy Birthday Daddy!

"Happy Birthday Daddy! I hope you had a good time with Mommy. I can't wait to celebrate with you in person next year. Love, BB"

Yesterday, was a very exciting day. Not only was it Darian's 32nd birthday. Our baby furniture arrived.

Our day started with a B-Day breakfast at "Country Boy" for our birthday Man. Then it follow by some shopping at Baby R Us. We weren't shopping for ourselves this time. This trip was for our friends Terri and J.R. Their baby is due a week ahead of BB. Let me say, I have gotten to know the layout of our Baby R Us pretty well in the last couple of months. After that, my dad and brother came up and help us pick up our furniture. We had purchased it from Once Upon A Child. It is a brand new crib and change table/dresser. Did you know that they also carry brand new stuff. Well, I didn't. We had only stopped in there because I was looking for some clothing for myself.

When the furniture got home, I was very excited to get it put together. So I put the boys to work, again. And yes, on Darian's birthday. The dresser came already assemble, but not the crib. We went over the pieces and found that one of the pieces had a chip. So let's just say, crib is not together. (We are now waiting for the replacement piece - I hope it comes soon.)

Change Table/Dresser

Crib in pieces

Happy Birthday Darian
Hope you made a good wish.

BB has a new cousin

Congratulations to Sheldon, Amanda and Joceyln. Their family of three is now four. Welcome to the world Spencer. BB can't wait to meet all of you.

In other news, I went to the gym today. It has been about 5 months since I was last at the YMCA. It felt really good. I took an aerobics class. Did not do any running or jumping, but I did every thing else. I am really proud of myself. I think I will go again tomorrow. (As long as I get a good night sleep)

Update

Well, today was my last visit with my family doctors. My care will be transfer to Dr. Potts. OBGYN. All is well with BB, mom and dad.

Mom status:

Weight: 140.8 lbs (gain 8 lbs)
Measurement: 25 inches
Blood Pressure: A little low, but not a big concern.
Sleep: Not too bad, waking up every couple of hours.
Bathroom trips: Many

BB status:

Age: 25 Weeks and 1 day
Heart rate: 144
Movement: A lot. Sometimes kicks can get pretty strong.

Hope to have picture to post soon.

No News is Good News

It has been a week since I last blogged. Well, nothing much has changed. All is well here. I and BB are enjoying having this week off. Can't believe in two days we are back to work.

Officially A Butt

So... since it is our 6 month anniversary today, I thought it was appropriate to officially change my last name. I officially changed my last name. No longer a Tan, now a Butt. I've only changed two documents so far, but it took me most of the day to do it. Changing my drivers licence didn't take very long, but to change my S.I.N. That took almost an hour. There was a long line at the social insurance place. Most people there were trying to get unemployment. It was very sad to see so many people there. But I guess these are the times.

Happy 6 Months Anniversary

Wow! How time flies. It has been 6 months since Darian and I said our "I Do's". And now only about 3 months and 3 weeks till our family of 2 becomes 3.

Last day of work.... for now. I have a week off. It's March Break. I so need it.

Since I got the body pillow I was sleeping better. No more aches on my side. But now, I am getting up every few hours again. (Sleeping didn't last very long) I get up at least twice a night to use the bathroom. I guess this is mother nature's way of getting you ready for a crying baby.

In other news, I saw BB move. BB's kicks have been getting stronger lately. So the other day, while watch TV, I put the remote control on my stomach to see if it would move. The remote control did. Very exciting. The remote control would vibrate. Later that night, when Darian was home, and I though BB was move quite hard, I wanted to show him. But I guess BB was a little shy. And this morning I decide to lay the remote control on my stomach again and this time, the control didn't vibrate but it actually moved up and down. So, I took the control off and was able to see my stomach move. Very Cool!

Bassinet and more kicks or something

Here is a picture of the new-used bassinet. It vibrates, plays music, has a small light build into it and also it rocks. Funny thing was when I ask the lady if it did rock she said "No. However it comes on a stand and there is storage underneath." When I got it home, Darian said it looks like it can rock. So he played with it and figured out how to make it rock. Bonus for us!



Also, this morning, Darian was able to feeling more kicks from BB. He felt 5 of them in a row. BB is definitely getting stronger.

All is well

So... last weekend we went out and got me a body pillow. And yes, finally it has been a week of sleeping, most of the time. (I still get up twice a night to use the bathroom). My friend Nancy had given me some ideas on how to be more comfortable in bed. One of her suggestion is to use a lot of pillows (please read comment from "Sleepless in Kitchener"). When I read her comment, I had to laugh. Why?... Well, I already had 3 pillows and 1 body pillow in the bed. The bed is getting quite crowd already. If I add any more pillows I think Darian will have to move. I did suggest that to him and he didn't seem to happy.

BB's room is slowly coming together. We have finally clear it out of all the stuff but the queen size bed.

And on Thursday I brought my second baby gear. A bassinet. I got it used from Craig's list. It still looks brand new. Apparently this lady I bought it from only used it for 3 months and she got it in August. (I will post picture of that soon).

Finally pictures: Do we look more tried! (Don't forget to cast your vote: only 121 days left)

22 Weeks and 2 days (Do you see any changes?)

Mama picture 1


Mama Picture 2


Papa

A little input from Darian

So, Audrey does not think I blog enough... She is probably right as this is my first post.

Audrey is having trouble sleeping, and when she has trouble sleeping Darian has trouble sleeping for some strange reason...... Hopefully the body pillow we picked up yesterday help, for both of our sakes.

We started clearing out what will become the babies room today, still lots of work to do thou. It is where we were storing Audrey's 'stuff' after she moved in. All I can say is that I see a garage sale on the horizon.

The baby's started moving around a lot and I have even felt a few kicks myself. It makes everything seem even more real.

Cheers,

Darian