155 Strong!

We went to the doctor today for my monthly check-up. Everything was right on track...only gained 1 pound...woohoo! BP was 124/70, so that was good as well. Dr S. was able to find the heartbeat very quickly this time...averaged between 155 and 160, which is where it is supposed to be.

As we were walking out of the clinic, Terry said, "That makes it all real...hearing the heartbeat." What a softy! It does really make it all seem a whole lot more real.

Next big date is Jan 12th, when we get to see our little babe on the ultrasound. I can't wait!

Hugs All Around!

We went to the Santa Brunch in Oak Lake on Sunday. What a fun afternoon! We had pancakes, sausage, eggs, hashbrown casserole, fruit, muffins, etc. for brunch. It was delicious!

There were a ton of activities for the kids to participate in. They had face paining,

a station where they made animal headbands, cookie decorating, kids shopping, and a bunch of other things. Breana had a blast decorating her cake, as you can see!

After she did that, she went into the shopping part. For $2 a gift, they can shop for mom and dad. I stood outside the area, and Grandma Ginny went in with her to help. Apparently, she didn't need any help, because Breana kicked her out! What a kid! I think she did a wonderful job!

Santa wasn't busy, so he came out into the table area to talk to a couple of the kids, and when he squatted down to talk to Tyler, Breana went over and give him a long, tight hug! This is a kid who wanted me to be with her when she sat on his knee! It was precious. After that, she went and sat on his lap and told him that she wants a flashlight for Christmas. A blue flashlight, to be exact. What a kid! Needless to say, she had a lot of fun, and got over her fear of Santa Claus!

Halloween 2006

I was finally able to get Breana's halloween picture uploaded today, so there she is. She had a blast trick-r-treating. She kept wanting to go to more and more houses. She was a beautiful little princess, if I do say so myself! We went up and down our block first, and then went in the truck to our friends around town. She fell asleep before we were home. I guess all that fun tires a little girl out pretty quickly!

My first Prenatal Appointment

I had my first prenatal appointment yesterday. All is well. We weren't able to hear the heartbeat yet. My Dr. moved my date from the 8th of June to the 13th. My blood pressure was normal (110/60) which is a relief! I hope I don't get high blood pressure again! Got on the scale and I didn't even gain any weight yet! Woohoo!

I am still feeling good. No morning sickness to speak of, which is a blessing. I am just getting over a cold, so that is good. I'm starting to feel a bit better in tems of tiredness. I can actually stay awake until 10pm!

I go back to the doctor in 4 weeks, so hopefully then we will be able to hear the heartbeat.

Please pray that this pregnancy goes well and that we have a healthy baby!

Plus One Makes Four

Yes, to answer all of the questions that we have been flogged with for the past 3 years, we are going to be having another baby! Yeah! Estimated delivery date in June 8, 2007. We had always wanted more than one, but God thought best that we should move into Brandon before we got pregnant again, so he made us wait a year and a half to get pregnant! Just goes to show that you have no control over it! The first took a month and a half, the second took a year and a half!

I seem to be feeling pretty good. No morning sickness to speak of. A little bit queazy first thing in the morning, but after that, pretty good. Pretty tired, though. Running after Breana, looking after the house, working...makes a preggo woman tired!

Anyhoo, theres our exciting news! Talk to you later.

I can't believe it...

After everything that was going on at the end of August...house renovations, moving, finding a babysitter, getting settled, having to study...I actually passed by Income Tax exam that I wrote! I squeaked by with a 69%, but hey, like my one boss said whose wife is taking the CGA course as well, that's like 100%! At least that one is over and done with, and I don't have to look at the Income Tax Act ever again if I don't want to!

Yeah for me!

It's been a while...

It's been a while since my last post, so I thought I should do it again.

Not a whole lot going on right now except Breana is having a time out for not listening. Go figure!

Terry and Breana came down with colds this last week, so both aren't feeling great. Friday, when Terry was in Wpg at the arenacross, he started getting an ear ache. After they were done there, and after they went for supper, they headed to the hospital because it was getting pretty bad. After a couple hours there waiting, they decided to come home. We went to the walk-in clinic on Saturday and he got some antibiotics. The doctor there said he probably won't hear out of that ear for about 3 weeks. I guess the infection is pretty bad. Needless to say, Terry is in a LOT of pain.

Breana went to her first non-family birthday party on Friday. It was Xavier's birthday from her babysitter. They went to the Royal Oak Inn. First of all, there was the Bubble Man. He made giant bubbles and put people inside the bubbles. It was neat. Then they swam, had snacks, pizza, drinks and swam again. Xavier opened his presents and then they hit a pinata. Breana had a lot of fun. It didn't take her long to fall asleep after we got home!

Not much else happening here. I filled 12 bags full of leaves from our front yard this morning. It was kinda cold out there! That's about it.

What a crazy couple of weeks!

Finally got some pictures of the house. This is the covered patio area. The garage is right behind this part of the house.

This above picture is the grass area of the back yard. On the right hand side there is a small fence between the garage and the house. There is rock and the patio on the other side of this fence.

Below is our kitchen (sorry for the mess).
This is Breana's room. She picked the colors out herself. Purple for the walls and yellow for the trim. The colors just so happen to match her bedspread!
This is our very empty living room upstairs. We put the laminate flooring in before we moved in and painted the whole upstairs except the kitchen, which we still have to do yet. Loving the laminate!
This is the outside of the house. The people that owned the house before us apparently thought that dark blue was a nice color to put on a house...well...it's not! We WILL be changing the color of the house because they used an awful blue for the trim. Hopefully first thing next spring that will get done!

Who would have thought...planes and trains all in one week? I went to Winnipeg on the 8th for work...one of our dealerships is there...and I flew with my boss in his 4 seater airplane. It was nice because it cut half of the driving time. It was kinda neat, I've only ever been in a plane once or twice before. Then, on the Wednesday after that, I went to Edmonton on a train!

I went on the Wednesday to go move Denise (my sister) back to Brandon. That sure is a nice way to travel. The train was a little bit late, but it was nice because I could sleep (well, kind of) and not have to worry about driving. It took about 13 hours to get there, so that's not all that much more than actually driving. We loaded Denise's U-Haul, just the 2 of us, in the rain, and we drove pretty well the whole way home in the rain. Rain...rain...and more rain. I am pretty sick of rain at the moment! Anyways, we got her unpacked last Saturday and I think she is settling in nicely.

Breana is sure loving her new babysitter. They are constantly on the go. There is a playgroup every day of the week that they go to. I took her yesterday to the one because I didn't have to work. She loved the playing part of it, but isn't really into singing the songs, yet you get her at home, and you can't shut her up. She sings at the top of her lungs! Different songs I guess. A lot of the songs she knows are Bible/Christian songs, and the ones at the playgroups are not. That might be why she doesn't want to sing.

Well, that turned out to be quite a blog!

Out with the Dial-UP

Wow! It's kinda nice to have high speed at home finally. After 6 years on dial up, its kinda cool!

This is my first day at home with Breana without having to study. We went for lunch with Terry, picked up some stuff from work, and went for a walk. I have a chiro apt today...this 3-day headache is getting really old!

Just thought I would try the old high speed out to see how it worked. Works pretty good!

Breana survived her first day with her new daycare. Terry dropped her off yesterday morning and only had to stay a few minutes until she got adjusted to the kids, etc. He said she didn't cry, so that was good. When I picked her up after I got off work, she was in good spirits.

Vanessa (Daycare lady) had done up a parents note detailing what they had done throughout the day, what they ate, how her demenour was, etc. She only had one time out the whole day because she hit Ty with her shoe after she thought he was going to steal her special Crocs that her Gramma Ginny bought her and she would have to get new ones!

The note said that she was quiet in the morning when the kids were playing on the trampoline, but she made really good friends with a couple of the girls that were there yesterday (She had three extra kids that she doesn't normally have).

Breana said that she liked it at Banessa's house and wanted to go back this morning, so that was good. I was not looking forward to her not liking it. I don't know what I would have done!

We are getting our Star Choice put in today. Yeah! TV again!!

The boxes in our living room upstair are slowly disappearing. One by one they are being put where they are supposed to be. I guess I will now have to start unpacking them. We got the trim put up in all the rooms except Breana's. We have to paint her trim yellow yet. Everything is starting to come together.

I forgot to say in my previous post that I got a new dishwasher! I came home from my exam last Wednesday and found Terry had went out to Home Depot and had bought one and had it almost installed! That was sure a nice surprise.

Anyhoo, better get back to work!

Becky

Well, we are officially moved into our new house. We moved this weekend with the help of Kim, Abe, Don, Audrey, Stephen, and my mom. They were all a BIG help. Terry got all the new flooring down and some of the baseboards. He put in some very long days before the move. It all looks great. The kids (Breana, Tyler and Samantha) were "big" helps too. We are still living mostly out of boxes as I had my Income Tax exam last night and have not had a chance to unpack anything. My free time at the beginning of the week was devoted to studying so I don't have to write this blasted exam a third time! This weekend is devoted to unpack and organizing. You don't realize how much you rely on knowing where everything is until you don't know where anything is!

About my exam, I think I did okay. I was able to finish the whole exam this time, whereas last time I wasn't able to finish a 25 mark question...which could be why I failed!!! We'll see if I made 65% when I get my marks in 2 months.

We've had a young girl looking after Breana this week. Her name in Nicole and Breana sure seems to like her a lot. She seems to be another "Katherine!" I had Nicole come over Tuesday afternoon so I could study in peace, and Breana didn't want to take her home when it was time for her to go, so I guess that is a good thing. She starts at Vanessa's house next week, so hopefully she is as gungho then as well.

We lose possession of our house in Oak Lake tomorrow. Breana and Terry went out on Tuesday to do some final clean up of the yard, so they went inside and said goodbye to Breana's room and all the other rooms. Breana has adjusted very well to her new house. I am amazed at how well she has done. She calls our house in Oak Lake the "bad house" and our new house the "good house". She likes the fact of being able to ride her bike everywhere in Brandon. She had a hard time riding her bike at Oak Lake because our lane was uphill and it was gravel.

Remi is adjusting slowly. He still doesnt' get the fact that he can't wander like he used to! No more daily trips to see Cocoa at Don and Audrey's! But he sure is liking the fact that we are home at noon, and right after 5, and that he gets to go a lot more in the car with us wherever we go!

Just thought I might update you, whoever you are, on what has transpired the last week or so at the Williams' household. If you are in Brandon, drop by, we would like to have more company at our house in Brandon than we did in Oak Lake, because we did not have very many visitors out there!

Becky

We have been working hard on our new house. We had to pull all the carpet out of the main floor due to dog hair. The previous owners had 3 border collies in the house, and Terry is allergice to pet hair and dander, needless to say, it didn't take very long for that carpet to hit the road! They had the carpets cleaned, but you should have seent the hair that remained under the baseboards and the carpet. It was really disgusting!

We've painted the living room, hallway, and the 3 bedrooms upstairs. Terry started laying the laminate flooring in our bedroom last night. It's going to look so good! I'm excited! Breana doesn't want to stay at the "bad" house anymore, she wants to stay at our new house. I guess she is ready to move. Hopefully she will adjust well.

We found a babysitter! Finally! Her name is Vanessa. She is a stay-at-home mom with 3 kids and another on the way for the end of January who will be finishing her teaching degree in the fall (all she has left to do is student teach). She seems to be a very nice lady, very carefree and loving. Her kids are Tzevi (pronounced Zevi), he's 10, is very friendly, and is visually impaired. Zavier is 4 1/2 and will be starting kindergarten this fall. He is a very active little boy!. Tyvek (Ty) is 3, and is also very active. They have a lot of toys, go to different playgroups every morning of the week, and seem to be really wonderful people. Terry is going with me to meet them tonight. I haven't met her husband yet so we'll "meet the men" tonight!

Anyways, we are planning to move our stuff into Brandon this weekend. If anyone is free, I'm sure there will be some boxes that need to be moved, so come on over. There might even be some cold beverages available! I am still trying to squeeze in studying for my CGA Income Tax exam that I have to write on the 30th. Nothing like having everything happen all at one time! I still have to pack the whole house.....AHHHHHHHH!!!

Oh well...at least I have a babysitter!

Well, we get possession of our new house today. I forgot our camera, so I'll have to post some pictures of it as soon as I remember to bring it! I interviewed a lady last night for babysitting. Man, it sure is difficult to find someone to leave Breana with. I think I am procrastinating accepting someone because I have never had to leave her with someone I or she didn't already know. I am meeting with another young lady tonight. Hopefully I get that "feeling" about her and it will all work out.

We starting loading the trailer on Sunday. All stuff that we haven't used in ages. Some of it was still packed from our move from Brandon to Oak Lake in 2000! I guess we really need that!

Might get to ride in a brand new combine tonight. I work at the New Holland dealership here in Brandon, and my boss runs a potato farm. His employees have been invited out tonight to go ride or drive a combine. Should be fun! Never been in anything newer than a 1977 (right Dad!).

Breana has adjusted well to coming home after being with Grandma Ginny for four days. Usually she is a monster because she gets so spoiled at Grandma's, but she seemed to be good this time.

We had a family supper last night welcoming Megan back from her time with VTI (Venture Teams International, a missions group) She just got back from Peru the day the people were arrested in England. She is home for a week and then off to China to teach English for 10 months. I don't think that girl will every stay in one place very long!

Anyhoo, better go eat.

Becky

Well, we went and saw our new house again last night. I'm getting pretty excited about moving. It will be so much nicer not having to drive all the time. We met the lady that we bought the house from and she seemed really nice. She said the neighbors are nice and there is a young girl across the street that babysits, so that is good!

Breana is spending this week with Grandma Ginny. Kim, Terry's sister who usually looks after Breana, is in Alberta picking up his other sister, Megan, who is just getting back from Peru. Megan will be home for a week and a bit, then she is off to China for a year to teach English. This girl has been to India, England, Botswana, Costa Rica, Peru, and is only 21 years old! She sure has seen the globe!

We met with a lady last night about daycare in Brandon. She seemed fairly nice. She was a teacher. Both Terry and I said she was very "teacherish" after we left her house. Great minds think alike! We meet with another lady tomorrow night. She is a stay-at-home mom with a 5 and 3 year old. We'll see which one we go with after tomorrow night. We had a couple of calls last night answering my ad in the paper, and they were both men. They kinda weirded me out! I don't think I could leave Breana with a strange man. Not my idea of safe...kinda paranoid!

It's Terry's 32nd birthday day. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TERRY!

Breana's new saying is..."you're the best, mommy!" She says that, and then she gets heck and then says "I don't like you, mommy!" Oh, I love this 3 year old stage!

I just signed up for another year of CGA courses. Holy crap they are expensive. I am only taking 2 courses and it cost me well over $1500!!! I must be nuts to be doing this! Oh well, only 5 more years to go! Half way there!

Well, I finally set up my own blog. Hopefully I will keep up with it.

We get possession of our new house on the 15th. We are both starting to get excited. Breana knows that we are moving to Brandon and that she will meet new friends. She seems alright with it at the moment. We'll see once we start packing and actually moving.

Breana just finished her swimming lessons. She did very well. Grandma Ginny and Papa Dennis came up to watch her. She had to put on a show, of course. I took holidays the first week and Terry took holidays the second week so we were always able to be there for them. She "graduated" from little swimmers 2 and her instructor said she was ready for level 1 swimming.

I haven't found a babysitter for Breana yet. I've put an ad in the paper, so we'll see what that brings.

Anyhoo, better get back to work.

Becky