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Baby Ultrasound

So today we had our first ultrasound!! I've been staring at these pictures compulsively all afternoon. The ultrasound itself was very uncomfortable. I think I drank way too much water. Every step was painful. The nurse actually told me to pee before we started....that's how bad I must have looked!! Anyway, it's pretty cool to actually see this little person taking over my life. I'm 18 weeks on Friday, and I already am looking forward to holding this little baby and being able to love someone so completly. I always swore I wouldn't be the type of mother who is totally ga ga goo goo over their babies to the point where it makes you want to throw up - - - - but for the first few months people may have to cut me a bit of slack! I just can't stand it when there is a new baby and the Mother obviousely thinks she is the ONLY person in the whole world to EVER give birth to a baby, and apparently ignores the fact that really she is the only one so enthralled with the poop machine, and thinks everyone else thinks her baby is as cute as she does. Yes, this is one of my peeves. Get over it!!! Everyone has babies. I'm sorry, I'm just a realist. I can only exclaim over a new baby for about 10 seconds before I'm bored. I've never really liked kids though, so that could be part of my problem. AND, I've never had anyone in my immediate family give birth, so I think I could be different with those kids. Anyway, I hope I can, because my sisters are exactly like me, and I expect them to be pretty in love with my kid...haha. Not saying I'm not happy for people with kids, or that I don't find babies cute....I do...but only for a short time. There are some Mothers who when the baby is awake, you can't have a converstaion with them, because they are just constantly talking baby talk, and gooing and cooing and staring at their baby like the world is going to end in the next 10 minutes, and then you know it's time to go home. Yup....you can all throw this back in my face when I'm exactly the same...:) I know I shouldn't talk of what I don't know...but as first an unmarried single, and then as a young married couple with no kids, you definitely notice the difference between friends who have kids and friends who dont't have kids! Totally different culture. I still find it hard to belive our life will change all that much, but that is inexperience talking I know!!!

Anyway, I'm starting to look more and more forward to having this baby!!! And yes, I did post ultraound pictures which is another thing I could never understand people doing......it's blurry!! And the picture isn't even clear...what is that??? Haha. *sigh* I need to stop saying I won't do things, because I always end up doing them. !! Guess that is all for now!!

Kinda Pregnant

I think today for the first time, I looked down and thought, hmmm, I look kinda pregnant. Guess that was inevitable....:) I am 16 weeks today. I threw up this morning while cleaning up Jesse's leftovers from the night before...(garlic pork or something gross like that) suffice to say he finished cleaning it up not me. Other then that, I haven't been feeling nearly so neausous lately.
Tonight I made rau kueken for supper, (however you spell that). For the few non-mennonites out there that read my blog, it is one of the best summer suppers to have, and one of the reasons your really missing out if your NOT mennonite!! Yes, we do make good food! Anyway, I had made it once before with Ange in Ethiopia, but this was my first try alone, and they turned out surprisingly well. A bit messy with the oil and everything, but worth all the effort.

So I have secured 2 jobs for Monday. Yes, I tend to overdue it at times, and have brain dead moments as well. They are actually both part time, but like the idiot I am, I said I could start both on the same day, so I am working 7-3:30 at the hotel, (in the laundry section) and then 4-10 at the pizza place. I think I will try to change one of those yet! That's too much. From too little to too much. Anyway, ideally I will try to do each job 3 days of the week. We'll see how it goes. If it gets too complicated or too exahusting I will have to re-evaluate. I like the idea of having more variaty and not doing the same thing every day. Just so long as my employees are willing to work around each other a little bit. :)

I am tired tonight. Not sure why since I didn't have a very strenuous day. Cooking always makes me tired though! Haha. Anyway, I think I will go sit in my bathtub, read a book, and go to bed. :)

Updates

So have you ever noticed it's hard to blog when you feel blah about life? Well, I do, but I'm going to give it a try anyway. I'm still looking for a job. I thought it would be a bit easier then it has been. I've applied about 7 or 8 places now with 1 phone call. Honestly, if you don't want to hire people, why do you put an add in the paper??? I'm not applying for jobs that are way above my skill level, so my ego has taken a bit of a beating this last week! I'm so bored sitting at home though, I was so desperate, I almost went in and got an application at McDonalds...yes people, I am getting very very desperate. Never mind that the thought of a McDonalds burger brings on the gags, I need to get out of the house!!!!! I applied for a job today working in the Peace River hospital in the kitchen, so we'll see if that pans out or not.
I am almost 15 weeks, and haven't thrown up in about a week. Last week I threw up one supper, and then the next night, I had the plate of food in front of me, took one bite, went and threw up, then came back and ate the rest. As you can see, I'm getting pretty used to this throwing up thing. Anyway, maybe I'm past the worst now. I never seem to be hungry though. I eat because I know I should, but I can't really remember the last time I've been truly hungry. Very odd. I still don't have any maternity clothes, and I'm thinking I need some bigger stuff, because stuff isn't fitting so well anymore. Plus, our washer is broken, and won't get fixed for a few days, so I am seriously running low on options here. I even went to Jesse's drawer today and almost put on one of his shirts. I think in the near future that may be my only option if I don't want everything hanging out, which I don't.
I watched the last game of the Stanly Cup Playoffs tonight, and unfortunetly Detroit won, but that was inevitable so I wasn't TOO dispaointed. Hopefully we will have satallite by the end of the week, and then I can get back to the land of the living, and my SHOWS!! Yes!! (We manged to watch the hockey games by Jesse hooking up an antenna with tin foil, containers, clothes hangers, and wire) Pretty classy I know. Hey, it worked!! Farm-o-vision at it's very best. Anyhoo, I guess that's my update for now. Anybody need a nice long road trip this summer, make your way to Peace River, Alberta! There's a guest bed that's begging to be used. :)

Do I have to have a title?

So I guess the latest big news to blog about is that we gave our dog away. I wasn't prepared for the 24/7 job a dog would be. I hated feeling guilty everytime we left because the dog was in his kennel, and feeling like we couldn't just pick and up and do what we wanted to anymore. I felt really bad for Jesse because he really wanted to keep him. I know he gave him up for me - what an amzing guy I married. How many men would give up their dog willingly for their wife. Jesse's parents took Datag. They have had him for the last month anyway, and have apparently fallen in love with him! They have two other dogs so Datag gets lots and lots of attention and also has two little playmates to bug. It wasn't that Datag was such a bad dog that we gave him away....he could actually be quite sweet. It's just that he was so BIG, and a PUPPY, and never stopped roaming and chewing on things!! When he was outside, he would just sit by the door and whine to be let in because he didn't want to be alone. There really was hardly ever a second of peace with that dog around. VERY VERY time consuming. Jesse tells me that if I get sick of having a baby around I'm not allowed to give it away! Haha. I said I'm sure his parents would take it if we asked nice enough....:) I'm glad we still get to see Datag every once and awhile and see what kind of older dog he will become. I know in 2 years he will be a great dog to have around, but I just couldn't handle 2 years of watching a dog like a hawk. :( *Sigh*. You live you learn I guess.

Well, I am getting a bit bored sitting around at home. It is time for a job. I have been putting my resume out there so hopefully it won't take too much longer. I've never been one who can just sit around. I need projects and a purpose in life. Speaking of purpose, I think I will go make some cookies. Always a good thing to do when you are feeling a bit blue. :)

A Quick Post

We don't have internet yet at our house, so I am the Grimshaw library using their rather slow computers. We had a succsessful move with lots of help from family which I am very thankful for. Jesse's parents drove up with one horse trailor, and my Uncle Rey and Auntie Eleanor drove up with the paint trailor and we managed to get everything moved. Only one cup and one flower pot got smashed, and so that's what I would call a sucess! When you move, something always gets wrecked, so those two things are very minor! All our boxes are unpacked and Jesse hung lots of things on the wall for me yesterday, so there isn't too much left to do. Some more things to be hung, and misallaneous things laying around, but it shouldn't be too much longer before everything finds it's place. Well, my computer is shutting down in 4 minutes, so I guess that is all I can write for now......:)

It's been awhile!

Hi Everyone,

I told Jesse to update my blog for me, but apparently he didn't! I am in Kola for the week and my parents don't have any internet, and I know it's been awhile. As far as the pregnancy goes, I am almost 13 weeks, and still feeling pretty nauseous, but not as tired, so I'm glad about that. I try to eat things that my body will accept and not reject in an hour, which makes it easier all around!! I am curious though - again, all you pregnant or past pregnant ladies out there can help me out. I get cramps right under my diaphram, that feel like the cramps you get in your side when you run too far. They really hurt!! If I stretch out or move positions they are relived, so I'm wondering if anyone else has felt those. I've read in my book that some pain can be attributed to your uterus growing, and so on, but I'm just curious to know it anyone else has had similer feelings. :) I'm hoping that after the 13 week mark, I will start to be able to go grocery shopping without looking for things to throw up in. I honestly thought I was going to puke the other day at Sobey's and I was looking for something, ANYTHING to grab, but I manged to control it. However, I did spy one of those preformed pie plate crust things, and I think I would have had to go for it in one of those. Then I was thinking though, how would that work. Would I take the pie plate full of my puke up to the till and pay for it? What if the bar code was undeneath the puke, then what? Would I just leave it there? I don't think my concience could have handled that. I mean, it's not a simple situation. Right now gocery stores don't go over very well with me.

Anyway, so I have been at home since Friday, and I love it. I ride along with my Dad on the tractor, help my Mom move trucks and farm equipment around (she drives the farm equipment, I drive the car!) and tonight we are making a fire and having pie irons and smores. You can't beat the country. I just love it. This afternoon I was sitting outside on a chair, and I heard rustling and shuffling in the bush beside me, but I figured it was just birds, but then a mouse suddenly ran out, and into the little pile of logs right beside me. ICK!! So then I went and called the dog, and my Mom moved the log a bit and then it was game over for the mouse. Poor mousey! It is also tick season in Manitoba, and for all you lucky people who don't know what ticks are, they are little disgusting bugs that stick their heads into you and suck your blood until they are so big they can't hold on any more, and then they drop off. By that time they are so huge they are white, and as big as a walnut. (They start off very little and black) The dog gets the big ones all the time. So anyway, they totally creep me out even though I've grown up with them, and of course I got one when I was outside by myself with nobody to pick it off. So I started hopping around and making screeching sounds, and found a stick. I started poking at it, trying to poke it off my leg, but of course their legs are so sticky it wouldn't poke off, and I was making louder screeching sounds, until finally I guess I got far enough under it and flicked it off. SICK!!!! The only bad thing about living in the prairies. The ticks. Thankfully they are usually just around in the spring time.

Well, I will write again when we are settled which may not be for a bit so don't hold your breath! I am driving back to Red Deer Thursday, loading up with Jesse's parents Friday, driving to Peace River Friday also, and then comes the big task of unpacking and setting up. Let you know how that all goes with a spastic dog, and a ferral cat. :)