August 2, 2013 ~ Our first anniversary!

Today marked the first time I was in the "anniversary" club. I know it sounds weird but I was excited all day about this new holiday I get to celebrate. See, I love special occasions, so now I just have one more to partake in!

This was the tag that was given on our wedding favours :)

 We kept it pretty quiet as I am supposed to be taking it easy for this little baby. So before Ryan got home from work, I made him a card featuring his favorite cat....LUCY.

She was really happy for us....obviously ;) This was the photo that was put into Ryan's card.....I listed her as one of our mutual achievements hehehe.

When Ryan got home, he arrived with a dozen roses and a card. He said that he specifically had gotten the roses as I had some cream ones in my bouquet on the day of our wedding {plus I am his English Rose!!}. His card, however, was the sweetest of all! He is such a hard working man and lets me do as I please. He never complains but instead loves to see that I am taken care of and comfortable. So this line was so true!

My mum also sent us a card and included pictures of my grandparents when they were around our age. How thoughtful! {You can see her card on the left hand side}.

We made reservations for a little Italian place called La Piccola. In true Ryan fashion, he fell asleep waiting for me to get ready LOL.

The food was amazing and I am so full after three courses! Now we are home with the fur babies and settling down to rent a movie. It's funny to think we will have a little baby boy with us for our next anniversary.....and maybe another kitten if i'm lucky! Goodnight xxx

Aug 2, 2012

Aug 2, 2013

Face time

I have a confession....we bought an ipad mini just so I could facetime with ma peeps in England {peeps is the cool way of saying Mum, Dad and little sissys Holly and Hannah}. We just had our first facetime this afternoon and it was so much fun!! I seriously LOVE facetime!! I'm pretty sure we're about five years late with this awesomeness but better later then never!!! I am looking so forward to facetiming with baby bump in the future so my fam can see him a few times a week. Eventually he will be able to do it by himself, which will be adorable!! Plus my phonebill will be significantly less {which will please Ryan lol}.

In other news I am 24 weeks today! Goal #1 complete! Now to get this little bump atleast another 4 weeks to the 28 week mark. We went for brunch at my favourite French bakery called La Boulangerie {spelling??} this morning and then afterwards found this adorable children's clothing shop called Coco and Charlie. They had 40% off this years clothes line which was too good to resist! Ryan chose the baby two race shirts {the cool purchase} while I chose him an ADORABLE cardigan which Ryan said is the nerdy purchase. I am of the firm belief though that you can wear cardigans and still look cool. I wear one almost every day and look at me!! ;-) lol.

Isn't this place just lovely?!?!

His new little one month cardigan!

His cool racing shirts that his daddy chose him.

This week is busy! I have a scan at the foothills on Monday, a doctors appt on Tuesday and then family from Italy arrive to stay with us on Thursday. I know you probably assume my side {you know....with my lovely tanned skin tone} but she's actually from Ryans side! Last but not least is our one year anniversary on Friday!! We had planned a little BC trip to coinside with a wedding we were supposed to be attending. That had to be cancelled as I am no longer able to travel outside of Calgary. So a nice dinner may be what we end up doing. Either way, I will try to add some pictures from the week. have a good one!! :-) xxx

The Royal Baby!

It's no secret that I love the Royals. There is something so fairy tale about it all. So needless to say, today was an exciting day with the announcement that Kate gave birth to a baby BOY!! I really did think it was a girl but am super excited for them that they get to enjoy a sweet baby boy. Of course, the idea has run through my head that my baby boy may be friends with the royal baby {stranger things have happened people!}. Who knows...maybe I will bump into her when I am next in England. It will probably be in Mother Care when we are looking at the exact outfit for our little baby boys ;) Hahaha well I am just kidding but you never know! Now onto the task of finding some "Royal Baby" swag for our little baby. Anything along this line will do...... 

I also hope that my secretary of press {Carly.....that will be you} will post a notice outside the hospital when Baby Mele is born. xxx

23 Weeks

In the nature of blogging, I will share this weeks baby news {I can't just share the good stuff!}. Before I begin though, I knew this pregnancy wasn't going to be easy. So the news I received this week is not shocking, just slightly worrying.

I had a cerclage put in at 13 weeks pregnant, which I am so happy that I did! This week my cervix dilated but luckily stopped at the cerclage {I am SO GLAD I decided to do it as the doctor made me make the choice}. If it had not been in, I would have gone into early labour just like last time with baby Ada. I went to go see my OBGYN on Tuesday and she is concerned the cerclage wont hold up for much longer as it is now fully supporting the baby. She thinks I will be delivering this baby early but the goal is to get him to 28 weeks. When she said that, I was thinking 28 weeks?!? That is so early! Apparently though, that is when he has 100% chance of survival. He will just be very small :) I hate the idea of him having to spend weeks upon weeks in the hospital but as long as he is safe and in able to get strong.

So I am now 23 weeks 2 days and the first goal she set for me is 24 weeks. 24 weeks is the first chance that a baby has of surviving outside of the womb but its only 50%. At least if I go into labour at 24 weeks, they will do everything they can to deliver him and make him strong.  Second goal is 28 weeks, which as I said before gives him a 100% chance of survival. MY GOAL, however, is to defy what the doc expects and get him to past 30 weeks :) I am already taking is SUPER easy as per her instructions....I'm not even allowed to pick up my cats. It's unnatural!!! If you know me.....you know i'm usually toting around one cat or another ;) The other advice I have received is to remain positive and be proud of how far this little baby and I have gotten. Almost 6 months pregnant so far!

So 24 weeks is good, 28 weeks is better and 30+ weeks is great!

The other annoying thing that happened this week was regarding the tummy cream I ordered. I researched and found a very well reviewed cream/oil combo that helps prevents stretch marks. It is English but since I am a PRO online shopper now, I found a Canadian website that sell it. I got the notice it was in after two weeks of waiting, went to the post office to pick it up and the parcel was SOAKED in oil. They didn't pack it properly and the oil bottle broke during shipping :( Anyways, I have taken pictures and will be calling them tomorrow. Hopefully they can get me another bottle sooner then two weeks!

Wah :(

Excited to start using this though! 

On the other hand, I did receive some custom made Peter Rabbit pillows for baby bumps nursery that I ordered off Etsy. I ordered them Saturday and they were here by Tuesday! They are absolutely ADORABLE and some of the proceeds from the sellers shop goes to stray cats! How perfect :)

So that sums up my pregnancy tales this week. Now is just keeping it easy and waiting to my next appointment. They are scanning me next Monday and then I see my OBGYN on Tuesday to see what our best course of action is. She is planning to give my steroids a week before she predicts delivery to help with the baby's lung development {which at this point is planned for 27 weeks}. Will keep you all updated though! xxx

22 Weeks!

22 weeks is here and as I am writing this, the little bump is kicking away. We had another scan this week and saw that he is doing well. He is just over 1 lb! Seems so small but for us, 1 lb seems so big! For weeks now it's been ounces, so to finally get into the pounds is a milestone. He is also 11 inches long and the size of a spaghetti squash {whatever that is!}.

Today Ryan took some pictures of me at 22 weeks and we also spent the day at the lake with Jacob {Ryan's cousins son} for a birthday party. I will post some pictures below of the day. Also, as a side note my Yummy Mummy bag also arrived in the post this week. It's officially ADORABLE!!!!! I can't wait until I actually get to use it! xxx

Flowers :-)

Ryan got me these flowers the other night! I know, I know....you're probably wondering why I am so excited. Well, first of all, I think I have received flowers from him only two times in the nine years we have been together. Secondly, I told him the other day how I want to start keeping fresh flowers in the house all the time. Then he bought me flowers...in other words.....he was listening to me!!!! Now to start hinting that I want to keep more diamonds in the house ;-) xxx

20 week bump pictures :)

Well I thought it was time to post some pics of this not so little bumpy. I don't know how people do weekly bump pics....it's so hard to remember to do!

Anyways...here is bump at 20 weeks. Don't mind my facial expressions.....I did them myself and had the timer on the camera haha. xxx

Houses

First level has begun framing!!!

20 Weeks!

Well hello peeps,

20 Weeks today! How exciting we are already half way through!

Everything is still going well and I am happy to report this little monkey is a BABY BOY!!! I don't know why I wanted a little boy so bad this time but was obviously so SO happy that he was!

He is getting bigger every day and his kicking is pretty strong and frequent. He tends to be more still when I am active but the minute I sit down or go to bed he makes sure I know he is awake. I can't even begin to describe how exciting it was to feel him from the "outside" last week. I know that sounds super weird but I have been feeling him swishing around since around 15 weeks. As he has gotten bigger it has progressively gotten to "kicking" but I can never catch it with my hand. The other day I was driving and stopped at a red light. He started moving around so I instinctively put my hand on my belly. He then did a big kick right onto my hand!! It was so weird but so exciting at the same time. I am catching it all the time now but still trying to successfully predict when he will kick for when Ryan is waiting to feel it. Still nothing!

Otherwise things have been pretty quiet. Knowing its a baby boy has been exciting because now I can start shopping a little more. Today I purchased this AMAZING diaper bag from England {or nappy bag as they would call it!}. It seemed a little on the expensive side but I loved how it says "Mummy" instead of "Mommy". Plus I justified it by knowing it will also suffice as a purse for me.....so really its 2 for 1!!! If Ryan ever asks how much it was I will just tell him what the total came to in Pounds Sterling ;)

Isn't it LOVELY?! I am so excited for it to arrive {even though I can't really start using it yet}. It has everything you need inside for travelling with your baby. Insulated bottle holders, a changing pad, a spot for the "nappys" and also a convenient retractable key fob holder so you don't lose your keys. A way to keep track of your keys?!?!? It was MEANT for me :) I also liked how it could work either for a boy baby or a girl in the future and was still cute for the Mummy.

Well anyways, I have to go think about dinner {which basically means I have to go order dinner} but I will report on my other baby purchases in another post this weekend. It's a three day here and looking like its going to be a hot one!  Amy xxx

18.5 Weeks Along!

Hi all,

I am now 18.5 weeks along and we will be finding out what the baby is next TUESDAY!! How exciting!

I am leaning towards a boy but I guess I can't be 100% sure. I have had dreams where we are with a little baby girl and then dreams where we are with a little baby boy. So they are absolutely no help! The main reason I think it might be a boy is how much better I am feeling this pregnancy then last. I am thinking that is because of the gender difference...maybe?

Anyways, I will be happy with either!! I have been calling it a him for about the last 5 weeks, so I will feel less bad if it is a "him". Ryan thinks it's a boy too this time and so does my Mama. So we'll see if we are right :)

In the case it is a boy, I am hoping he has the dark features like Ryan but I am planning to dress him up like a little English boy! English boy attire being cardigans, sweet jumpers {sweaters}, cute man shoes, lots of knits and trousers. He will be the sweetest boy around!

Also I finally gave in and purchased some real maternity pants. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!!!! I love how they don't cut into my baby belly and make me feel so much pressure. They are so comfy! I also purchased three long summer dresses which I have been living in.

I have quite the "bump" now and have been meaning to get Ryan to take a picture. The baby kicks alot and they are getting stronger. I have actually been feeling movement from about week 15 but now its proper kicks, before it was just sensation when it moved. We have been trying to catch a kick so Ryan can feel it but the baby likes to kick only when I am anticipating it. The baby will move, I get him to put his hand on my tummy. We wait for what seems like ages....nothing...and then as soon as he gives up, it kicks again. Cheeky little monkey!

I have been booked in for scans every two weeks for the foreseeable future to make sure early labour is not happening. So far though, the doc said it's an "above average" pregnancy. So I am happy about that! There was a false alarm a couple of weeks ago where they thought I might be showing signs of early labour. So they had me on strict bed rest for a week. It was really boring and made me so lethargic! I was so pleased when it turned out everything was fine and I could come off bed rest.

Anyways, I will write next Tuesday when we find out what this little one is. Then its time to shop!!!!!

Amy xxx