Moving to Vancouver

Well, we finally have a place to call our new home (although we still need to find a place to stay first). Kelly has picked the base of Vancouver (which is better than Montreal as Vancouver is a lot closer to family) and has been put on a waiting list for a Calgary base. At some point we will be in Calgary, but until then, we get to experience Vancouver.

For those of you who do not know, Kelly will be flying the Dash 8. I am not sure which model (yes there are more than one), so I am not sure how many passengers he will be flying, but either way it will be more than what he flew with Northwestern.

I am excited about this move as I have not seen the Ocean, so this will be a first for me. I am looking forward to experiencing new things, which I am sure we will in Vancouver. The nice thing about this move is that it will be easier to move (as we were preparing ourselves for Toronto).

In other news, I am now in Edson getting ready to stand up for Colleen at her and Ben's wedding. I have a dress (and yes it fits believe it or not) and I am hoping for some two stepping music so that I can dance with Kelly. Hopefully we can get a good picture of the two of us. Kelly will be coming home for a couple of days starting tomorrow (we will be staying in Edson) so I am very excited.

Also, it looks like we are going to be able to make it to Ben and Steph's wedding after all. This makes me super excited as I thought that we were not going to be able to make it.

Anyways, that is all for now. I will post something in a few days (hopefully a picture of Kelly and I from the wedding). I hope that all is well for everyone.

Week 29

Well, I have been asked for a new picture so here you go. To add to the fun I thought I would add some useless information (although it is funny so go ahead and laugh).

The kids at work thought it would be good to measure me each week. It was forgotten for awhile, however we have picked it back up. To make a long story short here are the results so far....March 13 - 3 ft 2" round, May 29 - 3 ft 5", June 6 - 3 ft 8", June 11 - 3 ft 9". The one that I think is the funniest is the June 6th jump. In one week there was 3". Either I ate too much, or the little one decided to grow a little. Either way it is way too amusing.

On another note, packing sucks. Kelly and I started to pack the house and will be having a garage sale on Saturday. It seems like we never have enough time to do everything that we need to do before Kelly leaves next Friday. Although, really, we only need to pack Kelly's stuff now as he is the one leaving. I can always take the next three weeks to pack as I will still be here.

Anyways, that is all that is going on at the moment. We will let you know if anything new is happening. Hope all is going well for all of you.

Kelly's News

Well, it is official. Kelly has been offered a job as a First Officer at Air Canada Jazz. He starts training in Toronto on June 25th. I will not be moving with Kelly right away, however hopefully by the time the baby comes we will have a place to live wherever we are based out of. We are unsure as to where we will be based out of, but at this point, we know that we will be moving somewhere outside of the Northwest Territories.

Congratulations Kelly! I am proud of you.

Relay for Life

Well, Fort Smith successfully held another Relay for Life. The Relay is a fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society. Our team, the Fort Smith Furys, helped raise over approx. $6500.00. We were one of the three teams that raised the most money.

The event started at 7:00 pm with a opening ceremony as well as having the Cancer survivors walk the first lap. Throughout the evening there were different activities going on, including a luminary sale (to put in memory of or in honor of), a silent auction, quizzes, swimming pool being open, as well as many other activities throughout the night.

I entered a few silent auction items and I actually won a couple. One of the items I won was a round trip for 2 from Hay River to Yellowknife on Buffalo Airways. As this is something that Kelly really wants to do before we leave the Territories, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity.

Although I didn't make it through the whole night (I only made it to 1:00 am) I am sure the rest of the night went really well. The relay ended around 7 am this morning and Kelly said that he could hear the ending from our bedroom. Of course I was sleeping like a baby, so I didn't hear any of it. It is definitely an experience that I would not like to have missed. It is amazing how the community can come together to help out for a wonderful cause.

New website that is neat

Well, after going home due to another Kidney stone attack (and also going to the hospital to make sure that the little one is doing ok) I am now sitting on the couch (pain free after 2 morphine pills) surfing the web.

I came across this website, and for those mom's looking for new things this might be interesting, that gives free stuff away. Although this may end in May, it may continue on. We will see.

Anyways, I'm going to go and continue searching the web. Have a good day.

26 weeks

Well, I haven't posted a picture in a while so I/Kelly thought that it was time. We were looking through our pictures and the one from March compared to now is really quite different. Anyways, this picture was taken on Sunday when I turned 26 weeks. Enjoy the picture....oh and by the way, if I had a better choice of clothed pictures that would be what you see, but as I don't (the one we took didn't show very well) this is what you get. Take care and enjoy.

Kidney Stones

It turns out that I have another kidney stone. We went to the emergency room this morning and the doctor confirmed it. Although smaller (according to Kelly) it is still extremely painful. I broke down after having the pain since 2:30 this morning and finally phoned the midwife. She then phoned the doctor on call, and next thing you know I am in the emergency room getting checked out. I have to say this time it was a lot easier to diagnose (although last time we knew it wasn't confirmed until 3 weeks later).

So, the only thing to do is drink 2-3 litres of fluids and pain management. Due to being pregnant, I didn't get Demerol again, but they have prescribed Morphine, which is safe for the baby - no long term affects. I am going to try and make it with just one tylenol extra strength, but if worse comes to worse I have a back up.

The one good thing about this is that Kelly got to see the baby again. When the doctor did the ultrasound, he checked the baby out after he checked out my kidneys. The baby is doing great, the heart beat is good, and he/she doesn't seem to be affected by the kidney stone (which is good).

The baby had hiccups the other day and that was interesting. At first I didn't know what it was, but after a few hours I really suspected that it was hiccups. After consulting Carmen, it sounds like yep he/she had the hiccups.

I offically put in the date for my maternity leave this week. I can't believe that I now have less than two months left before I finish work. Time has gone fast (at least the last 10 weeks have anyways). My last day of work is the 17th of July (when I will take all of the banked/vacation time that I have and then I will start my maternity leave (should be the first week or so in August).

Well, that is it for now. When something else happens, I will let you know. I hope everyone is doing well.