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Thursday, March 22, 2007
A little afternoon fun!
We have much in common looks like, not only a ghetto bootie!
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Splendid weekend!
I just had a GREAT weekend! It all started with Rob surprising me...
As some of you know, Rob and I have been talking about getting a new car since last November. With a baby on the way, we thought our Mazda Protégé just wouldn't cut it space wise (with the dog, baby, and baby stuff!) and to be honest , we hated it! So after many discussions, we came to the conclusion that we both really liked the Nissan Murano. Its a sweet ride and has lots more room!! So we started by contacting a dealership in November I guess. To make a LOOOONG story short, after making several calls to the dealership, nothing was happening for months. The interest was too high, there were no rebates, etc. etc., and all this according to Rob. So every month he would say, no deals this month, but for sure next month. So here we were in March and still NOTHING, NO Murano. Meanwhile I was gettingpissed impatient and had this gut feeling that our Mazda was about to start needing major work. Its was a 2000, in mint condition, and had low mileage, but still, I had this feeling ;-) So evryday when I would harass Rob he would just say, I promise you will get your Murano before the baby is born. Riiight, whatever!
So just when I was about to give up (or call the dealership myself to freggin' seal the deal) Rob surprised me Friday evening with a brand spankin' new Murano !!! (pics to follow) After work we went over to our friends Denis and Sandra and he had parked the Murano is their garage. So when Denis wanted to show us the mess a busted water pipe had done to his garage I went to check it out. But there was no water, no busted pipe, just a shiny black Murano!! I was sooooooooooooooo excited. Rob had actually bought the car a few weeks back. I NEVER suspected anything, NEVER! I thought it was pretty sweet of him to arrange this little scheme to surprise me :-) Now I find every excuse to drive somewhere, like to the mailbox, ok, maybe not, but I did volunteer to drive to Montréal on Saturday! Thanks Rob, you are the best!
Then after all this drama, Rob and I went over to Sonia and Tony's for a wonderful and delicious dinner. We had a great time and ate like kings. We were joined by Lisa and Marc, Jae and Stéphane, Sara (PC could not make it) and Rebecca. Visit Sara's blog for a picture of us girls. WARNING, I look HUGE!
Saturday was our second and last prenatal class. Learned lots more and at the end of the class all the husbands gave us preggers a long back massage. It was divine! I was checking out the other husbands techniques and Rob was BY FAR the best massager. Especially better than this loser named Ronaldo who was half-assingly massaging his wife's back with one finger!!??? Anyways we were really glad to have taken prenatal classes, our instructor was great! I highly recommend taking these courses, although many first time mothers-to-be know most of the stuff, there is always more to learn.
And then on Sunday I had my baby shower! (pics to follow but you can find a couple on Sara's blog, she is so on-the-ball that one!) It was awesome!!! My mom and Martine did a great job organizing it. The decorations were really nice, the food was delicious, and the cake was beautiful. I was very happy and honoured to see all my friends and family there. Baby and I were VERY VERY spoiled. I can't thank you all enough!!!
So as you can see it was quite the eventful weekend, needless to say that I was dead tired on Monday. So I took the day off from work to sleep and to give my achy back a break!
Now back to reality, I'm at work, in my cubicle, working...blahhhhhhh.
Mommy-to-be - out
As some of you know, Rob and I have been talking about getting a new car since last November. With a baby on the way, we thought our Mazda Protégé just wouldn't cut it space wise (with the dog, baby, and baby stuff!) and to be honest , we hated it! So after many discussions, we came to the conclusion that we both really liked the Nissan Murano. Its a sweet ride and has lots more room!! So we started by contacting a dealership in November I guess. To make a LOOOONG story short, after making several calls to the dealership, nothing was happening for months. The interest was too high, there were no rebates, etc. etc., and all this according to Rob. So every month he would say, no deals this month, but for sure next month. So here we were in March and still NOTHING, NO Murano. Meanwhile I was getting
So just when I was about to give up (or call the dealership myself to freggin' seal the deal) Rob surprised me Friday evening with a brand spankin' new Murano !!! (pics to follow) After work we went over to our friends Denis and Sandra and he had parked the Murano is their garage. So when Denis wanted to show us the mess a busted water pipe had done to his garage I went to check it out. But there was no water, no busted pipe, just a shiny black Murano!! I was sooooooooooooooo excited. Rob had actually bought the car a few weeks back. I NEVER suspected anything, NEVER! I thought it was pretty sweet of him to arrange this little scheme to surprise me :-) Now I find every excuse to drive somewhere, like to the mailbox, ok, maybe not, but I did volunteer to drive to Montréal on Saturday! Thanks Rob, you are the best!
Then after all this drama, Rob and I went over to Sonia and Tony's for a wonderful and delicious dinner. We had a great time and ate like kings. We were joined by Lisa and Marc, Jae and Stéphane, Sara (PC could not make it) and Rebecca. Visit Sara's blog for a picture of us girls. WARNING, I look HUGE!
Saturday was our second and last prenatal class. Learned lots more and at the end of the class all the husbands gave us preggers a long back massage. It was divine! I was checking out the other husbands techniques and Rob was BY FAR the best massager. Especially better than this loser named Ronaldo who was half-assingly massaging his wife's back with one finger!!??? Anyways we were really glad to have taken prenatal classes, our instructor was great! I highly recommend taking these courses, although many first time mothers-to-be know most of the stuff, there is always more to learn.
And then on Sunday I had my baby shower! (pics to follow but you can find a couple on Sara's blog, she is so on-the-ball that one!) It was awesome!!! My mom and Martine did a great job organizing it. The decorations were really nice, the food was delicious, and the cake was beautiful. I was very happy and honoured to see all my friends and family there. Baby and I were VERY VERY spoiled. I can't thank you all enough!!!
So as you can see it was quite the eventful weekend, needless to say that I was dead tired on Monday. So I took the day off from work to sleep and to give my achy back a break!
Now back to reality, I'm at work, in my cubicle, working...blahhhhhhh.
Mommy-to-be - out
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Easter Bunny early this year?
Okay, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out who kindly left a baby pacifier on my chair this morning. I was very excited when I saw it and thought, how nice of that person!! So then I started looking for a note so that I could go thank that person. But there was none!!!
So now I am trying to figure out who left it there. I have asked several people and no one has admitted to the lovely gesture. Not knowing is driving me crazy!!!
Is it YOU?
So now I am trying to figure out who left it there. I have asked several people and no one has admitted to the lovely gesture. Not knowing is driving me crazy!!!
Is it YOU?
Decisions, decisions
Its always been hard for me to make decisions. It be deciding what to wear, what restaurant to go to or what kind of face wash I want, its REALLY hard for me to make decisions. Drives Rob crazy!!!
Well, I have another huge one to make in a couple of months. Epidural, or no epidural.
Rob and I went to our first of two all-day prenatal class on Saturday. It was really great. Our teacher is really good and puts everyone at ease, especially the husbands. She talked us through common pregnancy symptoms, such as Braxton-Hick contractions (which some of you know I have been having for about a week now) and bad heartburn.
She also divided the dads-to-be and the moms-to-be and asked each group to answer a series of questions such as what is the best part of the pregnancy and what is the not so best. It was quite amusing to hear what the guys had to say, they said that the best thing was the "pregnancy glow", not sure if they were just saying that to get brownie points or not, but it was pretty sweet either way. The not so best according to them, sex is - "different". Not sure what they meant by that, but the girls just laughed. I personally think we asked ourselves - Did my husband give that answer, or was it unanimous? It was kinda funny!
Then our teacher talked about labour. *Insert dramatic sound affect here*. She showed us a birth video, and to be honest, I was quite moved by it. The woman in the video delivered naturally, without any pain medication. She, with the help of her midwife, did several types of relaxing exercises (if you can call them relaxing!) to help her cope with the pain. She was a very very tough woman because she did not seem to be in too too much pain. Obviously she wasn't telling jokes or filing her nails or anything like that, but she remained calm. I was totally shocked. I mean, labour is labour, you are giving birth to a 7 pound baby, how can you keep calm??
Once the baby was born and the Dr. put the baby on the woman's chest, I lost it. I could not stop crying, it was such a beautiful thing. After the video I wiped the tears ( a little embarrassed that I cried like a baby in front of strangers) and was just speechless. I guess it made everything so real. Knowing that it will be me in a couple of months, giving birth to our daughter. Just writing this makes me a little emotional. Our instructor then proceed to talk about the different pain medications that are available to ease labour. I appreciated the fact that she was unbiased and was not trying to convince us to use one medication in particular, or even to use none at all.
She then asked us to fill out a questionnaire to help determine how we would each want to give birth. The scale varied from +10 (not willing to feel ANY pain at ANY point) to -7 ( NO drugs, even for a c-section, which I found VERY extreme!). And that is where I started rethinking about the whole epidural.
Up until that questionnaire I was all about getting the epidural ASAP, so I guess around the +10 mark. But after seeing that video and getting more information on labour and the pros/cons of pain medications including epidural, I realized that I was not really a +10, but rather a +3. Some pain medication, such as laughing gas, and as a last resort, an epidural if the pain is too much to handle. I honestly don't know what to think of this...
Am I that stupid and unrealistic by thinking that I can do this without an epidural? I know that women do it on a daily basis, and did it for centuries before we even had any pain medication. But on the other hand, why would I want to deliberately suffer? Why am I second-guessing the whole epidural NOW when I have been forever saying epidural all the way? This is really stressing me out.
Rob has mixed feeling about this I think. He will support whatever decision I make but I can tell that he wants me to take the epidural as soon as I feel pain. He is pretty worried about the whole labour thing and seeing me suffer. He was quite traumatized after seeing the birth video, in which the women was practically Super Woman, which I am definitely not!
I know I have some time to really think about it and discuss it with Rob, but as of now, I'm not quite sure I want the epidural right away, or if I even want it at all.
This is one of the biggest decisions I will have to face and it would be great to hear some labour stories or advice on labour/epidural. Please feel free to share your thoughts!
Mommy-to-be - out
Well, I have another huge one to make in a couple of months. Epidural, or no epidural.
Rob and I went to our first of two all-day prenatal class on Saturday. It was really great. Our teacher is really good and puts everyone at ease, especially the husbands. She talked us through common pregnancy symptoms, such as Braxton-Hick contractions (which some of you know I have been having for about a week now) and bad heartburn.
She also divided the dads-to-be and the moms-to-be and asked each group to answer a series of questions such as what is the best part of the pregnancy and what is the not so best. It was quite amusing to hear what the guys had to say, they said that the best thing was the "pregnancy glow", not sure if they were just saying that to get brownie points or not, but it was pretty sweet either way. The not so best according to them, sex is - "different". Not sure what they meant by that, but the girls just laughed. I personally think we asked ourselves - Did my husband give that answer, or was it unanimous? It was kinda funny!
Then our teacher talked about labour. *Insert dramatic sound affect here*. She showed us a birth video, and to be honest, I was quite moved by it. The woman in the video delivered naturally, without any pain medication. She, with the help of her midwife, did several types of relaxing exercises (if you can call them relaxing!) to help her cope with the pain. She was a very very tough woman because she did not seem to be in too too much pain. Obviously she wasn't telling jokes or filing her nails or anything like that, but she remained calm. I was totally shocked. I mean, labour is labour, you are giving birth to a 7 pound baby, how can you keep calm??
Once the baby was born and the Dr. put the baby on the woman's chest, I lost it. I could not stop crying, it was such a beautiful thing. After the video I wiped the tears ( a little embarrassed that I cried like a baby in front of strangers) and was just speechless. I guess it made everything so real. Knowing that it will be me in a couple of months, giving birth to our daughter. Just writing this makes me a little emotional. Our instructor then proceed to talk about the different pain medications that are available to ease labour. I appreciated the fact that she was unbiased and was not trying to convince us to use one medication in particular, or even to use none at all.
She then asked us to fill out a questionnaire to help determine how we would each want to give birth. The scale varied from +10 (not willing to feel ANY pain at ANY point) to -7 ( NO drugs, even for a c-section, which I found VERY extreme!). And that is where I started rethinking about the whole epidural.
Up until that questionnaire I was all about getting the epidural ASAP, so I guess around the +10 mark. But after seeing that video and getting more information on labour and the pros/cons of pain medications including epidural, I realized that I was not really a +10, but rather a +3. Some pain medication, such as laughing gas, and as a last resort, an epidural if the pain is too much to handle. I honestly don't know what to think of this...
Am I that stupid and unrealistic by thinking that I can do this without an epidural? I know that women do it on a daily basis, and did it for centuries before we even had any pain medication. But on the other hand, why would I want to deliberately suffer? Why am I second-guessing the whole epidural NOW when I have been forever saying epidural all the way? This is really stressing me out.
Rob has mixed feeling about this I think. He will support whatever decision I make but I can tell that he wants me to take the epidural as soon as I feel pain. He is pretty worried about the whole labour thing and seeing me suffer. He was quite traumatized after seeing the birth video, in which the women was practically Super Woman, which I am definitely not!
I know I have some time to really think about it and discuss it with Rob, but as of now, I'm not quite sure I want the epidural right away, or if I even want it at all.
This is one of the biggest decisions I will have to face and it would be great to hear some labour stories or advice on labour/epidural. Please feel free to share your thoughts!
Mommy-to-be - out
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Not at all disapointed!
Well, Sunday was a great day! Wanna know why? Because I watched Nip/Tuck, that's why!
It was a great episode! Did any of you watch it??
Christian looks even hotter than he did in the previous seasons. I think he did something with his hair...whatever it is, it works!! The episode was a little weird I must say, with the mother/daughter duo...what the ***? But the rest was awesome, especially with Christian's shrink implying that he might be GAY! Honestly, I don't think he could be because of the way he is with woman...but on the other hand, he does have some gay tendencies. Whatever, gay or nor, he is still my crush and always will be. I heard that in an upcoming episode there is a shower scene with him and Mario Lopez (another hottie) ! THAT I want to see, well, depends on what exactly happens in the shower. If Christian drops the soap, you lost me.
Although I adore the show, going to bed at 11pm is too tough, so I will get my old school VCR at my parents' place and tape this week's episode. That way I can watch it first thing after work on Monday!
Mommy-to-be - OUT!
It was a great episode! Did any of you watch it??
Christian looks even hotter than he did in the previous seasons. I think he did something with his hair...whatever it is, it works!! The episode was a little weird I must say, with the mother/daughter duo...what the ***? But the rest was awesome, especially with Christian's shrink implying that he might be GAY! Honestly, I don't think he could be because of the way he is with woman...but on the other hand, he does have some gay tendencies. Whatever, gay or nor, he is still my crush and always will be. I heard that in an upcoming episode there is a shower scene with him and Mario Lopez (another hottie) ! THAT I want to see, well, depends on what exactly happens in the shower. If Christian drops the soap, you lost me.
Although I adore the show, going to bed at 11pm is too tough, so I will get my old school VCR at my parents' place and tape this week's episode. That way I can watch it first thing after work on Monday!
Mommy-to-be - OUT!
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