He is changing sooo much every day! He has already gained more than a pound and is more alert. He still likes to be awake a lot at night but we are slowly getting used to it. Last night was actually really good and he gave us a few 3 hour stints of sleep, thanks Keiran! His head is getting stronger and he can hold it up for a few seconds now to look around. I swear he is going to smile soon as well!!! I think it's just wishful thinking on mommy's part though!

He outgrew his newborn diapers last week and is in size 1's now, holy moly kid! One night he peed on daddy twice and also puked on him twice so daddy was not a happy camper, thankfully we have not had a repeat of that....yet.

This little guy is changing every day! He is starting to look more and more like a Driscoll, it's awesome to see it happening.

He lost his umbilical cord today with a little help from my mom. I have to say it's nice to have that thing gone, it was starting to smell !

He is a very good sleeper as well, we actually have to wake him up for feedings the past few days. I wish I could say that breasfeeding was going well, but it's not. I think he just wants to be a bottle kid. That's ok, as long as it works and he's growing and gaining weight. He's also quite the little farter! I wish I could say that he got that from dads side of the family, but it really is my side that he got it from. It's pretty funny though and he's had us laughing quite a few times!

He's here!!!! After an intense 3 hour labour (please don't kill me!) Keiran Allen arrived at 4:05am on August 8th 2007 - his daddys birthday!

I'll post a birth story later but for now I'll just add some pictures!!!

33 week ultrasound

This is me just over 34 weeks, taken early July. Baby was weighing more than 5 pounds at that point! Ultrasound pictures to come up next!

Taken at 31 weeks 6 days. It's getting harder to get in and out of bed and off of chairs. Baby weighs more than 4 pounds now, woohoo!!!

Taken today at 29 weeks 4 days. Nice little baby bump happening here!
Brian took a picture of me getting ready for a stamp camp tomorrow. My face is getting soo chubby, I'll be very glad when he gets here and I can get rid of the chubs!

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Pics taken at 28 weeks 1 day. Damn belly is getting big!!!! and I put one where you can see my lovely stretch marks, woohoo. hmpf.

more ultrasound pics!

Pictures taken today at 26 weeks 4 days. He has changed so much in the past three weeks when you compare him to my last ultrasound!!! He's turning into a chubster and has the cutest pouty lips. It totally looks like he has black spiky hair coming down his forehead but he doesn't, it's just the way the image was. I had no idea that they would do 4D at the fetal assessment so it was quite exciting. He is measuring exactly where he should be and it was very reassuring. I have another appointment in 4 weeks and can't wait for it!!!!

Taken today at 26 weeks 2 days. Definitely popped now. This is my third time trying to post this message so I'm going to keep it short!

25 weeks here. Getting bigger!

Me at 24 weeks. I stopped taking pictures for a few weeks but I'm doing it again.

23 week ultrasound. He is sooo cute! It was so fun to do a 3D ultrasound today.

I am super stoked about these outfits! Brian bought them in France today and they are absolutely adorable! My kid is going to be the cutest kid around!!!!! That little penguin is too precious.

I'm turning into a blabbering idiot!

Been feeling lots and lots of kicks on and off these days, it's so neat. I think he just kicked my bladder. Thanks kid.

Work is a bit frustrating at the moment. The boss wants us to stay longer *just in case* something comes up that he needs us for. It's absolutely rediculous. Everyone is in France!!!! There is nothing that is going to happen that can't wait until the next day, seriously. It's true. I hope it's just a passing thing and that by next week he'll be back to himself and let us go back to the normal routine that we were promised by the chief. Besides, my mom is going to be here next week and I want to spend as much time with her as I can. She has never been out here before and I've been living here for 5 years, that's pretty significant!!!

I'm totally stoked to be going to the states this weekend. I'm picking up the baby bedding and a whole bunch of soap and stuff from bath and bodyworks. I'll probably look for some maternity clothes as well, maybe a baby outfit or two, we'll see.

And that's about it for me!

And here is me at 21 weeks - only 19 to go!!! Woohoo! I'm feeling more kicks now which I think is super fun. I'm also feeling more uncomfortable at night as I try to sleep. And whoever said that you don't pee as much in the 2nd trimester was a big fat liar!!!! I pee at least 3 times a night. Grrr.

Brian is in France now. Just got there today. Seems to be fine so far, they had a bit of free time this afternoon and he went shopping and sent his parents a post card. They don't know what they are doing tomorrow yet other than breakfast is from 6-7:30. Hopefully the day will be good for them.

That's all I really have to say for now. Ciao!

This is my 20 week photo. Getting bigger...

The Princess is finally starting to get better! I was really worried for awhile and almost brought her in to the vet this morning so they could put her on an IV but she started eating again. She hasn't had much more than a few bites a day for about 4 days now and I hadn't really seen her drink much water. We did have her at the vet on wednesday and they ended up putting liquid under her skin as she was dehydrated. Then later that day she puked up the medication I tried to give her and it was mixed in with blood which totally freaked me out so I called the vet the next day and we decided that if she hadn't really eaten much over the next day or so, I would bring her in for IV anti-biotics and forced feeding. I was about to do it, but I got woken up at 4:30 this morning by two yowling cats outside who were having a catfight and at that time I gave Mia some soft food and she ate some, and then she ate again this morning when I got up and then again this afternoon when I got home from my stamp camp. Only a few bites at a time but it's better than it has been. And, I saw her drink water after eating this last time so I think she's on the mend now. She still has a bit of snorking but I think her breathing is better in general.
I hate it when the animals get sick! It's hard when they can't tell you what's wrong. I think I'm going to be terribly obssessive over the baby when he gets here! I'm bad enough with the cats, never mind a kid!!!
As I type this, I have Sara glommed next to me and Charlie just jumped up and cuddled next to her and is now grooming her. It's very very cute.
I'm going to go now that I have dedicated an entire entry to my sick cat!!!!

As requested, here is a belly picture. This is my 19 week picture taken this past monday. Gotta love bellies! I'll be happier when it looks more like a pregnant belly and less like a tubby belly!

Have been feeling some movement lately, although nothing much today unfortunately. I'm hoping to start feeling it more regularily.

That's about it for now, will be back later with more.

Stamp room Mania!!!!
I've been slowly but surely going through my stamp room this afternoon. Talk about tough job, it's such a mess!!!! I have so many extra stamp sets that I can't use that I've decided to have an open house to sell them all off. I'm very excited about this as I haven't had an open house since I first started as a demonstrator! I'm going to make it fairly low key but I will have a table where people can make cards and play with toys and stuff and then of course a table full of stamps to sell. I'll be glad to have a bit more room. I can't wait until we have a bigger house and I can actually have more space and maybe even have enough room to host events in my own place! That would be nice. My dream is to have this monster big studio one day, how cool would that be???!!! Stamping heaven.
Another rehearsal tonight. This one is with my old reserve band. They are playing lots of fun music on their next concert so I asked if I could play with them since our band is not doing anything right now. I haven't had a rehearsal at work for weeks and it will still be at least a month before we have a rehearsal again. Probably more than a month. The band is leaving for France pretty soon. We have to get some Euro's for Brian but I don't think that takes very long. The trip is really sneaking up on us!!! I'm going to be very bored while they are gone but I'm ok with that, no biggie.
I wish I could have a nap right now, all of a sudden I am really tired. Maybe I'll go have a snack and see if that perks me up. I think a nectarine is calling my name.