Snoogle...

Snoogle Santiago

A couple of stories...

Snoogle Steve: 

On Sunday afternoon Nicole & I took a drive out to South Surrey and on our way home we stopped at Babies R Us to look for a baby heart monitor for Matty & "special" pillow for me. I have been obsessing over this specific type of body pillow because I have been struggling with trying to keep four pillows around my body at night.  Matthew and I had tried to find one the other day... BUT the entire wall of body pillows was sold out. On Sunday they had two... yeah for me! I promptly bought the pillow and heart monitor and we went home! After getting the long snake pillow thing out of it's bag... i tried it out.. and took a nice afternoon nap!!! I love this pillow... and therefore it needed a name... Snoogle Steve! Snoogle Steve is amazing... not as great as my husband...BUT.... :) We tried the heart monitor thingy out... but no luck... it's not supposed to work until week 21... so i'll keep you posted! Matthew was pretty excited about it though!

New Camera:

So my camera broke when we were in Hawaii over Christmas.. :( So i finally got one from Best Buy!! It was on sale! So now i'll be able to keep a log of the Baby Bellie! Ya!

Mommy Brain:

Well, I have officially lost my marbles. Anyone who has spent any time around me lately has told me that I am a little spacey... stupid... slow or forgetful! I asked Nicole yesterday if I was completely strange and she said... "No, you are just funny". I think that just means that everyone is laughing at me :( Ha ha... no I think it's funny... because I sure am a space cadet right now!

Motorized Obsessed Husband:

My husband and Joel Robinson bought a Jet-Ski together... enough said.

Sunday Night @ Frogstone Grill

Thanks to our amazing cousin Bekah..  Sunday night, some of us cousins were able to get together for dinner and time to remember Uncle Robin. It was really nice to have a mix of the family getting together to talk and hang out. Some even wore their cowboy boots and hats from one year ago. I'm sure everyone's thoughts were with Auntie Jan, Billy & Bonnie, Julie & Dwayne and kids, Liana... and the brothers and their wives. Again, We love you Uncle Robin. 

16 weeks / 4 months (size of avocado):

Today I am 16 weeks along! I definitely have a belly but I'm feeling great! The baby is the size of an avocado and will start to move soon. I can't believe that it's already this far along.. apparently the baby doubles it's size in the next three weeks... I have to make sure to take pictures and measurements before it's too late! 

April 27, 2007

We love you Uncle Robin.

Revised Work Schedule

My Last Day of Work

JULY 31, 2008

SUN RUN/WALK

This weekend was a beautiful and cold weekend! On Sunday our firm decided to participate in the Sun Run. I unfortunately had not trained and was sooo not super keen on being the last one out of 60,000 people to cross the finish line! Nicole, Ayesha and I all took the west coast express in from Maple Ridge and met up with my co-workers and boss. We all started the race together... And it was really great to see so many people and hear the many bands cheering us on!  I was definitely in last place out of our group... but felt that I did ok!! I was proud of my 1:33:28 time and thankful to Jade who stayed behind and walk/ran with me (and baby perogie). I must have shacked the baby so much... I totally felt bad... but everything is fine... so that is good! I don't think my knees and back have ever been this sore... but at the same time i feel great that I did the whole 10 k (without cheating) Ya team!!! Nicole did amazing with a 64 minute time and Ayesha had a great time of 57 mins!! Congrats everyone who complete the race!!! Wahoo!

MEASURE THE BELLY...

Well Matty wanted to measure my belly the other day because it has been sticking out a ton more lately. It's now 31" round at the belly button. I am growing rapidly and have already gained a full eight pounds... which is a little scary.. but as Matthew says.. ""Your pregnant, it's a good thing." The baby is now the size of a lemon and looks something like this inside my belly! 

14 weeks pregnant

The little one is making me a little sick these days... kinda funny because I was hoping those days would be over! O well!!! 

SWEET TOOTH???

CANDY CRAVINGS

Most who know me know that I LOVE salty foods including pastas, breads and cheeses... and of course favorite snack food of all CHIPS and FRIES. But.. this is funny!!! During the beginning stages of pregnancy, all I wanted was sugary sweet teeth rotting CANDY. How gross is that! (And totally out of character) It was actually a dead give away to a few that something was up! Thank goodness this craving has pretty much subsided... but you can occasionally see me sneaking a candy bar from Luci, my co-worker's desk.  Just a funny side note I thought I would share!

SECOND TRIMESTER

Well... Today is the start of a whole new me!!!! So the books say anyways... The tiredness, moodiness, nausea, and all that jazz should subside... and give way to the HONEYMOON phase of the pregnancy... All I can say is... Keep It Coming ... YAY!!!

What a very interesting time...

It's kinda surreal to think that there is a baby growing inside of me. The other day Matthew tried to listen to my belly (which has popped a tad) and I freaked out!!! I can't believe that someday soon I will be able to feel this little person kick and move around... WOW!!

We have finally "come out" with the news and most everyone should know by now.. which is great! So many people have been so sweet with kind words for Matthew and I. Thank you all for being so loving to us and our new little BUN!

This week I spilled the beans to my boss.. This has caused a lot of anxiety in my life and is something that I have been praying and thinking about daily. It was an interesting chain of events, because I had chosen to tell her when she returned from her trip to Hawaii.  So on Monday when I sat her down and started to tell her my "secret" she said that she already knew. She had found out from another source... my teacher, whom I had needed to explain why I had been feeling so under the weather at school... and so that was a complete SHOCK. I was pretty upset that she didn't find out from me... and she was as well. But you know... GOD WORKS IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS... because she actually said that it was probably better this way because then she wasn't so shocked. So in the end it all worked out... she was very kind and it looks like my maternity leave will commence on September 1st, 2008.  (No waddling down G

eorgia St. for me...)

Other than that life is pretty uneventful! We are trying to sell both of our cars... 2002 Jetta TDI and 2001 Audi S4 (so if you know anyone who is interested - check craigslist.org) in order to get a larger family friendly vehicle!!! 

One more thing: Congrats to Megan, Joe and Riley Green!!! They moved into their brand new house on April 1st, 2008!!! So exciting... I'm sure we will all spend time there.. relaxing at their little retreat home... as it is a sort of Log Home... with a Hot Tub, BBQ and Deck!! Way to Go!!

OK i'm out for now! But i leave you with adorable pics of my nephews!! (that i have stolen from my sis-in-law's websites.. bad me!!!) They are waaay too cute to let you miss out!!!

Malachi Searle

Jericho Searle

Riley Green