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You can now find me here.

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I'm sorry if this post sounds very impersonal, but I cannot muster up any more strength to elaborate or provide more details. Below is a copy of an email I have sent my friends to let everyone know what has happened to my husband and I. HelloI’m writing to let you know that I went into labour and gave birth to Ava Marie Cadeau on Thursday April 14th, at 2:11 PM in the afternoon through a crash

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I thought I would share some pics of Ava's nursery. Everything is done, except for one shelf that still needs to be hung.This is Ava's crib. Notice the larger mobile. This one is remote control operated. It was a Daddy "must have". The hanging baby quilt below is actually pieces from Mark's baby blanket when he was just a wee tyke. It's probably hard to see in the picture, but his Grandma

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My Dear Sweet AvaYou are all I can think about these days. I’m sure I must be a complete bore to anyone who I talk to, because I just can’t seem to focus on anything but you and your impending arrival.I had a look into your secret little world inside of me a few days ago and although it took a little while to rouse you from your slumber, once you realized you were on camera, you had no problem

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Tip Number 1:Invest in Batteries!The baby companies MUST be conspiring with the battery companies to ensure that absolutely EVERYTHING baby requires batteries (usually D size...FOUR OF THEM!). I wouldn't be surprised if they even found a way to incorporate batteries in diapers to play a little jinkle when they become soiled. Tip Number 2:Invest in Toilet Paper. (Is TP a commodity? It should be.

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Here I am at "almost" 38 weeks.

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I know I am just a few days shy of week 38, but I am getting so anxious and excited to meet little Ava that I can’t help but wish she would make her grand entrance RIGHT NOW! I keep looking for signs of labour, but nothing much seems to be happening.I really don't know if I have “dropped” yet. To me, my stomach still seems high up (that… and it doesn't feel like I am carrying a bowling ball

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A few weeks ago Mark installed our car seat. Knowing that more than 80% of the child seats are used incorrectly, we decided to visit the “Sit Safe Child Passenger Safety Program” offered by the Durham Regional Police to ensure that our car seat is correctly installed.It turns out that Mark successfully installed the car seat, but we failed to recognize that loose ice scrapers left on the floor in

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I had an appointment with an anesthetist yesterday to discuss the use of an epidural for pain relief during labour.It was a great meeting. We discussed how the procedure is performed and went over my medical history and she informed me of the potential side effects (of course I have already researched epidural usage until I was blue in the face, but the meeting was comforting and useful

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I have learned three things about myself since I started my Maternity Leave1. I DO look funny when I walkI think I was in denial. I have been quite self conscious about the whole “waddling” issue when it comes to being pregnant, and have (or so I thought) been taking great care to be aware of my movements and try my best to walk normally.All along I thought I was doing a great job at maintaining

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Obviously....I'm VERY BUSY in these last few minutes of work!I was just visiting PregnancyWeekly's blog about Pregnancy Madlibs and decided to try one out for myself! Does anyone remember mad libs? Oh my! How many tears of laughter where shed over those funny little fill in the blank stories!Here is my Pregnancy Madlib story. I was in tears laughing over this (hey...I never said I had a GOOD

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Today is my last day of work! I can't beleive how fast time has flown.While sorting through massive accumulation of emails over the years, I came across this funny email my cousin sent me about a nervous OB.A new, young MD doing his residency in OB was quite embarrassed performing female pelvic exams. To cover his embarrassment he had unconsciously formed a habit of whistling softly. The middle

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Yesterday morning I gave Crossword Puzzle Lady her gift. She seemed genuinely surprised I was giving her a gift and thanked me. Somewhat disappointed she didn’t open it right then and there, we continued to have a lovely morning chat on our commute into Toronto.This morning, she told me she was truly moved when she opened the gift last night. My little note brought tears to her eyes! She

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While cruising the highways last weekend in search of the perfect quilt for our new bedroom décor, I decided to roll down the windows and blast some tunes from an old Progidy CD I found laying around in the car.I was really getting into the music, feeling good with the sun shining on my face; the wind blowing through my hair when I realized the days of blaring songs with lyrics like “Smack my

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Here I am at 36 weeks.

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WOW! Look what arrived in the mail last night!Thank you Christi! What truly wonderful gifts! I just love the adorable little open gowns…and you’re so right! They will be invaluable during those 4:00 am changes when buttons are impossible. I love the little embroidered sheep. Did you know that was my theme? Sheep? Too cute!The book is perfect! So vibrant and colourful! Perfect for a little baby!

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This morning, Ava provided us with a glimpse of her feisty personality.I have a hunch this kid will be a handful.Upon going about his morning ritual of saying hello to my belly and smothering it in kisses, my husband decided to give Ava a little talking to about her arrival date. We are all anxiously waiting for the big day, and he tried to convince her that she is more than welcome to make her

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WOW! What a truly remarkable transformation! I'm so glad I have captured the various stages of growth. It just blows my mind when I see them all together like this. Thats MY BABY in there! Look at how much she has grown!

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Last night I had the craziest dream. I dreamed I was breastfeeding my cats!Hoping I wasnt loosing my sanity, I decided to try and look up what the meaning of this type of dream is, but unfortunately (or perhaps I should say fortunately), “breastfeeding” and “cat” were nowhere to be found in the same dream listing together.The following are separate interpretations of what it means to dream of “

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Upon joking with a co-worker about my ginormous baby, she suddenly became very serious and suggested that perhaps I should start dieting to help control the baby’s weight gain!!!Yes, and maybe I should start smoking and develop a cocain habit while I’m at it to make her extra healthy!

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Tim Hortons coffee is a national favorite amongst Canadians. The coffee is second to none.Saturday morning, Mark and I stopped at Tim Hortons for coffee before we began our weekend extravaganza of shopping for new bedroom furniture.Admittedly, I am not the most patient person in the world, but when it comes to rude people, I usually bite my tongue and disregard their ignorance. It makes life so

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SPEND IT ALL ON YOURSELF!Yes, that is what we are doing with our tax return this year. I know as parents to be the financially responsible thing to do would be reinvesting our returns back in our RRSP’s, paying down the mortgage or opening up an education fund for Ava, but who said we were responsible?This year, we are using our tax return to remodel our bedroom. Out with the old hand me down

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Here I am at 35 weeks. Notice the wedding rings are gone! Had to put away my diamonds last night or risk having my finger fall off from lack of circulation.And I just had to throw in this pic. This is my Phat Cat chilling with his daddy (not shown..but he's on the bowflex machine to the left). I had to resist all temptations not to turn the treadmill on full speed here!

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I want to have a little fun!Seeing that I am down to the final homestretch(only 35 days left before my due date!!!), I am interested in your predictions for when I will have my baby!My due date is April 24th.What are your due date predictions?

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The skin on my stomach has stretched to what I can only describe as miraculous lengths.Skin is our largest organ (although I would have to argue my largest organ is my swollen placenta brain as of late). Receptors located throughout our skin make it possible to sense touch, pressure and tension. That is of course, under normal circumstances (i.e. NOT pregnant).A pregnant woman’s skin however,

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We all know too well how scantily clad some young women dress these days. With images of barely dressed Brittany Spears and other midriff baring celebrities in the media, its no wonder women feel the need to expose their midriffs or show off their thongs with their low rise pants.I think, ladies and gentlemen, that I am about to bring a whole new meaning to the midriff bearing fashion craze. My

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A rather strange and peculiar symptom of this pregnancy has been my heightened sense of smell.Everything STINKS!I haven’t been able to wear any necklaces because I can smell the metal emanating from it and it drives me insane.Last night, while tossing and turning in bed I could smell tacos on Mark. He had fried up some ground chicken with taco sauce for dinner and I could still smell it hours

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This is the latest addition to my collection of Artsy stuff.(Which brings the grand total of my collection to about 2! I can love art but I can’t always afford it)!Thanks Aunty Sharon and Uncle Dave for the amazing sculpture!

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Baby Ava had her 34 week check up yesterday. She is doing marvelous. So marvelous in fact, she managed to put on 1.5 lbs in only 2 weeks and she tips the scales at 5 lbs 12 oz.Yikes! At this rate, we are for sure looking at almost a 9lb baby.I certainly did not expect her to grow so large. I fact, before we started to trying to conceive, I weighted 100lbs. No joke! I fit in children’s clothing,

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The other night, while laying in bed watching TV, I felt that familiar sensation that told me I had to pee yet again (my toilet is now on a first name basis with my ass considering how frequently they connect these days).Letting out a big sigh (because what would be the fun of being pregnant if you can’t be dramatic every once in a while), I attempted to lift me and belly out of bed.I usually

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Thanks to Cuppa, I have found a perfect gift for Crossword Puzzle Lady.In Cuppa’s words:"This lady brought a ray of sunshine into your life each day by offering you her seat. A neat way to give her a gift in kind, that would keep on giving even when you don't see her anymore, would be to give her a crystal suncatcher to hang in her window. Each morning the sunshine would give her a gift of

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Upon sitting down at the salon to get my hair cut yesterday evening, the stylist took notice of my stomach and says, “Look at you! You must be due any day now right?” I should have said I was only 2 months pregnant!

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I have no ankles!They have been completely swallowed up by my calves, and even they aren’t looking so hot these days. I know people have been telling me it looks like the baby is dropping, but jeez…I didn’t think this kid would take over my ankles too!I shouldn’t be surprised, if my stomach and diaphragm can move up under my ribs, why can’t my innards move downwards too?I’ve been trying to do all

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Our trips up north to our hometown of Penetanguishene are almost always overnight stays at my parent’s house.I remember living at home and feeling terrified once night time fell and darkness washed over the upstairs hallway. When I was little, I attributed my fear to the “evil” mirror placed at the end of the hallway right before the stairway. The hall light is right beside this mirror, and my

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Little did I realize, while opening gifts at my Baby Shower, the phrases I used to describe the gifts were being recorded. Apparently, there is an old wives tale that claims the words used to describe the gifts you are “showered” with for the baby must be the same words you spoke when the baby was conceived.Based on that wives tale, the following is the list of words that I must have spoken

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Last weekend Hubby and I ventured up to my hometown a few hours north of Toronto so I could attend my Baby Shower.I am completely humbled by the generosity and kindheartedness of my family.All of the food was scrumptious and tasty (especially the non-alcoholic punches for a pregnant momma) and the cake was yummy and simply adorable.I received so many wonderful gifts and am sincerely thankful from

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Here I am at 33 weeks.

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Since I live in Suburbia, I am one of the millions of people in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) who must brave the morning commute to work every morning. My personal chariot is large green and white passenger train that carries 150, 000 workers into the city every day (all of which appear to pile on the express train I happen to ride every morning).By the time my stop arrives, there are never any

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Pelvis Definition from Dictionary.com:“A basin-shaped structure of the vertebrate skeleton, composed of the innominate bones on the sides, the pubis in front, and the sacrum and coccyx behind, that rests on the lower limbs and supports the spinal column.”Definition from a Pregnant Woman:“The gaping hole of the vertebrate skeleton consisting of a giant baby head”I have been feeling quite a bit of

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Somehow, knowing I will soon be spread eagle in front of a room full of people to deliver a baby seems like nothing compared to how embarassing this story is! The poor woman must be mortified! Oh the things women must endure!THE WASH CLOTHI was due for an appointment with the gynecologist later in the week.Early one morning, I received a call from the doctor's office to tell me that I had been

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Yesterday I had my 32 week prenatal appointment. I am starting to really look forward to my appointments now as I get to see little Ava via an Ultrasound.The Ultrasound Technician took the time to show me her face. It was so exciting (although somewhat strange as the eyes are basically seen as dark circles and look hollow).At 29 weeks, she was measuring in the 70th percentile. At 30 weeks, she

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Sometimes it amazes me how much we can learn from reading other peoples blogs. There have been two blogs in particular that I have been reading the past little while that have started to shape and change some of my perceptions.Cuppa recently wrote:“Young or old, we have so much to learn from each other. Each of us is the younger women in someone else’s life and the older woman in another's. Older

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None other than Karla! I work for an association that represents the banks in Canada. Quite simply, we are a lobby group that schmoozes with the government to get buy in on issues that affect the banking industry. We have a more eloquent mandate, but I like my definition much better.When it comes to catering, we spare no expenses. Meetings are filled with tasty fruit platters, scrumptious

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My decision to breastfeed was probably one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever made.I never actually considered NOT breastfeeding. The only concern I had with exclusively feeding my baby breast milk is that Mark may not have the same bonding opportunity that I will have.Solution? A breast pump!Many critics will feel that the baby will have nipple confusion alternating between a bottle nipple and a

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While baby continues to grow and put on fat, she is demanding more and more space in my uterus. So much space in fact, that my other organs, such as my intestines and my stomach are getting squashed and mashed somewhere up in my ribs. My appendix is being pushed up somewhere near the vicinity of….oh…I would say MY THROAT!As of late, I can only manage a few bites of food at a time, after which I

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A special surprise arrived for Ava in the mail today!Aunty B$ sent Ava a gift. Isn't it just the cutest?Ava is getting spoiled and she hasn't even been born yet. Oh My!Thanks Aunty B$. Ava will look divine in her little sun dress (and matching diaper cover) this summer!

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While admiring my recently bloomed amaryllis, I had an epiphany.This flower grew amazingly fast. Sometimes two inches in one night! It took only a few weeks for it to reach its astonishing height and bloom into a beautiful flower from a meager little bulb.Suddenly it occurred to me that one day I will be looking back on my daughters life, and realize that she too, like my amaryllis, grew and

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We went to visit some friends of ours the other day. I hadn’t seen their baby girl in a couple of months and oh my goodness, what a darling little cutie she has become. At nine months, she is quite active, and she’s one of the happiest little babies I have ever seen. Always smiling and laughing.Her mom gave me some of her baby clothes. I couldn’t be more pleased. This baby is one little fashion

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My wonderfully pregnant body experienced the effects of gravity in all its glory today.My keys were on the floor. Deciding to attempt some form of sexiness while I retrieved them (although huffing and puffing every time I move is hardly sexy I suppose), I positioned my body in such a way that would give my husband a good view of my ass. I was fishing for compliments so I figured if I gave it a

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1108476341845249042005-02-15T09:01:00.001-05:002005-02-15T12:00:09.676-05:00

Valentines Day this year was filled with metaphoric symbolism, irony and utter joy.I received the most wonderful news at the doctors yesterday. It appears the Premature Atrial Contractions that Ava’s heart was experiencing have disappeared.How wonderfully ironic that of all days for her heart to receive a clean bill of health, Valentines Day will always be remembered as the day our baby girls

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1108268987056375632005-02-13T10:45:00.000-05:002005-02-13T11:22:20.476-05:00

Here I am at 30 weeks.

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Do you like back aches and pain?I do not like them, I am going insaneI do not like back aches and painWould you like them here or there? I would not like them here or thereI would not like them anywhereI do not like back aches and painI do not like them, I am going insane.Would you like them while you walk?Would you like them when you talk?I do not like them while I walkI do not like them when I

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1108185832792763182005-02-12T00:20:00.000-05:002005-02-12T00:39:29.370-05:00

Your husband walks in the room and in an attempt to get your attention wears your nursing pillow and performs a provocative hoola dance.

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Mark and I attended our first prenatal class yesterday evening. Unfortunately, we missed our first class due to our scary hospital incident.The set up for the class wasn’t what I expected. All four walls of the room were lined with rocking chairs. At first I thought we had entered a knitting class, but quickly remembered pregnant moms (and our supportive partners) need to be extra comfortable.The

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I’m starting to get quite nervous thinking about how big this baby is going to get. Although excessive weight gain has been linked to large babies, it isn’t always the case. I know plenty of women who gained 50lbs and had 6lb babies, my mom being one of them. There have been lots of studies around pregnancy and weight gain, each providing their own separate conclusions, but one common denominator

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107911545657266922005-02-08T20:06:00.000-05:002005-02-08T20:12:25.656-05:00

Work sent me flowers today! They are absolutely gorgeous! I wonder how long they have before the cats decide to eat them. They tend to do that with all of my plants.

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Yes.. little me, has a gigantic baby. Yesterday she measured 3 pounds 3 ounces. Statistically, only 30% of babies weigh this much at their gestational age. Here is a facial profile of the superstar in all her glory. It's fuzzy, but that's because this little bean wont sit still for two seconds. I guess she has places to go and things to do that I cant even begin to image.

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I had my first appointment yesterday at the Special Pregnancy Program Unit at Mount Sinai Hospital. I’ve never seen so many pregnant bellies in my life. It was almost amusing watching all the pregnant bellies waddling around. In a weird and twisted way, I felt like I belonged! I was amongst the big bellied waddling portion of the population. I actually blended in for a change instead of standing

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107703876624113742005-02-06T10:27:00.000-05:002005-02-06T10:31:16.623-05:00

While laying in my hospital bed crying, surrounded by my husband, my mom, my dad, my mother-in-law and my father-in-law my nurse walked in and handed me a pill. “What’s that for?” I asked. Smiling apologetically she responded, “Oh, it’s just a stool softener…we don’t want you getting backed up lying in bed all day!” The hue of my face must have elevated ten shades of red to match my bloodshot

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107631615358575612005-02-05T14:23:00.000-05:002005-02-05T14:43:39.446-05:00

Mark, being the wonderful man that he is, packed my overnight bag for me to stay at the hospital. This must have been quite a daunting task for the poor guy. It's not like he knows what to pack for a woman (Hell, I’ve packed most of his suitcases for him, so I don’t even know if he knows what to pack for a himself). He did well. In fact, being the quick thinking and sweet man that he is, packed

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107579681706346642005-02-04T23:57:00.000-05:002005-02-05T09:00:44.746-05:00

Do you believe in coincidences? I certainly don’t. I truly honestly believe that everything does happen for a reason, and the story about the discovery of my little baby’s heart arrhythmia is no different…I’d like to say that my Wednesday morning started out just like any other Wednesday morning, but it didn’t. I suppose I should take a step back and start at the very beginning. This isn’t an

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107267428621532452005-02-01T09:15:00.000-05:002005-02-01T09:20:31.700-05:00

Here I am at 28 weeks.

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Yesterday, Mark and I decided it was time to start thinking of getting my hospital bags packed. Some may laugh or scoff at such preparedness, after all, at 28 weeks; there are still 12 more to go. However, all anal retentiveness aside, it really struck me the other day that making these arrangements couldn’t hurt. Commuting on the Go Train last Thursday was a nightmare. The train before ours had

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1107006472582688202005-01-28T08:47:00.000-05:002005-01-29T17:33:46.383-05:00

When awakened by the cat purring and licking my head at 5:18 in the morning, grumpily pushed him off the bed muttering, “Goofball, go harass your father”. (-2 )Was gently awoken by the gentle touch of my husband this morning as opposed to the relentless beeping of an alarm clock. (+3 ) Mood turned grumpy when I realized I had to venture out in the cold to drive him to the train station. (-1)

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That is, all hail my mom, with her newly acquired (and highly prized) title as the “Queen of Cayo Coco Cuba”. I am sure I will not be able to communicate my mom’s adventure of how she came to deserve such a designation as well as she is able to, but this story had me rolling on the floor with laughter and was such a spirit booster after my “miserable monday” that I wanted to share it with

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106756151261286602005-01-26T11:11:00.000-05:002005-01-26T11:15:55.636-05:00

I had a strange dream last night about the baby. My dream started out quite normal. I was enjoying feeling my baby moving around in my stomach. The difference was, I was able to clearly make out what body part was moving. As I would rub my tummy, I could feel little baby feet. I could trace the outline perfectly and even feel the ripples of 5 little toes too! I remember feeling completely

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106603114685317542005-01-24T16:37:00.000-05:002005-01-24T17:00:33.800-05:00

Today, January 24th, 2005 is being called the worst day of the year! I laughed this morning when I heard this statement on the news. A British Psychologist who specializes in seasonal disorders has devised a formula that apparently show misery peaks today! The model is: [W + (D-d)] x TQ -------------------- M x NA The seven variables taken into account are: W - weather D - debt d - monthly

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106513484030803072005-01-23T15:47:00.000-05:002005-01-23T16:05:59.540-05:00

Baby: Heavyweight champ weighing in at about a whopping 2lbs. Kicking: Like a black belt Karate Master! Baby knows mom loves watching her move around and tries to guess what body part she is seeing. For spooks, likes to send mom telepathic images of the movie “Tremors”. Mood: Sarcastic! (See above). Latest Development: Aside from recently mastering the cha-cha and several new karate moves,

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Yesterday we were expecting our friends over for dinner. They live about 40 minutes away in Newcastle, and it’s always such a pleasure when we get to see them. They just got back from their third trip to Las Vegas in 2004 and we were excited to hear all about their vacation. They absolutely love Las Vegas, and it was through their enthusiasm and recommendations that Mark and I decided to go to

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106333586812494592005-01-21T13:52:00.000-05:002005-01-21T14:45:35.993-05:00

This morning I had the pleasure of leisurely rolling out of bed at 7:00 am. Fridays are wonderful for sleeping in, as I get to work at home. The mad rush to get ready for the day on Friday mornings is to find a pair of socks and make sure I don’t have bed head before heading out the door to drive my husband to the train station (ok, some days I do even forgo the bed head task). Today I had

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106154032561811062005-01-19T11:57:00.000-05:002005-01-19T12:03:03.553-05:00

. This photograph has long been the running joke in my family about how I came to be a vegetarian! Truth be told, I can’t remember a time I ever loved to eat meat. Even as a young kid I didn’t like hamburgers or hotdogs, and would only eat white breast meat. I stopped eating eggs when I was in grade six (11 years old). My friends and I were convinced that the little white chunk you find in the

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1106082125854833442005-01-18T16:01:00.000-05:002005-01-18T16:11:49.520-05:00

As I approach my seventh month of this pregnancy, I am noticing more and more with each passing day how my body has truly taken on a mind of its own in an effort to support the growth of my little baby. Although my trips to the bathroom are about every 4.2 seconds and I seem to constantly have a sore and bothersome lower back, I have had it quite easy when comparing the symptoms of my pregnancy

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105906096675326722005-01-16T15:07:00.000-05:002005-01-16T16:22:58.433-05:00

Here I am at 26 weeks. . I can hear the gasps and chuckles of sheer SHOCK from here guys! STOP THAT! For giggles, I've compiled some past pictures together for comparison. .

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105729384720554072005-01-14T13:59:00.000-05:002005-01-14T14:10:58.383-05:00

First Trimester Accomplishments:We were finally pregnant! And we conceived on a cycle where we decided to give “trying” a rest to BOOT! We needed a change because throughout the entire process of “baby dancing”, we were well behaved little baby making machines. There was no way I was going to pro-create life having my ass slapped and getting called a naughty little ….. OOPS! See what happens when

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105636147544605192005-01-13T11:54:00.000-05:002005-01-13T12:09:07.543-05:00

Today is a day of mixed emotions for me. Today my job is officially up for grabs! My boss wants me to have at least a month of cross training with the person who will be taking over for me when I go on Maternity Leave, and that means, the interview process needs to start. Here in Canada, we have the option to take a one year leave from our jobs after a baby is born. The government pays you

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105551936839215992005-01-12T13:40:00.000-05:002005-01-12T12:46:25.086-05:00

I just got back from a doctors appointment. I must admit, it was such a disappointment. My regular OB is on holidays, and in her place was a doctor with the personality of a rock. He was cold and unfriendly, but he did what was required and expected of him. I just really missed the cheery and charismatic personality of my regular OB. More importantly however, everything is progressing well with

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105473012900913972005-01-11T14:46:00.000-05:002005-01-11T14:51:29.823-05:00

Trading up is generally understood to be good thing. Some day, I hope to trade up our quant little three bedroom house in Suburbia Toronto to a larger four bedroom model to accommodate yet another addition to our family (Hint Hint…Nudge Nudge Babycakes!) The thought of trading up for a larger salary always sounds enticing. I would even like trade up our two door Sunfire GT for a more convenient

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105374089390221272005-01-10T11:08:00.000-05:002005-01-10T11:21:29.390-05:00

It is official ladies and gentleman, my worst pregnancy fear has come true! I am starting to WADDLE! I was making my usual morning trip to the kitchen at the office this morning, when one of my wonderful co-workers started to giggle behind me…”Oh my goodness Karla, it’s happening, you are starting to waddle!” I begged and pleaded with my husband to let me know when this unfortunate turn of

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105286608378590032005-01-09T10:59:00.000-05:002005-01-09T11:35:13.290-05:00

You know it's love when… You have to ask your husband to clip your TOENAILS! Yes, that’s right, my growing abdomen is now officially too big to let me bend and contort in a way that I can reach my own two feet to perform the simple task of cutting my own toenails! You know it's love when… After a wonderfully romantic evening of dinner and a movie, all you want to do is go home to bed (to sleep….

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105111733862219032005-01-07T10:20:00.000-05:002005-01-07T10:30:29.953-05:00

Christi has sparked my interested with a recent post about the pros and cons on the use of spanking as a form of discipline for a child. I thought I would elaborate on my thoughts here at my blog on the subject. I am a firm believer that spanking is NOT a necessary form of discipline or punishment for a child. I could never advocate or encourage any form of discipline that requires physical

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1105041909448363762005-01-06T15:01:00.000-05:002005-01-06T17:02:23.256-05:00

My boss emailed me this the other day…I’m sure we’ve all heard these axioms before, without realizing the valuable lessons they held! 1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning." 2. My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." 3.. My mother taught me about TIME

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1104943834992554822005-01-05T11:47:00.000-05:002005-01-05T11:58:29.860-05:00

My earlier post about Crazy Baby Names described some of the more shocking and absurd names that I have heard of. That was my comic relief from the stressful task of trying to find a name suitable for a human being I have never met! We spilled the beans over the holidays about the sex of the baby. It was just too much to keep a secret any longer. I still maintain however, that even though the

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1104418954109359512004-12-30T09:28:00.000-05:002004-12-30T10:07:09.426-05:00

My husband and I have started the daunting task of trying to pick a name for our baby. I’ve been frequenting the baby name message boards on the internet to see what kind of names people are thinking of these days, and have discovered (much to my horror) that some of these poor little babies are going to suffer a lifetime of torment and agony from some of the goofy names parents are coming up

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103817969464005062004-12-23T10:40:00.000-05:002004-12-23T11:06:09.466-05:00

Although I live in suburbia Toronto, I grew up in a small town north of Toronto called Penetanguishene. Today we woke up to about a foot of snow (technically I should say 30cm, but the metric system has never quite grown on me when referring to length and distances). At 6:00 am this morning, bleary eyed and sleepy, my husband was outside shoveling the drive. It was still snowing however, and

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103656210146712062004-12-21T14:04:00.000-05:002004-12-21T14:10:10.146-05:00

Dear Santa,Season's greetings from Karla and Mark! It's been a while since we’ve chatted…about a year now I guess! It’s that time again to bring you up to date on how we've spent the past year. It’s been a busy one!January got off to a great start! We were happy newlyweds well rested from our honeymoon in Couples Negril Jamaica and finally recovering from the whirlwind year and half of Wedding

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103640218713120452004-12-21T09:30:00.000-05:002004-12-21T09:43:38.713-05:00

Here I am at 22 weeks. I love my “bump”! . Viewers Beware...skin shot ahead! .

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103504112276630122004-12-19T19:52:00.000-05:002004-12-19T19:55:12.276-05:00

Baby: Present Kicking: You bet! Mood: Hmmm…one would have to assume complete and utter annoyance with mom incessantly poking at her belly to see if baby will kick back. Latest Development: Love of Rice Krispi squares (oh wait…that’s’ mom). Baby weighs in at almost a whole pound this week! Mom: Hangin’ in there Kicking: If there wasn’t a belly in the way... Mood: I have to pick just one? Latest

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103378024040685622004-12-18T08:51:00.000-05:002004-12-18T08:55:54.576-05:00

I just recently read a post from a fellow blogger who is going through a hard time trying to decide if she wants to have kids or not. What made her dilemma interesting was that she wasn’t worried about whether or not she would be a good mom, or if she would have all the right answers or always know what to do, but she was worried about the violence and tragedy in our world today and how parents

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103309163831509452004-12-17T13:46:00.000-05:002004-12-17T13:49:01.533-05:00

I work in the Information Technology field and have the luxury of working at home. Although I can randomly choose days to coop myself up in my home office, Friday’s are my official “work at home day”. I usually take Friday mornings as an opportunity to sleep in a bit. This morning I woke up to the sound of my husband getting in the shower. I had to resist the urge to go back to sleep, and dragged

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103211101355121512004-12-16T10:28:00.000-05:002004-12-16T10:31:41.356-05:00

Yesterday, while sitting in the waiting room at the doctor’s office for my appointment, I experienced my first glance into my growing ideologies on parenting and parenting style techniques. I’m sure most first time moms to be experience what I am going through as well, and that is trying to decide on how you will parent and guide your child to grow up into a well mannered, confident and happy

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1103143390528949612004-12-15T16:35:00.000-05:002004-12-15T15:44:48.550-05:00

I just had my 21 week doctor’s appointment today. My Obstetrician is wonderful. I am really quite lucky to have been referred to such a great OB. (You might remember my extremely long winded post about my great Midwife vs. OB debate.) I am extremely happy with my decision. Dr. Eltayeb is incredibly professional, yet has a sense of warmth and caring about her that immediately puts you at ease.

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1102776703469452232004-12-11T09:46:00.000-05:002004-12-11T09:56:53.216-05:00

I think the most surprising thing with this pregnancy (being so naïve as this is my first) was my ability to read about all the various conditions and changes that will happen to my body and somehow manage to convince myself that they won’t happen to me. Here was my train on thought on some of the more common pregnancy related ailments at a very early stage: Backache: "I’ve never had backaches

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1102431662206207872004-12-07T09:35:00.000-05:002004-12-07T10:07:21.623-05:00

If I have one major complaint about the whole pregnancy experience, it would have to be other people voicing their opinions about how I should be caring for myself. For example, I have not given up coffee. I still drink about a half a cup or so a day and feel totally fine about doing so. I often times go for coffee with a friend at work. On one occasion, while coming up the escalator to the

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1101913319561311812004-12-01T09:40:00.000-05:002004-12-01T10:09:31.706-05:00

I was at the sitting at the top of the stairs talking to my husband (don’t ask why we converse in the stairway…we just sort of stop and talk wherever we are most of the time). For whatever reason, I felt the need to support my butt with my hands. Well if that isn’t a dead giveaway that I have an expanding bottom half, then I don’t know what is. I felt more squishiness on my ass then I’ve ever

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1101749285246876002004-11-29T12:18:00.000-05:002004-11-29T13:02:07.990-05:00

Wow! Today hubby and I went for our first Ultrasound. What a moving experience. We finally had the opportunity to meet our baby up close and personal and the baby looks dandy! I thought hearing the heartbeat for the first time was the most amazing experience, but that was nothing in comparison. Our baby is a wonderful compedium of vertebrae, assorted kidneys, and enough arms and legs to take it

karlahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05483505184799130550noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915310.post-1101482378175787612004-11-26T10:16:00.000-05:002004-11-26T10:26:48.000-05:00

The other day I was talking to my friend Nina, who recently had her engagenment photos taken. Her photographer has an amazing talent of capturing emotion in her photography. I’ve always wondered how you can capture emotion in a still photograph. I’m sure it has a lot to do with how the photo affects you personally and what is currently going on in your life and how you relate to the image, but

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I have been having this strange sensation in my stomach for a couple of days now and I am 99.999% sure that I have started to feel the baby move. The feeling is absolutely not what I had anticipated. I guess I don’t really know what I thought it would feel like, but I expected it to feel more like “kicking”. I have a habit of using strange analogies when trying to describe something. The other

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Here I am at 18 weeks. This stomach is growing bigger and bigger everyday!

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18 Weeks already…the 51/2 month mark! Wow. Where is time going? It is said that you should start to feel your baby moving anywhere from 16-20 weeks. I have been waiting patiently for the last two weeks, but I don’t think I have felt any movements yet (or if I have I just don’t know what I am supposed to be feeling). The first movements are called “quickening” and are supposed to feel like

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I take the GO Train to work everyday with my husband. We’ve been commuting together for a couple of years now. Every day, same train, same car. It’s funny how you start remembering the people you commute with. I don’t speak to any of them, but there is a strange comfort seeing the same people everyday on your way to work. By the time my husband and I get on the train, there are never any seats

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