Bubs is good, weather has been awful!

Dear Lynette,

Just wanted to drop in and say a big hello! We had our extra scan and ECG to double check bubs foramen ovale (the little hole that allows the bub blood to by pass the lungs whilst in the womb). We had a bit of a scare at our 18week scan where they thought there might be an extra hole in bub's heart (an atrial septal defect). So we had to have some extra scans done with a paediatric cardiologist. All went well and the cardiologist was happy with bub's heart which was a relief for an anxious Mum and Dad to be. It also meant we got to spend 30minutes while the measurements were being taken listening to bub's heartbeat and it was a truly amazing thing to hear. (ok I have to admit I cried).

We have seen bub's, heard bubs, felt bubs and with the morning sickness and belly bump its hard to deny there is a little one growing inside my tummy, but it's all still a bit surreal. We hit 20 weeks this week which puts us at the half way mark, we also hit our 6 month anniversary for arriving in Calgary tomorrow. I can't believe how time has flown.

Now to the weather April 11th we had a record 23cms snow in the morning, followed on April 13th and 14th by a balmy 23 degrees.....you think spring has arrived right? WRONG!!!
Last week we got hit with a snow storm that lasted 2 days and dropped another 24+cms and its been snowing on and off ever since with our highest temps -5ish. I will post some pics of the snow building up on our balcony later.

All I can say Calgary weather really keeps you guessing! (I have been assured by more than one Calgarian that this is freaky weather for this time of the year...yeah right!).

Love Telle, James and our wee little Monster.

Baby Reid at 18 weeks

Dear Lynette,

Well our newest addition (in progress) had its second photo shoot last week so I thought I would put up some of the pics (note the gender neutral references! We know bub's sex but out of respect for a few people would like to have a surprise we aren't going to post it hear).

Bub's Face
Bubs Ankle
Bubs Arm
Mum at 15.5 weeks
Mum at 16.5 weeks
Mum at 18.5 weeks
All is going well for James and I at work. Both very busy with our projects and looking forward to moving into our new apartment at the end of the month and then heading to Disneyland and LA with Emmett and Aimee in May. We are then going to do our darnedest to get to Niagra and Toronto hopefully meeting up with Jessie there for the Canada Day long weekend (just before I am too far along to travel).

I have to say I am a bit over Calgary weather at the moment, we had a record 23cm of snowfall April 10th followed two days later by 23 degree weather on Sunday and then snow again Monday morning. Talk about keeping you guessing. I have taken to carrying my jacket with me just in case these days as you really do go from Spring to Winter in a matter of 40 minutes here.

For my wonderful knitting mates, I have finished the baby blanket for our new little niece Charlotte Isabelle who arrived a bit early on 2nd April!! CONGRATULATIONS go out to Dave and Simone on the arrival of their precious 5 pound bundle of joy!! (I can't wait to give her a cuddle at Christmas time). I am in the midst of sewing in the loose ends now and will wash and block it before sending it off to Charlotte asap. (I have to admit I am not particularly enthused with the sewing in the ends part, but no knitter likes that part right?). I have knitted my first we new born hat for our own little monster (who has been kicking me a bot tonight to let me know that he/she is in there). And I just started on a cute "Yoda" style cardigan for Bubba last night. James also found me an awesome pattern for a knitted Dalek for bubs too which I will attempt only when I block Charlotte's blanket!!

Oh it occurs to me I have some non baby pics from a a recent walk we took just before the Bowness River thawed out completely!! (Will have to take another walk by the river to show you what it looks like when the water is running!).

Bowness Lagoon
James all rugged up
My first snow angel

The ice bergs
James and Telle
Anyhows I am going to sign off and knit and watch all new Boston Legal, NCIS and Hell's Kitchen!!

Love you lot's and miss you heaps and heaps!!

Telle, James and our little Monster

New Additions

It's been awhile since I contributed to our blog, so I get to put the most important news of all up: we have a new addition to the family!

This is my new acer 5920, which I'm dual booting with Ubuntu and Vista (I know, but that's what it came with). Ubuntu is for work, vista for play. It's my first laptop with a dedicated graphics card, and now that I've sorted out the sound driver problem, it plays everything I wanted. For the tech geeks (3gb Ram, 250 gb hd, 1.6 ghz core 2 duo, 8600 gt 256mb).



Of course, I'm not the only one to get a new addition, This is what Chantelle got:


We like to refer to it as our little monster. It was a bit of a surprise, but one that we are both really happy about. It somewhat explains our paucity of post, we've been busy with other things.

We actually had our first ante-natal class at the weekend, which was a combination of informative and calculatedly terrifying. Basically a series of helpful hints, and generally pretty obvious don'ts and warning signs. Apart from that, we're doing the traditional activities, procuring clothes, taking photos, having stupidly large numbers of doctors appointments.



From here on in it just gets busier, more courses, more appointments, more wife (I kid). On the upside, the end of the first trimester means less of the downsides of pregnancy: morning sickness, moodswings, etc. We've also got the big scan coming up, which weans we'll be able to drop the neuter, and move the a more personal pronoun.


So that's us, Reid's plus 1:

Things not to do in Calgary

1. Walk to the bus stop with wet hair in -10 weather.........without a hat. In the 60 secs it took me to get there my hair froze, I kid you not!