TimBit

We were at a friends place last night and through various conversation it came up that Tim called their unborn baby "Baby T" cuz their last name was Talyor. So they decided that our unborn child would be nicknamed TimBit. So from now on our little one will be called TimBit. Tim says if it is a girl she should be named TimataeBit. I don`t know why, but we`ll stick to TimBit.

Half way there

Well, Wednesday marked the half way point for me and baby. The belly has just popped out this last week. It is really weird to have customers come into the bank and congratulate me. I think to myself how rude to assume - but then I look down and see my belly and remember. The ultrasound tech told me that I won`t feel the baby move for a while cuz my placenta is sitting right in the front and acting as a cushion. I told Tim yesterday that I felt the baby move at work and he wanted to know if he would be able to feel it soon. I am so blessed with such a loving husband who was kinda scared of the unknown at the beginning but everyday is more excited for the arrival of this little one. Tim will be embarrassed that I write this on my blog but here goes. Every night he talks to the baby and listens to it talk back and then rubs my tummy butter on. I always enjoy our "family" time.

I am still feeling fine. This past week I have had a bit of a head cold. It really sucks cuz you can`t take a darn thing for it. I had to call in sick one day to work; I hated to do it but figured I needed to sleep this thing off rather than prolong it. Today after swimming I had a little fainting episode. Well I didn`t actually faint but baby was definitely telling me I pushed it a little hard and I needed to take a break.

These next 2 pictures are of a sunset earlier this week. It lit the whole house.

Thanksgiving

The Cremona crew made the trek down to Lethbridge to spend Thanksgiving at Greg & Laura`s. We took a nice walk down in the river valley and I kinda got a little camera happy. This side of the family are rarely all together, so I thought I better capture a few moments.

Grandpa and Grandma watch while all kids young and old play on the park.
We were lucky to have a train cross one of the most fabulous train bridges ever. The bridge was built in 1908.
Boys will be boys. They all had to climb on one part of the bridge. Here the boys are trying to get Laura to jump in to see how deep the water is.
Damon just fit perfectly in this tiny spot.
Jesse is part monkey!!

Lane scared me a little how high he went.

Grandma spends some time with Damon

We finally got everybody together to get a family picture. We haven`t had one since G&L wedding.

Healthy little one

Yesterday afternoon we had our first ultrasound. All my friends had advised me not to drink the water until the way into Calgary. So that is what I did; but I was doing a little jig in the change room. The tech was nice enough to let me go to the bathroom, as it was not helping the position of my baby. After the pressure was let off the baby had moved and we were able to see more. I was really worried that Tim wouldn`t be able to make it, but the weather was working in my favour and not the combine`s favor. I kept having these weird dreams about having twins so I was very relieved that there was only 1 baby inside of me. It was a miraculous thing being able to see the baby in me. The heartbeat is within the guidelines and I am right on target with March 12 delivery. I got a doc appt tomorrow to follow up. It moved around so much that the tech had problems capturing pictures. But here are a few that we got.

Here is the side view of the baby`s face.
Here is the feet and it`s leg.

This was my favourite cuz you could see it`s thumb and 2 fingers.

My Thank you Theory

When I was in high school I can remember going shopping with my sister. During our endeavour I purposed my thank you theory to her. She thought it was crazy - but I have friend that has allowed me to put the theory to test.

A thank you can go on forever if you really want it to. You can send a thank you to an individual, who then sends a thank you in return; then you send another thank you and it could go on forever. My dear friend Lani is a girl who is always thinking of others before herself. That is one of her many qualities that I admire and which makes it easy to be her friend. A little bit ago her husbands grandma passed away. I took some frozen dinners over to her and a pie to help them get through the tough time. Well, a couple of days later I stopped at her house again and she had a pie waiting for me - thanking me for the pie I made her. So it is my turn to test the theory out. I made a bunch of pickled carrots the other night. So I am going to give some to her thanking her for the delicious pie. I know it is crazy, like my sister said, but it also fun!!