30 Weeks and . . . .

. . . I got a Hole-In-One!!

We had some excitement last night when Joel and I and a couple of friends of ours went out to play 9 holes at Riddell's Bay after work. On the third hole (Par 3) I had a tee shot of around 100 yards or so and I hit what I wasn't all that sure of to be a great shot, but as we watched it head towards the pin and then heard it hit the pin - Joel and I took off sprinting (ok he was sprinting and I was just trying to keep up!!) to see if maybe we had just heard it drop into the hole . . . and sure enough once we got up onto the green there was no ball to be seen until we peeked into the hole!! It made it a bit hard to concentrate on the rest of the round - but I still ended up with a 46 on the front 9 which is my best front 9 there to date - amazing what a "1" on your scorecard will do for your score!!

We were lucky to have Brian and Marie along with us - and Brian was able to capture the moment for us on his Blackberry:)

It was a great way for us to mark the 30th Week of being pregnant . . . this little girl sure has to get some of the credit:)

In other baby news . . . . we are about 95% done the nursery - I just have some finishing touches to add to the wall and I will have pictures of the finished product to post. Joel and I have enjoyed every moment of working on her room and we're quite pleased with the outcome so far. It's a cozy (i.e. small!) room but just the perfect little place to hang out and dream of our little princess:)


Hope everyone else is doing well and taking advantage of the last few days of summer!

28 Week Picture

Ok - it's more like a 29 week picture, but not that much is going to change in 1 week!

As you can tell from the picture Baby M is definitely growing - I'm really starting to get quite a tummy now!! Now everyone really knows I am pregnant - which is actually kind of nice. There was that stage where people seem to know you're pregnant but are hesitant to say anything in case they are wrong - but now it seems that anyone (all strangers included) is quite happy to comment on me being pregnant . . . for those of you who haven't been to Bermuda before people here are quite liberal with their comments!! For the most part it's all very nice though!

We just had another great weekend in Bermuda, as expected August has been so hot and humid but we were out on a boat with friends on Saturday which is such a nice break from the heat (as we spend a lot of time in the water)! On Sunday we went out for a round of golf which was very hot but taking a cart helps a little as well . . . and yes I'm still doing ok on the golf course!! I was still able to score under 100 (which is great for me!!) so I'm not ready to give it up quite yet:)

The nursery is really coming along - I just love spending time on pulling her room together, it really makes this all seem much more real and exciting!! We got the crib together on the weekend and we are very pleased with it . . . so now everything is pretty much there is just needs to be organized a little bit and then I'll put up some pictures! Joel and I actually did quite well putting the crib together and we were both so pleased with the end result:)

That's about it for our update for now - just over 11 weeks to go which means we'll be starting our baby classes (i.e. Lamaze) very soon. As much as I'm excited about this, it also means starting to think of the actual delivery which scares me to bits right now, but hopefully once we learn a little more about it - it might not seem so scary!

Hope all is well with everyone!!

Back in Bermuda

What a great couple of weeks Joel and I had while we were away!! I really did have intentions of updating our Blog while I was in Alberta but we got so busy having fun that it just didn’t happen – so now I have lots to share!!

First of all we did the Alaska Cruise with some of the Robertson’s and we just had a fabulous time!! I’m sure a few of the pounds I’ve recently put on cannot all be blamed on Baby M as we ate all the time while we were on the ship!! The food and entertainment were great and it was fun to have family around to share it all with. The weather wasn’t very good, however never so bad that it kept us from going out – it was just a bit drizzly and cool at times. It was just a perfect combination of relaxing and fun!! Below are a few pictures.

Joel and I in front of Hubbard Glacier.

Hubbard Glacier was just amazing!

On board a train ride in Skagway - we were looking down over 1000 feet at times!

Dad, MaryAnn, Joel and I ready for some kayaking where we saw a whole bunch of adorable Harbour Seals!

Then after we got back from Alaska we visited Mark & Jen (good friends that Joel grew up with in Winnipeg) in Vancouver for a couple days which was great fun – and then Joel headed back to Bermuda. We managed to find a great stroller for our little one in the bit of time we had in Vancouver and Joel was able to take this back with him which was great as I would have never had room for it by the time I was ready to come home.

I was then off to Alberta for a week to see the rest of my family which was also fantastic! I spent a lot of time with my sisters – Kayt and I did all sorts of baby running around which was loads of fun and Keli and Jana got to relish in the fact that they were getting smaller and smaller while Kayt and I got bigger and bigger!! We were also very excited that Jill was able to make it home for a few days as it was great to catch up with her and her post-wedding bliss :)

At the end of my week at home Kayt and I were spoiled with a joint baby shower put on by some very special members of the West family!! We had so much fun ohhing and ahhing over all the sweet girlie stuff that everyone was SO kind in bringing to the shower. It was so fun to start to imagine our little girls as part of our circle of family and friends!! Below are a few pictures of the shower . . . I don’t think I can ever adequately thank Auntie Martine, Auntie Gaylene, Michele and Keli for all the work they did in making it such a special day for Kayt and I :)

Put a few talented ladies together and you end up with some incredible decorations!

The lovely ladies who hosted our shower.

Great Gramie West, Gramie Kim and the girls:)

GG, Grama MaryAnn and the girls:)

Then later that day, after some seriously strategic packing, it was time to head home for Bermuda . . . and I’m already learning just how much more luggage you have when there is a baby in the picture!! Baby M came home to Bermuda with a lot more luggage than I did!! And that was after I had to leave some of her stuff behind at Grama’s and Papa’s . . . . she got some pretty cute outfits that she won’t be wearing until she is a bit older so some of that had to stay behind as there was no way we were getting it all home in one trip – not even born yet and spoiled rotten!!

Now it’s back to work until late October when I go on maternity leave. Joel and I had contemplated another little weekend get away before our babe gets here – but I really did not enjoy the flying on this trip (I was so happy this morning to see that my ankles had gone back to a normal size after all the flying yesterday) and we’ve been very fortunate to get in a lot of travel over this past year so I think we’ll just stay grounded here in Bermuda for a little while . . . however we are always happy to have anyone here who wants to fly this direction!!

Next up is 28 weeks!! I hope to have the updated picture up tomorrow or the next day:)