The first ultrasound

Introducing: Little Baby Henry

Due to a medical concern my GP sent me for an early ultrasound to make sure everything with me and baby is ok.

On Tuesday April 28th, at 9am hubs and I drove to the ultrasound clinic in the pouring rain. We waited for a good 10 minutes in the office, both of us nervous, and me with a full bladder since I had to drink 30-60 oz of water prior to the ultrasound. A very sweet female technician then called us into Room 2, where I got to comfortably lie on the exam chair, and Mays took a seat beside me. They even had a second monitor set-up so the patient could see exactly what the technician sees.

As she started the ultrasound, I was grasping hubbies' hand, and I didn't loosen my grip until she found the baby, and the heartbeat flickered on the screen. It was a magical moment for sure, and such a relief. At 7 weeks, baby measures 9mm in length, and had a heartbeat of 120-122bpm - both are right on target. Hubs and I both left the clinic with huge smiles, and great relief that our baby is doing just fine.

Hopefully everything will go smoothly from here on in, and we'll have a bouncing baby girl or boy in our arms by Christmas Eve.

Pregnancy has been great so far. I'm totally exhausted just about every night after work, and often feel quite nauseous in the morning, but inspite of it all, I am so incredibly happy that our little one is on the way :-)

1+1=3

Mayson and I are happy to announce that the littlest Henry is on its' way! :-D


We found out last night, Tuesday April 7th, that we're expecting. Yay! The baby is due December 15th, 2009, right in time for Christmas.


The proud grandparents-to-be are extatic, and so are great- grandma and great-grandpa Henry, and great-grandma Stenz, all the way in Germany.


I'll try to keep the blog as updated as possible, but I'm not promising anything. I no longer have access to the net at work, and I'm exhausted when I'm finally at home every night, but I'll do my best. I have added a count-down ticker to the page though, so everyone can stay on top of how long baby still has to bake.


So here it is, the coveted positive test:

A pic I came across

While looking for those puppy pictures of Micah, I also came across a picture of Whisky and Mayson the day we got her. I love, love, love this picture:

Trip down memory lane...

A bit nostalgic for a Friday morning, but what the heck??? Having Koda in the house with all of his little antics, night time howling, and puppy toys reminds me of just 2 years ago when Micah was still as little as Koda is now. I went back through my pictures, and dug out some puppy pics of Mimi to compare.

The first picture I ever saw of Micah and her brothers, taken by her breeder. Micah is the brown puppy on the right, and the little grey guy on the lft is her brother Demon, owned coincidentally by a former co-worker of Mayson's:

Micah in the middle, with brother Demon on the right:

Micah at about 5 months old, in my parents' backyard:

Taken the same day as the last picture, while enjoying the sunshine on the deck.

Micah this past weekend, at 2.5 years old, at my mother in law's house:

Editing Scenery

I LOVE to take pics of sunsets and sunrises, but unfortunately my little point and shoot Kodak C763 doesn't capture any of the amazing colours that are usuallly in the sky. That's what Picnik is for!

On my walk after work this past fall, I 'd taken my camera with me, while I strolled along the river, accross the bridge to Quebec, and then along Alexandre-Taché in Hull.

Here's a pic I took while walking along the bike bath:

And here's the edited version:

The Museum of Civilization:

The edited version:

Some more photos

I was bored again this morning and playing around with Picnik, editing some more photos. They're pretty random, but here are the results:

One of our wedding pics:

Our Christmas tree this past year:

And Alex and I on our joint birthday party (can you tell we're November babies, and were ready for Christmas?):

Koda

Well, the first weekend is over, and Koda seems to feel much more at home now. He already comes barrelling into the kitchen for his food and water, and then it's right back to chasing poor Whisky, then to jump onto still sleepy Micah who isn't used to all this early morning energy, and back into the kitchen to see Mommy and Daddy for some more water and kibble.

He's a bundle of joy, and he's had us cracking up time and time again in these 2 short days. I must admit I expected him to be quite whiny at night, but since he's had the pleasure of cuddling up to Micah, he has instead gone right to sleep every night at bedtime. We thought about buying Koda his own crate, since Micah was crate trained, and it worked fabulously, but we instead decided to let him bunk in her crate with her, until he's comfortable on his own. The only time Micah was even in her crate anymore these days, was when we're gone for a full days' work, or expecting the landlord to show up for repairs. She hasn't slept in it overnight at all this year, and if we were gone for shopping or a half day at work, then she's always just stayed in our bedroom.


So last night we thought maybe Koda would like to sleep in the crate, and we'd let Micah sleep by our bed where she usually sleeps, since Koda now seemed comfortable sleeping alone. So we put him in her crate, and closed the door. He immediately plunked himself into a corner, and went to sleep. Great, right? Nope, Micah wanted to get in with him. Say what? That's right - she didn't want to sleep in her spot - she wanted to be in the crate with the puppy, and kept nudging the door until we opened it, and let her in. Then she laid down right beside Koda, and both went to sleep for the whole night, without a sound.


So not only did Koda take to Micah, but Micah also totally adopted Koda. It's awesome! I'm sure Micah is not a perfect replacement for Koda's mommy, but it seems that she's the next best thing, and I think they'll have a great bond with eachother over their lifetimes.


Hiding behind the rope toy he stole from Micah:



At grandma Henry's house:



With Daddy after his bath (I think daddy got wetter than the puppy..haha!):

Micah makes a good pillow when you're tired...