Jonnie's work

Concerning Jonnie's job at Chapman's Icecream factory...
Since the factory burnt down on the 4th of September, many changes have come and gone with where and when Jonnie had to be at work. We all thought that the employees were going to get a few months off work till they rebuilt a new factory, but that was not to be. The employers quickly found an alturnative factory to work in. They also had other jobs that were needed to be looked after.
So they, thankfully, gave Jonnie a week at home with me and Elliot after the birth, but then quickly snatched him away again from us. They had him working for two weeks, six hours a day guarding their scrap metal from the burnt factory in a junk yard 20 minutes away. That was a little difficult, but at least we had my mom here to help out and keep us company, while Daddy(Jonnie) was gone.
But then the most unwanted happened... They decided to send Jonnie away for five days straight to a town two hours from here to work in the factory down there. That was a hard week, being by myself with a little one. We spent the week with Nia and Papa Ducommun though and that made it a lot easier. Then the next week he was sent away again only for four days, but was still very long for us. We decided to stay stick it out at home this time. And then he had to go away again. This time I couldn't handle it very well being home by myself and really noone to talk to. Jonnie and me got to talk for a couple hours on skype, but it just isn't the same, and I missed him so much.
This week, they got two lines set up in the dry warehouse in Markdale. (The dry warehouse is close to but far enough away from the old factory to not get touched by the fire.) So they have Jonnie working as helper again on one of the afternoon shifts. We are so thankfully to be able to have Daddy back home every night.
We will see how things progress over the next couple of weeks, but hopefully his time down at Stoney Creek is come to an end!

Happy 22nd Birthday, Baby!!

Today you turn another year, My Husband, My Lover, My friend...
This time last year we celebrated your birthday too,
but things have happened and we have grown closer together.
We have experienced many things as another passed.
We have grown one year older in a deep love that comtinues to grow bigger and wider as the days go by.
I love you so much, and am enjoying each and every single minute of growing older with you. Time is flying past, and next we'll know we will be rocking back and forth in our rockers remembering all the times we have had together over these years together. :)That is is you don't stick me in a loney home before then!

Our 1st Anniversary

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, my love!!! The card I have for you says everything I feel inside for you, on such a special occation in our lives. I love you sooo very much! Your Gurl Forever XO XO XO

One year already, wow, where has the time gone??

We had a great day together... Jonnie had to work today, but when he got home we walked into our kitchen and my mom had our table set up nicely with a candle & a couple flowers and had cooked a favorite of ours! It was quite yummy. Afterwards we went out for some coffee and a little bit of time together just us, since it had been 13 days since our precious little one had joined us. When we came home we were even able to watch a movie together. Thank you Mommy for helping us have a wonderful evening together!

We Are Now A Little Family!!

This is our little family at Inglis Falls three days ago. We took my mom to see the pretty waterfall and to see how it would look with all the leaves changing. There was hardly any water and no leaf had changed, but it was still beautiful.

Jonnie's Work Burns Down!!

Front of the factory early off in the blaze.

Back of the factory.
The factory is somewhere in the middle of all the smoke.

Where the freezer room used to be.

This is where the fire started. A spark from a welder's torch started it.

The lunch room and locker rooms used to be here.

This used to be the 2Lt production room on the ground floor and offices on the second.

38 1/2 Weeks...

This is 37 weeks-topish view

37 week pointed belly

38 weeks, not so pointed...

Wow! It's just over one week now till our due date! This pregnancy has gone by so fast, especially this last month and a half. Winter was long, but when summer finally came around, time has jsut taken off. My mom will be joining us in two weeks. It will be so nice having her here. It's nearly been a year since I have seen her, and will be a year since Jonnie saw her. She hasn't seen our home, nor met our precious kitties, so I am excited to show her around! She has been to Canada 9 years ago, but not up near Durham. So we will have some fun going to Timmy's and seeing around where Jonnie grew up and where we have been living the last year.

As for the pregnancy itself... going great still. I have had to frequent the bathroom more the last week or so, which has not been fun, but shows that birth is nearing. Last Thursday, we had our home visit with our primery midwife, Jane, actually in the middle of the tornado four blocks from our home. The power was out, so we talked over candle light. She was able to discuss with us what would happen if we did have an emergency at home and the stretcher people would need to come, how that would all work out in our home. And also explain the water birth and what would go with that and where would be the best place to have the little pool. It was great to be able to over all that at where we are planning on having him and kind of seeing how it would play out.

Then last Saturday Jonnie and me had the oportunity to go to a prenatal class which lasted from 9AM-4PM. Our butts and backs were quite sore, but we got to meet other pregnant couples and hear their stories and learn a little more about the labour itself. Jane was the one doing the class, so it was good to hang out with her for a few hours, kind of getting to know her a little better just through her sharing about labour and questions. That will have been my forth time to spend with her and Jonnie's thrid, so it is great we are getting to know her before she comes to our home to deliver Elliot. The videos were quite labour grafic, but it was good to see how women cope through the labour in so many different ways, and how the husbands help her to breathe and comfort her.

As for how the pregnancy is moving along... Sunday I got my first cramps, which lasted like ten seconds each, but it's a start. Then I was fine Monday and Tuesday. Then making supper yesturday I got a really long cramp which lasted till I was able to sit down and eat and drink and bottle of water 40 mins later. i started last Friday some little globual pills called caulophyllum that Jane gave me, so I have a feeling that is what is causing these cramps. I still don't know if Elliot has dropped or not, it doesn't look like it, but sometimes it really feels like it!

Other then pregnancy, Jonnie and me are doing fine. He is back into his own ice cream room at the factory, so he is back onto four day weeks 10 1/2 hour shifts. They are long days for him, but it is nice to have an extra day off. He had a problem with his back tooth on the right bottom side a couple of weeks ago. He endured the pain for a week and it wasn't getting better, so he went to the dentist to get it checked out. Ends up he has to get all four wisdom teeth pulled, because he doesn't have enough room for them on his jaw. So that will take place on the 21st of September. He will be sedated, and they said while he was under they would fill his cavities at the same time, so that is great! This would cost so much, but thankfully his job benefits will cover probly the whole thing. Prase the Lord for benefits!!!

I have a few things I have to get done after Elliot is born such as: eyes checked to get contacts and possibly new glasses, many teeth filled, and a chest xray for the governement papers. So his birth doesn't stop things from having to happen. Thankfully benefits will cover all those things for me too (except maybe the xray)! :)

Hey, my lovies! xx

I know you have been sickish, and very tired from work, but I just thought I would post this to cheer ya up! I love you so much!!! xo xo xo (Hope you are feeling better soon)...

Our Maternity Photos

Today we finally got to take our maternity pictures!! Thanx to Kris who did a great job at the shooting. I am 35" round now, and only three weeks till the due date!! Time is just flying...
Enjoy the pics :)

Carr at 33 Weeks and me at 37

Pictures to update...

:) Jonnie's double tomato, double patty hamburger. He quite enjoyed it!

My "Big Momma" tummy at 30 weeks... 34" around. Elliot is still squirming and kicking away!

I actually got this basket out for the kitties toys, but Echo decided it was his new bed. Silly thing!

More camera fun with Dudley being her cute little self

The snuggle monsters! Don't know what they would do without each other.

Random Scenery...

We just learned a few new things on our camera!!! We have been taking some actually very pretty scenery pictures, so I just thought that we would share them... enjoy!

Fishing July 09

Jonnie took me out on his parents little boat one evening to go fishing on Lake Eugenia. We had a great time together driving around on the lake. We brought a picnic to enjoy as well. We fished for quite a while, with many bites, but then I got the lucky first catch. It was quite a big fish, biggest I've ever caught anyhow. Jonnie says it was between 3.5 to 4 lbs large mouth bass. I was quite excited that I had caught it, but I definately wasn't gonna take that beast off the hook. I held it for a picture though then let the poor fella go.

Through out the evening Jonnie caught seven smallish fish, so in the end we both caught the same amount of weight. We got some really nice scenery too while the sun was going down.

JULY 1ST---HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!

Camping June 2009

Last weekend, Jonnie and I decided that we would go camping, finally! Friday morning before we went on our grand trip, however, I had to get a glucose test done. We went in to the doctor's and they gave me the nasty glucose drink. I downed it fine, but felt really sick to my stomach afterwards. We waited there for an hour then I got my blood taken, and we were off then for a weekend of fun and adventure together. We had started off by booking a place the day before between Walkerton and Hanover, but when we drove through the camp, it looked quite trashy, so we took off up towards Mac Gregor Point. It was such a beautiful day to be out driving. Thankfully, there were plenty of spots to choose from when we got there. We went to the site Jonnie had picked, and it was a perfect little site for us. We set up, then headed down to the beach for a walk. It was quite a rocky beach, so we thought that we would head down to the sandy beach the next day to swim. That night we had our potatoes and chicken, then headed off to the showers, and went to bed. We were probly the first on camp to be in bed that night!! We had brought glow sticks though and had some fun with them.

Saturday, when we got up, we made pancakes over the fire, then headed off to the beach. The place was full, and the water looked quite disgusting, so we just sat on the beach for a little while, looking off into the distance with the binoculars. It was a gorgeous day out! We then decided to go for a little drive in Port Elgin to see what we could see. It's got quite a few stores, but as always, we were in no mode for shopping. So we headed over to Timmy's to get an iced coffee. Yummy!!! Before we went back to the park, we decided to stop at Walmart to pick up a sudoku book, but got a wonderful surprise of seeing electronic 2 million games sudoku. We both fell in love with it immediately and had to buy it. We then drove back to the beach, but it was even more full, so we jsut went back to our rocky beach, where no one else seemed to fancy being. Jonnie tried to fish, but the lake was too full of algae that kept getting stuck on the line. So instead he gathered up rocks and made an Inoonwak, while I journaled and took pictures. After he had finished his beautiful creation, we went back to our campsite and started supper. Then we sat in the hammock and just relaxed. Shmores time then came! Jonnie made me a special stick, since the other sticks were too short, and I couldn't bend over with this big belly of mine. We then cleaned up the stuff, since we heard that Sunday morning was to bring some rain our way. Then it was off to the shower for us, and then some sudoku before we went to sleep.

Sunday morning did, of course, bring rain, but thankfully all we had to do was fold up the sleeping bags and airbed, then take down the tent. All went well, and we were on the road back home by 9AM. We made it safely home to our kitties and to do laundry.

Monday, Jonnie was off work, so he was able to take Carr and I to our 9AM appointment with the midwives in OwenSound. He got to see what it was like there, meet our primary midwife, Jane, and got to finally hear Elliot's heartbeat. We will hopefully be taking our prebirth classes in August, so we are both looking forward to that.

So we had a fabulous weekend together, and are hoping to go to caves within the next couple of weekends before I can't move, as Jonnie says...:)