wrong birth weight?

I forgot to mention that the midwife told us the wrong birth weight (thankfully she didn't write down the wrong birth weight!!). I think she was having a bad day or something because she wrote down the wrong time when he was born as well as telling us that Aaron was 8lbs etc. So how much did he weigh at birth? 7lbs and 6.5oz so I guess I wasn't having a elephant...just felt like it! I have to heat up supper now so I had better run!

of plumbers, teething, and Tesco

Ok, I thought I wasn't going to shop at Tesco's again after the money thing awhile back but in the end I found out it was our bank's fault!! EEK. Thankfully it was put back into our account. It is hard to pass up a free £10 voucher on your next online grocery shop. Because that would pay for the delivery plus some more! Heehee, this has to be the 3rd time they sent me a nice voucher like that!

So we've had the plumbers come yesterday and today...installing a shower!! Yippie!! Except, the water pressure or temperature is a problem so we likely are still waiting to use it...I'll let Jett be the guinea pig but I'm not willing to be a test subject. Good thing they didn't come last monday as they were planning! They left a mess though...dust! So I've been cleaning my bathroom up today, doing laundry, and taking care of Amelia and Aaron...eek, am I overdoing it??

I figured out why Amelia has been waking up in the night and it is due to new teeth coming in...I've got some teething powder (I think its some homeopathic remedy) and I think it has been helping her. Last night was so nice not having 4 in the bed! I'm glad Aaron is okay sleeping in his basket right next to the bed or else it would be crowded all the time. He is such a good baby! I just hope (a whole whole lot) that it stays!

Thanks to Catherine for the pics, she was here last night dropping off quite a number of meals for us.

A whole week already?

Time does fly by when you have a newborn in the home! Aaron is now a week old (well technically at 10:59pm he will be a week old. The 2nd midwife that arrived too late for the birth wrote down that the baby was born at 11:59, she definitely got that one wrong! She could have said he was born on the 3rd then! Anyways here are a few pics of my wee ones, and my tired looking but lovely, husband. Off to take care of my wee manny!

Announcing our little arrival of...

Aaron Austin!

At long last the wait is finally over, and our family has now a new addition. Yes it is a boy! He came weighing in at 8lbs 1oz and at a height of 20 inches. Born on the late evening of Saturday, February 2, 2008 in our home. Amelia has shown nothing but curiosity towards him and she calls him "baby", obviously Aaron is slightly harder to say. :) Anyways I doubt I will be posting much in the next week or so - gotta recover somewhat! Sarah is coming today as well as her family (family is coming to see the baby but Sarah is staying). Jett starts his week of exams tomorrow so hopefully for his sake and for mine too things run fairly smoothly.

Enjoy the pics of our wee manny! :)

wednesday's sunshine :)

Don't mind my titles at the moment! But really when we see sunshine here it is something to be noted! It isn't really *that* bad as far as rainy weather is concerned but it is of course not as sunny as Texas. I thought I would post a few pics up realy quick this morning before I head off to the kitchen to bake. I found my Banana Bread recipe from the Betty Crocker website so I can't wait to make it again...oh, and I need to make Jett some chocolate chip cookies.

So, Amelia gave us a horrible night...I've just about given up trying to figure her out. But of course she is cheerful as ever this morning, and was very interested in the Colgate toothpaste box which is unfortunately crushed already! :S

If your wondering if I have a baby yet the answer is no. I don't have a clue when s/he plans on arriving and right now I just want to try to forget about it (as if you can forget about a huge heavy bump attached to you!!).

Anyways enjoy the pics, and off I go to my kitchen!! :)

monday's sunshine

So far it has been a gorgeous day - sun and lots of it. I managed to get some shirts out on the line seeing it is quite mild oh and sunny of course. Amelia enjoyed the outside treck (even if it was only for 10 minutes) and it was good to get some fresh air again. Really it would have been a gorgeous day to have a baby...but I think a storm would be neat to have during labour...lol I'm weird I know! I like my storms...downpours uhm Texan ones I mean, and blizzards! Ok enough of my weirdness.

Jett has this week off to...STUDY! Next week he has 4 exams so he needs all the time he can get. On the other hand I was noticing how this week would be perfect timing for a baby to arrive. Hmm, 40+3...still nothing. Likely the midwife will call this week for another check, which is always assuring to find out if baby is doing well.

A new thing Amelia has been doing in the past two days is saying something like "awgy" (similar to doggy) and then going "ooh ooh ooh ooh" which sounds more like a monkey sound...although it could be taken as a dog's bark. I'm kind of not sure what she is saying, because it could be monkey, and it could be doggy. Will let you know if I figure that one out.

Hopefully the following pics will be different soon and I'll have a newborn in my arms alongside an 18month pain ;) (don't worry I love Amy very much...she just frustrates me to pieces sometimes!). Tonight we are going to Amelia Macleod's the elderly Amelia in the congregation who is in her late eighties going on nineties?

good news and bad news

Good news is... that our application for the exemption of council tax has been accepted/approved finally. Meaning we saved ourselves paying £770. Bad news is... that of all times I decide to use Tesco over Asda for one weeks shopping the bank shows that our account was debited twice for the same amount on the same day and of course it was for Tesco...ugh, another hassle to figure out. I knew I didn't like Tesco as much as Asda another thing to throw on the pile of why I choose Asda vs Tesco.

Anyways, tomorrow is guess what, my due date (haha). I'm almost positive this baby is planning on coming next week (or later) instead of this week. Of course I could always be wrong and s/he could surprise me. Today Amelia is exactly 18 months old - time flies and she is growing up so fast.

Here is a pic of her being silly...can't imagine Jett making such a face, but I can't imagine myself doing that either.


Ahh, peace and quiet, this is one of the nice times of day :)


It was snowing a bit this morning but sadly it stopped :( I was hoping for a blizzard. I guess I'm very Canadian!

Not too long ago I finally got a frame for a copy of the picture that Jett drew of Mom Smith...now I have to train Amelia to not take it from its spot. She likes to point to the picture (as with all of them in the living room...just she can get to this one.) and saying some gibberish I try telling her its Grandma Terry...or Grandmother, but all I get is more gibberish, ach well, I'm trying.

On another note Amy is doing marvelously for sleeping through the night lately! I think it was one night where she slept with us the whole time...but that was my fault (advice: never give chocolate to a kid before bedtime!!). So yes we are sleeping better (haha maybe me not as much).

Oaky enough of my rambling! :)

coffee makers and cardboard paper cuts :)

Yippie for Argos! They took back the coffee maker that completely stopped working, and gave us a new one that was less money so they also had to give us £10 back too and now yes, we have a working coffee maker again! Reminds me a lot like Care's except its black and shiny. As I was taking Mr. Coffee Maker out of the box I got a "paper" cut from the cardboard. Amazing that the smallest cuts can be the most annoying! :S

We also decided to buy a proper shower tap mixer thing. So now we just have to mount the shower head and put up some sort of shower curtain (also purchased today) and presto a shower!

I'm going to admit to having not much to do the latter part of the week...and this is not good when I'm ahem, trying to keep my mind off of this pregnancy and the coming due date. I don't have any yarn so knitting is a no no and I think I am still looking for the other knitting needle...ugh, its probably in the couch somewheres, I don't have any scrapbooking stuff as it is all in Texas (I've been very tempted to go and buy something to start scrapbooking Amelia's baby pics) and of course no sewing machine so no curtains or cushion covers, skirts etc. There is always reading I can do, but again that is not always easy to do with a 18month old (not till the 24th but close enough) running around disturbing you quite frequently. Eek, this sounds like a complaint! I should be thankful.

Anyways Jett wants me to make him some coffee with the new maker... :) and I need to sort out dinner tonight options tonight on the menu are chicken or roast? Hmm...

first hairstyle

I saw the pics (and after chatting with Care) of Jenna and thought...hmm, I want to try to do something in Amy's hair too. I haven't for the reason I was worried she would pull her hair things and hair out...but, I managed to get pigtails in... they are cute as her hair curls just nicely, but I don't know how well she enjoyed the process of being still to get them in. :) I doubt I'll be able to do them often, but heehee, it was fun trying!

a usual Thursday I suppose

This odd creature was found in my living room Monday or Tuesday morning...what she was up to I'm not sure but hopefully she wasn't immitating me.



Sheena came by yesterday, very kind lady (as I'm finding all the Scottish ladies to be!) with a big bag of things. A couple of sleepers for Amelia, a bag of baby clothes for the unknown, a toy, and heehee, some maternity clothes! Now you might be wondering why would I want maternity clothes at this stage when I'm "sooo" close to the end? It really has picked me up a bit though, seeing I can actually wear something different for once, and also something comfy (main reason)! For some reason the clothing that I wore during Pregnancy #1 are not seeing me through Pregnancy #2 haha, I guess this baby is going to be "bigger" but I doubt it will hit 9lbs, my guess would be close to 8 maybe (quite average I think).

David Wylie is lending us a DVD set on Planet Earth by the BBC...Jett and I have already watched two episodes since we got the set on Monday. It is very interesting and the photography/videoing is quite amazing! Jett and I were in the process of looking for National Geographic type Dvds, but this seems to be just what we were looking for.

On another note, Amelia is really testing the waters! We tell a command and she outright does the opposite - even when we give her a second opportunity to obey the outcome remains the same - disobedience. Thankfully, after some disciplining she is good but I wonder how long it will take for her to get the idea to obey. Any thoughts experienced moms?

Last week Amy was doing very well sleeping through the night from 9:30 till 8:30 or 9 in the morning. She has done this twice this week I think as well, but last night poor thing she woke up due to being quite wet...I think her wrap wasn't sitting quite right so it leaked out the side...ugh, another change the diaper in the middle of the night episode...and of course she ends up in our bed. Funny (not at all really) how she ends up head facing daddy and feet in mommy's face... :) So yes, I feel quite bright this morning with little sleep :P!

Note: The following will be very uninteresting for males... ;) I'm still pregnant obviously, and I think that this one will either be around my due date, or late late. I'm wondering if Amelia was a special case or something was wrong with me because this pregnancy is so different (as I know every child is different but you would think there would be some consistency with when the child plans on appearing!). Anyways, the baby has been head down for at least two months, and s/he is quite low already (but again that has been that way for two months). I think it is quite interesting to note that the lower the baby's head is the more back pain I experience and I think now that I've read my medical notes it appears that when I was 32 weeks babies head was quite low - and funny enough I had much more agonizing back pain, now at my last check at 37 weeks baby wasn't as low - and hmm, I noticed that yes I've had less back pain for the past couple of weeks...and now what? Well, I feel like I'm getting more back pain...hmm, could baby be ready soon?? Lets hope so! :)

Another thing that popped into my email box was this website from baby center/re I'm always feeling conscious of whether Amelia is getting enough to eat of "everything" and I thought this came in handy!


Anyways I feel like I've been at the computer all morning (I haven't at all but you know what I mean). So, I'll get off and start doing my favourite chore...IRONING!! YIPPIE! :P :)

short post

Hi to all those trying to get a hold of us yesterday! It was quite funny how many of you thought that "something" might have happened...sorry to break the news but I'm STILL pregnant! Wish it was over and done with, ach well, patience! For some reason our phone line and internet service wasn't working for the entire day!! This morning it was working just fine again, so hopefully they have fixed the problem. Better be off, I'm expecting a visitor! :)

last post was wed??

Time seems to have flown by this week! And yep I'm still pregnant! Maybe tonight? (Wishful thinking!!) I suppose it has been a busy ending for the week with all the going abouts. The NHS need me to have supplies etc here for the birth so they delivered a huge duffel bag looking kit, and two tanks (oxygen and entonox)...then the midwife needed to come to check that the tanks were working...and this morning we had the fire department come out to make sure that everything was suitable for the tanks to be here, and that we knew a few things about the dangers of oxygen etc...last night we were invited to an older couples home for dinner (with Donald Maclean, David Wylie and Catherine Dickie). Unfortunately Mrs. Murray's husband was still in Stornoway (funeral for Mrs. Macleod) so we did not see him. It was nice however Amelia was being rather fussy at the end... And today, I was determined to get a proper mattress (or a foam mattress) and bedding for Amelia's pack and play/travel cot so Jett kindly drove me to Fort Kinnaird park where I bought the mattress and a couple of fitted sheets...it looks 100% better then what I have been using and I feel a lot better with her sleeping on something more comfy too.

Anyways, I don't have pics today, although I did take one of Amelia this morning still in pyjamas, wearing my shoes and hair going everywhere you get the idea.

Today I received in the mail, a lovely photo of Care and Joe's family! :) Lovely pic! All right better be off!

:)

While Amelia sorts my pots and pan cupboard I decided to write a few words on here. I was washing dishes just now and was rethinking about a conversation I had with my chiropractor. She was using a sort of hand held massager on my shoulders and I mentioned how my husband needs to get one of those! She said (something like this) chuckle "if he would use it! likely he would say he was too tired and roll over and go to sleep..." I mentioned that my husband actually is quite good at giving massages when he is tired And she said that I must have been lucky to get him. I know the above probably doesn't show how much she sounded like there aren't good guys out there and all the negativity on men in general but this was what I felt she was saying! Quite frankly, I thought yeah there probably aren't very many men out there like my husband! But then again there probably aren't very many women out there that would be submissive to their husbands either! Anyways, I suppose I get quite upset looking at the world who is so full of themselves and pleasing themselves (I'm not in anyway saying I'm perfect!) it is just a sad world, a world that needs the Gospel. What freedom does the Gospel give to the soul and to the family etc.

Here are a few pics for your view..



The first two pics are of the Norris children (and Amy too). 1. Emma and David 2. Closest to camera is Jessica and furthest is Louise. I wish I would have gotten a pic of the whole family or at least of the parents and I also forgot to get one of Jonathan...ach well. The last photo is of Amelia already being my little helper and hanging clothes up...what you see is all her work (it wouldn't dry properly left like that but she obviously has the idea!). Now its nearing 5pm and I need to start getting dinner on...and my mind is running blank as of ideas, all I can think of is salad! :)

video clip :)

A little of Amelia, Jett and even me :S!!

a few more pics as promised...

I'm not going to post a pic of just myself uhm, just because this bump is massive...and I didn't realize how massive till I saw the pic...eeeek!! But I'm sure you'll enjoy the few here that I've put up. :) I also will put up a clip of tonight, but that might have to wait till monday (can't bombard you with everything at once!).

Tomorrow we are hoping to go up to Dunfermline and visit the Norris family - I look forward to that.

At long last...our camera is back!

I suppose it has been high time for this kind of post with pictures! Not sure if you really will enjoy them much, but I do hope to post some more later today or if not today at least I'll try tomorrow...oh wait we might be gone tomorrow...okay, I'll try today! :) Wish we could have had the cam when we were in N.I. amazing that the ground is still quite green there in Dec!

So first a few pics of snow that came down yesterday - it was gorgeous to see! All day it was on and off snowing, then a bit of rain and then more snow. I'm afraid not much is left tho this morning!



And now a few pics of Amy Jane and Jett (haha, guess who he is talking to!). Will try to get some of me I suppose up not sure how grand I look just now...lol I'm just kidding! 37 weeks today eek! 37+5 Amy was born...wonder when this wee one plans on appearing!




Well, I'm in the process of being what I usually am a "mom" in other words I'm a: secretary, organizer, cook, cleaner, child care giver, wife, financial adviser (LOL), laundry person (what would you call them?) and anything else you can think of (not quite a teacher yet in respects to proper schooling). Ahhh my child just brought in a mouse trap from the kitchen!! Don't worry it wasn't in "action" mode. Poor thing she had no idea why I was going histerical. Okay, I had better get a move on the day, I have yet to make another meal for the freezer (for after the baby is born) I only have two in there at the moment and that really isn't going to get me far at all. Hmm, its Jan 4 it sounds like a nice date to have a baby...ho hum more waiting yet to endure I'm sure!

Happy New Year!

Wow! The year is already over and another is starting! Time flies doesn't?

Jett and I arrived safely home after a long journey of almost (if not) 5 hours of traveling! After being in Northern Ireland for about a week and a half it feels rather good to get back to your usual routine/homelife again.

I don't know how wise (as it would be extremely lengthy) it would be to make a list of things that have happened to us in the past 2007 year but maybe a few things could be mentioned that I can remember that is!

- Jett's graduation from the University of Houston in May (on his birthday believe it or not!)
- I got pregnant again this year!
- Trip to Canada in the summer
- Amelia's first birthday July
- Renew Jett's and Evelyn's Passport
- Get Amelia's passport
- Apply for visas for the UK
- Sell all our things and/or pack it up
- Move to Edinburgh, Scotland
- Acquire necessary things for the new apartment and/or every day living
- Travel to Northern Ireland to supply there

Hmm...enough said I think! :) Much to be thankful for! The past year proved somewhat trying in many respects, but we have yet much to be thanking the Lord for (how often we omit this great duty!).

I wasn't able to make it to the morning service as the traveling from N.Ireland yesterday was rather tiring, but at least Jett did and he was able to tell me a bit about it which was good.

Well, Amy needs some attention - food (in other words). So I had best be off for now - I know for a fact my camera is sitting in a delivery depot here in Edinburgh sooo pictures will come soon all being well! :)

preparations

It is 9:55 this morning and I thought I would post to start the day off (well, literally it isn't the first thing I did this morning!!). My routine in the morning is not going very well. I mean, due to being sooo exhausted/sleepy/tired so I don't really get up till...shhh, 8:20 or 8:30! Hmm, breakfast is supposed to be 8:20...lol. Anyways, this morning was not too bad I actually got up at 8! :P I was able to read some before making breakfast, have worship and then see Jett off. After all that I have a few minutes (hopefully if Amy hasn't awoken) to get myself ready for the day. And then when Amy wakes up the routine of getting her breakfast, diaper change, get her dressed etc. But I suppose these details aren't that interesting! :)

Well, since I haven't done much at all (other then put a load of laundry on) you would think what is there to post? Well, I suppose I should inform you all (if you haven't read our wee calendar to the right of this) that we are supposed to be in Larne this weekend and the next, and therefore you probably won't hear much from us. So, this week I'm busy packing and getting ready for Friday. I've been meaning to bake and cook meals etc for the freezer...but still haven't done a single thing. I'm trying to have something in there for when the baby is born so that we still can eat something tasty and nutritious (to some degree).

Every morning part of Amelia's routine is to get her teddy, and monkey and say hi a thousand times (okay not a thousand) to them, give them lots of hugs and sometimes give them to mom to say hi to as well. It is quite cute but it makes me sad when she places one of the teddies in front of herself and tries to play as if teddy was a real person... :'( poor thing! She needs somebody to play with!

Anyways, I don't know if I will be able to post again this week so I suppose this is good bye for now!

Yes we're still around :)

I'm typing or trying to type with Amelia on my lap so we'll see how far I get. The camera is still in the state of being repaired...or so I hope! We still have mice, and lots of them ;) don't worry, Jett just bought lots of mouse traps and poison so hopefully they will simmer down a bit. I thought you might like to view a clip of Amelia again, seeing I haven't been able to post pics or and new clips up...but then again this one is new to most of you anyways! It was taken a few weeks ago, and I think I can tell that Amelia's hair has grown since then (she also stacks blocks together a whole lot more and makes very interesting towers!). Next week we're supposed to go to Larne already! Time is just vanishing by! I feel like I'm draggin behind in everything. Just so tired I guess. Anyways enough said, and Amelia is already fussing for attention. Enjoy :)

our lovely mousie

I figured you might want to know what we’ve been up to this week, but of course, no pics to show so it will be probably rather boring.

At the moment Jett is in Glasgow attending the Theological Conference, while I’ve been home getting lonely, but hopefully putting time into profitable things.

Two noteworthy things that have happened in the past two days…

Our pet mouse (as I’m calling him now) decided to make his appearance for the second time. Of course it had to happen when Jett was still away, and Amelia was sleeping, so everything was very quiet. “Ah, they must be away,” says mouse, “I wonder if they left me any food…” So out comes little mouse and sits under our dining room table, facing me! I was reading so I didn’t see him at first, but then on looking up I saw him…I stomped my foot and he ran, as fast as he could, under the fridge. On seeing that, I figured he wouldn’t come out until I had gone… but no sooner had a few minutes past I saw him again just exiting his hiding spot under the fridge. The nerve of the pest! I figured he would be a little more hesitant to come out, but obviously not! Anyways, we set up traps last night in hopes of catching the thing. And I figured that we would be rid of him by this morning. Hmm, well, it soo happens to be that yes he likes peanut butter, but for some reason he is brilliant at not making the traps go off...and yet getting his peanut butter!! I’m rather disappointed. :S

The midwife came today for the homebirth meeting thing and a check up. It all went fine, baby is head down already (as it had been for the past 2 weeks at least) and I measuring what I should be 32weeks. Interestingly enough though, the babies head seems to be quite low – no need for concern as the midwife told me… but it still makes me wonder!

One more thing, we sent off the camera, but I doubt I will hear word of it for a wee bit, anybody know how long it takes for you to receive word about an estimate for the repair or if they received the camera? I was a bit nervous sending it the way I did (by mail) but I guess it was the only option at the moment for us.

Rick Bouman is in Scotland for the week, so hopefully we’ll be seeing him at some point in Edinburgh. It must have been ages since he has been over here…just wish he could have brought one or two of his daughters with him!

Okay that was two more things I mentioned! I guess I’ve said enough!