I know I haven't been the best at updating the blog. However, I have still been reading everyone else's!
Today I am 29 weeks along, and I'm really starting to think about how much mine and Dan's life is going to change. Every time we are just hanging out, watching TV or just chatting, I think that times like this are going to be minimal in just a couple more months. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time! I just hope everything goes smoothly to ease the stress of everything else. So far, everything looks great with my pregnancy. The septum that they thought they saw in my uterus either doesn't exists, or it has actually stretched with my uterus and they can't see it. I also had another scare with the gestational diabetes test too. I had to go in for a second test because my blood sugar level was high, and also my iron was too low. So now I'm on iron supplements and according to the second test, the baby is just fine. He's just big that's all.
Canada Day came and we got a special visit from Dan's sister Jackie and her husband David who live down in Portland. I got suspicious of their visit and guessed that they had some special news for us, and it turns out, they are pregnant! She is due January 1! I'm so happy to have someone in the family to be pregnant with again! Too bad they live so far away. I was only pregnant with Jodie for a couple months before she had her boy. Congrats Jackie and David! We are super excited for you! To celebrate Canada Day, we went to the Raymond parade with Dan's family and met up with my family for a little bit. We then went to Waterton to have a picnic BBQ, but once we arrived, it was pouring out. However in the end, we decided to have one anyways and I think everyone had a pretty good time.
The weekend after was a special one. My niece Amber Mason was baptized on Saturday July 10. She is the first grandchild to be baptized on the Olsen side. It was really something to remember. Dan was asked to give a talk on baptism and it was great. Then the next day, Dan's nephew Ethan got baptized! It was a pretty spiritual weekend and it was so great to see them make this decision to be baptized into the church.
The Calgary Stampede was in town for the past 10 days. We told ourselves last year that we wouldn't go this year, but we did...twice. Last year we spent so much money on just admission and food alone, we came home with nothing to show for it. However, this year we saw a few more things and got pretty good deals with parking, admission, and food. So we weren't too upset about it. Good job Calgary Stampede for redeeming yourself. This year they had a new Ice Skating Rock Band show, and it was so amazing! It was just like seeing a show in Vegas! It brought back memories of our honeymoon in Vegas. I hope they continue having this show every year because it was definitely worth seeing. We went to the Marianas Trench concert at the Coke Stage that same night too (Monday). It was a pretty cold night. We went to the Stampede again on Friday and met up with Kristie and Iain and Kimberly and her friend Virginia. We walked around to the places we didn't see last time and went to the Superdogs show. That night One Republic was playing and they sounded so good live! It was a pretty fun time this year. It's hard to believe that this time next year we'll be hauling a little boy around.
This past weekend was the Carstairs Beef and Barley Days! Or as I like to call it, the Barf and Beely Days! We went out to Carstairs Saturday morning, had a pancake breakfast at my parents' place, then watched the famous parade. After that we walked around town, watched the kids run their races and also ride in the train that my dad happened to be driving this year, walked around town to visit the pet store, then finally went to Burger Baron for lunch! I love this tradition. My family normally all gets together for this special event and I look forward to it every year.
We are finally moving! Not into a new house, or area of the city. We are moving 3 floors up onto the 5th floor of our building. Not quite the move we were hoping for, but this will definitely be fine to live in through the hot summer months. Anything is better than our old place during the summer! Dan has been so great with the whole move too. He has done so much work himself because I can't do very much with this belly. Our first night sleeping in the new place was Saturday night. We got the cats upstairs and all of the important things we would need. I have to admit that the first sleep there was hell. Chester was howling all night long. Izzie was trying to get some shut-eye but couldn't because Chester was keeping everyone up. I thought this was quite strange because we have moved so many times with Chester and it has never been a problem, but this was Izzie's first move with us so we didn't really know what to expect from her. She warmed up to the place pretty fast, but it was Chester who wasn't sure about it all. And the funny thing is, is that this place looks pretty identical to our last, just backwards with a few minor differences. So why was he like this? We were up every hour to every half hour until about 5:30am trying to get him to be quiet. I tell ya, it was worse than sleeping with a newborn. Thanks for the training Chester, but that was a bit much. The next night turned out a lot better. Not a peep from either kitty. Dan thought that if he gave Chester some love before going to bed that he might feel better, and it worked! We are still slowly getting all of our things brought up to the new place. I hate living in two different places, but at least it's in the same building. We got a new bedroom set that we finally got to set up, and it's great! We also got a new sectional from Costco that we both just love. It's nice to see our home being made into more of our home. I'm hoping this move will help us get more organized, especially with the baby items. So far it's great, but I haven't got into the many bins of my old things yet.
Dan has been getting quite a few interview lately! We are hoping that something turns up from it all. I think he's pretty tired of applying for jobs everyday for the past couple years. So with him not having a steady job right now and with me about to go on maternity leave, our house-hunting is on hold. I don't think we'll ever stop watching the market or looking at places, but as for actually purchasing something, it might not happen for awhile still. Unless of course we win the lottery somehow. I know that everything will come together at the right time, even if I think that the right time is right now.
It's almost that time of year again! The Glenn Family vacation! We are going to be on the Oregon coast for the first week of August and I'm super stoked! It was such a fun time last year, I just know it will be just as fun if not better this year. We rented a different beach house at a different location so we will still be surprised when we get there. Dan and I are driving down again, but this time we left a little more extra time to make a few more pit stops along the way to stretch. It seems like there's still awhile before we go, but there's less than 2 weeks! Then after we get back, I only have 3 more weeks until I start my maternity leave! Wow, time sure is flying by this year! It's a good thing I'm occupied with different things so the tail end of my pregnancy hopefully won't drag on as much. And another good thing about going to Oregon is that there's no sales tax there! We are planning on doing some shopping there before going home, especially for needed baby items are are way cheaper in the States.
I think that brings you all up to date about what has been going on with us lately. I'm sorry for not updating as often. Hopefully I will get better!
