This is me one day shy of 33 weeks.
Clothes
Much needed accessories
Very cute balloons
My Favorite gift, a Coach diaper bag!
Monday, August 30, 2010
The Waiting Game Begins
Today is my first day without going to work. My boss was nice enough to let me have the last two days of August off! I have worked for Sterling Homes since June 15th, 2009, and it sure has flown by fast! I will miss working there, but it's sure nice to know that if I don't have a good night's sleep, I don't have to worry about waking up early to go to work! As of today, I am 35 weeks along, and still as big as ever. I get so many comments on how big I really am, people are shocked when they hear my due date. I get it people...I know that I'm huge!
This is me one day shy of 33 weeks.
Earlier this month, on Friday August 13th, my co-workers surprised me with a baby shower! It was so nice of them to do that, and it was my very first baby shower too! Here is a look at all that I got. It was pretty hard to display everything!
Clothes
Much needed accessories
Very cute balloons
My Favorite gift, a Coach diaper bag!
This is me one day shy of 33 weeks.
Clothes
Much needed accessories
Very cute balloons
My Favorite gift, a Coach diaper bag!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Olsen Family Reunion
This past weekend was my Dad's family reunion. It's not very often that we get together with his side of the family, so this was Dan's first time really meeting them all!
We drove to Edmonton Saturday morning and went right to my Aunty Anne and Uncle Doug's house. It's been years since I've been there! They were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and it was also my Dad's 61st birthday the day before. So there was lots of food and cake to be eaten. We all had a really fun time there catching up with the Olsen side of the family. Let's not wait as long for the next one!
After the reunion, Dan and I went to the West Edmonton Mall. What's a trip to Edmonton without going there right? We didn't buy anything except for a crib mattress, but we had a good time walking around until my feet and legs were almost falling off. We then went to the Alberta Legislature Building and walked around the grounds. I had never been there before and it was really quite nice!
33 weeks and 5 days prego
This may look like a nice picture, but it was really painful to get into that position!
Dan was a trooper and drove the whole way to Edmonton and back. I have to admit that I'm pretty sick of traveling by car. I'm lucky to have Dan to drive me places :)
We drove to Edmonton Saturday morning and went right to my Aunty Anne and Uncle Doug's house. It's been years since I've been there! They were celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and it was also my Dad's 61st birthday the day before. So there was lots of food and cake to be eaten. We all had a really fun time there catching up with the Olsen side of the family. Let's not wait as long for the next one!
Aunty Anne and Uncle Doug Dawson celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary!
My Dad and his siblings (left-right Tom, Anne, Karl, Elsa, Jim)
All of the cousins at the reunion
We were missing Tammy and her family, Arlen, and Amanda.
Uncle Tom, Me, and Uncle Karl. It's tradition to have your picture taken with these two when you are pregnant. For obvious reasons.
Uncle Tom, Me, and Uncle Karl. It's tradition to have your picture taken with these two when you are pregnant. For obvious reasons.
After the reunion, Dan and I went to the West Edmonton Mall. What's a trip to Edmonton without going there right? We didn't buy anything except for a crib mattress, but we had a good time walking around until my feet and legs were almost falling off. We then went to the Alberta Legislature Building and walked around the grounds. I had never been there before and it was really quite nice!
33 weeks and 5 days prego
This may look like a nice picture, but it was really painful to get into that position!
Dan was a trooper and drove the whole way to Edmonton and back. I have to admit that I'm pretty sick of traveling by car. I'm lucky to have Dan to drive me places :)
Friday, August 20, 2010
3 Years
Last Tuesday August 17th was mine and Dan's 3 year anniversary. Can you believe that? It has been the best 3 years ever too. I love Dan with all of my heart and I think there's more love between us as each year goes by. Especially over the past several months, Dan has been the greatest help and support. I am so excited to start a family with him :)
Monday, August 16, 2010
Glenn Family Vacation 2010
Once again, the Glenn family vacation was in Oregon, but this time we were closer to Lincoln City on the coast. The beach house was amazing. Dan and I drove down again this year, and I didn't do as bad as I thought I would. Dan was pretty worried about how the driving would make me miserable, but we pretty much made the same amount of stops as last year. We divided the trip up into 2 days again. We spent Sunday night in Spokane then arrived to the beach house on Monday. We would have made it there two hours earlier, but we got stopped by construction. So we ate dinner late then relaxed until we went to bed.
Our view from the living room & dining area.
Tuesday we all woke up and had breakfast, then headed down to the beach wearing our best. We got family pictures done on the beach, and I think they all turned out great! Other than having the sun in our eyes in some, we all looked pretty good.
Pam and Chris Severson with Blake, Megan, Abby, Josh, and Kate.
Will and Heather Glenn with Grace, Eva, and Brianna.
Spencer and Laurie Glenn with Ethan, Will, and Cullen.
Jackie and David Gipson with one on the way!
Dan and me with the big bump.
Richard and Sue Glenn
After the pictures, some went out shopping and some stayed by the coast and went crab hunting. Dan and I stayed to experience the crab hunting, even though we didn't catch much. We caught one crab, but he was too small to keep so we had to let him back into the ocean. Not having much luck with the crabs, we decided to try again at a different spot the next day.
On Wednesday a few of us went to a different beach with some big rocks to try and catch some crabs there. Pretty much the same story there too. The kids were pretty excited to catch something though. As we were waiting, the kids were finding all sorts of things! They found a bunch of hermit crabs, tiny fish, and Uncle Dan found them a dead starfish. They also found a little black crab. After having that experience, I think they were ok with the fact that we still didn't catch any crabs in the trap.
We all went back to the beach house, and Dan and I decided to hit up some of the shopping before dinner. We didn't really get much for us, mostly just for the baby. Our little boy has the biggest and cutest wardrobe ever! We got home and showed off our purchases and hot-tubbed the night away (which is pretty much what we did every night).
Thursday was a pretty relaxed day again. The main event for us was the Whale Watching Tour! It was so fun to be out on the ocean and to see a gray whale! It was pretty hard to get a good picture because it was pretty foggy, and we always missed the part where he sprayed out of the water.
Can you see the whale's back?
That was the fun part of the tour, but on the way back I got sea-sick. As did Jackie and little Abby. I never used to have a problem with being on a boat, and on the way out to the ocean I felt just fine, but it was when my feet started to hurt from standing that I had to sit at the back of the boat and that's when it all of a sudden hit. It was like my first trimester all over again. It's a good thing we didn't get a chance to eat before the tour. So when we got back to the beach house, I napped for a bit before dinner.
Friday was a fun/sad day because that morning we were all packing up and getting ready for the long trip home. Our plan was to spend the night at Jackie's house just outside Portland then head to our hotel in Spokane the next day. On our way to Jackie's house we stopped by the Aquarium that everyone else went to on the Monday before Dan and I arrived. It was super cool! I've never seen anything like it. They had everything there from sharks to jelly fish to sea lions to snakes! If we ever make it back to that area, I would really like to go back there.
We stopped at a few more shops and picked up the stroller that we had our eye on (it was $100 cheaper in the States!). Then we headed to downtown Portland because we had never been there out of all the times we've been to Portland. Jackie and David told us about this really yummy desert place there so we decided to try it out. I'm so glad they told us because it was so delicious! And this is where our night went from the greatest to the worst.
After desert we walked back to where we parked and our car was gone! Both of us panicked. Our car was full of our things that we had just bought. Was it stolen? Then Dan found a sign at a different entrance to the parking lot from where we came in and to our knowledge it was a tow-away zone that had no signs posted to let us know that before hand! So Dan found a pay phone and called the number on the sign, and they had our car. I just want to mention here that there was another car parked there beside two towing signs and that car was still parked there. The towing people have no sympathy towards anyone, so we ended up having to finally find a cab and go get our car. $219 later we were back in our car, tired, and furious. We arrived to Jackie's house late so we had to sleep on the couches where we got next to no sleep. We were in no condition to drive all the way to Spokane. So we stayed there a little later as we slept in her spare bedroom. We then drove to Spokane, still furious, but thought, how could this get any worse? It's just really too bad this happened on our awesome vacation.
We arrived at our hotel to find that our room only had two double beds. So I was sad that we had to sleep on separate beds that night too (there's no way we could sleep in one with my big belly between us, and we really needed our sleep). The next morning we started home and we finally get to the boarder only to find that they need to search our car because we had mentioned that we bought a car seat and a stroller. Turns out, even though it said on the outside of the box that it passed both Canadian and American safety standards, we weren't allowed to bring it into Canada because it didn't have French labeling attached to it. Their reasoning for it? If by chance we decide to sell it, and if by chance we sell it to someone who only speaks French (which I don't know how we would do that because neither of us know any french), and if by chance they install the carseat wrong, and if by chance they get in a car accident, then it might be a problem. At this point I think I was just in shock with how things were turning out that I didn't know what to say or do. I watched them take away the stroller that we had been planning on getting for months and all we could do was drive away. They told us that they would hold it for us for 40 days at the boarder and then if we do come back through, we could pick it up and return it to get our money back. Yeah, I'm sure we would be driving all the way back there while I'm about to give birth. How could things get any worse? That's how. I figured we had wasted more money during that week than we had actually spent or "saved".
We arrived at Dan's parents house late Sunday night to drop a few things off and pick up our other car. We told them the whole story and they were in shock. I think everytime we tell people what happened, they are more upset about it than we are! I just felt so helpless the whole way home.
Luckily, there is a somewhat of a happy ending. It turned out the Laurie and her family were planning on spending some time out at their cabin in B.C. and then they were going to drive down to Spokane to do some shopping. So Laurie told us that she could pick up the stroller and return it for us! And that she did! Our money was put back onto our credit card and we didn't lose anything from it. Except now, we still don't have a stroller, and I really don't want to spend $100 more on the same one up here. We have to start all over again looking for a decent stroller at a decent price. Wish us luck because this baby will be here before we know it!
I don't know if we'll get any of the towing money back, but at least we're home now safe and sound. Thanks to Sue and Richard for the awesome time out at the beach house! I just love spending time with the Glenn Family.
Our view from the living room & dining area.
Tuesday we all woke up and had breakfast, then headed down to the beach wearing our best. We got family pictures done on the beach, and I think they all turned out great! Other than having the sun in our eyes in some, we all looked pretty good.
Pam and Chris Severson with Blake, Megan, Abby, Josh, and Kate.
Will and Heather Glenn with Grace, Eva, and Brianna.
Spencer and Laurie Glenn with Ethan, Will, and Cullen.
Jackie and David Gipson with one on the way!
Dan and me with the big bump.
Richard and Sue Glenn
After the pictures, some went out shopping and some stayed by the coast and went crab hunting. Dan and I stayed to experience the crab hunting, even though we didn't catch much. We caught one crab, but he was too small to keep so we had to let him back into the ocean. Not having much luck with the crabs, we decided to try again at a different spot the next day.
On Wednesday a few of us went to a different beach with some big rocks to try and catch some crabs there. Pretty much the same story there too. The kids were pretty excited to catch something though. As we were waiting, the kids were finding all sorts of things! They found a bunch of hermit crabs, tiny fish, and Uncle Dan found them a dead starfish. They also found a little black crab. After having that experience, I think they were ok with the fact that we still didn't catch any crabs in the trap.
We all went back to the beach house, and Dan and I decided to hit up some of the shopping before dinner. We didn't really get much for us, mostly just for the baby. Our little boy has the biggest and cutest wardrobe ever! We got home and showed off our purchases and hot-tubbed the night away (which is pretty much what we did every night).
Thursday was a pretty relaxed day again. The main event for us was the Whale Watching Tour! It was so fun to be out on the ocean and to see a gray whale! It was pretty hard to get a good picture because it was pretty foggy, and we always missed the part where he sprayed out of the water.
Can you see the whale's back?
That was the fun part of the tour, but on the way back I got sea-sick. As did Jackie and little Abby. I never used to have a problem with being on a boat, and on the way out to the ocean I felt just fine, but it was when my feet started to hurt from standing that I had to sit at the back of the boat and that's when it all of a sudden hit. It was like my first trimester all over again. It's a good thing we didn't get a chance to eat before the tour. So when we got back to the beach house, I napped for a bit before dinner.
Friday was a fun/sad day because that morning we were all packing up and getting ready for the long trip home. Our plan was to spend the night at Jackie's house just outside Portland then head to our hotel in Spokane the next day. On our way to Jackie's house we stopped by the Aquarium that everyone else went to on the Monday before Dan and I arrived. It was super cool! I've never seen anything like it. They had everything there from sharks to jelly fish to sea lions to snakes! If we ever make it back to that area, I would really like to go back there.
We stopped at a few more shops and picked up the stroller that we had our eye on (it was $100 cheaper in the States!). Then we headed to downtown Portland because we had never been there out of all the times we've been to Portland. Jackie and David told us about this really yummy desert place there so we decided to try it out. I'm so glad they told us because it was so delicious! And this is where our night went from the greatest to the worst.
After desert we walked back to where we parked and our car was gone! Both of us panicked. Our car was full of our things that we had just bought. Was it stolen? Then Dan found a sign at a different entrance to the parking lot from where we came in and to our knowledge it was a tow-away zone that had no signs posted to let us know that before hand! So Dan found a pay phone and called the number on the sign, and they had our car. I just want to mention here that there was another car parked there beside two towing signs and that car was still parked there. The towing people have no sympathy towards anyone, so we ended up having to finally find a cab and go get our car. $219 later we were back in our car, tired, and furious. We arrived to Jackie's house late so we had to sleep on the couches where we got next to no sleep. We were in no condition to drive all the way to Spokane. So we stayed there a little later as we slept in her spare bedroom. We then drove to Spokane, still furious, but thought, how could this get any worse? It's just really too bad this happened on our awesome vacation.
We arrived at our hotel to find that our room only had two double beds. So I was sad that we had to sleep on separate beds that night too (there's no way we could sleep in one with my big belly between us, and we really needed our sleep). The next morning we started home and we finally get to the boarder only to find that they need to search our car because we had mentioned that we bought a car seat and a stroller. Turns out, even though it said on the outside of the box that it passed both Canadian and American safety standards, we weren't allowed to bring it into Canada because it didn't have French labeling attached to it. Their reasoning for it? If by chance we decide to sell it, and if by chance we sell it to someone who only speaks French (which I don't know how we would do that because neither of us know any french), and if by chance they install the carseat wrong, and if by chance they get in a car accident, then it might be a problem. At this point I think I was just in shock with how things were turning out that I didn't know what to say or do. I watched them take away the stroller that we had been planning on getting for months and all we could do was drive away. They told us that they would hold it for us for 40 days at the boarder and then if we do come back through, we could pick it up and return it to get our money back. Yeah, I'm sure we would be driving all the way back there while I'm about to give birth. How could things get any worse? That's how. I figured we had wasted more money during that week than we had actually spent or "saved".
We arrived at Dan's parents house late Sunday night to drop a few things off and pick up our other car. We told them the whole story and they were in shock. I think everytime we tell people what happened, they are more upset about it than we are! I just felt so helpless the whole way home.
Luckily, there is a somewhat of a happy ending. It turned out the Laurie and her family were planning on spending some time out at their cabin in B.C. and then they were going to drive down to Spokane to do some shopping. So Laurie told us that she could pick up the stroller and return it for us! And that she did! Our money was put back onto our credit card and we didn't lose anything from it. Except now, we still don't have a stroller, and I really don't want to spend $100 more on the same one up here. We have to start all over again looking for a decent stroller at a decent price. Wish us luck because this baby will be here before we know it!
I don't know if we'll get any of the towing money back, but at least we're home now safe and sound. Thanks to Sue and Richard for the awesome time out at the beach house! I just love spending time with the Glenn Family.
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