17 weeks!

The belly is definitely growing! I've been feeling really good and its so much fun being able to feel the baby move, although it is few and far between! My ultrasound is at the end of this month too, very exciting! Thats all for now:)

Neufeld Family Reunion 2008

We had such a good time and so did Lilah at the reunion. It was held at Camp Tulahead, in Princeton where my cousin Andy and his wife Cara and their daughter Sarah live. Andy works for the camp as maintenance. It was very cozy and thank goodness the cabins were heated because it was so cold there! Other than not napping at all Lilah did very well. She was always kept entertained and busy. I on the other hand was pretty tired. Didn't sleep very well the first two nights but thankfully better the third. I think there was around 40 people there. Out of all the cousins only three, and two spouses couldn't make it and only two second cousins weren't there. All in all I'd say it was a pretty good turnout! Some drove all the way from Colorado and others from Ft. St. John! Our three hour drive was nothing! Its good to be home and back to normal routine and maybe in another five years we'll have another reunion:)

This is where we sat and watched the volleyball games! They were good!

Roasting marshmallows. The smoke makes the picture look funny.

Pinata! The kids had so much fun!

Heidi almost got whacked!

Lilah's turn. She definitely wasn't the one who broke the pinata!

The family, -Tim.

Love this picture! Out of the 13 2nd cousins these are the only 3 boys!

10 of the 13 2nd cousins. 2 couldn't make it to the reunion and 1 is napping.

All the 1st cousins and their spouses!

Brother, sisters and their spouses.

Aleah and Lilah at the piano.

Baby Lanae! 5 weeks old!

Lilah sure loves babies!

Another death slide! This one is much ricketier than ours at home!

Boat ride with daddy!

Tim's kitchen. He has a lot of cupboard space, which I'm quite sure will never get filled up!

The counter tops come tomorrow. Dad will be installing those himself. He never did do the kitchen cabinets. He ended up hiring someone who did a really good job and had it done in a day. Dad would have taken a lot longer I'm sure.

More Addition of a different kind!!!

So as some of you may already know we are expecting a baby:) My due date is Feb. 13 and I'm 13 weeks along! After the trouble we've had these past 10 months finally hearing a heartbeat was wonderful! Because I had 2 miscarriages (one in Nov. and one in Feb.) my doctor referred me to the recurrent pregnancy loss clinic at BC Women's Hospital. Just after I found out I was pregnant I had to have 3 blood tests, one a week, just to make sure my hormone levels were rising properly. Than at what I thought was 7 weeks I had my first ultrasound. Turns out I was only 6 weeks:( So either my dates were off or the baby wasn't growing properly. They wanted me to have 2 more ultrasounds after that. Each 2 weeks apart. Those were the longest 2 weeks ever! But when we saw the little heart beating Aaron and I both breathed a HUGE sigh of relief:) So I've now had 3 ultrasounds altogether, so far. We saw the midwife yesterday for the first time and got to hear the heartbeat. 160bpm's! A good strong heartbeat. I've definitely been more nauseous with this pregnancy than any other, but since I've hit 12 weeks that seems to have subsided, thank goodness! I will try and keep you updated with pictures.

Pictures!

8 weeks! I know its upside-down but its easier to see this way:)

10 weeks!

10 weeks!

13 weeks!

A Little More Addition...

Tim's living room window. Its hard to see the colors in this pic.

Bathroom. Grey/blue "Brewster grey". The lino is in.

Tim's bedroom. Same colors as in his living room and kitchen. Taupe "Lenox tan" and dark brown "Clinton brown". Carpet is in.

Kitchen. As you can see Lilah had to be in every single picture along with her tea towel! The light are all in. Plywood floors are almost ready to be sanded and stained. The kitchen cupboards are downstairs in the store. Dad will be installing them himself... when he has time;)

A Wedding and a Weekend!

This past weekend Aaron and I drove up to Kelowna for his cousin Paul's wedding. They got married on July 12Th (2008) which is also my parents anniversary, July 12Th (1980), 28 years ago! They were nice enough to take care of Lilah over their anniversary weekend:)

It was a beautiful wedding and Aaron and I both had such a good time! The rest of the weekend was also very relaxing. No two year old to chase after! Seriously I think I need to get Lilah one of those leashes as she had no fear of running away as fast as her little legs can carry her. It scares me a bit, and its always good to have multiple sets of eyes watching out for her!

The addition is coming along nicely. I will be helping my dad paint again today in Tim's suite. Hopefully my back won't get as sore this time. Tim left yesterday for Sweden! His friend from high school met a girl while he was down there and they are getting married so Tim and two of his friends are flying down there for the wedding and than backpacking around for a week or so. They will be gone two weeks in total. Julie is very happy about this!

Paul and Melissa, the beautiful couple!

Aaron and I, the other beautiful couple:)

We had the pleasure of going on a boat ride with Aaron's Uncle Donald and Aunt Bettina! Definitely a highlight of our trip!

Time for a dip!

Home again! 4 generations all in blue! Too bad my mom's mom is not here as well:(

More Addition

The siding is all done! Two toned so it breaks it up a little bit;)

The priming is all done! The actual taupe color is a tint darker than this but it gives you a good idea. There will also be a very dark brown feature wall in Tim's livingroom and bedroom and his laundry and bathroom will be a grey/blue. We will also be painting our suite these same colors later on when our recroom is done. I got to pick the colors and Tim is color blind so he doesn't really care:)

Picking strawberries. We can't keep her away from them!

Lilah and bear having a swing!

Summertime Fun!

Chilling with our popsicles and our pool.

Travis, Farrah, Lilah, and Aaron.

Lunch at the Cactus Club.

The Vancouver Aquarium.

Summer beauty!

Me, Lilah, Farrah, and Colleen off to a wedding! (-Lilah;)

Cooling down with yet another popsicle! Lilah's new favourite summertime treat.