Hey everyone
Norm fixed my pictures for me so I thought everyone might like a close up : ) thanks norm! I have another ultrasound in about 2 weeks so stay tuned for more pictures.

Forgot to mention...

Hi, forgot to mention that we have chosen a name for the baby, he will be called Noah Lee Cook. We both loved the name Noah (a can already tell he is a Noah) and Lee is after my dad. WE are so excited : )

It's a...B O Y ! ! !

On Friday Colin and I had our ultrasound appointment. We were so excited to find out we are having a big, healthy baby boy! We would have been excited no matter what but Colin really wanted to have a boy first and Colin's family is excited since Colin is the last one in the family to carry on the Cook name. I am about 5 months pregnant now, and the picture of me is at 4 months so I'm gettig bigger and by the sounds of it, it wont be slowing down any time soon since I'm having a big bruzer of a baby! Should be fun getting that out : 0 We wasted no time getting paint for the baby room and I have lots of decorating and shopping to do! yeah! So thats the update, hope you can make out something from the ultrasound pictures.

We are finally in the new house!!!!

Hey everybody, we are finally moved and we are now at 64 Elizabeth street, orangeville ON l9w 1c6. We are super excited and after and VERY long day on thursday we are finally completely moved in and we are now just getting everything in it's place. Colin and I put up the Christmas tree last night so now hings feel a little more like home. It's much bigger then the last house and we have an extra living room, bathroom and baby room. I am really excited to get the baby rom started and as soon as the plumbing is done I am all about setting up the salon just the way I like it. We will be having our ultrasound next friday so hopefully then we will find out the gender of the baby and decide how we are going to decorate his/her room! : ) yeah! Maggie is slowly adjusting to the new house and new smells but she loves all the space and she loves her new huge back yard. She isnt sure about everything yet but she is a pretty adjustable dog as long as I am around so I know she will be fine. Colin is a a little moe caught up on sleep and we are working away to make this house our home!

Mom is hooked on video games : )

This is my mom playing guitar heroes 3. She was rockn' out so I thought I better share the pics with you!

Growing like a weed....

hey everyone, just thought I would give a quick update. I am now 16 wks pregnant and I

have quite the bump already started so I'm getting bigger every week. My doctors appointments have gone wonderfully and I have an ultrasound in two weeks. Last night I felt it move for the first time so that was really exciting. It makes it feel just that much more real. We are really excited. In two weeks we will be moving acros town to a bigger house, and I am trying to keep business going as usual since this is my busiest season. So we could use your thoughts and prayers that the move will go smoothly. We are half packed and very busy. Colin works with a guy that offered us a crib and change table for free that has only been used a few times so we are really excited to save some money there since its a beautful new dark wood crib. So we are erally excited to have that. So thats the news. Right now baby is the size of a grapefruit so watch for more expansion in the coming weeks lol!

I'm Pregnant!!! Woooo Hooooo!!

Hey everyone!!!! As some of you know I have some medical problems that gave Colin and I some worry about whether or not we would be able to have children of our own, and if we did we were told it would most likely take a long time to conceive. We thoguht a lot about it and givent he situation, decided to start trying and we our so excited to tell you all that we are now expecting. It took a few months wich at the time seemed like forever but now seems like it was so short considering it may have taken years, if ever. I am 6 and a bit weeks pregnant and so far things are going fantastic and I feel great, not to mention very happy! Our families are very excited and supportive and have been all along so thank you to our families who encouraged us so much. Thank you for everyone who prayed fro us and who prayed for me to have patience and trust that everything would be fine! We love you all, thanks fro the support, I'll keep you updated! : ) Please keep up the prayers for the health and safety of the baby!

Parry Sound Weekend!

On Labour Day Weekend Rachel, Dana and I drove to Parry Sound to spend the weekend with our friend Lindsay, who lives there. We had a great weekend hanging out, going dancing and swimming at the peer, Thank you Lindsay for putting us up for the weekend and thanks Dana and Rach for a great trip and fun drive. Love you all Happy long weekend! : )

Workn' on the house!

Last week Colin and I had our one year anniversary so we decided to celebrate by taking a few days off and working on the house, which is the same thing we did for our honeymoon. Colin worked non stop tiling our counter top and backsplash and it looks incredible and I worked away at painting tidying and moving furniture in the front room. (originally this room was panelling....eww) So now the house is looking spiffy and we are so happy we were able to get both jobs done before winter. Thanks cooks for the home depot gift card, love you. Happy anniversary Colin, thank you for working so hard on the counter it looks incredible.

The Three Legged Race

On the weekend my brother Ken and I entered the church picnic three legged race. We have never lost a race together and this race has become a tradition for us. This year a bet had been made to race my mom on her own with us two tied together. The deal was that if we lost we had to clean my moms bathrooms and if mom lost she had to make us home made pnacakes from scratch. Needless to say mom was busy making pancakes the next morning. Matt and Brendon think they can beat us next year but we'll see about that!!!!!

A New Friend

My brother, Norm, asked me to take care of his fish and snail while he is away fro the summer. Things were going great but after a really hot weekend the snail sadly passed away. (heat stroke) So I moved the fish downstairs where it became the new salon mascot, "Red." I went to the pet store and bought a new snail, named...snail. It is orange and so the two have become good friends and are living happily in the salon.

Maggie loves the cottage!

On the weekend, Colin, Maggie and I went to the cottage fro some R and R and Maggie loved swimming and sniffing round. We went on lots of walks and had lots of naps, maggie explored a little rock island. She is learning to swim these days, getting too deep makes her nervous still so she is working on it. Colin and I had a great weekend and we woke up sat monring to find a deer on the front lawn. It was a great weekend!

Camping at Bass Lake

On the weekend, Colin Rachel, Derek and I went camping at Bass Lake just near Orillia. We spent Friday night until Sunday there and had a fantastic time. The weather was amazing until late saturday night when we got a huge thunder and lighteneing storm. Saturday was beautiful though, we spent all day on the beach and we cooked outside and did the whole tent thing and had a great weekend. Thanks for coming Rach and Derek!

Girl's Night

Last week my best friend Rachel and I decided we needed a girls night in so we got the movie, "the breakup" and did our nails. It was a much needed escape from the ormal routine. Thanks for the great night Rach!!! Love ya!

Poor Molly

Our neighbour's dog, Molly, got really sick and ended up at the animal hospital. After many days and nights at the vet he recovered but the illness took a toll on Molly's fur. she had to have her fur all shaved off. she loks pretty pathetic but hopefully she will grow some fur back soon. I'm glad Molly is feeling better and back to her old self again.

Baby Cooper

Congratulations Jenn and Dave, you have a beautiful baby boy. Cooper is now 4 months old, and although he had a rough start he is now a good weight and in good health. Cangrats guys, I'm very happy for your new little family.

Nintendo Wii - for Grandmas too!

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Dads Birthday

Yesterday was my dad, Lee Copeland's 45th birthday! We had a birthday party for him and we went for a family hike on the bruce trail. Colin and I got dad, a water garden book so he could start building his pond in the backyard, and a fish shirt. We all had a great day. Happy Birthday Dad and thank you for all you do. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!

First Female Member of the Noisy River Fishing Club

This weekend my dad and I went to the Noisy River Fishing Club annual meeting. I have been waiting for a few years to get into the club as an official memeber and finally this year I was allowed in and I am an official, and very proud member. My dad, Lee and I have been carrying on the legacy of Copeland's in the club. My dad has been taking my brothers and I fishing at Noisy River since we were in diapers and I am very proud to be carrying on a family tradition that I love and enjoy. I can't wait until Colin and I can take our kids to the river for the first time. I hope my kids can have the great memories fishing with their grandad as I had fishing with him. Thanks Dad.

Happy 18th Birthday Eric

Colin's cousin Eric had a surprise birthday this weekend. His mom, Krista invited all of his friends over and even arranged for Eric's girlfriend Julie to be there too. Happy Birthday Eric : ) We love you.

Meeting Cailan

On Friday, I had the opportunity to go and see my friend Tesha and meet her new baby, Cailan. Cailan is almost 4 weeks old and is VERY cute. Tesha is doing great adjusting to motherhood. Cangrats again Tesha and Errol, you have a beautiful, perfect baby and I am so happy for you both.

Happy Easter Colin

This Easter was our first Easter together as a married couple. On Easter Sunday I made Colin an Easter Egg hunt all over the house, then we went to my parents for an easter dinner and spent the evening with the Cooks. We had a great first Easter together.

Cailan

This is a picture of Erroll and Tesha's baby, "CAILAN"!!! I'm very excited to be meeting Cailan next week. Congrats you guys, Cailan is sooooooooooo cute!

I spoke to soon!

Well, I guess I got too excited about spring to early. It's freakn' snowing out again! NOT HAPPY!!! I think I'm getting snow depression.

The Bulbs are Growing!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah!!! This week my garden in the front of the house began to bloom. Last fall I planted hundreds of bulbs that were a gift from my friend Amanda Newton, and they are now beginning to come up. I'm so excited for spring and I can't wait to see my beautiful garden in full bloom! Thanks Mandy, luv ya!

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Baby Piggies

Well, this afternoon I went to get Piggy to leave her out in the grass for a while when I saw she had given birth to two baby piggies. I didn't even know she was pregnant so this was a bit of a shock. The babies were soooooo cute and it was very exciting. Unfotunatly the babies weren't healthy and they didn't make it. Poor piggie's motherhood was short lived. It's good that the babies are no longer suffering. Sorry for the exciting news turned sad. Here is a pic of the babies when they were just one hour old.

Maggie & Piggy - Best friends

A few months ago I found out that some people who live a few streets up had found a guinea pig in a box beside their dumpster at work. I gave it a good home and my dog Maggie was instantly attached to Piggy. They love to sit together on the couch and lick eachothers fur and the guinea pig purrs at Maggie when she walks by her cage because she wants Maggie to come over and visit her. Its an odd pair but they became friends fast and its really funny to watch.

Happy First Birthday Canaan!

Happy Birthday Canaan from a very proud Auntie and Uncle!

Canaan's actual birthday isn't until Monday the 19th but today we had a family birhtday party at gramma and grandpa copelands house. Canaan got lots of cool gifts and had his first very own birthday cake. Canaan had a nice birthday and our family was all there to enjoy it and celebrate with Norman and Debra. It was really fun to see Canaan squishing around in his cake and getting lots of cool toys and seeing his eyes light up at them. Colin and I got Canaan his first train set and he had fun playing with the boulder the train hauls. It was lots of fun.
Happy birthday Canaan!