8 months

Noah is 8 months old now. He just got his fifth tooth and he is a very busy little guy. He has been crawling since 6 1/2 months and is determined to be walking SOON!!!! We are loving him and his grandparents are really enjoying his funny personalty too. We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas. We will be having a wonderful first Christmas with our little man : )

Noah 7 months

Noah is now seven months and is cruising and crawling all over the house!!!

My baby boy! sooo cute!

Noah

A few new pics of Noah for Norm and Debra! He is getting soooo big...lol.

Noah Update

Hey everyone it has been super busy thats why I havn't written in soooo long. Noah is doing fantastic, he is 5 wks old now and is doing fantastic. he has gained several pounds and he is eating well and very healthy. He has had lots of visits from his grandparents and great grandparents and he is spending more time awake now and looking around. He cant wait to meet his aunt and uncle norm and deb for the first time and play with his big cousin Canaan.

A Glimpse of Noah

Hi, this is Norm, Dana's brother. Today I got to meet Noah via video call on Skype, we had a blast watching him as he slept and was pestered by Colin and Dana. I recorded some of the video and Dana asked me to share it on her blog. It's a little jerky but still awfully cute! Check out Noah's yawn at 3:38

Technically 4 weeks left...

Hey everybody, I am technically now only 4 weeks away form my due date, however I had a dr's appointment yesterday and found out that I am already two cm dialated and should expect the baby to be coming earlier then my due date. The doctor told me that standing for work all day isn't a good idea so I decided instead of picking and choosing clients I would avoid problems and people getting upset and just go off work until after Noah is born. So I am now on pregnant lady vacation...if you want to call it that..lol. Right now I am not sleeping well and yesterday ended up with a very bad cold so I am going to try to get some rest over the next few days and see if I can perk back up a little bit. Thank you everybody for all the encouragement, I will keep everybody posted.

This is a 35 week pregnant picture and an 8 week pregnant picture. I can't believe that in months an entire baby can grow in your body it's crazy. It's amazing how God has designed our bodies to know how to house and feed a baby while it grows for nine months and created a baby from two seperate people that can grow and develop and recognize voices and interact with you even while it's still inside your body. It's crazy to think how miraculous and amazing every single baby is and even from conception how precious a single little life is.

The picture mom thinks is just sooo funny...

Here is a picture my mom took last weekend. She thinks it's hysterical so she requested that I put it up on my blog so here you go everyone : ) This is how H U G E I am...lol

35 Weeks...that means only 5 weeks left!

Hey everybody
I am now 35 weeks pregnant and time will hopefully keep flying by because I have had enough! As blessed and thankful as I am to be meeting Noah soon and having this baby I am still getting tired of all the waddling and not being able to tie my own shoes! But spring is in the air, work is going well and the doctor says that I most likely wont make it another 5 weeks which means SOON! He said to have bags packed and ready by two weeks from now so I will be ready and waiting : )

Almsot Ready!

I am 34 weeks pregnant now so there is less then 6 weeks left. We were advised to have our bags packed in less then two weeks just in case so we are slowly trying to pull all of that stuff together the best we can. Yesterday I bought the foam that will be the mattress for the cradle that was passed down to me from my family. I got it all cut into shape and put the cover on it and now we have the cradle ready in our room. Also, yesterday my mom bought us a collapsable crib to use upstairs when we are up there and while Colin is on nights shifts so the baby wont wake him up. My friend Jordan and I put it together last night and it is really exciting to see the house turn into a baby friendly area and have baby stuff everywhere. We are getting closer and closer to being ready and 6 weeks will fly by. I have been feeling well but have been finding it harder to work long hours on my feet and I have been having braxton hicks contractions all day every day for almost a week now so we'll see what the doctor has to say about that tomorrow. Things are great, thank you to everyone for the help and encouragement it is really great and we appreciate you all so much.

Happy Birthday Erika!

Today is my sister in law's birthday! I just wanted to wish her the very best and hope she has a wonderful day today.

Happy Birthday Erika! Not long now until you come home. Have a fun birthday weekend and maybe you should wear that dress that is so versatile, you never know what could happen on a birthday weekend so you need to be prepared for anything...lol!
We love you and are proud of you : )
Dana and Colin (Noah too)

33 Weeks Preggie...7 weeks left

Well, I am now 33 weeks pregnant which means I only have 7 weeks left to go. My brother Norm says, "I am going to explode." (oh dear) So far the pregnancy has gone well and I am still able to work and keep up with clients. We are in the precess of putting the finishing touches on Noah's room and pretty soon we will have to start thinking about getting packed and making sure we have done all the final checks. Thats the update so far....thank you everyone fro the support and encouragement.

Happy Birthday Canaan

Today is my nephew Canaan's second birthday. He is doing so many cool things and I can't wait until Norm and Debra get home in June so I can see all the new things Canaan has learned for myself. Happy Birthday Canaan, I can't wait to see you : )

32 Weeks Pregnant...8 Weeks Left!

Well there are only 8 weeks left and part of me is nervous but most of me just can't wait to get this over with! It's exciting to watch the baby grow and your body change but once you get big it's pretty much just really uncomfortable and you just can't wait to be back to your old self again. (and be able to fit around things again) At this stage Noah should be around 19 inches long and around 4 pounds. It feels like he weighs a million! We have still been great medically which makes for a more enjoyable and less stressful pregnancy and my next dr's appointment will be tomorrow so I will get to check everything out just to make sure but so far things have been fabulous and hopefully will continue that way for the next 8 wks. My sister in law Debra just found out that she will be having her second child so congrats to Norm and Debra and for the next 8 weeks my sister and I get to be pregnant together : ) Some of my friends have started poles on Noah's birthday, weight, hair colour and time of birth. Feel free to make any guesses it's interesting to hear what people think!

9 Weeks Left!

Hey everyone!
Less than nine weeks to go so now we are in the single digits. I know it will go by so fast but it feels like I will be pregnant forever! On Sunday my friends Jordan and Shannon threw me a baby shower and it was soooo much fun. Thank you girls for putting so much work into it, it was such a nice day. Tomorrow Colin and I go to the hospital for our tour and to do the registration so when the time comes we will be ready. I will be excited to be able to put my own shoes on without so much effort again.

10 Weeks to Go!!!!!

Hey everyone
I am now 30 weeks pregnant which means there are only ten more weeks to go! Things are getting busy here with both of us working and trying to fit in more doctors appointments and hospital tours and baby showers and so on. It is getting more and more exciting every day as we get closer and closer. All of Colin's aunts and uncles bought us a beautiful baby swing that plays music and does all kinds of things and it is soooo cute. Thank you everybody! I will get a picture of it up soon. Colin's aunt Linda also brought us all of her little people sets which ended up being a HUGE tub of individually wrapped little people. The baby room is done and the outfit my mom and I got for Noah's coming home day is laying in the crib until we pack it to go. Noah is getting much bigger now and instead of kicks and movements he does more stretching along my ribs or pokes out an elbow. A few nights ago he got the hiccups really bad and I could tell he was annoyed about it, I think we are going to have a very interesting little boy on our hands in 10 weeks. He already has such a personality. Well, that is the update. Medically things are right on target. He is about 3 pounds and is 16 inches long (approx) and I am growing right no target (atleast thats what they tell me; I feel huge!) Thank you to everyone for prayers and support I will keep you updated.

Still Pregnant....11 weeks to go!

I am 29 weeks pregnant today, so I thought I needed to get a new picture up here. By now, Noah is around 17 inches long and around 2 and a half pounds. I can really feel his movements strongly and can tell what body part is sticking out of my belly. He doesn't like his feet tickled. Colin and I are pretty excited and counting down the days until we finally get to meet our baby boy. I have had a wonderful pregnancy so far and Noah is very healthy so we are truly blessed, and very thankful. We are finished setting up the baby's room and for right now Maggie thinks we did all that work so she could finally have her own room. Poor Mags is in for a rude awakening in 11 weeks. So all is well and I will keep everybody updated.