Weeble Garage

Happy due date to me!

But…nothing, I got nothing.

No signs of the Weeble emerging.

According to one of the internet sites I read I am now in my 10th month. 10th! Bah!

Appointment today:

BP: good
Urine: good
Effacement: 50%
Dilation: none

I don’t think the Weeble is in any hurry to get out. I’m thinking maybe December 4th.

Any other guesses?

On Sunday, November 6, under the guise of putting the good karma back into Cara and Tyler’s house after a break-in, we headed over to C and T’s for an afternoon of card-playing - both euchre and that silly game the guys like to play, Magic the Gathering.

In addition to our lovely hosts, also present were: Petra, (my friend and co-worker who had flown in from Toronto for the weekend) her adorable daughter, Kendra, Eddie and Manon, Mike and Angela and Shawn.

Round about 5:30pm people started to take their leave and shortly after Cara received a phone call from a friend asking for emergency fill-in babysitting. We left shortly and returned to find our house in darkness and the door unlocked…eek!

I reached into the hall and flipped on a light at which point hordes of people jumped out of various rooms yelling, “surprise!”.

In addition to the people we had just left, there was another large group of friends and family waiting to celebrate a surprise baby shower (perpetrated by my mum, Cara and Kim) with us.

It was a fantastic evening surrounded by warm, wonderful and generous family and friends. The food was awesome - Richard did one of his yummy smoked turkeys and Cara made a whole host of sinfully delicious desserts.

We even had a baby-themed pubquiz written and hosted by my mum and Kim. The prego lady’s team won…how fitting! Oh and there were even prizes, picked out by Cara - Toblerone and a mini bottle of ice cider!

Thank you all for such a special evening!

Wow, look at all the pressies!

Balloons!

Jabba the Hutt Me!

Food!

Richard carving the smoked turkey

Kendra liked the balloons!

Ellen, Shawn, Tyler, Eddie, Mike, Paul, Other Jen, Manon

Eddie, Mary, Mike, Angela, Other Ellen, Shawn, Other Jen, Paul, Kerry, John

Kendra, Petra, Angela, Ellen, Shawn

Stephan, Kim, Dad, Cara, Tyler

Aftermath

Kendra inspects Mark’s carseat assembly technique

Mark test-drives the Snugli

Yeah, seriously.

Less than a month to Jen’s due date and the weeble seems to be going stir crazy. Last night he tried to kick Jen’s dinner plate out of her hands. There’s a party in her belly and everyone’s invited!

Jen stops working in less than two weeks, and I stop working when she starts contracting. Sadly I only stop for a month, but Jen gets a whole year off. She deserves it though after carrying around a sack of potatoes for months.

We still don’t have all the stuff we need for routine maintenance of a miniature human so we’ll probably be going on a spending spree in the next couple of weeks, before Jen is completely unable to move.

The baby’s bag is packed. Mummy’s bag is packed. Dad’s sleeping bag is ready. The car is fuelled and the winter tyres are going on next week. The birth plan is done. I think we’re almost ready!