What has occurred in the past 12 weeks

1. The baby's room is now complete, and it looks amazing. My wife's cousin, a buddy and I worked on ripping up the carpet on our second floor and putting down Laminate flooring. The guys did a terrific job and I basically watched, made lunches, ordered lunches and cleaned up.

My wife's good friend came over and painted a mural on the wall, it's a Dr. Seuss theme. While she was painting the mural I was totally hesitant thinking that it wasn't going to look good. I must have underestimated her talents because it turned out looking sensational.

2. We've continued our concert ways as we've seen NKOTBSB, Bedouin Soundclash and a TFC game together. I was also lucky enough to see Soundgarden and another TFC game. You gotta keep up with those outings cause they are things that make you happy.  

3. We also decided to redo our entire upstairs flooring along with painting the master bedroom. All the rooms now have laminate flooring with carpet in the hall and on the stairs. Don't worry we hired someone to put down the new carpet on the stairs and it should be done on Wednesday. I would never try this as I'm useless. My wife decided to go with a semi dark purple/pink colour on our wall that supports our bed and a white/pink colour on the other walls. It actually turned out pretty well. We've been sleeping in our guest room as the fumes leave. I just need to paint the new baseboards and we can move back it.

4. Speaking of sleeping, my wife in the last two weeks as reemerged as the creature, as she continually goes to to washroom all night, makes noises that humans shouldn't make and now when she turns it feels like the entire room is moving around me. She isn't getting much sleep lately with all that is going on but honestly I think I'm getting even less as I'm afraid to shut my eyes because I don't know what will wake me up.

5. Baby showers, my wife and I first had a coed shower put on by her friends. I was honestly against the while coed thing. But it all turned out great and went very well. Our friends are also having a baby around the same time so the shower was for both babies. The turn out was terrific and I can't believe how generous people are, it's crazy. I also cant believe how impressive baby toys and things are, it's amazing. 

My wife also had a shower with our families and friends, I didn't have to go though, which although I enjoyed the coed one I was pleased with. Again it was a success as our mothers and my wife's sister put on a great shower. Again, people were very generous and it was a great day. From the pictures and what I've heard the ladies played games and ate. I guess that would be a pretty good day.

6. Last day of school for a year. My wife will be taking the school year off and at first was hesitant with this decision but as the year ended and the baby continued to grow she became excited about her time off. It may have also been influenced by the fact that like 6-9 of her friends are all pregnant or recent mothers and they will all be off together. Either way she is excited and I'm excited for her as it time she can bond with our child and clean the house, cook dinners and do laundry ( I'm joking)

7. My mission to be healthier has continued somewhat, I made it through April without having a drink but then I decided I had done it for long enough. Now, I'll have a couple of drinks, nothing major. I guess you could say I drink like a grown up now and not like a teenager/ university student. The hangovers are non-existent and I still get a slight buzz, it's all good. I've continued to play sports 3-4 times a week. My wife has slowly gotten away from her sports which kills her as she's super competitive and loves her sports. She did teach aerobics up to mid June but other than that she hasn't been as active as much as she'd like.

The other day she wanted to go walking, I thought this meant a nice gingerly walk by the lake. She had a different idea as she was dressed like she wanted to run a marathon. We went for our walk and I was walking at my normal slow pace and she was lagging behind, breathing heavily. I guess her body has changed a lot.

All the baby news will be on the next blog............