Diary of An Aunt

It was so wonderful to hang out with Mike and Dee this weekend, as well as the rest of the family. On Friday night, we headed over to Mom & Dad's with Karin & Josh. We had kabobs for dinner and spent the evening grocery shopping and at the driving range.

On Sat. morning, we drove out to Fitroy Harbour with Karin & Josh and met the rest of the family along with Johanna VanDyk and her kids, who were there for an hour or so. We all went swimming which was fun cause the water was nice and warm but there were tons of people there so not a lot of room to swim around and there was also a lot of seaweed that kept swirling around us. We played catch and looked after little Caleigh.

Around 1:30pm the guys all headed out to Edgewood golf course where they managed to spend the next 6 hours. At about 3:15 the clouds started rolling in, so we decided to pack it in and head out. We ended up going to WalMart where Diana and I bought fabric for Karin to make me an apron and Diana some curtains for their baby room.

We had a nice meal, although late cause of the guys, of hams and hots and then watched Glory Road (well, the kids did anyway). It was a decent movie.

Diana and Karin went maternity clothes shopping on Friday together. They found that Thyme maternity was very expensive but that Baby Gap was having a great sale and Diana found 2 t-shirts and a cardigan. They look very nice on her! She definitely has a pregnant belly now and looks great!!!

She says that the baby usually moves in the afternoons and evenings. You can't feel him from the outside yet but I put my ear up to her belly and I could hear him moving around. It was so cool!!! Very amazing!! I can't wait to meet the little one but it still seems a little surreal that an actual living person will be coming out of there. Craziness!

Diana is having an ultrasound this afternoon, so if I get to talk to her tonight then I will post about it tomorrow.

Diana and Mike are coming tonight and I can't wait to see my sister with a pregnant belly. It's going to be soooo cool!

We are planning on taking it easy at the beach on Sat. I can't wait.

I'll let you know how everything goes.

'It's' moving! (It sounds weird calling Diana's baby an it, so that's why I put 'it' in quotation marks.) Anyway, I talked to Diana last night and she is starting to feel the baby move. She is 17 weeks along today. Her ultrasound is scheduled for July 31. We are all excited to hear the results.

Diana sent Karin and I a picture of herself as we haven't seen her since the beginning of June and we didn't want to miss the in between stages. I guess this is the only time in her life that she's not offended if I say that she looks chubby:) Anyway, she definitely looks pregnant. It's so exciting!!!

It sounds like everything is going well. A few more weeks and she will be half way through her pregnancy. Right now, the baby should be about 4 inches long, the size of an avocado. WOW!

Today, baby will be 15 weeks along. At 18 weeks, Diana will go for her first ultrasound. Very exciting! Diana should be able to feel the baby start moving very soon. Apparently, they have finally picked a boy name and a girl name, so they are all set for the baby to come. But it's still a long way away!

Diana has returned to work as her tendonitis has improved. We are very thankful for that.

There's not much other baby news to pass along.

oh and Jay and Veronica, I would love to make half the blog blue and half pink but I don't know how. Any ideas?