Baby Update

I went to the doctor yesterday so the doctor could check my blood pressure again and everything was normal. My blood pressure was down (despite my rushing to get there on time through construction traffic) and my blood work was normal. My iron is a point below where it should be but has dropped quite a bit from the blood work taken from early in my pregnancy. Since you lose blood during delivery she wants to get it back up now. The final thing that I was happy to find out is that I don't have gestational diabetes. Everything is going great if I could just start sleeping better. :) This post is kind of boring for some but an easy way for me to update the family.

I have a Madalyn story to share. The other day in the car she saw the jet stream of a plane and was saying it was a rocket and then changed her mind and said, "a short range land missile!" I guess she has been watching The Incredibles a little too much lately! It is amazing what they pick up because that is one short little line in the movie.

I guess I had better go do something productive with my day!

A Prayer

I found this prayer today and it really touched me. What do you think of it?

O Lord My God,
Teach my heart this day where and how to see you,
where and how to find you.
You have made me and remade me,
and you have bestowed on me all the things I possess,
and still I do not know you.
I have not yet done that for which I was made.
Teach me to seek you, for I cannot seek you unless you teach me,
or find you unless you show yourself to me.
Let me seek you in my desire,
let me desire you in my seeking.
Let me find you by loving you,
let me love you when I find you.

Saint Anselim (1003-1109)

September Update

I know I should update more often and then it would not take me forever to catch up on everything but sometimes I am just not in the mood. :) I think I will try and update once a month and then anything beyond that is bonus for me and my readers (whoever you are?). We have had some fun times the last couple of months so I thought I would share and show some pictures. First, I will give a quick baby update. I have been feeling great and I am so thankful! I went to the doctor last week and everything seems to be going great with the baby as far as how I am measuring and such but my blood pressure was a little high so I have to go back this week after some blood work and my gestational diabetes test. I am not swollen anywhere and don't have any other symptoms that I am concerned about but my doctor just wants to make sure everything is okay which is fine by me! I was thinking that it could be that before my appointment I had a tuna fish sandwich and some Lay's potato chips for lunch. I'm sure all that sodium would make your blood pressure go up just a tad! :) Oh well! We still don't really have a name picked out so we just call him baby brother. Next on my list is to get his room all ready but some of that I will need my Malcolm's help with and he has a LOT on his plate right now so I can wait. I can't believe I am already six months along! He will be here before I know it and I hope I am ready!

Now for my update with pictures!



Nan and Papa came for a visit and we went to Heritage Park one day.
Madalyn decided that she wanted to ride the BIG ferris wheel so Daddy (the one who doesn't like rides) was the elected one to go with her. She did great and liked it when it went slow as they were letting everyone on but when it started going fast she did NOT like it and started crying. I was thankful the guy working the ride noticed right away and stopped it so they could get off. Malcolm was ready to get off too!
We went on the little stern wheel boat cruise they have which was fun. The best part was that we had a great view of these dragon boat races they were having on the reservoir. I had never seen it before but they were rowing in these long boats to the beat of a drum. It was so cool! I am sad I didn't take a picture.
Uncle Lukie and Auntie KK came to visit too!!!!!! Madalyn and Auntie KK on the train. I love this picture!

Papa and Madalyn playing on the stairs.


My sister and I are both pregnant and our due dates are 4 days apart! These are the only pictures we will have together with our pregnant bellies. Here we are about 5 months along.
We found some neat statues in downtown Calgary that made for some fun photo ops.

1 Canadian and 2 Texas beavers. This could have a great caption I just can't think of one. Any ideas?
I really love this picture! We had a great time with Auntie KK , Uncle Lukie and Nan & Papa when they came even though we had to have our party in shifts. Due to circumstances beyond anyones control Malcolm had to be away for part of the time they were all here. So, first we (Mac, Mad and Suz) spent time with Nan and Papa and Papa and Malcolm played golf. Malcolm had to leave the day Luke and Kara got here so Papa & Luke play golf and we all have a great time. Then we have one evening with ALL of us together and the next day Nan and Papa have to leave. So, then we have a couple of days with just Luke and Kara and Malcolm and Luke play a round of golf together. The guys got to play more golf with it this way but they were all suppose to play together. Sometime in the spring we are going to Amarillo to see Luke and Kara with Nan and Papa so hopefully it will all work out great! We will have two new babies by then so it should be lots of fun!

Look below for more pictures.

More pictures from September

Showing off our tummies 5 moths pregnant.
We got to see our good friends and Nan & Papa's good friends - Randy and Vicki when they came up to see some other friends of theirs who just moved to Calgary from Houston. Madalyn and Randy became instant friends. She was his little shadow the rest of the afternoon. It was so great to see them.
We went to Medicine Hat this month for cousin Ronan's 2nd Birthday. It was so much fun. Auntie B throws a great party and we got to see their great new house!
This month was also Madalyn's first day back to preschool. She is in a new school this year that is out in the little town that we live. She is in a class with all girls her age and has already made some friends. We might even have a play date with one this next week! I am praying that we can both make some good friends out here.

Reading a book with Daddy! So sweet!
Malcolm has been working to try and get our fence up and today Troy and Kelly came out to help him. Madalyn was helping too! :) It makes me nostalgic for the Victoria days. I was only there when Malcolm and Kelly were still working at Shelbourne Street but at one time all three of these guys were there together and it was fun seeing them work together to put up our fence today.


We had a beautiful rainbow the other night and Malcolm took this picture to try and capture it! It was a complete one but we could only get half of it with our camera.
This was in August but I haven't blogged in a while to tell about the 70th anniversary reunion with Malcolm's family. It was a great week and ended with a lovely tea (in the picture above) that about 300 people came to honor grandma and grandpa McMillan.
The whole family singing some hyms.