So last weekend we took a little trip to Yarmouth. Yarmouth is a place where kids like me grow up. It's a place that makes a boy a man. It's a place where you take your new baby to be blessed if her cousin was born within the same week, and you think they'll be the best of friends; and if the rest of your family lives there.
We were excited to be able to have both of these little girls blessed on the same day. It was great that Ralph and Debbie were able to come down to Yarmouth, too. So we had all of our family there. It's great when all the kids can get together. Emma got to play with my cousins (who are her favorite playmates). It was just a fast trip, but we enjoyed it. It was nice to finally see Audrey in person. She is so much bigger than Ruby, as you can see in the pictures below. She was so much quieter than Ruby, too. Ruby seemed to be on her worst behavior while we were down there. She isn't always so fussy...but it seemed like she was on a fussing rampage while we were there.
Anyway, here are some pictures of the blessing girls in their outfits. Kelly made Ruby's dress that week. It turned out great. Oh, and I worked the midnight shift the day we went down...so I was super tired out (cause you know I wasn't getting any sleep in the car, with the three girls in the back)...and I was still super tired on Sunday. Well, when I started the blessing, I almost started saying a regular prayer. I was so tired, I didn't realize what I was doing. I quickly corrected myself though. It was great. Anyway, that's all.
Ruby and Audrey's Blessings
Ruby June MacLean
So, today was the day. The day the kid came out. It was a cold and windy day, and the seas were unkind. It seemed that all was lost. Okay, hold on...that's a different story. But yeah, today we hit the road to the hospital. Kel was having contractions last evening, and in the early morning hours, it was too many, too close. So we did it. We decided not to give birth in our apartment, and got our buns to the hospital.
So, to make a long story short (which included a sucker-sucking anesthesiologist, our neighbor the nurse, and some miracle epidural happening)...at 7:58am today, June 8th, a 6 pound 12 ounce, 20 inches long girl popped out of Kelly's body. She went flying across the floor, and into the arms of her Pops. She screamed "What's up, Pop", and then went to her Mom's body for food. It was quite the time. And best of all, the label on her leg said her name was Ruby June MacLean. How perfect.
Anyway, most of that is truth. I have to get back to the hospital...but here are some pictures to keep the masses happy. Peace out. Oh, and by the way...yes...I realize I am VERY outnumbered now in my home. Ah well. I always loved the company of girls!!!
PS-These pictures are not in order. I am in a hurry.
Congrats Greg, Jocelyne, and Job
HERE ARE THE PICTURES!!!
(this little blurb is in addition to the post I did yesterday...so if you didn't see yesterday's post, it is below the pictures).
Greg just sent these today. He said that Audrey's face is swollen, but she is doing better. Also, Joce is doing better than yesterday, too. Very exciting. Wish I could be in Yarmouth to see the little girl in person. Anyway...there she is....
Well, I wish I could say Kelly had our baby today (I am getting a little tired of the pregnancy, and am ready for that little person to hop out). But, the next best thing happened today...Jocelyne had their baby!! She went to the hospital in the wee hours of the morning today (June 3rd), so she didn't even have to be induced.
As the story goes...she popped that little girl out at 1:03pm t'day. I don't have any pictures so far. I just got home from work and had a couple messages on my answering machine to say she arrived. Now...I bet everyone is wondering what they named her. Well, I am not going to say. Just joking....
Welcome to planet Earth, and Yarmouth County, Audrey Eloise Veinot.
Now, the best part (not for Jocelyne) is that the little girl was not so little. She weighed in at 10lbs, 1 ounce. WOWZA!!!! We are waiting to get a call back from Greg, to hear the story of that whopper. Anyway, hope everyone is okay with me not posting a picture to go along with this post. Congrats Greg and Joce, and Job....we are excited to see your new little baby.
I blame the kids!!!
Okay, so having kiddies isn't the best idea if you like having a lot of time to yourself. Luckily, I am alright with giving up some time every day to take care of a couple little girls. As long as they don't stink, that is. Stinking it up is just not cool.
So I know it has been a while since my last post. I have my reasons. I have been moonlighting as a park ranger, in hopes of befriending a bear. I just think they are so cuddly. But seriously, I have been working in the bakery at work for the past month, and it is tiring. I work 5am-4pm four days a week. So by the time I get home every day, cook super for the family, put the kids to bed...all I feel like doing is knitting. You should see my mittens I made. Okay, I don't knit. But I do have some TV shows I am dedicated to. AND WOW!!! The CSI and CSI Miami season finales were intense. ER's finale was awesome, too. Anyway, that's a whole other can of tuna.
So yeah, the lack of posts are directly correlated to the new hours at work. But I am working on a quality post, with pictures (this one is picture-free...sorry). But some of the upcoming highlights include a dirty faced spaghetti eating monster, a much needed Graduation, and more ramblings from a silly Pops. So anyway, to all the folks out there who read my borderline useless words...PLEASE BUY ME A TICKET TO SEE GEORGE THOROGOOD PLAY ON JUNE 6TH!!!!! I would give anything to see him play (if you don't know him...he sings Bad To The Bone a.k.a. my theme song; Movin' All Over; Who Do You Love). Okay, if you are reading this, you may be losing interest, so I am out for now. Until next post...
Whole Grain Goodness @32 Weeks Prego
Well, Kelly has been wanting to do a pregnancy photo shoot, and we just seem to be too busy on most of my days off. So, tonight we finally decided we'd do it (since Kelly had some make up on from going to Church). We weren't too sure how it would turn out, being evening, and the sun was going down. We turned on every light upstairs.
So we began rolling the film, and things were going pretty good. Before we knew it, we had taken 107 pictures!!!!! WE ARE NUTS. or bored. We looked on Rhonda's photo blog for ideas, so some of the pictures were not original (I tried to convince Kelly to do some original ideas of mine...but she didn't like my borderline inappropriate pose ideas). Anyway, thanks for the inspiration, Rhonda.
SOOOOO...here are a few of the ones that turned out alright. Note that there are 4 in total. Yes, 4!! Wow, we are experts. Genius', really. Yeah, you would think that out of 107 photos, more than 4 would turn out okay. And even those 4 are questionable. All it took was setting the camera to the wrong ISO (that's picture-taking geek talk). So, most (most being about 96.26% of the pictures) turned out VERY EXTREMELY grainy. Yeah, not the type of grain you'll find on the food guide, either. That is why almost all of the four we picked don't show her face...the grainy face is not awesome. Needless to say, we are going to try again during the day time, next shoot. We will never forget all the fun we had taking grainy photos...but hope that the next shoot turns out 200% better. Here are the 4 we picked to show you all. They are suitable. At least, we hope.
