October 12, 2006
Portrait of the Great Delay
I thought I would give this blog a heading fitting of my lack of blogwriting ability. I have friends who like to blog everyday and share the most recent events in their lives. Jon and I basically forget we have a blog and then remember about once a month (if we are lucky!)
The pictures above are my most recent pregnancy shots (taken last week). I am officially 9 months pregnant with just a few weeks to go before the baby comes. We are SOOOOO excited!! Observant friends and family will also notice that I cut off over a foot of hair (13 inches!).
Anyways, the most exciting news right now is that Jon FINISHED HIS THESIS!! This means that Jon will be graduating in April and will be officially done with Regent in December!!! We are so excited! We went out to celebrate at the end of September. September 23 was Jon's birthday and I threw him a party. During the week prior to Jon's birthday I painted the baby's bedroom (blue trim with yellow stars and moons, for our space theme!) and very little party planning happened. We ended up hanging out with our friend Ross and having a great time watching a movie and eating yummy food. I also made a cake that was the ugliest cake any of us had ever seen, but tasted great! (Cocoa Fudge Cake with Caramel Icing). My gift to Jon this year was a birthday dinner consisting of his favorite foods: steak, tomatoes, and green beans in a red wine sauce, twice baked potatoes, and homemade cherry cheesecake from scratch!
We have had lots of fun over the past few weeks. At end of August, Jon and I went to the 2nd birthday party of Sophia Pallister, the daughter of our dear friends Wade and Joanna. We had lots of fun playing with the kids and mingling with the adults.
In this picture, Jon is pushing a little girl in a swing. It was SOOO cute!
Here are our lovely friends Wade, Joanna, and Sophia Pallister!
In this pic, Jon and I are looking happy at the end of my 7th month of pregnancy. (In August).
This is a picture of Sophia blowing out the candles on her b-day cake. She is adorable and we love her!
This past week was Canadian Thanksgiving and Jon and I spent time with our friends the Pallisters again at their annual Thanksgiving feast. When I say "feast," I mean "feast!!" The food was PHENOMENAL!!! There were tons of loud "yums!" coming from us!
Wade, the master chef of the Incredible Team Pallister, is carving the turkey.
Our Thanksgiving Party!
Besides eating an amazing Thanksgiving dinner at the Pallister's, our dear friend Kirsten Jarvis invited us over to her place for a Thanksgiving dessert/game night. We played Cranium for several hours with lots of close friends.
Those of you who have taken the time to get this far in our blog also get a very special surprise. Below is a picture of Jon pretending to be Pamela Anderson while playing Cranium. Enjoy!!
