Some Christmas Crafts and Goodies.

Here's a few pics of Christmas stuff Becca and I have been making together!

First is some baking

Every year at Christmas my grandpa Bill would make nuts and bolts. If you were lucky as a kid, you would be there when he was making them. He would let you stir them every 15 mins. It was always a great time! Making them this year reminded me of my Grandfather, and the way his house smelt at Christmas.

The next are called Chocolate Cherry Kris Kringles, and they were super yummy!

They took a while to make, but they were worth it.

These last one are called Choco-Mint Snaps. I have to say these are my new favourite! Its a  nice mix of mint and chocolate. The recipe said to roll them in sugar, but I used crushed candy cane instead.

I have so much more baking to do before Christmas, but it will have to wait, as I have run out of freezer space.

Now onto the crafts. Lately Becca wants to help me when im doing anything, so when I saw this ornament idea I just had to try it with her! She loved getting messy and helping mom! When it came time to glue the eye and nose on, she wanted to put them all over the reindeer and counted how many it had, so cute! Its a fun craft that we can do every year and have a whole reindeer family on the tree. And it might be easier to get a good print next year to lol.

The next one is one I made as a kid, we're making them for family this year with their initial's. 

Im still debating if I should paint on a face, what do you think??

The next ones smell so good!! They're applesauce cinnamon. I had to hang them up high on the tree cause Becca keeps saying "cookie" and trying to eat them lol

And lastly..I've been wanting to try to make tissue paper pom poms for a while, but havent had an excuse. I decided that my dining room needed a touch of Christmas, so whats better than a candy cane pom pom??

Merry Christmas!:)

Its a ....

Sorry, that was mean, I dont know lol I ended up cancelling my ultrasound appointment. Norm had to work today, since he took Monday off to take care of me. And when I thought about it, I couldnt justify spending $100 just to find out what I'm having. Im hoping that i'll have another ultrasound before the baby is born, and if not, it will be a surprise.
We went to Norms work Christmas party last weekend though, and he works with a bunch of guys from the Philippines. One of the guys said, oh we can tell what she's having just by looking at her. So they went around the table looked at me for a second and each one said girl. They all said they've never been wrong so...ha ha. Norm asked how they do it, and they said you look at the girls face, thats it. If she looks relaxed, clear skin, happy, then she's having a girl. With a boy she'd look tired, moody and have acne. So we'll have to see if they were right.
I cant believe its 2 weeks till Christmas! Im so excited!! I'll have to take some pics of all the Christmas stuff I've been doing this year! This year is the most i've been prepared. All my cards are sent out, presents wrapped, shopping done. It feels great!:) Hope you're all enjoying the holiday season as much as me:)

Noodle Nose.

I want to start by stating how much I love my husband!! Sunday night, I got the worst flu of my life! I seriously thought I was gonna die. I have never barfed so much in my life, and let me tell you, when you're 20 weeks pregnant that kills your stomach! My husband was amazing though! He stepped right up and took over everything. He took Becca out to the living room where they had a daddy daughter sleepover by the Christmas Tree. He took Monday off work to take care of me and Becca, and he did a great job!! Becca has always been a daddys girl. She loves her dada! So after spending 3 days straight with him, she was upset when she woke up yesterday and he wasnt here. She just kept walking around asking, where dada?? where dada? Wait...before I go into what happened next...here's a cute daddy daughter teeth brushing picture...

Ok, so my guess is what happened next was an attempt to spend more time with her daddy. So my amazing husband, cause he knew I wasnt yet 100%, but couldnt take another day off work, prepared all Beccas meals for the day. All I had to do was heat them up and stick her in her high chair. So for lunch he made her a nice chicken, tomato pasta. She loves pasta and was way excited. I was laying on the couch watching her eat, still in no mood to look at food for myself, but it did look yummy. Well then she started getting silly and saying "nose" and pretending to stick things up it. I just said do not put anything up your nose Becca! Eat your food. Most of the items she was joking about wouldnt have fit anyhow, so I wasnt too worried. Next thing I know, she is sticking a spiral noodle up her nose! 

I went running (as fast as a sickie can) but it was too late! I dont even know how she made it fit up there!  I went and got some tweezers and tried to remove it, but since we're talking a cooked noodle, it just kept breaking, leaving half a noodle still up there. Meanwhile, Becca thinks its hilarious, but im freaking out. She wouldnt stop sneezing, but nothing was coming out! lol I called the heathlink to see what they said I should do, they gave me a list of suggestions, but said if nothing worked that she needed to see a doctor within 4 hours, cause if it wasnt removed it could get infected. We live a 10 min walk from a clinic, but it was the last place I wanted to go. So I had to call Norm at work, I never call him there so he knew something was wrong lol. He just laughed and couldnt believe it. So, he came home and took Becca to get it removed. The doctor couldnt get it all, but said the rest was small enough that it would come out on its own. And we have to put polysporn drops up her nose to prevent infection. 

I just hope she doesnt try anything today to try to see her Dada! ha ha

Happy December 1st!

We have internet again at home! yay!!

I cant believe its December 1st already! Im getting so excited for Christmas!!

Almost 2 weeks ago, I went for my 18 week ultrasound. It was the longest ultrasound i've ever had! She checked EVERYTHING and the baby wasnt cooperating lol I had to get up a few times and jump around, which let me say isnt fun when you have a super full bladder! argh! They wait till the end to bring in your husband, and I said to the lady watch with our luck by the time my husband gets in here this baby wont show us what they are. She said oh, dont say that. Well guess what? ha ha As soon as Norm came in, she went to check and the baby had its legs crossed! Of course! Becca did the same thing, so I think its a girl ( i've thought that all along anyways) Becca came in with Norm at the end, and we told her it was a baby on the screen, and she said awww cute, hi! and the baby waved, it was so cute!

Here's a few pics of our little one.

I cant stand not knowing for sure what im having, so i've booked in at UC Baby on the 11th to find out.

Here's a pic of me at 19 weeks..I feel like im still in the fat? or prego? stage lol But I dont wanna rush being huge, so thats ok.

I've been busy getting ready for Christmas around here, we've got our tree up, i've been making lots of ornaments for it, and doing lots of baking. I've also decided to keep Christmas easy this year, so im making a lot of my gifts.

Here's a few pics of my Christmas Girl to end this post, I'll update soon with pics of our new place!

Halloween 2010

I dont have internet yet at home, so thats why I havent blogged lately. I'll update on our new place and everything later, I just wanted to update with some halloween pics first.
Becca was a Bee again this year, her costume fit much better this year too. For one party she went as a kitty, cause it was easy. So when it came time to get ready for trick or treating she kept saying " no kitty ma ma" But once she had her costume on, she wouldnt stop spinning around. I couldnt even get a good pic since she wouldnt stay still lol
I made my own costume this year, I went as an oven with a bun in it, I tried to get Norm to dress up as a Chef, but he wouldnt, he wanted to be a football player instead, boring! lol