I am three weeks old today...

and to celebrate my Mom and I took these awesome pictures.

Kate Meets Some Friends

This is my friend Ruth's daughter Ava. Ava is six months old and very fascinated by Kate's eyes.














This is my friend Shawn's little boy Cooper. Cooper is four months old and pretty chill with the ladies.

Dad in Hockey Heaven

I think if we let him Dad would move into our Maple Leaf room. Look at the glee!

Daddy's Girl

The top picture was taken on Saturday - moving day. It was a very long day for Ken. He picked up the van at 7:30 a.m. in Thornhill and came back to my parents house. He and Andrew loaded up a huge pile of boxes - storage days at Mom and Dad's are over!! Then they drove to Whitby where they were met by two missionaries from our church. The four of them emptied our storage unit onto the truck. Andrew and Ken proceeded on to Tottenham where they were met by Ken's sister Maureen, her husband Dan and two of their kids Meagan and Braden, and the Elder's quorum president from Newmarket ward - Mehdi Kazzazy. Maureen and her crew stayed at the house after the truck was unloaded to unpack somethings. Ken and Andrew mean while returned the truck to Thornhill.

While all of that was going on Kate and I were at my parents house. I was organizing the rest of our belongings and my Mom went out to do grocery shopping for us. After the groceries Kate and I and my Mom and Dad piled in the minivan to head to Tottenham. We passed Ken and Andrew on the highway.

Kate and I and the groceries were dropped off and my Mom and Dad had to turn around right away because Andrew had left the keys to Ken's car in Tottenham. Maureen and family stayed for a few more hours and then they went home. After Ken got his keys back he was able to return the truck, load up his car, buy a tv and come home to me and Kate. Can you say LONG DAY! Thank you so much to everyone that helped out - it was truly a team effort!

The bottom picture was taken on the 15th. Kate is wearing the bracelet that Ken wore when he was a baby.

And finally, seeing as it's Ken's birthday today, Happy Birthday Ken!

Baby Picture Comparison

Ken



















Kate



















Wendy

Sweet Kate

Meeting Family

Grandma Bacon















Grandpa Bacon



















Uncle Andrew (Wendy's brother)















Cousin Konrad and Auntie Jenn (Ken's sister)



















Cousin Anders

Bringing Baby Home

After three long days in the hospital we were more than ready to bring our little baby bear home.

Proud Mama

Baby!

Just to be forthright, this is Ken posting on behalf of Wendy, who is presently indisposed.

Yesterday as I was making my way to work through some less than ideal driving conditions, I received a call from Wendy informing me that her water had broke, and that it would be a good idea for me to return. I did. Usually labour begins well before any water is breaking, so we knew that something was amiss. We finished packing up all the necessary items, and made for the hospital. Wendy was shortly thereafter put on Oxytocin (sp?) to induce labour. It worked, and after a while it was time for the epidural. Once the Inducing resumed, the baby gave us all a scare, and her heart rate dropped a bit. At this point I was sleeping in a chair in the room, and awakened to realise that there were a lot more people in the room than when I drifted off. Needless to say, I was concerned. The inducing was halted and baby was happy again. After some time, they started to induce again to similar results, so Wendy had to have a C-Section. I'm posting a few pictures here. In order : Wendy Ken and Kate in the Operating / Delivery Room, Wendy and Kate, Kate's first time wearing clothing, and finally me trying to pose Kate for a photo in the window. Wendy is doing fine, although will be a while recovering. Kate is as happy and healthy as can be. We're both very happy and thankful that it turned out so well in the end. Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers, and keep em coming we're gonna need it in the weeks to come... sigh.

Ken.

No Baby Yet

It is Tuesday morning (for thirteen more minutes) and I've got to say I'm still not dying. I was dying at church on Sunday when every woman I spoke to apologized for my terrible condition! But I'm truly enjoying relaxing. In any case, I hope Ken will be able to update the blog the first night he comes home from the hospital but I'm slightly worried that I'm being overly optimistic.

So for now, there is no baby yet!

Oh yeah, I forgot, the over zealous doctor has already booked an induction date - Saturday. At first I thought I'd try to change it but I think if the baby hasn't come by Saturday I'm okay with the medical professionals helping the baby come out!