The Eighth Month Pose

I'm officially eight months pregnant and I think I might be getting slightly uncomfortable. I might just want to give birth in a month... I still have my doubts though! I remembered to do a profile shot this time, I'm so proud of myself. And I suppose now would be a good time to thank the very patient photographer. Thank you Ken.

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Andrew turned 27 on Friday. This is him and his cake.

The Baby Timeline

The first picture of the baby - just kidding! This was taken April 26 2008. It was a Saturday. We picked up the pregnancy test at Walmart. I wasn't technically late yet and I told Ken I'd wait a few days before I took it but I was fibbing. I left it on the counter in the bathroom for him to find. I wish I had a picture of his face, he's going to be the best Daddy.















This was taken June 26 2008. It was pretty much what I was expecting - a little bean. Of course when I went to the appointment I was slightly paranoid that there wasn't actually going to be a baby. It's taken me a very long time to believe that this is really happening!















This picture was taken August 12 2008. I wasn't expecting Skeletor. I thought it would look more like a baby and less like a ghoul. Ah well, it's our little ghoul!















This picture was taken the same day in August. I like it lots because even though it's still a little freaky it's all curled up and looks snuggly.















This picture was taken today, November 28 2008. (Happy Birthday Uncle Andrew!) Looking at this picture makes me excited to meet this little person. Five-ish more weeks to go!

I think I look pregnant now...

I will be eight months pregnant on the 28th of November. I pretty much feel pregnant all the time now - especially when the baby moves. I've spent most of my pregnancy feeling like, really, me I'm pregnant?? Now there's really no denying it. This past week at school three of the teachers I work with commented "oh, you're really looking pregnant now". So now that I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that I'm really having a baby I only have six weeks left (give or take).

A number of people have been asking me to post pregnant pictures. I've had a hard time with this until now... then again I'm still having a hard time with it. I forget to take pictures when I first come home and then I change into comfy clothes and the idea of getting re-dressed to take pictures is just too much. Today I finally remembered not to change right away after church and had Ken take some pictures. I even posed in more than one outfit. But I forgot to take any profile pictures and of course I'm in comfy clothes now...




















Picture number one features one of my very favourite shirts - looking oh so wrinkled because this is what I wore to church.




















Picture number two, well what to say. I don't think I look pregnant. It's all about the shirt. This one should have been a picture of my profile.

Halloween

Here are a few pictures from the Plumb's very fun Halloween party. The kids were all very cute, the food was very yummy, and it was great to sit and chat with fun people.















Ruth, Angela and Vivian with their babies!















David, Sam, Ephraim - with their babies!















The game - the guys had to eat the gummy worms and candy out of a plate of whipped cream.




















Ken is victorious!




















Wendy the pumpkin and Ken the farmer. I was so excited to be a pumpkin for Halloween. Not a pregnant pumpkin, but that the baby was the pumpkin, except I wasn't quite big enough to fill out the shirt so well, I look kind of silly. And most people at the party didn't even realize that I was pregnant, almost seven months pregnant that is!

A Very Vibrant Fall

On Sunday after Stake Conference I really wanted to go for a drive and a walk. The fall colours have been so vibrant this year and I was getting worried we were going to miss the peak. After lunch the fall colours weren't quite as enticing as a nap. After the nap a drive into the country seemed too ambitious. We settled for one of the many parks in the city. It was beautiful but trying to get the right angle on the colours proved difficult as many trees have already lost most of their leaves.














And then there's the whole I'm pregnant and I don't have any pictures of me looking pregnant. We took a few pictures but I wasn't wearing the right shirt, so this will have to do for now.














I just love the fall!

Chinese Lantern Festival - Year Number Three

Ontario Place has, for the third year in a row, been host to the Chinese Lantern Festival. We've gone the last two years, and we've blogged about it. We weren't going to go this year as it is expensive and we figured we would take a year off. At school on Friday I had a conversation with Lisa Boyd, the teacher I share a homeroom with (this year I'm Boyd-Bacon). In the course of the conversation she offered me two tickets that she had won to the Lantern Festival. I tried to convince her to go, but I didn't need to, she had won four tickets and well, she didn't really want to go anyway. I happily relieved her of two of the tickets and yippee skippy Ken and I were able to enjoy the Lantern Festival for a third year in a row - for free!!

This year's theme was a world theme. The were landmarks - the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty, and there were animals from around the world. Canada was represented by raccoons that were taking over a house. It was a beautiful evening down by the lake. Here are a few of my favourite pictures. The rest are in an album on our picasa site. (Click on Ken and Wendy's photos... if you want to!)
















Wendy and Ken - self portrait.




















A pagoda made of cups, saucers and spoons.





















The Eiffel Tower.




















ANIMALS!!

Ken's Day Trip to North Bay

When we heard that Laura, Keenan and Will would be moving to Dauphin, Manitoba, my first thought (aside from yahoo - Keenan got a job!!) was, when are we going to see them again?! Ken decided to go up to North Bay for the moving day to help out. He left here (Thornhill) at 5 a.m. and spent the morning with Laura and Keenan and Will. After having lunch at Wendy's, the Radcliffe's headed west and Ken headed south.

When he got home I asked to see the pictures he took.
He said "They're not very good, I took them from the car".
I said "What do you mean? Didn't you take any of your sister and her family?"
He said "I was helping them move."
I said "What? This is the last time you'll see you sister for who knows how long and you didn't take a single picture???"
He didn't say anything...

I would like to call this - "Goodbye, we'll miss you! Have an awesome adventure in Manitoba!"














(Now if only that were their car driving towards Manitoba!)