I should probably update . . .

I think most of you who read this blog already know that we have our new addition. Victoria Catherine Joanna was born March 30, 2009 at approx. 9:10 pm. I say approimately because with the drama of her entry no one really thought to look at the clock for the exact time. ;) I won't go over the details again of that eventful night but needless to say it was a very original birth story and Tori has a connection to her Daddy that none of the others have.

And life moves rapidly forward doesn't it?! Here we are almost exactly three weeks later. Tori is growing well. At our dr.'s visit yesterday she was 7 lbs 8 ozs and 19.25 cm. At birth she was 7 lbs 19 cm. She's still a bit of a peanut at the 5th and 10th percentile respectively. She's usually pretty relaxed although she has her moments but she's a pretty calm baby. I think I see a pattern forming . . . Matthew had colic and was very high maintenance, Mia was quiet and calm, Gillian had colic and was(is) very high maintenance which I guess is another good reason to stop having babies while we are ahead.

We also had Mia's dr. checkup. I was expecting to get all her shors but the dr. really wants to hold out for as close to age 5 as possible. Well, Mia was none the wiser as I didn't dare say anything to her about shots. I just hope Mia's school doesn't give us grief about the shots. Oh and my big girl is literally getting big! Where is this height coming from? She is 43.5 inches tall and 39 lbs! Those are both in the 90th percentile. WOW! I wondering if she got some of the tall genes on my side . . . my mom was tall (5"11) and my brother is 6"0. I know Gillian is another tall one. She wasn't officially measured and weighed but at 2 she is not far off from her big sister in height and I'm pretty sure weight too. That girl is heavy! I can barely carry her anymore.

Todd started back to work today after taking three weeks off following the birth of Tori. It was nice in a way but can I just say that it's also nice when he is working too? I love him but sometimes . . . . I just need to be alone to do my own thing. He was thinking about taking some paternity leave in the summer but I fear he will drive me crazy. lol

It's been so long . . .

but I've got some random thoughts to share.

This pregnancy is beginning to wind down and I guess I'm sad. Being pregnant makes me extremely emotional as it is but knowing that this is it makes me more so. I do love being pregnant despite the exhaustion, the perpetual cold(it started in October and never left), oh and then there's the whole leaking pee thing. Yeah that's not fun but I'll still miss it when it's over. I finally had a dream the other night about this baby. In my dream the baby was a boy and of course we named him Liam as we have already planned. I used to believe these dreams whole-heartedly. They were right for Matthew and Amelia. But Gillian broke the whole trend. She was 'supposed' to be a boy. My dream had said so. I was convinced. So I'm not banking on the whole boy thing. We still have not agreed on a girl name but I will not be caught off guard like we were with Gillian. I just thank God now that I've come to love Gillian's name as much as I do now. At the time I was not sure about it at all.

I am scheduled to work for three more weeks(exactly 14 more days). That's 7 more kindie days. I really kinda dread those days now because they take the most out of me. Teaching 20 four and five year olds all day(some with severe behavioural issues) just drains me. I'm thinking I may need to take a couple more mental/physical health days before I go on mat. leave.

I washed some baby clothes yesterday and that's the most I've done to get ready for this baby. I definitely hope I will be more prepared than I was with Gillian. She was almost 4 weeks early. Totally threw us for a loop. Todd still has to get all the car seats arranged and in place. Mia is moving to the back with Matthew and the new baby will take her place but the van is a mess and it's been too cold to give it a good cleaning. Don't want to put a new little baby in that crazy mess!

So that's the latest pretty much. My life is never too dramatic and that's probably a good thing. Todd got a new job within his police service that will put him closer to home which is great especially with my quick labours. He currently works almost two hours away from home. Not good if I go into labour. His transfer is supposed to be in May but because of the situation it may be pushed to early March. I REALLY hope it is. If not I'm going to have to be extra cautious and pay a lot more attention to any ctxs. With G, we arrived at the hospital at 7 am and had her at 8:27 am. Can't afford to cut it that close with this one.