So Thankful and Blessed!

We have truly been blessed by so many people over the past couple of months. On August 8th we had a wonderful family shower for the baby. This baby was blessed with so many great gifts and clothing and necessities. We had such a wonderful time celebrating with our families and my brother Ricky did all the cooking for this occasion and let me just say that it was amazing. The games we played were fun (even the guys got into it :) My mom also did so much planning and put so much details into this lovely shower with the help of my other bro Danny.

Over this past weekend two of my friends - Heidi and Heather, threw me a dinner for the baby with some of the ladies from C4 (Carruthers Creek). It was a lovely dinner prepared by Heidi and the amazing cake was made by Heather. We had good laughs, lots of jokes and just a fun relaxing time. We were blessed once again with some more lovely gifts for the baby.

Today at work my lovely coworkers threw a luncheon shower in the courtyard. It was so nice celebrating this time with these lovely ladies who blessed our baby with even more lovely gifts. The food spread was amazing and the strawberry tarts and cake were excellent. We are truly blessed!

Some days I still can't believe that this is all happening and that we are literally going to be parents in the coming weeks. We have no idea what to expect and what's going to happen. We are trusting in God and believing for great things. Saj and I have truly been blessed by so many family and friends and for this we are truly thankful. God continues to teach us and show us that He does supply all of our needs so there is no need for worry, fear or doubt.

We thank the Lord for the wonderful blessings He has given to us. God is so good!

August Already!

I can't believe that we've entered into the month of August. I can't believe that I'm at that point where I can say "I'm due next month." Time is going by so quickly. Before we know it our baby will be here and life as we know it will be changed forever (but in a good way I keep hearing). There's still little things that we need to do to prepare for our baby. We still need to get our nursery painted and set up. That shouldn't take too long, but our goal is to have it done before the end of the month. My friend Christina is coming over tomorrow to help me out with some ideas. I just want to do a neutral colour on the walls. We still also need to get our baby furniture. We have an idea of what were getting so I'm not too worried. Now that we have our pack and play which came with a bassinet the baby can sleep in there, plus some friends had offered their cradle too which we'll probably take as well. I still need to wash the baby clothes and set up a few items. The time is drawing near as each week passes by. This Wednesday we have our Hospital tour. I think it will become even more real to me once we have that tour.

I'm excited for the next few weeks. I will be finishing up work at the end of August, and we'll be spending some time at a friends cottage this weekend, plus we've got two other baby gatherings coming up. God is good and we are so blessed!

I'm so behind in blogging!

I know, I know, its literally been months since my last blog. I was going to try to stay on top of it this year, but as you can see I haven't been. The last time I blogged I shared our baby news. So much time has passed since then. I'm in my final trimester of pregnancy and I'm over 32 weeks along. Just a few more weeks to go which is still so hard to believe sometimes. Saj and I haven't found out the gender of our baby. We want to be old fashion and not find out until the baby is born. I've been feeling for months like its a boy, but than again who knows what a girl feels like. I'm starting to think girl now for some reason but time will tell.

I've really been enjoying this journey of pregnancy. I've been feeling pretty good for the most part, but there are those days when I'm just plain tired and exhausted which is normal - not to mention the growing pains that come along with being pregnant. What I've been enjoying the most is feeling the baby move around and my growing belly. Who knew one could grow so much -haha. I'm feeling so blessed to be carrying this little one. Saj and I love watching the baby move around. We can see movements by just looking at my belly as it shifts into different positions. We have quite the active baby.



Just 2 weeks ago we had a Surprise Jack and Jill Baby Shower hosted by our lovely friends Olga and Jerry (and baby Rachel :) I was truly surprised to see so many friends gathered around to celebrate this little ones life. We were blessed with such wonderful and useful gifts for baby. We can't wait to use these items in the coming weeks.

Hopefully I will be able to keep up with the blogging (yes I know I say this all the time, but I'm really going to try :)

Happy long weekend friends!

Spring is in the Air!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that my last blog was back in January and yet again I've slacked off. This time I do have a good reason (at least I think its a good reason). I've been secretly hiding my pregnancy. That's right - Saj and I are officially expecting our first baby this September 2010!

I've wanted to share and write about it, but it was too soon of course. So far I've been feeling pretty good. I haven't experienced morning sickness. I've been tired and have been hungry a lot. In fact, its almost ridiculous how much I can eat these days. I'm still trying to be somewhat healthy, but I have given into the cravings.

On March 6th we had an early ultrasound that my friend hooked us up with. It was so amazing to see the baby for the first time and to hear the heartbeat. That's when it became even more real, when you can actually see that someone is really living inside of you. Saj and I loved every moment of it.

Another thing that we've really enjoyed is sharing the news with family and friends. Everyone's been so great and supportive and really, really happy for us which is always great to hear. Were feeling really blessed by the support all around and still can't believe sometimes that this is all happening. God is so good and we are thrilled to meet our baby in the coming months!

Happy New Year - Welcome to 2010

2010 is already on the go. Its already the 4th day of this new year. I'm claiming 2010 to be the year of stepping out of the box. Lots of things are on the go, but I'm giving them all to God so that His perfect plan can take place. I'm excited to see how the rest of this year unfolds.

Last day of 2009!

Today officially marks the last day of 2009.
2010 will be upon us in a few more hours.
As we enter into this new year, I have no idea what to expect, only God knows.
I pray for God's blessings over all of our lives as we begin this year. May dreams come true, prayers be answered and new wonderful opportunities arise. Be blessed this new year friends!

Too much time has past since my last blog -tisk, tisk on me!

I just realized that my last blog was on August 3rd/2009. I have totally slacked. On another side note - I literally just wrote a whole long blog on what I've been doing than I went to another page, and of course I somehow lost all what I wrote. So I'm slightly frustrated that I have to write all over again - ARGH!!!!!!!
So here are some brief snippets of what I've been up to over the past couple of months!



On August 14th our dear friends Valerie and Rodney got married. We had the honour of attending their wedding and the fun festivities that followed. Truly a fun day. They are such a beautiful couple, and I've never seen Rodney shine so much!

On August 29th I had the privilege of being a bridesmaid at Lisa & Randy's wedding. It was a day of much fun with those girls. I've never laughed so hard in my life. Lisa was a beautiful bride - completely stunning!



In early September we celebrated with Teresa & Marty the 1st year of Matteo's life at his birthday party. That was a fun filled party full of great food, pony rides for the kids (that's right I said pony rides) and one handsome birthday boy!



That same weekend - on the Sunday, we celebrated with Heidi & Jeff the 3rd year of Isaac's life at his birthday party. I can hardly believe that this little guy is so BIG now. I still remember when he was just born and he was so tiny, now he's a big guy and says the cutest things. I love watching Isaac and his adorable sister Olivia. Those kids are great!



October proved to be a lovely season. I love this month for 2 reasons - Saj's birthday and Thanksgiving. Both were great times with the family. We also had the joy of attending Kiara's baby dedication on October 4th with her parents Steve & Christina. It was great being their with all of their families and friends of course. Kiara is greatly loved. She's such a sweet baby - and a total blessing to the McKenzie family. You can see the new joy that they have since Kiara has been born. She truly warms your heart with her little smile.

November was a busy, busy month - more so for Saj. He was preparing for a concert out in Montreal. I've gotta say that it was a total success. Lives were touched and changed. It was so amazing and overwhelming for me to see my husband operating in his gifting. We had a great time in Montreal with wonderful musicians who also happen to be our friends as well. Mike Fenty played keys. Nigel Maynard played the drums, Glen Meyers was on Bass and keys, Jonathan Manafo was on a few guitars and vocals, and Rebecca Chase was on vocals. Each and everyone of them brought something unique and you could just see their passion shine through. I pray for more opportunities for them to be used. It was a blessed weekend and I just know that its not over!



So here we are in December. Its already shaping up to be a very busy month. Just last weekend I had 3 gatherings - all on the same day go figure. They were tons of fun and it was great to connect with friends who we haven't seen in ages. One being Ryan Sookhoo who we haven't seen since my brother's wedding in April.
This weekend is also going to be a busy one with Saj being in the Christmas presentation at our church on the Friday & Saturday, plus squeezing in another Christmas party. Even though it is a crazy busy month, I love it. There's just something about seeing friends and family that warms the heart in the midst of deadlines and demands. What I'm looking forward to most is having some time off in a matter of 8 days or so. It will be nice to just chill with Saj. We haven't had the chance to do that in so long because of the busyness. I'm looking forward to Christmas with the family, and for rest. I hope to keep up with my blogging once again. I've let it slip, but I'm going to try harder.

If I don't have a chance to blog before Christmas, I would like to take this time to wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR. May God bless your lives in 2010 in a new fresh way!