Just a really quick note, but we're in our appartment and our stuff is here with us. Everything has been unpacked by the movers and its a disaster area, but at least its OUR disaster area. I'll post again soon when we're not quite so bogged down.
Ta ta for now!
E, J, & The Gang
Monday, May 29, 2006
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
A quick note to our avid readers...
Hi everybody,
I've managed to get a few minutes at a cyber cafe to check my mail and post a short message to you all. We're in Halifax now, and though things haven't gone quite as smoothly as we'd planned (a long story for another time), we're well and so are the cats.
We're living in a furnished appartment near our own place, and we'll hopefully be able to stay there until our stuff arrives (sometime around the 23rd, we hope). The cats are in our own appartment and seem to be settling in.
We had a bit of trouble finding a doctor (argh!), but we've got one now and we just came from our first appointment. Now we've just got to have my records forwarded. You should have seen the look on the doctor's face when she found out we didn't actually have the records with us - we would have, but our doctor in Victoria seemed to think it wasn't necessary. The baby is doing fine. He/she kicks all the time now, but apparently thats normal ;) Jake seems to think we're having a little soccer player, but sometimes I think we're having an entire team.
Halifax is great and we love it here. It is so much nicer than Victoria that the two just don't compare. We had our first big thunder and lightning storm last night, and it was just magical.
I hope to be able to post more soon, and to put up some pics of our new place, but until then 'adieu' from Halifax!
Love,
Ellen, Jake, Baby Cotter, and the Feline Trio.
I've managed to get a few minutes at a cyber cafe to check my mail and post a short message to you all. We're in Halifax now, and though things haven't gone quite as smoothly as we'd planned (a long story for another time), we're well and so are the cats.
We're living in a furnished appartment near our own place, and we'll hopefully be able to stay there until our stuff arrives (sometime around the 23rd, we hope). The cats are in our own appartment and seem to be settling in.
We had a bit of trouble finding a doctor (argh!), but we've got one now and we just came from our first appointment. Now we've just got to have my records forwarded. You should have seen the look on the doctor's face when she found out we didn't actually have the records with us - we would have, but our doctor in Victoria seemed to think it wasn't necessary. The baby is doing fine. He/she kicks all the time now, but apparently thats normal ;) Jake seems to think we're having a little soccer player, but sometimes I think we're having an entire team.
Halifax is great and we love it here. It is so much nicer than Victoria that the two just don't compare. We had our first big thunder and lightning storm last night, and it was just magical.
I hope to be able to post more soon, and to put up some pics of our new place, but until then 'adieu' from Halifax!
Love,
Ellen, Jake, Baby Cotter, and the Feline Trio.
Monday, May 08, 2006
Movin' on up...
Hey all,
This might be our last post for a little while, since I don't know if/when we'll have access to a computer over the next couple weeks. The packers come tomorrow morning, then we move into the hotel in Victoria. They load on Tuesday, then we fly early Wednesday morning. Hopefully we've got everything ready. We've totally exhausted ourselves getting all those last minute details done. With all the art and posters down off the walls, the place already feels empty, and it'll just get worse tomorrow. We're happy to be off on our grand adventure!
So long for now!
Jake & Ellen (& Wendy, Purnicus, and Luce)
Movin' on up... to the East Side...
We've finally got a piece of the pie!
This might be our last post for a little while, since I don't know if/when we'll have access to a computer over the next couple weeks. The packers come tomorrow morning, then we move into the hotel in Victoria. They load on Tuesday, then we fly early Wednesday morning. Hopefully we've got everything ready. We've totally exhausted ourselves getting all those last minute details done. With all the art and posters down off the walls, the place already feels empty, and it'll just get worse tomorrow. We're happy to be off on our grand adventure!
So long for now!
Jake & Ellen (& Wendy, Purnicus, and Luce)
Movin' on up... to the East Side...
We've finally got a piece of the pie!
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Our trip to the petting zoo
Today, we took the afternoon off and went down to Beacon Hill Park to visit the petting zoo. Its one of our favourite places here, and we're both really going to miss it. Here are some picture of the animals we saw:
There were a bunch of little baby bunnies, but this one was particularly friendly, even licking my hand.
This is me hanging out with a few of the baby goats, all of whom were trying to eat my clothes and purse. The goat pen is my favourite part of the petting zoo, since there are always lots of baby goats. People are always bringing their little children, making the place full of kids and kids. Seeing a bunch of toddlers waddling around after a bunch of rambunctious baby goats is just so cute.
A few of the baby goats were so small they still had their umbilical cords attached. As you can see in thisnext picture, some of the mamma goats were about ready to pop. Some, like this one, were almost as wide as they were long, and you could practically feel the little baby goats inside.
This little lamb, named Paprika, was born just last Saturday, making her not even a week old.
On our way out of the park, we noticed some people clustered around with cameras, and it turned out they were photographing this little turtle. Jake snuck up really close and got this picture, but then we realized that we could have just walked right up to it. It didn't care at all that we were there; we probably could have picked it up and kissed it if we'd really felt like it.
There were a bunch of little baby bunnies, but this one was particularly friendly, even licking my hand.
This is me hanging out with a few of the baby goats, all of whom were trying to eat my clothes and purse. The goat pen is my favourite part of the petting zoo, since there are always lots of baby goats. People are always bringing their little children, making the place full of kids and kids. Seeing a bunch of toddlers waddling around after a bunch of rambunctious baby goats is just so cute.
A few of the baby goats were so small they still had their umbilical cords attached. As you can see in thisnext picture, some of the mamma goats were about ready to pop. Some, like this one, were almost as wide as they were long, and you could practically feel the little baby goats inside.
This little lamb, named Paprika, was born just last Saturday, making her not even a week old.
On our way out of the park, we noticed some people clustered around with cameras, and it turned out they were photographing this little turtle. Jake snuck up really close and got this picture, but then we realized that we could have just walked right up to it. It didn't care at all that we were there; we probably could have picked it up and kissed it if we'd really felt like it.
Thursday, May 04, 2006
Congratulations on your new baby pelican
I posted a picture of our baby on Fark, in the commentary on an article about Sonograms, and one of the Farkers, by the name of Cybernetic, photoshopped it thusly, saying: "Uriel, Congratulations on your new baby pelican. I see he's already got his mouth wide open. I have four kids, and I could never read those things worth a damn."
I can't believe our baby hasn't even been born yet, and he/she has already been photoshopped!
I can't believe our baby hasn't even been born yet, and he/she has already been photoshopped!
A couple of new links
First of all, here's a link to some great pictures of a graffiti art project at Chernobyl
Secondly, 3,738 mothers in Manila simultaneously breastfeed their babies, thereby beating the Guiness World Record of 1,135 in Berkeley, California in 2002
Enjoy!
Secondly, 3,738 mothers in Manila simultaneously breastfeed their babies, thereby beating the Guiness World Record of 1,135 in Berkeley, California in 2002
Enjoy!
Wednesday, May 03, 2006
Study: US mothers deserve $134,121 in salary
Check out the article. With the Canadian dollar up to 90¢ American, thats not bad at all!
Also, check out the site that did the study, and try their Mom's Salary Wizard to print out a personalized earning statement.
Also, check out the site that did the study, and try their Mom's Salary Wizard to print out a personalized earning statement.
A funny link for you to enjoy
Ran out of my anti-nausea pills and spent the whole morning tossing my cookies, so here's a funny link: Eric Conveys an Emotion.
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Crocheted purse
Here's a pic of the crocheted purse I just finished...
...and my wonderful husband modelling it!
...and my wonderful husband modelling it!
Another quote for the day
If you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human being can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it." -T. S. Eliot
Something on my wish list
Something I really want for when the baby comes: an Arm's Reach Co-Sleeper:
Monday, May 01, 2006
Revenge of the Lawn
Despite the fact that we had the yard mown by some kids about a month ago, its been growing like crazy! This wouldn't have surprised us, but last summer we only had to mow the lawn once, and it stayed nice and short. But Victoria is green in the spring, unlike in the summer, and our lawn got down right bushy. In fact, our neighbour was looking for his cat outside, and it turned out she was hiding in the lawn itself. She was totally invisible, and he only saw her when she moved and the grass swayed.
But tonight, Jake borrowed our neighbour's mower, and took out all his aggression on taming the jungle in our backyard.
But tonight, Jake borrowed our neighbour's mower, and took out all his aggression on taming the jungle in our backyard.
Our lawn before the mowing
During...
And after!
And after!
Moving, etc.
Fun day yesterday. Jake and I went out shopping and I got some new maternity clothes (pretty much all of my non-maternity clothes, even the shirts, have stopped fitting now). Old Navy has a great maternity section, though, and their prices are great. I got a pair of jeans on sale, and a bunch of shirts (all black and brown - all the bright colours made me feel like Barney the dinosaur). I also ended up getting a watch at London drugs (I've needed one forever, and its been driving me crazy). I got the best deal: a beautiful $80 Timex for $15 since it was the last one they had.
Moving week is coming up really quickly. They pack a week today (Monday), they load it all on the trucks on Tuesday, and we fly out on Wednesday. We'll be staying in a hotel with the cats as of Monday, which means a bit of a commute to come out to the house to supervise the movers. Tuesday is the last day of Jake's course, which means I'll be handling the movers all by myself (as well as most of the cleaning). Its so annoying - really, he was supposed to have a few days off before we were to fly, but no one wanted to take the responsibility of changing his posting date, even though its as simple as an e-mail. Just frustrating, thats all, since I'm not *quite* as mobile as I used to be.
We've gotten new carriers and bedding for the cats on their flight, so hopefully they'll be more comfortable than last time. It should be fun with them in the hotel, though. We've sprayed the carriers with cat nip oil, and left them lying about, so that they get used to them. I've even caught Wendy sleeping in her's, though something tells me it won't be so easy to get her into it when the time comes. They're going to hate having the movers here (though we'll be moving them to the hotel Monday night, they'll have to sit through the packing). Hopefully Purnicus won't try to kill any of them (any of you who have been on the wrong end of his ire know that this is a distinct possibility, especially if any of the packers are female). He did do really well with our friend Krystal, the other day, though, so perhaps he's starting to mellow? Somehow I doubt it.
Moving week is coming up really quickly. They pack a week today (Monday), they load it all on the trucks on Tuesday, and we fly out on Wednesday. We'll be staying in a hotel with the cats as of Monday, which means a bit of a commute to come out to the house to supervise the movers. Tuesday is the last day of Jake's course, which means I'll be handling the movers all by myself (as well as most of the cleaning). Its so annoying - really, he was supposed to have a few days off before we were to fly, but no one wanted to take the responsibility of changing his posting date, even though its as simple as an e-mail. Just frustrating, thats all, since I'm not *quite* as mobile as I used to be.
We've gotten new carriers and bedding for the cats on their flight, so hopefully they'll be more comfortable than last time. It should be fun with them in the hotel, though. We've sprayed the carriers with cat nip oil, and left them lying about, so that they get used to them. I've even caught Wendy sleeping in her's, though something tells me it won't be so easy to get her into it when the time comes. They're going to hate having the movers here (though we'll be moving them to the hotel Monday night, they'll have to sit through the packing). Hopefully Purnicus won't try to kill any of them (any of you who have been on the wrong end of his ire know that this is a distinct possibility, especially if any of the packers are female). He did do really well with our friend Krystal, the other day, though, so perhaps he's starting to mellow? Somehow I doubt it.
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