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Week 14
These are my debut tummy shots at 14 weeks. Just starting to look a little pregnant.I love hearing baby’s heartbeat- it’s always such a relief! Went to see the midwife today. All is well- except that they forgot about taking any bloodwork. Oops. T…
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Week 13
Little late posting…but here it is:Pregnancy Week 13: Need some gas? Your wife hassome. Your baby is now thesize of the gas cap on your carp.s. it’s true. I can’t stand myself sometimes and how gassy I am. Yuck!OR:Week 13: PeachAverage size: 2.9 in…
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Grumpy.
Can baby be an excuse for grumpy-ness? I was just grumpy, mean nurse for four straight days but sometimes patients just kinda set you off. First it’s the arguing with you every time you tell them something, then it’s being compared to John Travolta’s s…
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Baby week 12!
So I’m approaching week 12. I found this hysterical website…it was comparing baby sizes each week to fruit. I thought it was fun…but then I found the ‘male version.’ SO for humor and for interest, I’ll include each as I go along:For female readers:…
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Our First Baby iBrink Sighting
Precious moments to hear the heartbeat of your baby. I was so relieved to see baby up on the screen today at our first ultrasound. I still have had a hard time belieing there really is life in my womb. I believe and trust and KNOW it was God himself…
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Telling family
This was the best part…so we stopped in Ontario to visit with Jason’s family and we weren’t planning to tell anyone. We kept saying, “well, I’m not that far along yet…what if something happens…” But we couldn’t help but tell them because we rea…
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In Spain
After we found out, we were in Spain and I saw thisfun sign board with a pregnant lady’s belly so I took a picture with it. Thankfully, I’m not that big yet…
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When we first knew…
So our story of finding out about baby ibrink (the reason I’m calling baby ‘ibrink’ is because we had a hilarious conversation…we thought it would be funny to name the baby “Isaac” or something with an ‘I’ because we could call baby ‘ibrink’… okay …
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The Road
There is one road in Mahadaga. It is name-less but everyone knows it well. The Burkinabe live their lives on it, near it, around it, beside it. They buy and sell and visit each other on it, work their fields beside it, and celebrate important events under the shade of the mango trees along it. …
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From Lemmings to Leaven : lessons on time
On our long bus ride to Ghana, Jason and I started reading a book that has started us reflecting on how we want to live differently when we get back to Canada. It talks about making choices based on values: choosing contentment over consumerism, stop and play over fast forward, talking over technology, so…