Jason and Shannon Brink

33 weeks already and insomnia has taken over. I woke up last night at 2:30, then 5:30, then was awake for good at about 6:00. Tossing, turning, peeing, ahhh! So frustrating! It doesn’t even really make sense to me because I feel tired but I just ca…

So. Got my H1N1 vaccine. hmph. I hate decisions and I hate difficult decisions even more. J and I hummed and hawed and prayed and researched and decided to go ahead. Now 2 days afterwards my legs feel achy….am I just becoming a paranoid mommy? …

Yup- here’s the belly, growing bigger and bigger!I love this part of pregnancy….and here are some of the reasons why:-baby is wiggling, jumping, moving, hiccuping all the time (feels funny!)-If I groan while attempting to tie my shoes, Jason will tie…

I seem to remember having a lightbulb idea of what I wanted to write about on here, but now have completey lost my brain again…it’s really becoming a losing battle. Placenta – 10, Brain -1. In fact, without scaring fellow nurses too terribly out th…

So I’m 6 months today. I have to say I’m enjoying this time more than any other so far in pregnancy. Feeling baby kicking away, getting winded walking a few feet too fast, starting to buy baby ‘stuff.’ I’m getting excited now that some of the major …

We spent most of the day today painting our living room. Shannon’s friend Andrea is out visiting us for a few days, so we got her involved too. The main living/dining room was a cold blue and terrible mint green that made us think of the dentist, so we’ve re-painted it with a grey and…

Had a super weird moment today…I looked down at my belly only to find that ‘pop’ my belly button looked super strange. I know it may look normal to some people, but truly, it has suddenly poked out more than normal. It even feels funny! Jason notic…

For the longest time I was unsure if I was feeling the baby move or not. It felt like little flutters that I was pretty certain was not my bowels or liver or anything else…but I wasn’t quite sure. Well, over the last week or so (week 20/21) I am now…

On Aug 29th, Shannon and I moved into the first place we’ve ever owned. It’s a townhouse in Walnut Grove, a nice little community at the north end of Langley, BC. We’re really excited to finally be homeowners (other than the big mortgage part), and to be settled in one place for a while. For…