Macleod Momentum

I ' M P R E G N A N T !   We’re adding to the Macleod Family!   We are SO happy! Nola is going to be a big sister and we’re expecting the new arrival around the first week of April.   Although it’s great news for everyone in the family, it is exceptionally exciting for Grandpa Macleod and Auntie Charissa, as their birthdays are April 7 th and  8 th !   Much like his/her sister, though, I’m sure this baby will come WHENEVER they choose…just like all other babies! This ultrasound picture is from some time ago now, so you can imagine how much the baby has already grown.  I'm scheduled to get another routine ultrasound done October 3 and will post that picture.  You'll see more of a baby in the next one! I’m happy to report this pregnancy is going well.   I have had a bit of nausea but nothing crazy.   I’ve been unbearably tired; I think I could have slept all day and night!   That phase seems to be passing as I enter the ...

It feels like forever since I blogged last!   I’m sure nobody has been anxiously checking it to see what has been happening in the small Macleod world, but all the same I figured it was time again. I can’t even say too much has been new!   I blogged about Shauna’s wedding, which was spectacular.   Since then we’ve really been in to the gear down of summer and subdued gearing up for fall. We decided to take no holidays during the months of July and August because the mucky-mucks in Kevin’s work predicted they were going to be insanely busy!   … Um … nope.   Kevin’s been home quite a bit, which is super fantastic for little Missy and myself, but not so awesome for the pocketbook.   Then, on August 25 Kevin was scheduled for a little bit of a toe surgery.   Neither of us thought it was a big deal.   He’d been having a reoccurring cyst on his big toe on his right foot since our honeymoon three years ago.   It comes and it goes, but when it...

Kevin and I had a fantastic weekend in Calgary!  We had the pleasure of attending my beautiful cousin's wedding to her Fireman husband :) Shauna and Paul have been together for over 4 years, so he's had ample opportunity to know what he was in for.  They make an absolutely stunning couple who are some of the funnest people to be around--not to mention all their friends and family! Now they decided to have an adult event, giving us the opportunity to have some time away from little-stinker-butt-beauty-queen-tantrum-thrower-silly-pants-boo.  Lucky for us we have an amazing S.I.L. who warmly and excitedly welcomed her for her very first sleep over!  Of course my brother and all six of her cousins were happy about this too ;) Kevin and I met Auntie Charissa and Cousin Raegyn in Blackfalds to make the transaction.  After that, we dropped Sir Sarge at the kennel and came back home to get ready.  Got all pretty and handsome and set out on the open road to g...

Just last week we decided it was high time to get some current family photos done.  I realized we were lacking in pictures of all three of us when I was working on the collage for the O's apartment. Well, I called upon my super-awesome-good friend Jess to meet us at Bower Ponds to try and capture some pictures of us with our little hurricane.  Although she doesn't stay still for long, Jess did manage to snap a few great shots! :) I also want to share a few photos I snapped after we settled Opa and Oma in to their apartment.  With time, they will develop a new routine and I am certain they will become very comfortable here.  Lord knows Nola has already made herself comfortable on visits! I love them with all my heart, can't imagine life without them, don't know what I'd do without them.  Now I can worry (a little) less. The bedroom... The sitting/tv room... With a little kitchen for snacks and drinks.  They'll be eating meals in the di...

I’ve posed this question to numerous family and friends, and I’ve never gotten a solid answer.   Most often after I’ve asked this question, I’m left with a thoughtful stare, a smirk or a shoulder shrug. This question has been bugging me for some time now.   Truthfully, the question came to me because of my estranged sister-in-law who deems herself a “Relationship Expert”.   I find it terribly ironic she cannot have any kind of relationship with her in-laws, and hasn’t for over 6 years.   The “Relationship Expert” has even gone so far as to ensure her husband has NO contact with his brother, mother or father either (regarding differences I think are manageable).   I am so fortunate (insert sarcastic tone) to read her underwhelming articles in our free Wednesday newspaper from time to time, and hear her “Lady Love” segment on our Friday morning Tops 40’s station.   But if her clients knew what I know, would they deem her an expert? So what does ...

My hands hurt!  As most or all of you know, I'm on blood thinners for my clotting disorder.  That means my skin is horribly thin and even the slightest scuff will easily tear off a top layer of skin here and there.  The main target: my hands. This weekend I had the terrific pleasure of going with my cousin and a (wonderful) group of her friends to Golden, British Columbia to celebrate in some pre-wedding antics and rafting on the Kicking Horse River.  Thanks to the rafting my hands got terribly scuffed but it was totally worth it! ;) My cousin's name is Shauna and she is amazing.  For as long as I can remember I have been in love with her and her family.  She is fun, hilarious, kind and BEAUTIFUL.  A total package kind of gal who I've always admired and wished I was like.  She's a mere 2 years older than I and has finally found the perfect man to see her through all her days.  Wedding to take place next month. My Aunt Babette was also t...

This afternoon we went to the local playground.  Of course, Sarge came too.  ♥