Morgan finally made it home. I don't know how he did it so quickly (he left Friday at 7:00 PM and arrived home at 8:00 AM on Sunday morning). All I can say is I'm so glad he is home and that he made it all that way safely!
Thank you Dad for driving with him and helping him make it safely.
We moved to Canada at the first of the summer with hopes of 3 months filled with all sorts of adventures together. Well, we were right about the adventures part, not necessarily the together part.
The first of July, I came home for several reasons (one being tied closely to our exciting new development of being pregnant). The reasons aside, we were going to have to be apart for 6 weeks. Any of you couples who have been apart from your spouse for a while knows that it is just not very fun. We tried to talk as often as we could, but seemed to mostly just email. Thanks to Morgan's parents, who have a home phone service that includes Canada, we have been able to keep in touch a little better.
After about 5 weeks of being 'single', my countdown to Morgan's return is now officially at 10 days. I can't wait! Morgan always keeps me laughing (he has some killer jokes that can rival that of my mom's, we call her jokes 'Geri Jokes'). It will be so nice to be together again.
But I can't say that I am not grateful for Morgan's internship. He has had a great summer and has really impressed the company he worked for. He has wonderful new skills and a whole bunch of memories.
I am really so proud of him for working so hard and taking so much initiative, especially as an intern. He really proved himself a good pick for WESA.
Oh, and I am hoping he makes it home in time to celebrate our two year anniversary on August 18. My dad is flying out to drive with him, and the 18th is also my parents anniversary, so I really hope they can make it home since there are two anniversaries to be celebrated on that day!
I had my first prenatal appointment with the doctor today. I had a hard time picking a doctor, but I am so glad that I went with the one I did, she seems like a wonderful doctor.
I was excited to meet her, but really to tell you the truth, I was a little more excited to be able to see some little snippets of our baby. Our little baby (whom I have been calling 'she' for now, it just feels right, but I have one month until we know for sure), anyway, she was so active. The poor doctor was having a hard time catching a heartbeat or even getting the measurements. It was so neat watching that little baby (and I mean little, only 6-7 cm), flipping backwards, frontwards, upside down, and sideways. She really wasn't going to hold still very long for us. Finally we were able to get a good heartbeat, at least enough for the machine to get an average 'beats per minute' and then we were also successful in catching a pretty good portrait. She may be active, but it looks like she knows when we mean business. :)
I have updated the blog like a madwoman. I had so many photos from our drive and wanted to get them on here. Well, I have finally done it and am proud to say that I am all caught up. I think the posts go back a page or two. Anyway, I will have to be better in the future at putting things up as they happen.
Fourth of July is coming up and we are planning on heading down to my brother Jeff and his wife Emily's house. They have three adorable children. We are so excited and can't wait to see them. It is nice to be able to be this close to them. Hopefully, I will have lots of fun pictures.
As for the the Star Spangled layout of our blog, I was just in a patriotic mood, with the Fourth of July coming up and all. I love America and feel so grateful to be able to be a citizen and partake in the rights and blessings bestowed on our great land and country. We are truly blessed.
The last couple times we have gone to the grocery store, Morgan has wanted to buy some lobster. This last time, I couldn't resist. The lobster was 3.99 and he promised me he would cook it outside. Fish smell does not bode well with me.
Here he is about to put the two little guys on the grill. Bon Appetite!
The following pictures are of the Parliament building in downtown Ottawa. The Parliament covered a lot of area and it actually took us quite a while just to walk around some of it. There is a free tour, however, it is about 45 minutes long. One of these days we will go back and go on the tour.
In this last picture you see the Ottawa River and on the right is Quebec. Quebec and Ontario are just separated by this river. It is beautiful!
We have been hearing a lot about this ribfest and everyone was saying we had to go. It was Saturday and we were already planning on heading downtown, so we thought we would stop and see what all the excitement was about.
The smell was intoxicating and we were still in the parking garage, on the 3rd level UNDERGROUND. When we got to the street where all the vendors were lined up, we decided we had to try some.
We stood in line and got the combo they called "Vegetarian's Nightmare". I had to laugh. We were able to try some ribs, chicken, and my personal favorite, a pulled pork sandwich.
The vendor we decided to try was actually from Albuquerque, New Mexico. They won this contest last year and supposedly were the best this year too. And after eating their food, I would have to agree, they win.
Morgan was in heaven. I haven't met a guy who doesn't love some good ribs every now and then!
And here is the pulled pork sandwich. The amount of food we got was insane. We were definitely both full.
