Introducing...Peanut!

So let's go waaaaay back to September for a moment...

Friday September 6, 2013 to be exact! 

It was the first week of school and I was DEAD tired! I was at a new school, had a GIANT class, and was REALLY looking forward to the first weekend of the school year!!

 Damian had left for work already and then I decided to take a little test... 

and this is what I saw!!!

I was SHOCKED!!! AND OMG EXCITED!!! 

And then I realized...crap...now I have to go to School!!! 

Needless to say I wasn't 'all there' that day at school ha ha! All day I just kept thinking about how I was going to tell Damian! It was something I had been thinking about for a few months but had never really put tooo much thought into it for fear that I would jinx myself!! 

So on the way home from school that day I stopped at the baby store and picked up a cute little onsie to give Damian to share our VERY exciting news!! I put it in a cute little gift bag, walked in the door and told him I had a gift for him. He was pppretty confused as to why he was receiving a gift, and later told me he thought it was going to be socks! Ha! (Damian has a thing for fancy socks!) I assured him that this gift was WAY more EXCITING than socks!! 

And needless to say Damian was THRILLED with his gift, but even MORE THRILLED with our exciting news!!! 

So now here we are! 

Almost 3 and a half months later! The last few months have definitely been a total blur!! And holy man am I glad to be out of the first trimester!! Let's just say that a little white pill called Diclectin for morning/all day sickness was my BEST FRIEND for 2 months!! We are BEYOND excited to be expanding our little family to 3!! Its still a very surreal feeling to know that in 5 months we will be welcoming a new little life into our lives, and that our lives will forever be changed!! AND WE CAN'T WAIT!!!

So without further ado...

Introducing 'Peanut'...

Arriving Mid May 2014!

(May 17, 2014 is my due date)
I'm currently 15 weeks! :)

We have been calling the baby 'peanut' pretty much since the day we found out we were expecting! I don't really even know why/ or where we got that nickname, but it has stuck! And now everyone calls 'it' Peanut! Ha! I'm sure once we find out the sex of the baby we will come up with a new nickname...but maybe not!!  

Our next big day comes in mid December when we have our ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby! And yes...We will be finding out!!! Sorry to disappoint all those that think we should wait!! Like my Mom! Ha! If there is one thing I am good at in life it would be planning...and I NEED to plan for this baby! And in order to do that I NEED to have some warning about what is coming my way!! Its just the way I'm built people!! 

So as you would expect, there is going to be a lot more BABY stuff happening on this lil ole blog of mine now! Sorry if I bore you with it!! I also want to share the stories about how we told our families our exciting news...because if you know our families at all, you know how CRAZY they went!! Ha Ha!! 

Stories will be coming soon!

Celebrating Ma!

Last week we celebrated my Mom's birthday!! Her birthday was last Friday but we had a little celebration on Sunday at family dinner. We enjoyed a delicious steak dinner at her request! 

Cheers! 

Happy Birthday Ma!

I made her birthday cake for her! 

Butter Pecan cake with strawberry jam filling! 

It was pretty tasty if I do say so my self! ha! ;) 

Mom and Dad! 

Aren't they just the cutest!!

Me, Ma, Kellen

Me, Ma, Damian

Dad photo bombing Grandma and Mom's picture! Nice work Dad!! Ha!!

And the best part...PRESENTS! he he 

It was a wonderful evening to celebrate the special birthday girl! 

I feel VERY blessed to have such an AMAZING Mom who has done SO much for me and the boys over the years!!

We love you Ma!!

I hope you had a very special birthday and I hope the next year brings nothing but happiness your way!!!

XOXO

Kels

Hello Alaska!

So as most of you know, my little brother Cody goes to university in Alaska. He received a scholarship to the University of Fairbanks to play hockey and attend school for 4 years. And guess what?! This is his last year!!! I honestly can't believe it!!! I can't believe my 'baby' brother has been gone for 4 years already AND that he will have a degree at the end of the year! WHERE DOES TIME GO!? 

Every fall the university holds a 'Parents and Family Weekend' for people to go up to Alaska and experience what its like to live up there and play hockey. My parents have gone every year, but Damian and I have only made the trip once, in Cody's sophomore year! But since this is his LAST year and we know we will most likely never have a reason to go back to Alaska...we decided to make the trip up for his very last 'Family Weekend'!! And I am SOOO glad we did!!!

Travelling to Alaska is ffffar from easy!! It makes for a VERY long day/night seeing how flights to Alaska aren't exactly in 'demand'!! Ha! And there is no such thing as a direct flight to Alaska...so we always have to go through Seattle! 

Enjoying our time in the Seattle airport late Thursday night...

On Friday we attended the 'Game Day Luncheon'. It is a lunch time press conference where we listened to both coaches talk about the weekend series, and a few of the players. After the luncheon we headed over to the Carlson Center to get a tour of the teams brand new locker room! And HOLY MOLY is it ever nice!!! This past summer they did a complete 4 million dollar overhaul of the Nanook's dressing room.

 It is beautiful!! And I know my brother is VERY glad he gets to experience the new locker room for at least one season!!! 

Cody's locker! And his very insightful quote on the inside of his cubby! Ha! 

SOOOOO PROUD of Cody and all of the awards he has received over the last few years!!

After the tour and a little bit of down time, it was GAME TIME! The boys played North Michigan while we were there! And ended up splitting the weekend with a WIN on Friday night, and a loss on Saturday night! 

Setting up the polar bear for them to skate through...

Cody taking the opening face off! GO CODY GO!!

Some random sign..."KING KUNYK"?! Ha...He wishes!! ;) 

It was a great game, especially because we WON! 

On Saturday we headed to one of my favourite places in Alaska!!! 

North Pole, Alaska!!

A very magical place!!! Where Santa Clause lives, of course! 

We visited the reindeer and did some shopping! 

Sitting on Santa's chair!

Santa was on a break ha!

I LOVE this place!!!

After our visit to North Pole, Alaska we headed back to Fairbanks for a dinner get together with all of the families in attendance for the weekend. After dinner, we all headed back to the Carlson Center for game 2 of the weekend!

Warm Ups!

And unfortunately we lost on Saturday...

These are our SAD faces ha ha...

And the bottom picture is of our AMAZING friends Terry and Kevin!! They opened up their home to us for this trip and were the best hosts EVER!! We are SO lucky to have them in our lives!!

BUT we still managed to get some nice pictures with our favourite player!! 

Sssssigh....I remember when I was the tallest...

Sunday morning we were offered a VERY neat opportunity!! One of the local players Dads' owns an airline in Alaska! And he asked us if we would be interest in taking a flight over Fairbanks for a few hours! Ummm YES!!! The plane was just a 6 seater, so just me and my parents went, along with another players Dad and sister. 

This was our itty bitty plane!

The INCREDIBLE VIEW!!!!

It was truly a once in a lifetime experience!! Although I won't lie...I thought I was gonna be sick more than once...ha ha...I don't exactly do all that well with motion, and when your in a tiny plane in the mountains you feel EVERYTHING!!! 

While we were flying this is what the boys were doing at Cody's condo! Homework and watching football! Then I showed up and made them pizza bites. They were pretty pumped about that!!!

We even got to watch Cody record a presentation for his communications class! We got to be his 'audience' with questions and everything! Ha! 

Early Monday morning we packed up and began the long trip home! It was a WONDERFUL weekend in Alaska and I am SOOO glad we went for one last trip!! We have met so many amazing people through Cody`s team and it will be very odd when he is no longer a `Nanook`at the end of the year!! 

GOOD LUCK this season Cody!!!

Oh and...

Perhaps the next place you play could be a little warmer... ;)

xoxo

Kels