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October 14, 2007

The last 6 months...and we're having a baby.

October 13th, 2007. Today I recommit myself to blogging. While it has been fun to reconnect with people via facebook that I have not seen in years, there are many other family members and friends who are not currently using facebook, and I want to be able to share our journey with you as well.

And what a journey the last several months have been. It has been 6 months since I last wrote a blog entry. Little did I know when I wrote that entry that about one week later Maureen and I would have a major "OOPS"...in fact, it wasn't until May 20th that we found out that we were expecting our first child (due date Jan 25) - and it has taken the better part of the last six months for us to come to terms with it. Not that starting a family is a bad thing at all...it's just that it was not expected and the timing didn't/doesn't quite fit with what we had "planned". We were hoping to start with a puppy, but hey, things happen, and I'm just hoping our kid is really cute so that nobody has to lie when they tell us that he/she is (you know what I'm talking about...you've all done it)

Maureen had been enrolled in a hairdressing program that was supposed to start in August - but due to the due date falling right in the middle of the 9 month program she was unable to do it. Instead, she has been going to school - studying Geography at Concordia University. While it has definitely been an adjustment for her to be back in school again, she has been doing an amazing job so far - even knocking out a 96% on a technical "Air/Water" midterm.

Aside from that, I've been putting on sympathy pregnancy weight and slugging away at bringing in new business for C.H. Robinson here in Montreal. It has been a tough few months in that regard, but our office has continued to expand and we have now hired another person and shuffled the deck a bit so that there are now two of us working in the Business Development group. The rising Canadian $$ has hit hard at manufacturing out here in eastern Canada, but at least it has made shopping trips to the US cheaper.

Speaking of trips...we had an absolutely amazing summer here in Montreal. While the weather took a little while to warm up, we've had a great time visiting family, having family visit us out here, camping, driving...etc.

Where to begin? Well...here's a few pics from the last several months. Click on the PHOTO GALLERY link at the top of the webpage to see the rest of the "best" photos.

Julia's grade 12 grad (Jeremy and Erin, Mom and Dad, Julia, Stephen and Melissa, David and Maureen)

A Cattle Drive while visiting the Esau side of the family in June

on the boardwalk at Virginia Beach - August

Canoing in September

Hiking at Lac Munroe - October

So yeah - it's been a bit busy!!! :-)

In June we went to BC to celebrate my sister Julia's graduation from high school. As of two weeks ago she is now going to school at YWAM in Lausanne, Switzerland. I can't tell you how jealous Mo and I are of her traveling.

Following her grad we went up to BC.....

and spent time visiting with the Esau side of the family for a week. Only 3 days after we got back to Montreal my parents and sister arrived to visit, with Stephen and Melissa coming in a couple days after their departure. Crazy busy, but we had a blast as well. This summer was especially fun in that we got to take in a Cirque de Soleil show, the Jazz festival, the Comedy festival, and the FIFA under 20 soccer World Cup.

Once my family went back out west... (by the way, my parents have moved back to BC and are now living and working in Invermere...although they are going to Mongolia this coming spring)...Mo and I started camping - Tremblant, Vermont, Ontario...we also took a week and drove our brand new Mazda 3 sport (Mo named her "Opal") down to Virginia for a week of camping and relaxing at Virginia Beach and Chesapeake Bay before Maureen started school.

What else....we went camping last week at Tremblant for the last time this year. The leaves were absolutely spectacular and we had an amazing time. So what's next? CANUCKS SEASON!!! Vancouver is playing Edmonton tonight and Maureen and I are already going toe-to-toe with each other about who will win. I like to point out that Vancouver has won the last 7 games in a row :-)

.....ok - I've got writers fatigue. I'm done for a week or two...but I promise to update this blog every couple weeks at the most to keep you 'posted' on our world as we prepare for E.T.'s arrival (that's what we've been calling the kid...we don't know the gender and it looks like an alien when Mo's belly moves...kind of cute, eh?)

Posted by David at 7:04 AM