A blessing ~ Starting to Show

I have a friend from high school, who is now a blogger, Mrs. Shortcake over at 'The Haus'. Long story short, she's been attempting to become pregnant and glory hallelujah she is carrying a little one! Check out her blog to follow her journey to motherhood.

On that note, no pun intended...she does enjoy inspirational music and I think I found the perfect song for her heading into her 13th week. I think any mother would enjoy it. Click the link/title to go to CBC3 which has a ton of Jill Barber songs including this one. You can stream it. (Apparently the link I had earlier didn't work..darn).

Starting to Show

Jill Barber

From the top of my head
To my tippy toes
I am in love
And it's starting to show

I want you to know
But don't know where to begin
I can outline my feelings
But I can't fill them in

Oh I am in love
And it's starting to grow
With its roots firmly planted
In the earth below

It's true what they say
You will reap what you sew
You grow stronger and stronger
In time

It's so easy to tell
There's an apple in my eye
I can't hide it so well
So I don't even try

You are an arrow
And my heart the bullseye
You're a sure shot baby
Every time

I was walking in a circle
Staring down at my feet
When I met you half way
It felt strangely complete

Had a melody to play
But it kept missing the beat
Now I could carry that tune all the way
To the moon, to the moon

Oh my tongue hits the floor
At the thought of your touch
My heart next to yours
Skips double dutch

There isn't much more
That a girl could ask for
Please and thank you
Very much

Oh I am in love
And it's starting to show
From the tip of my cap
To the bottom of my sole

So tuck me sweet
And dance me slow
Get me high
And dip me low

I am in love
And I want you to know
It grows wiser and stronger
In time

As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be...

I'm so excited that I can finally post this, but my friend SH finally gave birth to her baby and..it's a boy! After 14 hours of hard labour and one cesarean later, she's the proud mother to her second little one. They arrived home either yesterday or today and I'm sure she's not getting much sleep. Her birthday is the 6th, so what a gift to have!

Please send your prayers out for mom, dad, little sister KH, and baby SH. Prayers that KH has a safe and fast recovery, that dad gets some sleep, and that KH enjoys and grows to love and protect her baby brother until the end of time.

Now if only 7 months could pass quicker so I can meet him! Dang distance!

RB and I are very excited as he's only the second boy in our group of friends--everyone has girls! Maybe I can teach SH to fish when he's old enough :) He'd like that.

How about you? Do your friends have a lot of babies? or if you have kids that are older now, were you one of the first? the last to have them? All I know is that my ovaries are jealous.

In this life

This song goes out to all of my good friends who have found love--in all forms. I am so thankful for having RB in my life. And when I look at all the friends I have, I know that I am blessed.

Let me show you what I'm made of
Good intentions are not enough
To get me though today and this life.
You're in the basement watching the TV,
I'm on the second floor watching the ceiling.
We sleep underneath the same big sky at night.
I dream the same dream we can fly

[J & J, together since 2003, married since July 26th, 2008]

You can run from me
You can hide form me
But I am right beside you
In this life.

[S & L, driving each other nuts since late 2004]

Let me tell you who you really are
You're my comfort
You're not a superstar
I can reach up and bring you back down to the ground
And give you everything you dream about

[S, K and S, a family since 2006, married April 2007]

You can run from me
You can hide from me
But I am right beside you
In this life.

[S & S, married 2007]

I'll give you all the things that I never get
Give you all I have and have no regret
Take you to the places that I've never been
Forgive you all the things that you cant forget
Take away the pain with my healing hands
Wash away your sins and set your spirit free

[S & K, together since 2007]

You can run from me
You can hide from me
But I am right beside you
In this life.

Let me show you what I'm made of

[Mum & B, married February 2006]

[R & D, together since 2008, and in the future married 2011..married 55 years with many beautiful children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. RB, remember I'm right beside you, in this life.]

Ode to Kathleen

Back to my "ode to's" I am going to dedicate this post to my very bestest best bff in the world Kathleen.

We met in Aug 2001 when I was hired on right after high school at the local "OJ/DQ" at the mall. She was 6 months pregnant with her first child and only a few days away from getting married to the love of her life.

Kathleen and I hit it off though only in a few months she'd be off on maternity leave. We both had a good work ethic, both leaders and wanted control of the store. We clashed a few times in the beginning because of this need for control but we learned to work around it. I worked days and she worked nights and we both knew that when the other came in or off a shift the store would be in perfect shape for the next one.

From 2001-2003 I worked at OJ/DQ on and off until I moved to Vancouver Island for almost a year. When I came back I reconnected with Kathleen (in early 2004) and we have been inseparable ever since. She had just given birth in June 2003 to her second child Alexandria, and Mikayla had been born in December of 2001 of course. She was still happily married and living in Abbotsford. I started to go visit her. I had just ended a semi-serious relationship the previous summer and was looking to have some fun.

I would go to her and her husband Bryan's house all the time. Pretty much all summer of 2004 we were together at her house and I was watching her little ones grow. I pretty much knew Alex from when she was crawling around in diapers. When Kathleen went out or worked I'd sometimes watch the kids. They were like my kids to me.

Kathleen is many things. She's a hard worker and a wonderful and dedicated mother. She loves her kids and others kids like no one else. She is compassionate, accepting and is a great listener. She indulges me in my daydreaming and fantasizing whether it be trips I want to take or what I want to name my future children. She gets just as excited as I do even though she may think I'm crazy.

I am known as Auntie Dawn to Alex and Mikayla and I couldn't be more proud of two little girls.

You'll remember this from a previous post taken at the Valley Zoo in Edmonton, Alberta.

Today Alex is 6 years old and Mikayla will be 8 in December. I can't believe how fast the time goes. I want them to stay young forever, but I know that's not possible. One day I won't be the cool Auntie anymore. One day they won't want to sleep with me in my bed when they come to visit. One day they won't want to talk to Auntie on the phone and tell me about their new princess dresses. One day they'll start to talk about boys, shopping, and perhaps will become the princesses they've been bred to be. Alexandria is a poser. She loves to pose for the camera so maybe she'll be a model. Mikayla loves to sing, and she has a beautiful voice. One thing I know is that if they're anything like their mother they won't "take no crap from nobody".

RB and I will be stopping through as I've stated previously, again this summer. I cannot wait to see Kathleen, Bryan and the kidlets. We're staying for 6 days so that will make me happy. Seeing them once a year hurts my heart. Last summer when I went to leave with RB to hit the road at 5am, I got a phone call as we turned the corner from their townhome and it was Kathleen asking if I had gone far yet. I hadnt so I turned around. Alex had heard us leave and didn't get out of bed in time. She rushed down the stairs and started to bawl because Auntie Dawn was leaving and I never said goodbye. I was crushed so I had to go get her from momma's arms and she just cried and cried and then I cried and RB teared up. To say it wasn't the best experience is an understatement.

There are a few things that remind me of Kathleen. I've done this for every friend so far. Here we go!

• Pepsi. Kathleen LOVES Pepsi. Adores it. She doesn't care for water and doesn't care admitting it either. Pepsi all summer in big tall tumblers with lots of ice. No other way!

• Pugs. They currently have a Pug named Mae-Ling. She's adorable and every time I see a Pug I think of her.
• 10 Things I hate about You is her favourite movie. RB just had his own chick flick-fest the other night (I know! right?!) and watched it for the first time and liked it.
• Disney. Anything Disney reminds me of Kathleen because her girls have like every movie by Disney known to man. And they'll watch it over and over and Kathleen loves every song and memorizes every one and sings them in the car with the girls.

One of their favourite Disney movies along with The Little Mermaid and Brother Bear (my fav)

• Orange Julius of course because we worked at one together.
• Laughing Cow cheese. The girls actually love this stuff too. I loved watching them get older and eventually able to unwrap them on their own without mommy's help.

Needless to say, Kathleen and I can be two peas in a pod. It's unfortunate that in 2005 she moved with bryan to Edmonton, Alberta from BC because I don't get to see them as much as I'd like, but they are happy and that's all that matters to me.

Here's to you, Kathleen! Best friend and mother a girl can have. You're the best! MUAH!