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.

Confessions

I have a confession to make. The only reason I am awake at this ungodly hour of 5am is due to my inability to sleep.

My inability to sleep is due to nightmarish dreams involving Jack Bauer and Tony Almada, lead characters of the show 24. RB and I have been watching quite a bit to catch up. We started in August watching the first season and have now finished season 5 which is a feat as there are 24 1-hour episodes per season. We typically watch 2-3 per day when avidly viewing.

The funny thing is, we finished season 5 almost 2 weeks ago now and now visions of Keifer Sutherland are dancing in my head? Except instead of wonderful Christmasy thoughts, it's filled with me being held hostage by one terrorist on the 9th floor of a glassy office tower. The terrorist hands me the gun and asks me if I want to use it. One gun goes off from Jack Bauer and I make a run for it at the emergency exit (the stairs) and start running. The terrorist finds me and I attempt to shoot him but he handed me an empty gun so of course I'm hooped.

Anyway...I have vivid dreams that I often remember. Maybe I should start watching more sleep friendly shows like Say yes to the dress and How I met your mother. I'd rather dream of flirting with Barney Stinson anyway...

Have any of you ever had vivid dreams from television shows where you're being chased by terrorists? ha!

Happy December 1st everyone! Time to turn up the Christmas tunes.

P.S. I need a recipe for a really good pecan pie. It's not a staple here in Canada but Paula Deen has invaded my recipe box.

Love, Dawn

Spring colours

I need some opinions here!

RB and I are still discussing wedding colours. We've changed the date to May 21 2011 (May long weekend) instead of a summer wedding July 2. I'm a big fan of regal colours, like royal blue, royal purple, deep reds/crimsons and golds. However, I feel this would be too "fall" or "winter". So I'm thinking to do the deep reds and golds but with tiffany blue to lighten things up and of course lots of ivories.

What do you think of this? I still have lots of greenery around. I am thinking of tiffany blue dresses for the bridesmaids and then deep red bouquets and mine would be as well.

Happy weekend, everyone!

Thanks

I've heard things come in three. I sprained my right shoulder, somehow, recently and it's slowly getting better so for this I give thanks. I have however succumbed to a cold, yet somehow it isn't kicking me in the butt like it has in the past and for that I am also thankful. I also had to give a presentation on my research to students and faculty in my department, while sick and with a sprained shoulder and somehow managed to not draw a blank and embarrass myself. I did, however, refer to the Yukon as a province a few times and not a territory--why did I do this?

Thank goodness my adviser caught it--not my cold, the error.

I'm not American, but I'm thankful for all of them. They make the world diverse and unique, interesting and entertaining. I've always been envious of American people for the pride they have in their country, the hope that they carry for better days ahead, and for always trusting in their government and leaders to make it to tomorrow no matter what differences there might be. I'm proud to be Canadian but I'm proud to be a neighbour to such a great country--no matter what anyone up here may think.

Thanks, America! For giving me people to love and roads to drive home on with beautiful hills, magical mountains and endless skies.

Happy Thanksgiving and GO PACKERS GO!

Love,
Dawn

Northern Light Photography

Introducing

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Northern Light Photography by Dawn Adams

More to come.

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.]

Say a little prayer for you...

This is one of my all-time favourite families. See the lovely lady on the right with her little basketball of glory? She's due on Friday and attempting a BVAC (birth vaginally after cesarean) with her midwife. That little one in the middle was born 3 years and 12 days ago and unfortunately the lovely lady had a botched cesarean among other things.

Please, if you do such things, send up a little prayer for this beautiful family that they deliver a healthy baby with few problems for my lovely lady. I on the other hand and praying for a beautiful healthy baby boy that she names Hugh...a girl can dream, can't she?