Oh Canada!!!

Khia and I fell upon 6 Olympic Men's Luge tickets of which 4 of them we gave to friends of ours and my younger brother and sister.  And so we decided to make a day trip up to our favorite neighbors, our lovely Canadians.  We take off at 7:00 in the morning and get to the border around 9-9:30.  Thankfully the Canadians had no problem allowing us into their country.  From Vancouver we took a 2-hour bus ride up to Whistler.  From there we take a Gondola up to the Sliding Center on Whistler Mountain.

Before I continue I would like to express my deepest sorrows for the family and friends and country of the Georgian Luger who passed away.  The picture up top is the monument used in Whistler  to honor him.  How sad a story that was.  How my heart aches for the family, his teammates, and his country.  I can't express...
I am sorry to do that to you.  I apologize because now my fun and humor in telling our trip has passed from me.  I will do my best to stop crying.

The middle picture is of the dreaded 16th turn, the last turn of the track.  And if you look closely right underneath the 2 you will see a red blur - that blur is a man traveling at over 90 miles an hour on a sled with no steering and with no brakes.  I just sat there laughing in astonishment and amazement and in a greater respect for the Luge.  Awesome!  It was Awesome!  The other picture is of I believe the 11th turn with my sweet sister Sarah in the blue and it is also the location where I gave a high-five to a luger as he passed.  I am sad they didn't get it on T.V.
And then here comes another sad story.  As you can see, and I know there are not a lot of photos, but my dearest, dearest sweetheart is not in any of those pictures posted.  We were both giddy with excitement on Friday night to only wake up to my poor Khia sick as a dog.  So she did what any comrade of war would do.  She grabbed me by my face and said, "take the others, leave me, there is no hope for me.  You must go without me."  There have been others in our nation who have done such tremendous acts to save  the lives of comrades that they were awarded the "Purple Star."  Khia's act of sacrifice has placed her among the few heroes of our nation.
My life, along with those lives of those who stood beside me, will forever be lived in her name.
We arrived back home Sunday morning at 3:00am.  We did go see the eternal flame but all I have is a video of it but I have not learned how to put videos from our camcorder unto the computer.  Sorry.  My only plea is if you ever get the chance, go to the Olympics.  It is worth it.

31.5 Weeks

Lately I've bought a few more clothes to cover my blossoming belly.  It's been fun, but at this point I'm almost starting to think "What's the point?!"  I only have 2 months left, why do I want to buy clothes for only two months.

Well last night I realized that this is the time I need them most.  Here's a picture of me last night when I went to work out. 

I just walk on the treadmill at Joseph's parents' house so I haven't worried much about getting any shirts to run around in.  I've just been squeezing into some older, larger shirts I have.  Well no more!  I had sat down on the couch to tie my shoes and when I stood up without realizing it, my shirt had slipped up leaving a portion of my belly completely exposed.  It isn't that it was embarrassing since I generally have no fear of showing my belly to people or to family for that matter, but when your own husband calls you Gus Gus for the rest of the night something has to be done. Needless to say, I'll be going shopping with no regret in the near future.

Mini Vans

So, I'm not a van fan.  I don't like them, I don't want one and some people find great joy in giving me a hard time about this.  I've even had offers from friends to test drive theirs just to try and change my mind...Ummm, No Thank You.  But lately I've been seeing these commercials and I just die laughing.  They're almost funny enough to make me re-think my van status.



Russ - I know it's no Kia, but I hope you get some joy out of this...can we please come up with a name for your sweet ride!

Changes

On saturday we finally painted the babies room. You can see why we chose to proceed as we did. That bedroom was ugly. Here are the before and after pictures.


There is still work to be done in the room, but I would say we've got a good start.

Here is a picture of Khia (which she told me not to post) but I figured everyone needed to know what she looked like at 27 weeks pregnant. Love ya hun!