My Boy

Here are some more pictures of my William. I guess most my posts will be about him for quite a while. He is my buddy and I am teaching him to love cuddling and kisses. Hehe. 

T-Bone loves William.

 I love it when he smiles!

Merry 2 days ago was Christmas!

William's first Christmas. He is crying because he was getting hungry. Notice his new slippers that he got for Christmas. They are so cute!

 You can sorta see his handsome dark hair in this picture. I will try to get a better one of his hair soon.

My Christmas present from Shane :-) He surprised me Christmas morning with a puppy, T-Bone. He used to belong to Shane's mom but she had to get rid of him. For the past month or so I didn't hear her talk about getting rid of him anymore and I sorta wondered why but would have never thought it was because Shane got him for me. He looked so cute when Shane brought him to me with this big red bow on him.

My William again. This time he is crying cause he is about to get his diaper changed. He really doesn't cry that much...just when he is hungry or getting a bath or that kinda stuff.

 

The nurse came to see William the day after we got home from the hospital

These pictures are from the Christmas play at church. It was Sunday night and PACKED FULL. They actually ran out of chairs. It was the biggest crowd they have ever had for a Christmas play. Shane's parents played the main characters. Everyone did a really good job.

Tomorrow Shane and I leave for Aklavik. We are going for the Thursday night service then we are going to stay for a Christmas Eve service. The ice road opened this week so we will be driving over. Then we will come back here for Christmas Day. So, since I probably won't be posting again before Christmas...MERRY CHRISTMAS!! 

Our Little Baby

We are very happy to finally have William with us. He is the cutest baby ever! I am having a lot of fun with him. I love the faces he makes (when he is asleep and awake). It makes me laugh. So here are a few pictures of William Adoniram Judson Gordon.

Directly after he was born. Because of everyone's prayers the labor went really well (and pretty fast).

My William. He weighed 7 lbs 8.5 ozTalking to my family afterwards

Shane has changed WAY more diapers than I have. He is such a help to me.

40 weeks and 2 days

As you can see, baby is still in there. I had an ultrasound and non stress test on Friday. They both showed that baby is pretty happy in there. But my doctor said that baby didn't move as much as he had hoped and he doesn't really like leaving a baby in there much more than a week past the due date. So tomorrow morning I will have another non stress test. After that my doctor will decide when to induce me (if baby doesn't come before that). He said that Wednesday would be the latest he would wait. So not long now...just a few more days :-) We will find out tomorrow morning.

Almost There

Well, today I am 40 weeks! Thankfully my doctor is back in town now so I can have him deliver the baby instead of the doctor I have been seeing (and don't really want delivering the baby). I am thankful that God worked that out. So now hopefully baby will come soon. Shane will post on his blog pretty soon after the baby is born so that way you all can see some pictures and such. So, keep an eye on his blog.

Not much else is going on here. It is getting pretty cold...I think last night was the coldest so far. This morning it is -19 F. Pretty chilly but not too cold for a short walk (as long as you are bundled up). I take TBone out every day and he loves burying his face in the snow as he runs. So anyway...that is all for now.

Happy American Thanksgiving :-)

I am very happy to be watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning. Last year I wasn't able to but since I am at Shane's parents' house this morning I can. Last night Shane's mom and I started preparing for the Thanksgiving dinner by making some desserts. We made cranberry-pineapple upside down cake (gluten free...mmmm) and a cheesecake.  I will be making the rest of the dinner while everyone else is at work. Then we will have supper before church.

Like Shane said on his blog, this week is our Vision Conference. It started last night and ends Saturday night. He explains it on his blog, so you should go read about it. Dr Forney is preaching/teaching and already it has been great! Shane and his dad are leading music. Here's a picture I took.

Happy Thanksgiving!

P.S. I am 38 weeks!

This is me and my pregnant friends, Christine and Holly. I am not sure how far along Christine is but I know Holly is due in January.

 This is the blanket that I made for my baby. My mom helped me make it.Although it is not perfect, I am proud of it.

Home Sweet Home

I am back in Inuvik as of Monday. Shane will be here Friday. I am staying at Shane's parents house. We are going to stay here until we have the baby...which is 3 weeks away...but hopefully less. But we decided not to go back to Aklavik after the baby. We figure it will be better just to settle down. So that is what we are going to do.

I don't really have much else to post...I will get up some pictures soon.

Fall Harvest Party

Here are a few photos from the Harvest Party that we had last Saturday

Like Shane was saying on his blog, baby is not far away. I am 35 weeks now and baby is getting harder and harder to carry around. I would like for baby to wait to come until we are in Inuvik...but once we are there I want him to come as soon as possible! Ha, I wish it were that easy. I have at least one more appointment with the midwife here next week. I will probably also see her a couple days before we go back to Inuvik. So far everything has been right on schedule as far as baby's developement and such. So, we will see how much longer he makes us wait!

Pictures

The first 4 pictures are of the potluck dinner we had at our house for Thanksgiving. It wasn't actually on Thanksgiving, but it was for Thanksgiving.                

This is our house

This was taken from my living room window. You can see the river beginning to freeze, fog laying over the mountains and a glimpse of the sun. I thought it was a pretty combination.

And then of course, my belly. This was taken last Saturday I think...so I was 33 weeks then but I am 34 weeks now.

Aero Bar

Mmmm...I am eating a chocolate Aero bar and it is yummy. I haven't had one in a long time.

Well, not much new has been going on. We had a potluck dinner at our house last weekend. That was fun and it went well. Next Saturday is our Harvest Party at church. We will have games and food so it should be fun :-)

I meant to post another picture of my ever growing belly, but I forgot. I am now 33 weeks and baby feels so big! He/she hates it whenever anything is on my belly. Whether it is me leaning against the counter when I am washing dishes, or resting a plate on my belly when I am eating, or Shane's head leaning against my belly...he pushes it until I move it.

Inuvik for the Weekend

We made it safely to Inuvik last night. We got in around 5:30 pm. The plane ride was nice...I got to see 3 moose out on the land as we flew over. That was neat.

Well, I don't really have a lot to post except that Mrs Hitchens gave me a recipe for sweet potato casserole and I am really excited about trying it this weekend for Thanksgiving. I think Shane is even more excited about it then I am...he had it at the Hitchen's a couple years ago and still remembers it. So it must be good.

Here is a picture Shane took of me last night. I am 31 weeks along.

3 Weeks In Aklavik

The guys sighed when they saw how much stuff we wanted them to fit on the plane. But they did a good job and got it all in.







 Good-bye Inuvik!

 

These are the pups that like to come play on our porch.

 

Shane and I at church.

The beautiful view from our house. It no longer looks like this, though. It is now covered in snow!

Like my title says we have been in Aklavik for 3 weeks now. Time has really flown by! Church services have been going well and I have been having several different kids come to Sunday school. It started snowing a couple days ago. Although it is not quite cold enough to amount to much it is still covering most of the  ground. Yesterday Shane and I watched a little boy across the street trying to build a snowman. He wasn't successful, but some other kids were.

Baby is really growing. The other night Shane and I played with him for a while. We could feel part of him sticking out of me and he would move whenever Shane would touch him. He stayed awake and "played" for at least a half hour or so. He is very active. I am 30 weeks tomorrow! Only 10 left!

God is Good

We are now 1 week away from moving to Aklavik. We are both pretty excited about it. Our last few weeks here have been sort of busy. We had a youth activity on August 21. It was a good time. We are learning a little more of what to do and what not to do at activities. For example, we have learned to start them at 6:00 that way people will start showing up by 7:00. This last time we started it at 7:00 but there weren't enough people for a game until 8:00. It gets too late that way. So...we will just start them earlier. Anyway...here are a few photos of the Bible trivia game Shane put together. Shane asking questions...Jessica, Alex, Norman, and Steven

Kate just watching the game

Also this past week I got a slightly unexpected babysitting job. Since Easter I was planning on watching these kids for the summer but then they went to Tuk for July and were spending time with their cousins for the first week or so of August so I figured that they didn't need me this summer after all. Shane and I looked around to see if anyone needed a babysitter but found nothing. So we prayed and asked God to send me a babysitting job for August. Then last Monday morning their dad came knocking at our door at 8 am and said he really needed a babysitter. So I babysat all last week and will again this week. God is so good in how He provides in His perfect timing.

Here is a picture of the girls I am babysitting (they are the twins I babysat last spring). They fell asleep while watching a 3D movie (which should explain the silly glasses they are wearing).

Then I also included a picture of the pup we are watching. She likes to sleep, too. And last but not least here's a silly video of my Shane. It's taken at Gwichin Park.

25 Weeks Along

Although I have already sent these pictures to most of your emails I don't think that you all actually check your email so I decided to post a couple pictures up here for those of you who haven't seen them. Wow...I think that might be a run-on. Yeah, it is for sure. Anyway....

The first picture is me at 22 weeks pregnant and the other was taken today, 25 weeks pregnant.

A Few More Pictures

T-Bone is one crazy pup. He belongs to Shane's mom and we puppysit him every now and then. He is very hairy and looks hilarious when I take him for walks and the wind blows his hair back. Just took this picture for fun. I love how it is starting to get dark now! (This was taken at about midnight).
What a pretty sunset. It has been a while since we saw one.

Well, believe it or not I am looking forward to the cold darkness to come back. Although I love summer...I love the winter!! haha....only another month or two and I can start wearing my scarf and mittens again!

My Pictures

I really like that everyone is posting pictures. It's fun. So here are some of my pictures from the past few days...

These first ones might need some explaining...we have a squirrel that has been making our home his home for the past few months. When we are away house sitting for a few days we come back and we can tell he has been in there feasting away on whatever he could. This past week we were home and he was quite surprised when he popped into the kitchen and saw me sitting at the table. So after that we really started working hard to get him. We caught him in a trap twice but both times he got out before Shane could kill him. So Shane filled up his CO2 tank and bought paintballs and was going to have a little fun hunting him. This first picture is Shane practicing shooting:Then Friday night he went out hunting for him...Then Saturday we realized that every morning the squirrel wakes us up by chirping right outside our bedroom window. So we decided to put the trap on the porch that is right by our window. Sure enough by Saturday night he was in the trap and Shane caught him before he got out. You cannot imagine our joy! No more smelly, germy squirrel creeping around my house!! This picture is Shane getting rid of it...you can sorta see his tail hanging off the shovel...Then Sunday morning we woke up to another squirrel trapped in our trap. Sadly, he got out before Shane could kill this one. So you can imagine how sour we were when we found out there were actually 2 squirrels and 1 is still out there. Grr.

Anyway...here is a less disturbing picture. This is my niece, Tamara. It took Shane 5 minutes and bribing her with a lollipop to put that moose hat on and let me take a picture.
My final picture is just a random one of our friends: Kate is on the left and Angie on the right.

365 Project

Well, I, too have started the 365 project. I started August 3...so we will see how it goes. So far so good. Anyways...I noticed others are posting their pictures...so here is my first picture. It is a caribou leg sticking out of the sink. I thought it was pretty cool.