Saturday, October 17, 2009

Happy Annika


Here's a short (not really) clip of Annika in one of her better moods. We find this fascinating... perhaps others aren't so thrilled. Make sure the sound is on so you can hear her having one of her chats with us.

Ok, the clip is pretty big... we've uploaded it to youtube.

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Nearly on the Market


The transformation is almost complete:












Monday, September 14, 2009

Living in a Construction Zone

So much to do to get this place on the market...

The kitchen cabinets have been primed (thanks Mom!), but they still need to be painted, and so do the walls...

All this kitchen stuff needs to be sorted and packed away...

Basement needs to be plastered, sanded, primed and painted...

The third bedroom in the basement needs to be drywalled, plastered, sanded, primed and painted...

But Annika's not losing any sleep over it!

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Growing Baby deBruin

14 Weeks

24 Weeks

32 Weeks

38 Weeks


Just a couple more weeks - any guesses on how big she'll be?

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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

France so far

Here are some photos......









In reverse order - as you can see the accommodations are loooverly !!!

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Vegas baby!!

There was a lot of walking......
Quite a lot of drinking......
Thousands of very loud fans......
Here's one...
Some great big buildings.... like this one
and this one
Lots of bright lights
Lots of pre-match build up.....thank goodness!!


Some fighting....and yes Ricky did manage to land one or two...
...right there....
but then it was all over......
So back to the drinking - inside the Paris with "Mr" Happy!
and the bright lights
and of course some gambling, shopping and a fair bit of eating.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

The Bathroom Reno - Weekend #1

This is the really ugly bathtub and shower doors that we started with.
















On Friday night, Mike and his Dad ripped out the tub and the drywall. Thankfully the worst thing they found under the tub was some animal poop - ewww!















End of day Saturday - new tub is installed, cement board is up on two walls and the plumbing is done. When we woke up to the sound of running water this morning, Mike was thrilled to see it was rain outside, not leaky plumbing inside.

We'll be showering at the gym and at Mike's parents' place for awhile....

Mom & Dad - you can check out the progress when you come over on Friday - no pressure, Mike!
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Saturday, March 21, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Baby deBruin

Just got back from the Ultrasound and everything (to our untrained eyes anyway) looks normal. 10 fingers, 10 toes. We won't get a proper medical opinion until tomorrow, but the ultrasound tech saw nothing out of the ordinary.

Kate and I were just not going to find out the sex because we thought leaving it to be a surprise when she's born would be better, but decided that we wanted to call her something other than 'the baby' or 'it'. So ya, we found out.

Seeing her move around in there is something else. Can't wait until she arrives.

Here are some photos of our little girl.