A Lonely February

February has not been a month of love for us. Not that we don't love each other, but that we've been seperated since the 7th. Jason is working with his cousin, Dan, in Denver and I've been home keeping the "Home fires burning". I can't say it's been terribly hard for me. I kind of like to be alone in my house to do what I want to do. I can also add all the onions and peppers I want to my food and no one tells me I have bad breath! We do talk on the phone, at least 2-3 times a day. He told me yesterday that he's missing the 3 of us. (That includes the dog.)
(me at 31 weeks!)

It hasn't been all tough times for him being in the big city. He knows that's not something for him, but he did enjoy going to the Bass Pro Shop and spending 4 1/2 hrs browsing! BPS is a huge hunting, fishing, outdoors kind of store. He said it's probably as big as 4 Walmarts. They have tons of displays of animals, a waterfall and pond full of fish, a 100lb catfish and a tank full of trout weighing at least 10lbs or more. There is even a full restaurant there. He and Dan spent Valentine's dinner there. They forgot it was Valentine's and didn't realize it until later that there were couples of men and women everywhere, and here they were, 2 guys at a table on Valentine's day. Yeah, they got some stares. Jason has been staying with Dan at his house which helps with his costs and Dan's been showing him around again. It's been 7-8 yrs since he lived down there for a couple of months and things have really changed.

My Valentine's was about the same. I did some cleaning and called up my friend Sheila, to go for supper. Her husband was at a mens retreat for the weekend and she too, was alone on the day of love. We didn't know what single people did on Valentine's since it's been a long time since either of us has been single. We headed out to Hansel and Gretels, with babies in tow for a chance to get out of the house. Sheila is 22 weeks along and I'm 30. So it was easy to pack the two of them up. HA HA!

I also had a great visit from some fellow Canadians. Sarah and Myron Wiebe were travelling through the area and called on me for a visit. They had been to Texas and Kansas to see Sarah's family. They bought a horse trailer on Ebay from Casper, WY and were 3 hrs away from me. Their daughter Gracie, came down with an awful cold and were debating if they were going to stop in. I'm so glad they did. Even though Jason was absent, we had a nice visit and they could see our home. They brought along a bag of baby gifts from them and another friend, which I so appreciate.

29 Weeks!

Sorry it's not the greatest picture, but this is my expanding belly at 29 weeks. Where is the time going? Having a job sure makes the time go by much faster as you live for the weekends. I've been feeling good the whole way through and I can't really say that I've hated being pregnant. I'm just loving all the little extra attention people give me, or should I say the belly. People, surprisingly, have been pretty hands off with the belly up until this point. I get the few little pats or comments about "blooming" or "progressing".

I went out to my car after church one Sunday and found a big present on my seat. One of my good "older" friends had thought to give me this 3rd trimester gift box. Some new slippers, a "Life is Good" mug with Hot Mamma Hot Chocolate and a touching card. That so made my day. Her advice was to put up my feet and take it easy. I do have to say that I've had it pretty good.

Jason has really been a huge help. He cleans, does the dishes, empties the dishwasher and does laundry. (I'm not that pumped about laundry when it's my good clothes in with his work clothes or towels) So, what do I do if he's doing everything? I do those things too, or I have to go behind him and put things away where I put them and not just shove them into a cubbard.
He's been so loving and makes comments that I'm looking good pregnant. He feels the baby move when I lay behind him with my belly to his back. He's getting more and more excited about having a baby, which really helps me emotionally. I'm not just in this alone. He felt my stomach and commented how hard it actually is. I said that it's getting harder for me to clean out the dishwasher, and now he could see why. Some how, he'd gotten the idea that the baby belly would be soft and shouldn't be hard to bend over. Oh what he is learning! We actually have a week away from eachother this week. He drove down to Denver to work with his cousin for a week, painting a house or something. He called today and said that it's a major mission field down there.

Yesterday, we had a little birthday party/baby shower for Faith Kingston and little Noah. Kind of a double birthday party. Some friends from Meeteetse and I travelled to Erin Kreider's new "hacienda". It was a fun girl get together playing Balderdash and of course, eatting all the goodies that girls bring when they get together. We just didn't think that guys would eat very well, when they got together for a party without their wives' help.
Out of the nine that were there, 4 were Canadians and 3 from Manitoba. Pretty much the back row, minus Erin Geving's on the far left (sorry Erin) are from Canada and the 2 on either side of me are fellow Manitbans. Watch out, we're here to take over!