Troy and Andrea's kiddos

One family home evening we spent with Troy and Andrea's family. We went sledding and then went to McDonalds after. It was a fun night to spend with them and their sweet kids. I love each of them so much. 

 Lesha had a dance recital that I went to. I only got a picture of her after she had already changed. It was so cute to see her dance around in her cute tutu. Love that sweet girl and love little Nixon. He is always so happy and such a good baby.

Oh YEAH BABY - GOURLIE!!!

January 18th, 2011 - Today I found out that I was going to be a mother!!! I had been feeling a little bit different lately with soreness and crapping in my stomach. Different crapping than the usually monthly crapping. I still had my doubts though. Jason and I have been trying to have a baby for almost 2 years now. We have done many tests and blood work over the past 2 years and everything seemed to be normal. I was referred to a specialist, Dr. Malach. He is a soft spoken kind man but with witty personality at the same time. I had some more blood work done and  had a hysterosalpingogram also know as a dye test. Here is the definition of the procedure...  Dr will inject a special dye, known as a radio graphic contrast dye, which will give the specialist a better view of your uterus and ... the quality of your fallopian tubes; whether they are open or blocked. ... It is thought that the dye may help to resolve a partial blockage.

Well that was done and Dr. Malach said everything looked fine and he did not see anything blocked in my fallopian tube. OK - Great!!! But now what?

Dr. Malach then put me on a fertility drug called clomid. This is suppose to help me ovulate more. 

5weeks later I found out that it worked and that BABY GOURLIE will be arriving in September.

I was at the dollar store and decided to splurge and buy a pregnancy test. I was only a few days late but I was just too curious. I went from the dollar store to my parents rental to show it to some potential renters. I was there a few minutes early so I decided to do the test there. I did the test and then left the room to go turn on the lights in the basement suite. When I came back to the bathroom I was in shock. I kept looking at the stick and wondering if the 2 lines were real. I have done many tests over the past couple years and every time it was negative. This time there were two lines and that meant I was pregnant!!!!!!!!!!!! I still had my doubts so I went to the drugstore and bought 2 more tests. Both of them came up +. That night I had YW's and was in another world. I was PREGNANT and nobody knew but me. I wanted to call Jason right away but I also wanted to keep it from him so I could do something cute to tell him that he was going to be a daddy.
That night while talking in bed I really just wanted to tell him but I kept it in. The following day I had Lucy staying overnight at our house. I had an appointment that morning and then after that Lucy and I went down to Sportchek to buy a baby Flames Jersey. I came home, wrapped it up and then when Jason came home for lunch I gave him the jersey with the + pregnancy test. I think he was in shock but by the end of the short video he seemed excited.

We have waited a long time and it has really strengthened our marriage. We have relied on each other a lot more and have been supportive. He has been great over the past few years. There were days that I was sad that I wasn't pregnant and Jason would bring me home flowers or he just knew when I needed a hug. I feel so blessed to have Jason in my life.


Its hard not to think about all the ``What if`s" between now and when the baby is born. I feel healthy and I am feeling good so far with the pregnancy. Hopefully everything goes smoothly from here on out. Here are a few pictures of me surprising Jason 

 Here is the link of the video I took of how Jason (and Lucy) found out I was pregnant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gC9EWeIujk&feature=youtu.be