Lots of Stuff

So I almost forgot my password for this blog that is how long it has been since I have last signed in. Anyways loads have happened since I last posted.
Kaleb Arthur Atwood was born Jan 11 at 5:05 p.m.. He weighed 8lbs 10 oz was 21 inches long and was also 2 weeks early. My water broke 10:30 p.m. the night before and I spent the night at the hospital wishing the baby to come faster. I had to go on the nasty drip and even then Kaleb took another 6 hours to come out and 3.5 hrs of that I was begging for an epidural. I finally did get one and what a relief it was. Kaleb is a pretty good baby. He really likes being held which makes getting things done really hard. Benjamin likes him sometimes and likes hitting him whenever he can get away with it.

So about a week ago we went down to the Cutbank MT to pick up a stroller. Of course our car got searched nothing was found of course but they even brought the smelling dog in. Once we got there we had some time to kill before we could pick up the stroller so we went to JCPenny's and got some deals of a lifetime. We bought $800 worth of clothes for $179. We found kids coats that are normally $50 for $6 and shirts and pants for Joe for like $10. He is now set for his new job.

Joe got a job with Revenue Canada in Red Deer. The job starts June 1st so we will be moving the end of April. His job is doing business tax audits. We are both excited for him to have a job before he is done his schooling. I will be sad to leave Lethbridge though. I just realized yesterday that I have lived in Lethbridge almost as long as I lived in Drumheller.

Well I hope that brings us up to snuff. Kara, Joe, Benjamin, and Kaleb

It's been awhile!

So Michelle chastened me into doing an update so here it goes.
I am now 28 weeks pregnant and definitely feel it. Although most people don't think I look it. The baby really likes to kick me and it really hurts somestimes. Benjamin is getting bigger and saying so much. Somehow he learned to do a fist bump and says a version of dude when he says it. But it comes out more as duuuuu.
Joe had a interview with an accounting firm in Drumheller (I know) and thought it went really well. As much as we would love to stay in Lethbridge we will take a job just about anywhere. At least if we end up moving back to Drum I will know people there. Plus in a smaller town Joe would be able to experience more accounting wise than if he worked in one area at a bigger firm elsewhere.
We did move to our new place beginning of September and I love it. We have a 3 bedroom townhouse with a fenced in backyard. The best part is our rent. Because we are subsidized we only pay $266 a month plus our utilities. If we weren't subsidized it would b $720 a month which is still great for Lethbridge.
Well the baby is playing on my bladder so I gotta go. Kara

In Limbo

So I realize that I have not updated this for a while so here it goes. The place we moved into for June was horible and the landlords refused to quickly take care of problems without yelling at us and having us threaten to move. So rather than deal with it we moved out. We didn't really have anywhere to move so we are staying in Diana and Logan's basement. Once we moved here I stopped being nauseated and I believe that the other place made me sick. I am about 3 months along now and still feeling pretty good. We are more than likely going to move into a Co-op here in Lethbridge which has cheap rent compared to the rest of Lethbridge.
I did get another year older yesterday and the day went pretty well. The weather here is really weird. It has hailed about 3 times in the last 3 1/2 weeks which is more than we usually see in one summer.
We went on a day trip to Waterton and the wild flowers were gorgeous. Benjamin enjoyed the day as well.
We also took Ben swimming for the first time and he really liked it.
Kara

Move!

So Joe and I have moved. It was by far the worst move I hope to EVER incounter. First the place wasn't cleaned and I had to stress over the landlords getting someone in to clean it, then the truck wasn't where it was supposed to be so it came like an hour late, then we only had one person from our old Elder's quorum and one from our new Elder's quorum and one friend plus Joe to help move all of our stuff in. Once we did get in on Friday our fridge didn't work and wasn't replaced with a brand new fridge that also didn't work until Monday which wasn't replaced with another brand new fridge that worked Wednesday. We used a mini fridge that held two gallons of milk brought over by our landlords in the meantime. Then we went camping near Hanna with the Drumheller branch and it rained and hailed on us Saturday. When we got back to our house on Sunday about 7:30 - 8:00 the landlords had changed the locks because if the door was shut to hard the lock wouldn't open weird huh, anyways they rekeyed the new lock to the wrong key so we had to wait until the sent the locksmith from Magrath which is about 20 -30 min away to come in and rekey the lock. Oh and on Sat. May 31st Benjamin fell off the couch hit his head on our baby rocking chair and needed two stitches on his eyebrow. And when we were trying to switch over our telus phone to Vonage which should have been done on by the 30th it took until the 5th and no one could tell us anything helpful to why.

On the plus side since most people up here in Canada know I figured I would make an announcment to the Web that Joe and I are pregnant and expecting Jan 21st. This pregnancy so far is totally weird and I am have the non cravings where I am hungry and want to throw up but don't want to eat anything that I can think of. The only craving that I really do have is for Juice or pop or chocolate milk but not water.

Hello All!

So life is going pretty good here. This month is going to be crazy busy for us because Joe's sister is getting married on the 24th (which I still need to make a skirt for) and we are moving to the southside of Lethbridge on the 30th. The place we found is smaller but closer to the College which will hopefully cut down on Gas. Joe is taking 3 summer classes and working as well so we won't see each other much for like the next 6-8 weeks. Convergys where Joe works is closing down by August 31st and Joe will get his letter which informs him of his last day sometime this upcoming week. They are giving out bonuses to people if they stay until their last scheduled day. The bonuses start at $500 so Joe will probably stay til the end. I am excited and sad to leave the Westside seeing as I have lived over here for over 5 years. Work is going well for me. Of course their are good days and bad days but Wholesale might be putting in a discount system which I am excited about. Anyways hope all is well. Love Kara

Frustrating Dr.'s and Good Dr.'s

So Benjamin has been sick again. On Wednesday Joe took him into a walk-in clinic where the Dr. told him that he just had a bad cold. Well that night around 11 pm his temp. jumped to 104 F so I insisted that we take him to Emergency. Once we finally saw a Dr. he really didn't like how he was breathing, which was really hard so he had a chest x-ray taken. The contraption they put babies in for the x-ray reminds me a lot like torture. The x-ray came back and he had pneumonia. I am really quite shocked that the first Dr. didn't order an x-ray after seeing his breathing which was really very similar to how he was breathing when the 2nd Dr. saw him. I actually think that he probably had pneumonia the first time (about 2-3 weeks ago) he was sick and didn't really get over it and got sick again which just brought it back. The first time he was sick we went to the same walk-in clinic and the Dr. said once again just a bad cold. We took him to a different Dr. and he said he had inflamed tonsils and gave him antibiotics which probably help clear up the what I suspect now to be pneumonia (he was breathing very similar both times he was sick but the second time was way worse). I really have a lot of respect for ER Dr.'s now because they were willing to order more tests to actually figure out what is wrong and not just assume he had a bad cold. Benjamin is feeling a lot better now. He is taking like 3 naps a day for about 2 hours compared to when he isn't sick which is usually one sometimes two a day for about a total of two to three hours of sleep. Well gotta go. Kara

And now I am sick

So Joe and I have just spent days and nights worrying and caring for Ben and now I am sick. At least I can function still Ben is just begining to play and drink again. I hope my illness doesn't turn into whatever Ben has because I think he is still worse off than I am. By the way Ben turns one on Friday. YEAH we actually made it through a whole year without completely going crazy (I think).