Exciting days in Perth

Howdy All,


A lot has been going on the last few weeks.  On November 7th, friends of ours threw us a baby shower.  Steve surprised me and flew in a great friend of ours from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...Karen... for the special event.  Wow, what a surprise it was.  Candi and Jacqui were so wonderful to host the party and they made all my favorite treats for the event.  They made quiche, fruit dips, chinese chicken salad and best of all...3 different kinds of cupcakes!  Everything was delicious.  I had an absolutely fabulous time and really enjoyed seeing everyone.  We played games and enjoyed great conversation.  Thanks to all... peanut is going to be one lucky baby to have such great "Auntie's". 


As for Steve, for his birthday I had got him a day at BBQ School.  He scoffed and thought it was a bit funny, but we were finally able to schedule the event.  What we decided to do was have it on the same day as the shower and turn it into a shower of sorts for Steve as well.  The guys had an absolutely fabulous time and they learned quite a bit.  I know that since that day, the guys have been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY trying out their new skills of the trade.  Thanks Clint, Cam, Rob and Kyle for a day filled with laughs and great fun!




Karen was able to stay the week with us and we have been enjoying our days of leisure.  We decided to see what kind of 'Christmas' stores Perth had to offer and found a few that we really enjoyed.  But, wow its nothing like home.  Very EXPENSIVE.... it is hard to pay a lot of money for something you know you can go to Hobby Lobby and get for 1/4 of the price.  But when your away from home, you tend to change your attitude about certain things.  While she was here, we were also able to take a day trip to Swan Valley for some good old wine tasting.  I, of course, didn't par take in the tasting, but enjoyed lunch with her and Steve, as well as, our friends Claire and Rob.  I'm looking forward to the day when I can go to do my own wine tasting in Swan Valley and Steve can be the 'skipper'! 




As for me, I'm hanging in there as the pregnacy comes to a close.  I've been a bit more tired these days and have been struggling with keeping my sugars down due to the gestational diabetes.  I'm going to fetal monitoring twice a week now and we go next Friday for our 36 week ultrasound.  Because the baby is currently breech, this scan will determine delivery date and how the baby is to be delivered.  I'm trying not to have too much anxiety about the quickly approaching delivery date, but as Steve and I have realized we are soon to be parents.  Its hard to get my head around the fact that we are about to be a mom and dad.  We are very excited about this, as well as, nervous.  What a great adventure we have in front of us and we are looking forward to it!


Miss you all!
Love,
Steve, Stephanie, 'Peanut', and Zoe