Saying goodbye to Fletch

Today is a very sad day in the Connolly home. We had to say goodbye to our big fur baby, Fletch. He hasn't been well for a little while; we took him to the vet on Saturday and found out that he likely had a large cancerous growth on his stomach. He hadn't been eating, or drinking much and had become very lethargic. We decided on Saturday that the best thing to do was to put him down. It was not an easy decision to make ... Fletch came home as a puppy in August 2000. It was in November that year that Peter & I started seeing each other; since that time Fletch has been a big part of our family and for the first 5 years of our marriage, he was our baby.

It seems that we are starting a new chapter now, with our real baby and a new one on the way. Regardless of that, we will never ever forget Fletch and all the great memories we have of him.


Fletch
12 June 2000 - 22 March 2010
RIP big boy

Pregnancy update

I have been putting off the next two blog postings I have in mind ... I know that both will require more effort than I am willing to contribute right now! But, I thought I'd start with the easier of the two and see what happens.

First, a pregnancy update: I am now 14 weeks pregnant, feeling pretty good most of the time, but I still have some issues with my appetite at dinner time. Not that my appetite isn't there - I just don't like the thought of eating anything! I have started to show - I think I am about the same size I was at about 20 weeks the last time I was pregnant. So, for me, the tale that you will show faster the second time around is proving to be true : )


I have booked my ultrasound for April 26th - its sad that in Alberta you generally only have one routine ultrasound for pregnancy. When pregnant with Ainsley (in the UK) I got to have one at both 12 weeks and 20 weeks. Since I can't have an ultrasound to see what the baby looks like at this point, this is the next best thing for me.


This is a photograph of a 14 week old baby in utero that I found online. Knowing that my baby is currently the size of half a banana, but whose heart is beating at 166 bpm (which I heard steady and strong at my last doctor appt.), and he/she has fully developed organs and is breathing and moving and growing - makes me so excited! I feel so blessed to have another new life inside me, and already I am feeling those pangs of a Mothers love for her baby. It is amazing to me that after I heard that heartbeat and knew that my child was in there - my heart changed. Not that I wasn't excited before, but its hard to feel excited for something that doesn't quite feel real. With Ainsley I didn't hear her heartbeat until I was about 25 weeks pregnant; never did I hear at such an early stage the sounds of my child living inside me. It is quite a special feeling and I hope I never forget it.

I will try and muster up the energy to write the next blog within a few days ... it will be all about our trip to Jacksonville, which means lots of pictures, which means lots of effort ... I will try!!

Team PM, Ainsley & tadpole #2