Just an Update

Sorry it has been awhile since we have blogged. It is not that we have been to busy but there just isn't a whole lot new to blog about. This week has been a full week of school, minus Monday afternoon. Monday afternoon there was a funeral in the community. On Friday a baby died. Basically what happened was the mother passed out at a Bingo event here earlier in the week, they sent her to the Nursing Station where they couldn't find a heartbeat. Then they sent her to Sioux Lookout where they found out the baby had died due to the cord being wrapped around her neck 3 times. She was born at 8 months and 4lbs. It is a really sad situation. This family's oldest son is in my class.

On a happier note it has been really nice here this week. Very warm. In fact yesterday we got up to +1. On Friday Greg's Mom was supposed to fly in but due to fog in Winnipeg her flight was cancelled. So she is hopefully flying in today. It is a nice day here and apparently it is nice in Winnipeg too. Our Education Director also tried to fly in on Friday but had to fly right over Deer Lake because they couldn't see due to fog. They tried to land in a few other reserves but for safety reason decided not to because of the fog.

Greg and I have started taking a course to further our teaching qualifications. We are each taking an Intermediate Additional Basic Qualifications course. This will up our credentials and allow us to teach up to grade 10. So now we will actually be qualified for what we teach. We have already completed our first paper and sent it in. Our course will be over on April 20th.

Well as for the baby update. All is good. I have definitely started to show now and I am 18 + 4 days. I have had a few appointments at the Nursing Station, where I have had to do all the usual pregnancy appointment things. The highlight of these appointments are definitely hearing our baby's heartbeat. The baby's heartbeat has been around 148-150 when we have heard it. Our last appointment made me really nervous though, because it took the nurse 5 minutes to find the heartbeat. It ended up that she was looking to high for it, but no worries, Greg set her straight and told her she wasn't going to find it that high and that she needed to move lower. I think I am having an ultrasound this week at the Nursing Station, they told me either Wednesday or Thursday, it just depends on when the ultrasound guy comes here.

Anyways I think that is all the new information for now. Hope everyone is having an awesome weekend!