timelines

Hola Wisdom,  

The timeline looks like this:

January 2nd- Haiti independence day. 
July 1st- Canada Day
July 2nd- Gabriela turns 6 
sometime in early July- your conception date
July 28- I figured out we are pregnant
July 30th- Google says your due date is April 4th 
August 1st- your parents 14 year anniversary of XOXX
August 8th- we get our Extracycle bike in the post
mid-August- we take a nearly 270 km family bike trip from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Boissevain, Manitoba  
September 23- we fly to Haiti
September 30th- we tell Oma & Opa and Grandma & Grandpa that we're having a baby 
October 4th- your Mama turns 37
October 10th- Niko turns 3
November __ - 3 consecutive days of rain in Cap Haitian.   7 people die in the rushing water and flooding.  
early December- we decide to leave Haiti in January
December 31- Melissa Jonas does an ultrasound for us.   You keep kicking the probe that makes us see you.  
late December- we decide to stay in Haiti until at least your birth
January 10th- you and me run 2.6 miles with Run for Life Haiti
February 1st- an OBGYN in Port au Prince does an ultrasound on you.  His machine says you're due March 21st because of the size of your head and femur.   I encourage the doc to look at me and my head and my femur.   We are long people with big heads, afterall.  
February 1st- I start to wonder about your due date because of the femur and because I was never really happy with the conception date Google stated.
February- Stephanie confirms her plans to visit us and the police in Haiti
March 7- Oma comes to visit bearing diapers
March 22- I read on Google that A SPERM REALLY CAN HANG OUT IN THE FALLOPIAN TUBE before getting fertilized.   I heard this in high school figured it wasn't true anymore since that was 20 years ago : }   
March 24- we travel to Port au Prince and pick up Stephanie at the airport
March 24-28- we all have a lovely time in Port au Prince : ) 
March 25- we, your parents, agree on baby names for boy and girl   WISDOM(E) is your middle name.  
March 27- full moon on a cloudy night
March 28- I admit to myself that I actually was trying to people-please by birthing you on a schedule.   I CALL OFF ALL NATURAL METHODS OF INDUCTION.   We go hiking and take Stephanie along and have a great time.

(photo coming when EDH turns the power back on)