We're Pregnant!!!

Yes, for those who don't know we are pregnant. Kelly is about 13 weeks along and doing fine. For all of those horror stories you hear about pregnancy, I'm doing fine. Kelly has had tiredness, and some changes in her diet, but I am not phased in the least.

We have already begun the baby shopping process. We have purchased several things now and apparently we still have a lot to get. I have already started stockpiling baby camo. I will have to wait until January before I know if I need to add pink bows to the camo or not. Kelly pointed out to me that there are other colors out there besides camo, and I agreed, Pink Camo! Well for now shopping at Cabela'a and Sportsman's warehouse have been put on hold until later.

Thanks to Cheryl, Kelly's mother, for introducing me to the magic of Craigslist. I have already made my first purchase. Someone told me that you need more than one carseat base for multiple vehicles. I looked online and what do you know, someone had two of our same carseat bases and the only wanted $10. They are brand new and don't even look like they were used more than once. I promised Kelly I wouldn't shop exclusively from there, but some deals you just can't pass up.

Here are the pregnancy tests Kelly took. We only had the one kind with the lines, and me not understanding the ever so subtle line theory of these tests decided to go out and purchase something a little more high tech. That made me a believer. So we are pregnant and expecting a new little baby in our home.

On a sad note, we lost our dog Sinjhin about 2 weeks ago. He got out of the fence and ran off. We are not sure what happened to him. There are several other small dogs and cats missing in the area, so who knows. We have posted a lost dog notice at all the shelters and on street signs in the area. Hopefully someone will find him.

Well we finally got some landscaping in. Just before winter, that way if anything doesn't make it I can blame the weather. We bought some trees and plants during the fall and found some amazing deals. We are the type of people that like our trees to have a little character, so the ugly tree sale was right up our alley.

We got a combination of pines, hemlocks, and firs. We were also able to find some dwarf spruce and dwarf juniper trees, which were pretty cool. We also went into the forest and dug up several native plants, (yes, I got a permit) and trees.

We rented a tractor and moved a bunch of dirt and rocks around. We also got several yards of gravel delivered. Unfortunately, I did not know that there were so many shades of grey rock, so the rock doesn't match and now I have to order more next spring.

This is a picture of the front of the house, we planted several different deer resistant plants and grasses, hopefully they will remain that way. We also planted several pine trees and a fat albert spruce in the center island of the driveway.

Here is a close-up of the center island. We still have some blue fescue to plant around the island and this spring we hope to be able to mulch.

This is a close up of the front of the house. We have not decided on the rock layout yet. That is just where I dumped rocks while using the tractor. I probably hauled to many up there but it seemed like a good idea at the time. I took full advantage of having a tractor for the weekend. I hauled many more rocks up from the bottom of our property before my wife pointed out I was getting a little carried away.

Here is the entry way. The rock on the left is a petrified stump that we found on the property. It took all that little tractor had to haul it up there and when I tried to stand it up, that took all I had. It must weigh about 250-300 lbs (yes, I said hundreds, not 25-30 lbs). That is why it does not look like it is in the right place yet. I'm waiting for volunteers this spring to help me move it, any takers?