Long Time...No Post

Right after Christmas I was feeling pretty tired still. I feel so much better now, but our camera is broken again. I would like to say it's because we have a bad camera but the truth is we are not very good owners. This time we were smart enough to buy insurance on it so I am going to take it in tomorrow. I have Christmas pictures and stories to share. Also a few pics from our first camping trip of the year. We made it back out to Cape Disappointment for a long, fantastic weekend. More to come...soon.

More Snow

More snow rolled in about 12:00 today. It hasn't stopped yet! We stocked up on a few groceries and spent the afternoon and part of the evening playing in the snow. The air is cold but feels so fresh and everything looks so pretty. As long as the wind doesn't blow to hard we are happy.

Let it Snow

We love the snow. Two days of snow. We ended up with six + inches and two more days of below freezing temps and then more snow expected. Yay! Brian has been lucky enough to be off work since Wednesday due to Fort Lewis being closed. We have made the most of our snow days playing, drinking hot cocoa, sitting in front of the fire and listening to Christmas music. We are lucky that we did not have to go anywhere and could enjoy it.

Pictures

We have been working on potty training with River. Actually he has mostly been training himself. He doesn't like to go # 2 in his pull up. Lately it has been taking a long time for him to go so I gave him a book to help things along.

River watching his first Charlie Brown Special. He knew it was a treat to get to stay up late and watch it.

I'm Pregnant!

Brian and I have known we are expecting or second child for about a month now. Alot of you reading this will already know too, but there it is, the big news. We are, of course, very excited. I have been feeling well. Just an occasional day of nausea and always tired. I am 8 weeks today and see my doctor for my first real appointment on the 15th. I am already starting to form a little pouch. I don't think anyone can notice yet but I do and so does Brian. Here we go again!

Our Weekend

Before

After

Theese pictures don't really do justice to the fabulous job Brian did. It really does look nice. I guess I may have been in a hurry taking the pix.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at my parents house. Turkey dinner with all the trimmings. We also made the most of the long weekend. Our Christmas lights are up. This is the first year we have ever had them up so early. It is usually not a job that Brian relishes but this year he was excited to do it for River. River was so excited to see them up and even had to show them to Papa when he came by. I have been busy making snowflakes that we will hang from the ceiling when we decorate the inside.

On another note, my Dad had some friends of a friend come by to look at finishing up our bathroom. (from the incident this summer) We had only really got the tear out done and Dad and Brian got the bathtub back in and plumbed. They came by on Satburday and tiled the shower surround and floor and sheet rocked and textured the walls. YEAH!! They did a great job, gave us a good deal and best of all we did not have to spend endless weekends doing it ourselves. They started at 10 on Saturday and worked until midnight to get it done in one day. We are happy and relived. We just have to install the shower fixtures, toilet and sink. Too easy! Oh yeah, and paint.

ZOO

Last Sunday we took River to the zoo. We have taken him once before but he was too young to enjoy it. We all had a fun time and the weather was nice, just a little cool. River loved being at the zoo, walking around and exploring but was really not interested in the animals. Brian and I had high hopes of watching his excitement at the animals. That was not to be. We even got to see them feeding the whales. As we were leaving the aquarium we got to see a shark open it's mouth to let the little fish clean it's teeth. That was very neat and Brian got a great picture. After a quick tour of the animal exhibits and aquarium River played at the kids area. He had a blast. It was good to spend a sunny day outside enjoying each other's company.