Recent pics

Here are just a few pictures that I took over the past week. We babysat AJ last week and they were both up until 9:30 playing. We tried to get Kaiya to bed before he came over, but she must have heard us playing. I went in her room about 30 minutes after he was over and she was wide awake sitting up in her crib. Oh well... :) They had a lot of fun -- and big muscles Kaiya wanted to push AJ all over the living room.

The other pictures are this morning. I put all of Kaiya's hair in piggy tails and she looked so darn cute. The first picture is a chipmunk picture of her w/ a mouth full of O's. :)

POLL -- Would you do it?

I was browsing the news online this morning at work and came across this article on http://www.foxnews.com/.

My sister has a German short-hair and her husband has a labrador. Rebekah -- this is what the spawn of Ziggy & Katie could turn out like!! AHHHH!!!

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MENOMONIE, Wis. — Debbie Hulleman's dog Pepper has been known to gnaw on lipstick, munch on shampoo bottles and chew on toothpaste. But Pepper got Hulleman into a real mess after gobbling nearly $750.

"This is probably the worst," Hulleman said Thursday, recalling how she poked through vomit and dog piles left in the yard to recover the cash.

Hulleman had asked her mother in Oakdale, Minn., to take care of Pepper and Zach, the family's other dog last month while she and husband went on vacation. Pepper, an 8-year-old black Labrador-German shorthair, got into a purse belonging to her mother's friend and chewed the cash from an envelope. Hulleman's mother recovered some of the money that Pepper spit out, thinking she had it all. But when Hulleman returned from the trip and went to clean up her dogs' mess outside, she noticed a $50 bill hanging from one pile.

The chore of sorting through dog feces netted about $400, the 50-year-old dog lover said. Between that and other bills that Pepper had either vomited or simply chewed on, the family recovered $647.

"We have a $100 bill that can't be recovered because you need three-fourths of a bill and it is only half of a bill," Hulleman said.

The family swapped the soiled money for fresh currency at a bank.

"It wasn't that bad. I soaked it and strained it and rinsed it. I just kept rinsing it and rinsing it. I had rubber gloves on of course," Hulleman said.

"Everyone said, 'I can't believe you did that.' Well, for $400, yeah, I would do that," she said.

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It gave me a little giggle and I thought to myself.... Yep... I'd do it too. :)

So... now the question is: WOULD YOU DO THAT? Comment please! :0)

It's a BOY! (maybe)

We had a doctor's visit on Tuesday and he told me last month that we could find out what we are having if I come with a full bladder. The ultrasound reflects off the bladder so it would help him get a clear picture. Apparently I overshot the full bladder bit. I was so paranoid about not having enough water, that I drank a lot. I was in pain walking up to my appt because I had such a full bladder. :) Silly me... Anyway... when he went to do the ultrasound the baby was sitting Indian style. Yep -- legs completely crossed. AHHHH! My full bladder was taking up so much room that the baby couldn't stretch his legs out. The doctor got one decent shot and said he had a guess if we wanted to hear it. He said that if he had to make a guess he thinks that he saw boy parts. He followed that with -- don't go painting the nursery, if you buy clothes - save all the receipts, etc. So our next visit is the big ultrasound and we should be able to get a more concise answer then. Below are ultrasound pics (you can click on the picture to make it much bigger) -- the arrow on the first one is pointing to possible boy parts. The baby's bottom is on the bottom, with a thigh bone pointing up.

The second ultrasound is the 3D. With great ultrasound reading skills you can make out a face with eye sockets and a chin. There is a little V down at the bottom and that is the elbow joint. Looks quite alien-ish, but still fun to see the little baby growing and changing each visit.

So stay tuned for a confirmation of the baby's sex. We should know in a month or so.

Where have we been?

I can't believe that it has been so long since we posted. I have some great 4th of July pics to post someday. Whenever Ruthie sends them to me. We took pictures with her camera and so they will be coming soon. In the meantime here are a few pictures that I borrowed from Connie.

We went to visit Tony's mom in Elkhart last weekend and our friends came up to see us and play in the pool. My parents came up for a couple hours too. Here are the pics:

Kaiya w/ Max & Mitch (Connie's 2 yr. twins)

Kaiya & Papa