Here a baby, there a baby everywhere a baby baby!!

Tim and I have had a lot of friends having babies or announcing they are pregnant. I have come to realize that one of my favorite parts of these announcements are the names the little ones are given. A couple of weeks ago we had a new baby boy added to our back road and they named him Mason. And today my best friend had a little girl and named her Whitney Ella. Both names I had never really heard before but are quite nice.

Tim always referred to Whitney as Baby Taylor since we didn`t know what she was. Now he says we can call her WET!! I know...korny, but it made me laugh all the same.

Dog Story #1

One summer when I was in about grade 10 my cousin was working for my dad during his university summer break. At the end of the summer he gave me his phone number so I could call him with my daily cat and dog stories. I didn`t realize it until then but everyday at lunch or supper I would fill the silence with a cat or dog story that happened that day. You see, mom and dad have these two dogs that we have had since they were pups. Since they were born I spent every chance I could to play with them. It came known around the farm that if you were looking for Karen look for the two black dogs. They always stayed with me. Even when I was cultivating a 160 acres they would run around and around behind the tractor. Stories were easy to have on hand when I was around them so much.

So I will continue my dog stories to entertain you. However, the dog that inspires me now is Sadie. Last week we were taking care of the boys while Beck was at a guitar lesson. Lane likes playing with Sadie, Jesse is not so sure, and Damon gets scared of her very easily. Sadie loves playing fetch, so Lane was getting her going playing this game. Damon was watching from the house and then all of a sudden he says "me throw". So he threw the ball a couple times and decided that was enough. We went back inside and were playing some games and were just about to play hide and go seek when we heard some knocking at the door. Odd, I thought I didn`t see any one pull up. So I told Lane to see who it was. Well it was just Sadie wagging her tail rather excitedly (I think that is a word). I guess she wanted to play again. Lane was glad to see that it wasn`t his mom cuz he wanted to play hide and seek with Uncle Tim! Again last night we heard knocking at the door. I think my puppy has figured out how to get our attention!

Thank you Pam!

Well not much has happened in our lives that is really important to post except one thing. My sister is pregnant again!!!! I am really excited for her but a little sad at the same time. About a year ago we decided as a family that we would go bike across PEI. Then my younger brother decided to get married a week before we planned on going so he isn`t coming anymore. And now Pam, Bryant and Owen won`t be coming either as she will be 8 months pregnant. We will sorely miss them but we couldn`t be more excited for them. Owen and the new one will only about 16 months apart, so they are going to be busy. But I am very thankful that Pam is fulfilling the baby quota that my mom has invisibly set.

Love your Spouse!

The other day I was sitting around and thinking that it would be fun to go on a date with Tim again. I was thinking of ways to drop hints that I would like to go out, and then I realized I should take him out on a date. These last few months Tim and I seem to have gotten closer than we already were. I never thought it would be possible. I think it was due to the fact that we both went out of our way to make sure the other felt appreciated. I thought I should just say thanks for being such a loving, caring, and all around bestest husband in the world. So I phoned him from work on Friday and asked him if I could take him out. When I got home he was so excited that I was taking him out. We had an enjoyable dinner at Red Lobster, followed by skating around the Olympic oval for an hour.

I haven`t been in my skates for about 2 years. I know as a figure skater I should be in them more often. My feet were plenty sore after an hour. But it was so much fun. The other day out of the blue Tim said thank you. I asked for what? And he said for the wicked (his new word) date on Friday. It just got me thinking about our marriage and marriage as a whole. I just pray that everybody that is married take time to show how much they love their spouse.

Newest addition to our home

Well we had a wonderful relaxed Christmas this year. I was able to get two weeks off and it has been great seeing family and working on the farm again. I was filling in for a co worker on leave and so for the month of December I was working full time at the bank. But the best part of Christmas this year is getting our puppy Sadie. Tom's cousin down the road breed labs and I have always wanted to get a lab of my own. So once we moved onto the farm I was figured I could get one. So I had a puppy reserved but in the end of big ordeal I didn't get it cuz they weren't selling specific litter as breeding dogs because they couldn't get a hold of the papers for the dad. I want to start breeding labs so, I said I would wait until another of their dogs had pups. A few days after Christmas, Jackie came up to me and said they had a puppy returned from the litter because the family realized they were too busy for a puppy. They had her vet checked and the hips and eyes checked and they would be willing to sell her as a breeding dog now (they finally got a hold of the dads papers).
So here she is. She is too hyper to get a picture of her without her moving around. She has been great to have around. We set up a little pen in the front of the garage for her but she didn't like it the first night. But we were told she would cry the whole night but to just let her be and she'll be ok. So that is what we did and all of a sudden she stopped crying. But in the morning we found her on the landing in the garage - out of her pen!! She is quite content playing on the landing and sleeping on her pillow. She can't get down the stairs yet so it is fine for her to sleep there for now. Tim is going to build a kennel for her as soon as he can.

Tim had her with him while he checked the calves this morning and she had a rude awakening from the calves. They all figured she was interesting to follow, but they move a lot quicker than her and she got kicked by one of them. She is fine but we hope that will teach her not to chase the cows. That is one stipulation that Tim gave me- was that he doesn't want her to chase or bark at the cattle. Even though Tim said he didn't want anything to do with a dog we have both fallen in love with her.