Shopping, shopping, shopping!

Well last week I was getting ready for work trying to figure out what to wear. Tim was at a council meeting so I decided to try on a few things. Well needless to say this baby has limited my clothes selection. I called mom up and made a shopping date for Monday. This past Monday we met and had a great time spending money. I haven`t really gotten that big yet- there is a little tummy now. But I figured I better get some clothes, so when the time comes I will have something to wear. We stopped by the fabric store on the way home and got a bunch of flannel for crib sheets and receiving blankets.

As we get a few things for baby Earle, the more of a reality this is. I know that kinda seems harsh, but I really haven`t felt pregnant at all. Had I not heard the heartbeat and had the doctor confirm I am pregnant I would sometimes forget I had a baby in me. Last night we were watching a movie and I felt the little guy move - very funny feeling! Anyhow that is the news with us.

Last family wedding for a while

This past weekend we headed east of Medicine Hat to Maple Creek for my cousins wedding. The Markert side of the family seems to only get together when there are weddings. And it looks like it will be a while till we get another one. So this one was cherished. Maple Creek is in the middle of the prairies and usually brown as can be. But they have had a lot of rain this year so Aunt Janice`s yard was beautiful. My cousin Julie has always been a farm girl to the core. So it wasn`t a big surprise when she got married on the farm. It was a beautiful afternoon too.

Uncle Graham (my dads brother), Aunt Janice, Julie and John.
This is the whole family. They all looked gorgeous.
We thought about getting a sibling picture at the hall. There weren`t very many nice places to get a picture; hence the fire extinguisher. From the right the oldest and the brides` father Graham, followed by Shirley, Gavin, Ron, and my dad. Dad should actually be beside Gavin as Ronnie is the youngest. As I mentioned earlier we don`t get together that often so we thought we better capture a picture.
We stayed at Cypress Hills (Saskatchewan side) and man it was beautiful. Your driving along the prairies and then go down a big hill and you feel like you are in the mountains surrounded by lodge pole pines. It is breathtaking. This is the view from the top of Cypress Hills. You can see 100 km out there from this view point. The hill we were standing on was straight gravel as far as 165 meters of it in fact!!
Tim hates it when I get just him in a photo, so this is for him.

Yearling Sale

This past weekend Tim and I took our steers of the pasture at mom and dads to sell at the High River Auction. Everything went really smoothly from bringing them in to loading them. We were about 1/2 mile out of High River when we realized we had a flat tire on the stock trailer. In our haste to leave Sunday morning Tim forgot to transfer his tools from ranger to the other truck. So we were sitting on the side of the road with only a truck jack and no tools. Thankfully my sister lives in High River. Bryant came to our rescue. But the truck jack wasn`t man enough to lift 19-860 lbs steers. Bryant and I went on a search for a hydraulic jack but it was 6:30 on a Sunday night and nothing was open. Our last resort was the esso gas station and they lent us a jack. But by the time we got there, Tim had the wheel off. This is where the story has a twist. A young guy was walking down the highway and stopped to see if Tim needed help. He had just gotten into a fight with his wife and she told him that she wasn`t going to drive him home and he would just have to walk home. But home was about a 20 min drive from High River. Anyways, he suggested to Tim to use the jack on the front of the trailer to give a little more lift on the front. Tim was so embarrassed that a town boy thought of that and not him. It worked and we were on our way.

We spent the night with Pam and Bryant and the next morning we took Owen to the sale with us. He just loves animals. He could sit and watch them forever if we would let him.

There is a walk way out back that goes over top of all the cattle being sold. It lets you look at them and see when your cattle are being brought in. Owen and I walked back and forth many times. He would take a couple steps and then squat so he could see through the panels and point at the cattle. He would then take a couple more steps and so the same thing.
He was just to darn cute, not to take a bunch of pictures of.
Here Uncle Tim and Owen are looking for our cattle. Owen just loved it. He saw Tim at the end of the walkway and ran to him. But the floor isn`t too even so he did a couple face plants. But they didn`t bother him one bit.
He loved the big trucks too. He stood here for quite a while just watching the truck drive by. He was getting a little tired so we took him inside and he discovered the slippery benches. He wasn`t so tired then. When Pam came to pick him up he didn`t want to go he was having too much fun.

Let`s make it 3

Yup Tim and I are finally adding to our family of 2. As of March 12, 2009 we will be a family of 3. My mom kept saying we were on a 5 year plan but it just happened to work out. We never set a time frame when we got married as to when we would have kids. It just seemed like the next thing to do.

I am 13 weeks today and feeling fine. I haven`t been sick at all, knock on wood. The only thing that has been different is that I have been tired a lot more often. I am really excited for the arrival of the little one. Tim is too, but he has a lot more apprehensions than I do. He has asked that the baby come out at 6 months old instead of an actual baby. He doesn`t do well with newborns. I told him there was no way I was delivering a 6 month old and he would just have to learn with me. It is a great relieve to be able to talk out loud about it. 3 months is a very long time to talk about it at home and not slip up about it in front of family and friends.