Are we there yet?! 14 days and counting....

Pics from the Cat/Griz game....what a blast!

These are my favorite pics - Brent and his 'driving gloves'....I swear he drives better when he wears them!! Ha, ha, ha....I have to say I had never, ever heard of such a thing. He says that you wear them when you're driving so that your hands don't get cold. Hmmmm....last time I checked all of our vehicles have heat - guess he grew up in North Dakota with no heaters?!

Ah yes....the belly - I know it's not the best view, but I can't get it to turn, so you'll just have to turn your head to get a good look at the ol' thing!

BIRD'S EYE VIEW.....NO TOES!!!! :(

Here's some of the room pictures. As you may notice, there are no handles on the dresser. Yes, pregnancy has only enhanced my laziness. It is full of clothes though and they have all been washed, so I haven't been a complete slacker.

We are planning to go to the playoff game this Saturday, but I suppose that will depend on Three. While grinding meat at Mike & Trina's house last night, it was cleverly pointed out that this baby will most likely make it's entrance on December 3rd. We'll see! I know one thing for sure - there's no more room in there for baby growth!

I have a feeling that this room is going to get moved around a few more times before it's all said and done. The dresser/changer finally arrived today and Brent surprised me by coming home from work early and setting the whole thing up, not to mention a wonderful meatloaf ready and waiting for me when I got home. What a great man! I couldn't have asked for better!

Pre bedtime update:

Three has officially had the hiccups for the past 5 minutes....it's the funniest feeling ever! Brent is off playing hockey. Turns out the team has had a few injuries: broken nose (I'm pretty sure that's what I heard), stitches and a bad knee or back or something from Miotke. Well, Brent has bravely taken up his skates and stick and has become the sub for the night (and probably many to come). Let's all pray that he comes home with everything in the same shape that it left in! Oh, and so much for having dog beds - Windsor has decided that our bed will be his for the night...hmmm....not going to fly. His last babysitters said that he only gets on the bed when asked.....boy was he pulling the wool over their eyes! Sneaky. Aren't 12 year old dogs supposed to be getting to the point where arthritis is setting in and they can't JUMP on beds? I'm thinking that Brent has his dog ages mixed up because that dog is as healthy as a horse and as far as I can tell, has no problem with jumping! :)

North Dakota: more than just pheasants and flat roads!

Brent was extra excited to be able to have one last hunt with his Dad this year on his Dad's land in North Dakota, drawing this out of state tag will likely never happen again (Brent's pretty lucky sometimes, ya never know). After the first day of hunting I got the report that they had seen about 6 bucks and were going to go after them the next day....my response was, isn't it opening day, why wait? Turns out Brent and his Dad have a much more laid back personality than mine! Their plan worked out just fine, the second day of hunting brought these bucks out of the woodwork for the boys. Brent says that this is probably the biggest whitetail that he's shot (top photo). I've got to say, they're both (Jim's, bottom photo) a whole lot bigger than mine! Well done boys!!



I know that some of you out there might be getting sick of all of the hunting blog posts, but don't you worry, there's a baby on the way and soon you'll be sick of seeing baby pictures too. Guess our lives are pretty mellow....hunting and baby. Maybe we should find a new hobby?! With any luck Brent will be able to play hockey this season, so we should have some good entries from that as well.


Brief, first dating story:


I went to the hockey rink to watch Brent play for probably the first time since we had begun dating. I sat right next to the glass, just to the side of the goalie, by myself. I saw Brent skating around the back side of the goal and watched as some big man from the other team brought his stick right down across Brent's arm - which I later learned is called 'slashing' (I think that's right...). The second that this happened Brent exchanged choice words with the man and tells me later that all he wanted to do was take the man out, but worried that I would think he was some sort of macho man brute, so ended up letting the guy have it with his 'choice words' - which I won't include as a quote - then he skated away. What he didn't see (or hear) was me standing up on the bleacher seat yelling at him to take the guy out! Turns out there's no fighting in this hockey league...oops. I'm sure that all of the wives, girlfriends, friends and children that were there to watch the rest of the team play (without 'taking anyone out') were more than impressed with me and my antics! Sometimes I can't belive that he still married me. :)

Opening day of elk season

A successful hunting trip on more than one note! Jamie, Jason, Jeff and Joe all came out of camp with elk. Don't know what happened with the other J, but Brent was destined not to get an elk at the J camp this year! J's are bad news, right Brent?! :)

Brent and JW both had lots of laughs....not to mention that JW came home $34 richer. All in all not a bad opening weekend, well done boys! Brent will be going to North Dakota to hunt white tail with his Dad in a few weekends and then plans another elk hunt on the return trip in Bozeman. Oh, and Brent and I are going to take our rifles for a hike behind the house this Sunday and see if we can't find a doe that wants to go in our freezer. Lots of hunting season left!!!

Week in Review

Well here I am, sitting at home, eating everything in sight and watching "Failure to Launch"....what a funny movie! Brent is off putting the big sneak on elk and with any luck today is much more productive than the past 5. Yesterday I took my friend Doug to the Griz football game....we watched the worst 1st quarter of football ever, only to be followed by a 46 point run by the Griz. Whew, they pulled off another win. I sure hope they get their ducks in a row BEFORE the 2nd quarter next weekend. Brent called to let me know that the hunt is still on....probably at least 2 more days if not more. That's okay by me, I haven't had a chance to go to my girlie movie and eat loads of popcorn yet! :) The baby is doing great, kicking away throughout the day.

The other weekend Brent, JW and I went grouse hunting up behind the house with what we like to refer to as our "hunting dogs". We saw no birds, but we did enjoy a nice rain shower and we did manage to pick up more cockleburrs than I thought existed....who's brilliant idea was it to create bird dogs that have long hair? Hmmm...

Vacation Recap

I've been slacking on pictures with this blog, so I thought I'd add a few that we finally got downloaded. Reading about people's lives is fun, but seeing pictures is what you're really looking for....I know how this works! Here it goes....

A medley of August fun: Lewis and Clark Caverns, doggie play days (always a fiasco) and my sweet Gramps!!! I love you Gramps!!! :)

FINALLY!

Okay, I've got it now! Finally was able to set up a slide show of our fishing trip the other weekend (with a few previous trips as well). Now that I've got this down I should be able to get those wedding pics up too....either way, you'll have to look more than once!!!

The Very Beginning

Well, here it goes. Crissy gave me this idea, so yes, it has been stolen. I wonder who will pick it up next?! Brent and I (I'm thinking mostly "I") thought that this would be fun and a great way to keep in touch with all of our friends and family. I know there's not much for photos here, so may not be the most exciting 'blog' you've seen, but hey, ya gotta start somewhere, right?!

As most of you know, Brent and I were married on May 23rd in Paradise, MT at our very favorite vacation spot, Quinn's Hotsprings. We were so pleased to be able to spend such an important day with family, we only wished that everyone could have made it out. I will be posting pictures as I get them of the wedding, I promise!

Brent and I are also expecting our very first child. We are more than happy and become more and more excited every day. I had a Dr.'s appointment yesterday....Brent and I got to hear the heartbeat (150 + bpm) and even a few kicks! Very exciting! Not to worry, we'll be putting up some ultrasound pictures as well. We have a few from 12/13 weeks, we just have to figure out how to get them on the computer! Our next ultrasound will be next month....I know that everyone will be sitting at the computers, waiting for the pictures!

I hope that you all enjoy this little blog of ours.....and I really hope we can keep up with it.....