Our house , is a very very very fine house!

We had our house warming this weekend. It was fun and I really enjoied showing off all of our hard work to our friends.( I am sorry to say yet again I have no pictures to share. I do have a plan to fix that, I'll tell you in a minute.) We also had a small party for Iyla's upcoming 2nd birthday. She loved her presents and has had fun sharing them with her sister.

For some unknown reason to us every time we tell people in our new ward we bought a house in Bucoda we get the same responses, "oh... why did you buy a house there" or "Bucoda huh? okkkkk" And then when they come over we get hear EVERY TIME " WOW what a nice home you have" in the most surprised voice you have ever heard! I have bordered on amusement and offense. The people we have met in town are very nice and friendly. Yes, there are a lot of mobile homes in town and no stoplights with only 2 places of business but the people are hardworking and we happen to like it a lot. I have begun to wonder if we look like poor white trash that everyone assumes that we live in squalor or just because we live in a tiny town that is not on most maps. And I have also wondered why Bucoda has such a bad reputation.I just don't understand it!!!

We have worked hard for our whole married life to be able to own a home and when we found this house we just knew it would be a great place to raise our family. We are vastly contented with our situation and would not change anything (except maybe a better paying job!!)

We investigated wither or not we would get the internet in our home. We found out that neither Qwest or Comcast are available in our area and the only phone/ internet company is in Tenino. They have quite the monopoly on the market and can charge whatever they please and they do! We can't see spending over 75 dollars a month for a basic phone without any features and internet so we have made the painful decision not to get the internet. But I do want to continue with my blog so I have come up with a plan. I am getting a thumb drive and write my blogs and download pictures on it and when we go to the Library on Wednesdays I can stick them all online. So I hope to have a few every week. that way I can have pictures again so you can see what has been going on with us. I hope it works out well and I can try to keep this blog updated better.

13 Week Ultrasound!

I had a Dr. appointment this past week. It started out like any other visit. They checked all the normal stuff and everything was fine. Then it came time to check the babies heartbeat. For some reason the dr. was not able to hear the babies heartbeat with the Doppler. I was 11 weeks (I thought) and she said she was going to go get the ultrasound machine to get a better look and I FREAKED OUT!!! Exactly one year ago I was 11 weeks along and they could not find the babies heartbeat and that is when I miscarried. So you can imagine how I was feeling; alone in the exam room when the Dr. stepped out. My mind was racing and all I could do was lay there and pray that the Dr. would be able to find a heartbeat. The Dr. came in and got the ultrasound machine hooked up and started the procedure. and there it was, a tiny baby with a very strong heartbeat. Apperently the baby is in the back of my uterus and the Doppler could not reach it yet. The Dr. said in a few weeks we chould be able to get the heartbeat better. The baby has arms and legs now and it really starting to look like a baby. I also found out that I am 13 weeks along... not 11. The dates make much more sense now! Well, here is the newest picture...

We are due on Valentines day which is what I have figured this whole time! But since I have to have a c-section the baby will most likely be born around the 6th of February. I have another appointment in 4 weeks. although I doubt I will have anymore ultrasounds until the 20 week one and that will be sometime in late September. I will keep you all posted.