lumber jack in training

Here's Lane helping daddy limb some logs we're going to use for handrails....he's getting quite handy with the chainsaw.

Lane is such a good little helper....i love it. He helped me load up the wheelbarrel all day on saturday to haul stuff to the fire, he LOVES to be outside, and is becoming quite the adventurer. I've caught him trying to go down the driveway to the pond, and wandering off into the trees, and climbing up huge hills......it's actually kind of fun becuase he's going to be a GREAT hiking partner :)

Easter 09

We did an Easter egg hunt at the Terry's this year. Lane had fun looking for eggs....and eating candy....:)  Happy Easter!

MIracles do happen!

Well, if you didn't notice the new little ticker at the top,.....then.......LOOK AGAIN!!!!
Yup, that's right. After 1 1/2 years of trying (and multiple rounds of drugs) we're finally pregnant!!! :) YAAAAAAY!!!!!! We are so so so excited, and I'm feeling well....despite breathing in too many spray paint fumes from Lane's room :) We're about 9 weeks along, and I just had my first dr's appt today. Our due date is November 15-ish. I go back in 2 weeks for the full exam and an early ultrasound, so we'll have updates then.....maybe there's more than one in there!! :) Anyways, that's our big news!!! WOOO HOOO!!

more updates.

This week was pretty crazy at the house. Once again, scott has demonstrated his super human powers......we got all our sheetrock done this week! What took me 2 weeks to mud/tape all my first coats, scott came in and sanded, 2nd coated, and textured, and primed in about 2 days......he was tired of waiting for me.....and I'm ok with that :) they really turned out great though and i'm SOOOO glad to put away my mudding tools.....ick....here's some rooms that are "done"

this room isn't sheetrock, it's the loft, but i just wanted to show everyone how cool it turned out...

here's the impulse-buy-at-9:30 PM-at-home-depot "KID" bathroom....not much of a kid bathroom really, but it'll be fine :) I'm not allowed to put any "decorations" up till final inspection is passed.....so there will be more things on the walls.


the laundry room/mud room......yay for BLUE. It'll look good with the slate-looking tile we're using in there

here's the "nursery" beige.....so could go either boy or girl......someday

there's another "spare" room that's just white....cuz i couldn't pick a color....so maybe it'll get painted purple or something. I don't know.

Let's take a vote...

Ok, so here's Lane's amazing room. TELL me that any little boy wouldn't be SO jealous of this room...:) Scott is actually jealous of this room. Ok....so here's our attempt at camo-painting. It was really fun, we made a bunch of stencils and spray painted away..... We think it turned out pretty fun....

So the rest of the decor will follow suit. My mom is making a hunting/outdoor blanket for his bed....(right mom :)) and i found some really fun stuffed deer and elk animals that will become stuffed "trophies" hanging on the wall. The room will also feature a little gun rack for his cork rifle, and here's my favorite.....i'm going to get a big teddy bear and slice him open to make a little bear rug for his floor.....HAA HAha.....isn't that fun!?? Ok so here's the voting part.....my friends at work were teasing me mercilessly for our choice of decor for Lane's room, and so I want to take a pole of my blogging readers. Do you think this idea is TOTALLY redneck or is it cute. Be honest....i dont' care, i'm doing it anyways :) I'm just curious thanks

thank you gramma!

This is the SWEET tool bench my mom got for Lane for his birthday. Here's some pics of him with it, mom. He LOVES it! :)

Lane is 2!

Yup, he's officially old :) We celebrated lane's 2nd birthday today with cake and ice cream and a couple presents......he wasn't sure about the cake/singing part, but he loved the presents.....so it all evened out.....

Here is the sweet truck cake me and scott made. Scott built it while i frosted it.

Lane and his cake while we were singing "happy birthday"

daddy's helping Lane blow out the candle

"yay!!"

He got a giant thing of bubbles. Here he is trying to eat them

more eating bubbles

Riding the cool scooter he got with Emmy

Safety First

No...you're not seeing things......this really is a picture taken from the bottom of the stairs looking up, to a plank that goes accross the stairway opening, where Scott is standing on a ladder precariously balanced on said plank and a few boards....He is putting up the wood on the 2nd floor ceiling in this position.......But that is not the point of this post........ The point is.....that plank has been sitting accross the stair way like this for at least a week.....and we've never had any issues with it....Well today, i was coming down from the attic and i hear Lane start to cry his "i'm scared" cry....which usually is pretty serious because....really....he's a pretty tough kid.....so i quicken my pace down the stairs to see Lane standing stiff as a board in the middle of this plank over the stairs. Apparently he was going out there for someone's pop that was left on the plank, and then realized there was nothing under him and got scared. Luckily, i reached him in time that no harm was done, except to his mother's psyche...... yeah....... I suppose i should get used to this scenario living where i live, and considering my child is half my husband's, who I recall on one of our first dates zoomed past me on his dirt bike standing on the seat with one leg outstretched to the side..........maybe that should have been a red flag to me? :) Nah.

Mud, Glorious Mud!

Today our friends came up to the house, and they have a little boy who is almost 8. Lane LOVES him, and thinks he is awesome. Today, Noah taught Lane that boys are supposed to play in mud puddles. Lane already knew this to some extent....but we have limited it mostly to throwing pebbles in mud puddles. Well......no more of that nonsence for Lane......

it started out innocent enough...splashing in some small puddles in the driveway.....then.....you know the story.......

Here they are running to a BIGGER puddle...

Lane getting in some pretty big splashes.....

minor damage at this point.

Finally heading to the bathtub....i would have let them play longer, because they were having SOO much fun....but it was still a little chilly out....(notice the huge snow piles in the back ground)....so we decided to call it a day.

This is for all those questioning my mothering skills......Yes, I may let my child soak himself in mud puddles in 40 degree weather...but at least he gets a warm bath afterwards :).....and santa beard bubbles.....(this is the functioning bathtub in our house BTW! WOO HOO)

Puppy Love

Well, we did it. We got our first puppy. After a few cat attempts, we decided to try something sturdier :)

meet "Grizzly bear" or "griz" for short.

He actually came with that name, and we liked it. He is about 3 months old, half retriever half boxer. He is very mellow, and doesn't bark, and is SUPER friendly. We LOVE LOVE LOVE him.

Lane is already teaching him all the things that good dogs should know.....like how to carry sticks in their mouth, and how to fetch things.....

Today we walked around the lake to introduce Griz to the other neighborhood dogs. Now we have Jack, Jolie, Tubby and Griz. They are a good gang, and all get along well :) He also got to play with Chance, another friends' dog.....who taught Griz how to roll in all kinds of feces......thanks Chance........we'll definately be screening our play dates from now on.