fire house station tours

things have been slow around the ol fire house lately. the most action i've had has been when i put on all my fire clothes to power wash all the showers in the station (i got soaked, which is why i wore my fire clothes. imagine washing your shower out with a fire hose). today was we gave a tour, which we commonly do, to an 18 year old boy with down syndrome and his grandpa. it was by far my favorite tour we'd done yet. this boy was so excited to see the fire truck, and his face lit right up when we let him get in. he honked the horn (not so bad inside the fire engine, deafening standing next to it) and turned on the lights and he sprayed some water from the hose. his grandpa said he'd never seen him so happy and excited. his grandpa was really funny to, so we all had a great time.

birthday presents!

i had a great pre birthday party with my sweet wife and family. we had my annual spice cake (which i recently found out was cheap enough i can have it whenever i want) and some iced cream, followed up by presents! linds got me a neoprene life jacket to enhance my waterskiing abilites and my siblings and sibling in laws got me madden 09 to hold me over thru the winter until i can use my chafe-proof life jacket. thanks again to all of them! i was so excited that when everyone left i tried both of them out together

moody dog

daisy has been going thru alot of phases lately. there was a long independant phase, where she didnt want us unless she wanted a belly rub. then there was eating things she knows she shouldnt such as half a bag of oatmeal cookies and a phone book. but now she is in the needy/cuddly phase. which is much better than eating phone books

Ultrasound Pictures!

I'm a little late for my post deadline (sorry Arlene!), but I figured better late than never! I'm finally posting the pictures we got from our ultrasound, hmmm.... almost a month ago? We found out we're having a boy, as most of you already know by now. I was a little shocked when we first found out, but Jason called it on the way over so I don't think he was surprised at all! It's so great knowing what we're having now, it makes it seem so much more real. I think that's the reason I was shocked, not to find out that it was a boy but to finally realize I'm really having a baby!! Well I'm 23 weeks along now, about 5 1/2 months, and a few people have been requesting another belly picture so that will be soon to come, and I think you'll all be more than a little surprised. I've grown a ton since the 4 month picture! But for now...Ultrasound!

This one confirms that we're having a boy! He was hiding for most of the ultrasound-the tech was getting kind of frustrated when she was looking for his organs, but as soon as it was time for this shot, he wasn't shy at all!

Here's a spooky Halloween shot. He looks like an alien or something, it's kind of frightening at first, until you look closer and you can see his little belly and he has his knees pulled up to his chest. I think this one is probably my favorite!

The rest are not quite as clear. Like I said before, he was being a little camera shy, but here is his little foot, and the next one is a profile. I'm a little jealous of Michelle's ultrasound because she got some 3D pictures, but I guess I'll find out what he looks like soon enough! Hopefully not an alien... but I'm sure I'll love him no matter what!