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I like Football season because it gives us all a chance to hang out together and relax on the weekends. *smile* Read more →

This weekend I officially moved the pond fish into the Rubbermaid tote that serves as their ‘winter home’. Complete with rocks and a bubbler, it keeps us from having to worry about keeping our small outdoor pond clean and ice-free during the winter. A couple weekends ago we fashioned some wire mesh into a leaf cover for our pond for… Read more →

It has been a good month in this Baxter household. My entry is a bit late this month. I was delaying a little bit on the blog because yesterday we had our 19-week ultrasound and wanted to be able to announce the gender of Baby Bx. Turns out Baby Bx will be a BOY! We’re both pretty excited (me a… Read more →

We had our 19-20 week ultrasound yesterday and found out we’re having a BOY! I’m over-the-moon excited and Jason is pretty happy as well. Jason has a great relationship with his dad and his little brother and I’m really looking forward to him being able to share that with a son. It was pretty obvious on the ultrasound that it… Read more →

This weekend was a stock-up of our freezer. Jason likes it when I have these sorts of weekends. Really for me, I prefer to cook 8 things all in one day and do all the dirty dishes at once instead of doing a little at a time more consistently. This way we have lunches stored up for weeks, and if… Read more →

Ok, the title may be a little excessive. Our first cantaloupe was harvested the other day. I was checking the garden, and one of the smaller mellons was considerably more orange/yellow than a few days before.  About all I know about cantaloupe harvesting is they “slip”, or detach from the vine, when they are ripe. This one was still attached to the… Read more →

In the time that has passed since our pregnancy announcement our pregnancy has actually started to get fun. My nausea and severe food aversions subsided between week 10 and 12 and I started to feel more human again. I had another ultrasound since we elected to do some of the prenatal genetic screening and was sent home with a whole… Read more →

It has been a while since we have posted a garden update. After a very slow start, the garden did finally take off this year. The pumpkin plant is working on spreading in every direction, as is the cantaloupe. Most of the tomatoes are doing well also. We have a strange dichotomy of success in our garden endeavors this year. The… Read more →

My brother and his girlfriend were scheduled to visit over Labor Day weekend this year, and we decided that since that was also our 12-week pregnant mark, we would wait until this time to make any widespread announcements. Of course some of my coworkers found out during my “feeling rather sick” phase, and I had told a few close friends but… Read more →