"Bing" We are now aproaching our arrival...

Well it's almost done. I still need to hang the quilt on the wall behind the crib, but everything else we have done. We are still searching for a three drawer dresser that can double as a changing table. No luck yet, but we are going this weekend to the unfinished wood store in hopes to be able to find something there. We had good luck there with other furniture items. Last night making the bed I realized how much making the bed against the wall sucks, but better than no bed at all I guess. I finished the curtains and hung the airplanes yesterday. Thanks to Bjorn's muscles the furniture is where I want it. The cradle will be moved to our room once the baby arrives. For now it will stay where the changing table/dresser will go. So I guess this means that the Dodd B & B is open for business! Come one come all, but make your reservations early because we will be having a permanent resident come the end of October.

Pregnancy Pics!!!

These were taken yesterday, July 24th!! Dru was the photographer and it took three shots before I was happy I guess. I'm 31weeks!!!

Crazy Kid

Well here's a couple of pic's of Masaru. One is of a trip to the demolition derby the other Saturday. He had to bring every single toy in his bed with him. He held onto those for about the whole way. I had to get a pic. cause it was so crazy.
This other pic. is of today. We went to the Expo Centre to see all the 24th of July floats and he got a balloon sword and this is how far the face painting got!!! She was able to put one swipe on him then he said "No" and was outter here. He was going to be a pirate. So much for that. I guess face painting comes at a later age!!!

Mustachio Grande

Kate says, Look at my Chico!

Ella says, Cool man, Groovy baby!

Tess says, ayayayayayaya!

14 weeks to get it all done!

I have 14 weeks to get the baby's room put together. Actually I have less than that since we are expecting out of town company. I would like to get the room together before that. I have to move(or rather Bjorn has to move) furniture around and I need to make the window treatments still. It is the last room in the house that hasn't been recovered since we moved here two years ago. I have panels up to block the view from the street, but they are the ones that were here when we moved in and I have never liked them. I would like to do something that will tie in the double bed and bedding that will remain in the room, with the crib and the airplane theme I have going on. I hope to get the bed and crib moved, the windows done, the airplanes hung from the ceiling, the pictures framed and hung and maybe even find a rug to go on the floor. It's coming together however. As you can tell I've had some time to think about what I wanted this room to look like. The biggest hurdle is keeping the bed in the room. But for all you out of townees we are keeping it up for you so you have a nice place to stay. We want everyone to come and visit! Here are a few things that are going in the room. I'll try and get it all done and show you a finished picture. Maybe by next week if I'm lucky and can rope Bjorn into helping me with a few large items.

The floating circus

Just thought I'd post this so everyone knows how we spent 4 hrs. one day! That's Chris and Ryan on the oars, thanks guys, even though the current was going faster than we were. The tag-alongs behind, Brooke, Bjorn, and Les. Dru and Melissa took a seperate ride, as did Dad, and the kids bounced around, in and out. All in all, a fun, if not long, day. Oh, and by the way, from where we got out to where we put in, the car trip was only 10 min.!

Idaho take two

Hey I finally figured out how to upload the pic's. Yaa for me.