Something New

Well, this is my first offical blog ever! It seems like a great way to keep our family and friends in the loop. We don't think our lives are THAT exciting that everyone wants to know what's going on, but there are a lot of you whom we don't get to see or talk with nearly as much as we'd like... so we thought this would be a fun way of sharing the happenings in our world. So, we shall see how it goes!

Life has been pretty busy lately for us. I've been working on my 10 year class reunion (ouch!), edging into wedding photography season, and trying to keep up with my running schedule for the half-marathon I'm running April 19th. Chris has kept busy with hockey season (Go Blues!), trying to keep our house clean for showings, and going to our new building site to keep on eye on the progress!

Most definitely the most exciting thing happening is our new home construction. We signed the contract on our home in February and they broke ground the following week! So far we have a basement with walls, floor, and plumbing rough-in! They are supposed to start framing Thursday or Friday of this week depending upon the weather. Chris can hardly contain his excitement with all of this! I'm very excited as well, but much more nervous about the sale of our current home. We've had several showings and an open house, but no takers yet. Hopefully we will see a little more action as the weather warms up and people come out of hibernation! With the economy these days, it's not a great time to sell though. We're certainly trying to stay optimistic though.

Other than that, we are always busy trying to keep track of our two children, Darcy (2), and Martha (6 months). They are definitely a handful, but they are our pride and joy for sure! Miss Martha is coming along well in her training. She seems to be 98% potty trained thankfully. That part of puppies is no fun! She is doing pretty well in puppy school too, but we probably don't work on her quite as much as we should. Overall, she's a good little dog, despite being painfully shy around pretty much anyone new! Darcy is our first love of course and she's definitely a spoiled little girl! About two months ago she had some trouble with her knee and was limping around. The vet thought her knee cap was slipping and gave us some anti-inflammation drugs for her. She got better after that and has been fine the past couple months. However, this weekend she started limping again. We took her to a new orthopedic vet who thinks she will need knee surgery. : ( She's on pain meds for two weeks while we decide what to do. Right now I'm looking for a second opinion and she seems to be just fine. We'll see what comes of that soon. You would never know there's a problem if you watched her chasing the birds around the back yard!

Well that's about all the big stuff in our world for now. We update again soon! Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the start of spring!