It's official!

So we're having a girl as most of you know by now. We're not sure what we are going to call her. Thus far in her short time she has shown stubbornness and tenacity. When we went in for the ultrasound she wouldn't unveil the goods for us so we thought we might have to go home without knowing and wait another month. The practitioner poked and prodded and jiggled and wiggled but she wouldn't show us what we all wanted to know. After 10 minutes of that we decided that we would go do the rest of the appointment and come back for one last shot.
The rest of the appointment went well she is healthy and growing.
We went back in to the ultrasound and bam! she was finally cooperating. It is definitely a girl. I will spare you (and her) the embarrassment of the photo that shows the proof but here are some other shots from her first photo shoot.

Both shots are of her head. In the second one you can make out spine and all. in the first one she is facing the camera and she has her little left fist all balled up.

Till next time.

Set the Date.

Tomorrow is the big day. We find out if it's going to remain a cletus the fetus or have to be changed to a norma ray the fetus. Meaning we find out if it's adam or eve, boy or girl doe or buck. capeesh? we'll let you all know.

Livin on the road my friends, is gonna keep you free and clean. Now you wear your skin like iron, breath as hard as kerosene. - townes van zandt

So,
It's been a while I suppose but we've been up to so much we really haven't had time to post to this here internets.

Round abouts Christmas we headed out for the spoil me rottens house. I like visiting there a whole lot and popo is realy learning to like it. They are super duper nice and they like taking us for long walks on the beach feeding us chicken, and snuggling by the fireplace light... If I were going to take out a doggy personal add it would read something like that, but it would include something about being a super hotty too. Anyways, we arrived there and as usual we were greeted warmly and treated wonderfully.



The next morning the rents set out for the dreaded airport where trouble is bound to ensue and mayhem will certainly break out. According to the beard there was mass confusion and hysteria. Brendan Frazier was spotted and yelled at for making such terrible films.

Then after hours of arguing and the sweet smelling lady apparently crying in public (If I had been there I would've bitten the ankles of who ever did that to her. She's too super for people to be so mean to her and make her cry. I would've torn those airline people to tiny little bits and fed them to my buddies for breakfast lunch and dinner.(That was an extremely long aside, we now return you to the previously started sentence which began with "Then after hours of arguing and the sweet smelling lady apparently crying in public")) the rents finally found their way to the gate where another celebrity was spotted. This one much cooler though, it was Kevin Arnolds dad from the wonder years.


Eventually the rents made their way to Virginia where they bowled terribly ate a ton of good food and received gifts while hanging out with family.



The beard did his usual wandering self thing and ended up taking some pictures of the really wonderful weather that they were having.



The rents also ended up making it out to Monitcello, where Thomas Jefferson lived and died. It was a little chillier there and the beard did some weird stuff with the camera there too. (If you want straight forward vacation pictures then don't give the camera to that guy it turns out. Just ask the sweet smelling lady)







I realize that tree picture is sideways but I just wanted to point out that Thomas Jefferson apparently found a way to give skin cancer to trees and somehow create the ugliest tree anyone has ever seen. I challenge everyone out there to find a grosser looking tree.
So, the rents had a great time in VA and eventually made their way home to find Popo sitting by the fireplace.

Finally after a large expense on a leaking automobile that was discovered upon waking up the next morning, the rents managed to get us home. It was all fun and good we had a great time with the spoil me rottens and aunt Cori. The rents say they had a great time with the Beards half of the fam. The rents also went to see the rose bowl floats which will be posted soon so keep your eye out for more strange and totally impersonal photographs by the beard.

-SAM

SNOW!

Howdy all,
Sam here. I know you all know that I live in the desert... that's what make today so strange. IT SNOWED 6 INCHES!!! Pretty wild eh? Momma had to go into work this morning when it was not really snowing and then they didn't even cancel it when it it got up to a couple inches. She got home ok though, and she gets to stay home tomorrow! It started out really slow and it has been super cold but towards the afternoon it really picked up. I like snow, I find it tasty. Popo apparently hates snow (first time) but he is a skinny weenie so that's not really a surprise. I shot some pictures to give you the general look of things.

Here is me w/ momma.


and here's me making my annual yellow snow...

Here's the beard w/ popo the skinny freezing snow hater.

Here's popo trying to shake off the snow.

Now for a couple pictures to help you get the feel of how pretty snow is and how much The beard and momma miss it sometimes.





Here is how I like to keep warm on a snowy night!

Here is our favorite new nightly adventure. Ever since the sweet smelling lady started to smell like baby we get to go to drive thru's all the time. Here is popo waiting patiently for a taste of hamburger.

Here is me waiting not as patiently for the drive thru lady to hand us that fragrant bag of burgery goodness.


So that is all the news for now. I am sure we'll have another update soon with the holidays coming up. Till next time remember that snow is just snow so let the hating go.

-SAM

Thanksgiving and the smell of decorated pine trees to pee on permeate the air!

Howdy folks,
Sam here. I figured I would share some of my recent samventures. We traveled down to the fantastic Dana point area to spend Thanksgiving giving thanks for the spoil me rottens. (grandparents) They made us a delicious feast of turkey! I love Turkey! They even set it on a plate on the floor for me and popo. I ate all mine real quick like and then attempted to snake popo's. After the feast there was much laying around and sleeping from all that tripo... tripta... you know that stuff in turkeys that gives people an excuse to lay around after the feast. Here is the beard laying around with popo.



We had a ton of fun during thanksgiving. The spoil me rottens took us on fun walks and Cori tried to jog with me. Little did she know I only have 2 speeds. Sniff the ground while slowly meandering, and LUDICROUS SPEED!!!!! None the less, it was super fun and the beard tells me we get to go back for Christmas.

Around the house we've been decorating our own house for the first time. It's no Clark Griswold but c'mon, we poor. Give the beard a break, Christmas lights are expensive and for some reason he doesn't own a ladders. It'll improve over the years since mama wants this house to be the envy of the whole neighborhood. We have a ways to go. See for yourself.





This is our Christmas Tree. The beard told mama that we should get a real one this year cause she has always wanted one but for some reason it didn't happen and she says it's too late now.



Here are our stockings hanging over our lamentably un-usable fireplace. I see images of happy dogs sleeping next to warm fireplaces all the time but ours wasn't made for fire. I hear the spoil me rottens have a working one. Man am I looking forward to that!



So HO HO HO MERRY COLD TIME AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!