Dante’s Surprise
I live with a killer...dog that is 
The infamous Dante has struck again, only this time, it was not a bird he killed. Apparently he's decided that birds were no longer a challenge. What he wants is some excitement, more chase. So what did I find waiting for me when I went to let the dogs in so I could leave for work... squirrel surprise! And what a surprise it was! I called them in and Dante picked up what I first thought was a rather large stick. Then it dawned on me, sticks aren't fuzzy! (Hey, it was before my morning coffee!) When I realized what he had done I was so disgusted. My baby had managed to kill a poor defenseless squirrel. Oh the shame!
Of course Dante wanted to bring in the squirrel, possibly for his late-morning snack. And of course I would have none of that! So, I tried to use some of that obediance training that we paid lots of good money for. I gave him the "Leave it" command. And he would drop it, which is good, but he ignored the rest of the command. He is supposed to leave whatever it is and come. He didn't want to come. So, he'd pick up the squirrel and I would yell "Leave it" and he would drop it and then I would tell him to come and he'd pick it back up, repeat cycle oh about a dozen times. Finally I resorted to bribery. Come get this tasty little dog treat in exchange for the dead squirrel outside. Good thing Dante isn't too bright. Otherwise I'd probably still be out there trying to get him to come in 
So, he came in, but dropped the squirrel right outside the door on the patio. Once I had him inside I locked the door. Unfortunately you can see the squirrel from the window. So Dante would look at the squirrel, look at me, then look back at the squirrel and scratch to go out. He gave me the most pitiful look. He acted like I had just taken away his only and favorite toy, which might be true at this point. I told him to suck it up and that he would just have to look at it through the window all day. Afterall, I did tell him to leave it out in the yard, not bring it to the door. So it's really his own fault 
Man, if this is what it's like to have a kid, we may be in trouble I guess it's too late now though. Hopefully my kid won't kill and eat birds or squirrels, because if he does, we're in much bigger trouble
Ashley’s Bump
Ashley is now at 13.5 weeks and has started to show. For those of you who have not seen her lately, here is a picture:
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MacBook Goodness
Well, after much waiting, my MacBook finally arrived last night. I am now the proud owner of a 13-in MacBook with the Core 2 Duo processor; I ordered the laptop the day after the new model was released with the faster processor. After doing some research, I maxed out the RAM that the MacBook can hold — a whopping 2 Gigs! I got to play with it some last night and will continue moving all of my music and pictures off of my home server and onto the laptop tonight when I get home.
Little Monster Update
Well, I had my 12 week check-up today. Nothing really exciting went on. In fact, it was rather boring.
My appointment was at 8:45 and we sat in the waiting room probably until about 9 or a little after. Then we got called back to do the routine weighing and blood pressure. Then we had to wait some more because they didn't have any rooms open. The nurse asked us about the triple screen test and we just looked at each other. So she brought us a little information pamphlet to look at while we waited. We finally got a room and then waited for forever. So, Jonathan and I entertained ourselves. The doctor showed up a little before 10 and started going over my chart.
Good news, I don't have syphilus, HIV, or Hepatitis! I'm also immune to Rubella and Chickenpox. Apparently my doctor feels the need to tell me this each and every time I go in, it's rather quite funny
Anyway, it looks like everything is going well with the baby. We didn't have another ultrasound today, but we heard the baby's heartbeat. It is in the 170's. My doctor is satisfied that both the baby and I are healthy and doing well.
We made our next two appointments, with the "big" ultrasound scheduled for Jan. 10. Hopefully we'll be able to find out what we are having then.
Sorry this is such an uninteresting update. Hopefully there will be more to tell next time. I am just beginning to show depending on what I have on, so belly pictures will probably start appearing in the next couple of weeks.
Stay tuned for more baby updates...
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