1st Grandchild

Dad came over for dinner tonight and he heard the heartbeat for the first time. His immediate reaction was to kiss the monitor. Yippee for grandparents!!!

Skunk 2 - Dogs 0

So this past week I found out why the skunk smell was so bad. Turns out the little critter had moved in under our deck. Unlucky for us, Tenoch (pictured by the washing machine) flushed him out last Saturday evening. Of course the skunk was most displeased and showed it in the way that only a skunk can. Super fun Saturday night amd Sunday afternoon bathing the dogs. Here is the de-skunk recipe, I hope you never need it: hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and dish soap. It removes most of the smell - my preggy nose can still smell it on them, but the every day sniffer cannot.

So, now it's onto skunk removal. Thanks to my friend Shannon for sending some recommendations. As you can see Scott took this very seriously. He did it at night so it was a kamakazi mission of sorts - hence the headband. He took a three pronged strategy: ammonia soaked socks, cayenne pepper spray, and male urine.

Picture of the first two below. The ammonia soaked socks are wrapped up like sausages in the pantyhose.

We'll keep you updated on the progress.

Have a funny skunk story or know another way to get rid of the little buggers? Leave me a comment.

Heartbeat at 13 Weeks

Thanks to my wonderful friend Ruth, we can listen to baby Valentine's heartbeat any time we want. Ruth let me borrow her Baby Beat heart monitor. It is a lot of fun to be able to share the heartbeat with people. Here is a recording, the quality of the recording isn't as great as I had hoped, but it's still something. Enjoy.