Trout Creek!!!!!!!!

Well at about 9:30 am today we got the call from Albuquerque.......Brian got the job! We are moving to Trout Creek, Montana!!! We are so excited. Brian's report date is June 8th. We will probably be moving the last week in May. Rebekah is graduating high school on June 6th so we are going to need to be in Washington that week. I think we have decided, for now, to live in my Grandparents' fifth wheel. It is only going to cost us about $300 a month for everything. We are going to do that just until we can find a house to rent in Trout Creek that lets us take dogs. So hopefully we will find somewhere!!! 

There is information and a couple pictures of Trout Creek in the first post on this blog.

Job Interview

At 1:30 today Brian has a job interview on the phone! This is for the Trout Creek job! I am so excited. This either means he made the short list and there are 1 or 2 others they are decideding between or it means that he is their decision and the District Ranger just wants to talk to him before he signs off! Please be praying that things go well!

MINIATURE DACHSHUND PUPPIES!!!

Well Sunday morning Bentley started to go into labor. It can take dogs 48 hrs start to finish I slept in the bathroom with her Sunday night and sat in there with her most of the day on Monday at about 3 pm a water sack presented and broke and we were so excited!!! So then about a half hour later still no puppy. The vet tech called to see how Bentley was doing and I told her what had been happening and she asked if I could bring her in. So we rushed her to the vet and they decided to let her push for another 30-45 min. About 20-30 min later they called and said that she had a little girl puppy but she was still born and they were working on her to see if they could revive it and asked if they could do a C-Section. I said that was fine and to do whatever it takes to make sure Bentley and the rest of the puppies were ok. Brian, Alyssa (my friend who wanted to watch the puppies be born), and I went down to the clinic and waited. Less than 20 min later the tech came out and was holding two cute little boys! Brian asked about the others and she said this was it other than the little girl that was still born. We were suprised because we had got an x-ray to see how many puppies there were and they said 5 0r 6.....they were a little off. I am pretty sure we have decided to keep them both. 

We named the red one Archie and the Black one Reggie. They are really funny. Archie is almost never off the nipple. He just sleeps and eats. Reggie doesn't eat as well and he wanders. It is funny all of the sudden I will hear him squeeling and I'll have to put him back with his mom. He is also about an ounce smaller than Archie. 

Bentley is doing great! It took her a little while to warm up to them but by the next morning she was doing great. She is getting very protective of them and will hardly let me touch them so we are trying to nip that in the bud. More posts to come! 

She had been playing with this for a while so she isn't as wild as she normally is. Sorry it is so dark. I will take another one after the puppies come with her and the ball. Also with her and the puppies!!!

Pregnant Bentley!

Day 57

Day 59

Well Bentley is pregnant. We bread her with another Minature Dachshund named Petey. He is a red one not black and tan like her so it will be interesting to see what colors of puppies we get. This is a pretty exciting thing in our house. She should deliver any day. The vet said day 57 and that has passed the internet says day 63 or day 60 and not passed day 65. Today is day 60. Most of the places say day 63 so hopefully I will be adding pictures of puppies by Sunday morning!

Another knee problem

Most of you know that I was doing amazingly after my last surgery and that I had been working out really hard and had lost about 25 lbs. in 2 months. Then after I got home from Washington 2 weeks ago I started having knee pain in the same knee that I had fixed twice last year. This pain was different than I have ever experienced. I tried to deny it and work out or just rest or ice it finally I had to give in and call my Dr. that did the knee twice before. I was there yesterday and he said he is 99% sure I tore my A.C.L and will have to have surgery. In addition I was having pain in another spot than I should with that sort of injury so he did and MRI and I will be getting the results on Monday. Please pray that he will be able to fix this before he moves on April 14Th. This is a set back and is very frustrating but it could be worse. I am just hoping this is an easy repair and quick recovery! 

A lot of people have been confused. The first surgery was for a bucket handle tear in my meniscus and the second surgery was to remove the meniscus because the tissue wasn't viable, so it didn't hold, it died, and my body built up a bunch of scar tissue. This injury is a completely different injury. Probably because that leg is week from the prior surgeries.

Still no word on the Trout Creek job. Brian called up there on Monday and they told him there should be a decision on the District Rangers desk in 2-3 weeks then it has to go to Albuquerque to process so we are 2-4 weeks from knowing......wait..... wait......wait...oh we messed up.....wiat....wait.....stupid government.

Our house is on the market to do the short sale. Only one couple has looked at it. We will see. If no one has done anything by the beginning of may we are going to do a Deed in lou of foreclosure.

My dad is headed to Seattle as we speak to get some x-rays and a CT scan. This will show if the G.P.S. implants they put in are moving or not. Pending everything goes well today he will start the radiation treatment in about 2 weeks