New Hair Do

Here is the end result of the hair cut experience. He doesn't look like a baby anymore without his little curls. What a big boy. He did really great getting his hair cut. He got to sit in a fun car and watch Willy Wonka, and the first part of Nemo. The hair dresser didn't believe us when we told her he was 18 months. She said he has great vocabulary. She also didn't want to believe us when we told her that he won Portland's Cutest Baby contest this year and that we won the rights to the mini van for a year. With this new do we say good bye to our baby and hello to our big boy.

It's Time for a Hair Cut.

We have decided that it is finally time for another haircut. I can't take the bozo hair do anymore. Matt found this cute kids cutting place that has toy cars for the kids to sit in. So we will go and check it out. Good bye curls.

Logo Design for web page Poll

We are deciding on a design for our web page for our photography business. http://hdphotography.us

What design do you like?

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Thank You,
Matt & Heather

One little heart beat

Well for those of you who don't already know, Matt and I are expecting another little Dallmann in March. I have been battling with morning sickness (more like all day sickness) which is new to me because I did not experience it at all with Keegan. And I am pretty tired of it. I am looking forward to the day when I can just brush my teeth in peace. I hear from a lot of people that "they" say when you have a lot of morning sickness and the pregnancy is different from the first that you are having a girl. We still have awhile until we find that part out. I am about 11-12 weeks. The doctors are undecisive.

So I didn't go back to the Dr. that I had with Keegan. I thought I would try someone new but I really didn't have any referrals so I just had to pick someone out of the hat. Well that turned out to be a really bad idea. This lady was awful. The first things she tells me is "don't gain any weight" Ok I will try but when you are growing a human being it is pretty hard not to do that. Then she tells me that she is not suggesting that I go on a diet but losing weight would not be a bad thing. Ok lady, can I just get a congratulations. The next thing she tells me is that she is going to test me for STD's, gonorehha and chlomidia. I assured her there would not be an issue with that, but she insisted. OK I really don't like you now. So to top the visit off she then says to me, we can do an optional test that would check the baby for cystic fibrosis. In the event it was positive you could choose to abort. OK I am outta here, give me my clothes, give me my $20 back and kiss my bum goodbye lady.
Not a good Dr.

Good news is!!!! I went to a different Dr. yesterday and I had a completely different experience. Everyone was so nice. They said congratulations this is so exciting. Already 100 times better than the first lady. This office has their own ultrasound machine so they were happy to take a look.

And there it was.... One little baby moving around and one little heart beat. I say one little baby because many people have mentioned twins to us since it runs in both my family and Matt's.

So we are pretty excited. I am anxious to get rid of the sickness and get back to feeling normal and being able to go to work without dragging and feeling like I have to throw up all day.
Hats off to all you mothers who have lots of babies. Seriously, I don't think I can do this again. I am not cut out for sickness.

So now comes the task of picking a name. We are completely stumped on girl names. So does anyone have suggestions in the event that our new favorite color will be pink???

Love you all... H

Canada Day 1

Day 1 of Canada. We got up early on a Friday morning and headed to Port Angeles Washington where we would board the Ferry to take to Canada. Keegan was so funny on the ferry, he thought the big white tubes on the boat looks like elephants so he kept making elephant noises. He entertained people sitting in the ferry by playing peek a boo in the window. He loved the ride over. When we arrived in Canada we were greeted by the beautiful buildings on the wharf. They have the Emporess Hotel on one side and then the Parliment building on the other side. We were pretty tired from the long drive so we headed out of town about 20 minutes away to a find our bed and breakfast cabin. Matt took a wrong turn so it ended up taking us a little longer to get there and by the time we did we were all a little tired, grumpy and hungry. But the cabin was cute and quiet and it was nice to escape from the city to the quiet country. One morning I woke up and a deer was walking along the edge. It was just beautiful. There are a few differences in Canada than the US. For instance the speed limits signs are in kilometers, so when I thought we could go 70 it was really only about 35. The gas price was 146.9 per liter, the temperature was in celcius, and they do not have $1 dollar bills. They only come in coins. In order to get a shopping cart you have to deposit a $1 coin in the cart and you get it back when you return the cart, and the grocery store that we went to didn't have any bags. You had to buy a bag to use or use none at all. It was expensive there. We only got .97 Canadian cents to our US Dollar. But we had a lot of fun and we are glad we got to have the experience of leaving the country.

Canada Day 2

Day 2 in Canada. We were so excited to be here. We had gotten a good night rest and we were ready to go and explore. This was the weekend for the "Tall Ships Festival" It was really fun. There were a lot of really tall ships that had sailed in and you could buy passes to get on all the ships. We walked around for hours going in an out of boats. It was soo soo hot on this day though. Poor little Keegan got so hot and his face turned red so we had to leave the festival for a bite of food and bit of shade. Once he was cooled off and full we went back to board more ships. There ended up being two sides to the festival and on our way back we saw all the Pirate ships. They were pretty cool. The lines were long though so we didn't get to board all the ships and we actually missed boarding the biggest one of them all that was the US Coast Gaurd. They were all pretty amazing to see. I think we spent about 12 hours walking around the festival. Long day and tiring, but really a lot of fun.

Canada Day 3

Canada Day 3. Today we decided that we would sleep in a little and take some naps so we got off to a late start. When I was in Victoria about 17 years ago we went to a house called The Fable Cottage. It was a fun whimsical house that this guy had built all himself by hand including the shingles. Anyway it had pretty gardens that were full of nomes. So we decided that we wanted to see the Fable Cottage. Much to my surprise when we found the address the Fable Cottage had been replaced by Condos. So we went on to the Butchart Gardens. There really isn't much to say other than, spectacular. We spent probably 6+ hours walking around there. The gardens were amazingly beautiful and a must see if you ever get to Victoria. It was expensive to get in though. The cost was $26.50 per person, luckily Keegan was still free. I was so taken back by the cost that I forget to give them my dollar off coupons that I had gotten the day before. But all and all it was worth it.