The Dodge Family Blog

Things are definitely getting exciting in the baby dept. Yesterday was our second prenatal appointment, and I went along with Johanna because this was the one where we would be listening for a heartbeat. But we got a little more than we expected – pictures!

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The kids are having a great summer, my job is doing well, and Johanna doesn’t feel super-sick all day anymore (though mornings and evenings are still a little rough.) All in all things seems to be turning out pretty well. We have two semi-new couches we got from Johanna’s sister Amanda for free-95, and yesterday Johanna actually rearranged the front room (or is it a family room, or a living room?) and it looks really nice.

Last night we went to see State Fair at the Sugar Factory Playhouse, and it was a pretty good show. Some of my old friends there haven’t seen me since I was a single, not-even-anyone-on-the-horizon sort of guy. Finding out that baby Dodge is on the way was a real shocker.

But even with all this great news, the most memorable part of the recent week was when we decided to take the kids to a free puppet show at the West Jordana library for Family Home Evening. It was the Starry-Eyed Puppet Show, and it was really something else. What made it so great? Well, let me tell you…

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The nights of tossing and turning, the achy mornings, the middle of the night let-the-dog-up-onto-the-bed -so-he-stops-barking interruptions are all behind me. Johanna and I finally went out and bought the new mattress we needed to get. Was it expensive? Was it King or Queen? Well…read on to find out!

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Saturday was my mom’s birthday, I still don’t know how old she is, when I asked my dad said, “I think she is somewhere in her thirty’s”. I let it drop, I took it as a subtle hint. Mike and I drove up to Logan to give her present to her. We were just chilling waiting for the rest of the gang to show up and my mom asks, “so are you pregnant yet?” I said “NO” something is wrong with Mike, we know I work it is all his fault. They all laughed and said I had a lot of tact. When My siblings showed up I asked my dad if he had any chocolate milk, he always has it so when he said he didn’t I was surprised. He said I’ll just run out and get some. later that day when I was happily drinking my chocolate milk my sister in law Rebecca and my dad were talking and he mentioned that I had a craving for chocolate milk and that he HAD to go get me some. Rebecca turned to me with a surprised look on her face and I had to defend myself once again. I am not pregnant where are you getting this. Finally it was time to open presents. We gave my mom a little bag that wasn’t very heavy, she grabbed it first to open. She rummaged through the paper having a hard time finding the gift. Finally she found it. Her eyes went wide and she started waving a little stick in the air. Yes, I lied we are pregnant. And it took all I had to come up with excuses as to why I was NOT pregnant that day! I hope you enjoyed this blog. We sure did!

As a family, we are reading the scripture stories from the church web site, the ones that used to be found in the old “Book of Mormon Reader” that we all remember so well from childhood. For the longest time, I was sure that none of this was sinking in with the kids. Boy, was I wrong.

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