Things....

*We had our first OB appt yesterday.  What we didn't know was all they were doing was paper work and drawing a bazillion vials of blood.  Nothing exciting.....I go back on Monday for my physical, pap, etc...

*Vacation is almost over - boo hoo - how come it always goes so fast???

*Did you notice the ticker on the side bar - it is below 200 now - 199 days - YAHOO!!!

*Our golden Sadie is definitely missing Willy - she is very out of sorts and will just sit and bark this really sad, high pitched bark.

*I threw my back out today and I'm quite uncomfortable - made a trip to the chiro and I'll go back again tomorrow.  OHHH, I hope this gets better soon.  She told me that she could already tell the the pregnancy has caused my ligaments to loosen.

*I saw a great rainbow on the way back from the chiro today.....it ended on the road right in front of me!

*We're almost to the point that we can announce our pregnancy to a wider audience - exciting!

Wordless Wednesday - Willy Edition

Crazy, Crazy Week!

As promised - here is the update for the past week. I'm not sure how time flew by so quickly, but here is the rundown of the week.

Saturday night - made a 10PM visit to the Emergency Vet for Willy as he was panting and couldn't catch his breath, his heart was racing and he was shaking all over. He had a temp of 104.8* and we spend about 3 hours there with no answers really. So, we took him home and watched him carefully until I could get him in to our vet on Monday.

Sunday - We just hung around the house and took a nap as we didn't get home until almost 2:30AM from the vet (we must be getting old!)

Monday - took the morning off to take Willy to the vet. They kept him for the day to watch him and run some tests. MJ picked him up in the afternoon with a new antibiotic and more steroids. I coached the kids from my school at the City Track Meet. We had lots fo fun - it was a beautiful night and we came in 2nd place.

Tuesday - Willy has a fever again - ARRRGH!!! I was at 2 different meetings after school and MJ kept putting cold towels on his belly and a fan on him to try to cool him down - nothing seemed to really work.

Wednesday - nothing too exciting - worked all day and came home and baked 3 cakes for the Chorus party for the kids at school.

Thursday - Willy has another fever and spends the day at the vet again. When I go to pick him up, and get talking to the vet about how he seems to go in 12 - 14 hour cycles we discover that the girl printed the wrong label on the bottle of pred.nisone and instead of an every other day dosage, we are supoosed to be giving it to him EVERY day - no wonder he isn't getting any better. We get home and I decorate the cakes for the chorus party at school tomorrow.

Friday - Willy is feeling much better - amazing how the right dosage of meds can make such a difference. After school we went to pick up a pump for our pool that was on Free.cycle - love that! Then we went out to dinner as neither one of us felt like cooking.

Saturday - surprise, surprise - it was back to the vet this morning just to do a blood check. Finally things are looking better and Willy has been fever free since Thursday afternoon. It was a beautiful day so we worked outside. MJ and I finished setting up the pool, got the lawn mowed and did the weed eating, went to Home Depot, built a frame around the wishing well, planted oodles of flowers, put up a new flagpole, cut down a bunch of low hanging branches, then had my parents over for dinner. Whew - busy day!

Sunday (today) - I suppose we may think about building an ark as it has been POURING rain here since late last night. There are flood watches, etc in effect. It's a good day for MJ to get report cards done and I think I may read for a while.

So, there you are - the week in a nutshell - here are some pics of the week as well....

The well garden before (above) and after (below)

One of the gardens in the backyard:

The pool and gazebo all set up and ready for use in the backyard:

Our new flagpole that we put up and the gorgeous hanging baskets that we found at H0.me De.p0t

And, finally just a pretty picture of some of our irises blooming - they are MJ's favorite flower!

Funny Kids

I was looking through pictures this morning and found a few goofy ones of our animals. So, today's post is an ode to them. Enjoy!


When everyone is tired!

Helping get the new gazebo out of the box.

Hey, might as well use the new pool as a water bowl.

Helping set up the new gazebo.

Playing in the hose.

Helping put the new cushions on the gazebo furniture.

As you can see - they are such great helpers! Willy is feeling MUCH better and got a good report from the vet on Thursday - he gained 3.5 pounds in 6 days - I'll say he's feeling better!

MJ is on her way into school for a few hours today (yuck, on a Sat...) but the end of the year brings so much work that for sanity's sake, she'll try to get some of it done. I'm staying home and puttering around here to get some stuff done...

Free to a Good Home!

Single, Black Lab, male, 6 years old, 105 pounds

Likes to go for rides - especially to his Nana and Grampa's!

great lap dog - or so he thinks

Likes to be tucked in at night...

bed hog - usually comes to visit around 4:30 am

Very good at being naughty -

Knows that time - outs are to be taken on the stairs until his mamas tell him he can come down.



Ok, seriously, what is up with Willy?!?! He has been so naughty lately. Let's see, it all started a couple of weeks ago when he ate 6 1/2 pounds of candy while we were at work - just imagine the mess and smell of our house when we came home. Then, last week, he ate a whole bowl of Andes mints - wrapper and all! Well, today he got into the trash and dragged it through the downstairs. He has just hit a major naughty streak!

People don't believe us when we say he sits on the stairs when he has been naughty! I don't know how it started, but he seriously sits on the stairs, head peered over the banister, tip of his tail wagging until you tell him it's ok. So, if ever we come home and don't see a mess, but he is on the stairs - we know we have to go looking!

Below is a little video I took of him tonight with the tip of his tail thumping away. You can just tell in his face he is saying "sorry, mom, really I am!" Sorry that half of it is sideways - I guess you can't turn the camera when taking video. You get the idea though!

He seriously cracks me up - it's a good thing he is so cute and loveable!

Slowly...but Surely

That is how things are progressing with my ovaries. I had more bloodwork and another ultrasound today. The doc was really pleased with the way things are looking. My levels are low in the bloodwork still, but she was really pleased with what she saw on the ultrasound. We were pleased as well. It seems like for once, things are going along decently. The best part was that there were not a lot of "grapes" in my ovaries, just three good follicles.

I have 2 11mm follicles on the right and one 11mm follicle on the left. My lining is 8mm which is good too. More blood work and another ultrasound on Monday.

In other fabulous news - we came home today, and Willy - the dog had eaten about 6 POUNDS of candy that was on the counter - we had been making Halloween Candy Treats. Needless to say that candy came out BOTH ends and there was quite a mess to clean up!

Gotta LOVE IT!

Dogs and Cats

Just a fun little video I took of Willy the dog and Gus the cat a bit before we left for vacation. They crack me up when they play together! Willy loves to "thunder paw" Gus, and Gus bites his muzzle terribly. They really do love each other! Enjoy