Meet The Newest Member of our Family!

I would like to introduce you to Flash, our new Yorkie-Poo Puppy!

We got him on Wednesday, January 13th. He was a complete impulse buy! And has turned out to be such a great decision! 

As you can see, we are a little puppy crazy over here! He is the sweetest little puppy! Potty training and trying to teach him not to bite is what we are trying to focus on right now. All is going well and we love our little Flash Max Wolff! 

Toby

Today we had to put down our Toby. He was diagnosed with lymphoma about a month ago. The vet suggested we try prednisone for a month and see how it helps. It would not cure him, it would only help with his symptoms. Well, the prednisone helped for about a week and a half, and then his lumps started coming back. Then last week, we noticed that he had new, bigger lumps. Then, the past few days he has stopped eating and started coughing.

We new it was time.

Toby was such a sweet dog. He was always so gentle with Michael and loved to follow him around.

This is one of my favorite pictures of the two of them together.

Michael loves Toby and its so sad that they won't have the chance to grow up together.

Toby was only 5 years old.

We love you Toby and will miss you so much.

His Other Furry Friend

Let's not forget about the other furry child that lives in our house, Molly.

She tolerates Michael, to say the least. That is, unless he is eating, then she is his best friend.

But she is warming up to him, slowely...

Of course for Michael, he likes nothing more than to constantly be touching her.

I'm sure eventually Molly will love him, just as much as he loves her.

What a week...

Wow, this has been some week! I'm so glad to see Friday come.

Let's start with my poor Toby. On Tuesday I noticed he was very lethargic all day, and I could hardly get him to go outside. As we were sitting down to dinner, I was telling Andrew about it, and we noticed Toby just laying in the bathroom. All of a sudden he started shaking really bad, was drooling everywhere, and panting extremely hard. He also used the bathroom on himself. It scared us pretty bad, so I called the emergency vet, and told them what happened. They said we should bring him in, so we dropped Michael off at my parent's house, and we headed to the vet. By the time we got there, Toby was acting normal again, except for some tremors. The vet suggested we run some test, to check and make sure everything was OK, internally. All tests came back normal, except he does have a heart murmur. They are pretty sure that he had a seizure, and are guessing it was because of a head trauma he sustained as a puppy. By this time, it was almost 9:00, so we decided to go ahead and have them keep him overnight so they could monitor him, and make sure the tremors stop, or that he didn't have any more seizures. We swung back by my parents, picked up Michael and went home and put him straight to bed. Toby did great overnight, and was back to normal by the time I picked him up the next morning. 

Toby heading home

I think it was a long night for him. He was to sleepy!

I was hoping that would be the only excitement for the week. Well, I was wrong. Yesterday afternoon, Michael and I went shopping and he was being great, despite taking only a 1 hour nap. After making our rounds to Hobby Lobby and Kohl's, and stopping to see Daddy at work, we headed to Publix to do our weekly grocery shopping. Well, we get to the car with all of our groceries, load them up, put Michael in the car, and get ready to go, and my car won't start! WHAT!! I am so tired of having car troubles. It seems like it is something every week. The car wouldn't do anything, the locks wouldn't even work! So, I call Andrew and tell him what is going on, and he comes to rescue us. Michael and I go back into the grocery story and wait for him to get there. Michael was still being wonderful! One thing that can make a bad situation worse, is having a cranky baby. Andrew got there about 15 minutes later, and tells me he thinks it's the battery. I JUST PUT  A NEW BATTERY IN THE CAR LAST WEEK!!! How can it be the battery?? He hooks up my car to his with jumper cables, and my car at least attempts to start when they are hooked up. But it won't stay going. By this time it is almost 7:00, and I have got all of my groceries in the car, and I was just ready to call a tow truck. We load everything into Andrew's little truck, and decide he will come back later with my dad. If it is the battery, it is definitely still under warranty, so he will just another one. You should have seen us all crammed in the truck. Michael's car seat was in the front (It's OK, the truck doesn't have air bags) and I was stuck sitting in the little jump seat in the back. We get home, I put the groceries away, feed Michael and put him to bed. In the mean time, Andrew and my dad head back to the car, to see what they can figure out. Turns out, it was the battery. But it wasn't bad, it just wasn't hooked up tight enough. Thank you God for an easy fix. Andrew finally gets home around 9:00 and he gets to eat dinner.
I'm really hoping that was all of the excitement for the week. Sorry there aren't more pictures.

Here's to a great weekend!

A Boy and his Dog

I hope they get to be friends for a long, long time.

Snow Day Pictures

Here are some more pictures from our snow day!

White Christmas

I was so excited to see the forecast for Christmas had SNOW in it!! It didn't start snowing until 6:00 pm christmas day. But it continued to snow all night, and into the next morning. Here are pictures from the day after christmas.

My Walking Buddy!

No, this is not my dog, he's just the neighborhood dog that likes to walk with me. He meets up with me at his house, walks the loop with me, and then continues on back to his house. He's a sweet dog, and it's nice to have the company.

I walked 2.3 miles tonight, and even ran for some of it. There is a possibility of snow tomorrow night, so I'm not sure if I'll be able to walk tomorrow night. I'm up to 5.75 miles, I've got a long way to go.

Snow Day Pictures

It snowed/iced this past weekend, and Clara was at my house spending the weekend with me. It was really neat to see snow through a child's eyes. It wasn't fun, however, to play in the snow at 6:30 am when she got up. She was so excited, she couldn't sleep. So she went outside and played, while I watched from the front porch in my pajamas and bathrobe. These pictures were taken later in the day after I had time to wake up and put on some real clothes. Molly and Toby were happy to have someone to play in the snow with too.

Here is a quick video of Clara sliding down my driveway.

Christmas Card Photo Session

On Sunday, My Sister Sarah took our pictures for our Christmas card. We went to Limestone College to take the pictures, since everything was decorated so nicely for Christmas. We brought the dogs too. That was Sarah's first experience doing a portrait session with dogs. They were kinda crazy, but she ended up getting some great pictures. These are just a sneak peak at some of the pictures. We had a great time, even though it was freezing and the dogs were crazy.

Thanks Sarah for taking our pictures! I'm so happy with how they turned out!

If you want some pictures taken, I would highly recommend Sarah, not just because she is my sister, but because she is a very talented photographer! Check out her Blog, She does Great Work!

It's Snowing!!

This is what it looks like at my house right now.

The dogs seemed to really enjoy running around in the snow.
I wonder if it will stick, or if it will all be gone by morning. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Maybe we'll have a snow day!!