Baby Update

I'm sitting at the clinic waiting to have my blood drawn for the one-hour glucose test so thought I'd post the update. NO I AM NOT HAVING THIS BABY TOMORROW! July 12th is the surgery date, so we'll have a romantic 5th anniversary weekend (hahaha) before Juan Carlos enters this world. My appointments are at every two weeks now and the doc says I am measuring right on track. I have been having braxton hicks contractions which I didn't have with Sami, so it's a little freaky. I'm terrified that I will go into labor before surgery and will end up with a different doctor cutting into me. Juan Carlos is very active and it's so distracting. I think he is trying to escape. Sometimes he kicks so much in there that it jerks my body a little bit. No, I don't KNOW that it's a boy, I just have a feeling.
Kate

Mission Organization: Part 1

Living Room: AFTER
Still some work to do, but a big improvement and homier feel. Homier...is that a word?

Living Room: BEFORE

One week with the man back at home!

Day 7: Ready to Ride

Day 6: Dressed for daycare...by her Dad.

Day 5: Yard Work

Day 1: Happy to have her Daddy back home again!

R.I.P. Roxie

8/7/09 - 4/16/10

I can hardly believe how difficult losing Roxie has been - on all of us. For Joe, I know it is really tough because he had worked so hard with her and had so many plans for her this summer and fall. For me, I can only assume that it's so tough because I spent the last 7 weeks with her (and she was just a baby, and she wasn't sick, and it was so sudden and unexpected...). Sami still talks about her like she's coming back, even though we have told her that Roxie won't be back. And Leroy, well, I can't figure him out.

Before this all happened, I was planning on posting the differences between Roxie and Leroy. So, I decided to just do it anyway - a little tribute to the bitch that I secretly loved so much.

When I forgot to shut the garage door behind me when I was going to let Roxie out of her kennel:
Roxie: Out the door faster than I could blink and tearing up a path in the neighbors yard.
Leroy: Sits by the door and stares at me wondering if I am going to shut it or if he has to.

When out for a walk and we pass people (who are on the other side of the street):
Roxie: Jumped up in delight doing little doggie cartwheels at the idea that there are more people on this earth that could love her and that she could jump on.
Leroy: Keeps his eye on them to make sure they don't do anything crazy.

**She had the stinkiest farts I've ever smelled in my life. **She was an amazing hunter who didn't get a real shot at it yet. We just discovered on Friday evening when playing with her in the backyard that we have had quite a few mice/voles in our yard and she has found and killed them all. Leroy probably wouldn't notice if a bird landed on his nose unless it dropped a shadoobie on his face. **She ate poop. Fresh from the 'fountain'. The most disgusting thing I think I have ever seen, but when I see Leroy dropping one now it makes me a little sad because he no longer has the uncomfortable look on his face that can only be put there by another dog with her face directly under his bum while he tries to do his business. **She ate anything and everything (as the aforementioned clearly states). If we took our eye off of her for one second she would have something in her mouth that she wasn't supposed to. **She was Leroy's best buddy.

Sad Ending

We had a sad ending to our extremely awesome day yesterday. Joe got home around 1:30 yesterday afternoon and I've hardly let him out of my sight. Sami was delighted to see him when we picked her up from daycare. She had to be woken up from her nap (Janet told her that Mommy was there to get her). Sami came out saying "Mommy" in her sweet surprised sleepy voice when she saw the man standing next to me and ran into his arms, gave him a big squeeze and didn't let go for quite a while. She was silent for a long time and had a smile stuck on her face for even longer. They bonded for a while and then we went out for supper, came back home and played with the dogs for a while. Once things settled down in the house and it started getting dark outside Joe took Roxie out for a run to get some exercise and Roxie broke her leg. Very weird how it happened because they hadn't made it far from the house and they weren't running through rough terrain or anything. Her leg just snapped and then was dangling loose. Joe brought her out to the Casselton vet to get her checked out. We were really hoping that it was just dislocated, but that was not the case at all. It was a bad break that would take lots of treatment and my never have correctly healed. Roxie did not come back with Joe last night. We are all so confused and sad and disappointed and devastated.

Less than 24 hours!!

Joe is on his way home and we get to hug him tomorrow!! We are at Target trying to pass the time and the dogs are hungry at home!
Kate