This was after a huge storm we had. The kids stayed up a little later because of the thunder and lightening. We finally put them to bed and Daddy left only to call back and tell me that there was a huge rainbow out there. I ran upstairs to show the kids and not meaning to I woke them both up!! But they got to see it and loved it!
We have another pair of birds nesting on our porch light, just like last year. Just on a different porch light! I won't get as many pictures this year because the porch light on this house is much higher then the old house!
I'll continue to update this post just like I did last year!
I've gotten a few questions about what Abygail did. So the short of it is: She was running down a LONG concrete handicap ramp, fell, & her face caught her. She didn't have a scratch on her hands or knees. We were surprised that all scabs came off by the following Tuesday! Her nose is still quite pink where it was and I think its still a bit tender, but I think she'll be fine.
Funny note: Through it all she kept calling the scabs scales!! Even this morning she asked about her scales and it took me a minute to figure out what she was talking about!
Funny thoughts from Aby today:
After taking her first recent try of a pretzel pizza Combo, "Momma, I like this! The sauce taste good!"
After seeing a mosquito she went to Daddy, "I want you to dead it with a paper towel."
Well we've now had two nights here at the new house! The kids have done great. I thought for sure the first night would be bad. New place, new sounds, stressed, & new bed for Aby it all just spells bad night!! But nope, first night they both slept through the night. I chalked it up to being so worn out. Last night they were in bed early and still stayed in bed through the night!
Abygail got up at 6:30a and I told her it wasn't 7 yet and she needed to go back to bed. Off she went, back to bed until I got her when I got up a bit after 7a!! I really do hope this keeps up, Mommy needs some sleep!
Ok so stressed... Being Monday I thought I had a day to finish getting this house ready to be packed up, since they're doing that on Tuesday. 8:25a come around and I'm just starting my day of cleaning and tossing when Oreo starts barking like crazy. I come up the stairs to the packers knocking on my door! :-0 Wow. So much for that day of cleaning and tossing! I ended up spending the day watching over the ladies pack our stuff. So not what I planned!!
Abygail already wants to write and tell stories like Older Sister. Here's the one she came out with today!
One little horse stepped in the boat. The princess and prince and the baby. The horse takes them to the boat. They sleep on the boat. They wake up after they get off the boat. The princess is already dressed in a pretty blue dress and they go down stairs in the castle. They eat breakfast. They eat cereal and eat it all up. They go outside and play, but the baby doesn't go outside. It stays in the house all by itself. They take a rest because its all sunny outside. It takes a long time. They make lunch and go outside and play.
I'm sure it would have been more complete if something wouldn't have popped onto the TV, but hey!
Our poor puppy Oreo! We've had issues with his skin lately so a greatly feared visit to the vet was in order. Daddy took him and walked out 1.5 hours, $400, and 3 medicines later... I guess they told him that they weren't sure what is was, but could tell us it wasn't that serious. They were thinking a yeast infection of some sort. So we had to give him a steroid and an anti fungal of sorts twice a day. These medicines made some sort of improvement for a couple days, but then his skin went right back to being dry, flaky, and itchy! The vet called to see how he was doing and I told them not well. So we made another appointment!
I took him last week and they took some skin scrapings and a vial of blood. From the scrapings they could tell me that it wasn't a primary yeast infection, that it was probably more just his glands secreting too much oil. They sent the blood off for all kinds of testing.
Yesterday, I get a call back from the vet with his blood test results. Not good, but definitely not the worst news we could have gotten! We found our poor Oreo has hypothyroidism. From what the vet told me a normal thyroid function level is anywhere from 2 to 4. Oreo's level was at 0.2!!! Yeah practically not functioning at all! So they gave us some meds to help out with his levels, this will be something he'll have to be on for the rest of his life. But like I said it's better then a lot of things he could have been diagnosed with and really it's only $15 for a month supply of meds. Not bad really, especially if its gonna bring our playful puppy back.
In the last year we've really noticed some changes in Oreo. Nothing bad, but we just chalked it up to him getting older! But after we looked up the signs and symptoms of hypothyroidism in dogs... Yep, Oreo has the majority of them. Here's the list:
~Lethargic behavior such as a lack of interest in play, frequent napping, tiring out on long walks (we chalked up to age)
~Weight gain, sometimes without an apparent gain in appetite (we chalked up to age)
~Bacterial infections of the skin (we were trying to get treated)
~Dry skin (yep, goes with the one above)
~Hair loss, especially on the trunk or tail (“rat’s tail”) (goes with the infection from above)
~Discoloration or thickening of the skin where hair loss has occurred
~Cold intolerance/seeking out warm places to lie down (we didn't think anything of this until we seen this... But yes this describes Oreo to a TEE)
~Slow heart rate (we wouldn't know)
~Chronic ear infections (chalked up to him being a cocker)
~Severe behavioral changes such as unprovoked aggression, head tilt, seizures, anxiety and/or compulsivity (he can have a lot of anxiety at times)
~Depression (well... he's been lazier, but again age...)
We're hoping to see some kind of improvement in about a week. Mostly just with his skin, but we're hoping his behavior too!
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