Happy Birthday!

First of all, today is Ellie's birthday. Now I normally try to do something nice for my dogs when it's their birthday, but Ellie is getting nothing. She went out this morning and got sprayed by a skunk!! I know... this just happened like 6 weeks ago to the other dog. I'm telling you it is living in the country... time to return to the more urban life!

TK has officially given up the paci. After the past few months I thought she would be so old, but a couple of weeks ago she started falling asleep without it and it was just an easy transition. I'm so excited to be done with it. Now for the underwear.... we have started, but it just happens that everytime she wears them, she gets sick, which doesn't work well.

Great news for AJ!! We went back to the eye doc for a follow up and he said we were doing great with the patching and there has been great improvement. (3 lines - he said, he was hoping for 1) Thank you for all your prayers!!! I'm so glad that patching is working and we don't have to consider surgery.

I should have some pics of the house soon.... we aren't really going to do a ton, since we are just renting for this year.... mmm, where should we move next?

AJ's first day!

AJ was so excited to start preschool. I think he thinks he is so big since he gets to go to a school and TK still just goes to Michelle's house. He goes 2 days a week, while I work, so he gets there for early care and then preschool and then stays for afterschool care until 4 when I pick him up. Mark asked him what his favorite part was and he said lunch. The last picture is his happy face.... do you remember it from our last Christmas card..... the one where people kept asking me if he was yelling or screaming. That's just AJ being happy!

Louie

Our dear Louie.... Louis Pee as we loving refer to him has been sick for some time now. A couple weeks ago we thought it was the end, but after 2 different vets and 4 medications and a couple weeks of apparently no bladder or bowel control he seems to be doing better. Poor guy he can't go up or down stairs.... thankfully in our new house there are only 2 stairs, perfect for the doxi's little legs! At one point he had completely lost use of both back legs. AJ suggested a wheel chair to make his feet strong, since he has a patch to make his eye strong. Wheelchairs start at $250, which is a better deal than the $6000 surgery the vet proposed as the alternative to putting him under. Thankfully though after much help from AJ "wheelborrowing" Louie around Lou's legs are working ok. On good days he even runs around the yard a bit.

Considering the greener grass

July 22 was the date of my last post. It has been on my mind, but I had no idea that much time had gone by. I didn't have internet this last week since we moved. YES! I said moved.... finally after 6 months we moved into our own place. Someone once asked me why I didn't write more and why there were stretches of time where I didn't write. The truth is I tend not to when I am depressed and overwhelmed. I don't adjust to change well and need a lot of time before hand to get myself prepared. Once August started too many things happened and everything went out of control for me. I didn't feel like there was a calm time until late this afternoon.... aaahhh. In August Mark and I both started school, AJ started preschool this last week and I started working full time (temporary). Then we found out we were moving at the end of the month. I'm so excited we are renting. I just had such a fear about buying a house in this area. It is cemented in my mind that I do not want to stay here.... this in not where I belong. This feeling has been even more strong as I unpack and see things from friends and neighbors. Pictures. Baby clothes. Trinkets and such. I miss my friends, I miss my church, I miss that town. I can not believe it has been this long and I still feel so adamantly about it. I know most people have feelings sometime in their life about maybe it would be nice if we lived here or there, but I don't think most people pack up the entire family move and then decide, mmmm not sure that was a good idea. But here I am and that is how I feel. Tomorrow we are trying a new church. Maybe a little more time and things will be different.