A long night

I thought that a sick 4 year old was bad enough but I was wrong...an almost 2 year old with a fever spiking near 105 is definately worse...

After numerous phone calls to the nurses line, they finally gave us the ok to go to the hospital! Sometimes I really hate the hoops we have to jump thru to get medical care, but I know we are luck to have the coverage at all. When all was said and done, R has a bad case of the croup, her fever was down and she's acting more herself. THANKYOU GOD! Last night seemed to last forever and I know it was only a matter of a few hours. We got home around 4:30 am and have been just taking it easy ever since...Thanks for all the prayers that were/are going out our way!

I couldn't help but take this picture on my cell phone...she was such a trooper and looked so sweet there sleeping in the ER. I have never been to glad to see her eyes brighten and her skin a normal shade!

The magic of Motrin and Pixie Dust

There is nothing worse than a sick kid. J has been running a fever off and on for two days now

and I have been feeling so helpless when it comes to making her feel better. The only thing that seemed to help was Motrin and sleep...that is- until Daddy came home from Walmart with this Tinkerbell bracelet and a dew drop of pixie dust! We told her to put it by her bed and maybe the pixie dust would make her feel better! I'm sure this was just timing and the bug had run it's course but she is convinced that the pixie dust made her better and either way I am SO relieved!

Being a grown up...

...STINKS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sorry, I know it's not very grown-up to yell like that but if I did if for real I think the neighbors might get upset. I feel like my heart has been so battered and bruised lately and I know the girls are going thru it right along with me. I don't even know how to put into words what I am feeling accept helpless and sad...where to start....

After the whole ordeal with Remi and then not getting that little puppy that we drove to Ft Worth to get, I feel like this whole process of getting another dog has been such a mess and so NOT the picture perfect event it was supposed to be. Miley is a wonderful dog but from the very begining we just haven't felt like we "clicked". We have tried to convince ourselves that she was meant to be ours and that it was better to have a not-so-little dog. Maybe we're really not a little dog kind of family. I really do like her, she is a real sweetheart and it has been a better transition than I could have ever hoped for , however her and Karma have been having issues for almost a week now and they aren't going away. At first it started over food the girls were dropping from the table or feeding them in the livingroom watching tv. By the sounds of it, you would think they are killing each other when in fact they aren't even touching each other but rather just growling like mad. We've made sure they are on different sides of the room to eat, told the girls to not feed them at all and now they still seem to break into these bouts of growling that come out of no where! They have never acted out any of this aggression towards people but I know that it would only take once of the girls getting in the way and I don't think I could live with myself if something happened. On the other hand, I feel like a failure and a quiter and I second guess everything. Did we rush into it because we were so upset at not getting the puppy we thought we were? Am I being too particular and expecting too much?

Last night a friend of mine and I were talking and she mentioned that they were looking for a dog....They don't have any other animals and are looking for a smaller dog for their kids. It took me a day to work up the courage (and long talks iwth Jason) to offer Miley to them....I love her and hate to see her go but on the other hand I have to look out for my kids and Karma first, but that doesn't make this choice any easier, especially seeing the hurt on Janie's face when we explained it all to her...making grown up choices stinks!

Spring is in the air!

I couldn't have planned this morning better if I'd tried! Jason got up early for work so I did too so I could make him coffee. The girls are both still in bed, the birds are singing (almost to the point of waking them up!) and the air smells wonderful! Last night was the first we've slept with the windows open...ok I admit it, there are perks to living somewhere warm! (Yes, I admitted it!) I feel like we are just holding our breath about this nice weather. It's not really supposed to be 90 degrees in Feb and March right? I feel silly even thinking about planting our garden when our friends and family are still getting dumped on with snow and cold weather! Although I do have to say my lettuce is doing pretty good! lol

Our pineapple sage is coming back beautifully! I can't wait to have it fresh for putting in bread/rolls!

Our winter table

I realized the other day that I hadn't taken a picture of our nature table all put together for winter! The girls have so enjoyed playing with it but it's hard to think winter when it's nearly 80 degrees outside! lol I guess I need to start thinking about a spring table huh? I joined a new toy swap and will be getting items for our spring table...it will be so exciting to get things not made by me!

They liked it! They really liked it!

I know it's kind of lame to take a picture of our dinner but I was just so excited! I got this new magazine in the mail that had some great looking recipes in it including a recipe for pizza dough. I gave it a try and it turned out great! The girls loved it and we didn't even have any leftovers! Woo hoo! Now I don't have to feel guilty eating pizza since I know what goes into it!

It was Fate!

The last week is a bit of a blur. Last weekend started with so much let down from not getting that puppy and confusion as to how a person could actually do that to us! I still haven't figured out what she had to gain from that but I do know that we were obviously not meant to get that dog! (Duh! Right?)

It was a wonderfully cloudy, gloomy day that I would have otherwise been happy about but we were all just draggin' and it was far from the Valentine's day that we'd planned for the girls (and us too). We all finally got around and headed out to the Humane Society (with no luck there) and then on to Petsmart. The girls and I went in ahead of Jason and we quickly found our way to the back of the store which was full of dogs in need of homes! The first dog I saw was a puppy curled up in the lap of someone else....The girls and I looked over the other dogs but came back to this little puppy. There was a couple trying to get a feel for her and I just kept thinking "just walk away" " please don't take her". We hung around in the store until the couple decided that she wasn't the one for them and then we proceeded to spend about 3 hours getting acquainted and filling out the paperwork to bring her home! My heart jumped into my throat when they said we wouldn't be able to take her home for a few days...and then a woman I recognized came over to us and I was able to remind her that we'd adopted a cat (Kaladi) from them before and she approved us on the spot! And so we brought a 9 month old terrier/dachshund mix that went by the name "Fate" home...

As I type this, our new puppy (now known as Miley) is asleep on the chair and inching ever so close to falling off in her sleep! She has worked her way into our home and hearts and is quickly finding her place in our family. There's sure to be more posts and pictures about her in the future! It was definately *fate*!