A little better...and a little sad

Well, my babies are a little bit better....of course, just when I think they are on the mend, one of them spikes a fever or throws up. Last night was a long night. Carter woke up around 10:30pm last night with the chills. I was actually already asleep and got up and brought him downstairs to take some Tylenol. When I took him back up, he was shivering so badly that for a second, I was afraid he was having a seizure. First, I changed his shirt because it was a little damp from his sweat. So, I got him in a dry shirt and then sat down in the rocking chair and covered him up with a quilt my Aunt Norma made for him when he was born. I held him as tight as I could and rubbed him everywhere trying to warm him up. I kept rocking until he fell asleep and stopped shivering. So, I layed him down and went back to bed. Emma was in my room around 11 and then again at 1. At 2:30, I told her to just sleep on our white chaise lounge in our room. She woke up again at 4:30 and was awake every time I opened my eyes from then until 5:30 when Carter woke up. I brought him down and he started throwing up. I didn't want him to get dehydrated, so I kept giving him more to drink hoping he was going to eventually stop throwing it up and hold it down. Emma layed in our bed all. day. long. The highest fever I took on her was 104.2. She was miserable!

Tomorrow should be interesting. Not only do I have 2 sick kids at home, we also have a friend coming over who is going to adopt Matty. We tried and tried and tried but Emma and Carter are literally terrified of him. At some point, I have to choose my kids mental health over my desire to have a dog. It will be sad, but I think it is the best decision for our family.

However, I'm really going to miss this face.....

playing catchup

I've been so bad about getting pictures on here lately.....its a whole computer saga...now that school is back in that usually equates with me being more in a routine so hopefully I will get back on the ball.

Here is our "puppy" who doubled in size between his 1st and 2nd puppy check ups. His 3rd is this coming Monday so hopefully he didn't double again!

Playful Puppy

Matthias (Matty) Day

We (and be "we" I mean "me") have been looking for a dog since Bingo died. I would have gone out and gotten one the very next day if Chris had let me.

I checked petfinder and craigslist almost daily. (Chris would say obsessively...but I'm telling this story) I was interested in a rescue mostly because I liked the idea of rescuing a puppy but also because we couldn't really afford to pay >$500 for a puppy!

So Sunday night, I found a listing for a yellow lab/golden retriever mix that was a rescue on Craigslist. They were asking $50. I called and got a voice mail. Later in the day, a black lab and a german shepherd were also listed and I emailed the person about both of them. She emailed me back and told me to call her and I realized it was the same number as the yellow lab. I asked her about it and she said she did rescues as a hobby. I talked to her for a while and she wanted $50 for the black lab or $100 for the german shepherd. I talked to Chris and he said that just wasn't in the budget. So, I called her back and told her I was really disappointed but with all the up front costs of a puppy, we just couldn't afford to also pay $50. She said after talking to me, she thought our family was perfect for this little guy so she offered to let us take him. Evidently, people often put $50 or so on craigslist so that people won't just take a free puppy and then mistreat them. I was so grateful. So, long story short...we drove to Carmel when Chris got off work, met the puppy, and fell in love! Chris said if he let me get him, he got to name him. So, I agreed. He chose Matthias because he had been doing a lot of geneology on his side of the family and that name came up over 10 or 15 times! He thought it would be cute if we called him Matty. I'm not sure I'm still 100% sold on the name, but hopefully it will grow on me soon. What I am 100% sold on, though, is this little guy......who didn't really appreciate his flea bath!


Finding a new home is a rough job....he was worn out!
Checking out his puppy chow and water in his bowl that is almost as big as he is at this point!

After a bath and a snooze, we went outside to play. Here he is dying to jump up and grab the lens cap that is swinging on the bottom of the camera.

Can't. Control. Urge. To...JUMP!

This puppy knew what he was doing to get taken home by us. If he had been all crazy and rambunctious, the girls would have been scared of him....instead, he is the calmest and sweetest puppy ever. The girls LOVE HIM! (Carter isn't too sure just yet)

After the kids all went to bed, Matty and I sat down to play on the computer...but then he zonked out on me!

Chris got his crate all fixed up for him. We'll report back in the morning to see how the first night went!!

Look What We Got!!!

On the way home from picking up Matty! more details to follow!