Zoey's New Hobby

Lately Zoey's new hobby has been taking pictures, and she is really getting the hang of it. It makes me nervous with our camera, but I think that Grandma Becky was along the right track when she thought of getting her a kids digital camera for Christmas this year, I think it is going to be a phenomonal hit! Some of her masterpieces! :)

What can I say, she just wanted to take "One more piskcture!" (if you've heard her say picture you can pronounce this, otherwise even I can't re-pronounce it) :) before going to bed....

Feeling Better

The girls really seem to be feeling better which is so nice. They both still have the tail end of the cough and what not, but I am just glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Bummer for me that I seem to be feeling a tickle in my throat, but I hope to get some rest this weekend and kick it before it sets in.

P.s. 2.5 days till Garth!!!!

Willie goes to the vet!

So today was the big day. Back in our "Max" days Max needed to have his second set of vaccinations in November, so when I made that appointment (which I later had to cancel) I went ahead and made an appointment for Willie to come and be checked in as well.

(not Willie's best photo, but in the other 2 I took, Zoey wasn't smiling and Chris wasn't looking!)

We were all going to go, but Cadee got tired and ready for a nap, so she and I stayed home.

Its been almost 4 years since Willie has seen a Vet. What can I say, he's inside 98% of his life, he doesn't get out much. He's been really healthy thus far (knock on wood). :) So I figured we better get him in and checked out.

We really liked our experience with Max and the Auburn Animal clinic, so I think that we'll be changing Willie to them as well. We did go to Lifelong Pet Care at 29th and Kansas, but due to availability and prices, I think we'll be making the switch.

The vet had good things to say about Willie. He's 30.5 pounds, lighter than we had thought, those stairs are good for him! :) Although she's like to see him drop another 5 pounds, we'll see what we can do! Looks good, his heart sounds good, yea! Probably won't let it get another 4 years before the next time.

Yea Willie! We love you.

Get Well Soon!

Poor Chris, yesterday was such a long day for him. I think that he was tired from the weekend, but yesterday didn't help. We gave the kids some medicine before taking them to Bobbies, but by 9:30 Bobbie had called saying that they weren't doing so well. Chris was the hero and took the rest of the day to go home and be with them.

Cadee is still struggling with her teeth and she seems to have a big of a cold / fever to go along with it.

Zoey has her cough but has quickly decided that she would use "I don't feel good" as a catch phrase to see what attention she can get. She has really been testing the limits as well as far as not listening. The combination of the above made for a long day.

Several weeks ago when Cadee had been sick for like 6 weeks we took her in and got prescirbed some albuteral medicine for her cough to give as needed. The pharmasist and bottle said to give her 1.5 tsp as needed, it seemed like a lot for little Cadee, even Grandma Becky and Bobbie thoguht twice about it, but we went with what was on the bottle.

We had a refill so I had Chris call that in for me. The pharmist called and said that the dosage should have only been .5 tsp, not 1.5!!! That is so scary with all of the recalls lately for the chance of overdose. thank goodness everything is okay, and it probably just made her a little more wired than normal, but being as the pharmasist said this could be a side effect, we didn't think a lot about it.

They both slept well and seemed to be doing a little better this morning so they are off to Bobbies again. I'm crossing my fingers for a better day today. LOVE TO ALL!

P.S. 6 days till Garth!!

Zoey & Mommy's weekend

Since Zoey woke up with "croup" on Friday, she stayed home with Chris on Friday morning (where she went into the doctor's and got diagnosed and got some medicine). And then on Friday afternoon I came home and stayed with her so the hunters could get on the road. (Zoey on Friday)

(Willie stayed home with us, what can I say, he's not quite a hunting dog!) :)

Friday afternoon was pretty quiet, she took a nap (as did I) :) and we had some Mac and Cheese for supper and went to bed really early. I was so thankful that she slept through the night and kind of slept in. So good for both of us. Saturday I could tell she was feeling quite a bit better so after a relaxing morning and nap, we went in for the matinee of Ratatioulle at the dollar theater. She was so excited and it was fun to go out and do that with her.

After the movie, I wanted to go and check out Burlington Coat Factory, the new store at the mall, I don't know what I was expecting, but I didn't find much, I wasn't much impressed. Then we went to Wal-Mart to pick up a few groceries. Of all the things for me to forget, I forgot milk! (Our house goes through like 4-6 gallons of milk a week, I am always buying milk).

It was time for supper so we went to one of my favorite resturants, Carlos O'Kelly's. The wait staff was less than impressive, Zoey did a good job, but I was adventerous in what I ordered and should have known better! :) When you find the best you should really just stick with it! Unfortuantely the second our food was delivered, Zoey had to use the potty, so that was a bummer to come back to cool food, and then when we went back to the car, someone had left me a visible door job, so that was a bummer! Such a busy afternoon we came home and went to bed, after a quick detour to Applemarket where I picked up the milk I forgot.

This morning we went in and Zoey wore a dress to Sunday school, she loved it and got all kinds of compliments. We joined Papa Craig, Grandma Diane, Gma H, Gpa H, and Sean for lunch before coming home and taking our nap. She wasn't on her best behaviour at lunch, but it had been a long weekend.

It was so great to have Cadee and Chris home again this evening. I think we all had a good time, but it was so fun to be all together again, even if it was just for a few minutes before bed.

I'm sending up a quick prayer for the girls health, that Cadee gets to feeling better and Zoey kicks this cough.

Have a great week! P.S. (Only 8 days till Garth!!!)

Opening Weekend - Pheasant Season!

Chris, Wayne, Cadee, Craig, and 2 of Craig's friends went west to St. Francis this weekend for opening weekend of Pheasant Season. (Here is Wayne with some of the trophies, I wish Chris would have gotten a picture too!)

Oh what a delima it was for me to decide whether or not I was going to go. I decided that I was going to stay home and enjoy a weekend to myself or with friends, but then Friday morning Zoey woke up pretty sick. We took her into the doctor and found out that she had "croup" so I stayed home with her.

Sounds like all the boys had a great time hunting. I can't spout all the statistics, but I do know that Chris shot 2 birds, one was a hen, and the other they couldn't find, but either way it was the thrill of the chase, and they saw many birds.

Chris and Wayne stayed an extra day and got to do some more hunting than Craig and his friends who left Saturday afternoon.

(Daddy and daughter trying to catch up from such a busy weekend!)

A good time was had by all, except poor Cadee who was really fighting some teeth and a little bit of a cold which made traveling a bit rough for her. Although I know that she and Grandma Becky had some great bondign time despite her being a little under the weather.

More Halloween Pictures!

A friend of mine from work had taken some pictures while we were here, so I wanted to post those as well, they turned out great!