New everything!

Its been one hell of a week and a half...and I am so ready for a new week, a new routine, and a new layout and song choice for my blog!

We will start with the much over due wish to my baby girl's Happy THIRD birthday!!!! My sweet southern belle is three now! She had a great party with lots of friends to play with on a beautiful sunny day on the lake in the playground. We got there on time, got our tables with no issues, and even brian successfully cooked on a charcoal grill for the first time! We had some of my friends come, and my family of course...and that was all. But it was more than enough. We laughed and took pictures and blew bubbles and laughed at the kids and enjoyed the sweet soft air of early spring. It was one of the nicest birthday to date and I couldnt have been happier with the turnout. She was beautiful on her big day and all was right in the world. :)

On Monday (the 22nd) we took Mauser to petsmart with Clover and got both boys chipped. Santiago met us there for the exchange. Clover did great in the store. When it came time to hand Mauser over, the tears wouldnt stay back. In my heart I had made a terrible mistake and he was mine to keep, but I let him go anyways. I cried for the next 2 days. But on Tuesday I got to see just how very happy he was in his new home. Not mopey as I had expected, but full of peace, and happiness and loved very much. I was more able to let go in my heart and start the healing process at that point.

Tuesday was the day from hell.
It started off well enough with me rushing out the door with Christopher to go to the Tellus Museum and Chaperone my very first field trip. I woke up with a headache though, and the headache eventually turned into a migrain. By the time i got home I was on the verge of throwing up and miserable...but the weather was incredible and I was feeling a bit better about Mauser being gone, so I decided to take some meds and enjoy the weather. Brian worked in the yard and replaced the pinestraw and we put rocks around the tree in the front and he mowed all the nasty crap out of the grass so we could actually see the sod again....it started to get warmer and warmer and Clover started acting odd, so I brought him in. He was doing a wierd licking thing in his mouth and acting a bit strangled. I checked him over and brushed it off as teething and heat. So I tok him upstairs and got him in the cool bed with the curtains pulled down and the fan on. I fell asleep with him for a few. After 45 minutes he woke up throwing up. The second vomit I was on the phone with the vets. I rushed him in and by the time I got there he had thrown up 5 more times. I started freaking out. He was sick, and in pain, and couldnt quit throwing up. In the office his vomit started having streaks of blood in it too. Xrays produced no answers, just a lot of black swollen intestines from gas, and an angry stomach lining. We were sent home a good bit of money less and terrified for the night ahead. The vets gave him this huge bubble of water under his skin on his side and some meds for his belly and throat and GI Tract. I was told if he threw up over night more than 2 more times, or started bleeding from the mouth and nose or screaming in pain to get him to the ER for exploratory surgery....which I could not afford. I instantly fell back on prayer. I begged God to save my puppy. I asked all the friends and family I could muster to pray for my baby pup. I prayed and prayed and prayed. I made a pallet on the floor and layed with him all night...all night while he vomitted...and never took him to the ER....I just couldnt. Molly (Pres of SCGSDR) talked to me on the phone and told me to take him OFF the Orijen and to get him on rice and chicken for a while. Mixed with some Yogurt. She said just to give it overnight and see what happens.
6:50am was the last time he threw up....he started to get better after that! A whole night went by and I never slept....I was a mess. I started feeding him small amounts of food I had made in the crockpot. He ate the first 1/2 cup and slept, for the first time all night he slept. His sleeping was just enough of a break to have laci throw up all over me...she had 102* fever....ugh!
I spent the rest of the day tending to Laci and trying to keep her fever down and get Clover better. By the end of the day he was 80% better and eating more and more...and finally pooped wich let me know there was no obstuction. We think he somehow found something toxic and it wasnt a leathal amount than God.
Wednesday passed on a blur, almost feeling like a bad dream....but without the satisfaction of a night's sleep to go with it.
Thursaday Laci was still sick. I took her to the doctors. She had strep throat. I took her to get her meds and treated myself to some sesame chicken from Mui Lan...my fav! I got Laci home and let her rest and continued to nurse Clover back to health...by Thursday night he was 100% better! Unfortunately thats about the time that my throat started hurting. I started myself on Amoxil that I had here and was better by Saturday!
Saturday I had a big day. I got up and started steam cleaning, and then met Sue at Cobb animal control to get my new foster dog, Spirit. She is so sweet and happy and beautiful. But she is not dog friendly and will not be Clover's buddy like Mauser was. She also is not a huge cat fan, but I think its more prey drive and less aggression with cats. Saturday afternoon me and Brian and the kids and Christopher's friend Ansley and her family all went to the theater to see "How to Train Your Dragon" (2D version) and the kids did GREAT! Laci sat through 95% of the movie before having to pee, and christopher had to run to the bathroom once thinking he was going to throw up, lol. Other than that we had a great time and all was good again.
Yesterday was more steam cleaning, dog rotating, and playing and grocery shopping.
this morning I started my new routine of getting UP in the morning. My life has been WAY off time wise and I have to get it back together. I want to stay caught up on here, I want to stay OFF facebook more, and I want to get my sleep schedual back on track. We are ALL going to getting up in the morning and sharing the workload on the homefront. We are going to start spending time as a family more and less time doing our own thing alone at different sides of the house. Spring is here, the world is alive and beautiful again and its time to wake up. :)
Hope everyone else has a beautiful day too.