Chase and Lee have matching PJs

Me and Jody shop at the same stores...together.

Chase plays in the water dish

Chase helps water the pigs

Chase throws a cup at a pig:)

Massive Pug Recall-The Slideshow is hilarious!

Dog Breeders Issue Massive Recall Of '07 Pugs

Surgeries

Hi All- Just an update to let you know that the kids came through surgery just fine. Chase went in at about 7:30 am. I had to let the nurse take him into the OR and then wait in the room with Cadence. About 15 minutes later they came and took Cadence. The nurse gave her a piggy-back ride into the OR. That was really cute with her tie-in-the-back gown. A few minutes later I heard Chase crying and opened the door and there he was. The nurse gave him to me but he was still pretty inconsolable for a few minutes. My friend Jody drove all the way from Houston just to be there to help me at the hospital and then my other friend Stephanie took Jody's kids so that Jody could come to the hospital! I don't know what I would have done without her. I had to get the kids in the car at 5:45 am and to the hospital and if Jody wouldn't have been there the kids would have had a really hard time calming down. Chase had just barely stopped crying when Cadence was carried in crying. It was a God-send to be able to hand Chase over to Jody and take Cadence from the nurse. She was crying and wouldn't open her eyes. She calmed down almost right away but was pretty disoriented. We waited in recovery for a couple hours and then they released us. Cadence already seems to be hearing better. Chase went to sleep at around 11 am and slept until 2 pm. Cadence has been resting and watching Dora. As if it wasn't enough that Jody drove 4 hours from Houston with two kids and a dog she also paid for Stephanie to take 5 kids to Inflatable Funland, went out to get Cady Dora Chicken Noodle soup (her favoritist), bought Cadence a HUGE bouquet of pink and purple balloons with one flowery one that said "Get Well Soon", and bought Chase a GINORMOUS soft lion. She's better at spoiling my kids than I am! I am so thankful for Stephanie and Jody. I've nominated them for sainthood. They even cancelled their plans this week to help me. Stephanie was going to go to Houston for a few days of fun but they came and helped us out instead.
So, anyway, the kids are fine. They seem to be feeling much better and hopefully this will fix their ear problems. The doctor said after the surgery that this should be Chase's only set of tubes. He had a little fluid on one ear at the time of the surgery. Cadence however, had glue-like fluid in both ears so the surgery will make a really big difference for her. I'm so glad it's over!

Quick Update

This week has gone so fast but I thought I'd let everyone know that Cadence and Chase will both be getting surgery to put tubes in their ears Thursday morning. They had pre-op today. They have to be to the hospital at 6:15 am. They saw the ear,nose and throat doctor Monday and he set them up for surgery immediately. About a week after surgery, they will do a hearing test to find out if Cadence's hearing loss is permanent. The kids seem to have gotten sicker over the past week. They don't have fevers or anything but they're quiet and tired and have circles under their eyes. They had both been on antibiotics for 10 days and saw the doctor 2 days after they finished the meds yet they both still had ear infections. So, sorry I haven't talked to anyone this week. It's been crazy.

There Was Something In The Air That Night....

We are all DYING of allergies. First the dog, now I have bronchitis, the kids have the sniffles and even the cat has a runny nose!!! I'm moving!!!! Yeah right, maybe someday.

Vote Please!!!

This is a new picture I bought yesterday. Ignore the corner protectors and how crooked it is:)This is the one I've had up there.

JUST CRAZY 'BOUT

I am pretending that FarmgirlCyn tagged me. Maybe the short time I was blessed with being apart of her family influenced my taste but I share her love for French country living especially chickens. Here is a peek inside my kitchen at some of my roosters:)My favorite spot in the morning (another thing I have in common with Cyn). On the left, my Gevalia drip coffee pot, a tin with three compartments: coffee, tea, and sugar, a tin sign featuring a rooster painted on a French postcard purchased at a garage sale for .25 (original price tag still on it that said 9.99), candlestick, and my beloved Senseo!!!! The best Christmas present I ever got depending on your point of view. It gives me freshly brewed, hot, frothy coffee in less than 30 seconds. The bad part is how much coffee I drink.

This is the top of my kitchen cabinets.

These are two pictures that I found at a garage sale in Harrison, MI for .25 each. I should climb up and look at them because they have the scientific names for the type of roosters written on the bottom. I should, but I'm really comfortable. I'll do it later.

This is my very first rooster. I bought it for me and Josh's first home. I may have bought it in El Paso when I was stationed there in the Army. I'm not sure. Behind him is the coffee bean topiary that I constructed a couple of years ago. It's finally lost it's scent. I used to sniff it:)

This is over my stove. I couldn't resist the rooster salt and pepper shaker at Walmart for 2.88.
I bought some hand-painted ceramic burner covers at an arts and craft show several years ago but being blond and I guess a tad dyslexic, I inevitable turned on the wrong burner and they exploded. All four of them eventually:( I finally gave up gluing them back together and threw them out.

Muki 's got the sniffles...

Muki went to the vet because she was breathing funny. I know, she always breathes funny. It was worse than usual. The vet said he thought she might have an upper respiratory infection and her soft palette and something about her esophagus and so she was inverted sneezing. It was a strange thing to watch. Anyway, she's on horse pills for 14 days.

Chase is walking!!!

Saturday is the day Chase really started walking! He hasn't really taken to it so he is still crawling mainly but he is definitely walking. Well, he stops whenever I try to video tape it for his dad! He's so proud of himself! He can't wait to start making more messes!

The Summer of Goodbyes

Three of my favoritist friends are moving this summer. Jody moved to Houston on Saturday.

Sue is moving on Tuesday.

Stephanie (right) will probably be gone by the end of summer.
I don't have anything profound to say but... I'm sad.

Sir Chaser

Have a Nice Day!

Chase is big

Chase is almost 15 months and his record is 2 steps before face planting it into the carpet. Crawling is still the preferred mode of transportation.

Summer Dresses

I love sundresses and so does Cady. These are the deals I picked up this weekend! I got them in the Girl's section...not the toddler section:(

Cute picture of Chase

Chase hasn't been feeling well but I snapped this picture during one of his short-lived happy times this week.

Redneck Hibachi

Our friends Jody and Travis took me and Cadence out to a Japanese steakhouse on Saturday night. They have two boys, Reagan will be 5 and Wilson (Lee) is 8 months? Well, Cadence is very picky these days and everytime the waitress put a dish in front of her she barely glanced at it and immediately stated, "I don't like that." She did end up eating the rice... with her hands. I guess for a $10 children's meal you can eat it anyway you want. I LOVED it though. I had Filet Mignon and Scallops. The chef was entertaining but Cadence didn't like being picked on and she didn't think he should be throwing eggs and spatulas around and she certainly didn't like the time when he pretended to squirt oil on her. I think she's still checking her dress for oil. Anyway, the food was excellent and the company unparallelled but I think we need to work on our table manners;)
Is he supposed to be doing that?

This man is scary. I really don't think he should be doing that.

OK. I'm pretty sure he should NOT be doing that!

Mmmm... rice.

Flood Footage

I FINALLY figured out how to upload videos onto YouTube. After several computer shutdowns mid-download and figuring out how to change compression settings and file formats...here it is! Enjoy!