I'm excited that I made it up on our Photographer's blog :)
http://amyfraughtonphotography.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-post.html
If you have time, check out some of her other pics... she is so awesome. You wish you lived here so she could take pics of your family. Also? Her prices are very reasonable...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Buford T. Justice
Our English Bulldog Buford passed away today :(
Long story short, but he has been fine... actually better lately, due to the Glucosamine we've had him on, but Fri night he woke us up in the middle of the night w/ an awful howl/cry/scream--
nothing we had ever heard before. We couldn't figure out the cause, so we took him to the emergency vet. They diagnosed it as his knee (which had long term issues I won't go into now) and the fact that he probably had shooting pains or something. Gave him painkillers and he seemed to be fine... seemed to be fine all day Saturday, too but woke us about this morning about 4 am w/ the same crying. This time we gave him another painkiller and tried to go back to sleep but around 7 am, he seemed to be feeling pretty bad (lots of symptoms). We took him to this regular vet which opened at 9:00. He was acting pretty strange by now. They took him back to do blood work, etc and around 10:00 they came out and said he had stopped breathing and they had to inti bate him!
At least an hour later he still would not breathe on his own and was totally unconscious, probably enduring brain damage as he was not getting any oxygen through his system... The vet advised us to euthanize. He has seen the same thing happen 100's of times in bulldogs.
Essentially, it was probably something genetic that caused it and it is very common w/ English bulldogs to have horrible respiratory problems (hence the breathing & snoring, etc). We got to be w/ him when he went and we got to say goodbye, but he was not responding to us at all. I'm sure he heard us at least.
We are obviously heartbroken, but very glad he went quickly. We also spent all day Saturday laying around watching movies so he had a great day! Usually we are running all around on Saturdays... he of course, liked for us to be home, so he had a good last day. He was only 4 years old, though.
Keep us in your thoughts this week...along w/ Rosco. We aren't sure how he's going to adjust... then add a baby in the picture in a couple of weeks! He's going to have some serious life changes to deal with. Skippy kind of goes w/ the flow, so she'll be fine.
Here is a picture I just took of him yesterday cuddled up in his chair watching movies w/ us...
Long story short, but he has been fine... actually better lately, due to the Glucosamine we've had him on, but Fri night he woke us up in the middle of the night w/ an awful howl/cry/scream--
nothing we had ever heard before. We couldn't figure out the cause, so we took him to the emergency vet. They diagnosed it as his knee (which had long term issues I won't go into now) and the fact that he probably had shooting pains or something. Gave him painkillers and he seemed to be fine... seemed to be fine all day Saturday, too but woke us about this morning about 4 am w/ the same crying. This time we gave him another painkiller and tried to go back to sleep but around 7 am, he seemed to be feeling pretty bad (lots of symptoms). We took him to this regular vet which opened at 9:00. He was acting pretty strange by now. They took him back to do blood work, etc and around 10:00 they came out and said he had stopped breathing and they had to inti bate him!
At least an hour later he still would not breathe on his own and was totally unconscious, probably enduring brain damage as he was not getting any oxygen through his system... The vet advised us to euthanize. He has seen the same thing happen 100's of times in bulldogs.
Essentially, it was probably something genetic that caused it and it is very common w/ English bulldogs to have horrible respiratory problems (hence the breathing & snoring, etc). We got to be w/ him when he went and we got to say goodbye, but he was not responding to us at all. I'm sure he heard us at least.
We are obviously heartbroken, but very glad he went quickly. We also spent all day Saturday laying around watching movies so he had a great day! Usually we are running all around on Saturdays... he of course, liked for us to be home, so he had a good last day. He was only 4 years old, though.
Keep us in your thoughts this week...along w/ Rosco. We aren't sure how he's going to adjust... then add a baby in the picture in a couple of weeks! He's going to have some serious life changes to deal with. Skippy kind of goes w/ the flow, so she'll be fine.
Here is a picture I just took of him yesterday cuddled up in his chair watching movies w/ us...
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Could someone please explain the Crocs phenomenon to me?
I know I know............ they are comfortable, right?
But did you know they have ENDLESS sytles and colors of shoes, sandals and flipflops? I'm not sure why I am a target consumer of theirs but I just got an email from Amazon.com w/ a special offer for "free shipping on new styles of crocs!" So out of sheer curiousity, I clicked on it and there are FIVE pages of different sytles of crocs! Aren't these plastic/rubber/spaceage material shoes? They have mary janes and high heels and wedge sandals! Who knew!?!?!?
I thought I'd take this opportunity to find out what the big deal is?
Personally I think ALL OF THEM are pretty horrendous! And it's not like I am a fashionista. I personally have a dress from Banana on today w/ a pair of flip flops (mainly due to the fact that my feet do not fit in ANY other shoes currently). The ones most people wear are so strange looking to me... why do you want to look like a Garden Gnome?
Are these supposed to be stylish? Would you throw these on w/ a new dress from Anthropologie and hit happy hour at a trendy restaurant??? I'm so confused.
I understand if you are a nurse or a teacher that you want comfy shoes, but what is wrong w/ tennis shoes? Or some cute sketchers??? Or regular flip flops for that matter?
Do they have some magical powers that I am not aware of? If so, please do share!
I must admit, I did buy a pair in Hawaii (Walmart's version anyway) to wear on the beach and they gave me blisters... so I'm not buying most of the comfort argument... but maybe because they were Walmart brand. Must one spend $35 for them to be worthy?
Could someone please help?
But did you know they have ENDLESS sytles and colors of shoes, sandals and flipflops? I'm not sure why I am a target consumer of theirs but I just got an email from Amazon.com w/ a special offer for "free shipping on new styles of crocs!" So out of sheer curiousity, I clicked on it and there are FIVE pages of different sytles of crocs! Aren't these plastic/rubber/spaceage material shoes? They have mary janes and high heels and wedge sandals! Who knew!?!?!?
I thought I'd take this opportunity to find out what the big deal is?
Personally I think ALL OF THEM are pretty horrendous! And it's not like I am a fashionista. I personally have a dress from Banana on today w/ a pair of flip flops (mainly due to the fact that my feet do not fit in ANY other shoes currently). The ones most people wear are so strange looking to me... why do you want to look like a Garden Gnome?
Are these supposed to be stylish? Would you throw these on w/ a new dress from Anthropologie and hit happy hour at a trendy restaurant??? I'm so confused.
I understand if you are a nurse or a teacher that you want comfy shoes, but what is wrong w/ tennis shoes? Or some cute sketchers??? Or regular flip flops for that matter?
Do they have some magical powers that I am not aware of? If so, please do share!
I must admit, I did buy a pair in Hawaii (Walmart's version anyway) to wear on the beach and they gave me blisters... so I'm not buying most of the comfort argument... but maybe because they were Walmart brand. Must one spend $35 for them to be worthy?
Could someone please help?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Craig's New Love...
I've been replaced!
I just typed a couple of paragraphs here and it got erased!!!! Due to my clumsiness w/ the new, sensitive mouse pad thingie on the new lap top.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
For now, let me just say this:
NESTING IS EXPENSIVE YA'LL!!!
I just typed a couple of paragraphs here and it got erased!!!! Due to my clumsiness w/ the new, sensitive mouse pad thingie on the new lap top.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
For now, let me just say this:
NESTING IS EXPENSIVE YA'LL!!!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Belly Pics
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We had our pics taken a couple of weeks ago by Amy Fraughton. We just got them back today...
Here's a link to all of them: http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=659516015/a=5766466_5766466/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
We had so much fun. She took us to an old farm in Gilbert, hence the scenery. She didn't even know that Craig loves farms, so it worked out perfect.
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The only thing is I really need to work on my BLUE STEEL. I guess I'm much better at smiling!
PS Fellow blogspot users: does it take forever to upload pics here? I have cable internet and a brand new 'puter, so I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong?
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
San Diego
First of all: big shout out to my friends (who shall remain un-named until further notice) who just found out they are having TWINS!!!! I'm so happy & excited for them! YAHOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Craig and I ventured over to San Diego for the weekend. It was a blast. We drove over Friday afternoon/evening and returned to the desert Monday afternoon. For those of you midwesterners who have not been there before: it's LOVELY! Of course the beaches are gorgeous, but it's such a fun town with so much to do. The reason that EVERYONE in Arizona goes there during the summer is it's actually chilly there too. Highs were in the low 70's, lows in the 60's... So if you are on the beach in the direct sunlight it is warm, but other than that, it's chilly. That, however, is a wonderful feeling to have after living w/ temps hovering around 100 for a month already! We stayed on Shelter Island thanks to cousin Hannah who hooked us up w/ a nice room at the BW for a price we couldn't have gotten ANYWHERE! Thanks again!
Here's what we did:
Saturday: Mission Beach, rented/rode beach cruisers for 4 hours, hit the beach, hit the pool, went to Coronado Island for dinner
Sunday: Mission Beach in the AM--watched the surfers, Ocean Beach in the PM--watched the hippies & shopped in the cool little shops and of course, MOST IMPORTANTLY: ate fish tacos at the best fish taco place EVER: South Beach Bar & Grill, Sunday evening picked up Pete (friend from home who lives in SD) and headed to The Skinner's place in Pacific Beach (my cousin Steve's family) for a BBQ.
Monday: Drove through La Jolla and saw the seals--headed home!
6 hours in the car pregnant is NOT easy! But it was a great trip.
Here's some pics: http://www1.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=603764015/a=5766466_5766466/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Baby Bag
My AWESOME mother in law just bought me this:
It took me FOREVER to pick out which diaper bag I wanted! This one is from Fleurville... they sell them at Nordstrom, but I got it on their website (along with the matching wrist bag!). LOVE IT. The company's products have great design, as well as functionality. They are also very environmentally friendly ("green").
It took me FOREVER to pick out which diaper bag I wanted! This one is from Fleurville... they sell them at Nordstrom, but I got it on their website (along with the matching wrist bag!). LOVE IT. The company's products have great design, as well as functionality. They are also very environmentally friendly ("green").
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