Owen Update Christmas 2011

As always he got spoiled for Christmas lol. They got to see their whole family over the holidays so Owen was a very spoiled little man lol. They have started to shop for his new big boy bed room set, I would be so nervous about putting him in a big boy bed lol. Wonderful news is that he is now toilet trained during the day and has had zero accidents, he only wears big boy underwear during the day and at night he wears a pull up. I was surprised and proud that at just two he is already potty trained! He is 100% in terrible twos mode lol he gives attitude whenever the mood takes him and is super independent and likes to do everything himself from getting dressed, to helping shovel the driveway. He has an opinion about everything and has no problem sharing and he talks constantly. He plays hockey every night before bed. I have pictures of his first time ice staking that I am going to post on here later. Super excited that in March they will be going to Disney Land for a week, I can't wait to see pictures of that. I am working on planning a visit with Owen and his adoptive family I need to drop off his Christmas gifts and I can't wait to see him and get some new pictures of him. Also can't wait to see the new house they moved into they said he needed more room lol.

Update on Hammy "Boomer"

Well Hammy as it turns out did not have cancer which is the best news any one could ever hope for. It turned out to be an abbess caused from the kennel cough he had, what a relief. As it turns out he is now in a forever foster home it is a long story and I will not go into detail about it on here. He is safe, and in a wonderful home! Since he has gotten back to feeling himself he is a huge ball of energy he loves going for runs everyday with his new family and from the sounds of it he could not be happier. I really hope that as things change in the new year we will be able to move him to our happy tails page! He is such a wonderful he deserves the best.

Dec 30, 2011 Miscarriage

Well we had started to tell everyone I was pregnant when we reached almost 6 weeks. We were super excited. Started to fill out the pregnancy books, and calendar. We had just told my mom that morning that we were expecting and my grandma as well. At about 2pm I started to be in alot of pain, figured it was just cramping which I had been having all week. I went to the bathroom and there was blood, but spotting nothing major which I had with Owen so I didn't worry about it. The pain started to get really bad and the amount of blood was a lot more so I decided to lay down for a bit, thinking maybe I over did it. At about 4pm I couldn't handle the pain anymore and I knew something was wrong. I went to the hospital and was there only about 3.5 hours which isn't too bad. They did an internal ultra sound which showed a sac, with fluid, but no embryo tissues. They did blood work and a unrine test, the urine test showed that my HCG was at 25 and that is really low for being 5.5 weeks along so they told. He told me I had me I was having a miscarriage and to come back in a week so they could check my HCG levels. So I went home and I did as much research as possible is hopes that I could find that he was wrong, which of course I did when you look hard enough on the internet you are bound to find whatever answer you are looking for. New Years Eve and my denial bubble bursts :(. So News Years Eve sucked. I am in a ton of pain which IBprofin dosen't touch, I am sad and fighting back tears all day and the smallest thing makes we cry. I spent most of New Years Eve day in bed. New Years Day which is today I am "okay". Still in pain, still want to cry all the time. I got asked if I was going to try again, and my answer was I am not sure I really want to be a mom, but I don't think I can go through this again. The ER doc told me to call my OB on Tues when he is back in the office and that is what I plan on doing. I really wish that the ER doc was wrong, but most of my pregnancy symptoms have gone away :(. When the ER Doc told me I was miscarrying his last words were "oh well it happens you can always try again next month" Where is the compassion in that.


HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!

Christmas 2011

Well this Christmas we did not decorate, we did not host, we did nothing around our house for Christmas. We didn't decorate because well we have 5 dogs, 3 of which where 8 weeks at the time lol could you imagine what they would do to my tree lol. We didn't host because my mother decided she wanted to host this year instead after I don't know 5 years of me hosting she decides she wants to do it, fine whatever. So we went to my moms from 1-4 and we went to Richard's parents place from 5-7 I came home to sit with the puppies and he went back to play board games which was fine with me. We got great news on Christmas eve we found out we were pregnant! As it turns out that was short lived :(. All in all it was a quite low key Christmas which in my mind was not a bad thing. With everything else going on, I was glad it was low key. There wasn't even any snow this year, and there has not been any yet, but there has been a lot of rain. I got my new camera which I am very excited about, it was from Richard and myself.

Friendly Giants MOTS photo shoot

It went awesome at MOTS, it was a lot of fun and time flew by once we got busy. There were so many dogs of all sizes. It was so wonderful of Michelle to allow us to do our Santa photo shoot there. Some wonderful local businesses gave us gift certs to put into our raffle baskets which were a huge hit, Pet Value even donated some to the event so instead of just one big raffle basket we had 5. It was a great day to fundraise and get the Friendly Giants name out there. I found it so funny that the great Danes where the ones most afraid of Santa. It was a good turn out. The next day which was a Sunday we were at the dog park to a photo out door shoot with Santa the pictures turned out awesome, but it was so cold and only a few people came we ended up leaving their at about noon and not staying until two, but Kristina got some great shots of one of our foster dogs just being a happy dog. All in all it was a good time, for a great cause.

Boo Bear "Bear" Our 7th Foster

Bear or who I call boo bear, is a now 9 week old lab/poodle mix. He is the biggest out of all three puppies, he has the biggest paws and is very fluffy. If he is not adopted soon he might be a failed foster. He is super independent compared to the other puppies, he would rather sleep on the floor than our bed at night, he has to be in the same room as you though. He spends most of his time sleeping under my chair. He loves to play with the big dogs and gives them huge attitude when they step on him. He loves to cuddle. Richard said we would have named him rug, as he lays with both his back feet streached out and don't move, you can poke him, pet him, or just plan bug him and his he just lays there unless of course your a big dog and you step on him lol. He knows how to sit for a cookie and we are working on out door training. He will not go down the stairs on his own no matter what you do, but he will go up them. But once you get him out there he loves to run and play for about 15 mins and then hes back at the door. He is on solid dog food and doing just fine with it, he loves to chew bones. Bear is "fat" compared to Kali's tiny stature and Shadows solid statue, but he weighs .5 less than Shadow so I think he mostly fur. He is the most laid back out of the three puppies unless he has been stepped. He has to be at your feet no matter where you are. He hates the crate, he will go in, go to sleep on the blankets or whatever, but as you as you close that door he loses it. He will bark, cry, whine for hours, and then as soon as you open the door he will lay down and go to sleep.

Shadow our 6th foster

Shadow is a now 9 week old puppy. He is Lab/Poodle mix. Shadow has the curliest fur of all three of the puppies. He loves to play with the other dogs, Shadow has the second biggest paws out of the three puppies. Hes not as big of a cuddlier as the other two but still loves attention and of course as I type that hes the one who curls up next to me lol. He knows how to sit for a cookie and we are working on potty training, which because of the weather and their age isn't going as well as I had hoped it would be. Like any puppy he needs puppy training, someone with patient and time to teach him all his doggy life skills. As he is a puppy he will most likely do well with children, he has not been cat tested, but like with most puppies this young they can be trained to leave cats alone. He is on solid dog food and doing well with it, he loves to chew bones. I think when he gets older he is going to look more like a labadoddle than anything else. He was the first to learn how to go up and down the 5 stairs we have leading to outside. He loves to explore and dig in the back yard.