We LOVE Our Dog Zoiee

I know those you who aren't animal lovers my not understand this, but the past weekend we had a horrible experience. Bryan and I noticed that on Friday Zoiee wasn't moving very much. She wouldn't even come for a treat. I noticed that she had thrown up Easter grass that Bryan had gotten in a little St. Patricks day goodie bag. I noticed that she had cried one time when I went to pet her. We decided to watch her until the next day. Saturday she seemed a little better, but still just laid around. At about 10:30 Sat night we noticed her stomach was swelling so we took her in to the emergency vet. They took x-rays and said that her stomach didn't look right and that he thinks she may have some of the Easter grass still in her and that we need to do surgery to get it out or she would die. We decided to do the surgery and what the found was far worse then having something in her. She had an abruption on her Pancreas and it looked like cottage cheese and rotten so they had to remove 1/4 of it. The said this was the most painful thing a dog could go through, she was in sooo much pain and it broke my heart. They said that she would most likely be in the vet for 4-5 days. Well we have a fighter, she was doing so well after 2 days she got to come home. The Vet was so amazed at how well she was doing for what she had been through. It was such an emotional weekend and we haven't cried that hard in a long time. I know to some people they may say it is just a dog, but to us she is part of our family. She was our first baby and when I miscarried my first pregnancy, she stayed by my side every minute of the day and comforted me!!! She is such a good dog and lets the kids wrestle with her and climb all over her without any complaint. In fact just on Friday when she was sooo sick and in a ton of pain, Maelie was climbing on her and she just let her. She still isn't out of the wood works yet and we have to watch her every minute, but I feel very blessed that she is home with us. Thanks for all the Prayers and thoughts that were with us during this hard time. We love our little Zoiee!!!!

It's been a while, and kind of a whiney blog!!!

It has been a while since I have posted!!! Things have been crazy around here. I have mono and then I got bronchitis, then Parker got an ear infection, and zoiee the dog was throwing up, and on top of all that I had my big March enrichment to get ready for!!!! It has been crazy!!! But we seem to be doing a lot better. Needless to say I haven't taken any pictures of the kids latley. I didn't even get them in their St. Patricks day clothes. I feel like such a bad mom, I just don't have the energy to fnd the camera!!! I have also been trying to loose some weight and I am trying really hard to cut back on sweets. Can I say that I am having a very hard time!!! I haven't gained or lost one pound since Maelie was born. She is now 10 months old and I am getting frustred with this whole baby weight stuff. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this gross stuff off of me I will take all the advice I can get!!!! Other than that we are just the same old boring family!!! I wish I could say I have taken the kids on many outings, or I have been on some cool trip, but frankly I don't even have the energy to get my big bum off the couch!!! So I am going to try my very best to be a better mom, wife, friend, sister etc.... starting this next week!!! Hopefully a fun and exciting blog will be on the way shortly!!!!