He has a reprieve...

Well, Buddy is still here, and personally, I'm very happy about it. After looking for a new home for him (with absolutely no luck) Russ, began to call vets (including our regular doctor), and asked them questions about how best to proceed. Most of them said training and surgery, so those are the routes we are going to take with him, as soon as the money is available. It's EXPENSIVE to snip and clip and male dog! And school for him is not cheap!

But here is the funny part.....Buddy KNEW that he was on the chopping block. I mean, he IMMEDIATELY became the best, most subservient dog you've every seen. He has been sweet as pie to the kids (well, to Emma.....he was ALWAYS good to Isaac), and basically, he is the best dog ever! There is not a dumb bone in his body...

More later...

Some changes coming...

I hate having to admit I've been wrong. But we were wrong in getting our dog, Buddy. He is just too big for our home. A dalmatian/beagle can get pretty large, and a mobile home is not ideal for his crib. He is destroying our yard. And now, he is NOT behaving well with the kids. He is snipping, attempting to bite, growling and more. I can't have this around Isaac and Emma, and I really can't have it around the new baby when he (or she) comes in November. So Russ and I are asking some friends of ours who own a big farm to take him off our hands. It breaks my heart. This is the second dog we've had to get rid of. But we have learned.....no more male dogs. They are just not the greatest with kids. And no more big dogs, even though dalmatians are a big part of my heart.

Here's a good part to today: We've got names for the baby, and we've made it very simple to call the baby by its name NOW. If it is a boy, his name will be Ronald Lee Ewing III (after Russ' dad, and his big brother who died as a baby). If it is a girl, she will be named Veronica Ann (still using the "Ron" factor, and a middle name that comes from Me and my mom). Either way, this is Baby Ronnie. I might spell it Ronni if it is a girl, but we'll handle that as it comes. We love you already, Baby Ronnie!!!

Later...

April Showers....you know the rest!

Well, I guess I need to post something. We are, after all, six days into the new month already! Also, my title is significant.....it is lightly raining outside.....and it's supposed to be beautiful tomorrow evening, and all weekend! Yeehaw! I have always loved the month of April!

And what a month it has already turned out to be so far in 2005! We've learned that my high hormone levels do NOT mean that I'm having multiples. We have one beautiful baby "something" in there, and, at seven weeks, two days along, on April Fools' Day, we got to not only see the heartbeat of our baby, but HEAR it! Technology can be a scary, wonderful thing. Our prayer now is that the high hormone levels will regulate themselves...sometimes they use those to try and indicate the baby has something wrong. I had high levels with Isaac, and he has hydrocephalus. God, this baby is Yours, and has been since the beginning of time...

WHAT IS IT WITH MEN AND SPORTS???? Russ got angry this week because his precious Tigers (okay, I admit, I love baseball...just not to this degree) were not aired on their opening day, even though the game had been advertised for ESPN 2. SO.....Russ immediately called Direct TV, signed us up, and then cancelled our cable TV, as of the 18th. So, he tells me that the installation appointment was set for ten a.m. today. We even got a call from their offices, confirming that time. THEY SHOWED UP AT 8 A.M.!!!! Needless to say, it was rescheduled for tomorrow (or by now, today) after one p.m. AAGH!

More later....I'm also going to put on a few great pictures! My kids have been at it again! Isaac's been into the kitchen, and Emma's been into EVERYTHING! Later...