Updates

I know I haven't updated this in too long. I am so sorry. Life has been busy for us the last few weeks though. We are settling in with Baby Isis. She is growing so quickly! She gained a pound in the first week and a half we had her. We took her in last Thursday for her first set of shots. She was up to 4.2 pounds and healthy. She took her first shot like the little trooper that she is. We love the vet we found thanks to a recommendation from our friend Casey. We were going to take her to PetSmart's clinic but then the morning of her appointment I started reading a bunch of bad reviews on the company, Banfield. Then I decided you know I would never take one of our kids to a clinic that has bad reviews, why would I take our puppy. I am so glad that we decided with the office we are now using. They are the best!

Last Wednesday, Hayden had his first T-Ball practice. He wasn't so sure about it. He seemd to be afraid of the ball. Tonight at practice though he was doing much better. We practice a little this afternoon as well.

Last Saturday, they had their first game. The games are an hour long and all the kids get to hit once per inning. There is supposed to be 3 innings but we only got two into our hour. It was a lot of fun watching the little ones play. Hayden did really good. His first at bat he hit the ball with the coach pitching it. Which is really good since at our first practice we didn't get to practice hitting at all with the coach pitching. His second at bat he hit it from the T.

Phedora is upset that we didn't sign her up too. I never knew she wanted to play though. But I also never asked her if she wanted to. Her and I have played a little here though and she has quite the little arm on her. She will definitely be playing next time around.

Saturday after the game we had a little BBQ here with Tom and Peg, Jenn and Danny and the girls and Ryan. It was a great time. I absolutely love have people over.

On Sunday evening we over to our neighbors across the street for a BBQ. Dan made yummy hamburgers and before we knew it it was was midnight. The kids were all real troopers and were able to stay up that late. We were all shocked. They had a great time playing with Ayla and her friend that was over. While we were there Isis was investigating their cat. That turned out to be a terrible thing to allow her to do. We figured it would be OK and if the cat swiped at her she would learn her lesson and leave her alone. Well we all learned our lesson when the cat took a swipe across the eye. It looked like there was something in her eye but she wouldn't let us get it out. So we just left it to work itself out. Monday morning she wasn't opening her eye all the way. By Tuesday morning it wasn't getting any better. So I called up the vet and got her in Tuesday afternoon to have it checked out. They put some drops in her eye and looked at it under the black light. Turns out the cat got her good. The Dr compared the scratch on her eye to the Grand Canyon and the thing that we saw on Sunday night that we thought would work itself out was actually probably the scratch itself. It was in the same place as the scratch was. Poor Isis now has to have an antibiotic cream put in her eye twice a day for the next week. Because she is so young they didn't want to give her oral pain meds so we have to give her pain meds once a day also in her eye. Apparently when their eye gets scratched its contracts naturally. the pain med will basically dilate her eye to keep the scratch open so the germs don't get in. We gave her her first dose of meds last night and she wasn't happy at all. This morning she wasn't too happy either but this afternoon she was taking it better. This evening she was calm and just let me put it in. It must be working and she must realize that its helping the pain to go away.

This afternoon we headed to what turned out to be Hayden's old preschools end of the year picnic. The kids had a great time playing with their old friends and I had a great time catching up with some of the moms and dads. Isis of course was center of attention and loved it. I'm glad we decided to head over to meet a friend at the park. Though it would have been nice to know that everyone was going to be there. But it was a nice surprise. Phedora got to meet her teacher for next year and Hayden got to see his old teacher. So that was an added bonus for them.

Tonight we had our second T-Ball practice. Hayden did really good. He is getting much better at throwing the ball as well as batting. He hit both of the balls pitched to him tonight. I couldn't have been more proud of him. I cant wait for the game on Saturday!

Tomorrow night we have our Kindergarten orientation. I cant believe that they are doing it so early! But I also couldn't believe how early registration was either. We are all three looking forward to it.

Dan is in North Dakota again this week. He flew out Tuesday and if all goes according to plan he will be home just in time for the game on Saturday. We are looking forward to having him home for a few weeks. Its been rough having him travelling so much since we got back up here. But that's the job and I am so thankful that he has the job.

Pics will be up soon :)