Playing Dress Up

Phedora's been asking me to get my wedding dress out ever since we got back up here. So I finally broke down and got it out. It was so much fun trying it on again. And Phedora couldn't have been happier. I forgot just how HOT and HEAVY it was though. But I am happy to say that I was able to zip it up on my own! It was a bit of work getting my arms back there, but it went up. Hayden was our photographer for the afternoon and both of them fixed my hair for me. Hayden took care of the right side and Phedora the left.

My favorite. I am going to frame this one.

Princess Phedora.

My awesome wedding hair!

Cheese!

Aren't we just the cutest?

Relaxing.

The Blushing Bride to BE...

She was getting really frustrated that it kept falling down.

FUN in the SUN!

It was so nice out we took the Slip-N-Slide out.
Making pizza for dinner after a long afternoon on the Slip-N-Slide.

Lots of cheese. My kind of pizza!

Putting on the toppings.

Yummy. Phedora's had peperoni, Canadian bacon and red bell peppers on it.

Hayden went with peperoni and Canadian bacon only.

We have all these great paved trails throughout our neighborhood.

They take you through up to a lake.

That you can walk around or keep going up to another lake.

And a playground and big ball field.

On our first trip up to the lake we saw ducks, fish and a turtle.

It was really neat and its so quiet and peaceful walking through the woods.

Isis had a great little rest afterwards chewing her favorite bone.

West Seattle Beach.

Also at West Seattle Beach.

Hayden's T-Ball

Ready for this first game!
Waiting to bat.

Ready to go, getting a few pointers from the coach.

Swing!

I'm gonna catch the ball!

Dan's idea of helping in the field.

Hands in his pockets.

Second time at bat.

Waiting for it.

Hands out of his pockets giving Hayden some pointers.
Isis enjoying the sun at the game.

Successful first game!

Go Orange Bats!

Our first practice.

Waiting for the ball.

Isis Pics

Phedora loves her puppy...
A LOT!

Sleeping so soundly

She loves to sleep. This one is from a few weeks ago.

I just love this one of her. Her favorite place was under the computer desk when we first brought her home.

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 :)

Isis

Isis was born on March 11, 2009, making her 9 weeks old on Wednesday. She is a spunky little girl and already has captured all of our hearts. Including Dan's! She's already starting to respond to her name after just a few hours of hearing it. She has had a few little accidents in the house but otherwise doing really good going potty and poo-poo outside. We were going to let her sleep with us last night even though she pottied on the bed twice before we even got into bed. But little Isis just wanted to play and wouldn't calm down, so she ended up sleeping in the kennel last night. Thank You Mom for loaning us that. She only whimpered a little bit and then settled down with her blankie for the night. Dan was up at 4 this morning and Isis woke up too. I should have taken her out as soon as she woke up but I was just so tired. She pottied in her kennel but also went outside too. We have been up for 2 hours now and Isis is curled up on the couch sleeping. She was full of energy and apparently starving when she woke up. She ate a half a dish of food in no time at all. She probably would have ate it all if I had let her. But I don't want to get her used to eating at 4 am!

Dan left this morning for North Dakota. He will be gone until sometime between the 20th and 22nd. We are happy he will be home for Hayden's first T-ball game though. Hayden is set to start practices on Wednesday. We will have a busy day of shopping today. We need to get Hayden a glove and Isis needs a lot of things.

Our new puppy Isis.

Finally home it was a long drive from Tacoma

Hanging out before bed.

A goofy shot of them.

Playing at 4 am. Its just like having a newborn again.

However, she sleeps through most of the night.

She loves chasing her little tail.

I love how it curls ups over her bum.

Hayden is finally up to give mommy a little break.

He slept in till 8!

Loving his puppy.

Phedora got up at 8:30 and took over.

She didn't want her picture taken so I had to trick this one out of her.

Isis would have stayed outside all morning if I would have let her.

It was much too cold for me though.

She loves to attack the weeds that are twice her size.

All tuckered out after her first outing to PetSmart.

She weighs 3.3 pounds.