It's been awhile since we last updated the blog. Lots of things going on in our house and out in the world have kept these fingers busy.
Last weekend we had our big housewarming BBQ. We had rain mid-afternoon so I cancelled the event for friends but a lot of people still came. I'm certainly glad we had the numbers we did because otherwise we'd still be eating hamburgers today. We provided hot dogs and home made hamburgers, chips, pop and some salad. Mostly everyone who came brought either a side or a dessert and it all seemed to work out pretty good. For some reason though neither Chris nor I thought enough to take our the camera! So no pics from our big event.
Chris has been running himself ragged with work and "home obligations" like work that needs to be done around the house. A quick once over before moving in wasn't enough to give us insight into all the work that needs to be done. Our landlord is also incredibly "hands off"; we haven't seen him since we moved in and he is spotty at best when it comes to phone conversations. Our electrical is buggy and needs to be looked at and our windows need fixing etc etc. The list goes on and on. We realize this is a rental but the stuff needs to get done. If we wait on the landlord we will be waiting forever. So Chris has shouldered the burden and is working after his 8 hour day on our place that we don't own.
There has been a recent media event that has somewhat shaken me (not Chris, as he has no political affiliations). The recent passing of Jack Layton has me worried about the state of our country on the whole, but of Quebec to be specific. I don't make it a point to discuss my political views on our family blog, but I thought that with a democratic government running Quebec that this might not be such a bad place to raise our daughter (and any possible future kids). We haven't really discussed it but I don't want to move into Ontario with Cadence for very personal reasons. But now we may have no choice.
Speaking of Cadence, I recently did inventory of all her clothing and started swapping out summery short sleeved outfits for more fall/winter appropriate items with long sleeves or which are warmer. We also have a snow suit as well as winter boots for her for the season. Right now they are all too big but she will grow into and then out of them soon enough.
Right now we are getting ready for dinner and relaxing. No pics this time around, no time! Enjoy your weekends everyone!
Happy birthday Tori!
Today is Tori's 25th birthday! Woo!
To celebrate, Cadence and I made her a special video.
Happy birthday again Tori :)
To celebrate, Cadence and I made her a special video.
Happy birthday again Tori :)
Hustling!
As promised, I am going to take a few minutes to properly talk about whats been going on here these last few days.
Well, as everyone is aware, we have moved and are more or less moved in. There are still a few things to go up on the wall, and also some junk to get tossed out but I'd say 75% of stuff is done and we are settling in well. We spent a huge portion of our day Saturday cleaning up the yard. Thankfully Kevin was able to come lend a hand otherwise we'd still be out there! Cadence went with Bob and Jane for the day while we did yard work. After we were able to enjoy a nice dinner and some ice cream.
Cadence is doing new and funny stuff every day. I know I've said she smiles etc before, but she is doing it with a huge increase in frequency. She isn't quite laughing vocally but you can see her trying. And she's gurgling as well. Its very entertaining.
Chris is wicked busy at work. Things are just falling into place, and every quote he's given has been accepted so he's booked through to the end of September. And his employee is doing really well so overall everything is turning out. There were some delays on the job he is working on currently that are a bit stressful. These things happen.
We had a surprise recently. My dad called on Monday and and asked if he could come visit. So we had an informal dinner with my dad and step mother, and then Chris's parents came too. It was nice. And it was nice to see my dad and Cadence. Cadence getting to know my dad is very important to me. Especially since we spend so much time with Chris's family.
This weekend we are holding a house warming BBQ at our house. I've been cleaning every day, baking and just trying to get the yard ready etc and its making me crazy! This house is impossible to clean, seemingly. I know things will go fine but its still stressful. So stay tuned for photos from that!
Right now I'm going to go get ready for a doctors appointment I have this evening. I've been having trouble getting to sleep and I'd like to see what can be done to help me. Chris is getting a massage this evening as well, to help with his back pain. Hopefully everything works out. Good night!
900 hits!
Wow! I guess there are a few curious Cathy's out there who are interested in our family. For all of you who read our blog, thanks! I think its a great way to keep in touch and share our life with everyone, while at the same time spending less time on the phone and having to answer the same questions over and over again (how's work? how's Chris? How are the kids? What did you get up to today/this weekend/since I last saw you?).
As a treat for our family, I splurged a little and got Cadence a toque for this winter. Should be here in about 2 weeks. Check the pic for a sneak peak. p.s. that is not our baby!
I have a few things to update on but its late and the bed is calling to me so for now, enjoy the pic and thanks again for stoping by!
Crazyness at the King-Lackey house
The following story is all true. I swear if we had nights like these more often I'd just re-home all our dogs and the baby all at the same time!
Friday was a big day in the house, Oscars birthday being really the only event that we "celebrated" (I did get flowers and a nice dinner though, but we stayed home). I got a large ice cream cone from DQ and just split it up between all 4 dogs. We've done this a number of times and no one has had any outward issues so I did it again this past week. Through out the evening I kept finding little puddles of pee all over the house and then once I found a small poo near the cat box. I figured it was an errant cat poo, cleaned it and just left it.
Well yesterday both Chris and I kept finding these little poos all over the house! As the day progressed they were getting more and more liquid. Finally we caught Roxy bent over, pooing on the kitchen floor. She NEVER breaks training so we scolded her a bit and cleaned the mess. Well, didn't she poo on the floor again 20 minutes later. It was then that we saw there was a blood tinge to her poo.
Things escalated through out the day to the point where Roxy was not even pooing anything out, just bending over trying to poo and bleeding in the process. Our vet is closed on weekends so we were just going to keep an eye on her to see what happened.
Our night progressed as usual, Cadence getting her bath and a bedtime bottle and then going to bed. We went to bed shortly after. I couldn't sleep, I had too much on my mind and ended up more or less pulling an all-nighter :( Roxy cried at 11 to go out and try to poo, again no poo came out. Then she came in and went to sleep. At around 2am she started crying again to go out, so Chris got up and took her out. He didn't even have a chance to settle in again before she started crying again so he took her out...again! Still no poo. So we call the emergency vet located in Ottawa and ask what we should do. They said she could dehydrate because of all the stools so we needed to bring her in ASAP!
I bundle her into the car, get to the vet around 2:45 and we're 3rd in line, one vet on hand. We ended up waiting until something like 4am to see the vet, meanwhile Roxy is just snoozing away on the bench, not complaining or looking uncomfortable at all. We see the vet, talk about symptoms and the vet says it sounds like a mild food allergy. We now have a prescription for antibiotics and have to feed Roxy a bland diet of just plain white rice and boiled chicken.
On the way home I smell poo.I thought Roxy was just passing gas so I put her on the passenger seat to lay down. Well I looked over a minute later and see her bent over pooing all over my seat. Great, I've got dog diarrhea and blood all over my seat! I clean it up as best I can with the intention of dropping Roxy at home then heading back out to to coin car wash and cleaning my seat. Then my gas light goes on. I stop at the gas station near our house to get gas and neither the pump nor the machine inside will accept my debit card. I ended up just going home.
At home I saw lights on from the drive way. Cadence had been up since 4am and even after her bottle, she wouldn't go back to sleep. So poor Chris, who has hardly had any sleep himself, is now up with the baby. For the next 20 minutes or so its a mad dash of trying to give Roxy her meds, clean up after her still trying to poo, giving Chris the information he needs about Roxy, him going to clean my car out because I'm just out of patience, trying to go to the washroom and setting up our bed so Cadence can come sleep with us. Finally, at 6am, Cadence is in bed with us sleeping, all the dogs are in their own beds on the floor sleeping and then Chris and I are squeezed together on one side trying to get more sleep.
What a night!
Friday was a big day in the house, Oscars birthday being really the only event that we "celebrated" (I did get flowers and a nice dinner though, but we stayed home). I got a large ice cream cone from DQ and just split it up between all 4 dogs. We've done this a number of times and no one has had any outward issues so I did it again this past week. Through out the evening I kept finding little puddles of pee all over the house and then once I found a small poo near the cat box. I figured it was an errant cat poo, cleaned it and just left it.
Well yesterday both Chris and I kept finding these little poos all over the house! As the day progressed they were getting more and more liquid. Finally we caught Roxy bent over, pooing on the kitchen floor. She NEVER breaks training so we scolded her a bit and cleaned the mess. Well, didn't she poo on the floor again 20 minutes later. It was then that we saw there was a blood tinge to her poo.
Things escalated through out the day to the point where Roxy was not even pooing anything out, just bending over trying to poo and bleeding in the process. Our vet is closed on weekends so we were just going to keep an eye on her to see what happened.
Our night progressed as usual, Cadence getting her bath and a bedtime bottle and then going to bed. We went to bed shortly after. I couldn't sleep, I had too much on my mind and ended up more or less pulling an all-nighter :( Roxy cried at 11 to go out and try to poo, again no poo came out. Then she came in and went to sleep. At around 2am she started crying again to go out, so Chris got up and took her out. He didn't even have a chance to settle in again before she started crying again so he took her out...again! Still no poo. So we call the emergency vet located in Ottawa and ask what we should do. They said she could dehydrate because of all the stools so we needed to bring her in ASAP!
I bundle her into the car, get to the vet around 2:45 and we're 3rd in line, one vet on hand. We ended up waiting until something like 4am to see the vet, meanwhile Roxy is just snoozing away on the bench, not complaining or looking uncomfortable at all. We see the vet, talk about symptoms and the vet says it sounds like a mild food allergy. We now have a prescription for antibiotics and have to feed Roxy a bland diet of just plain white rice and boiled chicken.
On the way home I smell poo.I thought Roxy was just passing gas so I put her on the passenger seat to lay down. Well I looked over a minute later and see her bent over pooing all over my seat. Great, I've got dog diarrhea and blood all over my seat! I clean it up as best I can with the intention of dropping Roxy at home then heading back out to to coin car wash and cleaning my seat. Then my gas light goes on. I stop at the gas station near our house to get gas and neither the pump nor the machine inside will accept my debit card. I ended up just going home.
At home I saw lights on from the drive way. Cadence had been up since 4am and even after her bottle, she wouldn't go back to sleep. So poor Chris, who has hardly had any sleep himself, is now up with the baby. For the next 20 minutes or so its a mad dash of trying to give Roxy her meds, clean up after her still trying to poo, giving Chris the information he needs about Roxy, him going to clean my car out because I'm just out of patience, trying to go to the washroom and setting up our bed so Cadence can come sleep with us. Finally, at 6am, Cadence is in bed with us sleeping, all the dogs are in their own beds on the floor sleeping and then Chris and I are squeezed together on one side trying to get more sleep.
What a night!
Happy anniversary :)
Today is not only Oscar's birthday, but it is also Chris and my anniversary! 3 years together, a baby and a house we call home. I'd say we're doing pretty good :) Quiet night in, renting movies and having St. Hubert. Good night all :)
Happy 6th birthday Oscar!
Today is Oscar's 6th birthday. Not the day I brought him home (that's November 22nd) but the day he was brought into this world (most likely at a puppy mill).
Oscar may be a jerk sometimes, and he may pee in the house sometimes, but he has been my very best friend for the last 5+ years. He has helped me heal after the death of a loved one, the ending of many useless and unimportant relationships, he has seen my highs and lows, and licked my tears away when I cried. He will always be my little boy, my right hand man.
Mama loves you Oscar :)
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