My DRAMATIC Weekend...

I have to vent somewhere, why not the blog? This could have possibly been one of the worst weekends in history for me...
It began with the end to a raging 3 day migraine that I managed to not have to go in for IV meds (in hindsight I should have went in the first place)...I was finally feeling better, yay it's going to be a fab weekend....
THEN....the weekend started....
Friday goes something like this...dog chews up 2 pool noodles in the yard into about 3,000 pieces, I have to clean it up so Landon doesn't eat them. Next Landon has some serious diaper blowouts, 4 to be exact, during the day and a blood red diaper rash that he screamed and kicked everytime I tried to put on cream. Then, my whiny daughter who is very close to approaching "tween" age demands spaghetti o's because she is BORED and hungry. I open the can a voila slice open my finger. It gushes for about 10 minutes then I'm good. Can't get any worse right?? Well it can, my dog then decided a toad would taste good, I catch her before she eats it but it's too late to prevent the insane foam at the mouth, rabies looking discharge she had coming from her. It was DISGUSTING...I haven't had a dog in years, never seen this happen, didn't know what to do and we watched her and she was fine after she downed about 2 full bowls of water and a bowl of food. Good night for friday.....
Saturday....it's gonna be a good day today, couldn't get any worse than yesterday right, WRONG. I give the dog a bath and decide (based on my Mom's advice by the way) that I am going to trim her nails. She jerks her foot, I cut too far and she starts GUSHING blood. It WOULD NOT STOP. So, I call the emergency number and find out what to do and she is eventually better after a little over an hour. Our backyard now looks like Freddy Kreuger had his way. Jim and I decide to go to dinner, kids stay with my Mom. Mom is in the other room on the computer with Lindsay and the boy somehow gets out of the front door and is hanging out in the neighbors lawn. Good think the Lentz' (our awesome neighbors behind us) were taking their kids for a walk and found him as my Mom went looking for him. He is OK but we are not, anything could have happened.
Tomorrow is Sunday, PLEASE PLEASE grant us a nice day with no drama, pain, poop or runaway children:) Thank you!

Our New Doggy Friend!

Well, we did it. We got a dog! We have been considering getting a new furry friend to be a companion to Landon and Lindsay and had decided on a Chocolate Lab. We didn't expect to get one quickly but my Mom found Ruby on the internet and she lived with a great family who just didn't have time for her. We brought her home today and she is a doll! Landon has not quite bonded yet but we know they are going to be great friends. So here are some pictures of our new beauty!