I'll start with recent first, and work my way back.
Today I got home from work, and let the girls out to pee. After I let them out, I noticed two accidents in the garage. This is not unusual. Well, two are, but an accident is not out of the ordinary. One was poo, the other was pee, with blood in it. So then I went into freak out mode. With four fur kids, it makes it hard to track down who did what. My guess was it was Yoie, but I wasn't sure. So I checked out the other guys. Then I took Yoie out on lead, with a bowl, to try to get a urine sample. She only did a few drops, but they were red. I called the vet, and they were able to see her right away. (I'm really glad our vet is open til 7, otherwise the emergency vet is so expensive). So Yoie and I dashed off. I felt bad about leaving Zelda, the girls usually go everywhere together.
The vet looked at her, and the few drops of pee I brought in. He said there are four possibilities: Uti, crystals in the urine (from diet), some badness from the kidneys, or trauma to the bladder. I think it's a UTI, I know she's not feeling well. And having had plenty of UTIs in my time, she's got the symptoms. Frequent trips to the bathroom, trying to pee more than she needs to, and just not feeling herself. The vet gave her two injections of antibiotics, and she'll start Amox tomorrow. Aaron or I need to bring in a urine sample tomorrow.
I feel so bad, I know she's not feeling well, and there's nothing I can do for her. I've been giving her extra snuggles, but my poor puppy. Plus with my hormones the way they are, it's hard to deal. Not to mention having to get up and down to let her out every 20 minutes. (Hopefully Aaron will be home soon).
Now that I'm 28 weeks pregnant, by the last due date, I have to start doing my kick counting. Every night after dinner, I count kicks to see how long it takes to kick ten times. So far it only takes him 10 minutes. Aaron and I have been taking turns reading Mojo a book every night. He kicks a lot most of the time. I'm liking it. We have a name that we'll likely name Mojo. We've told our families, so far only my sister and Aaron's bio-mom like the name. My mom said she could live with it. My dad didn't say how he felt.
My dad's sister and her husband were out to visit. He cousin and her husband also came to visit (all four live on the East coast). The plan was to spent 4 days in Las Vegas (over Christmas). But my dad was still feeling pretty weak, and even worse his cousin and her husband got the flu! Like the real lasts a week or longer flu. Neither had gotten the vaccine, and my dad, his sister and brother in law all had the shot. No one else in the house got sick. So the two sickies stayed at the house all week, and the other three went and did some day trips. And my MiL was able to accommodate them for Christmas dinner.
On Christmas Eve we went to services with Aaron's mom and that side of the family. When we came home, we stayed up for a while, and then it was after midnight, so we opened our gifts. I got Aaron a few medium sized gifts, he got me three big gifts, and a couple little ones. Also, my stocking was filled with stockings (socks and tights). He got me a Timbuk2 messenger bag (I've been coveting his for almost 5 years), a fitbit flex, and a set of emerald cut aquamarine earrings. Aquamarine will be Mojo's birth stone (unless he's a premie). On the box it said "To Mommy, From (name we chose)". So cute! I got Aaron some new Pumas, a painting set, the Jeeves and Wooster Dvd box set, some stuff for his airbrush etc. We got some really cute baby clothes, a new pots and pans set. Some gift cards and I got some new maternity clothes. Aaron's folks bought us a leather recliner for the baby's room, and a few other things. So it was a really nice Christmas.
Dinner was delicious, and it was nice to spend time with family. We also did a gift card exchange, I got a $25 Amazon gift card.
I used some of my Christmas money to buy clearance maternity and nursing clothes from Old Navy and Walmart.
Sophie sent out my baby shower invitations. They're really cute, and I'm super excited for it.
I'll post some pictures next time.
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