back from the 80's ... (weather that is)

we're back ... and we had a great time ... & it makes us miss family. joe really misses hanging out with his brother. it would be so fun if we could be closer. we had a what, how, where dinner - which was the funnest dinner party idea ever! ... little hiking, sunshine, jeep'n, live music, zoolights, beautiful scenic drives, scorpions, ancient dwellings, ink, shopping, traffic, & airports (northwest is not recommended ... their snack is a can of tuna & chips & only offer drinks once on a 4 hour flight) ... oh & (on our way back our stroller was broken in detroit ... & then when we got home to manchester it was missing all together) but with that said ... we traveled safely - which is the most important part! ... so we are thankful for that

josie got to spend quite a bit of time with grandmama & grandpapa ... which she loved! lucky little girl! she'll be happy to see them this spring!
personally, i am just thankful to have a couple days to recoup before starting the real world again. josie still has been going to bed around 10 pm & waking up at 9 am ... (kind of a bummer at night, but it's wonderful to sleep in in the morning!)

we did come home to a very sick dog ... randy, our old white guy is not well. this morning we actually thought that we might have to say goodbye ... but with some reassurance from the doc, we are going to see how the weekend goes. yesterday he got antibiotics & was doing ok ... but, this morning he couldn't move ... his back legs were not functioning. he would not even eat chicken pot pie, ham, beef stew - or anything ... & no water; not even from my fingertips. dr. lester believes that he has an infection in his spine ... so he has the fever & yuckiness that goes along with an infection & the pain of it being in his spine. the doc wanted joe to swing into the office today to pick up an appetite stimulant to see if it would help ... & it did. this afternoon he did eat some chicken & ham ... and finally drank some water. then tonight he ate a little more, got up on his own to get some water & asked to go outside. (we had been making him go out) he made it down all the stairs to josie's room without one mishap. (he always comes down with me when i get her ready for bed ... last night he fell down them all). we just need the antibiotics to fight the infection & need randy to keep his strength up & the doc thinks he might be able to beat it ... i think he can. he's definitely not giving up yet! ... so any good thoughts will help! this morning amongst the sadness of randy's desperation came josie ... she totally knew something was wrong. she kept giving randy her pacifiers, a cookie, & she would take her favorite puppy & put right by him. she also gave him mooches on his paws ... very sweet!

oh, ok, & one last thing ... i am really going to try to do better at this blog thing & write more often. time, time, time ... might get on my side?