Memorial Day

Want the good news or the bad news first? I always want the good first, so that's what we will do. Good news: We pulled off my mom's 60th SURPRISE birthday party and she had no idea! It was so much fun. We held it at Cannovas in Freeport and she thought we were just meeting some friends there for an early birthday dinner. My sister and her family made it back for the weekend too, so we had my cousin babysit all 4 kids, and off we went. She was so surprised. There were about 40 family and friends there and we had a great night. A big thanks to everyone who helped me out getting things coordinated and all lined up :) We also had fun on Sunday at our family friend, Butson's, annual Memorial Day party. The kids went home early with Kyle's parents to spend the night there, so Kyle and I enjoyed a night out kid free. It was a good time!

Monday we spent at Kyle's parents house hanging out enjoying the nice weather. Reese always has such a good time playing with Maddy and Mekenna. Ready for the bad news? Izzy broke her left leg Monday evening. Kyle's brother accidentally stepped on her while he was also playing with his dog in the yard. I had figured it may just be sore, as my foot would be if it were stepped on, but come Wednesday when she had stopped eating and drinking, I called to get her in right away Thursday morning. Sure enough, x-rays showed a break in her left fibula and tibia. So, we were left with 2 options. Surgery to fix it (a plate with screws in her fibula, or put her to sleep. The surgery was not cheap. But I couldn't imagine putting her to sleep. Only 6 months old, and when you sign up to be a pet owner, you also have to take into consideration that something like this may happen. So, surgery it was. They referred us right away to a surgeon on the south side of Indy (about 40 minutes from our house), and by 12:30 on Thursday we were on our way. They went over the x-rays and surgical plan with me. We were on our way home around 2:00, and Izzy was going into surgery at 3. He called around 4:15 and said everything went great and we could pick her up in the morning. She is on a STRICT plan. Antibiotics for 5 days, pain killers for 10 days. She has to be confined to a 5x5 or smaller area (basically her crate) for the next 2 weeks. At 2 weeks, she gets her stitches out of her leg (about 20 of them) and then she doesnt have to stay in crate all the time, but she still cant run/jump/or go up and down stairs and on a leash at all times when outside. At 5-6 weeks we have another appointment for x-rays, and if they are good, she will be released for all normal activity. So, we are looking at 5-6 weeks of a puppy with alot of energy being crated and restricted. No fun! But what are you going to do? Atleast we have her and she will be all healed up and good to go once she is healed. 

So, we had lots of good times, and one not so great thing happen while we were back home, but it was nice to be back and see everyone for the weekend! 

May 2014

Ok, back to the beginning of May. The first weekend in May was spent in FLORIDA! One of my good friends from college got married in Clearwater, FL, so Kyle and I had a nice long weekend (Thur-Sun) without kids. My parents came out Wed- Mon so we were lucky to be able to fly out of Indy. The weekend was a bit gloomy, rain everyday, but the wedding and company of friends was far from gloomy. We had a great time and the wedding was gorgeous!
We got home on Sunday eve, and on Tuesday Kyle had to fly out to travel to Germany until that Friday for work. Not fun for him. Little did I know it was not going to be fun for me either. Preston came down with a 103 temp Tuesday eve and it just would not break. It was awful. Imagine a crying baby, nonstop unless he was sleeping, hanging on your body ALL day. Talk about tiring. With no help from Kyle since he was traveling. Finally on Thursday I took him in and they were quite worried. They put him on antibiotics for a sinus infection, and said if he fever did not break by Saturday they wanted him back for more tests (he tested negative for strep and the flu). They were also worried about dehydration since he wouldn't eat or drink on Wednesday and Thursday. Finally Thursday night I got 2 juice boxes in him, and lots of popsicles on Friday. His fever was upto 102 still on Friday afternoon, but must have broke during his nap, because it was at 99 all evening, and back down to 98 on Saturday. Kyle got home Friday night, and I took a deep breathe, poured a large glass of wine, and took a 40 minute shower- BY MYSELF :) I may chalk that week up
to one of the hardest I have had as a parent.
Oh, by the way, he leaves Monday again for another week in Germany, let's pray it goes smoother than last time....
Here are some wedding pictures and some new pics of the kids I took this past week:

Grabbing some lunch and drinks with the bride!

Thursday afternoon: our only few hours on the beach

 Cassie, me, Darcy- college friends

Before the wedding

The stunning bride, Lauren