Puppy Dogs and Babies

Good Morning Everyone!!

I bet many of you are enjoying an extended weekend today - lucky people... however we are back at work after a weekend filled with puppy dogs and babies (really!)

Kenny woke up Friday with a really bad back ache and ended up going to a new Chiropractor to get some relief. They told him he had signs of arthritis already… Hopefully this new Chiropractor will be able to help him.  Also, Friday night Kenny and I babysat our one month old nephew, Jacob. I was so excited about it, but nervous too since neither one of us have ever changed a diaper!! My brother and Crystal were gracious enough to trust us with their little one and gave me a crash course in diapers and bottles. My mom is just down the street so I wasn't too worried, but still a big step for us. We took my parents out to dinner at our little Mexican food restaurant on Grand --- sorta a down payment for late night calls for help with the baby! It was cute to see my dad hold such a tiny baby and of course my mom (grandma) is a pro. Then we headed to the house- Jacob was so well behaved... our dogs on the other hand were not happy at all. They were very curious and jealous of the baby.  Then when they couldn't sleep in our room that night they were just mad as can be. They were up all night crying, barking and scratching at our door. Jacob slept right through it all and woke up around 2, went back to bed after his bottle and everything and woke up at 5. Such a sweet boy : )

Saturday morning we took Jacob home and Little Brian was not too happy to see his brother come home. He frowned at us when we carried him in. We asked him if he was happy his brother was home and he said, "no" It is too funny because when I was born I guess my brother was the same way... he Asked my mom "When is she going home" ha ha, he even had a sense of humor then. After we dropped him off I headed off to my quilting class. Then we just tried to recuperate the rest of the day!  My parents took us out for dinner at this really great Chinese Buffet right up the street from our houses. All you can eat! We were stuffed : ) Then we went over to their place and played a few games of cribbage. Dad and I won 2/3 games… he he he had to add that in.

Sunday we did some cleaning (those dogs can really mess up a house!) My mom and I ran up to Sun Valley quilts and picked up some adorable Easter fabrics for a project. Later my grandparents stopped by for a visit. I really enjoy have guests out to the house and visiting. Then we went and picked up my new ring at Jared! Yes, he went to Jared! It is a long story, but this was my Christmas/Anniversary gift, but our old jeweler didn't come through so we switch to Jared and we love them! Then we drove out to Buckeye to have dinner with Barb, Dave, Sarah and Quint.  When we got there Dave had the cutest little puppy on his lap! They adopted a 6 week old black lab! What a surprise! We knew Dave wanted one and I guess when they found the pups on Valentines Day- cupid did his work! They adopted little Sally on Sunday  : )  She is such a lover and perfectly content sitting on your lap--- we’ll see how that works out when she is 80 lbs! We got to walk down to the neighbors house and meet her mom and dad and see her litter mates. The women had them set up in her barn, along side the chickens and horses. It was a lot of fun to check them out. Puppies are great--- it is a good thing we don’t have a bigger yard otherwise we would have had a new Chocolate lab last night!!

Oh there is even more news--Dave's two kids, Kip and Jen, were in the Jr. Olympics this past week for fencing! They also had an article and their picture in the paper this past week as well. Below is a link to the article if you want to take a look- also I attached the file, but I don't think the picture came through. www.azcentral.com/community/scottsdale/articles/0214sr-fencers0214Z8.html  Maybe there will be some Meyer Olympic gold medalist in the not to distant future!

Sorry these are getting so lengthy... I guess I just have lots to say about my family to my friends and family : )
Anyway, have a great week everyone!