It's Been a While...

I can't remember the last time I was on DK, but I do think of my friends often! Hope everyone is doing well!!

As some of you know, I have a 2 year old girl named Charlotte (human!). I also have Peri, the 5.5 year old goldendoodle, and Taquito, the almost 11 year old Chihuahua with kidney disease.

The past 6 months have been a whirlwind for me. In June I found out we were expecting no. 2! Two weeks later my boss resigned and I have been in a whirlwind ever since. Work has been quite stressful and the pregnancy was, shall we say, poor timing! However, I have to think of it as "perfect" timing as I would have put off having a 2nd child due to all of the career changes going on right now. And I always wanted my kids to be closer in age - they will be 28 months apart! And we are having a BOY, so I get the best of both worlds! Baby boy is due February 4th, so I am hitting the home stretch.

Dogs are fabulous - and 2 year old is fabulous with them. Helps me train Peri, gives them treats, etc... She even understands that they can't have grapes (which she loves) - so when she eats them she says "Peri, Taquito NO, you can't have grapes" - ha! Peri is in great health but got a little chubby from stealing some of Tacky's homecooked food. Vet recommended I crate Tacky while he eats, but that didn't go over well - he refused to eat. So I moved his food to the den where I have a clear line of sight while in kitchen in morning and evening. Peri eats in laundry room and after 2 months, I can say that we are successful - Peri may get his food 1-2x per week if he walks off and I am somewhere else, but overall, she is on the path to skinny :)

We've almost reached the year mark for Tacky - in January 2014 they told me he wouldn't live longer than 3 to 6 months. But I've been diligent with sub-q water hydration treatments and his diet, and lo and behold, look who's hung in there! He's doing quite well and is HAPPY - they day he stops being happy and is miserable, I will do what I need to do. I will NOT let him suffer and don't want my kids to see that either (or me in hysterics). But for now, Vet says Taquito is "amazing" and that his momma is too (not to toot my own horn, but in this world of bad owners, TOOT TOOT).

That's all for now. I need to get a pic of dogs with toddler, but that's pretty much impossible. So trust me in that dogs are great, still vital members of our family, even though I can only post a pic of my human kid. HUGS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!