SPAY AND NEUTER YOUR PETS!!!!

It really bothers me how many pets are homeless. I wish that I had a whole bunch of money and I'd use it to start my own rescue and save these precious animals from all the horrible things they encounter. A lot of times people get pets and after they realize what a huge responsibility they are, the owners decide to give them up. This is such a shame! Did you know that if you take a pet to the pound as an owner surrender, they have the right to euthanize them immediately? That is so sad.

Pets have so much to offer people. I can't count the times I've been sick or feeling bad or just sad and guaranteed one of my furballs will be there to comfort me. It's amazing! You should see my Resident's faces at the nursing home on the days we have pet therapy. To see somebody who can be so sad and depressed light up for even five minutes is a great feeling.

If you have a pet, PLEASE get them spayed or neutered! PLEASE! If you are thinking about getting a pet, check with your local shelter or rescue. Even if you're looking for a purebred pet, there are rescues for those too!

Beach, Fun and Ear Infections

Yeah so I know I suck at blogging. Truth be told, I do most of my "interneting" from my cell phone so I don't always have out my laptop. Crappy excuse but it's true. So, I am SERIOUSLY gonna try to start blogging at least once a week. Key word-TRY! :)

Brent's mother has a condo at Garden City, SC (Myrtle Beach) and we went down there the last full week in August and had a blast. This was Blake's second time at the ocean and he absolutely LOVED it. Last year he was just starting to walk so he basically crawled around in the water and ate sand. This year he was chasing waves and kicking sand. Woohoo!

I made Brent and Blake do some shopping with me which they both love. Brent sighs heavily and paces while Blake wants everything he sees. Yeah payback, I get it. Anyways, I had a great time as did everybody else. Mom and Dad watched Blake a few times so Brent and I could get out a bit. We took Blake to "Alligator Adventure" while we were there. He hollered at every alligator he saw and thoroughly enjoyed himself but would not pet the baby alligator when the man brought him around.

On our way home things were good until Blake woke up from his nap. We had stopped at Brent's Aunt's house on the lake for a get-together when we noticed he wasn't feeling well. My first clue was that he didn't want his strawberry milkshake that we got him. Second clue was he wanted to go inside when we were at the lake, which is highly unusual. Third clue-he started running a fever. I had Tylenol in the car so I went ahead and gave him that. We finally got home and tried to push fluids. About 9pm I took his temperature and it was 104.4!! I called the Peds nurse and she said that if it got to 105 he would need to go to the ER. I told her I wasn't waiting until 105 so off to the ER we went. Long story short, we got home at 2:30 a.m. with a really bad ear infection which was making his eardrum bulge. Poor guy. He is just finishing up his Amoxicillin which he hates, so we will be glad to have that over with.

Other than that, things are pretty good. We have the "diagnostic ultrasound" on September 27th to see how the baby is doing and find out the gender (yay!). Please keep us in our prayers as we keep you in ours!! Have a great day/night!!