This is Bailey(in the back) and Snicker in my comfy old recliner back in January when Bailey was a bit smaller than she is now. Snicker tolerated her antics very well for an old dog. Now Bailey will get used to being the alpha dog and will terrorize the cats even worse than normal.

Sadness for the family

We are all saddened that today we had to put our beloved old dog, Snicker, down. She would have been 14 years old in June, which is very old for a big dog. She was getting senile, had catarracts, was extremely arthritic, was probably diabetic and losing lots of weight, and was just not doing too well anymore. So now I am down to one dog, Bailey, and the two cats, Garfield and Twinx. It will be easier when I go out of town now because most of the time Bailey will go with me and the cats do not need daily care. If Bailey does not go with me, she can spend the day over at Scott and Cheryl's with her littermates, Kassie and Kahlua, they get really crazy when they are all three together. Guess that is all for today. So on top of the joy we are feeling over the new baby in the family, we are saddened by the loss of an old friend, life balances out in all things.

Update on link for baby pix

When you go to the link for the baby pix click on St. Alexius Hospital and then on Birthplace Babies to see pix of Ethan. I am going to see him in the flesh as soon as I get off work tonite.

We have a new baby!!!!

We welcomed Ethan Alexander to the family. He was born yesterday evening at about 7:45pm and weighed in at 8lbs 1oz and just over 20 inches long. The delivering doctor was Dr. Jan Bury and he was born at St. Alexius Hospital. The pictures should be posted either later this week or the first of next week. He will be home later tonight or early tomorrow. Brendon is very excited about being a new big brother. The link for the pictures is www.primecare.org and click on nursery. So I am great grandma for the second time and Scott is a grandfather, if you can believe that one. Will post pictures as soon as we get some.

Baby Update

If Stacey hasn't gone into labor by her appointment next Friday, Dr. Jan is going to induce her. So I will be updating things then with all of the pertinent information on the new addition. We are all excited about the upcoming little addition. Even if it makes me feel even older to have 2 great grandchildren.

Extended Family

Cheryl's oldest daughter, Stacey, and her family(husband, Mark and Brendon) have moved home from Pennsylvania and are expecting their second child, a boy, who is due to make his appearance in May, if he waits that long. He will join big brother Brendon who is now 4 years old. That makes Scott a Grandpa x2 and me a Great-Grandma x 2, and Grandma N a Great-Great-Grandma x 2. The family is growing by leaps and bounds.
The puppies continue to grow and take up alot of our time and energy. Bailey loves to go over and visit with her brother and sister, Kailua and Kassie. We will have to get some pictures of them if we can get them to hold still long enough. It is amazing how different each one is from the others but yet still so much alike. They are about the size of an average house cat and are 5 months old now, next month the will all be neutered since we are responsible pet parents. Bailey continues to be my baby and is spoiled rotten. She loves to go for her walks with Mama and Snicker but we do not go too far yet since Mama and Snicker are both very out of shape. She has a very strange issue with fire hydrants though that we cannot figure out, she shies away from them and barks at them.
We are all doing fine and are really looking forward to warm weather and summer.

Hello Everyone

I am setting up this blog so that I can upload news and pictures about the family to here and we can all share in this better. Since we are all online we can share our news and happenings in the online world without having to work too hard.