The Latest and GREATEST

We've had slow moments where we just stayed inside away from the cold weather:

Poor little guys has been sick
for at least a week

Some Nintendo wii sports

just playing with some toys
(brother's toys)

A slow morning at the library

We've had moments in preparation for life events:

FHE: preparing ourselves
against the world

New running shoes! Preparing
for the new season!

To Do List with Daddy, in preparation for his return:)

We've also had some really happy moments:

T (co-worker/friend) was great enough to
drive us to the airport since my
car is temporarily broken

Waiting for his "dadda"
which was his first word

priceless

ran right over to him
and got a big hug!

then he pulled off his hat and
gave Travis a Valentine
he'd made and then hid
in his hat for safe
keeping :)

We've also had some disheartening moments:

• A broken car (really not too depressing; more expected these days ;)

Worse, a sick Nala :(

About two weeks ago, Nala's mood changed; we assumed it was due to the breeding. She became depressed, mopy, and stopped eating. We tried a couple of different things, including purchasing a new brand of dog food we knew she loved, some cans of soft dog food, and some treats. 

 Today we received a call from my mom that Nala wasn't getting out of bed. We quickly called and scheduled an appointment to take her to the vet. The Vet was stumped and asked us to leave her a few hours for some x-rays. It was sweet, yet heartbreaking, as we were leaving Maddix gave her big hugs and said, "don't worry girl, we'll be back for you soon. Don't be afraid." She was.

So we went on with the day and waited for the call. They asked us to come back in and we were told that the x-ray showed relatively little, other than the fact that her uterus, stomach, and spleen are enlarged which is causing immense pain so she doesn't want to move or eat :(


We ordered a blood panel and should receive the results tomorrow. They gave us a medication to start with in hopes that it's a minor infection causing the bloating... and then perhaps puppies bloating the uterus; if the results come back with a large amount of infection in her uterus we will know that she has this one disease (can't remember the name) that will cause her to need a hysterectomy; meaning she was never pregnant.

All in all we just hope our baby girl is okay.
It breaks my heart to see her feeling so sick; however, when we left the vet at the end of the day she did seem to be feeling slightly better. Now it's just a waiting game... I'll update later.

In the meantime, tonight despite our exhaustion, we did find then energy to start some Valentines Day Cupcakes:)

My cooking buddy.
He was excited all night
to make these.

Experimenting with different colors and designs...
I think I'll finish the rest tomorrow ;)