Wild Times

Drew went back to work Thursday after our trip to Oklahoma. It was warm enough that we were able to play outside and we even took a walk to the pond. When Drew got home from work we met John, Christina, and Josie at the zoo for Wild Lights. It was a nice little outing. The boys were hoping more animals would be out but the penguins were the only ones out. It was a great spur of the moment field trip.

New Years Eve Morning, we woke up and realized Max had gotten sick all over the house. Drew and I were shocked that we didn't hear him and were a little stressed out by the events of the morning. It was a nice morning so we left Max outside while we went to get donuts and coffee. When we got home, Drew took the boys to get haircuts and to rent a carpet cleaner. While he was gone I noticed that Max was continuing to get sick and he was starting to shake. I had no clue what to do so I called the vet and they said they didn't have any appointment openings but that they needed to see him so to bring him in they would fit him in. So Drew got home with the boys and the carpet cleaning machine, put Max in the car and headed to the vet.

The vet said that Max was extremely tender in his abdomen and that they were going to have to take an x-ray to see what was going on. The first x ray was inconclusive so they told Drew they would have to keep him the rest of the afternoon and run a series of x-rays so they could try and figure things out. While Drew was at the vet a severe thunderstorm rolled through and the tornado sirens started going off. Talk about a CRAZY day!

Drew got home around lunch time and then hopped in the car with Andrew so he could take him to his dentist appointment. After Andrew's last dentist experience I wasn't exactly thinking positive and figured that would pretty much stay in line with the day. But to my surprise Andrew had ZERO cavities!!! Here is the email Drew sent while they were at the dentist:

6 year molers coming in
12 year molers developing
Good health
No cavities
Will need braces later. $$$$$
Cleaning teeth now

Drew brought Andrew home and then went to pick up Max. They did 36 x-rays while he was there and really came to no conclusions. There "guess" was that he has/had a foreign body in his stomach. They gave him anti nausea medicine and told us to take him to an emergency vet if he got sick again.

Drew got home around dinner time, we ate, did a New Years celebration with the kids, put the kids to bed and you'll never guess what exciting thing we did after we put the kids to bed.... Drew finished his hours for his CPA certification. (He has to get a certain number of hours in every year and yes he waited until the very last minute). I went to bed at 11:30 and he came up at 12:01 and said he had just finished. I know, we are such the party animals.

2011 got off to a much better start. Everyone woke up healthy. Drew and I got out of the house for a couple of hours in the morning while the kids stayed with a sitter. We also had a little family celebration at grandma and poppa's.

Talk about an eventful ending to 2010!