Lucky

Well we did it! We are all moved out of our apartment and into Seth's house. I didn't think it was possible. I had a lot of help from Martin and the rest of my family. Gayla came over and kidnapped me on Friday and took me to lunch and then came and helped me pack. It was so great. I so lucky to have such an amazing sister. Mom came later that night and helped shuttle things over to Seth's. Again I'm so lucky to have such an amazing mom!! The next morning Martin went shooting with Brandon and took his new guns. He is so proud of them, I don't understand it, but anyway. Then the boys came over and moved all of the heavy furniture over to Seth's in Brandon's big ol' truck, which was such a HUGE help. Martin and I finished moving everything over Sunday and Monday, and on Monday while I went home and took the dogs out, Martin cleaned the whole apartment! Vacuumed everywhere, scrubed the stove (which was pretty nasty) scrubbed the counter tops, cleaned the bath and shower, AND scrubbed the toilet!!!!!! I was pretty dang impressed with my husband. I finished up the apartment by getting on my hands and knees and washed the kitchen and bathroom floors. I took the last little things and packed them in the car and turned in the keys. It was pretty tramatic. I'm going to miss our little place so much. I feel like I'm giving back some of our independence, but it'll be ok. On top of all that Abbi was sick this weekend and I had to take her to the vet. Poor thing. She is getting SO HUGE. She's gained 3.4 pounds in the two weeks that we have had her. She's not so little anymore. Seth calls her Water Buffulo because she's so fat, and she likes to tip over the water bowl and lay in it. I just think it's the cutest thing ever! She's now 2 months old, and we're starting to take them out for walks on a leash it is so fun! Puck's pretty dang cute too. If I can find my digital camera (out of all of our moving boxes) I'll try and post some pictures of them both later.

5 days

So yeah I have 5 days to be completely moved out of our apartment! I have barely even started, and what am I doing? Not packing that's for sure. I'm avoiding it at all costs. I've started I cleaned out the pantry, which probably wasn't the smartest thing, because now we have no food to eat..lol. Poor husband. The bathroom is almost done too. I've packed all of our movies and books which made me feel like I've accomplished something. I've been feeling really crappy these last few days. One thing is I gained three pounds at weight watchers this week, so I still haven't broken the 15 mark it's been about two months that I have been almost there, and then I gain that week and it takes like three weeks to get back down to where I was, and then I comfort eat because I'm upset. I wanted to have lost 20-30 pounds by now. It's my own fault because I'm still eating whatever I want to. But still. It's depressing. Then there is this whole packing thing. I'm way overwhelmed. 5 days? AHH!! I never really completely unpacked from when we moved here which is good that means less packing, but it makes me feel like a failure. Plus mom brought up the other day that I never even invited her and Doug over for dinner. Great! I just wish I was better at being a good wife. Martin assures me that he loves me and he doesn't have any problems, until he runs out of clean clothes because I didn't do the laundry. I don't cook hardly ever. I just think I should be better at things than I am. Anyway I'm going to go find something else to do to avoid packing.

Happy Birthday!

Abbi is 7 weeks old today! It actually depends on how you want to look at it. She was born on Tuesday so this is her 7th tuesday, but she was born on the 25th of April so she will be two months old on the 25th, but 8 weeks old on the 20th. It's weird to think about it that way. I never thought I would be a dog mom. I use to hate dogs. They scared me, but now....I let Abbi and Puck lick all over my face and while I'm at work they are all I can think about. I even talk baby talk to them ALL THE TIME. Well my puppies need to be put to sleep...gotta go.

More pictures

Here are some pictures of our Abbi. She's gotten so big in the past week. Seth got his dog, but I don't have pictures yet. His name is Puck. They fight a lot though. Wrestling, biting, things like that. The vet said it was pretty normal though. We are just suppose to stop them if they get out of hand. It's starting to get a little less stressful. It will get even better when Martin and I actually move in.

Puppy Picture!

This is the picture that was sent to us by the people we got them from. I have more pictures but this one will do. I have had a terrible day. I got up this morning at 6:15 to come see Abbi at Seth's house. She was crying when I got here. I took her outside to do her business and play with her and she was getting really rambuntous and she was nipping at me and then she bit me. Not just a play bite, but she clamped down and drew blood. It makes me so upset because she bites at me all the time and I can't ever get her to stop. I've read the books and everything where your suppose to tell them no and stop playing with them...but it's not working. The plan was that I was to take her up to Gayla's for the day so she could dog sit, but I was so upset with Abbi and her hating me that I cried the whole way up there. Sobbing. So I ended up not going to work and staying up at Gayla's all day. I know she's just a puppy but I get so frustrated that I don't want to have anything to do with her. Thats so sad to say because I love her to pieces, but I'm just so discouraged. I feel like I've ruined her already. Martin and Seth tell me I'm over reacting and she's just a puppy and doesn't know what she's doing, but that doesn't make me stop feeling the way I am. What I'm I going to be like when I have an actually baby that is so much more important on how I raise it. If I screw up with a baby I can't just take it to the pound. I just don't know what to do.

A Potty Training Two-Year-Old

Last night we got to sleep!!! Seth didn't....We let Seth keep the puppy at his house. Martin gets cranky without sleep, so it was good for him to be able to get a full nights sleep and not have to worry about Abbi. She kept Seth up all night but Seth called me at 6:30 and had me come over to his house. Abbi was ready to get up for the day. Ten minutes later I was running around outside with my puppy. She loves to follow me when I run with her outside it's the cutest thing because she's not 100% steady on her feet yet so it's more of a bounding bunny hop. She's doing really good with house training, I'm guessing it's because I take her outside all the time, so that's really nice. Oh Abbi had her first Vet appointment this morning. She weighs 6.2 pounds. She was very healthy everything is great. She got her shots and didn't even cry. Abbi was so well behaved, she slept most of the time in my arms and didn't even pay any attention to the HUGE black labs that tried to eat her. Everyone commented on how darn cute she is. I'm still at Seth's so I don't have access to pictures. She actually looks like the coonhound puppy, but cuter and TONS smaller. The face looks almost the same coloring-wise. Anyway, I've decided that having a puppy is like looking after a potty training two year old. You have to keep them entertained, make sure they don't bite and they stay out of things and you have to make sure they don't pee everywhere!! So that's what I have a biting-energetic-potty-training-two-year-old.

YAY!!!

We got a puppy! On friday when I got home from work I was looking at ksl.com for puppies and I saw an add for a beagle heeler mix for only $75! Two minutes later Martin was on the phone with the owner having them send us pictures. It was a breed we wanted for the same price that the coonhound was. I saw the pictures and fell in love. Only problem was that the owners lived up in Rigby Idaho (about 3 1/2 hours away) but it didn't matter we were out the door within the hour. It took forever to get to Rigby I was so anxious to get our puppy. Martin and I stopped at the Walmart in Brigham City to get food, a collar, leash, puppy pads. All of the essentials, and we were on our way again. When we finally found the house of the owners we picked one of the girls they had. SOOO CUTE. I don't have pictures now because we've been staying at Seth's house because we can't have pets at our apartment anyway.... The drive home was SO long! I held Abbi the whole way home. She whined for the first half hour, but she seemed very comfortable in my arms. She cuddled up and slept most of the way home. We stopped in Riverdale to show Gayla and then at Seth's house to show him. It was about 12:30 before we finally got home. We let the puppy sniff around the apartment and get comfortable. We set up a box with a blanket, toy and one of my shirts for it to sleep in that night. We were keeping her in the apartment anyway hoping that we wouldn't get caught by managment. To have a pet at our apartment we have to pay $300 even if it's only for a week. Stupid! Anyway we put her in the box and she slept for a little bit and then she would wake up and yelp and cry. All of the experts say they have to cry to get used to it but keep in mind we were trying not to get caught, so we had to keep her quiet. She slept and cried on and off until 3:00 am, then she kept crying, so I gave in and took her to the kitchen to see if she had to go to the bathroom or anything. Anyway...we went back to bed she slept until 5:30 so I got up with her again. I ended up sleeping on the couch because she was ok sleeping on the floor next to the bed....anyway long story short we didn't get very much sleep. My niece Allie got baptized yesterday I went to it and Martin stayed home with Abbi. The baptism went very well I can't believe she's that old. We stayed at Seth's house last night so we could train Abbi to sleep by herself. Seth rigged up a sleeping spot downstairs. It's pretty cool, but she cried until 3 am then slept til 6. We're trying not to let her sleep today so maybe she'll sleep tonight. I HATE LETTING HER CRY!!!!!! I feel so terrible. I hope it gets better. Seth is getting his puppy on Thursday so maybe if she's not alone she'll sleep. Anyway I'm sure this is really boring to read all these little details...but I'm so in love with this puppy I can't help it. She is the cutest thing I have ever seen in my life! I tried to put pictures on but I'm having "technical difficulties" so when I go home I'll post a bunch of pictures.

I'm so sad

We're not getting Abbi....it makes me want to cry. I guess she's going to a better home..but still I wanted her in my home. The lady that sold her to us gave us a call and told us that a man stopped by and wanted Abbi and her sister. He was willing to pay us twice what we paid to have Abbi in the first place. He lives in Morgan so he has lots of land that she can play on, and the sisters can stay together and he's actually going to train them to be hunter dogs...which is good, but it still makes me really sad. We're still planning to get a puppy but we need to find one now. We've talked about beagles, basset hounds, and pit bulls, but they are all so expensive. Whatever puppy we do get I still want to name it Abbi. I love that name. Anyway Seth is getting his puppy on the 8th so I'll post pictures when he gets his puppy.