LAB TAILS: Blue and White Gets Breakfast

Oh!!!!!!!! How adoreable is this!!!!!!

LAB TAILS: Blue and White Gets Breakfast

Lookie-Lookie

Hey -Guess what I found-a LAB wonderful sight!!

Its all abt a family who has 3 labs and all abt one of their pregnant labs "Elsie."

All the excitement starts in August-so just follow it from there-thats what Im doing tnight:)

http://labtails.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html

2 More Weeks In the Oven

She is getting really..really..really...big...
1 more week till we can feel and see them moving....:)

Summer's A Comin'

WHOOT!!!!!!! I have REALLY missed the warmth ....and it looks like its here:)-just got to get through all the rain showers that crop up...and the wind is stilll crazy here some days. I remember when we first moved here and the sky would worry me so-I could have sworn a tornado was headed our way.....LOLOL-We still have mighty wind up here....but its never anything, just need to stay inside as it can get things quite stirred up and a flyin...

School is winding down for everyone. Monkey and Flamingo have until the 4th of June. Stinger has a bit left this week, and next week I think we will fill it with fun art projects and crafts etc.. They all have field trips coming up-are all looking forward to it-getting their luncheables and packing things they really like in their lunches. I told Stinger we would do it too-and go and have a picnic and play:) So all the kids are looking forward to winding down the school year.

Puddin is 100 % def preggers. Dh has decided hes not sure if he still wants to go camping.....LOLOL-Guess it wasnt a big deal before when he thought she wasnt really pregnant...So that is still up in the air. I guess we will have to judge and see how good and strong the puppies will be at that time, if they are weaned etc...Then we will know better...so as of now we still dont know....

My B-day is comin up:)And which is a reminder that my 6 month ultra sound is due for my thyroid nodule....yeah...Pregnant bellies have sure been a good distraction...LOLOLOL Festering abt Puddin has done wonders for this...LOLOLOL

Papa and Nana are coming up this weekend-which means a stop here:)Ive been missing them-I cant wait to see them:):) :) :)!!!

Everyone gets a 4 day weekend, but Im not sure what we are doing yet. There has been talk abt a movie, or a cookout?? So we shall see I guess....

Im just thrilled its actually WARM again:) WHOOT!!!! My peas are loving it!! I put stakes out the other day-just gotta tie them off as they are a growin:)

Ive been doing awesome on the treadmill-Im going on my second week:) M-F WHOOT!!!!Iev been having salad for 1 meal as well.....Dh has been doing really well-it sure helps when we are both keeping each other accounteable....:)LOLOLOL

6 weeks in the Oven......:)

Okay-
There is something def cooking in there...LOLOL

Dh has even said it!!!LOLOL-and THAT is somethin!!

So Im preparing fro whelping now-3 weeks left-can be born at anytime after 7 weeks...so Ive been getting ready, getting all supplies ready...watching and freaking out if Puddin starts to pant now...LOLOL-but shes doing really good and just a growin..growin...LOLOL

Her appetite is incredible-wanting to eat anything and everything-the kids are impressed-shes even wanting their veggies..LOLOL Stinger says"Shes GOT to be pregnant mom!!"LOLOL-This had me rollin!!:)...so Ive been limiting her of table scraps...which is hard as thats been her treat ard here...and not letting her slurp up breakfast cereal milk....which she is having a really hard time understanding...but I want her body to be able to build up her own calcium once the babies arrive or she could get into trouble...

She's getting really big in the middle and her abdomen is hard-which are the puppies developing...She's a little slower, but not sleeping so much-but shes sprawled out ALOT these days...

So supplies I have so far:

nose squeezer thing-to clear fluids
box-to warm puppies in during whelp
milk replacer-for fading puppies (in case)
droppers for milk
iodine-to disinfect cords with

I also have set up her whelping place in our pantry, and have started feeding her in there.

still need to get and put in whelping box:

towels(white) and more towels
board for whelping box-so Momma can get out but puppies cant.(dh buying)

Last night she kept on jumping on our bed-so I went out to the couch with her and then awoke to puke in the kitchen and diarrea by the door.....and the fun is JUST beginning...LOLOL But tonight we will be closing her off in the kitchen-as she needs to get used to sleeping in her whelping area.

So just anxiously waiting here:)

New Arrivals-Sassy and Princess

Flamingo is totally, 100% in LOVE...LOLOL

Flamingos Soccer- 2010

Catch Up...

Well geesh-Its been awhile hasnt it....
Things and days have been flying by here.....Soccer for Flamingo has just ended. Now we are just waiting for school to get out and start Monkey with baseball...:)
I cant believe just 3 more week until school is out...yeah....we have been trying to enjoy the weather here-but its been constant rain for awhile.....the blahs....case of the Mondays all week long...;)LOLOLOL

We are all doing well though*knock...knock*

Hope you all had a fantastic Mothers Day:)

I woke up to some wonderful luvs, kisses, cards,and presents from the kiddoes and dh!!!:) Then we went and saw Iron Man 2, and stuffed ourselves with Ruby Tuesdays after:) Its so funny all of us ordered the salad bar and agn the waitress looked at our kids and were amazed that they were eating their salads and really enjoying them....LOLOL Rubys has a really good salad bar-so the kids just pile on loads of salad and all the toppings they could ever want and go to town-its funny watching them enjoy something so healthy ...LOLOL-but it continues to amaze everyone..

Dh and I have started the treadmill agn...LOLOL-Hopefully we last this time...;)

Dh has promised a kitty this weekend for Flamango-so we will have a new addition come Monday-Flamingo is way too excited abt this..LOLOLOL But she plans on keeping it in her room and everything-as its "her" kitty...LOLOLOL We shall see how Puddin likes this....

Puddin is now going on her 5th week-and still Im clueless....a new symptom though-she is having some discharge-which they say is a def sign she is carrying.....so its still "wait and see" ard here with that...its driving me crazy as I cant really plan anything though and THAT is bonkers crazy...ugh....sigh...but what can ya do?...

Everyone still wants to go camping though-so Im trying to figure THAT out...and with NOT knowing its frustrating..If she has them it would make the pups abt 4 weeks old then, getting ready to wean and start solids-so it would be okay I guess...but Id HAVE to have someone take Puddin potty and check on everything 2 times dailey at least...might be able to get a neighbor to do it..we shall see...

But thats abt the rundown ard here....

Down Home Funnies ;)

Well I know you all are just dying to know if Puddin is expecting...okay-okay...but I am...LOLOL, and no...I still don't know....

She's still acting way weird, and I feel little walnut bumps in her tuummy...so I have NO clue. Brandt says Im just making something there as i want it to be there...LOLOL..yeah..okay...maybee...but I DO feel something there...so anyway-its still a roll of the dice I guess...:)

Today though-I let he outside to run ard in the back-I don't like getting her too worked up. Its really weird-but a dogs body will retain fetuses if under stress-did you know that??I'm learning soo much from the researching Ive been doing...LOLOL. But anyway...I guess in the wild if the Momma senses she is in danger, or in a dangerous situation-her body will automatically retain the pups she is carrying if it is in the early stages of conception...I find that a tad bit interesting..so anyway -Ive bean trying to make her environment as stress free as possible...hard ard a house full of munchkins...LOLOL, but I'm trying...

A mother dog has even been seen canibilising her young if put under stress.... I guess better to be gone than in pain or being killed by something...weird -eh?

ANYWHO....I was letting her run ard outside the back and the two calves in our neighbors yard just kept getting under her skin...She'd run up to the fence line, claiming he territory and what do ya know-the one calf just kept teasing her-slowly going back up to the fence-and as soon as Puddin got wind of it-she was chasing them off agn-it was hilarious...I just cant believe that calf teasing like that-it made me laugh...

Tonight I also laughed with something Stinger did. We got these new shower soap holder things. You put the little bits of soap that fall into the drain into them and then you scrub with them....they are pretty cool-so you can use up those little bity soaps and hold on to your soap better...

Stinger was in the shower for abt 1 half hr... I thought to myself what the heck is he doing in there....LOLOL, so I open the bathroom door and call out to make sure everything is okay. He peeks out from the shower curtain with an exasperated look on his face and I ask him what is wrong. He procedes to tell me that he doesn't like the new soap holders(he had been so excited to use them-as the soap is always slipping out of his fingers again and again)...but now he doesnt like them. I question him as to why and he says he cant get the soap to stop coming through, that he is done washing and it wont stop... Seams for a half hr he had been trying to stop the soap from lathering through the scrubby...LOLOLOL, hadn't washed his hair or anything as he just couldn't get it to stop-and he thought he needed to wash it clean(get the bubbles off)which we all know wont happen when you are holding it under the shower...LOLOL-how cute is that?LOLOL, he was really embarased when I explained to him it was okay-that they could just stay there-that they would just go away on their own...that he could just lay it down and be done-LOLOL My Stinger-My funny guy-eh?:)

Anyway-it had me laughing as I closed the bathroom door behind me....My Funny for the night:)

Pan Bread Sticks:)

These look and taste just like those nummy Pizza Hut breadsticks-nummY!:)
Quick and Easy Pan Breadsticks

3 1/2 cups bread flour
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon SAF yeast
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups hot tap water
4 tablespoons butter, melted (divided)
1/2 cup grated or shredded Parmesan cheese
Johnny's Garlic Seasoning (or other garlic and herb dried spice blend)

In the bowl of a mixer fitted with a dough hook combine bread flour, sugar, yeast, and salt - stir a little to combine. Add hot tap water and mix until dough pulls away from sides of bowl, you can add a little more water if the dough is too dry (just add a tablespoon at a time). Knead at high speed for 5 minutes. Cover bowl with a towel and let dough rest for 5 minutes.

Spread 2 tablespoons of melted butter on a large cookie sheet with a rim. Place dough in the middle of the pan and let sit uncovered for 3 minutes. Spread dough out flat until it reaches all of the edges of the cookie sheet - use a rolling pin and your hands to spread the dough out. Spread the remaining 2 tablespoons of melted butter on top of the dough, spreading the butter around evenly with a rubber spatula or your hands. Sprinkle garlic seasoning evenly over the dough, then sprinkle Parmesan evenly over the dough. With a pizza cutter cut the dough into 3 even strips down the length of the dough. Then cut the other way into 12 rows so you end up with 12 rows with 3 breadsticks in each row.

Place the cookie sheet of breadsticks into a 170 degree oven and turn off the oven. Let the breadsticks rise in the warm oven for 15 minutes (breadsticks should rise about 1 inch). Turn oven back on and set to 350 degrees, bake breadsticks for about 12 minutes or until golden brown. During the last 2 minutes I covered the tops with foil and placed the pan on the bottom rack just to brown the bottoms of the breadsticks a little more.

Piggy Bows by Jenn:)

How cute is this???!!!