Halloween At the Zoo

Boo At the zoo is an annual even that's put on every year- Last year was our first year and i had a blast! To be completely honest, i usually HATE events with kids. Mini me will tell ANYONE :" my mom doesnt like kids" its true and i'll tell you why- KIDS THESE DAYS ARE OUT.OF.CONTROL! This event went so smoothly, i can say i think I had the most fun out of everyone! Here's some pictures to re- cap the night. Wish ya'll had been able to share it with us--- And yes, it was warm enough to wear tank tops! That's the south for ya!This year, our neighbor came with us... next year we'll get her husband to come too! He missed out, BIG time-
Lil Muffin was Orphan Annie this year- i had the lady that made their rehearsal dinner dresses for my best friends wedding make their costumes. The lady pulls thru every time.. i just LOVE her to bits!

Sitting in line waiting for the Zoo doors to open - our neighbor said that the husband dressed up as a UGA college student. LOL

Taking lil muffin to the Zoo this time was memorable. She actually GETS it this time and was awestruck! her mouth was just open the whole night, i actually thought she may be getting sick she was so quiet soaking it all in! ;)

Watching the parrot

These are the vulchers that mini me is pointing to in the picture below-

Special moment i caught randomly- shes SUCH a good big sister

Sitting with daddy on the carousel- i ran trying to get a picture and heard lil muffin SCREAMING: " No, THANK YOU!" she was TERRIFIED to get on the horse, so i quickly came up with the solution for them to SIT on the ride.. worked like a charm

FAMILY shot of the nite with Pumpkin in background--- along with my PASTY white skin, enough to scare ANYONE!

Mini Me and Me

My Neighbor again-- our neighbors are like our family out here, we're SO blessed to have them in our lives!

Mini me HATES having her picture taken, so i caught her in action doing what she loves to do- DANCING! shakin it to the song, do the TWIST"- at the end of the zoo, they have a dancing area, and a DJ with smoke and lights everywhere.. our FAVE part!!!

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh- look at this lil moment- Daddy was trying to dance with her and i got her attitude on camera and boy am i glad i did. PRICELESS!!! this face is a common occurrance around our house!

Hope ya'll enjoyed this years pictures--- we still have the Halloween party on Saturday and i know i'll have many pictures from that event. Ive NEVER thrown a Halloween party so am exceptionally excited about it this year. We're SHUTTIN the street down! ( not even kidding!) .... Wish my greenville BFF and Pink Owl didnt have to work that night.. we'll miss you guys!

Parking lot Pumpkin Hunting

After lunch a few Sundays back, we found a little whole in the wall pumpkin set up in the parking lot. A hunting we went for pumpkins for the girls--- Heres a couple cute shots from that. ( and before you judge, lil Muffin dressed herself in that gettup ;)

They love their Auntie!!

Oh my gosh, how cauuuuuuuuuuute is this shot?!

The girls Halloween costumes are literally en route to my house in an hour- our friend made them and im EXTREMELY excited about them. they will be wearing them on Saturday for our yearly Zoo event, and then again on Halloween- Im Super excited about them this year!! Just need to buy a few more things and they will be ready to go!

Loves and Snuggles make Everything better!

I wanted to post recent pictures of our little Jewel ( the one on the previous post was months old) As i'd said before Friday she was very needy- crying all the time and just wanted to be held. With the husbands birthday, i HAD to get stuff done. We had a suprise get together for him on Saturday and i needed to make him a cake. So, make a cake i did WITH her in my baby carrier.. i SWEAR i'm not a crazy dog lady... ( crazy, yes.. ) Please excuse my face- i didnt do myself all up, after being on 4 hrs of sleep, i DIDNT care!!
She looks AWFUL, doesnt she?!

This was taken last night and i thought it was SO precious!

The poodle - who you read about in another post as - has been fantastic with

the Yorkie. She's been so gentle with her. Last night, the yorkie cuddled up with the husband and i thought it was so precious that she laid her head on the yorkie... She knows she's hurt, and she just wanted to love on her. And another Sweet shot

Keep praying for her!!!!!! She's a fighter!!

Feel Better, Lil Jewel

As i said in the previous post, we had a freak accident last week-
We had a nieghbor boy and his mom over for the first time and they were literally over for 5 minutes. The little boy is terrified of dogs ( i guess our 2 4 lb dogs are TERRIFYING, just sayin') If i would have known this, precautionary measures would have been taken. Mini me let the dogs out of their crate and as usual, they greeted all of us, including neighbor boy. He was perched like a frog on the side of the loveseat. The poodle jumped up on the couch to give nieghbor boy a kiss, and it freaked him out. He literally jumped backwards off the loveseat and ONTO Jewel.

The noise and the sight i saw i will NEVER forget. She layed there CRYING, white tongue and limp. I immediately picked her up and knew something was terribly wrong.

I put everything into place as to who needed to watch the girls, got in the car, and rushed her to the ER vet.

They met me at the door and rushed her back. They gave her pain meds immediately and ran x-rays after making me sign a contract that it would cost me roughly 700-1250 dollars. YES, you read that correctly. I tried like a psycho to get ahold of the husband and couldnt, so i made a split second decision and signed the contract. As ya'll know, jewel is my life and joy. She's been thru absolute hell and back in her 5 years of life. Liver shunts, heart murmer, choking on an apple and chicken nugget.... literally, this dog has 25 lives.

She stayed the night at the ER vet- she was in BAD shape. Coudlnt walk, and although she didnt have any broken bones, they thought she may have some neurological damage, but only time would tell.

We picked her up the next day and had hours of whining and crying- i felt absolutely helpless and terrible for her .the only way she was comfortable was to be in my peanut shell baby carrier. She would only sleep for 4 hrs at a time. I was exhausted.

Now, days later, she once again has pulled almost completely through it. She's still on 3 Medications for it, including a steroid. She sleeps with us at night- she's very very needy. She's drinking and eating on her own ( that's a plus, i was syringe feeding her) and she's not walking 100%. she will walk and then drag her legs, and they give out.. i think neighbor boy landed on back legs?! We're still not sure. She probably feels like she was hit by a mac truck!!!
Poor little princess!!

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Today is my sweet husbands birthday and i wanted to make this post for him- I try and make EVERY birthday special.. Mini Me has wrapped his gifts on her own- in purple boxes with manly ribbon, LOL!!
Im TRYING to make his dinner, with a yorkie in my peanut shell from when lil muffin was a baby.
Its all coming together slowly, but i WILL get it done!

Babe, i am so blessed to spend ANOTHER year with you and another birthday.. they only get better!

(In the last 24 hrs, we have had some major events- i'll expand on that later but ask for your prayers for our little yorkie. )

Babe, we are so blessed to spend ANOTHER year with you and another birthday.. they only get better!

We LOVE our Daddy!! Cheers to many more years of laughs, dirty diapers, giggles, messing up the house with toys, and lots of little hugs and kisses !

Absolute Beauty

Its on drives like these, i'm amazed i live in such a beautiful place! For those of you that dont know this about me, i've ALWAYS wanted to live in the south and raise a family here.

I would watch fried green tomatoes, and Driving miss Daisy and thought everything about the south was so beautiful. I loved the people, the scenery, everything about it, BUT....i'd never been. We took a HUGE leap of faith and moved to the south, SIGHT UNSEEN!!

People, its EVERYTHING i thought it would be! Look at this picture... as we drove through these trees, i got all giddy inside.Its sights like these that made me yearn to live here. There are small buildings on the sides of the road that once served a purpose... think of all the memories !! There are fruit and vegetable stands everywhere. I feel like there are so many stories and history to everything around here.

I'm happy that my girls are being raised here in the south and that we were given the opportunity to move here. IF you EVER get the chance to visit the south, DO it! ( IF for any reason alone, the food itself is to.die.for)

If you dont.. just pop in Driving Miss Daisy and watch the beauty of the south and the scenery it has to offer!