My Heart Melts

This past weekend marks the height, no pun intended, of Tatum's obsession with airplanes. For quite awhile now when an airplane can be heard overhead Tatum stops what she is doing and says "airplane"! It is really cute. Well Eric took this phase to the next level this past weekend and thought that Tatum should see some airplanes. As in he got out the movie Pearl Harbor and would forward to parts with airplanes for Tatum to see. This would then prompt Tatum to say "wow" and "ohhh".

After getting her fill of airplanes she asked Eric for his finger and walked him into the Army Room exclaiming "song, song", while pointing to the CD player. He then obliged her with some good old 1940's era jazz. She then asked for "hat, hat" to which he placed a hat upon her head. After that she asked for....what else could she want...well a baseball of course.

The two of them truly have this great bond. I melt when I see the two of them together like this.

Breaking The Silence

Hello All! I can't believe that it has been a month now from my last post. This past month has been very busy and trying for us. The busy part has just been life with Tatum, projects for work, and fun family stuff. The trying part has been dealing with Normandy, who has a very hurt back.

Back in November Normandy had apparently hurt her back somehow. We took her to the vet and it was easily healed, end of story, or so we thought. In the middle of January it appeared that she had hurt her back again...another trip to the vet. This time the medication in the shots that they gave her did not appear to work. She started to loose the ease of using her back legs. Walking was paining her and so on. We were carrying her up and down stairs and such. We got some new oral medication and it seemed to help her more. One night I accidentally gave her two pills of the wrong medication...yikes...and the vet suggested that we induce vomiting to avoid a harmful reaction. This threw her into a tailspin of reactions...vomiting more than she should have and not being able to control her bowels. It got so bad that both the vomit and bowels were tinged with blood. An emergency trip to the vet followed.

Normandy is now doing much better. We had her on kennel rest for two weeks straight. We are still limiting her as far as jumping and going up and down the stairs goes. This was an unpleasant time for Eric and I both.

We spent much time in prayer, reading about trials in the bible, and taking time off from things that we chose before God. It was eyeopening for me to see how much I chose to pick up the phone and call friends before reading my bible and spending time with God. For Eric it opened him up to being able to see how much time is spent in his hobby of all things history. We have made some adjustments in our lives and hope that in the new year ahead that we stay focused on God and what He wants for our lives.

I know that all that worry may seem silly, after all Normandy is "just" a dog. But to us she is not just a dog, but an important member of our family, a family that just wouldn't be the same with out her. The good thing that came out of it all was that Eric and I were reminded of where our hearts need to be focussed on, that we are a work in progress in God's eyes, and that He loves us beyond measure.

We are also so thankful that this month Tatum had another weight check and she weighs 19 lbs 13oz...that's almost 20 lbs. The Dr. said she was tickled pink about the weight gain and to keep up the good work. Our prayer always for Tatum is for her to have a healthy appetite for food and a hunger for God.



AMEN!

Till Next Time...