Brrrrr!!!

Shoo doggies it's COLD out!! Not used to this! LOL Busting frozen water bowls and the dogs seems to be really restless.......just really bouncing with energy. Maybe they're trying to keep warm! I was having a time trying to lock their gates earlier as my semi wet gloves kept sticking to the metal. I can just imagine my skin actually freezing to that......OUCH! I need to pick up some more cedar chips for them tomorrow while I'm out. They've still got plenty, but a little extra won't hurt, right? 

Bella has gotten out the last 3 days. She's moving her water bowl and getting out from where she started a hole sometime earlier. The ground's so frozen I don't think she'll be digging anymore any time soon. It probably don't help when she does get out, as most of the time we let her in the house for a bit. And of couse, she gets a few treats. Chris gave her some deer jerky the other night.....she seemed to like that! She loves cheese too, especially the goldfish crackers! LOL And she absolutely cracks us up as she has a thing about hardwood floors and the finished concrete floor in the garage. They must make her feel unsteady because of the slick feel they have to them. She will run quickly to a rug and stand there. And IF she has to step off of it, she makes sure to keep her two back feet ON the rug and stretch out as far as she can with her front to get whatever she's wanting. It's just so funny! She's always had a weird thing with going in the  garage, so now we know it's the floor she don't like. 

Still watching Mattie. I just don't know but guess we'll know soon enough! I hope she's pregnant......missing some little puppy breath here!! I LOVE it!! Chris thinks I'm just totally crazy, but I could hold those little babies and smell their breath all day. LOL  

Looks like this week's gonna be a crazy one. I can't believe it but Clayton is getting his braces put on Wednesday!!! He is SO excited! Me and Chris, we're glad that he's looking forward to them, BUT......we're NOT looking forward to the chunk of money it's taking! It's totally insane what these things cost.........we could go buy him his first car! We don't have dental insurance either, so. And Laura has to have them as well, probably another year on her and she'll have them on. So, we have a week full of appointments and Laura and Cole's tumbling classes start back up. And too, waiting any day now on my new niece to be born.....I can't wait!!! So I'm kinda "on call" for that moment.  I've been with her for her other 2 deliveries and she was with me for all mine. It's such a wonderful moment. Everybody has always told me I should have been a midwife..........for people or animals! 

I've finally (I hope) gotten the kids better, Laura is much improved. But now, Chris is sick! He's not one to get sick, but some stomach bug hit him during the night last night and he's been in the bed ever since. It really hit hard. So, really trying to disinfect here so the rest of us don't get it. It's just crazy! School starts back tomorrow and I better round the kids up to bed. Ya'll have a good night!
Amy