Is this our dog?

Last night we went to Maddie's swimming lesson and then, at the same park, on Thursday nights, they have a different band playing weekly. So we packed up a snack and the lawnchairs and after swimming set up camp to listen to some Bluegrass. Brion brought Lucy along and we hoped for the best- behavior wise. Well, WOW, she was soooooooo good! She sat on the picnic blanket, (and on my lap too), she let little kids pet her and gave out tons of kisses, she didn't howl or bark or chase other dogs (even though with one little pooch she really wanted to chase her!). We were so pleasantly surprised that we'll definitely take her to more places. Way to go Lucy-Goose!!

That's a no-go on green beans!

Well, Colson had green beans for the first time yesterday. And promptly afterwards, he had an allergic reaction! One eye was swollen shut, and he got red patches all over his face. After a frantic call to the pediatrician, and one dosage of Benadryl, all is well and the remaining green bean baby food jars made it to the trash.

Big Boy

We went for a follow up appointment for Colson yesterday, and he's almost 14 pounds now! His doctor is very pleased at how well he's growing given his allergies. But relayed her opinion that we do not give Colson any nuts until he's 4 years old because of how severe his reactions have been. We'll see how the formula change back works in a month or so (when we try to give him soy formula to see if he still has the allergy), and if all is well, he'll be on his way to ice cream before you know it! Another thing that she mentioned yesterday is that we cannot give him eggs until he's one-apparently eggs have that same milk-type protein. Darn-Maddie loved scrambled eggs!

Sad Day

Today is a very sad day in our household. As most of you know, our dog Arlo has been struggling with kidney failure, and since November, we've been fighting his ailments to the best of our abilities. But over the past week, his condition worsened, and today he took his journey to heaven. Brion first adopted Arlo at 6 weeks of age from the pound. The two of them had gone through journey after journey, including moves to and from Kansas, New York, California and Seattle. Through all of these changes, Arlo was the best, more obedient dog ever, and he will be missed greatly. Arlo is survived by Lucy, and we're hoping that she will learn to live without her brother in a healthy way. It's been hours since Arlo's passing, and she's sticking to me like glue-I'm sure she's grieving in her own way.