December

So I am starting this post on Monday morning before 5 a.m. we will see how long it takes me to finish it and get it posted!  "Why are you blogging before 5 a.m.?" you may ask.  Well I have to have Wes at the airport by 5:45.  This seems insane to me he has to be there 90 minutes early.  I mean come on how many people will be on his flight, what maybe 10 and likely less than that.  Oh well I am usually awake this early anyway. 

This is going to be a long week.  Our family is not usually apart longer than a night or two.  The last time was when it was just Wes, Daisey and I.  That was for 13 weeks and that really sucked.  So I guess a week won't be so bad.  I am excited for Wes.  He is getting to experience something new and see some place new.

Okay, now on with the update...

We have been busy and I cannot believe the year is almost over.  Kassi and I started the month out with Strep Throat.  Oh what fun that was!  I am happy to report some antibiotics and rest and we are all healed up and crossing our fingers Wes does not get it while he is in Texas.

I took Kassi to her first movie at the theater.  She didn't like it as much as I thought she would.  She was pretty excited, but then said it was too loud and she had a really hard time getting the seat to stop folding her up so she had to sit on my lap the whole time.  I think that took some of the fun out of it for her.

We had to take Nina to the vet to have a lump/growth checked out.  So far they think it is a benign cyst, something along the lines of a growth cyst which they see in puppies.  We are to watch it closely.  They think it will go down and not be anything, but said if it grows or seems to bother her then we will likely need to have it removed and biopsied as it could be cancer.  (I just lost Daisey to what they think was cancer, don't tell me this one has it too, and as a pup.)  So as you can imagine the lump gets inspected regularly and we are often trying to see if it looks bigger or seems to be going down etc.  It does seem to bother her some when she comes in for bed at night, but I think it might be more because she is a clean freak and will spend hours trying to get the dirt things out of her fur and this is something foreign so she messes with it.  (Or so I hope.)  She has been hunting a few times.  Kassi and I went once.  It was fun and amazing to watch that pup work.  To think it is mostly instinct she is hunting off with a little guidance. 

Kassi and I hosted a book show.  It was something different.  We were excited and it was a flop!  Oh well.  Kassi had a lot of fun looking at all the books and playing the games the consultant brought over for the party.  That little girl never stops amazing me.  She sat right down and figured out one of the games and the books she picked were not children's picture books they were beginning reading books.

Well it is now Saturday morning.  Wes made it home safely from Waco and we are very glad he is back.

Kassi is excited for Christmas she gets to go see Santa tomorrow.  My Christmas spirit just hasn't been that strong this year.  I am usually a Christmas freak, lots of decorations, lights etc, but I just cannot get into it this year.  I think some of it is because we have had so many different things going on that I haven't been able to concentrate on it and that Wes will be on call for Christmas so if there is the possibility that he will be out on the street that day.  We do have the tree up and the mini village, but I didn't even dig for the wreaths, wall decorations or outside lights.  Maybe next year...

I guess that is about all I know right now.  Kassi and I have one last Christmas present to pick up today and all of our shopping is done so I better get moving.