A Week of New

Carter decided this week was the week to do lots of new things.  He started standing up in the middle of the room by himself.   I have videos of all the other things:)

A few steps!  Getting close to walking...

Why you ask does he have a bib and long johns.  The longs johns are from our trip to Vail.  The bib is bc he now does this...

Car fun, just learned to push this around

 I will post my 365 pics tomorrow!  Have a great week:)

Ammendment

I would like to amend the earlier post.  Taft and his buddies did not cut ropes.  They were skiing in an area that was open. Sounds to me like they closed the run from the very top, but did not close the gate where these boys entered the run from the side.  Vail resorts isn't exactly telling people that.  Please continue to keep the Colins in your thoughts and prayers.

365 W3

D15:  Snow!  I tried getting the snow frozen and blurred.  I need a better background, but I was feeding Carter breakfast and in my bath robe.  Not exactly going to venture out in search of a better back ground than my deck.

 D16:  Carter the trendy baby

D17:So another deck pic, but his time the sky is blue!

D18:  His hand and the look on Jasmine's face is fantastic!

D19:  I used my birthday gift to take candle pics

 We can call this...birthday self portrait ( I did take this one myself)

 and it took me so long I almost caught the cake on fire

D20:  Perfect opportunity to practice a little Macro photag with by birthday flowers

D21: Tried to get a soft, glowy pic of Jazz in the sun, didn't quite work out for me.  Need to look for a tutorial on how to do that!

Give your babies an extra hug

Niles got a call tonight telling him that one of the other Doctor's son had been killed in an avalanche at Vail today. He was 13 years old and made the wrong decision to duck ropes to a closed run. Whether you have 9 minutes with your son like the Bensons or 13 years like the Conlins, it isn't enough. Your children aren't suppose to pass before you do. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers please.

Vail skier dies in avalanche | VailDaily.com

Hapy Birthday to Me....and the Blog!

I turned 31 on Thursday!  I had a great day at school.  The band played me happy birthday and the kids sang it about a million times.  Niles made me Chicken Parm and cookie cake.  Carter was very thoughtful and sent me flowers.

Today happens to be the blogs birthday too!  We have officially been bloggers for one year!  The first post was all about our house renovations.  I think that is the only post that has not had Carter info in it.   I just had to pay $5 to keep putting pictures on.  I have exceeded the free limit.  That means expect lots more pics, I now have tons of space for them!  Happy Birthday Blog, it's been fun!

Unbelieavable Faith

I have just spent the last hour crying thanks to Natalie B!  We have a teacher in our district who found out he and his wife were pregnant, and then they found out the worst news possible.  Their baby wasn't going to make it.  She did not terminate her pregnancy and they had him on Monday.  I am linking their blog for anyone who would like to read a story of Unbelievable Faith.  I am not crying good tears, so if you don't want to cry, don't read it.  Lisa and Kelly I do not recommend that you read this.  I am just amazed by the situation they have gone through and how positive and full of faith they are.  Reminds me a lot of Jared Weiberg's mom.  After the plane crash, she was so full of grief, but her positive light shone through.  I just don't think I could be that positive, in either situation.

Eric and Cory

Spay Your Pets!

This was a mammary tumor (breast cancer) on a 12 year old dog.  It took 2.5 hours, but I was able to remove the bulk of the tumor.  There are other smaller masses under the skin, but they don't look anything like this!  We know for a fact that these tumors are due to estrogen, and spayed dogs don't make estrogen!  If you aren't going to breed your dog, spay or neuter them!

The dog is doing great at this point.  Hopefully when she fully recovers, we can maybe remove the other masses, and more importantly spay her.  I was worried about how long things had taken at that point, so we woke her up.  If we don't do the spay or remove the other masses at least the dog feels MUCH better.

One final point from my soap box: A routine spay is about $300.  This surgery alone was $1400.  She still needs 1 or 2 more surgeries for a cure.  Bottom line...spend the $300!