Pretty Puppies

Hope you enjoy the slide show with some updated photos.

The Next "You Got Talent" Star - Reesie Peesie

Hope you enjoy these three short video clips of my three year old niece showing off her talents. Watch them in the order they are in. TOO CUTE!!!

FIREPROOF

I'm so excited to see this movie. I'll post after I've seen it and let you know how it was. It's produced by the same church that made 'Facing the Giants'. That was a great meaningful movie and I think this will be no different. If you haven't heard of it before, you should check it out.

http://www.fireproofmymarriage.com/

New Dexter Zane & Zelda Video

We took a few short video's last night. I wish I could keep the video on 24/7 so you could see how funny Dexter and Zelda are together. Here is one of the video's.

Welcome Home Dexter Zane!

So Saturday morning, my best girl Stephanie Brookes and I set off for a road trip to
Hatboro, PA. The doorbell rang at 7:52am. Zelda and I were still in the bed. We jumped up to find Steph standing at the door with her Dunkin Donuts coffee in hand and a huge smile on her face. I busted out laughing because she reminded me of a kid on Christmas Day. I hurried to get ready, record time I think, and made sure Zelda was taken care of before heading to Starbucks for my white chocolate mocha and lemon pound cake. We sat in the parking lot for a few minutes trying to figure out the quickest way to go. We decided we would listen to Mac's mistress (GPS), but use the Google directions as a backup. Steph and I were wondering why we can't change that woman's voice to a man's voice. I guess it's because men aren't good with directions. LOL! So at 8:30am we were off to PA.

The trip up went well. It went quick. We arrived at Dexter Zane's foster home around 11:30am. I couldn't believe how big he had gotten after only one week. He was so tall. After hanging out for a bit and looking at some pics Lorraine's daughter had snapped, we were ready to get on the road. What an emotional time for Lorraine and her daughters. I cried with Lorraine as she said her goodbyes to Dexter Zane. I'm tearing up now just thinking about it. Lorraine is such a nice foster mommy and I know Dex misses her just as as much as she misses him.

Dexter Zane pretty much shared the front seat with Steph the whole ride, with the exception of the last 90 minutes where he slept on the floor board under the drivers seat. Here are some pics I took on the ride home.

This is Mackenzie Ashley Coleman. Beautiful daughter of Wayne and Heather Coleman. We attend church together and have become very close friends over the past year. I'm posting this pic of "Kenzie". Isn't she precious? Does she look like anything is wrong with her to you? If you answered no, you're wrong. This beautiful little girl has Epilepsy. It's a neurological condition that from time to time produces brief disturbances in the normal electrical functions of the brain. A little scary huh?

Over the past year, we watched Kenzie have seizures, literally. They were so quick we didn't even know what happened. We would see Kenzie come in to church with black eyes and stitches from having a seizure and landing on the table or whatever was in her way when she went down. It was very sad to see her little face battered and bruised, but that didn't stop her from wanting to dance. Some of my best days at church have been dancing with Kenzie.

Heather and Wayne are great parents and it shows in all three of their kids. They have and will continue to do whatever it takes to help Kenzie. They are also ambassadors in getting the word out about Epilepsy. Please take a look at Kenzie's blog to read what her journeys been like (it's linked in my blog).

I am proud to report today that Kenzie has been seizure free for 40 days.

Our Visit with Dexter Zane in PA

Unfortunately all my photos from Saturday are gone thanks to the always reliable Blackberry. I hate that thing! I did manage to take a few with my other camera, so I will post them here. I've also posted a video of him and Zelda playing.

Our visit with Zane didn't go as happily as I wanted it to, but I think it's due to a couple different factors. First, Zelda has never been in the car longer than 45 minutes, so I know she was shaken up and tired after a three hour ride (with a break of course). Second, we were suppose to meet Zane at a park, but instead the owner had us meet in her backyard. Not the best when two dogs are meeting because automatically Zane had the upper hand. And yes, even at five months of age, they know are territorial. He is true BULLY. He would not leave Zelda alone. She had to put him in his place more than once. I think I lost count at ten. She has a vicious little growl, much like Zoro had. He has a whimpy little bark when it comes to getting what he wants, much like Zoro had. But when it came time for him to get serious, he would let out this very deep bark, much like Zoro did. He is a cute little guy and we can see him fitting in with our family. The only downside is his foster mom said he has a problem with smaller dogs. We'll have to get him training as soon as he has settled in his new home.

Our home visit inspection is on Wednesday. If we pass then we'll go back to PA on Saturday and bring Zane home. Wish us luck!!!

Amazing Video

If you have sound, please turn this up.

This is a group of people who decided to do something incredibly creative at their church. They have on white gloves and are performing in front of a black light ... enjoy!

Just amazing!

Road Trip to PA

Well, my last post was about asking myself if we should rescue another pup or not. After speaking to the foster mom, there was no doubt in my mind that we needed to pursue this puppy. The only doubt I have is whether him and Zelda will get a long. Yes, I am still carrying around guilt for moving on faster than what I feel I should, but need to do what is right for Zelda. I know she's lonely and longing for another campanion, so we are taking a road trip to PA tomorrow to meet Dexter. I spoke with his foster mom for a while Wednesday night and she was describing him to me. There were moments when I would tremble because it was like she was describing Zoro all over again. For a moment I felt like this was Zoro coming back to me. I will post pictures and an update on our trip to meet Dexter.

Do We Rescue Another?

A friend of mine, Ashley, sent me an email today with a link to the Iams website. Odd I thought at first, but when I opened it there was valuable information on taking care of pets, as well as a place where you could search for a pet to adopt. I was taking a break from doing expenses and started a search. I was looking for any large breed dog, male, and a baby. Up comes an entire list of dogs. Ones that are way too small for Zelda to play with. At the very bottom of the page was a little guy named Dexter. It said purebred American Bulldog, 20 weeks old, given up because the family couldn't deal with him being a puppy. That story sounded so familiar seeing how that's how we rescued Zoro, with the exception that Dexter is in a good foster home right now and Zoro was about to be tossed in the dumpster at Beacon Hill Apartments. I clicked on the picture just to see what he looked like. Cute I thought. No Zoro, but cute! He needs a home, we have a home, and Zelda needs someone to play with. Hmm? Then came the questions I've been internalizing for weeks... Do I really want another dog? Can we afford another dog? Will Zoro hate me and feel as if I'm replacing him? Will Zelda like another dog? Will she feel like we don't love her anymore? Will I be able to handle it? Is it the right thing to do? I don't know. I ask Mac and he says Dexters a cute dog and he'll go along with whatever I want to do. But a good friend of mine said that it wasn't right for him to put that much pressure on me to make that decision. So we're going to talk about it tonight and if we agree that its in Zelda's best interest then we'll submit an app.

I have been a mess for about a week now over Zoro. I'm not sure why all these feelings came rushing back to me, but their here and I need to find out why. The way we lost Zoro was devestating to say the least and it's something I will never be able to get over fully. Zoro is on my mind and in my heart every day. He was my baby and now he's gone. How do I move on?

Here are a couple pics of Dexter.