Our Foster Puppy...Flower

At first I thought, "Golly...the receiving staff at shelter is really running out of ideas for dog names." I think I just figured out that they named her after the Flower character in Bambi. I never saw Bambi, so it took me a while to piece it together. Anywho...for those of you who don't know, I have been volunteering at the Austin Humane Society and helping the doggies. A few weeks ago I brought home a 6 week old puppy who needed a foster home. Some time for the pup to be socialized so they can be ready for adoption. Doggies in a cage with littler human/canine interaction don't learn anything in the crucial first couple months of their lives.

So Flower is very well socialized now! She is almost house broken. She doesn't poo-poo in the house and will scratch at the door to go outside and poo. She still can't hold the wee-wee very well, but we've done really good letting her out enough that she goes outside. She is doing awesome, always looking to please. She is a pup though, so she just wants to chew and have fun when she isn't sleeping. She does do good of letting go of things she should not have when we replace them with a chew toy. She has used to her crate now for sleeping at night...but if she is not tired, she will cry for a while. Overall she really is an awesome pup. If we didn't have the boys coming any minute now, we would most definitely keep her!!

If anyone is interested in the pup...please let me know ASAP! I have to take her back to the shelter tomorrow. She should be getting spayed soon and then be ready for adoption. Check out tons of Flower photos and videos on my ZooToo page.

Merry Christmas Y'all!!

The day we celebrate the birth of our savior...it is awesome. Merry Christmas from the Garcias...Frank, Holly, Jeremy, Jordan, T-Bone, Jezebel, Tiger II and special guest Flower.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Seriously??

Why do the batteries in smoke detectors always run out in the middle of the night? About 2AM yesterday Holly woke me up because a T-800 was wondering around the house. When I finally ruled out an invasion of sophisticated futuristic robots rummaging through the house for Sarah Conner, we then had to determine which smoke detector needed a new battery. We figured out it wasn't the downstairs alarm...so it had to be one of the 2 upstairs. Of course, now the alarm thought it had given us enough warning of the battery loss and decided not to beep anymore. I know it was just plotting and waiting for us to fall asleep before beeping again. I figured since the beep didn't wake me up, it had to be the one furthest from us. So I swapped out that battery and fell back asleep.

Frank 1, Smoke Alarm 0.

Oh yeah, and Holly is now in her 32nd week. Woop-woop! Just want to make it through week 34 and then the boys can come as soon as they want!

Jumping Jacks

We had a wonderful sonogram last week and as you know the boys are both 4 lbs each. Which means they are over 70th percentile. That was great news until they informed me that NOW the boys are going to start growing. What!! Start growing. What have they been doing? I'm huge already. Its hard to walk, get up , breath, and impossible to roll over. Well they let me know that the boys are very content in me (which I assume means they are not coming out any time soon) and will now start to grow between .25 and .5 lbs a week. Well, I came home and with that knowledge figured out if they go full-term, and keep growing like they have been, they will both be 9 lbs when they are born. My body and I are a bit freaked out. Once the boys hit 6 lbs I'm going to start jumping jacks. That will be fun to watch, not sure if I can even get off the ground at this point.

Babies, Snow and Puppy...in that order!

Okay, lots to catch up so I'm going to let it all out. No, there is too much. Let me sum up. Buttercup is marry' Humperdinck in a little less than half an hour. I love that movie. Okay, for reals now...

Monday we had a sonogram and the boys are doing great. They are practicing breathing which is supposed to be a very good sign. They both are weighing in at about 4lbs! Jeremy is facing Holly's back and we still can't get good pics of him. Got a few more of Jordan though. We are in week 31 now!

Tuesday...we had some rain/sleet at night and about 11:45pm we noticed it was snowing! Not just snow, but big giant flakes. It was a nice little blizzard. Of course it didn't build up on the ground much and most of it was gone by noon today.

Today...brought home a 6 weekish old shepherd mix puppy from the Austin Humane Society. I've been volunteering there since October, I will have more for you on that a bit later. Gotta head out to into the arctic winds for my first 4v4 flag football game! BRRRrrr

T-Bone's Week 14 NFL Picks

T-Bone had a decent week last and went 9-7. I don't what is wrong with this boy...it's like he can't stand success. He went and picked some bad upsets this week: Browns, Bengals, Rams and Seahawks are all winners according to my dog.