Catching up

Wow, has been some time since my last entry. Figure I should at least let people know I am still around. In a nutshell, Hubbys surgery went well, he says all the back, hip and neck pain are gone, he just now has the surgery pain, but each day there is much improvement. Which is good, but as he feels better, he wants to get back into doing things outside and such, that he is not supposed to be doing, so that has been a slight battle. But overall he is doing well. He was in the hospital from Thursday thru Monday. I stayed there the whole time, that was hard being away from Lexie for so long, but he needed me more than she did at that moment. He gets his sutures removed on Friday and then gets a body cast that he has to wear for 3 months, as well as a bone stimulator. So we do have a long road ahead yet, but are counting our blessings at how fortunate we are, He isn't wheel chair bound or bed ridden or any of the like. And people have been so wonderful, we have had visits, cards, phone calls, suppers provided, baby-sitters, offers to mow lawn and so much more, it has been overwhelming and yet so wonderful! We are so blessed with such wonderful family and friends! God is good!
Lexie, is GROWING, she changes all the time, the other day she crawled over to her toy box, grabbed ahold of the side and just stood up, then she looked at me and grinned, like "see what I can do mom?" Of course I felt such pride and happiness, but also a smidge of sadness, for soon my little baby will be taking her first steps, What happened to the tiny little 5lb 13oz baby we brought home from the hospital, that I quite frankly was so scared of. Where did this past year go? I am convinced that somewhere we have skipped a few months because, it does NOT feel like she should be turning the big "1" on Friday. It is going to be so strange when people ask me her age instead of "blah-blah months" I will have to say 1! AAAHHH!!! If all the years fly this fast...well....I don't even want to thank about it. She is saying lots of things now to, but her latest word is "Baby" and "uh-oh" as a toy "falls" (accidently of course :) from the high chair or goes 3 pews in front of us at church . (We are trying to teach her not to throw her toys, but has proven to be a challenge) but she will learn.
We have acquired a new puppy and a new kitten within the last month, apparently we look like the suckers that we are. The puppy appeared inside out fenced in back yard during the night one night. So I started her on her vaccinations, heartworm prevention and flea/tick prevention. And then found her a nice home with a promise of "oh yes I will get her spayed" then to find out a week later, oh she jumped the fence and ran away and I haven't seen her since. AAAAHHHHHHH!! So aggravating, Hubby was really not happy about the $100 we had just sunk into her, but at least she is protected for a little while, I truely did my best. I hope wherever she is, she will find a safe and happy home.
The kitten appeared 2 nights ago on our back deck, skinny on the sides, but with a nicely protruding belly underneath, no wonder the poor thing was starving, we apparently are going to be blessed with not just one new kitty. I of course have been feeding her several meals throughout the day and by tonight she was much less hungry. And of course treated her ears for mites, started flea/tick and de-worming medicine, and so forth. It is so aggravating how people can just dump them. She is so sweet and only wants food and attention, although, my 2 inside cats couln't be less thrilled, especially oliver, he keeps a constant watch at the window and gives a loud warning if he feels she has overstepped her boundry. I am hoping he will settle down, because the plan is to get her through the birth, then raise the kittens to weaning time and then find some good homes for them. We shall see.
we have been without internet for 3 weeks, due to a lightning strike on our providers tower when some storms rolled through a few weeks ago. That was proving interesting, because Hubby is only takng online classes for the summer. So he had to take the laptop to town each day, we are so glad to have it back up and going, especially now!
We have of course gone to some fairs and festivals over the last few months, that has been kind of fun, well, visiting with people that is, we don't have much exciting activities or anything at our local fairs, gotta go out of town for the fun stuff, semi-pulls and the likes. Our town is too small for anything like that, we have a combine derby for our big event, yep, we are red-necks, but proud of it.
Well, it is getting late and I must sign off, need to stop rambling anyways. Hope everyone is doing well!