A lot of things happened in January - some made us angry, some happy, and some incredibly sad. I'm going to start with the most recent sad thing and progress backwards to catch you up on everything.
Well last night Wallace ran through his fence and in front of a car. We got a knock on the door about 9:45 PM from a very upset gentlemen who said he thought he had hit our dog. Eric went out and discovered that Wallace was already dead. We can be thankful that he wasn't in pain or suffering while we took him to a vet or anything, but it has been difficult nonetheless. Eric dug a deep hole in the frozen ground last night next to the shed where the flowers are and we buried him, but we still can't believe that he's gone. Genni kind of gets it, she cried when we told her she wouldn't see him again, but it hasn't really sunk in for her either. She said twice this morning "but we we need another doggie to pet" and then wondered if God would make Wallace again. I didn't even want to go in the basement this morning and face the empty crate. Wallace got his fair share of whcks on the nose and yelling for all his puppy and stubborn ways, but he was full of energy and love and had just started to calm down and hang out with the family. I think he would have turned into a very good dog and I can't believe he won't get the chance.
Other things that happened earlier this month was a "free" weekend where our septic backed up and we had to call them to pump the tank on a Saturday....it seems at some point in the previous weeks our daughter flushed a washcloth down the toilet which eventually plugged everything up way down at the tank outside. $350 later, at least we know the septic should be OK for the next few years if we can keep foriegn objects out! That same weekend, Sunday morning the van battery died...another $100 later at least the van works again. What a weekend!
We are now deep into rehearsals for Peter Pan after some marathon auditions at the beginning of the month. My husband is a building machine and there is so much set built already.
Genni is in the evening tumbling class now, because there weren't any people signed up for the day one. Last night was her first evening class and I got to watch :) but Eric will probably be doing tumbling duty in the future because that is usually a rehearsal evening for me.
I've also had a few concessions to work and the West High Fruit came in (fresh squeezed orange juice, yummm!!!) as well as the normal meetings....but the three day weekend helped a lot.
And now the happy news - the baby is doing great, incredibely active and 13 oz - we will be having a boy! In June we will welcome Liam Eric Griffin.... :)
It's hard to mourn Wallace and be happy about the baby at the same time....but I know eventually we'll push past this and life will go on. For now our little friend deserves some thoughts and remembering of his too short life, he was really a good dog with a lot of character and we will miss him dearly.
Well last night Wallace ran through his fence and in front of a car. We got a knock on the door about 9:45 PM from a very upset gentlemen who said he thought he had hit our dog. Eric went out and discovered that Wallace was already dead. We can be thankful that he wasn't in pain or suffering while we took him to a vet or anything, but it has been difficult nonetheless. Eric dug a deep hole in the frozen ground last night next to the shed where the flowers are and we buried him, but we still can't believe that he's gone. Genni kind of gets it, she cried when we told her she wouldn't see him again, but it hasn't really sunk in for her either. She said twice this morning "but we we need another doggie to pet" and then wondered if God would make Wallace again. I didn't even want to go in the basement this morning and face the empty crate. Wallace got his fair share of whcks on the nose and yelling for all his puppy and stubborn ways, but he was full of energy and love and had just started to calm down and hang out with the family. I think he would have turned into a very good dog and I can't believe he won't get the chance.
Other things that happened earlier this month was a "free" weekend where our septic backed up and we had to call them to pump the tank on a Saturday....it seems at some point in the previous weeks our daughter flushed a washcloth down the toilet which eventually plugged everything up way down at the tank outside. $350 later, at least we know the septic should be OK for the next few years if we can keep foriegn objects out! That same weekend, Sunday morning the van battery died...another $100 later at least the van works again. What a weekend!
We are now deep into rehearsals for Peter Pan after some marathon auditions at the beginning of the month. My husband is a building machine and there is so much set built already.
Genni is in the evening tumbling class now, because there weren't any people signed up for the day one. Last night was her first evening class and I got to watch :) but Eric will probably be doing tumbling duty in the future because that is usually a rehearsal evening for me.
I've also had a few concessions to work and the West High Fruit came in (fresh squeezed orange juice, yummm!!!) as well as the normal meetings....but the three day weekend helped a lot.
And now the happy news - the baby is doing great, incredibely active and 13 oz - we will be having a boy! In June we will welcome Liam Eric Griffin.... :)
It's hard to mourn Wallace and be happy about the baby at the same time....but I know eventually we'll push past this and life will go on. For now our little friend deserves some thoughts and remembering of his too short life, he was really a good dog with a lot of character and we will miss him dearly.
