You think you've had a bad day?

Well, Friday the 13th proved to be quite a tough day for our little family. Our little Sadie had been throwing up all week so we had to take her to the vet on Friday. It turned out that she had pancreatitis and needed to be admitted to the emergency animal hospital. She spent the night there while they catheterized her and gave her IV fluids. We called late in the night to check on her and they told us that she had pulled out a couple of her IV's and managed to slip out of one of thse cone-shaped collars (that's our Sadie). She was supposed to stay at the hospital until Sunday evening, but she was released at lunch time on Saturday b/c she had responded to the treatment very well! She's now on a perscription diet and will have to go for a follow-up next week. She's back home now and we don't know how happy she is w/ her parents, but it was for her own good. We love our Sadie dog!

Oh, btw...

WE'RE HAVING A BABY!!! We'll be 10 weeks along on Tuesday (7/17) and our estimated due date is 2/12/08. It all started when we were on our cruise and Steph started feeling like she was seasick, but she never gets seasick! We were a little curious so she took a test the Tuesday after our cruise and it was positive! We went to the OBGYN for our first sonogram on June 27th and found that the embryo was 7 weeks along and about the size of a peanut (w/o the shell). We tried to keep it a secret as long as we could (just to be sure before we broke the news) but we just can't contain it any longer! Please keep us in your prayers for the baby's health! :)

A big hole in the ground

We were recently able to go to the Grand Canyon on our latest vacation, or as our nephew, Dawson, calls it "a big hole in the ground"! It was quite an adventure. We went to what they call the Grand Canyon West and into the Hualapei Indian Reservation where they built the Sky Walk. We weren't allowed to bring cameras onto the Sky Walk, but trust me when I say it's a marvel of engineering! It's a horseshoe-shaped structure that extends over the rim of the canyon about 4500 ft above canyon the floor. The walkway is made up of 5 half-inch thick tempered glass pieces, and it can hold the weight of seven 747's and withstand 100 mph wind gusts. Needless to say, the Grand Canyon is indeed GRAND! It's one of Nature's greatest creations!