Christmas Pics

Just wanted to post pictures of the boys from Christmas morning, for relatives who have been waiting for them. Sorry its tooken me so long to do it, things here have been crazy. Lucy is not with us anymore, and most her pups are gone as well. Lucy is at the humane society waiting to be seen by the vet they use monday. From there hopefully its not to late to help her get better, if not she will be put down so she's not in pain anymore. 6 of her pups are in foster care, since I couldn't afford the formula for all of them. I still have Oreo and Panda with us. They are actually starting to eat puppy food now, we still have to mix some formula with it. But they seem to have put weight on and are doing good. Nice plumpy puppies. Bryce and Vance are attached to them, they roll around all morning playing with the pups. Bryce still asks why Lucy had to go to the dr, and why she couldn't stay here. We tried to explain to him why she had to go away to get better, but he still forgets and asks the next day.

The boys both have had a really bad case of the runs and a fever. So thats been fun to deal with the last 48hrs, very pissy kids at the moment. Poor Bryce had it the worse on Christmas day, but he still tried to enjoy everything and play with his presents. Other then the boys not feeling good, we've been enjoying Vance's time off. Its been nice having him home this last week. He had to work tonight, but will be off til the 1st after tonight. Not bad, all in all he will have been off 12 days.

Well I need to get off here, have some stuff to do before bed. Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Lucy

Panda, she looks like her mommy. We're going to keep her.

Lucy with her newborn puppies.

Vance with Lucy the day we took her in.

Lucy's first car ride, she loves to ride in the car.

So we came to a decision today about Lucy. Going to give her up to the Humane Society. The vet she goes to says her condition is getting worse, the she might not even live thru the treatment. The humane society says they will give her a fighting chance if I surrender her, and if they can't help her. She will be put down, so she's not in pain or miserable anymore. Making this choice was hard for me, been thinking about it for a week now, trying to figure out what she needed the most right now. We're holding on to her in til the puppies are able to live with just puppy food, plus gives me more time before I have to say goodbye to her. I've been crying all day, and know I'm going to start crying some more when we give her up. I know its the right thing to do but so hard to do. I've only had her in my life since Oct but feel like she's been here forever. She's such a sweetheart, and is so good with the boys. They love playing with her when she feels up to it. Bryce calls her Lucy Goosey, thats his name for her. We're probably going to keep one of her pups. Going to keep Panda, she looks just like her mommy. Right now we're just going to enjoy the little time we have left til we give her up.

I'm not looking forward to saying goodbye to Lucy at all. I feel so horrible that it comes down to this. But want the best for her. Hoping they can help her get healthy again, if not at least I know they won't let her suffer in pain or anything.

Guess I'm going to close this entry here, need to stop crying and get the house cleaned up.