What's going on in our life....

Well.....We are trying to grow grass out here in the desert.....hoping to get that pesky sprinkler system in soon.
Blair got his wisdom tooth pulled on Wednesday....
Addy gets tubes again and her adenoids removed on the 22nd....she is still not talking and the doctor finally listened to me when I told him I don't think she can hear....we are hoping that she will start talking.....or actually that she will start talking in ENGLISH....she talks all the time....but nobody can understand her
Tanner is officially potty trained....he has been potty trained FOR EVER during the day....but we are now waking up dry. YEAHHHHHH!!!
we have a pet collard lizard that was caught at the lease and a pet King snake that I caught out at Blair's work.....I like the Snake better....he doesn't bite. The darn lizard is EVIL!! LOL and it can almost jump out of it's cage when you open it.
Blair is taking off two weeks from work for VACATION the first of June! How exciting!! We are going to Roosevelt to hang out at the river house for a week and then coming home to do stuff around here.
We have two litters of puppies due July 4th....one by my red boy who is almost a champion and the other is going to be sired by Butler....a Grand champion who is currently the #1 ranked parti poodle!! I am excited.
I am walking with the kids and two fo the five dogs every morning. I plan on eventually taking all the dogs but I am leaving the two pregnant girls at home and one of my boys is in Dallas with a friend to get his last win for his championship, get his health testing done and hopefully be de-barked!
My little sister is getting married in August...Tanner is the ring bearer and Addy is the flowergirl....we will see how that goes!! two little attitudes that are supposed to walk down the aisle with no adult supervision!! Should be fun
HMMMMMM......I can't think of anything else right now...we are just making our way through life day by day...trying to enjoy it....trying to learn from it

Rattle Snake!!!

Tanner was bitten by a rattlesnake while at my mom's house. We got to go to the ER and get 4 vials of antivenom and spent the night at the hospital. Tanner was a trooper....he enjoyed playing with the controls of the hospital bed.....going up and down and up and down. When his IV pump would beep he would start pushing buttons and turn the thing off!! LOL The poor nurse would have to answer a million questions while trying to fix it.
So....Tanner seemed to enjoy all the attention and milkshakes the nurses made him.
I am so thankful that everything turned out just fine.....We are going to try to avoid those pesky snakes from now on!! LOL

Quick update

I am proud to announce that Tucker is now a UKC Champion. Tucker was shown by Jax for his last competition win and ....he is now UKC CH Momma's Tuckered Out! I am thrilled..... Now we are working on titles for Dixie and Squirt who are hot on his heels!

Now that I am done announcing that I will update on the actual family! LOL Everyone is doing great. Blair is still loving work and we are taking advantage of the warm days to build dog pens and fencing, etc. Next on the agenda is a sprinkler system for the back yard! We already put one in the Gun Dog yard....funny how the dogs got sprinklers and grass first! LOL But that one was small enough Blair and Dad got to dig it by hand.

We are ready for the weather to turn warm and stay that way....the kids are going stir crazy on these cold days we keep having....although I am not ready for all the grass fires that are probably coming....Blair has been doing a little "Unofficial fireman duty" LOL HE was driving down the road and saw smoke and pulled up the peoples driveway to see what was going on....their chicken coop was up in flames...the homeowner saw Blair drive up so he came out to see who he was and Blair pointed the fire out to him and they tried to put it out with the hose...only to find out that the hose was running into the coop and melted!

Then just the other day there was a big grass fire and Blair hopped in his truck to go see. I turned around and he was gone! An hour later I finally called him and asked if he was ever coming home....he aparently was out at the fire command post talking to the fire chief and helping them shut in the wells that were about to be hit by the fire....I had to MAKE him come home! He was having fun. He came home smelling like a bonfire!

Tanner and Addy are both great....they are growing up too fast. We have been working on getting Addy to stop screaching when she doesn't like something. We have been teaching her to say "stop please" instead. So now she will stick her little finger in your face and shake it at you and say "SSSSOP" (Stop in her own little language she speaks)

HeadAche

It has been a long, long day! Lots of turmoil and frustration.....Today has changed alot of stuff for me....even somewhat embittered me...I know I am not supposed to hold onto a grudge or resentment....but it is hard when you feel this way....hard to deal with these feelings.....this frustration and these feelings.

Today is a day that will live in infamy! LOL

One good thing is the kids are spending the night at their grandparents....so I get to sleep in....AHHHH Sleep...how nice! in theory at least....I am not sure if the puppies got the memo about sleeping in....we'll see.

Yes....he's a poodle

This is Tucker...."Momma's Tuckered Out" HE is my AKC/UKC Standard poodle. He is big....30 inches at his shoulder. He is two wins away from his Championship. I just love this picture of him...I had just finished grooming him and he was on the back porch

Tanner is 3!!!

We had a small party for him at Chickfila (his choice) The kids played and had cake...lots of fun. It is hard to believe that he is 3 already! we have lived in Midland 3 years now....we love it here and we love our friends and our church and we love having family just a few miles down the road....

Christmas

Better late than never!! LOL Tanner's big gift from Santa was a Drum set....yes we are crazy! LOL Addy got baby dolls and stuff to go with them.....that is all she wants these days!

More pictures

Just pictures.....

Tanner and Addy at Murr's House in Mount Pleasant, TX

ChuckECheese in Denton...a kid ran into Tanner and smashed his head into the air hockey table and he had a big ole goose egg

Blair's Deer

So, I know this is a little late, but I am playing catch up....LOL This was the buck Blair shot this year...He was a nice sized 8 point. We now have a freezer full of deer chilli, steak and jerky.

Blair skinned the head and it is sitting out in our pasture waiting for the ants to come out from hibernating to clean it for him.

The kids thought the deer was the coolest thing ever. Tanner and I were out hunting also when he shot it....we got to drive around with Deedad and shoot at coons, Turkey, and other critters...then we sat in another deer blind watching for deer to come....not that we actually expected any to show up....Tanner could not resist opening and closing the windows and thudding his feet against the walls, etc! But we had fun

Meet our newest family member

This is "Krisken Muy Caliente" A.K.A. Cali

She is 3 1/2 months old and weighs 3 pounds....she will be about 5 pounds full grown. She is my newest Show Dog....so cute and sweet...loves to just sleep in my lap or ride around on my shoulder like a parrot. She loves the kids and they tote her around everywhere. She came in from Oklahoma on Wednesday....She was supposed to arrive on Tuesday, but she got stuck in the bad weather at DFW and all the flights got cancelled so poor girl had one heck of a layover!!

Puppy anyone?

Our house is currently bursting at the seams with dogs!!! 29 of them to be exact
5 Mini Schnauzer puppies(Mom's)
8 Standard poodle puppies (Mine)
2 German Shorthairs (Dad's, but they live at my house so really community dogs)
7 Adult Mini Schnauzers(Mom's, Amber's, and one is mine)
1 Yorkie (Mom's)
5 Adult Standard poodles (Mine)
1 Toy poodle puppy (Mine)

I have spent the day changing pee-pads in puppy pens, feeding puppies 4 times a day, cleaning dog pens, washing3 loads of dirty blankets from puppy pens, working on potty training my new poodle puppy......all while chasing my two kids and trying to keep them from destroying the house. And people wonder why puppies are so expensive! They are a full time job

Valentines "Date"

Well, It's Valentines Day....And it has been a busy one! Blair worked all day, Cranky kiddos, my brother who is spending the weekend with us had a blow out in town so I had to load up and go help him. Right now Blair and I are riding in his truck on our way out to check on one of his wells...I am fussing at him for reading what I am typing while he is driving and I have a 3 pound poodle wrapped around my neck like a scarf.
We left the kids with my brother so we could go on a "Date" out to drive down the bumpy lease roads! LOL We are sooooo old and boring aren't we?
Oh well....at least no one is yelling "MINE!!" or " MOMMA!"

It's been busy around here....

I am not doing so good on keeping up with this Blog!! LOL It has been crazy around here though! We have puppies coming out of our ears...we had a litter of 8....still have 6 of those here waiting to be old enough to ship and two more litters due any time....Literally! The two moms-to-be are laying on my floor....not eating, shivering, and whinning! It might be a long night tonight......or they might just hold out on me a little longer! LOL
I am not a patient person so this is killing me!