Bad Parents.

This last week, our poor puppy had Parvo.

I was honestly the saddest thing I have ever seen.

Last Sunday night I noticed she was acting a little unlike herself and mentioned it to Jake but thought maybe she was just worn out from playing with my parents' and my sister's dog at Family Dinner. Monday morning we noticed something was really wrong. She wasn't wanting to move, eat, drink play, nothing. We decided that if she wasn't better by Tuesday I would take her to the vet. Tuesday morning was another downhill slope. She was still not wanting to do anything, including getting up to go to the bathroom and vomiting. She literally just laid in her own yuckiness. I brought her in to the vet she was diagnosed with Parvo. The good news was that we had caught it in the early stages and I was able to bring her home as long as we kept up on her medications. Every few hours we had to give her an IV of fluids, a shot (a huge and painful shot by the way) or force a pill down her throat.

It's one thing to give yourself a shot but I could not bring myself to do it to a helpless little puppy which I couldn't even explain to her why we were doing it or that it would make her better! So... I taught Jake and I held her why he did it.

Koa with her favorite stuffed toy "Monkey" and her comfort blanket.

After she starte feeling a little better we got her to eat some boiled chicken! Her neck and back are puffy from the fluid we gave her per IV.

He dealt with a lot. Giving the wee babe a shot and consoling me while I cried at the same time! I think I asked at least 4 times a day if she was going to die.

We are happy to report that Koa is just fine now and back to her energetic self! She is even making up for the time she lost destroying things.

This weekend we did a full disinfect of the house and had her bodily fluids removed from the carpet per ChemDry yesterday.

Back to playing in her pool!

Most dogs that get Parvo are between newborn and 18 months old, especially if they aren't current on their shots. That's where we went wrong and the bad parenting began... Koa was supposed to get her third round of shots just after Christmas and it was just one more thing we didn't get to yet. We think this is why she picked up the sickness. In a few weeks, after her immune system as recovered, she is scheduled to get her shot.

New Flooring!

Ever since we moved into this house, we knew that the very first home improvement project would be to tile the downstairs.

We saved our pennies but knew we'd still have to do it as cheap as possible, especially after we chose more expensive tile. Our answer to this was to tile it ourselves.

 First, we started with the downstairs bathroom. This was the practice area.

Look at his plumbers crack! Makes me giggle every time.

First all the linoleum was ripped out and the toilet and sink had a new home in the entry way. Jake did a really great job but we decided to go for a darker and thinner grout line.

We saved up for a few more months and then bought the tile for the rest of the house which absolutely killed me! I am very impatient.

Here is the downstairs entryway/kitchen before...

This was also Koa's favorite place to pee and poo so it was actually kinda starting to stink a bit.

Carpet up to the kitchen area and under the kitchen table.

Our sweet "first born" wagging her tail...

Then we started the demolition process. So fun but so scary all at the same time.

Notice te linoleum under the other linoleum?!  First off how lazy can you be? Secondly, this is why it stated to stink. Koa's "presents" seeped into the bottom layer as well as water from mopping. The under layer was still damp. Um ew!

Now Jake got to work laying the tile. I put down a total of... about 4. I was kinda nervous I would mess it up!

I have more pictures but they won't upload. So sorry.

While he did this, I cleaned up and repainted the baseboards.

Of course this is totally candid!

 I helped grout, as well as Jake's friend Brian, and it is now finished! Please ignore the doggy toys.

The grout is supposed to be a much darker brown so you can't see the seam and the tile looks much more like wood, however, it is still so dusty it is that lighter color. I cannot tell you how many times I have swept and mopped and the floor still feels and looks dusty.

I'm currently working on a new kitchen table and chairs, since the current one just doesn't work. I'll be happy to have it done but it is a long slow process.

Hawaii.

In March Jake and I went back to Hawaii to visit for a week. I didn't take many pictures but here are a few!

This is our friends Sarah and Zach's baby, Sawyer. I'm pretty sure I'm his favorite.

How cool is this picture? Took a billion tries to get! While Jake filmed a house, I laid out on the beach.

The food on Hawaiian Air has definitely changed. This was our meal and I have to say it is better than it used to be.

A meal from my favorite shrimp truck! Giovanni's.

Jake and I on our (free) mopeds n Haleiwa.

Ian and Forrest joined us. How stoked are they?!

Jake and I on our first day at the beach. Saluting obviously.

We got to stay on a mansion on the beach, that we have been in a few times before. I love Jake's perks!

It was so great to be back! It reminded us how much we miss the island but at the same time that for the time being, we are where we need to be. We hope to visit every summer and so far we've made it!

Our Science Baby

Just in case you wanted it again, here is the address to my other blog.

http://sciencebaby7.blogspot.com/

New Flooring

When we moved into the house we knew right away that we wanted to rip the linoleum and part of the carpet area and lay down tile. Who wants their kitchen table to sit on carpet? Not I, Cap'n! Yesterday, we went down and looked at tile in a warehouse, because we were told it would be cheaper there. We were a little sad after looking at the prices but went to Home Depot afterwards to compare. Home Depot was actually cheaper!

Whaaat?!

Now, because we are trying to do this as cheap and cost effective as possible, we are doing it all ourselves.

Yup.

And to be honest, I'm pretty nervous about it! We are doing the bathroom first to get a hang of things and make sure we are even slightly skilled in the craft. We tore up the linoleum in the bathroom last night and will start laying the tile soon!

Our Koa-constrictor

Shellie's husband, Mark, gave Koa her full name.

I had a friend over last week while Jake was out of town. Her adorable little girl was with her coloring on the floor. The two if us got to talking and she expressed that her childless friends with dogs spoil their puppies and treat them like their kids. How they compared her little girl to their doggies.

"But you aren't like that, right?"
"No! Oh my gosh, no! She definitely is our baby because we don't have one, but I would never compare her to a real baby."

False.

I'm a liar.

Looking back at that I realized that we are exactly like that! I admitted that we spoil her to death and treat her like our babe, but every time someone has a story about their newborn sleeping through the night, potty training their child, etc I instantly remember one about Koa! However, she does not sleep in bed with us (only while watching something on Netflix) and she eats her puppy food.

I still would never compare the two, but we disgust me. We talk about each other as Mommy or Daddy when baby talking to doggie, she gets a new toy when she is a good girl, and cuddles with us during The Bachelor!

It's something that couples with a kid can't relate to... And boy do I feel bad for them.

You Know you Married Into The Most Patriotic Family Ever When...

You Know you Married into the Most Patriotic Family Ever When...
(All very cool by the way)

• Your Father in Law is in the Nevada State Assembly
• Your Sister in Law does rodeos where her specialty is goat tying
• Your Sister in Law and Mother in Law listen to debates and Council Meetings on the radio for fun
• Your Mother in Law calls in to the radio station with a fake name to ask her husband...ahem... the Assemblyman about his views on issues
• Your Sister in Law sang I'm Proud To Be An American at a debate tournament because she didn't know about the issue debated
• The entire side of his family knows about every General/War/Political Issue/Historical Fact/Treaty/etc. about the U.S. of A
• Your Brother in Law is applying for the Naval Academy

And last but by far definitely not least...

• Your husband comes home from the hardware store with the biggest freaking American flag you have ever seen for the front of the house and thinks it weird that you don't really want that massive thing hooked to your house

Well ladies and gentlemen... God bless America