Christmas Day

January 11th, 2011 Melanie Posted in Celebrations, Dottie, Family, Hailey No Comments »

Santa came and ate his cookies and drank his milk :-)

Hailey actually slept in until about 7am… then someone called my phone and that woke her up.  Then she ran out to the living room to see if Santa had come:

Then it was time to open some presents.

Hailey had begged for the Dora Surprise House and she was happy to get it.

Dottie enjoyed getting some treats.

Very happy to get the Rapunzel Castle.

More Rapunzel toys

A Rapunzel dress

Maximus, the horse from Rapunzel

Baby Alive doll that Hailey feeds and then the doll pees and poops.

My happy little miss

Playing with the new Rapunzel Castle

Dressed up in her Rapunzel dress playing with the Dora Surprise House

Then we were off to Rich’s parents’ house to open more presents.

Hailey and her cousin Anthony

Anthony opening a present.

Anthony and Hailey

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Christmas Day

January 3rd, 2010 Melanie Posted in Brooke, Celebrations, Dottie, Family, Hailey 3 Comments »

After a fun evening on Christmas Eve spent celebrating at my Aunt Winnie’s house we came home and Hailey went right to bed.  She was too tired to try to stay awake waiting for Santa.

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Soon after Hailey went to sleep Santa stopped by to deliver some gifts.

Hailey actually slept in a bit on Christmas morning until about 7am.  Then she came in to tell me and Rich that is was morning.

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She walked out to the living room and saw that Santa had brought her some presents.

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Opening up her Strawberry Shortcake Berry Cafe.

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I know this picture turned out blurry- but Hailey is showing off the gift that she made at preschool for me and Rich for Christmas.  She was so proud of it and I was excited because it’s the first homemade Christmas present I have from her that I didn’t help her make.

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Hailey opening up her Achoo Baby- she asked for this doll every time someone asked her what she wanted for Christmas.

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Brooke opening up some new clothes.

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And of course Dottie got some presents too.

After we opened our presents from Santa we went over to Rich’s parents’ house for more gift giving.  I didn’t take any pictures while we were there.  Later my parents, brothers and sister-in-law came over to our house for dinner and more presents.  I’ll post those pictures in another post.

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Last Week in Pictures

September 5th, 2009 Melanie Posted in Dottie, Hailey, Rich No Comments »

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I Didn’t Need That $200 Anyways

May 29th, 2008 Melanie Posted in Dottie, Family 8 Comments »

I’ve been putting off taking Dottie to the vet for her yearly exam because it is always so expensive.  I knew she had to go because she has to get her vaccines.  But, I’ve had “call the vet” on my to-do list for about two months.

Over the weekend Dottie started shaking her head, signaling a possible ear infection.  She is a beagle/basset hound with long floppy adorable ears.  But, those adorable ears are very prone to infections.  So I knew it was time to stop putting off taking her to the vet.

So Tuesday afternoon we went to the vet.  As soon as we walked in Dottie started her barking/howling.  If you’ve ever heard a hound dog sounding howl- that is what Dottie sounds like.  And she did that for 10 minutes straight while we waited.  At one point there was a man checking out with his dog and between howls I heard the receptionist tell him his total was $191.  And I thought to myself, “Oh that poor man.  My total won’t be that much.”

Well, it turned out that Dottie did have an ear infection.  She also had to get two vaccines as well as her “senior” exam, which seemed an awful lot like her exam used to be when she was younger.  Then she had to have blood work to test for heart-worms.  Oh- and that’s not all.  Dottie had a large lump on her side, so that had to be tested as well.  The vet removed some fluid to test it to find out if it was just fatty cells or could possibly be cancer or pre-cancerous cells.

So, imagine my check out experience.  The receptionist went through all of those things plus a prescription for the ear infection and medication for Dottie’s allergies (yes, my dog has allergies).  And my total- $195 and some change.  It turned out that I had also pre-paid for a future stool sample- for my convenience- so that I could drop off at any time.  That was refunded, bring my total down by about $17.

We did get a phone call later that evening to let us know that Dottie does not have cancer, just a large spot of fatty cells on her side.  So, that was certainly a relief.

Even with all of the poking and sticking and so on, I actually think Dottie enjoyed her break from Hailey even if it was because she had to go to the vet.  So, she had a little break that cost me almost $200.  And when you add on the price of gas…

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