Lucy's Trip to the Vet

Poor little Lucy. We took her to the vet for her yearly checkup this week, and they told us that she had an ear infection in each ear. Apparently for a dog, they get rid of that by just scraping it out, so they got her all drugged up on doggie morphine and scraped out her ears for us. It was pretty sad - she was so out of it for the rest of the day. At one point, Adam tested her with "Do you want to go for a walk?" and she perked up for maybe a second, and then her eyes rolled back into her head and she went back to sleep. The worst part is that for 10 days, twice a day we have to clean and apply ointment to her ears, which she absolutley hates. Adam and I both have some battle scars from sitting on her and trying to keep her down to put the medicine in her ears. That medicine will be done in a few days, but she also got a lifetime prescription for Benedryl. Apparently the reason she was biting herself so much was because she had allergies. So it's always a battle to get her to take the pill, but it seems to be working out for her.

Abby's new favorite game is giving her stuffed animals a drink from a water bottle. We probably play that for a couple of hours each day. She's also started "singing" alot. We got her "Moo, Baa, La La La" from the library, so now she'll go around the house singing "La la la!" all the time. She's definitley in a "testing boundaries" phase right now. One of her favorite places to go is into the pantry, since she knows that she's not supposed to go in there. I keep following her in there and having to put everything back on the shelves that she's taken off. The other day I couldn't find my olive oil for the longest time - while I was putting everything back, she had snuck that out and hidden it between the side of the couch and the wall. Adam installed a little magnet on the door yesterday that will hopefully keep her out for a while. She won't be too happy about it, but it should save me a headache or two!

We went to the doctor on Friday for this month's prenatal checkup. Everything's looking good for now. There was a student in with the doctor who did the heartbeat Doppler, and pretty much as soon as he heard it he shut it off so we didn't get to hear it very long, but it all looks good. Next month is the big sonogram - boy or girl? We'll find out soon!