Sadi

So Sadi is getting so big, she has been alive for a whole year now! She is such a big part of our little family. We have gotten so attached to her! She is SUCH a good dog. Justin can do anything to her and she is so laid back she doesnt even care! The other day he picked her up and put her on his shoulders and she just sat there and enjoyed the ride! She is going to be GREAT with kids. However, about a month ago we noticed she started limping on her back legs. We figured that maybe she just pulled something or whatever and we figured it would go away. After about 2 weeks of her limping we decided to take her to the vet just to be sure. The vet looked at her and pulled on her legs and noticed that they were really tight. He looked up at us and said, "well its look like your dog has arthritis." Seriously??? She is still a puppy! A very big puppy, but a puppy none the less! So he gave us some pills to help her and they worked however they were expensive so they vet told us to give her childrens tylenol and it would do the same thing. So for the rest of her life, my poor dog will get cherry flavored childrens tylenol. Its so sad! Anyhow are still very happy to have her and even though I still dont like dogs a whole lot, I love my little Sadi! So here are some pictures of here.

Sometimes Justin uses her as a pillow and she is perfectly fine with it...however this is him after tackling her. She loves it!

she is really good at shaking but this is her latest trick you just say "Sadi give me a high five" and this is what she does!

This is her shaking

Standing on her hind legs

This one is hard to see what she is doing but she is standing up on her hind legs in this one. (I have such a talented dog!)

And of course I cant forget about Roxy, she is a talented dog to!

Preparing to be foster/adopt parents

In November of last year, after trying for almost a year ourselves to get pregnant, Justin and I decided to consider other options. We did this not simply because we thought we wouldnt be able to have kids but because we just felt like this was the right thing to do. So we starting to do some research and found that there are plenty of kids out there that need a good home to grow up in so that is how we found foster care.

The foster care process is such a long process. We had NO IDEA!!! First we had to do the initial application and back ground check. Once you pass that then they have to do the first walk-thru of your house. This is where they tell you everything you need to do to make your house safe. For example, you have to have hand railings, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, locked medicine cabinets etc... (all stuff that we hadnt even thought of!) The next part was getting referrals. Each person we put as a reference had to fill out a questionnaire about us. So once those were in your start a 9 weeks process of classes. They were 3 hours every Monday night and they were an hour away! Justin and I missed one of the classes so now we have to wait till July to make it up! Anyhow, along with the classes you have homework and question papers to fill out. Plus you have to have physicals and get your fingerprints done...its crazy! After classes end you have to have 3 home visits with a counselor/worker which last about 2 hours a visit! Anyhow, Justin and I are finally in the ending stages of this long process. We still have to get our physicals and make up our one class and one more home visit. We are getting so excited that this LONG process is almost over. Assuming we get things done we will be officially certified by July 21st!

Anyhow, before we can take in any kids we have to show that we have things like a bed, car seat and so on. Which since Justin and I dont have any kids we really dont have ANY of it! So I went on a craigslist shopping spree and here is what I found!

This is the car seat that I found its only been used twice by its previous owner!

I also bought a convertible crib. It can be a crib, a toddler bed or a full size bed! (i didnt take any pics of the bed because its in like 10 pieces right now since we havent set it up!

This is the fabric I picked out for the room we tried to go with a gender neutral color with the baby green but there is a little bit of blue in one of the fabrics but it looks great in the room!

I also bought some toys and an extra car seat that is pretty ghetto right now but we are going to recover it with some really cute fabric. I am so excited about all of this stuff!