OmaClou: January 2019

Thursday, January 31, 2019

Windchill Day- January 2019

It's so cold we had off from school yesterday. Not for snow mind you, just for cold. High of 0, low of -14. So we had a snuggly playdate instead.

Miranda, Sahasra, Sohan, and James

Monday, January 21, 2019

Ava's 5th Birthday Party 2019

Miranda's friend from PreK, Ava, invited Miranda to her first friend birthday party ever. Miranda was so excited to go, and she had such a wonderful time!

Pizza, cake and singing happy birthday to Ava!

Num num num

Meme, James, Evan, Liam, Ava

Perfect entertainment for the little ones

Dancing according to clown instructions

Ava and Miranda

Group pic! James, Evan, Miranda, Liam, Ava, Meme, Sonya

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Miranda Lost Her First Tooth 2019

My baby girl lost her first tooth! She's only 4.5 years old! She's been super excited to lose her first tooth because she's witnessed the tooth fairy visit James 8 times, but never her. When her tooth got wiggly, she couldn't leave it alone, and last Sunday, the same day we adopted Chekhov- she finally lost her tooth! Big day! She said she was a little sad because it was her favorite tooth, but she was so excited to have the tooth fairy finally visit her.

There it is

And here's the gap.

Saturday, January 12, 2019

Chekhov Adoption 2019

After waiting for years until I felt like everyone in our little family was ready, and then following dogs on Petfinder like I was on an extra painful dating app for over a month, we finally found and adopted "Colton" from Dolly's Legacy Animal Rescue in Lincoln, Nebraska on Sunday. We promptly renamed him after one of Kevin's favorite authors Chekhov.

His original glamour shot in December, but he came home much bigger

Chekhov is 4 months old, about a month older than his profile said, and he's 18 pounds. We're not sure of his breed, because he's a mix and his profile said smooth fox terrier, but we're starting to think he's a black lab mix, maybe with a chihuahua or some other small dog. (Or maybe more than two breeds.) He was originally rescued in Oklahoma with lots of health issues, Parvo, a hernia, and an ear infection. We took him to our new vet on Tuesday, and he's very healthy. He had a few outrageous accidents the first few days, but I suspect more from nervousness about a new house, because he's been almost perfect with potty training since then.