2 Things Happened Yesterday: 1 Heartbreaking, 1 Heartwarming

Let's start with the heartbreaking one first. We castrated our dog, according to the vet. Since when do they call neutering, castration? He was so pitiful when he came home :(

He was just begging me to get that cone off :( 

The vet told us he needed to wear the cone for TWO WEEKS! And he needed to not jump up on things or really be active at all. Um, have you ever met a Havanese before?! He sleeps with one eye open! He doesn't slow down, he loves to run and jump on EVERYTHING! One day home and he's already jumping up on the couch and going down the outside stairs even though I try to stop him and carry him. PLUS he wasn't home long before we realized that the cone DOESN'T prevent him from licking his wound! WHAT?! So at midnight last night (when we realized this), Cliff looked up that other people put their dogs in onesies and he ran to Wal-Mart to get one. 

Now Chewey looks like this:

He has also decided that he does not want to leave my side:

At this point we are just really hoping he heals quickly because right now he is still very sleepy but once he gets back to his normal self it is going to be REALLY difficult to get him to sleep and be still. 

Now for the heartwarming thing! WE FINALLY GOT TO FACETIME OUR BOYS LAST NIGHT!!! After a week (which seems like a REALLY long time) of not being able to even talk to them, seeing their cute faces was so good for my soul! They are happy and healthy and doing really well! 

They were running around with the iPad showing us everything! Their new foster home has two dogs, also a little and a big one, so they had to show us both and then we showed them both of our dogs! B got an Awesome necklace from school for doing his homework, went on a field trip and then their foster dad took them to the park and they played basketball! L is not very talkative but he showed us how he can act like a dog and showed us his new light up Batman watch! 

Then they both told us they love us (for the first time)!!!! Nothing will make you melt into a puddle faster than hearing that from your kids whom you only met once!! I about started crying!!

They handed the pad back to the foster dad after that and we said goodbye to him and hung up. Two seconds later our iPad rings again, so we answer it thinking something is wrong and it was just the boys who were upset that they didn't get to say goodbye so they had called just to say goodbye!! We scheduled another FaceTime for Saturday! 

Even though the paperwork seems to be taking forever, it is being worked on. The negotiations are going well and it is going as fast as I think it could. Still doesn't seem fast enough! We know this is all in God's time table and everything will happen as it is supposed too.

xoxo
nikki