Day 288 - Not just for colds

We knew IT had happened again as soon as we opened the door. Our dear Dexter had a case of diarrhea in his crate. Dexter has always had a sensitive stomach so it wasn't the first time we opened the door to that distinct smell. Peg and I usually take turns cleaning up and since she had cleaned up the last time today was my lucky day. She graciously released the dogs and took them outside. I changed my clothes and went to the bathroom to get the Vicks. As you can imagine the diarrhea of a 150 pound Great Dane can be pretty smelly so one develops various strategies to get through the clean up. Peg showed me this trick the first time we had to clean up one of Sadie's messes and now it's an integral part of the clean up routine. The above is a picture of the Vicks container on top of a clean crate. The picture was taken after Dexter's bath, cleaning of the crate (which included taking the trays out and rinsing them outside) and a shower for me. The good news is that all is clean and Dexter's stomach seems to be just fine.

Day 170 - Expecting

Of all the wonders of the world babies are definitely one of them. Peg and I attended a baby shower this afternoon for our friend Stephanie. The shower took place at our friend Catherine's new home. We had a nice afternoon enjoying good food and friends. Of course, people had to share their own birthing and parenting stories. After all, we want to make sure the mother-to-be has as much knowledge as possible. Our gracious hostess is also expecting so we didn't feel the event would be complete without a photo of the two of them together. I'm sure their children will be just like them, amazing and the best of friends.