#1 - The end of March was a pretty tough time for our family's dogs. First off, the 24th one of my brother's dogs, Sara, passed away. She was the sweetest dog! And I felt really bad for Scott and Kelli-Rae. Sara had been dealing with seizures for quite a while, but we think that she must have had a brain tumor or something like that. It's probably what was causing the seizures and eventually killed her. She had been at the vet for several days before passing away, but ended up dying at home with Scott and Kelli with her. I think that she was holding on because she didn't want to be alone when it happened. It was a pretty sad thing. She'll be missed!
That same week, my parents and I were noticing that Trin has just not been acting right. She was sleeping a lot more than usual. Not being her happy, hyper self. And had been drinking a ton of water. So, on the 25th we took her to the vet and he decided to do a full blood work-up for her. It ended up that she had two major problems, diagnosed on March 26th (Happy Birthday to me!). One, she is diabetic. Two, her thyroid is all out of whack. So we've been giving her insulin shots and thyroid pills twice a day. It's not fun having to give her the shots, but within a week to two weeks we could see a major difference in how she is acting and feeling. She's has to get her blood tested every week and she's doing fantastic!
#2 - Now for some great news! One of my best friends, Michelle and her husband Ryan, had an adorable baby boy! He was born on April 23rd, and is named Brigham Tyler Steineckert. I stole a few pics off of her blog of the cutie!
#3 - I FINALLY got a vacation!!! Lol, for those that really know my schedule, this vacation has been long overdue! My family all went to Hawaii for just over a week. I'll have to do a separate blog post for everything about Hawaii. I'll just say that flying standby is......interesting. The beach is gorgeous. And the zip lining through the rain forest was quite a thrill!
#4 - We have a new addition in our family. This last week Scott got a new puppy. Her name is Lola, and she's two years old. I still haven't had a chance to go see her, but from what I hear she is extremely hyper. But seems to get along well with their other dog, Ali. I'd post a pic, but the only one I have of her is on my phone, and I'm not really sure how to get it off of there! Hopefully I'll get to meet my new "niece" soon!
#5 - Lastly (I think), I have been working on two major projects. One is a gift for Briggs. Yeah, I know! He was born more than a month ago and I'm still not done with his gift! I really need to get my butt moving on that one! The second project is a HUGE project! This last Christmas, for my Grandma Richins gift for everyone, we interviewed her all about her personal history. I then typed up the whole interview and we made it into a book. Well, my dad and two of my uncles decided that they wanted to have something similar for their own parents. Both of my grandparents on the Severinsen side of the family have passed away, but we have two different old recording of them talking about their past. And guess who is typing them all up. Yep, me! Lol, I'm happy to help and do this, but it's become a lot bigger thing than I thought it'd be! Just to put it into perspective. My G-Ma Richins had about 1 1/2 hours of recording. For my G-Ma and G-Pa Sev, we have about 8 hours of recordings! But even though it's a ton of work, it'll be so nice to have it when we are all done! I just need to find the time to get it done between now and the end of the summer when our family reunion is.
Hmmm...Ok, other than Hawaii, I think that I've just about got everything caught up! I'll try to get around to posting about Hawaii either tonight or tomorrow.
Yay for updates! Sounds like an eventful couple of months! Can't wait to hear about Hawaii!! :)
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