Clay's 1st trip to the movie theater!

Today Robbie and I decided to take Clay to his first movie. We went and saw "Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs". It was pretty good. Clay did suprisingly well, and we only had to tell him to sit down 3 or 4 times. So not too bad. It won't be an all the time thing for sure, but it was fun to see how he liked it. On the way into the theater, he had a mini-meltdown because it was dark in there, and he wasn't sure what to expect. But once we got in there and he saw that there were still lights on, and a big TV, he was fine.

Before we went to the movies, we went to The Cotton Patch for lunch.

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Us before the movie started. Not sure why Clay had this look on his face, but it was cute.

He did well sitting by himself, but we had to put his diaper bag with him to hold the seat down since he wasn't heavy enough to do it on his own.

Robbie wanted me to take a picture of the movie screen. So here it is.

Well I turned 33 weeks yesterday! So only SEVEN more weeks to go! My baby shower is this weekend, and I am ready for it! I am ready to start getting stuff organized, although I am still not going to do too much. Clay and Colt are going to be sharing a dresser since most of their clothes hang up, so I need to get Clay's drawers organized so I can have a place to put Colt's clothes. That is going to be my big thing for the next 2 weeks is getting Clay's room organized. Then I will start working on Colt's room. And hopefully not too long after that, I will have him! Here is the update on Colt:

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I have noticed a big difference between last week and this week. I have started getting nosebleeds again because my nose is drying out. Not major ones, but just when I blow my nose and stuff. I also have started getting heartburn from anything and everything. So I am keeping the Maalox Complete very close to me at all times. With Clay, I never had him pushing on my bladder. It is weird because he sat very low in my stomach pretty much the entire pregnancy, but I never had those kicks to the bladder. But with this one, I am higher, and I get them all the time. I have also noticed that when I go to the bathroom, it is a trickle of pee, and then 5 minutes later, I have to go again. Very annoying. I am sure that with me getting further along and with Colt already giving me bladder kicks, I will have 7 more weeks of bathroom trips every 5 minutes.

And one last update on the dogs:

Robbie went and dropped them off yesterday. He said that he met the guy that was taking him, and the dogs warmed up to him immediately. They didn't have any dogs, although they have rescued dogs before. They have 2 teenagers, and Robbie got to meet one of them yesterday too. He said that the teenager went right to the dogs, they loved him, and he was playing with them immediately. Robbie said that the guy was very nice, and he was very gentle with the dogs. Also with them being with a friend of his Grandma's, we can keep updated on them. So I am glad that they went to a good home.

The grass just turned brown.

Last night, Robbie called his Grandma and told her our situation with the dogs. He told her that we have been having problems with them snapping at Clay and at me when they get in trouble. We told her everything that has been happening lately and told her that we just can't do it anymore. We are having to compete with Clay and the dogs, and it is just going to be too much with bringing another newborn into the house. We have had Clay and them mixed for a little over 2 years now, and they still aren't used to each other. They still don't know how to act around each other, etc. And we just can't do it anymore. So his Grandma told Robbie that she would try and find them a good home along with us trying to find them one. She also told them that she was hoping that we would have kept them long enough so she could take them back when she moved back to Texas. She is living with her Mom (who is 91 yrs old) up North right now because her Mom is starting to not be able to take care of herself anymore. Robbie said "Well I thought that you told us you were going to be there permanately." And she said "Well until she dies or I die." Um okay.

So today they had an appointment at the groomers. Robbie asked the groomer if she knew of anyone that would want them, and she said no but that we could bring a picture to put up on the board. We figured that we could at least do that, but that we didn't want to just give them to anyone either. We wanted to find a good home for them and hopefully someone that we knew. Well about 3:30 pm today while I was snapping fresh green beans, Robbie's Grandma calls me. She says that she has found a home for them. The oldest son of her longtime friend wants to take them. He is an animal lover, and he has other dogs too. He also has teenagers so I am sure (or I would hope) that they know how to act around dogs. She gave us the phone number of her friend, and we were supposed to contact her and set up a time to bring them. So Robbie calls her at 3:45 and tells him that her son is coming over at 4:30 today, and we could just bring them then. And I know that I have wanted to get rid of them for a while now after that snapping incident at Christmas, but I just broke down crying right then. Even though our kids will always come first, and I will do anything to keep them from harm's way, I will miss those damn dogs.

We had them for 4 1/2 years, and even though they annoyed me, I still have a place in my heart for them. But I am REALLY glad that they went to a good home that his Grandma knows the person and keeps in touch with that person. She thinks of those dogs like she does her kids, so I trust her decision of where they are going. I am just going to miss them.

So I guess that I will find out here in the next week how much greener the grass really is on this side.