Happy 10th Anniversary Jason and Kristi and Stella goes home!

Thursday May 21st

Today is my Uncle Ken's 89th birthday. He was my dad's middle brother and he has outlived both brothers. We called him to wish him a Happy Birthday, Of course we couldn't go over to Coquitlam to celebrate ...

Here a picture that my cousin posted on Facebook. She brought him his birthday cake in the afternoon as she was working at 5pm.

Norma and Ken

Kristi and Jason arrived at 5 pm to spend the night. They will leave the dogs with us and head out to Victoria tomorrow to celebrate their 10 year wedding anniversary. I was busy all day smoking baby back ribs in the Traeger for our dinner. They turned out beautifully.

Served with homemade baked beans and cornbread.

Where is Jason you might ask???? Being Thursday night he participates on a "raid", a game on his computer with a bunch of other people so his dinner was delivered to him downstairs. lol Yes I spoil him. :) As you can see he is well-stocked for the rest of the night! He had 2 plate fulls of ribs and beans.

Friday morning early, Kristi and Jason left for Victoria for their anniversary weekend. Hard to believe they have been married for ten years!

Of course it was treat time for the puppies!

We have Kristi's dogs for two days and they will return on Sunday to spend the night again with us before heading back home on Monday. Hopefully the weather smartens up.

Good morning baby Stella. (8 am)

She gained 48 grams yesterday. A lot of it from the breast or bottle so she is definitely heading in the right direction to be released soon.

We gave Kristi and Jason the use of our car for driving around Victoria and kept their truck so Ray was able to go and get some wood for his projects.

I think Kristi's dogs are most comfortable here. Athena took over one of Freya's beds. lol

Everyone had a good sleep as in we did not get woken up by the 3 dogs all night long. lol

Garrett and Kat headed back to the hospital for Stella's 8am feeding. She had been fed only by bottle since yesterday afternoon so more steps forward. This time she has gained another 28gms since yesterday. She had 22 ml by breast and 20 by bottle this morning. One step closer to going home.

Mom first ...

Dad up next to finish with a bottle of Kat's milk ...

Busy morning for Stella as her bath was up next with Daddy. Pretty sleepy after being fed. lol

Finally cuddles with daddy ... yes I can go back to sleep!

Her 2 pm feeding she couldn't stay away for her whole feed so the last was fed through her NG tube ... the countdown for 48 hours starts again. Kat did manage to get a companion room so is nearby for her for the rest of her feedings.
I am so tired ....

Looks like someone had milk on their phone when they took the picture. lol

By 11 am the skies had cleared here at the lake so we spent the afternoon on the back lawn out of the wind with the dogs. Happy puppies. It was only about 14C but out of the wind quite warm.

And Freya keeping track of her pack mates totally tired her out. Unfortunately she can barely walk ... hopefully she has a better day tomorrow ... no STICK! She won't be going on the pack walk tonight. She has one more day of antibiotics and I gave her the new pain med pill tonight she has been started on ... so she should feel better soon.

Sunday morning woke up early ... 5:00 am and tried to go back to sleep. 5:30 am saw both Ray and I up. The dogs seem to do a walk about at 4:45 am every morning so ... we wake up. A very cloudy day with the odd sprinkle.

Quiet day, Kristi and Jason were back here by 11am and we all just chilled for the day either on the porch under the gazebo or watching TV. Dinner was spaghetti, the sauce which I had made the day before, so an easy dinner. Jason picked out a movie on Netflix and we settled in for a 2 hour show after dinner.

Stella gained 28 grams and was back either breastfed or bottle fed all day and night so back on track to be released tomorrow or the next day. Yeah. She actually spent some time with her eyes open yesterday looking around too.

Biggest yawn.

Hi Mommy.

Monday morning lightly raining out. Had a good night ... no dogs waking us up. lol I'm still fighting with my left foot's plantar fasciitis outbreak. Hopefully the swelling will go down soon. Kristi and Jason left early for home, at 8:30 am as Jason has a lot of projects to get done before his load of dirt arrives on Thursday. A great visit.

Kat texted this morning. Stella had a great night and fed from the bottle only so it looks like they may get sprung today. Her feeding tube has been removed so it's looking good. She just needs to feed from a bottle for the 11am feed and breastfeed at 2pm taking in enough and will be weighed. If all goes well they will be on their way home to Squamish by 3pm.

Ready to go,

And they are off! lol

They made it safe and sound.

She sure is tiny!

Hopefully better weather is coming this week so we can get out on the lake in the boat.