Oy vey!

Well, its been quite a few weeks with our dogs. Unfortunately 3 weeks ago they got into a dog fight with the 3 chiuauas behind us when the wooden fence back their broke. Also unfortunately the 3 chiuauas did not make it. The fence is not ours and is in very bad shape. Both us and our neighbors tried to do some patchwork here and there. Those 3 dogs were always very nasty and barked and growled all the time. Our other neighbor actually got bitten by one of them. Well, needless to say the police were called and animal control. Both officials said they thought it was just an unfortunate incident that occurred because the fence broke. Well last week we get a letter from the people behind us asking for compensation for the 3 dogs( which we were going to do anyway) property damage, emotional distress and loss of wages. What?!?! I understand the compensation for 3 dogs, we know we are liable for them. It was awful what happened, John and I both know that, but their dogs were nasty little dogs and I guess Darwin's survival of the fittest cam into play when the fence broke. We called our homeowners insurance and they are trying to settle with them. I have a feeling this will not be easy. THEN, this week we get a letter from animal control citing our dogs as viscous/dangerous and they may be put down. Now we were told at the time that this would not happen because of the circumstances of the event. If we didn't appeal it we had to turn our doggies over to the shelter in 24 hours. Of course we appealed it because Milo and Lilly or NOT viscous by any means. So we met with animal control on Thursday and told them our side if the story and showed them pictures of the decrepit neighbors fence and pictures of all the broken fence pieces in our yard( how did it get there if our dogs broke through to their side?) Nobody saw what happened, so we proved to them that this was not necessarily an unprovoked attack of 3 dogs, there were mitigating circumstances. So yesterday they called and said that Milo and Lilly had been downgraded to a "public nuisance" and we just had to put up a new area of fencing around the neighbors crappy fence. We were going to do that anyway! So now our doggies won't be put down thank g-d but we are still dealing with the neighbors and what they want to be compensated for.

On a lighter note.....Jack and Bridget are doing great. Bridget is so beautiful...everyday she gets more beautiful and Jack is such a ham. He has his moments, but overall he is such a sweetheart. Now if you say that Bridget is sleeping he goes" shh"( with his middle finger, but hey its a start!)

Big Changes in the Schoultz House!

Happy( belated) New Year everyone!

Alot has happened since our last post!

On December 20, 2007 our beautiful baby girl was born. Bridget Grace Schoultz was born at 11:00 via an unfortunate emergency c-section. ( Her name was originally Ella Grace, but it didn't seem to fit her when I saw her the next day!)She was so close to coming out on her own and mommy was pushing as hard as can be, but her heartrate dropped too low and the rushed me off to get her out safe. She was totally fine when she emerged, which was amazing. She was 7 pounds 13 ounces and 20 1/4 inches long. She also had some eating issues like Jack did so she is also on Soy formula. She was pretty jaundice when she came home so she had to have that Bili Light( the ultra blue light) on her for12 or so hours to lower her levels. She looked like a glow worm!

She has been gaining weight and eating great. Bridget is much different than Jack...she only cries when she is having a diaper change and sometimes when she is hungry...Besides that she is content to be swaddled and loved. She is not too keen on bath time, but I'm sure her big brother will get her liking them soon.

Speaking of Jack, he is doing great. It has been a hard adjustment for him, but overall he is doing good. He tends to ignore Bridget most of the time and does NOT like it when she cries. When she starts to cry, Jack cries/yells louder. He has also started throwing some nice tantrums, but that will pass. If you ask him to be gentle with Bridget he will pat her head and he'll give her a kiss if you ask him too. He has started giving her the pacifier too.

I am recovering well from the c section. It was rough for a while and at times still is. I haven't decided yet what is harder to heal from, a vaginal or c section...they both definitely have their pros and cons!

I am also adjusting to being at home with 2 babies. Luckily I have some good friends like Kelly, Elizabeth and Di to talk to.

Grandma Debbie came for 5 days to help and visit and that was great. Jack LOVED going for walks and building with Lego's with Grandma Debbie.

Grandma Karen and Grandpa Thom have been great helps. They helped clean the house before Baby Bridget was born and are a huge help with Jack. So is Uncle Dan....whenever we need some help putting Jack to sleep etc..Uncle Dan works his magic!

Unfortunately John and Dan got food poisoning this week, so we had some sickies at home too. FYI- don't get the grilled chicken sandwich from KFC!

Uncle Jason is coming to visit next week, Jack will have a blast with him I'm sure!

The jury is still out on who Bridget looks like, but regardless she beautiful!

I'm learning many things as a mom, but most recently its that I'm not a hairdresser. I cut Jack's hair 2 weeks ago and it looks like Edward Scissorhands got a hold of him. Luckily its too early on in his life to scar him!

We hope everyone is great and I'll write more soon!