We've been up to all sorts of terrible doings since the last post. I sold my horse to a very nice girl who has about fourteen years of horsekeeping experience and a great home for him. I went with him when she took him home, and he was very happy to be there and settled in with the other horse right away. So yay for Brick, and very much boo for his little goat friend, Mort. They didn't want to take him, and their separation was the saddest thing I've ever seen. Mort cried and screamed, and Brick screamed and stamped, and we had to lock Mort in the shed to keep him from running after the trailer. He has been very depressed since Brick left, and we hope to find him a home with other goats or horses soon. -- Hey!-- just since starting this entry I sold Mort and he's off to his new home to be a companion to a miniature donkey! Who knew getting rid of farm animals was so easy?
My old man ferret, Ivan, died on the 2nd after battling through old age and two different diseases. Helen - our young girl ferret - has been moping around and missing him, so we'll probably end up caving in and buying her a companion soon.
Our house has recieved another new addition, unexpected but dearly loved. Sophie is our new dog, a purebred Boston Terrier who was born completely deaf. Some of our friends were asked to find her a loving home, and... oh come on, are any of you surprised? She's about 8 mo old and we are training her by using sign language, which has been a lot of fun for all of us. She came home with us on the 1st, and has already learned to come, sit, lay down, get down, go outside, and come get pets. She also knows the signs for yes, no, bad, her name/look at me, be quiet, and is learning the signs for roll over, go to bed, go away, and be sneaky (crawl on your belly.) The only downside is that I seem to have sprained my fingers yelling at her to be quiet.
Kirsi is growing by leaps and bounds. She can support her full weight when she stands up. She is eleven pounds now, and 24 inches long. She had her two-month checkup yesterday and was pronounced healthy and adorable. She also got her first round of shots, which she handled very well. Her poor little legs are sore today, though. Jimmy has one more to get before he starts school, and is not pleased about it.
Yesterday we also went and traded in our Kia and bought ..... ta da! a minivan! It's a 2007 Chevy Uplander with only 56,000 miles on it. Our payments on it are actually going to be about $70 less a month than we were paying for the Kia, and we can fit our family in it - dogs included. We all love it, especially Jimmy. If you tell him to get out of the van, he yells, "Never!" We couldn't convince him to get out of it after the test drive.
Jim's started tee-ball today at the fairgrounds. It's for kids ages 4-6, and will be twice a week until August 6th, just in case anyone wants to come cheer him on. We think it will be good for him to get used to cooperating with other kids and listening to a new adult before he starts school, not to mention lots of fun! Unfortunately today's practice ended early because of the wind, but we did find out that he gets to be on the same team as his cousins, Colton and Tommy.
We had a great fourth of July. We had a barbeque at the Spurgeon's, and set off a bunch of fireworks there, then headed down to the fairgrounds. The fireworks there were really great this year! Jimmy loved it, but he was so tired from playing with the kids at Nana Spurgeon's that he fell asleep towards the end and we had to wake him up for the grand finale. Kirsi slept through the whole thing, and Sophie cuddled with me, cheerfully oblivious to the incessant mortar rounds.
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