Tag Archives: Zenith

Day 94 — Christmas is Over. No Need to Hide Our Naughtiness!

AuRoara (note the updated spelling) says that now that Christmas is over, there is no need to feign angelic behavior. Like any child, she saves the worse (and cutest) temper tantrums for Mom. Mother Zenith does look like she can … Continue reading

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Day 77 — A Family Day

The pack doesn’t take its normal daytime nap when Geoffrey is home. Instead, today was mostly constant in/out/up/down. For Aurora, of course, the motivation for all movement was PLAY! I went to church and by the time I came home … Continue reading

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Day 4 — Struggling to Thrive

Metro is in the incubator at the emergency room where we brought him at in the middle of the night. When we fed him yesterday afternoon, we hoped he had turned the corner. He sucked from the bottle, and the … Continue reading

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Day 3 — Eat! Please!!

The Midday Report today has to focus on getting nourishment to the boy. The first week of their lives puppies aren’t very interesting, anyway. They eat and sleep. They crawl over mother to find a dining spot, but they don’t … Continue reading

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Trying to Get Comfortable – Day 2 at 1:45 pm

A day for vigilance, or how to act like nervous grandparents. Our major concern at the moment is that Zenith ate only a breakfast of boiled chicken breast at about 7 and has refused more, refused more with rice, refused … Continue reading

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