These pics are of us at our local 4th celebration.  Elise had fun with her glow necklace and really enjoyed the fireworks.

Hey everyone.  I hope you all had a great 4th of July weekend, and have been staying cool during this amazing heat wave.  It's weird that we live in hot Florida and have cooler weather that most of our relatives up north.  Elise continues to do great with her progress in eating.  She is trying new foods and eating more of the ones she likes.  Her speech is also improving, and we hope will take off like her eating has.  She is becoming more confident in her speech which helps when she is trying to tell us what she wants, or even just trying to have a conversation.  I am now 27 weeks pregnant and had my monthly check up yesterday.  Everything went really well and the baby's heartbeat sounded great.  We are down to the last 3 months and are getting really excited.  We have narrowed our name choices down to a few a each gender, and hope to have one picked out for each by the time the baby comes.  Our little dog Mable had surgery on Monday.  She finally got spayed (which is the equivalent of a human getting a hysterectomy) at the University Vet here in Gainesville where she was monitored by anesthesiologists during the procedure due to her heart murmur.  It will take  her a good two weeks to heal and be back to normal.  We are glad that she finally had the surgery and can avoid any future complications that come with female dogs having heat cycles at older ages.  I hope you all have a great two weeks and we love you all!