Fly-by February

It seems like February was over even before it started! Soleil developed an ear infection in her second ear WHILE on antibiotics for her other ear infection...explain that one to me! So she had to be put on a stronger anitbiotic. It made her moody and gave her an awful diaper rash. In some of the pics you can see her sucking on the syringe we used for the medicine. She just loved to take her medicine and would always ask for "mas" (more) and get mad when she couldn't have more.

She found some good exploring areas. Some of her favorites were the kitchen cabinet (seen below) where she liked to go hide and eat snacks. Another was the dog crate whenever we would tell the pups "in the cage". Soleil would get in with them and when we had to drag her out she would scream. Guess she wanted to stay home with them! Her third favorite hang out place was between the bushes and the house out back.

We spent most of February outside since the weather was so nice. We started our organic garden by planting some tomatoes, onions, oats, and catnip. We tilled the vegetable garden and created an ornamental garden. We also bought an iron gazebo and moved our chimenea to a new spot in the yard. We enjoy the yard so much more now. It just feels happier! Soleil got a lot of practice sitting down to inspect everything she saw outside and standing back up again. She enjoys being outside so much that when it is raining and we have the door closed she bangs on the door!

Soleil got to wear her first band-aid and she didn't like it at all (see pic!). She sucked her thumb so much that the skin got thick on the knuckle and cracked. It was a deep cut and she would continue to suck it and stick her teeth into the wound. We had to put th band-aid on it to keep her from making it worse.