The Belly is Growing!

I suppose that I can no longer deny that I am showing. I have had 3 or 4 people, acquaintances at work, come up to me out of the blue and in one way or another ask if I am pregnant. It happened twice Friday. I have noticed my belly growing too. I think we must consider this a belly growth phase. I have mixed feelings about this- at least they don't think I have gained a bunch of weight but people are looking at my belly. I am almost 5 months, so I guess this is to be expected. But as a woman, it's not good if people stare at your belly. While I am sometimes unsure, Brian seems to like the growing belly. He is constantly petting it or looking at it.



Some of you may know that Xander, our pug and fur baby, had back surgery on Monday. undere is home now but very weak still and unable to walk on his own. According to the vet this is to be expected after surgery. I went home at lunch Friday to let him out. When I was home he stood up on his own- new for him. He is an independent little soul. He wants to get around on his own so badly. He can stand if you prop him up and position his feet. But he has no sense of how to put his feet down correctly- keeps standing on the tops. Once standing he also thinks that he can walk and unless you stop him will fall over. So he remains in puppy jail, aka his crate. He is supposed to have crate rest for 4 weeks. Poor puppy.
We are glad to have him home. I think that he is glad to be home too. We have to do puppy physical therapy with him 3 times a day and he seems to like it. He gets massaged and loved on- what's not to like. Though he does appear to get tired. It's probably because we make him stand on his own for about 10 minutes total. Walking him is also quite a sight. He has his harness on and a sling under his belly- made of ace bandage or towel. So when you walk him in one hand you have the leash and in the other you are holding up his back legs with the sling. It's alot of work. He wants to go fast- darting around the yard like he isn't hurt. I have some trouble keeping up with him or slowing him down but Brian is pretty good at it already.