Very Special Photos

Just 3 days after our last update, we woke up to a very poorly Hugo :o( He was vomitting diarrhoea and ended up having to spend the night in the vets on a drip. We were worried sick, as you can probably imagine, but Oliver took good care of him and turned him around. Just 24 hours later he was back home and boinging on the big dogs as if nothing had happened. We were exhausted and emotionally wrung out, but thrilled that he was still with us. Little devil ;o)

Anyway. Since that little blip, life is running smoothly again (touch wood) but we have taken some new photos of our special little man, so I'll just share them with you.....

This is a very poorly Hugo snuggling with his mummy whilst we were waiting for the time of his vet's appointment to come around :o(

A few days later, and feeling fine, Hugo slipped out into the garden to catch some rays on the bench (a rather difficult obstacle for such a tiny boy to master, but master it he did!)

But then decided to opt for the slightly less comfortable sleeping arena of the patio!

Later that evening, young master Hugo got caught having mastered another obstacle for the first time - my computer chair! He looked so handsome against the black chair, that I left him where he was and just reached for my camera ;o)

The following evening, whilst messing with the camera again, I took some black and white photos of all of the dogs.

Bran opted for the doting puppy look....

Flora opted for the doting puppy look......

Hugo refused to compromise his macho integrity and just did the "ear thing" again!

I then scored massive points by providing a huge box of cuddly toys! The dogs were absolutely thrilled!

Bran reallllllllly liked the tiger

and Minnie Mouse!

Hugo was not that bothered to start with and tried to entice Flora away from the toys with a wrestling session

He eventually agreed to a game of tug involving the toys

and then his curiosity got the better of him and he had a little investigate

and then got REALLY stuck in!!

He eventually settled on chomping on the strange frog

In the evening, the children decided to make best use of the box and Hugo went along for the ride

One morning, I remembered to grab the camera to catch the action as Sophie joins us.

I am usually first up. I let the dogs out into the garden for morning ablutions. They chase around the garden for a little while, then Bran and Flora come in to do this whilst Hugo gives me morning kisses........

And then Hugo will hear something that tells him that his mummy is about to join us......

And then the realisation dawns that she will be with us VERY shortly and...........

I hope these show you just how well our little fighter is doing at the moment.

Sophie has decided to arrange a sponsored walk from home to the much visited veterinary practice which is a distance of about 3.5 miles, so I will give you more details on that just as soon as it's finalised :o)