New baby in the Hammond house and....

First, I have to share that we have a new baby in the house!!! She is a 7 week old shepherd mix of some sort. I am still trying to come up with her name.. For now, she is "babygirl". We have had her for about 36 hours now. If I don't come up with a name soon, babygirl will be her name!!  The irresponsible people that owned her mother and so were in charge of finding homes for the babies, were very... careless at best with these babies. They were left outside and fed cat food instead of puppy food or baby formula after the mama was hit by a car and killed. She is paying the price right now. She is sick. We are working to get her healthy though and are enjoying her.
In other news... I have gotten through my "hell week" for this month and only took pain meds 1 night!! It has been almost a month since I have had to take them on a regular basis. I am so thrilled! I haven't been feeling great, but I haven't been medicated non stop either. I am working on getting my house cleaned up right now. Not just cleaning... but CLEANING. My family is coming for a family reunion and will be here a week from today! I am so so so so excited to have them all here, but it is going to be a little bit of work.. I need to wash the walls since I can't pain and I need to wash the curtains. We are getting the carpets cleaned tomorrow... *yes, right after getting a new puppy... yes I have a way to kennel her so she doesn't make a mess everywhere.*
Having my family coming has had my mom on my mind. It is her sisters and their families that are coming. I love them so much and am so thrilled to have them here... although it makes me miss her really bad. I want her to see how far my hubby has come and how great a provider he is. I want her to see my boys that I am so proud of and that are so big and handsome and great. I want her to see Gavin and how precious he is and Erin and how happy she is. I want her to meet my cousins daughters. My mom loved my cousins (all of them but these two specifically) as though they were also hers.. kinda like I am with Gavin. She would just be in love with their beautiful baby girls and with the man that God has given to one of them. She would be so proud of how big all of my cousins are and how far they have all come. She loved her family more than anything other than God Himself and was very proud of all of them. She will be missed next week, but not forgotten.
Thank you God for my new baby girl. Thank you for the fun that she is. Thank you for this week not being as bad as it could have been. Thank you for being able to get our carpets cleaned and get the house put together so it is ready for the family we love so much to come and visit. Thank you for my family. Thank you for Aunt Molly and Uncle Nigel and the girls. Thank you for Aunt Linda and Uncle Bill. Thank you for Aunt Peggy and Uncle Mark and their crew. Thank you for Aunt Debi and Uncle Heartly and their girls and sons in laws and babies. Thank you for my mom. Thank you for her life. Thank you for her example to all who knew her. Thank you for all the good and the bad. Thank you for the love and care from her. Thank you!!