Our pack

Matilda turns in to a little puppy when she's around Guinness. She pants and slobbers and tries to lick him. Here's proof:



Hope this makes you laugh as much as I did!

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Love is all around us

Last weekend my family got a wonderful impromptu visit from my adorable cousins, Anna and Leah.



Matilda was very happy to see them.



We spent some time with the ball this morning and praticed rolling over and over and over. It was great.



Then we spent some time loving on each other.



While Guinness slept.

Get your dog a beautiful custom collar like Guinness's here.



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Babies, beasts, and Bumbos...oh my!

Today I spent a lot of time reflecting. I wept all morning over the loss of a wonderful woman. I wept for her suffering, for her family. I put myself in her mother and father's shoes, I put myself in her husbands shoes. I thought about how she planned to be a lawyer, how she had to drop all of her dreams to focus on being well. We take our health for granted until it is no longer there. I just thought a lot about not wasting my time here, and the gift that is life.

I bought this poster to inspire anyone who visits as well as my family:



I don't want to spend energy and time dwelling over what I did or didn't do. I want to live my life to the fullest and be an example to my children. One of the ways I plan on doing this is by hopefully creating a way for me to have my hobbies become my lively hood. As much as I love my coworkers and enjoy my job, I know that I have dreams that haven't been followed...



Sam has been sick for over a week and today I was able to stay home with him and nourish his achy bones. I stuffed him with vitamins and vegetables and he seems to finally be on the mend. Again, I was brought to reflection on Melissa and how I can't stand for Sam to have a cold. How did their family cope with cancer? Cancer is the worst possible disease and I cannot imagine watching someone you love being consumed by it...





On a happier note...here are Matilda and Guinness just chillin'

I hope that you all will hug your loved ones extra tight and remember how precious your lives are.

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Matilda 13 Weeks

Here is Matilda's first encounter with Guinness. Feel free to mute it to avoid my annoying baby voice. I CAN"T help it.



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Dreaming

Today I've been pouring over my puter looking for wonderful recipes to razzle dazzle my friends and family. I'm combining two recipes for ultimate holiday perfection. Stay tuned tomorrow for the results. I'm hoping Aunt Kate will be up for some baking or atleast holding sweet Matilda.

Who could resist this face?



Here is the usual neediness that Guinness oozes on a daily basis. Poor dog.



I have had to put mittens on Matilda because she kept scratching her face:( She gets so fitful when she's ready to sleep and goes crazy with the baby hands!



Today I got a little knock on my door from Christy telling me that we were finally getting our street lamps installed. After a promise from 2 years ago, it's finally coming to fruition. Yay! I'll post pictures when they're done.

Hope you are all getting your Christmas affairs in order and enjoying this beautiful season!

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When Guinness met Matilda

I'm trying to post atleast one post a day, so here goes. Today we introduced our english/american bulldog, Guinness, to Matilda. I had been a little anxious about this encounter but Sam made sure that everything was Cesar-approved. He picked Guinness up and exercised him to get him in a calm-submissive state and then we took a hat they gave us at the hospital for him to smell. We then took Matilda outside after getting her fed and comfortable. The result-instant love!


Step 1 : Happy baby


Step 2: Obedient dog


Step 3: Long arm of the Dad


Step 4: Meeting of fur child and real child



We love Guinness and he was our first "child" so we wanted him to still know how much we love him.

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If a bird shits on you it's good luck

That's what our waitress said to me anyway as she was wiping a big glob of poop off my shirt with her dirty wet rag. Maybe that means Matilda is coming this week?

We spent saturday morning with the Xayasengs. Max and Guinness had a play date at the dog park, whoa was it hot. Then we hung out at our place and watched the Dog Whisperer as our crazy dogs ate each others faces for another hour and then we had lunch. I love getting to spend time with them. We had so much fun.

Here are some pictures:









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