Decade Dewy

Dewy is ten years old, so we decided to do a mini photo shot in honor of DECADE DEWY!

He still has his very regal but now slightly thinner frame

 Always on attention for food.

 His eyes still look like he is 2 months old. Those puppy eyes steal your heart.

iPhone Worthy

I always laugh at what photos end up on my iPhone. Here is my most recent captures. They all have a story which is why I love digging through my phone pictures!

Reese is still in love with this dress. She wears it every laundry cycle. But this picture is also special because I had time to snuggle with her and just her one morning. 

 When Dewy misses his daddy he spends about 15 minutes each morning running around the house up and down stairs whining while holding this big toy in his mouth. As if he is on a mission and the angel dog toy is his sidekick.

I have completely let go of guiding the girls in their clothes selection. I will only decide if they are covered and appropriate for the weather. This day Reese put on just tights with this 'dress'. I told her she needed to have something that would cover her bottom, and these floral shorts apparently was exactly what she needed!

 One morning Elli woke up while I was getting showered and dressed. Brady asked if she could go into the nursery with her. This is what I walked into. Sisters are the best thing in the world.

And lastly, I may have another girly girl on my hands. Yesterday, Elli only got about 30 minutes of a nap. She was cranky by dinner time so I was having a hard time getting the cooking done. Then all of a sudden she was quiet and happy for like 20 minutes straight. What turned her frown upside down? PURSES! Oh boy, at least I know what to expect out of girly girls since I have raised two already. 

Teaching a new dog old tricks

So you may know that Brady's first word was "Dewy Dog" when she was a baby. They were barking at us while we were on a wagon ride in the neighborhood and when when passed our house she pointed and said "Dewy Dog." I always thought that was a neat first word.

Fast forward five years, same two dogs but two more daughters. New house, a house that the dogs are constantly being told not to stop barking... "No barking, Dewy" "Stop it, Pace" "Stop dogs, stop" come from my mouth several times a day!

Today we decided to enjoy the nice weather with an McDonald's picnic in our backyard.

Our fence isn't a privacy fence so the dogs can see every car that drives by or each person that walks by...so barking about every minute or two is common when they are outside. At one barking spell, I swore I heard Elli say Pace or "Ace"!!! I was pretty pumped, so I listened to her the next couple of barking spells, but then I swore I heard her say "barking" on more then one occasion. Okay, people time to get the camera out to try and catch her second and third word! So every time the dogs started barking I hit record...

Warning: Turn your volume down if you have dogs that will get worked up by barking because my dogs bark throughout all these videos. 

Tell me what you hear around 20 seconds. 

I think I hear it again right at the beginning of this video...

Do you think she is saying "Stop dogs" over and over again?

Now for the final video I shot... she is just flat out telling the dogs off, she has had enough of the barking! I am with you Elli, ENOUGH!

So Elli had her second word, Pace, third word, barking, and first sentence, Stop dogs, all within a matter of 15 minutes. Maybe this girl has been speaking all sorts of words to me and I just am not listening carefully enough!

Wordless Wednesday: Pet Shop Birthday Party Reaction

Orthnerisms to the “Rescue”

I haven’t done one of these posts in a while, but this one is sure to please…

 

On the way to preschool, out of the blue, Brady says:

 

“Lacey is a Super Dog Hero” (Lacey Jane is my parents’ Jack Russell Terrier)

 

Me: “What do you mean?” “who told you that?”

 

Brady:”Lacey is a Super Hero”

 

Me: “ Did Grandma tell you that?”

 

Brady: “She likes to be in the sun and she runs really fast, she is a super dog hero”

 

Me: “Why does that make her a super hero”

 

Brady: ”Because she is a rescue dog!!!!”

 

After my laughter subsided, I explained to her what a ‘rescue’ dog is and that other dogs in our family (Tiffy and Auggie) are rescued as well.

 

Here is to my parents, brother and Karl's parents for raising a super hero dog…

Lacey Jane AKA “Snake Killer” (yes that is really a snake and yes my mom grabbed her camera instead of interfering, would you have stopped this dog from using her super powers?)

Tiffy AKA “Box Paperweight”

Auggie AKA “Dachshund Tamer”

 

I love there dogs!

Still The One…

Yep, Dewy is still the one, number one that is!

 

Saturday at 12:40 the family is sitting down to lunch. Karl is reading the paper and I ask him to hand me the page about the deal reached to avoid the government shutdown. I read the article and then turn it over to the calendar of events for the day. At 1:00 is the local wiener dog races. We had a blast last year and had been waiting for the signs to be put out with info like last year.

 

Well those of you who know Karl well, know to be told at 12:40 about a event that starts at 1:00 is very unsettling. However, we had such a blast last year we couldn’t skip out. So in 20 minutes we let the dogs out, packed snacks for all, got the girls on the potty, shoes on, out the door and to the event by 1:00! WOW, we did leave Pace at the house this year because he didn’t enjoy himself last year.

 

We are glad we got there. Dewy was in the weight class, 10-15 pounds, with the most participants again.

This board only shows some of the racers. There were about nine initial heats in Dewy’s weight class. I thought you would enjoy seeing some of the names of Dachshunds. While we waited out turn to race, Brady enjoyed photographing the event, while Reese walked about and observed her surroundings.

Dewy smoked all the dogs in the first heat coming out on top. Here he is with the winnings from the first heat.

While we waited for the race against the other heat winners we enjoyed some snow cones.

Also I enjoyed seeing this dog race that is paralyzed in the back half (common problem in Dachshunds). He has a custom made wheel chair. He is five years old and full of life!

Well it was finally our turn and guess who is the Pensacola Weiner Dog Race Champion (in the 10-15 weight class) for the second year in a row

DEWY!

You gotta love Dewy trying to give out kisses even in his championship snapshot

As of late…

Brady’s latest obsession is puzzles. She is doing like 5-8 a day now. She is actually doing a puzzle as I am typing this post. She has two princess 50 piece puzzles that we mix together in the same bag and she completes both of them in one sitting. Here is a picture from yesterday morning, first thing after breakfast.

Yesterday, I had out a shirt for Reese and she kept running away from me, but there was Dewy (my velcro dog) staring right at me, so guess who I dressed…. Apparently Reese and Dewy currently wear the same size clothes

Last Thursday the girls went to the dentist. The hygienist gave the girls a glove each, man did that make their day. They have played dentist everyday since. I heard Reese calling “Brady, come here, Brady come lay down”. This is the scene that soon followed. Now, Karl and I have to be patients too.

Who let the dogs out?

Our next door neighbors have two dauchshunds...sound familar? Well when we moved here they only had one. I think we may have inspired them to get a puppy. They brought home "Cricket" a few days before Super Bowl Sunday, so she is only a couple months old. We have had a couple dog playdates with all 4 dogs.

Since both Danielle and Jeff work full time, Jeff comes home during lunch to help with Cricket's house training. He is unable to for the next 3 weeks so they have asked me to go over whenever I am I can to let Cricket out for the next 3 weeks. Brady LOVES her new puppysitting 'job'!