Crazy

Yes... I'm MIA. My evenings are completely filled with finishing my final floor plan / concept board for B's dream bachelor pad. I'm nearing the end, and as much as I've enjoyed this class, I'm looking forward to some down time and prepping for the little nut thats constantly rolling around in my belly...

We also woke up this morning to a sick pup...

Yes... the ridiculous one that is sleeping standing up. Love him to death, and makes me so sad when he's not feeling well.

I have a ton of projects and going on's to share once I wrap up this class, so just bear with me! Also... thank you to those that commented on my last post and my "picture issue". Flickr seems to be the answer (I already had a pro account).

They Grow Up Too Quickly

One day, you've just brought them home as tiny little bundles of joy, and the next thing you know...

They're graduating from puppy training...

I wasn't able to take part in this little shindig, but B was there and had to corner Harley to get the hat on him. As you can tell, Harley was not a fan.

Harley's Home!

Yup... Harley! Just wanted to post a little update on my post the other day about the potential new addition to our family. If you've missed my tweets... we were lucky enough on Tuesday to bring home Charlie... who we've obviously renamed Harley. We liked Harley more, and he responds to it well since it sounds exactly the same as his old name... too bad it confuses us more than him! Since renaming him he's been called, Charlie, Marley, Barley and yes... even Riley (don't ask). It's been an adventure with a 3 month old pup in the house, but slowly him and Parker are warming to each other and even playing. Last night he even got his first bath and took it quite well. He's become an instant part of the family - and everytime I look into his sucky little face I can't imagine life without our little boy!

Brett's been taking him to work during the days so he's not in his crate for 8 hour stretches. We're so happy we were able to give this adorable little guy a new home and I'm excited to raise him! It's already been fun teaching him to go up and down stairs and some new commands. If you're in the Toronto area and looking for a new pup, he still has a brother and sister up for adoption through the Grand River All-Breed Animal Rescue. Why not give a deserving pup a new, loving home?

Our Potential New Additions...

I'm not talking about additions to the house... I'm talking about to our family!

For quite some time B and I have been discussing adding to our little family. We currently have B's dog, Parker, whom he has had for about 5 years. We also have a bunny rabbit, Ebony, that I adopted shortly before we moved into our home. We love them both dearly, and being two young people who have grown up surrounded by animals we just can't get enough of them. So, after a number of discussions, we decided we wanted to get a brother to be the Fenway to our Parker (B's a Red Sox fan - did you guess?). So we've spent a lot of time looking through rescue shelter websites to find a pup that just stole our heart.

WELL - last week we found more than 1! So B sent in an application and they've been screening us to make sure we are the right applicants to bring a puppy into our home. Today B got an email with three pictures of potential pups. We haven't been approved to adopt yet, (B still has to finish the phone interview he started yesterday), but they asked us to choose an order of preference for the dogs so that if we are approved we can go and meet them before we bring one of these beautiful boys home. Below are the three pups, in our order of preference (mind you, if we had the house, the money and the time... I'd take all three!)...

This is Charlie - isn't that just the sweetest face you've ever seen?

Topa is Charlie's brother and equally as sweet...

and this is Sarge, he was dumped, and is a few weeks younger than the other two pups (no relation). He is absolutely adorable, but has higher energy and is likely to be more fluffy. He, of course, is not off of our list, but we know that a dog with a more of a calm attitude would be better for us and our laid back girl Parker.

I'm pretty excited to think that there is a possibility we could have a new family member by Christmas. On top of that, we'll be saving a deserving pup and bringing them into a very loving home.

I'll keep you posted on how the screening process goes, and if one of these beautiful boys comes to find a forever home with us!