When I Love My Dog

Sandbox

We've had to re-vamp our small little yard for the silly dog. We made him a little sandbox and with the help of my dad, laid grass so he would stop eating all the bark. He LOVES the sand! As you can see, it's all over his nose!

Divine Intervention!

A friend of ours gives their little boy empty and washed out food containers. His latest favorite is a yogurt container. It inspired me to give Scout a water bottle scrunched up just enough to fit in his mouth. It provides HOURS of entertainment! And the best part is, I don't have to watch him...I can HEAR where he is!

B.F.F.'s

That elephant is Scout's B.F.F. They seem to like each other. Except when I let go and puppy gets a hold of him, if the thing was alive, Scout would have snapped his neck off. It must be instinct. He puts that thing is his baby jaws and flings his head around so fast, it's pretty entertaining. The best part about it is that he gets pretty tuckered out by it all and takes a nice little rest afterward.

This would be Brian's "I'm tired" smile. We had puppy just in the kitchen at first. We bought a baby gate and closed it off. It made for easy clean up of accidents, but everytime we would try and do anything in the rest of the house, this little guy would HOWL! I realize he's a hound dog, so he's got a nice set of lungs, but WOW! So, now he has reign over the downstairs. The king of the carpet! He's not allowed of the furniture, and luckily is too small to get up on it, so as long as we never let him on it, he'll know it's not for him.

It's A Boy!!

What a whirlwind this last week has been! Brian and I, kind of out of nowhere, are the proud parents of a beagle puppy named Scout. He's super cute, but neither of us realized what we have gotten ourselves into. We had a nice drive up to Oregon to pick him up, and from the car ride home, we knew this was going to be interesting to say the least. We've had him a little over a week, and I can hardly remember what a blissfully happy life we had before he came along. He's very fun when he's sleeping or playing by himself, but let me tell you, it's a challenge. I think this little guy is going to be the first AND last puppy we ever get! And a piece of advice for the rest of you, if you want a puppy...TAKE MINE! Or, get one that's already house broken. We've actually debated whether or not to keep him after getting up with him 3 times a night and cleaning up MANY accidents. I don't want to compare him to a baby, but just picture a baby who is not sleeping through the night, teething, potty training, learning how to run, AND biting people ALL AT THE SAME TIME! Holy Moly! We are seeing progress, and are actually very excited when his vaccines are complete and we can take him to the park and teach him how to play fetch. People passing by always stop and pet him and oooh and aaaah over how cute he is...IF THEY ONLY KNEW!

Happy Halloween!

Every year Brian and I go to a pumpkin patch around and get some "cheat sheet" stensils and carve fun pumpkins. This year was especially fun because we got to put them on our very own front porch! Brian was very proud of his white pumpkin, carved as Jack Skellington from Nightmare Before Christmas. Shockingly the albino pumpkin smelt like watermelon. I carved the same haunted house I have for 2 years now, but it never gets old, and with candle inside always looks spooky.

We had LOTS of trick-or-treaters and held an informal "costume contest" of who we thought was the cutest. The twin toddlers across the street dressed as a lizard and dinosaur came in a close second to little 9 month old Hannah who was a BYU cheerleader. (I wish I had a picture.) So anyway, lots of fun to be had on our street, and looking forward to having little ones of our own to play with all the neighborhood kids!