Merry Christmas!!! (Lola and Diesel)

Merry Christmas one and all! Santa was very good to us, even though we thought for sure that we'd be on the Naughty List (or at least Diesel would!). Our favorite toy that we each got is the "tug-a-jug" that have treats hidden inside that rattle and we have to figure out how to get them out- they're really fun! We had a wonderful family Christmas, although we spent them at different houses so it would be a little "calmer" and more safe for our great grandparents. Here are a few photos of Honey's house on Christmas Eve- one of me and Mommy:

A little fam photo in which I look like a fat snowman (dog):

Here I am posing in front of all the presents under the tree:

Aunt Emma on Christmas morning at Grandma and Grumps' house. Because of last weekend's snow, it was a white Christmas!:

Mommy painted a picture of Emma for grandma for Christmas- it looks just like her!

I scope out the gifts under the tree on Christmas morning:

Grandma got this bulldog statue for Mommy. Here I am sniffing his butt the way I would to other dogs when I first meet them. When Lola met him later on at home, she growled at him:

Dancing to Grandma's new Jersey Boys soundtrack (well, she was dancing, I was biting):

Helping Daddy open his giant tub of cashews from his stocking:

Hope everyone had a peaceful and joyous holiday!

Winter Wonderland (Lola)

We've had a little "cabin fever" with this snowstorm this weekend- we've been trapped inside and even though Dad shoveled us a little area to potty in, we needed to get out and about today. Mom and Dad took us for a walk up the street and here are some photos from the walk. Not everyone shoveled their part of the sidewalk, so we had to go in the tire tracks left by the cars brave enough to drive through this mess!:
Look at how far up the snow comes on us!:

After our walk, I attempted to go in the top of the backyard but the snow is a little too deep for me to get very far!

Blizzard!! (Lola)

Perhaps you remember my post from earlier this month where I described my love of the fluffy white stuff? Well we woke up this morning to nearly six inches of snow and it hasn't stopped since! The weather man is calling for 20-30 inches by the time it's all over... Here are a few pictures from today but I have a feeling we'll get some good ones tomorrow when the sun comes out and it's no longer windy.

Diesel decides if he wants to go out- the snow is piled up at the front door:

Here we are supervising Dad as he shovels the sidewalk and measures the depth of the snow- 14 inches at 4:00 today!

Here's Deisel running down the back steps after doing his business out back- you can't even see the stairs!

I ran down the shoveled path and steps to the bottom of the front hill. Normally when I come back up the hill, I like to run up the hill, rather than the steps. This photo is of me running headlong into the snow bank on the hill. What, you can't see me?? That's because I was COVERED completely by the snow! Mom and Dad found this hysterical:

Look at where the snow comes up to on us as we stand on the shoveled sidewalk- I can't wait to run through this tomorrow!

Million Dollar Baby (Diesel)

I haven't had the chance to blog about this yet, as I was quite under the weather this week. That's because last Thursday night (really it was VERY early Friday morning), I started throwing up some sticks and kept throwing up for several hours. Eventually there was blood in it and I was really shaky so I ended up spending the day at the vet... A Barium series, ten x-rays and $560 later, I was home with three antibiotics and a diagnosis of pneumonia. I coughed for several days and was very pathetic, but I had a follow up exam yesterday and am back to my old charming self!

Additionally, I have a "prolapsed urethra." We won't post a photo of that here since it has to do with a very private part of mine (feel free to Google it!), but it's quite common in young male bulldogs. When my pneumonia is way behind me, I will have to have it surgically corrected...

Meanwhile, while looking at the x-rays from last week, the vet discovered that I have half of a vertebrae in the lumbar area of my spine- like half of it is missing. What the heck!? They said it may never be an issue, but that it's really weird.

Mom is now calling me her "Million Dollar Baby" and is looking into some pet insurance...

Bulldog Property Laws (Lola)

Mom just got us some nifty new treats- some nifty dental bones with all these fabulous little nubby things on them. She got one for each of us, but Diesel likes to taunt me with his or try to take mine. Let me clarify the rules of our house for him:

1. If I like it, it's mine.
2. If it's in my mouth, it's mine.
3. If I can take it from you, it's mine.
4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine.
5. If I gave it away and now I want it back, it's mine.
6. If I chewed it into a hundred pieces, all the pieces are mine.
7. If it just looks like mine, it's mine.
8. If I saw it first, it's mine.
9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine.
10. If it's broken or boring, it's yours.

All I Want for Christmas (Diesel)

This guy looks like he's having a TON of fun!!! I wonder if Santa would bring us a trampoline for Christmas??? Mom seems to think I may have made the "naughty list" this year so my chances are looking a little grim...

Like Father Like Son... (Diesel)

Grandma sent these two pictures from Thanksgiving. Daddy got up at 3:30am to go hunting with Grumps so he was pretty sleepy when he got home and he took a nap- so I did too! Look... we're both wearing camo!!

Let It Snow! (Lola)

We woke up this morning to the first snow of the year and although it's not sticking to the ground in the city where we live, there are still lots of puffy white flakes falling from the sky! I LOVE SNOW-It is one of my most favorite things to do to run around in the snowy yard in circles at high speeds! Since the snow today won't give me the chance to do so, I thought I'd post a few pics from last winter since we weren't blogging back then... Baby Diesel was only a little over 3 months old in these pictures and we'd only had him for 2-3 weeks!

The Bulldog Who Cried Wolf (Lola)

So Diesel has been living in our house for 11 months now and the joker has FINALLY learned that if he stands by the door, Mom and Dad will let him out to go potty (it's about time- it only took me about 3 weeks to learn this, but clearly D wasn't dealt a full deck, if you know what I mean). Anyway, Mom's getting a bit annoyed because now he pretty much goes to the door every ten minutes or so, just because he feels like seeing what's happening outside. He's going to ruin it for the both of us if he keeps it up!

Thankful! (Lola)

Mom hosted Thanksgiving this year- just six humans so it wasn't too crazy. Diesel and I are thankful that Grandma and Grumps and Aunt Becky let us sit on them the whole time and that everyone snuck us turkey tastes under the table and let us lick the whipped cream off the dessert plates, although we weren't thankful when we both threw up later on that night and the next morning... We're thankful for the leftovers we've been getting mixed in with our food ever since! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!!!!

Yum!

Green Thumbs (well, paws, since we don't actually have thumbs) (Diesel)

It was a beautiful fall day this past Saturday so Dad and his crew raked up all the leaves and mowed the lawn, and Mom planted hundreds of bulbs in the yard... Lola just supervised, but I grabbed a spade and dug right in! I'm so helpful :)

Monday Night Football (Diesel)

Finally, the Ravens win a game! Go Baltimore!

Trick or Treat! (Lola)

Happy Halloween!!! So, you may remember Mom trying to decide what to dress us as, but she ended up not dressing us up at all. She purchased costumes for us- a prisoner outfit for Diesel and a bumble bee for me- but they were too big and it was quite obvious that D wouldn't let me just saunter around the house wearing wings without ripping them from my body!

Mom and Dad had a big Halloween party so we thought we'd share a few of the photos that feature us... Here are two portraits that hung on the walls of the den, which was totally lit by blacklight so all of the flourescent orange was GLOWING- too bad she couldn't capture it with the camera that way!

Then Mom carved this pumpkin in our honor which was displayed proudly on the top step for all to see. She got a lot of compliments on it from the local trick-or-treaters...

Slippery Steps (Lola)

Before Mom and Dad brought me home three years ago, they installed little carpets on the steps so that I wouldn't slip on the hardwood (how thoughtful!):

Recently, Diesel has decided that they too would make fun toys (along with pulling toilet paper from the rolls, going through the small trash cans to eat tissues and dryer sheets, pulling the phone wire off the wall, etc)... He has managed to tear three of them right off the steps (they were stapled down!) and pulled them apart, so Mom made Dad remove them all. I may not look too innocent playing in this picture with the rug, but I swear I wasn't the one who did it!

Happy Birthday "Baby" Diesel!!! (Mom)

Our little man turned ONE year old today! I always call him "baby Diesel," but the name doesn't really apply anymore, since he's bigger than Lola, eats adult dog food, etc. (and I guess he's 7 in dog years, huh?). BUT, he certainly still acts like a puppy, that's for sure! Here are a couple birthday pics:

Happy Birthday, We love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!