Ouchies! (Diesel)

On Christmas Eve, Lola went out to pee and came in limping. Mommy and Daddy weren't too worried about it at first, but Grandma had seen this before and heard that suspicious clicking sound... After the holiday weekend the Doodle still wasn't walking any better so she went to the vet and was diagnosed with a torn ACL- eek! She left Thursday and came back Friday with this shaved leg and gigantic stapled cut... Poor Lola!!!! Stay tuned for more on her recovery.

Merry Christmas to All! (L & D)

Remember that last post with Lola and Santa?? Well, our fabulous Aunt Becky took Diesel to see Santa at Petsmart last weekend so he could have a picture too- plus he wanted to have some one-on-one time with Santa to try and convince him that he was a good boy this year...

We had a wonderful low-key Christmas. On Christmas Eve, Honey had us all over to her house for dinner. We did scratch off tickets and socialized, then Diesel went to Grandma and Grumps' house to spend the night. Lola and Daddy rested on the couch and we all went to bed to wait for Santa... On Christmas morning, we all headed over to the Kamps (Honey too) to open LOTS of presents. Here's Diesel helping Aunt Becky open Emma's gifts (see that tempting candy cane shaped rawhide?!):

Emma got us this fabulous Santa soft toy which we promptly pulled a leg off of. Our favorite gift was the delicious all natural cheese and pumpkin-y treats from Baron's. YUM!

Here's a handsome and very bulldoggy picture of Diesel boy observing what's cooking in the kitchen:

Looks like someone got into the mimosas... or had a little too much fun with the gifts!

Beautiful Emma Rose with her rope gingerbread man:

Merry Christmas!!

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas! (Lola and Diesel)

There have been signs all week so we're thinking Christmas might be right around the corner. Last weekend Mom and Dad brought this big tree in the house and decorated it. It's so pretty!!! Mom has been pretty pleased with how Diesel is behaving with it... she thought for sure she'd need the baby gates around it to keep him off, but so far he just inspects it from time to time and he's only knocked one glass ball off which did not even break. This is only Diesel's second Christmas here, since we got him two years ago on Dec 26th, and we took the tree down before he came home: While decorating the house, Mom pulled out her favorite photo in a frame to adorn the buffet in the dining room. A few years ago, Aunt Becky took Lola to Baron's K-9 Country Store to get pictures with Santa without Mom knowing about it... She put the picture in a frame and gave it to Mom for Christmas, and we all think it's really funny. Baron's is doing pics with Santa again this weekend (Sat. 12/18 from 11:00-3:00)... maybe Diesel needs to go?!
We also recently gathered on the front porch to pose for a Christmas card photo- We decided to go with this one, because it was pretty much the only one in which we're all looking at the camera:
Then today, the best clue yet... it SNOWED! We LOVE SNOW, as you may remember from last year. There were only a couple of inches, but it's been 20 degrees out so it stuck to the road. Mom took us for us for a walk in the park- here's a picture!

I overheard Mom on the phone with a chimney sweep and apparently we'll be having a fire in the fireplace soon too... what is that?!?!