Puppy, Please!

This is 8 week old Lucy Mairin, a Pembroke welsh corgi. She is the newest addition to our family. She weighs in at just under four pounds. She was the smallest pup in the litter. She comes from Synergy Stables in Beech Island, near N. Augusta. Those nice folks actually raise slightly smaller corgis. 

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She is such a sweetie. Almost don't mind having to get up all during the night so she can go potty. Almost!  Lucy and I watched the sun come up this morning. Those of you who know me, know if I never see a sunrise, it is okay by me. I am more of a sunset person. We are crate training Lucy. She seems happy with this.

Lucy loves chewing on things, sometimes she even makes good chew choices.

We are sure that someday she will excel as a guard dog.  In this video she is guarding her crate from the vicious bone.

Charlie, our cat, tolerates Lucy.  Lucy wants so much to play with Charlie but Charlie is not lowering himself to interact with a mere puppy.  Eddie, our twelve year old Corgi boy, is jealous of his younger sister.  He thinks we should be throwing his tennis ball and feeding him treats and not paying so much attention to that silly puppy who doesn't even know how to fetch.

Home Alone

Several weeks ago I had the opportunity to babysit Hannah while mom and dad went to the mountains with friends for an "adults only" weekend.  From Friday after lunch until lunchtime on Sunday, I had the Bean all to myself.  It was absolutely fabulous!!  I hated to confess to anyone how easy she is.  They might replace me with just any old babysitter.  Of course I am still free, so there is that in my favor.  Anyway, Hannah takes a two hour nap every day, loves her bath, goes to bed at 7:30, and is perfectly capable of entertaining herself.  I had so much fun!!  Hannah is talking up a storm now.  At dinner one night, she drops food in her lap, looks up at me and very seriously says, "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness."  Cracked me up!

We went to Dunkin Donuts Saturday morning.  Coffee for me and a milk and doughnut with sprinkles for Hannah.  It was her first doughnut.  Turns out she liked the doughnut but not the icing/sprinkles.  So I had to pinch the icing off. 

Here are a few more photos from our weekend.

This ice cream is pretty tasty!  You are the best, Nonni!

Chillin'.  Check out my "big girl" milk.

Look at these silly pigtails Nonni put in my hair.

Sure hope we get to have another weekend soon!

Christmas, just a little late

Well, I never did get around to posting about our lovely Christmas. I went to Atlanta in mid-December and kept Hannah. We exchanged gifts then. Hannah seemed to really like her Baby Stella and stroller. She is more and more into "pretending" these days. I love that!

 We made Christmas cookies, too.  Well, Katherine made the cookie dough and Hannah and I did the decorating.  In the process Hannah managed to get red and green sugar sprinkles all over the bottom of her feet.  Those were some delicious cookies.

Here is a photo of Hannah baking cookies in her new kitchen.  She is wearing her great grandmother's apron.  How cool is that?

Phil and I went to Folly Beach for Christmas week so we could spend some time with Caitlin who had to work Christmas eve and was on call Christmas day.  We stayed at a tiny little duplex with a nice view of the beach.  Eddie went with us and he enjoyed the beach.  We went walking every day.

Christmas day Steve and Caitlin cooked for us and entertained us with movies and Cranium.  Phil and I will never live down trying to spell nincompoop backwards.  Terri "P".  Phil "N".  Needless to say we lost that game. 

And of course there was the National Lampoon aspect of Christmas vacation.  We got up on Wednesday morning to find mouse droppings.  Ugh.  Bad enough but we are sitting watching tv later and a teeny tiny mouse runs across the back of the couch and Phil's shoulders.  I have the broom trying to swat it while Phil is pulling off couch cushions.  Then Phil gets this big ass hammer and says he is going to whack it.  All I could think of was Chevy Chase planning on wrapping the squirrel up in his Santa coat and whacking it with a hammer.  Little mouse escaped and we got one day free.  I like that little place but I don't think I will be going back!

Anyway, we had a lovely December.  Here is a photo of my tree with Annabelle, the pink flamingo that Caitlin gave me for Christmas.  Also, I got an ipad.  Yippee!  Now Hannah can Face time her Nonni whenever she wants to!