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!