This year, on April 30th, my Daddy is having a big Lunar Burfday! For those of you who are not familiar with the Lunar Calendar, cycles of the Lunar horoscope rotates every twelve years. Needless to say, it is Daddy's year of the Ox. Daddy had told Mama that this year for his birthday, we were going help "jump start" the economy and help with the recession. His birthday present was going to be "HUGE!"............
What Mama and I were not expecting was that he was going to go through an early "mid-life crisis" and wanted a Motorcycle.Mama said no to the crotch-rocket! So instead, he found himself another toy....a car! This is the car Daddy is getting!
So now, we have a new ride. I test drove it first and I approved. It is suppose to be pretty spiffy. Hopefully I will get to ride in it often!
April 25th is Duke's birthday. We missed blogging it because we were driving out to Rochester, New York to visit my brother and such. So here is his birthday wishes, my baby is a year old already! We've even started mixing adult dog food with his puppy food.
As you can see Petey and I are getting along much better. My mommy says its because he has resigned himself to the fact that I'm here to stay. He doesn't make any waves anymore regardless of what I do. In fact he is protective of me when the big dogs come over to play. Life has been really good except for this HOT weather. My mommy loves it but its too hot for Petey and me. We can only stay
It has been so nice here the last few days. It feels like July...and it's only April! I know weather like this can't last long but I love, love, love it!
Helloooooo! Sitting with my Nanny in the sunshine. One of my favorite things!
Laying in the dirt to cool off Rolling in the dirt...dirt acts like a sunscreen...I think...
I got to see my cousins this weekend at my Mommy and Daddy's Birthday party! We played the best game ever: Chase the puggle!I needed to take a break in the hot weather so I went up on the deck...Of course I had to take the football with me... Chillaxin' on the deck... Sitting in the best place in the world: Mom's lap. Do you like my pug underbite?
See how I'm smilin'?
Can you spot me in this picture of my cousin Kerri?
This is my best kid friend Ashley. Mommy, Ashley, Suzanne, and I went to Gallup Park in Ann Arbor and rented a paddle boat! This was the best group picture we could get even though mommy and I am cut out. Paddle boats are the strangest things. It is a bench that floats and it works just like a bike! It was neat and a bit crowded and with 3 people and a dog it left little room for me to move around. I was glad that they included me though! I saw one other dog out in a canoe!
In the beginning I sat in the middle away from the water. It was a bit scary because it would rock and there were no edges!!
But I got used to it and sat up front with the wind in my ears. I heard them talking about getting me a life jacket so more fun water days are in my future! This swan was following us and at first we thought it was beautiful and exciting but then it got really close and mommy said it was getting mean looking so we tried to get away from it. It was a beautiful day and the park was gorgeous!
There was a playground so Ashley and I went down the slide, it was the perfect day.
I apologize for the ever-so-flattering photos of Duke...
Duke played outside all day today. I just gave him a bath and noticed these red marks. There are between 5 and 6 of them and they are about the size of a nickel, maybe a quarter. All of them are around his genital area. The two prominent ones are real easy to see in the photo. It looks like a pin prick in the middle, a ring of skin color, then a big ring of red.
EDIT NOTE: Saturday we checked the spots and they were less red and smaller. Sunday we checked the spots and all that was left was the red spot that was in the middle. We figured after playing in the backyard at Fiancé's parent's house, because it is Spring a small swamp has kind of developed. So, that being said, I believe it was a minor reaction to black fly bites.
It would make sense figuring the black flies would only be able to bite him in the fleshy parts were there is no fur (near his genitals). He was playing in a swamp. When we get bit by them our skin turns red too and there is a part in the middle where the black flies have to bite on!