grandma's lap is so nice...it is big enough for both ella and me...i was sleeping...i always sleep when i'm on grandma's lap...ella was half awake...grandma took us on a long walk today...i wanted to go farther but when we got home i was glad grandma turned around when she did...the weather is still warm here...grandpa says we may get some more snow before our mommies arrive...if we get snow i want to climb into grandma's lap again...i like her lap
Dizzy and I were lazy this morning -- in the living room. What a treat! Grandma was sitting and reading there, and she let us keep her company. Grandpa came in later -- Grandma explained that he had been to a doctor's appointment this morning.
Everything is warmer. The fluffy white snow that was actually fun to run through has turned all hard and crusty. When I walk on it my feet break through, so my walking looks very funny -- step, wait, crunch-through, and step again. Dizzy is fine as long as she stays on her path. As soon as she leaves her path, however, because she is heavier than me she breaks through faster and her little legs are buried more deeply. I actually think I enjoyed it more when it was colder and the snow was fluffier.
Grandpa read us your message. It sounds like you are having fun. Certainly being somewhere warm would be nice. But from what he says you have described, I don't think I want to go to Vietnam. Maybe somewhere warm like Mexico. Can you take us there?
I think you start flying back to us pretty soon. Maybe only a few more posts until you are home? We can hardly wait!
i like sleeping...grandpa took this picture of me sleeping...i like my bed...i like it in the kitchen...the kitchen floor is warm...the bed is warm too...i like being warm when i sleep...that's why i sleep next to grandma...she is very warm...we cuddle at night...i like sleeping with grandma...grandma and grandpa let us sleep in each morning...as long as we like...sometimes i wake first...sometimes ella wakes first...when ella wakes first she jumps down from the bed and then jumps up again...that wakes me up...i jump down too...i jump up again...sometimes ella and i go back to sleep for awhile...we have a nice life here.
I asked Grandpa to take a portrait of me in formal "guard dog" mode. I protect the house from high on the stairs, where I can see dogs walking near and bark to raise the alarm. When I bark, Dizzy joins me. (She was asleep in her bed in the kitchen when Grandpa took this photo.)
I listen for strange sounds really well. Grandpa's computer sometimes makes a "ding" sound that seems like a doorbell, and when Dizzy and I hear it, we raise the roof with our barks, leaping from the bed and running toward the back door. Of course, no one is there, and we feel a little silly, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
Grandpa says that temperatures outside are warming up, so perhaps we can go on a longer walk this weekend.
Auntie Em took this picture, and I'm a little out of focus. But it's okay.
I was kind of restless last night, moving from place to place. Dizzy on the other hand had a nice warm, tight spot between G&G and moved hardly at all. I did overhear Grandpa say this morning that he thinks he has a hole in his back from where Dizzy stretched and poked a toenail into him.
It is still awfully cold here. I'm trying to walk on two legs, which is not fun at all. Even Dizzy comes in limping a bit from the cold. I hope it warms up soon.
G&G and Auntie Em stayed up late last night celebrating something called "New Year's Eve." Not me. And not Dizzy. We found a pair of comfortable pillows on G&G's bed and snoozed right through the whole thing. This morning I saw a big, empty bottle and three strange-looking glasses on the counter, so something must have happened.
It was bitterly cold this morning, so I ran outside to do my business and then right back in. Auntie Em actually ran around the lake. She's crazy! Auntie Em leaves today. I will miss her. She has given me lots of cuddles, even when I wasn't in a particularly cuddly mood. She also gives Dizzy cuddles, but she always wants them.
Now only G&G remain with us. We had a slow day today, although both Grandma and Grandpa threw the ball for me a couple times. Before she left Auntie Em took some pictures of me, but I heard Grandpa say that most of them were out of focus. I think he will let me use one of them, maybe when I write tomorrow.
dizzy here again...grandpa showed me this photo of me when i first met mommy megan...auntie em was there, too...she took the picture, she says...don't i look cute?...don't i look scared?...i'm so glad mommy megan liked me right away...i love my mommies...i hope they are well...i miss my mommies...auntie em says she got something called a text message saying they love what i wrote...they love what ella writes, too...i miss my mommies...i'm bigger than this picture shows...much bigger...much, much bigger...wasn't i cute?...this morning i saw a small animal at the other end of the garden...grandma calls them "rats in trees"...i ran the length of the garden, bounding through the snow...i did not catch it...i ran back...then just for fun i ran through the snow again...i was getting cold...i went back in the house.
i am an explorer...the snow is not too deep...the snow is not too cold...i made this path...i follow it at least once a day...sometimes i run along it...sometimes i just walk...i look up to a gap between the fences where i could make another path to escape but i'm a good dog...i stay on my paths...today auntie em walked ella part way along one of my paths...they could not follow it all the way...it goes into the bushes...it is too hard...ella had to stay on leash...i went in front and she could not follow...i heard grandpa say more snow is coming...i will walk my paths again to keep them clear...maybe the snow will get so deep no one can see me on my paths...i will like that.
I love this ball! I love all tennis balls, but this one in particular. Sometimes I forget where it is, but then I remember, and I complain and complain until I get it. I bring it to Grandpa and hope he will throw it. I bring it to Grandma for the same reason. (Auntie Em took this picture.)
I'm eating all my food. I mention this because Grandma said she was worried I might not eat everything. But I'm actually enjoying my breakfasts, and my dinners. I eat it all. So, just in case my mommies are reading this, they should not worry.
Dizzy wants to say something tomorrow, so I'll let her.
I Love Popcorn! Auntie Em was tormenting me during the movie last night. I was very, very good, however. I did not snap it out of her fingers. She eventually gave it to me. Yum!
More snow here this morning. Not much, but just enough to make the walk slippery. I'm glad I have claws. Grandma took us out this morning, and I could see she was choosing her footing very, very carefully.
G&G and Auntie Em left this afternoon, again. I heard them mention something called a "movie." Something called "Juno." They came back in high spirits, so they must have enjoyed it. When we hear the garage door opening and then see the car pulling into the driveway, we know they are coming back and run to the back door to greet them.
