Has it really been 6 months....

I can't believe that it has been so long since I wrote on this blog.  I saw a friend the other day and she asked me if I still wrote about Rosie on my blog and I had to tell her how long it had been.  Sorry to all my (4) faithful followers.  I read quite a few blogs regularly and I am always disappointed when they aren't updated regularly.  I guess I have learned my lesson.  I will try to do better.

Since it has been so long, I don't even know where to begin.  I will start by saying the Rosie is still the highlight of our day.  She is the first thing we tend to in the morning and the last thing we do at night.  Mornings, of course, consist of immediately taking her out to do her business and walk her out to the box to get the paper. Night time comes with both of us hugging her goodnight and putting her to bed before we go upstairs.  The 'in-between-time' consist of her still untying Jerry's shoes in the morning while he reads the paper and then him feeding her breakfast while he eats his. Most days she goes to work with me in the afternoon.  When I come home at lunch and ask her of she wants to go to work, she gets excited, jumps on the back of the couch and waits for me to put her dress on.  Yes, she loves to get dressed.  People don't believe that, but she really does. 

She loves riding in the car on the way to work. Actually she loves riding in the car anytime. She has a good sense of direction. She sits on a pillow on my left side and looks out of the window. If I take a different road to work she start whining. She knows something is not right. If I go to my sister, (Milo's mom), after work, there is a certain point right when we turn on Sunset Drive where Rosie starts her little high pitched excited bark when she realizes we are going in the direction of Milo's house. If we go to Paige's (Gibby and Reesie's), Rosie starts the same excitement when she sees the Chinquapin ponds. It is so funny.

On the 4th of July, Rosie had her first swim. She did not particularly like it but it was so darn cute. She even had on her bathing suit. She didn't swim long. Her daddy dried her off and let her run around the yard playing with the cats and Gibby and Reesie.

All and all, Rosie has been the adventure we hoped for.  We love her beyond anything we would have dreamed.  She is no longer a little puppy, she is more than one and half years old now but it hasn't changed how much fun we have with her.

I love my Rosie, even after all these months.

Catching up on Rosie

I didn't realize it has been so long since I have posted. Since Rosie's birthday, not much has been happening.  We did have Valentine's day.  Rosie, of course, was dressed for the occasion.

She was at work with me that day.  Actually she goes to work with me two or three afternoons a week.  I like that.  She keeps me company and usually behaves pretty good.

Since then, I have been making her some clothes myself.  I found an amazingly easy pattern and altered it a little.  It takes about an hour from start to finish.  I will post some pics later.

Rosie still loves having company.  When Isabel comes over, she (Isabel) wants nothing but Rosie.  Here is a pic of Rosie and Isabel helping Ian show Jerry how to upload his music to be copyrighted.

Well, maybe not helping, but playing. 

Jerry was out of town a couple of days this week and Rosie was quite confused.  He usually walks her in the morning and feeds her breakfast.  She saw his truck in the driveway but no daddy. She didn't get her usual turkey for breakfast and mommy put her up instead of daddy at work time. So confusing!  When Jerry got home, Rosie was at work with me and he came out to see us.  She got really excited but wouldn't go to him at first.  She finally came around once we were home.  Jerry fed her supper and now is getting ready to fix breakfast, so all is right with the world.

We do have a milestone coming up tomorrow.  We have had Rosie 1 year tomorrow.  I can honestly say, we have loved this entire year with her.  She is funny, quirky, cute and sweet.  She has personality plus.  We love her to pieces and can't imagine our life without her.

I will take some 'one year' pics tomorrow to post.

I love my Rosie, for a whole year now.

New year and a birthday....

Rosie made it through the holidays unscathed.  We didn't make it until midnight on New Year's eve but that is okay.  The next day we had lots of company to enjoy our meal of collards, black-eyed peas, cornbread and pork chops.  She loves it when everyone comes over.

Our next big occasion with Rosie was her 1st birthday on January 11th.  As you may remember, we really weren't sure about her actual birth date when we got Rosie on March 18th.  They told us 8 weeks, but we and our vet thought a little older.  So, in order to easily remember, we deemed her birth date at 1-11-11. That would have made her 9 1/2 weeks old when we got her.

Anyway, she got more new toys and special doggy cookies for her big day.  She even got a special ice cream treat, which she LOVES.

I made her a birthday hat, but she really wasn't thrilled with Jerry putting in on her head.

She stared it down for a little while.  I know she was thinking

 to herself, 'I'll tear you up, later,' but I put it away before she had the chance.

All and all it was a good day.

I guess once the puppy turns a year old she isn't considered a puppy anymore, but a dog. I like puppy better, so Rosie will always be my puppy.

I love my Rosie, puppy or not.

Christmas with Rosie - part lll

Well, Christmas is over and Rosie must have been good.  Santa brought her a stocking full of goodies and she got gifts from all of her friends. She had a great Christmas morning.  Of course she had the undivided attention of Isabel, our three year old granddaughter.  Isabel would not even open her gifts because she wanted to hold and play with Rosie instead.  Rosie is very fortunate to have someone who only wants her. 
I told Isabel's mom and dad that she needed a puppy for Christmas, but they didn't agree.

With six grandchildren in the house, you can imagine that there would be lots of wrapping paper once all the gifts are open.  'Lots' would be an understatement.

This is Rosie with our other two princesses, Alex and Isabel. Rosie is not a fan of the paper but it was a chance she had to take to get the attention she wanted from the girls.

We did manage to get a picture of Rosie with us.  This was taken before everyone got here. She is our little sweetie that morning.

Merry 1st Christmas to Rosie.  She helped to make our morning quite enjoyable.  

I am sure if Rosie could talk, she would wish you all a Merry Christmas too.

I love my Rosie.

Christmas with Rosie - part ll

Now that Rosie has gotten past the Christmas tree mess and the bone hiding in the tree skirt, she has had to deal with Christmas baking.  She loves nothing more than standing with one of us in the kitchen waiting for a handout, crumbs dropped on the floor, lick the dishwasher door...anything that has food flavor. Well, today, my daughter, Paige and grand kids, Mackenzie and Alex came over to help with the Christmas baking. Rosie gets excited enough when they come over and today was no different.  We baked all day along and all day long Rosie was at our feet. Just waiting for a morsel of something to hit the floor. We did pretty good getting things up before she got them.  I really don't like her eating junky stuff, (although we all eat plenty of it).  She really did just stand around all day.  I would think that she would be conked out by now but she isn't. I think she is in the kitchen right now scavenging.

I think I will go get her a bone to chew on.

Stay tuned for Part lll...

I love my Rosie...scavenging and all.

Christmas with Rosie...part 1

Well, it is our first Christmas with a pup in the house in many, many years.  Rosie hasn't cared anything about the tree. It is the mess that she has to keep walking around that is freaking her out.  We have finally gotten most of it out of her way, though.  The only thing about the tree that interested Rosie, at first, is the tree skirt.  It is one that I quilted years ago and have used ever since.  It is like all tree skirts, pretty, but you can't see it once the gifts are under the tree.  Rosie's main attraction to the tree skirt is burying her fake bone.  She has this innate need to hide these bones and walks around the house with one in her mouth and whines the distressed out whine of not knowing what to do.  She will look at us and we will take the bone and hide it under a blanket or a pillow or our leg and she is perfectly fine with that. But with the tree skirt, she just goes under the tree and scratches the skirt until she finds just the right spot to put her bone.

But alas, with presents under the tree, the skirt is no longer available. This presents the next problem, and it doesn't have to do with the bone.  The operative word here is 'presents'.  She pretends to not be interested in them, but like most things in our house that she can reach, as soon as we are out of the room they suddenly become interesting, alluring and worthy of chewing on or shredding or at least investigating.  So we have decided to become pro-active in this area.  We bought a small white picket fence, you know, the kind that you stick in the ground around a flower bed. We trimmed off the part that goes in the ground and put hinges to hook them together. It actually makes a nice little decoration around our tree and Rosie seems oblivious to it.  So for now, the presents are safe.  I will keep you posted on any incidences that occur:)

Stay tuned for Christmas with Rosie - Part II

I love my Rosie, especially at Christmas time.

Rosie, the pumpkin pie distractor

Just before Thanksgiving, Jerry makes pumpkin pies with two of our grandchildren, Michael and Patrick.  It is a time of year that the boys look forward to and Jerry is making memories with them.

The boys have a little sister, Isabel, that came with them.  She will be three the day after Christmas.  We had hoped that she would want to participate in the pie making but she really had no interest at all. The only thing she wanted to do was play, pet and hold Rosie.  She can not get enough of Rosie. Loves her to death. 

Rosie likes Isabel too.  Everytime she comes over, Rosie chases Isabel and Isabel chases Rosie.

They are good friends. 

After the pumpkin pies were done, Isabel didn't have any problem wanting to eat some.  Papa even fed some to her.  She is so silly.

Well, another Thanksgiving has come and pumpkin pies are eaten.  Rosie made it through her first Thanksgiving by distracting our little girl from making pies.  But that is okay.

I love my Rosie, distractions and all.