Playing catch up

Here are the highlights of the last several months told by photos because I really can't remember. My brain was very frazzled the first half of the year.  I'll post separately about all of the major running events that Chris has done in the first half of the year later.

November-January

Chris bought me a new Jeep in November!  I've always wanted a Jeep and I couldn't be happier with him, his name is Maximus.

Our Christmas card photo for 2014

New Year's Eve 2014.  We went out to dinner with friends and we were in bed by 10:30!

February-March

For Chris's Valentine's Day present I got him tickets to a whiskey tasting.  He was very excited about it and found several new whiskeys that he likes.

Chris bought me a new Kate Spade purse for my Valentine's Day present.

We celebrated Valentine's Day at one of our favorite restaurants and of course we had to get dessert to celebrate!

Opening day for Razorback baseball 2015

My annual Ribby the Razorback opening day picture.

March was a very interesting month with things breaking.  I was going to go to Vegas in May with Chris since he was going to be there for conference.  But, the rule of 3 happened and I needed a new tire replaced in my new Jeep, the stove blow up and had to be replaced and the heater gave out!  So needless to say I didn't end up going to Vegas!

New stove!

We attended the Wine Opener for Cystic Fibrosis.

I celebrated my birthday with a bright dress that my sister bought me.

Newton wasn't happy about not having any heat.  We woke up and it was in the low 40s in the house.

April- May

Baxter finally got a haircut!

We spent most of our time of course at Baum Stadium!

We attended a Country Chic Gala and we even had to buy Chris a cowboy shirt.  I already had the denim jacket and cowboy boots.

Easter 2015

Last home series for the regular year.

Bark at the park

Last month we took the dogs to their first baseball game.  One of the perks of working for the city is that all full time staff get two tickets to the minor league baseball team.  It so just happens that the tickets I forgot for this year fell on Bark at the Park.  I've always wanted to take the dogs but there is normally a home Razorback baseball game going on at the same time.  Thankfully it was an away series so we were able to take the pups.

They had a really good time and we made it to the top of the 4th inning before we decided to leave.  Newton wanted to attack one of the bigger dogs that was on our row.  Other than that they loved it.  Newton loved being able to watch the baseball game and all of the people.  Baxter just liked being out with Chris.  We'll definitely have to take them again next year.

Doggie update

I can't believe that Morgan has been gone for a month now.  I've finally gotten use to it being so quiet in the house.  It's strange though when there is a thunderstorm I keep waiting for him to come headbutt me. I think that Newton and Baxter have finally started to adjust to him being gone.  Newton hasn't looked him for awhile and Baxter adjusted pretty quickly.  He loves getting all of Chris's attention now. Now that Newton doesn't have a playmate he has gained some weight.  He keeps trying to play with Baxter but Baxter will not play with him.  Hopefully they settle their differences soon.

This is how I found Newton the day after Morgan passed away.  He was sniffing Morgan's pillows looking all over for him.

Baxter had a scheduled hair appointment the next day and he wasn't happy to go to the groomers without his buddy.

Chris had this magnet painted for me so that I can always remember Morgan.   I think it looks just like him. I sure do miss my Morgie.

Summer haircuts

We have been having record breaking heat in our area and it doesn't seem it is going to end anytime soon.  It's starting to feel and look like we live in Texas.  We haven't had much rain in the last two months either so everything is brown and dead here.  So we decided to take the dogs in for their summer haircuts to help them stay cool.  Newton didn't get a haircut because he already has short hair but he did get his nails trimmed.  They all seem to be much cooler now with their new summer do's.

Baxter loves his summer haircut but he looks naked without hair.

Morgan HATES his haircut!

Newton is just sleepy.

Here is a photo with Morgan watching television.  His addiction to television seems to be getting worse.  His favorite channels to watch are Animal Planet and the History channel.  If we have guests over all I have to do is put Morgan in our bedroom and turn the tv on and he is entertained for hours!

A year ago

This time last year Baxter was having laser disc ablation surgery at OSU. I am so glad that we decided to go ahead and have the surgery for him. Expect for one scare that we had in August which might not even be related to his back you can hardly even tell that he has back problems. Now he jumps off the back of the couch and I don't worry that he is going to rupture a disc. He has to take fish oil everyday for his hips and joints but other than that he is just like another other normal dog. So if anyone has a dog that has disc degeneration disorder I would highly recommend this surgery. The people at OSU Vet Clinic are great and they take great care of pets!

Morgan and the 3 beds

Newton has been with us for two weeks now and the dogs have finally adjusted to him.  I won't say that they get along completely yet because they still get into the occasional fight over toys and food.  I think that the biggest adjustment has been for Morgan because he doesn't stink up for himself.  We bought Morgan a new pillow for the living room but it seems like every time he looks up someone is sleeping in his bed!  We have several pillows in the house for the dogs to sleep on ranging from big to small.  It seems like Morgan never gets the big bed!

Morgan left to watch tv and Baxter took his new pillow!

Newton stole Morgan's bed in the bedroom.

Morgan sleeping in Baxter's baby bed!

After Morgan tried sleeping in Baxter's baby bed we had to go get a new pillow for the smaller dogs to sleep on.  Hopefully now Morgan will have the big pillow to sleep on all to himself!  Baxter is starting to really like Newton because Newton likes to play with toys.  They play tug of war all day and it's just so cute to see!  It's nice to have someone else play with Baxter for a change because he would love with his toys all day long!!

First snow 2011

Thursday we got our first snow fall of the new year.  Unfortunately we were unable to play in the snow that day because I had to work and Chris was in Phoenix for work.  We only got a couple of inches of snow but it's always fun to play out in it.  We didn't get a chance to enjoy the snow until Friday.  Chris's flight didn't get back until 8:30 Thursday night and since the roads were bad he didn't get home until late.  When Chris left Phoenix it was 81 and sunny and when he landed in Northwest Arkansas it was in the teens with snow and ice on the ground!  Thankfully I was off Friday and Chris didn't have to go to work right away that morning.  So we got to play with the dogs out in the snow.  Morgan absolutely HATES the snow.  He runs out to go to the bathroom and runs right back in.  Baxter on the other hold LOVES the snow.  The last snow fall that we got last year was when he had his back surgery and he was unable to play in the snow.  But he took full opportunity to play on Friday.  He's favorite thing to do is eat the snow.  He wants to go outside every few minutes to play and eat snow.  I'm hoping that we don't get anymore snow for the rest of the year but I really don't care for snow or cold weather at all!

Snow falling Thursday morning

Tired after playing all day in the snow!

Happy Birthday Baxter

Four years ago our little dog Baxter was born to a Boston Terrier that was being fostered by my co-worker. His mother had 8 other puppies and Baxter was the precious one that we brought home. We were lucky enough to see him just hours after he was born and he looked like a little mole! We waited 6 weeks before we were able to bring him home forever. Baxter has been through a lot in a short about of time. Moving to a new home, getting a new brother, and going through back surgery. But we love him all the same! To many more birthdays spent together!!

Back to normal

It's been over a month now since Baxter had his surgery. He is pretty much back to normal. We've been waiting to get his hair cut though because we wanted his hair to be a little longer before they shaved the rest of his hair off to match. So last Friday we took both dogs to the groomer. Baxter was extremely upset about going to another strange place because he was afraid he was going to get hurt. But thankfully he settled down and let the groomers do their work. He looks a little weird with short hair but it will grow out soon!

On the mend

Last Monday we took Baxter to OSU Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Stillwater to see if he qualified for Laser Disc Ablation surgery. They are one of the top veterinary clinics in the nation to take your pet and they were the ones that came up with this procedure. We were really worried that he wouldn't qualify for the surgery. For dogs to even be considered for this procedure they have to be completely pain free 2 weeks prior to the surgery and they can't have any pain medications during that time. Thankfully Baxter meant all of their requirements and they did the surgery Tuesday.

We got to pick him up Wednesday and he is now on crate rest for 2 weeks. The doctors at OSU were excellent and the resident that was assigned to Baxter's case was superb! She called us numerous times with updates on Baxter. She got there early and stayed extremely late taking care of him. Hopefully this surgery will help him with his back problems and he won't be in any pain. They have a 97% success rate with this surgery so we are optimistic that he'll be back to his normal self soon!

Let it snow

This week was the one year anniversary of the ice storm where we lost power for a couple of days. I was so not looking forward to a repeat of last year any time soon. But last night we started having freezing rain that turned over into sleet. Thankfully it stopped sleeting early this morning and has been snowing ever since. We probably have about an inch of ice and about 5 inches of snow. We've had more snow this year alone than in the past couple of years. It's not suppose to stop snowing until late tonight. Thankfully my place of employment decided to close all weekend so I don't have to get out in it. It's so nice to have a snow day!



Baxter loves to eat ANYTHING and he loves it when it snows. He has his head to the ground and acts like a vacuum cleaner sucking up as much snow as possible.

Urban Pups

Today is National Dress Up Your Pet Day, so in honor of that I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of the dog's outfits for today. Of course they normally participate in this holiday everyday. I know that most people think that animals who wear clothes are treated horribly but clothes for dogs is great not only to provide warmth but is a great deterrent for pets that have severe skin allergies and scratch and bite nonstop like Baxter!