Our newest

This is Zappa. He is the newest addition to our family. We adopted him on Valentines Day, so I guess you could call him my present. Isn't that the cutest face ever?

Ever since we adopted Lily, I noticed that she was obsessed with Dan. she would follow him everywhere, and only listen to him. I told Dan that I wanted a dog for me, that I really want a dog that will love me like Lily loves him. He said that I already had a dog and that she loves me just fine, but she never ever payed me the attention that she gave to Dan. I looked on Petfinders.com to find myself a small lap dog that I could carry around with me and he/she would be mine. Petfinders was too hard. I contacted about 5 people and they all said the same thing...... Home visit. We didn't have much luck with that last time, so I knew my only option was Last Chance, where we adopted Lily.

We went to Petsmart every weekend to look for a dog for me. I always found one I liked but Dan had a problem with each one. Valentines Day, after church we made a stop at Petsmart. They had tons of small dogs there, which is awesome because all they ever had was big dogs. There were 4 different types of Pomeranian's, and a couple of Yorkshires. I wanted a yorkie so bad, but again Dan had a problem with a dog that small, he thought he would step on it, or sit on it. We saw Zappa and went to pet him. He was very friendly and the foster mom pulled him out of the cage and we fell in love. We took him home that day.

Problem was, he had heartworms. Thoes are little worms that get into a dogs bloodstream and travel to the heart and weaken the dog. It is very hard on the dog and the operation for it is very expensive. (thats why the previous owner had to give him up) We had no idea how well he was going to recover, and my mom was pissed that we would get a dog that had a huge problem. But Zappa is great. We took him to the vet and was as healthy as a horse.

Zappa is very outgoing, and active. He tends to pee all over the house and bark at the slightest noises, but we are working on that. Him and Lily get along pretty well. They are learning to sit next to each other and they even play tug-of-war with each other. Lily is very jealous of Zappa. She now comes to me and will try and climb all over me if I am playing with Zappa.

I love him and I am so glad he came into my life. He is my little lap dog and I cannot wait to show him off to people.

here is a video of Lily and Zappa playing tug-of-war!

Happy Birthday

Another year older......
My birthday was not what I expected this year. My morning was terrible. I felt like poo on a stick. Then we went out to look for a dog, and Dan didnt like the one I did. Then we went to GFS and the only thing I wanted there was sold out. Then we went to Best Buy and they didn't have the cds I was looking for. Then Dan wouldn't take me to Red Robin for lunch so we had Mc Donalds. I was so upset, I came home and took a nap. Then we went to my parents house, and that was much better. I got a new purse, Borders gift cards, an Ugly Doll, and an awesome cake. We had Gus's for dinner and then watched Next with Nic Cage. The whole time we watched it my brother would not stop talking and making fun of it, so it ruined the movie.

I have another dinner tonight. hopefully that goes better.

Sick times

Since the new year, almost all the children have been send home because they are sick. Not anything serious, just running noses and temps. well i knew i was going to get it, it was just a matter of time. So last week I started feeling like crap; tired, sore, exhausted, and a sore throat. It never got any worse, thank goodness, (I am known to get strep). This week Dan is sick and very crabby. He had exactly what I had only his is taking longer to heal. He is so mean and short tempered I cant stand it. He needs to get better fast because I am sick(pun intended) of his crabbiness.

Happy New Year

So I have decided to ring in the New year by going full out. I am going to have the best year. Dan and I are happily married, and have a dog that we love. We are going to work better on saving money and going out less. We also decided to stop buying things we dont need. Good luck to us!

Our New years eve was nice and relaxing. We spent the day together at our house enjoying the holiday and not worring about going places. Around 5 we went to my parents house for our New Years eve tradition. We eat lots of food and play tons of games. We all had a good time playing Apples to Apples, In a pickle and of course, the Wii. We rung in the New Year with Ben and Allisons engagement. Yep thats right, Ben proposed to Allison right as the ball was dropping and she said yes. They wont be married for a while because Ben wants to finish school so he can support her. My family was very happy for them!!!

New Years day we went to the Motorcycle show in Novi. Its basically a bunch of dudes looking at all kinds of motorcycles, atv, and other fun things. Dan loves it. Its like a toy store to him. He gets on all the bikes he likes and pretends to drive them.

After the show we went to Borders for me! Love to read, Dan got to see his bikes, I get to see my wonderland of books! Then back home to relax some more. It was a pretty good New Year. Much better than our hectic Christmas.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Oh boy. Christmas with 2 families is a pain. There is no time for Dan and I to be with each other because we are too busy running between 2 families. Christmas eve we had dinner with my mom and dad, then went to service with Dan's family. After service we went to his parents to have cookies and eggnog and play booby trap. We got home and played with Lily for a long time, then finally went to bed.

Christmas day we opened our presents together. I got Dan a motorcycle tire, a toy helicopter and a bunch of little stuff. He got me a GPS and a jewelry box. As soon as we were done, we packed up presents and Lily and made our way to my parents house. We opened our gifts from them and bolted out of there in order to make it on time to Dan's side. We had brunch and then opened more gifts. After opening gifts we had pizza snackers and went back home to unwind before leaving and going back to my parents for dinner. We both fell asleep for 2 hours because we were zonked. We had dinner then played Mario Party 8 with Jenny and Jason, then came back home to bed. It didnt feel like christmas because we spent so much of our time running around. Plus it rained hard all day instead of snowing. Maybe next year we will have Christmas at our house!

Lily

Dan and I have been looking for a dog ever since we got married. We went to the pet expo in Novi and found an amazing dog. It was a mix, very friendly and very cute. We had to fill out this intense paperwork, and then had an interview with the lady in charge of adoptions. She didn't like us and kept telling us we needed certain things in order to adopt the dog. She told us that someone would call us to schdeual a home visit in a couple of weeks. Well no one called us, even after I called and emailed the company. So we knew it was time to look for another dog.

We went to Petsmart's adoptions day a couple of weeks ago and Dan was not comfortable adopting any of the dogs there. So Saturday we decided we would try Petsmart again, and if they didn't have any dogs we liked, we were going to go to the Human Society. We were looking at the dogs and the adoptive lady came over and asked us what type of dog we wanted and hooked us up with Lily right away. This was Lily's first showing, and she was very nervous and shakey. We took her home that day and she was so comfortable in our house that she climbed right up on the couch.

Lily loves to be petted. She will come sit with you on the couch and weasle her way into your lap to make sure you can pet her. She is still skittish, and loud noises scare her, but she is getting better. Dan loves her. He was so excited to get a dog! Plus her name is Lily and that was one of the names I wanted for my future child!

Wow, its been a while. I have just been so busy with being used to married life, and my new job. I got it right after Thanksgiving. I work 35-40 hours a week, which is amazing. I really like it there, much better than my old place. We even get a week off from Christmas eve to January 4th. How awesome is that? We just had our company Christmas party on Monday. All we did was eat food and talk. It was nice. Today we have the Christmas party for the kids. Santa is coming and they are singing songs for him, getting a present and eating. Speaking of Christmas, all my shopping is done. I hope no one expects big gifts. We are poor. I haven't gotten a pay check in over a month because of the way things worked out when I switched jobs, so that's hurting us. I get payed on Friday so lets hope its a big check.

Its been snowing here like crazy. Everyday we get a couple of inches, then it rains and freezes and makes everything icy. The good about the snow is that it makes it feel like Christmas even more. I love Christmas. Its a great time to spend with family and not worry about anything for a day.

Still haven't gotten my wedding pictures. I contacted my photographer and she said they were having problems loading all the pictures on the internet. I cant wait to see them. They better be good!