Pugs on a walk

Two people + 5 pugs on a walk... wow. Thankfully we live just around the corner from a middle school with a big field behind it. The field is surrounded by the nature preserve, so it's the perfect area to let everyone off their leashes to play frisbee. These pictures were taken yesterday when the temperature was over 80, so we had to bring along the water bottle. Yes, pugs overheat easily.

Sheldon vs. Bailey

From Pug Appreciation Week

From Pug Appreciation Week

From Pug Appreciation Week

From Pug Appreciation Week

From Pug Appreciation Week

From Pug Appreciation Week

Hotel for Pugs

This week, we are taking care of 5 pugs! From right to left, we've got our own babies, Dora and Ruby, plus Brittany's puppy Sheldon and my parents' girls, Bailey and Isabelle (who is actually R&D's big sister). 

Christmas 2008

We had a fun-filled 4 days in Aspen for Christmas!! Unfortunately, these were the only two pictures I took the entire time. We stayed at a great resort situated right at the base of the Aspen Highlands mountain, so we could just walk right over to the lift. I was a little rusty on my ski skills, but Phil did great! 

White Rock Half Marathon

Despite seriously slacking in our training, my sister and I ran the White Rock Half Marathon this Sunday. We had to mix in some walking, but finished respectably in less than 3 hours! The start of the race was so much fun with a jet flyover and confetti everywhere. The weather was perfect, in the upper 60s. When we reached the Katy Trail around mile 10, my hip seriously began to hurt and so I pretty much hobbled through the last 3 miles with a lot of encouragement from Brittany. I know I sometimes hate running but I'm thinking about doing the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville in April....

That hurt!!! 

Sister Sister Sister

Puppy play time

Sheldon finally got Ruby and Dora to ruff-house with him.

Sheldon has mastered the doggy door!

He's little, but he bounds around so much that I figured the doggy door wouldn't be too high a hurdle for the little guy. Sure enough, he barely hesitated in going out for the first time, after I clipped the flap out of the way. He was a little more hesitant to come in, but I think it's just because he loves being outside so much.

First time going out -


Coming back inside (with some encouragement) -

Sheldon's Day

Chilling in Aunt Courtney's lap :)

Meet Sheldon! He is Brittany's new puppy, which means Phil and I get to share in the joys of puppyhood vicariously. He came home on Saturday. I was thinking that Ruby and Dora would be thrilled to have a little furball to nurture and play with. Unfortunately, the girls are not so excited about Sheldon. Maybe it's the lingering memories of the disaster that was our foster pug-terrier, Roscoe, or maybe they're just older and more crotchety than I thought.

Sheldon is 10 weeks old and he's a typical puppy - play, play, play... then crash! Right now he's snuggling in my lap, but earlier he was biting me and eating my hair and howling at me to put him up on the couch. This one definitely has a strong personality!

Brittany is at work and I'm currently enjoying a month off before I start a new job, so I've volunteered to be Sheldon's nanny during the day. I know Brittany was sad to leave him this morning so I'm going to post his *every* activity for her today....

5:00 AM - woke Brittany up to take a #1 outside

7:00 AM - Brittany fed him breakfast

7:30 AM - #2 accident inside

7:55 AM - #1 outside in front yard (he wore his harness and I put the leash on him)

8:40 AM - #1 and #2 outside in front yard

9:00 AM - nap time with Dora!

9:45 AM - #1 outside in back yard

10:30 AM - #1 outside in back yard

30 minutes of wild play time in back yard with Ruby and Dora!

10:45 AM - used doggy door all by himself and did #2 in back yard

Loooooong nap

12:20 PM - ate lunch vigorously! Tried to steal Ruby's lunch when he finished his own!

12:45 PM - whined at his food bowl so pitifully that he earned himself a second helping of lunch

1:20 PM - more back yard playtime, another #2