Polly and her buddies

We have some really great friends (Trent, Annette, and Aedan Peacock) who have kept Polly for us many times over the past few years when we were out of town. They have been SO great, sometimes keeping her for a day or two longer than even scheduled. Polly gets along well with their pets (2 dogs and a cat). She especially likes playing with Numu, their Airedale Terrier. Polly has become part of the family and their 3 year old son, Aedan, loves for her to come over. One of the last times that we went to pick her up, he told us that we could just come back tomorrow because he wasn't ready for Polly to go home yet! How sweet!!

Well, we knew that the Peacocks would be moving sometime. Trent finished up his PhD work and has signed up to go back into the ARMY full time. Well, they received their orders this past week and are moving to Ft. Hood, TX! We are SO bummed!! Not only are we losing great friends but Polly is losing a great family too.

I asked Annette to send me some of the pictures that she has taken of Polly and Aedan during her stay. Here are a few:



Aedan giving Polly kisses

Snuggle time

Aedan always makes Polly sit before she gets treats from him

Polly and Numu

Slacker updates

So, as you can tell, I have been a slacker on updating the blog! I hate to pull up other people's blogs day after day and not see updates...well, guess I shouldn't get so anxious to read other people's if I can't update my own!

So, here's what's been going on.

Yes, we are keeping Blue. We still haven't decided on an official name so we still call him "Blue." He responds to it and seems to know it is his name so we may just keep it. After being called that for 12 weeks, I hate to change it but we'll see! He continues to get bigger but is definitely a snuggle bug. He loves to cuddle up when he sleeps if we are around. I am not sure how we can accommodate when he gets to 90+ lbs though.

We were finally able to sell our last little girl (Yellow) at the beginning of March. Her name is Lily. Her new parents are actually in the process of moving to Raleigh so we are keeping her for a little while longer so they can get settled.

They have a 12 week vet visit this week to get shots updated and all so I'll try to post the weight updates then. At 8 weeks, Blue was 23+ lbs. and Lily was 18 lbs.

This weekend we were able to go up to Virginia to spend time with Miriam's Mom and Dad. They only have 2 more weeks left at their training center so we decided to take advantage of them being close and having a day off. We went to Charlottesville on Saturday for lunch and toured Monticello. We were also able to join them for dinner and lunch at their cafeteria and join their "house church" with others who are going to their same region (Middle America & Caribbean and South America) on Sunday. What a fun time to meet some of their new friends and to see where they have been living for the past 6 weeks! I also was able to spend my birthday there on Sunday so it was a fun time - they even sang "Happy Birthday" to me in Spanish.

Polly was able to spend the weekend with our friends, the Peacocks. When we picked her up last night, Aedan said he had so much fun with her that he wanted her to stay longer. We are so fortunate to have friends who love us...and our dog!

The puppies spent the weekend at the grandparents (Mike's parents). They made it through with only minimal damage, so overall it was a successful weekend. They were worn out when we finally got them home last night after a weekend of playing together. We were glad to all be back together last night.

Here are a couple of pictures from the weekend. I'll try not to take so long to post next time!

Waiting for the bus to take us up to the house.

Mom and Dad at Monticello

Miriam and Mike at Monticello

Mom and Miriam

Couldn't resist including this GREAT picture of Mom.

Mom and Dad with us at ILC on Sunday.