Saturday, December 22, 2007

How Lola Came to Live with Us

On December 15th Bryan picked up Lola from Laguardia in NYC. He had been telling me for weeks that as part of my Christmas present I had to keep December 15th open, and that he would be gone for at least a few hours during the day. When he got home from the airport he told me to go into the bedroom and wear headphones until he called me into the living room, since I was still oblivious to Lola's presence. When he came in to get me and brought me into the living room there was a very pretty box in the middle of the living room that he had made himself. It was wrapped with green plaid paper and had a big red ribbon on the top. I opened it, and there was the second biggest surprise of the day (and ever), Lola! I picked her up immediatly. I hugged her and warmed her up for almost half an hour before Bryan told me to take off her collar. When I did there was an engagement ring on it and Bryan asked me to marry him! That was the biggest surprise of the day (and ever!). Of course I said yes because I love Bryan very much :). We spent the rest of the weekend in the apartment with Lola and Vader, our other dog. It was the most amazing weekend. Here are some pictures. I am going to try and post one picture a day but I think since this is my first entry and it has been exactly 1 week that I get to post a few more. Stay tuned for a daily update on this little one! Any tips on training are appreciated! So far I have gotten at least mostly frustrated on a few occasions because she (naturally) pees and poops everywhere, and is up every two hours (almost exactly) every night to pee, but I have to get out of bed to take her so I have been missing most sleep. All the pictures below are courtesy of Bryan!

This is Lola on the first day. She as already grown out of her first harness since then. That took a day.



This is Lola and Vader sharing a bed together. How sweet, at least for Vader since (see next picture) this seems to be a step up in the world.




This is the alternate sleeping arrangement. Sorry Vader :(, too bad it's so cute!



Lola and I sleeping.



Lola Paws!


Lola today!