For at least 5 months now, Cora has been asking for the same toy at Target. Every week we go to the baby doll aisle, she picks up the box and stares at it lovingly. She goes over everything that comes in the box, pink baby, diaper, bottle, and binky. Then we say goodbye to [...]
Category: Fenway
My Dog is Still My Baby Too
When we first got Fenway, I would joke about how having a puppy was the same as having a baby. If you would like some crazy mother's to bite your head off, say that line three times out loud and then duck. But getting up with her as a puppy, in the middle of the [...]
Bringing Home Baby Cora
It was about 36 hours after I had Cora and I stood there in the hospital lobby with two other nurses, waiting for my Husband to pull the truck around. It was exactly 13 months to the day from when I sat in that same lobby, after my D&C and wondered if I would ever [...]
36 Weeks Pregnant- Preparing the Furbaby
We are those annoying dog people. The people who treat their dog like a human, like a child. A spoiled rotten child. Our two-year old black lab, Fenway, has been our baby for the past two years and she damn well knows it. Many people have expressed their concern over us preparing her for the [...]
Butterfly Baby
Today was my first day back to work. A week from the day we heard the news. I made it until 2pm and then excused myself to go. My body was aching and I was mentally exhausted. I gave it a good go. I gathered the wine bottles people had dropped at my desk, the flowers [...]
Telling our Families
While we have told a few people about our impending arrival, we were holding off on telling our parents, and for good reason. To start with, my family lives two hours away and I don't see them often. Two, both mother's have big mouths. The concept of waiting to tell their friends the news was [...]
Not Just a Dog
Over Easter weekend a good friend of ours lost his dog because it was hit by a car. Obviously, him and his wife are devastated. There are a lot of tears shed and it will understandably take a lot of time to be able to move forward. Him and I have been best friends since [...]
The day I didn’t claim my dog as my own
When you enter the main area of doggie day care you can look to your right and glance through the window at the room that houses the small dogs play area. My puppy thinks she is a big dog so she is rarely in there. Also there was an incident where she wouldn't quit using the [...]
Through My Mistakes 