Halloween

Cutie bug was a pink Minnie Mouse for her 1st Halloween.

Sleepy babe

I would love to be able to fall asleep wherever whenever!

Danny and Coco

Christmas Morning

Emily was more of a spectator for her 1st Christmas. She opened a few small gifts from her stocking while her brother's "assisted" with the opening of her larger gifts!

Chris and Grandpa

During Christmas grandpa and I setup an oval HO Train under the tree. Chris was so mesmerized by it that he fell asleep in that very same position with his head on the tile. It prompted the purchase of our own Christmas train. Although it wasn't HO, it was bigger and noisier. Both of which our boys thought were quite agreeable traits for our train to have.

puppies, puppies, everywhere

This is our first post in awhile. Christmas has passed us by and we didn't think our lives were crazy enough. So when Maureen called and said that Pima County Animal Control didn't have any room at the inn for this beautiful Black lab and her 9 pups we had to find a way to help out.

We just finished 're-bunking' the kids beds into one room the weekend before the call. The idea was to use the other room as a play room. However, with this new undertaking, it has turned into the puppy room!

Pictured right is Raven and her pups, Rayanne, Randy, Ralphie, Rafiki, Ramona, Rachel, Racquel, Rayna, Raisin, during one of many feeding times. The whole family is chipping in with the puppies. We have to weight them everyday and bottle feed a couple when they don't seem to be gaining enough weight. Maureen works with FAIR, Foundation for Animals In Risk. The Foundation for Animals in Risk is a non-profit, no-kill animal rescue organization. More info on FAIR can be found on their website (link above). FAIR is providing all the food, check-ups, spay/neutering, and adoption services for the pups and momma. So far so good. Our other dog Cocoa has been more accommodating than we expected. And we hope that Raven and Cocoa will continue to get along.

Pizza Baby!