Where did this year go???

Hard to believe that in 2 weeks tomorrow, Joey and I will have been married for 1 year!! AHHHHHH!!!!!!

What a crazy year, so much has happened, and wow did it go fast!
AND

I still think that I am the luckiest girl ever to of snagged Joey!!

This is for you Mom

So my mom has been asking for me to take some updated pictures of our place now that we are more settled! I finally am doing it, even though in 2 weeks mom you will be here and can see it first hand! But I know that this will be nice for others who will not get to come visit us this time around! We are pretty much all settled or as settled as we are going to get while we are here for another 2 months before we head north 2 hours to Fort Hood!

It's been awhile...what have we been up too??

So it has definitely been awhile since I have written on here! Things have been pretty crazy.

The past 2 weeks included: me sick all week equals a trip to the doctor & emergency room; and Dukey getting really sick equals us having to take him to the pet emergency hospital and his vet the next day, where he spent the day being observed and getting him hydrated with an IV!

The highlights of the past 2 weeks are:

- Duke and I were at the dog park one morning where we met Sydney (a Great Dane) and Candace (mom) from Appleton WI. The dogs were playing and so Candace and I started talking and realized we were both from WI. We decided to exchange numbers and planned on getting together that coming weekend! Which we did-we went out to dinner and went to a hockey game! It was a lot of fun! We also got together for the Packer game. The dogs had a blast together! Duke was tired for days after!

He is HUGE!!! And he's not full grown yet!

Dukey in a time-out! Way to crazy!

Other highlights:
-My headache finally went away after having it for over a week!
-Lots of Joey & Duke time!
-Joey's friend Jared coming for a night-it was a fun & very relaxing nice!
-Getting a healthy Duke back after a very long day & half
-LASTLY...I GOT A JOB!! It is coaching soccer to pre-schoolers. During the week I go to 5 different daycares and teach kids how to play soccer! So far so good! Great to be able to contribute again and feel like I have a purpose!

Don't forget about this little guy!!

BIFF

Walked into the spare bedroom (AKA Joey's man room and Biff's room) and this is what I saw!

It looks like he is sitting down and trying to look out the window!! Such a cutie!

Finally--he's starting to get it!

Since Duke has been a puppy we have been trying to play fetch with him but he is not interested. He will run after what we throw but doesn't bring it back or if he does he runs away from you!

This past week, Joey had taken Duke outside when all of a sudden I hear him yelling my name. I run out on the patio and Joey says, "watch this." He has a football, which is throws and Duke chases after it AND yes he brings it back!!!! Very exciting for us! Another thing for us to do with the little guy that tires him out!!

Duke

So yesterday, Duke had a doctors appointment. The last time Duke went to the doctor he weighed 28 pounds and that was a week and half ago. Yesterday the big boy weighed

34.1 pounds!

He is getting so big so fast!

Here is a picture of me holding Duke right before we left.

Here are 2 pictures of me holding him now so you can see just how big he actually is getting!

Overall, Duke's doctor appointment went well! He got 4 shots, including his rabies! The doctor said we have a very healthy puppy!

Some other big news about our little buddy, is that he has lost 4 teeth with 1-2 more loose! He is already starting to get his grown-up teeth where he lost his baby ones! He lost the 4 that kids usually lose first too, the ones right in front! He is super nuts, drooling and always needing to have something in his mouth-including our hands!

AND

About 3 times now we have witnessed Duke lifting his leg when he goes pee!! Haha--he really is growing up!!

Ross's come for a visit!

As I said in the last blog, the past week has been filled with friends, family, and lots of exploring: the best part family!

The Ross's came to visit us this past week and it was AWESOME!
It felt so GREAT to be around family again, hard to put into words how AMAZING it felt!

We had so much fun exploring, but the best part was just hanging out and laughing together!

It was so great to see Mom and Dad Ross so relaxed and so excited to be here with us! We had a very busy week showing them the many sights of TX. We of course went down to the riverwalk, walked around & took a boat tour which was very cool. And of course had a few margaritas. You can't go down to the riverwalk and not have a margarita, it just isn't right!

Some other things that we did were:
-took Dukey swimming in Austin and to the doggy park
-went to the San Antonio Zoo..very cool

-went swimming in our pool with drinks in our hands

-went out to eat to the best Mexican restaurant and to a pub
-saw the Alamo

-took some walks.

The only thing that Mom did not get was her cowboy.

As great as the visit was it unfortunately came to an end! It was very difficult to see them go! Even Duke had a hard time, he kept going to the bedroom door and whining! He missed his Papa who became his buddy instantly!

Thanks for such a great week Mom and Dad Ross! We miss you and love you lots!