Dog Days

So, after much debate both public and private, the puppy’s name is officially Pismo.  We named her after the town of Pismo Beach where Dave and I honeymooned.  We absolutely feel in love with Pismo and can’t wait to make a family tradition of heading to the beach each year.  It was nice to give her a name that had some meaning behind it.

She is finally gaining some weight back and being as naughty as a puppy should be after suffering from some kind of stomach ailment that included a lot of vomit and diarrhea all over our new carpet.  With that face how could you stay mad??  She was looking like skin and bones for a few days so it’s great to see her appetite back and she is looking a little rounder each day. 

We had the opportunity to go to Grandpa’s house tonight to celebrate Putter’s 6th birthday!  We had a blast swimming, swinging, eating barbeque, opening gifts, and having cake and ice cream!  My dad is so cute!

   The Birthday Boy

On another note, Noelle had so much fun watching Thomas’ swim lessons that she just had to join in the fun.  Britnie was nice enough to let Noelle play in the pool for a while this week.  She had a blast!  She is definitely our little dare devil!  She was jumping off the side and laughing the whole time!

Good Times

As always, the past few weeks have been full of activity!  Thomas started swim lessons at Dolphin Scuba.  I have been quite pleased with him so far.  He is somewhat afraid of the water and when we went on the first day I was expecting a crying meltdown but I got the exact opposite.  He got right in and at least attempted everything Brittnie asked him too.  He has been happy to go to each lesson and even though he is still a little timid has been excited to learn!

 

We got to have a quick lunch with Julie, Tyler, and Julie’s mom, Ellie, last week.  They were on their way through town headed to Lake Tahoe so we met in Sacramento for lunch at Fresh Choice and a ride on the carousel at the mall.  It was fun to see Tyler, he is getting so big!  I love that he looks so much like Troy and Julie!  I hate that we can’t visit more often!

Thomas  had his first soccer practice yesterday.  It was so cute to see all the little kids running around.  Some of the boys were only 3 so you can imagine the chaos that was called “practice”.  Thomas is going to be a busy and tired boy with swimming and soccer three times a week and soon school will start as well!  

Finally, after a lot of pleading and pestering, Dave let us get a dog.  We got this adorable little Boxer yesterday.   She is so sweet and playful.  So far she spends most of her time sleeping with small breaks to chew on the rugs, carry the phone book around, and poop on the carpet!  What’s not to love?  Poor baby doesn’t have a name yet, please send me your suggestions!  We have lots of ideas but none that we feel really strongly about yet.If you know Noelle you know that she loves animals, especially dogs.  She is having a great time with the puppy already.