Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful, quiet Christmas. It was the three of us in the morning and my parents came later in the day for dinner.

Sage got lots of Littlest Pet Shop stuff from Santa

And a new, bigger chair.

Pez for the stocking, of course!

And Playmobil, lots of Playmobil. For some reason, I didn't take my camera out again that day.

Playing

It was a super nice, mild day today so we spent a lot of time in the backyard playing with the dogs. Nala is obsessed with Riley. Riley is obsessed with playing ball. He chases the ball. She chases him. And she holds on to his ear or his scruff for dear life. He has become very patient with her. He could easily shake her off, but he doesn't. After about a half hour, he does get grumpy, so we just end our playtime. As you can see from the above pic, she loves to stand up on him.

This girl didn't even get dressed today. It was a jammie day for her.

He runs, she holds on to his scruff.

Yummy!

Waiting for the ball

Miss Chloe just hangs out. Her ears are up because she heard Scott come home. I love how her ears raise when she is listening to something. Chloe is the cutest, cuddliest dog ever. She oversees things in the backyard with Riley and Nala.

Smile!

Let me eat your ear!

Christmas Eve

Since Christmas Eve was on a Saturday, we just relaxed at home most of the day. It was really nice and I didn't really take any pictures, other than the two posted here. We always go out to eat on Christmas Eve and then we go and look at lights.

Sun Bathing

You can't tell by looking at these photos, but Chloe can't stand the puppy. I've had to break up 2 fights. Chloe is a total bully. She always has been. However, Chloe is somewhat obsessed with sleeping near or next to Nala. As long as the puppy is quiet and sleeping, Chloe tolerates her. Nala was sleeping here first, and Chloe came up to her and made herself comfortable. It gives me hope that she will one day get used to her.

Adore

My family, who I love with all my heart.

Love

Introducing......

Nala!!!!

Meet our new Border Collie puppy, Nala. She is 9 weeks old. We adopted her at our local humane society. She came home Thursday, and she has been a marvelous addition to our family.

Our two older dogs, Chloe & Riley, are doing much better with the new addition than I expected. Nala is learning the ropes around the house and doing quite well. We've had very few potty accidents (thank God!). She did want to get up and play today at 5am! I was not too thrilled with that. Otherwise, things are going really well. Sage is thrilled to have her own puppy.