Matching shirts!

After Corky's surgery, the vet told us to put a baby shirt on Corky to keep him from scratching his stitches and ripping them out. So yesterday I went to go get a baby shirt from the dollar store. It was hard to find one big enough for him! He is a BIG boy!!! Anyway, I finally found one and then I thought I didn't want Riley to feel left out so I got a smaller one for him. My dogs are adorable!!! When I got the shirts home, Ben was disgusted and said "I never thought we would be the kind of people to dress our dogs." I think it's cute and it's not something we will do forever...just until Corky's stitches come out. Babies have smaller arms than both my dogs so I had to cut slits in the sleeves so their arms would fit through. Just another day in the lives of Ben and Rachel :)

Unprepared is an understatement

Corky went in for surgery yesterday. When we set this up, the vet made this surgery sound like no big deal. I knew it was surgery and he would be unconscious but I pictured something minor since he wouldn't be required to stay overnight. Ben took Corky in at 8am and we were able to call the vet to check in on him at 2. I was in a meeting at work so Ben called the vet and they said he was just waking up and we could pick him up between 4-6. I also had to work late so Ben picked him up. When I came home, I see Corky looking ROUGH! His incision is huge, he has a big cone around his head and looks horrible. Again, I expected for him to be in some pain but I was not prepared for this. Last night was tough..he can't climb stairs or jump on the furniture so Ben moved the futon to the living room and we all slept there. Corky woke me up groaning and crying at 2am so I gave him a pain pill. That took some time to kick in and then he needed to go outside. With his cone, he doesn't fit through the doggie door so Ben took him out. My alarm went off way too soon this morning. Ben had to work 1/2 day today so Elizabeth came over and dog sat to make sure Riley didn't try to roughhouse with Cork and to make sure Corky doesn't jump on anything and can be let out. Had I known that this was going to be such an ordeal, I would've scheduled it when I was off work for two weeks...So now, Ben has had to take time off this afternoon and tomorrow since I can't and we are both off on Monday. Hopefully, Corky will be feeling significantly better by Tuesday.

Butterflies

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything. Since I've been back to work, things have been so chaotic. Corky has to go in for surgery on Wednesday. He is getting his teeth cleaned, a lump on his side removed and three cysts in his eyes taken out. The vet assures me that all of these things are simply annoyances and nothing to worry about but wants to get it all taken care of while he unconscious. I also became a new aunt to a big baby girl this week-that was exciting! I have yet to meet her but I will soon I'm sure. Since putting up my photography website, I have been asked to do several photo shoots and am excited but feeling the pressure to practice my skills. I wanted to go up to Boulder Falls this weekend to take pictures but it's been a little too chilly to justify the trip. Sooooo, we went to my favorite place in Colorado instead...the Butterfly Pavilion...you all know that butterflies are my thing so being able to be in a place where there are tons of them flying around and landing on people is like heaven to me. Ben was game to go but after we had been there for about an hour and a half just watching me take pictures of them, he was done. When we came home, we took our boys for a walk to give them a release for all that bottled energy. A new week awaits and all of my socks are dirty, so I'm off to do laundry!


XOXO

Happy 2009!

We had a great New Year's celebration with the family. Laura, Gable, John, Ashley, Mom and Dad came over for the festivities. I made cookies, we watched the slideshow Christina put together of the reunion and waited for midnight. Mom and Dad left early, but the party kept going until 2am (or so I'm told). I, on the other hand, barely made it to midnight. Riley has been waking me up every morning so early (he's like a toddler) and I was "on the go" all day yesterday so last night I passed out right after the countdown. This morning was Ben's day for dog duty so when Riley woke me up at 6:45, I handed him to Ben. Ben took him downstairs and put the baby gate up so he couldn't come back upstairs and leave little smelly presents. Riley didn't like that too much and head butted the baby gate over and over until there was a hole big enough for him to fit through. He then came barreling up the stairs and laid on the bed with me. So we were all able to go back to sleep until about 9. It was so great!!!!!!!!!!! Ben and I lounged around most of the day and then set out on an adventure to Walmart, Home Depot and Petsmart. Tonight, Ben got to bond with Riley and finally Riley started warming up to him. He has proven to be quite the lap dog and Corky doesn't really like that but he is good and puts up with him. My vacation ends soon and I return to work on Monday. It will be interesting to see what sorts of things I come home to each day. Here is the most recent picture of our cuddle bug.