Bonding with the BABY GIRL!!!!!!!

We have had Ivory since we got married in October....6 months. Over that time she's been the oddest little dog in the world. She's very cute and has her own special ways. The first time my husband went away to visit his family...she had only been with us for a month and was pretty much scared of anything and everything. She hid in the closet a couple of times for no apparent reason. Since then my husband spends all day with her letting her run around being her silly Tard face self and he gives her as much love as any one person possibly could. They have a very special bond and you can see it in her happy smiling face that she loves him so much.

Now that it's 6 months later and my husband is gone again, Ivory has had some time just with me. I don't get to spend all day with her because I have to work but we have our routine and we have had some sweet bonding moments. When we wake up in the morning, I let her go outside to pee and when she comes back, I always have a cookie waiting for her. She runs in the house after doing her business and she does her happy excited food dance. It's the cutest thing. While she's sitting down she moves her front legs, lifting one after the other. If you get her really excited she'll start jumping around. I have been giving her a whole bone cookie from the monster value pack I got before Clayton passed away and she loves them. I don't play with her as rough as my husband does and she doesn't play that rough with me but we still have fun. I'll jump onto the bed and she'll try to get me. She'll box you out like she's getting a rebound in the NBA over a 6'11" guy or she'll lick you until you're covered in her spit. She thinks she has ways to get what she wants but they don't usually work. She's a little heater that loves to snuggle and that's great. When I'm so cold that I can't move I roll over to lay next to her and she warms me up in no time.

Our bonding time has been great so far. She has been so sweet to me, and has really helped me not miss my hubby as much. She's just so happy even with him not around. She has me and that's good enough for her. Unlike Cujo who would miss Den like crazy. I was ok but I wasn't daddy. I was chopped liver (well that's a good things to dogs I guess...but I wasn't very good) compared to him. With Ives...I'm way better than that. She has a happy tail every morning. We run around and play at lunch time. Things are good. She's back to being my baby as well as Den's baby.

What Makes Life Worth Living....

Ages ago during my troubled youth, I had no idea what life was all about. I spent 7 years with someone who didn't live up to his potential. I had no idea what I was doing with my life. I was going through the motions. I was so worried about living up to something that wasn't what I really wanted. Through the first 2 years of living in Santa Cruz, I went through some shit. Excuse the language but there really is no other word for it. I had some of the worst life experiences that a woman has to deal with. Over the last 2 years I have been truly blessed with the life I have now. I LOVE my husband more than anything. We have some of the greatest friends I could have ever wished for, and we get to hang out with one of the cutest babies in the whole world.

10 years ago, who would have thought that I would want to have kids. I definately didn't think I'd want a screaming small human being but here are some of the images that make all of the screaming worth while.

I absolutely LOVE this kid. He was a wonderful baby and even as he starts to go through the terrible 2's....he's still so SWEET!!! His crying doesn't even sound annoying...it's just a misunderstood baby not getting his way. And who wouldn't feel bad for him. :(

The last 2 weekends have been filled with just wonderful happy days. I spent one weekend taking Jayce to the beach where he LOVED the water! Over Easter weekend we went to visit my mom, ran a few errands, bought a couple of new couches and went to an A's game.

I am truly happy with the life we have. Life is so full of happy fun moments that make the retarded ones worth living.