from the {rents}

annie and jasper...

the new jeep and frankie...new bff's...new games to play...new bones to chew...a million new photos to take...they are both recharging for round two of the november 6th follies...

dear annie...

even as cute and adorable as you are...we would really appreciate ALL poopage to be done outside...that is all...thank you for your cooperation...

and annie makes us a family of 3 again...

love the beach at the park...annie loved the sticks and the rocks she found hiding in the sand...leaves past their peak...huge harvest moon...pumpkin spice lattes...autumn skies...finding our new normal... 
 

she loved him best...

he made her laugh everyday...and at times she wept in anguish because of him...he weighed only 20 something pounds...she occasionally called him her bubbles...and he lived less than one year...in this BIG world he was a little thing...but in all ways that mattered including the effect he had on those who loved him...he lived a very BIG life...

(thank you for the words d. koontz)

 

my sweet heartbroken girls loving on the new puppies while mourning frankie is so bittersweet...ipo and annie loved frankie too...f.y.i. puppy fur catches a million tears quite nicely...

we knew this was an extra special extraordinary day...little did we know how extraordinary it truly was...seriously incomprehensible that they are both gone...

remember when jeep gave him the cheese and frankie tried so hard to give it back...

remember when i blew in his little face and frankie tried so hard to blow back...

remember when we came home to find frankie proudly standing on my desk...

remember when frankie would do "that" bark...the one that would pierce the very fiber of your being...

remember when frankie would try and muffle a baby whispered bark and it would just make us laugh...

frankie was the happiest dog i have ever met...always smiling...you couldn't help but smile when talking about the boy...our BIG little comedian...frankie had the BIGgest heart

in my heart is where i'll keep you friend...put a peace sign in there for my man frankie...clap your hands...

we miss you frankenstein...dance BIG boy...and shake it with jeep

goodbye my friend...

3:43 am

laying in your favorite spot in the dining room by jersey's window...

your sweet sweet soft smiling face laying gently in my hands...

your trusting brown eyes looking directly into mine...

it's ok now...

you can go now...

goodbye my friend...

 

weekend jeep...

saturday was a quiet snuggly day...snuggles on the couch...snuggles on the floor...climbing into your lap snuggling...leaning up against us if we were standing kind of snuggly day...he brought out every single stuffed toy he owns...one a a time...sunday started out as a quiet jeep day...and then he pinked up...as in pink pink PINK...and was like his old self...played frisbee...followed dads as he mowed...followed dads as he washed the car...followed dads as he walked about the yard and puttered in the garage...a true guy bonding day... the way they usually are together...a true gift of a day...a put away the camera and enjoy each moment kind of day...a.true.gift...

 

yesterday's jeep...

was such a roller coaster...the last few days we saw a slow down in his activity...gums became paler...belly was distending...yesterday he had difficulty walking...we carried him in and outside to smell the fresh air...at times wouldn't even eat cheese...grunty and gaspy breathing...we knew he had an active bleed...we put blankets and pillows on the floor and sat or layed with him and petted him non stop...

AND THEN...the boy decided he wanted to play frisbee albeit slowly and we had to pick the frisbee up off the ground for him...and he was too tired to always bend his head to drop the frisbee...would just let it hang off a tooth until we took it from him...AND we got some perky ears...AND he barked at the ups man...AND we got the happy face...

mcfavorite mcvet made a house call and said the bleed has somehow resolved itself for now...

AND we get to continue spoiling the boy...a wonderful fantastic ending to our thursday...

AND our friday is turning out to be another good day...

p.s. zoe...we think he really enjoys the artwork!!!

      

tuesday's jeep...

wants animal crackers....tuesday's jeep gets animal crackers...

 

had a bit of a restless night...we put him in our bed...he snuggled up against me and put one paw out to touch dads...dads met the mcfavorite mcvet this morning...restarted rimadyl...today he is having his every whim fulfilled...it's a gorgeous slightly breezy day...he likes to just stand in the doorway and smell the air...jeep wants cheese and scoobie snacks for dinner...jeep gets cheese and scoobie snacks for dinner...i love rubbing his belly where the hair is coming back in as it's so baby soft...and he loves rolling on his back so i can do it often...such a sweet boy...

 

and he'll get carrot cake (his absolute favorite cake) for his nightly birthday party...

r.i.p. ted kennedy...great words joe biden...

you CAN have your cake and eat it too...

the daily birthday song and cake...such happiness!!!

 

she loves the boy...he loves the girl... 

 

i love the eye contact he makes with alex...

 

the tribe spoils the boy...the boy loves being spoiled...

 

this face...i just can't get enough of it...

 

very good days indeed...

thursday and friday and today's jeep...

frisbee catching...cookie and cake eating...hugs and kisses...extra loving from ryan...beth...and alex...three more great days...(bonus...a big fat whistlepig came to sunbathe on the woodpile...was perfect for some extra crazy howling and barking...go jeep)...