Photo Gallery: Dachshund Day Celebration

Last weekend, we headed over to Weaver Street Market in Carrboro because they were having a Dachshund Day Celebration on their front law. Hilarity abounded as Annabelle was the star of the day and even co-winner of the limbo contest! See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one in particular or.. read more →

Photo Gallery: More pup photos

More Annabelle puppy photos … can you tell we are hopelessly in love with this pup?!?! More cute photos from her third month including ones with Jeff, Hayley and Buster. Hayley found one of her stuffed animals was a twin to Annabelle, which was very funny! A few of my favorites, link to the full.. read more →

Photo: Annabelle and Buster napping

Annabelle says, “I sleep with the big doggie!” She loves Buster and Molly, following after them wanting to play and bite their tails. We are very happy Buster is accepting her happily! read more →

Photo Gallery: The puppy comes home!

Weighing in at 1 lb, 13 oz, Annabelle came home to drive us all insane! She is a playful feisty puppy who just so amazingly small we are paranoid about losing her! Hayley is being a great help and I’m proud of her. See more photos from this set: Regular view (easiest to find one.. read more →

Photo Gallery: Visiting the puppy

We went to visit the puppy Annabelle on Thursday at the absolutely wonderful breeder out in Zebulon. She is just adorable and it was love at first snuggle! We played with her for about an hour, the silly little thing is rather sweet but very fiesty! She loves chew on blankets, nibble on our fingers.. read more →

My anniversary gift!

Today (08-08) is our 8th wedding anniversary. I know I know… all those eights (including the 8 year old sweetiepie Hayley), we need to go play the lottery with eights. Normally we like to buy a joint gift for the family. Imagine my surprise when there was a card from my adorable husband Jeff with.. read more →

Goodbye dear Sam (photos & letters)

Sam our dachshund had been very lethargic, clingy and not eating well. We took him to the vet and the results weren’t good. He’s had a heart murmur and needed ultrasound on the heart, plus one on his stomach. He was so sad, just so droopy and all he wanted is to be on or.. read more →

Photo Gallery: Hayley dancing & being silly with pups

Hayley was in a cute, goofy mood so I grabbed the camera. This will probably be boring if you are a grandparent 🙂 You can just click on the first photo and continue hitting the right arrow to scroll through them all. read more →

Back from Nags Head

We had an incredibly restful week at the beach. The house had some faults (not enough living room furniture and small tv) but was roomy (four bedrooms, three bath, two wrap around decks and a hot tub). It was nice to have two master suites, one on each floor so when our friends arrived, we.. read more →

Photo: Happy Halloween from the Buster, Sam & Molly

2003… dogs STILL don’t like costumes anymore than they did 2002 and 2001. read more →