Puppy Momma Day

Mother's Day has been hard around here for the past few years. With Brad's mom being gone and our struggle having a family...it's not a depressing day necessarily, it just doesn't have the same flair that it does for others.

But thankfully, my sister, Tiffany reminded me, I have furry children who love me. And during this really hard week, this was my favorite thing to do. Who am I kidding? This is always on my list of favorite things to do. :)

Dellit Summer Update

Every day I want to blog. I just have been too lazy. You know that I always have somethingto say about everything. In my old blog, I used to be good about updating everything. I guess Facebook has taken the place of some of that, but there are always lots of things going on that I don’t talk about there.

Here’s some things that have been going on (in no particular order):

We raised $540 for the Alzheimer’s Association Memory Walk. Last year when my Grandpa was so sick, we call the AA and they sent us information that helped lead us to a neurologist that concluded that Grandpa was over medicated.  This is how we were able to restore his health and get him to come home.

Grandma’s birthday was at the beginning of September. Gpa and Gma visited Mom and Dad while they were camping in Dike. We drove over and had dinner & dessert with them. Brad and I also went on a bike ride around the lake.

At the end of August, we went to LeGrand to run a 5k.  Jess and Curt and the kids hung out at Curt’s parents house which was right on the route. The boys high fived us as we went by!  After the race, we hung out with them for a while and then went to the parade. We had a great time grabbing candy with the boys.

In July, Mom, Dad, Brad and I went to Newton to the US Cellular 250. It’s a fantastic facility and we were really impressed. We got to see Michael Annett race, a Des Moines native. He did really well and it was a great race. We tailgated before the race at the UNI tent and afterwards while the traffic died down. Brad cooked burgers on his toolbox grill. He’s so awesome. 

In July we also were a host house for RAGBRAI as they traveled through Waterloo. My friend, Tom has a bike team and we hosted 15 people from the team and had a great time! Brad grilled a huge dinner which the team loved, and in the morning it rained until noon, so we made breakfast, too. It was great to get use our house for hosting so many great people!

Here are some pictures of our cutie pie “kids”:

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Sammy’s unconditional love

Sammy and I have had this awesome bond since the day we picked him up. That day he was 8 weeks old and I was horribly sick. It took all the energy I had to just ride in the car and walk to the house to pick him up. We had picked out a few names but nothing quite felt right. On the way home, Brad said Sammy and it just fit. I cuddled with him on the couch immediately when we go home. He was tired, I was sick beyond belief. I think we slept for two whole days.

Ever since then, we have been total buddies.  Even after 2.5 years, whenever I come home, he acts like he hasn’t seen me in days and is so excited. When Brad hears me come home, he says “is that mommy” and Sammy goes crazy barking.

Whenever I’m sick, he always curls up next to me. Whenever I have a bad day or am upset, he heads to my side of the bed and wants to sit on my lap. (When I’m not upset, he starts on Brad’s but eventually ends up with me).

It’s so nice to come home after a long or crummy day and see Sammy jumping around and all excited because I’m home. He sits on the side of the bed next to the bathroom and just stares as I brush my teeth, wash my face, etc. Brad said when I went to Laura’s for a few days, Sammy sat on my pillow waiting for me. If he happens to be in his kennel when I come home, he makes this cute whining little bark, one time, because he wants to get out and give me kisses. If he is trying to give me love, and Sophie tries to intervene, he play growls at her and plays like he’s going to bite her long nose. It’s like he’s half serious, half not. “I’m play growling, but you’d better back off!” His new enemy is the Guitar Hero guitar. He wants to sit on my chest while I play. He insists I find room for him on my lap even if I am going to play for a few songs. 

He is such a wonderful little dog…he has been everything I ever wanted in a little buddy. He just makes me happy.

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