We ARE most definately moving

Here are some pictures, please excuse the mess they are now getting ready to move too...

This is Sandy, gramy's gurl who is now our new puppy..she is a 2yr old "Golden Doodle"

this is the living room w/beautiful hard wood floors

Kitchen...new fridge it is staying!!!!

other side of kitchen across from fridge

Rest of kitchen, table and hutch are staying

Side yard

back of house and some yard

long driveway going down to the main road

4 season porch, now known as the MEDIA ROOM, this is the room we will be in most

Brian's room, oh I mean laundry room, with a nice BIG slop sink...he can have it, i don't do laundry

front yard

side and some back yard

driveway leading to house

driveway and turn around

picture of garage

part of back yard to the left

back yard to the right

tried to get a whole picture of kitchen, oh well i tried

new furnace and wood burning stove...we have OIL, yuck!!!!

this is one cabinet, they all slide out, how cool?

4 season room and garage

Could we be moving????

My mom tells me, I may be moving. I am happy about this, I think.....Mom says the house is HUGE compared to the one we have now...right now we live in a small 2 bedroom 936 sq foot house, its cute and quaint. The new house is...2500 sq feet, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, a formal living room, 4 season room, laundry room (for daddy) 2 car garage, full finished basement and a HUGE kitchen for mommy, HUGE!!!! Not only do we get the new house but the yard is 3 acres and has invisible fence so we can run free. Oh and we are getting a new sister of sorts...we are adopting SANDY gurl, she is Grammy and Grampy's puppy. We promised to love her and care for her so they can visit anytime and see their baby gurl.

update 9/29/09

Papa had his 4 week biopsy and the results were NEGATIVE!!!! No signs of rejection!!!!! His anti rejection meds are decreasing with every appointment, because of his wonderful results. We are overjoyed that all is going so well for him. He has been upgraded to a biopsy every 2 weeks now, yeah!!!! Mom loves this news because she gets 2 whole weeks w/o going to Boston!!!! This makes her very happy...daddy too.

HoMe

Papa Paul is home!!!! Mom is so very happy that he is close by now. She is finally starting to relax a bit, not much though wouldn't want to send her body into shock. Grammy is doing better but she is still in the hospital and will remain there for a another couple of days. Daddy is happy to have papa home too, cause he knows now mommy will start to resemble the women he married. I love my mom but wow was she becoming a basket case with all the stress, but at least she was aware of her ATTITUDE, she tried to keep it together and only lost it a few times. When mom lost it, she lost it big time!!!! So anyways where was I.....oh yeah...papa is doing well and he is going to call mom if he wakes in the middle of the night, you know he called mommy every night in the hospital just to talk, mom loved these conversations.

ugh, updates

So Papa is still in hospital and now so is Grammy. Papa was supposed to come home but his liver enzymes were elevated so they decided to keep him another day and see how things are, no big deal right? Ask the nurse who caught his wrath today he was not happy, but he calmed down and apologized to her. Actually it was a blessing Papa didn't come home today, had he come home Grammy never would have gone to the emergency room complaining about the pain in her leg. It is a good thing because they found a blood clot and told her she could have died from it, so phew we are glad they kept papa another day.

So mommy says she is going hospital hopping tomorrow so she can visit both of dem, oh she gonna make a game out of it, like a scavenger hunt..try and find things unique to their respected hospitals. Yup, I do believe mom has LOST IT...not that she really had it to begin with,but we let her think so anyway. Dad is being a good sport about all this seeing as it is all unfolding on his vacation and we were supposed to be In Texas, good thing we cancelled that vacation. Mom and daddy are now planning on going out to Chicago in November for the Notre Dame vs. Navy college football game...can they please have a few days away, mommy really needs it....seriously she can be a raving lunatic with all the stress she is under, But we love her anyways....

love you mommy.

Updates

Papa is doing really well but still in the hospital. They are watching his heart rate which happens to be in the 50's...which is basically normal for a 19 yr old, which by the way his heart is. He, however is not so they are watching things just to be sure he is stable on that low a heart rate. His surgeon has no worries nor do his nurses but there is always one in the bunch who wants to be extra cautious...so here we are 19 days after surgery still in the hospital. Papa however is not complaining, he is rather comfortable and can visit all his former nurses anytime he wants so he is happy as a clam right now. As or Mom ...she would love to see him come home soon, very soon. The drive is 115 miles round trip, gas, and parking fees all add up. She is going broke and the stress alone is taking its toll, besides she is sleep deprived and do you know what happens to a sleep deprived mommy...she gets CRANKY and pups, she ain't fun to be around. She is off the wall crabby, look out here comes GRUMPY MOMMY....dad high tails it out of dodge when he knows she is crabby. Poor daddy received her wrath last week...he just wanted to go to out to dinner with his family so he asked mommy if she wanted to go...big mistake, you see mommy worked all night then went into Boston to see Papa, and was getting ready to head home from Boston at 2pm and daddy called to asked her if she wanted to go out to dinner with his parents @ 5:30, well that did it, it sent mommy over the edge. She was done and so done at that...she started yelling at daddy asking him if he sleeps at night and if he was going to sleep that particular night, mind you mommy had to work again...he was AFRAID to answer the question. Mom pointed out rather loudly, I know because I could hear her yelling on the phone and she was not using puppy approved words either...anyway dad politely told her to come home and go to bed, she was over tired, ya think? Mom did not like his tone, how dare he tell her she was over tired she already knew this. Her point in all this was.... He,daddy got to sleep 8 hours the night before, mommy worked, then He,daddy was going to go back to sleep for 8 more hours that night, mommy just wanted to know WHEN SHE GOT TO SLEEP? You see driving home from Boston takes and hour so she would arrive home around 3pm, then dinner was at 5:30, lasting approx 2 hours...that would make it 7:30 and mom has to be up for work at 9pm so her very polite question to daddy was WHEN WILL SHE SLEEP? Daddy told her to just come home and he would stay home and she could sleep from 3 -9pm. Mom cried all the way home, she was burnt out and over tired, but when she got home daddy surprised her with beautiful purple flowers and told her to just climb in bed he would handle the rest of the day....I climbed up and napped with mommy for 5 hours, when she woke up she was in a much better mood.

OMD

Oh My Dogginess...

I have yet again neglected my blog...I iz so sorry...let me see what has been going on in the world of Riley lately? I hadz my 10th birthday and oh my oh my, mommy took me for 2 rides in the car. I went to get my nails clipped, which I love...hey don't judge me dude, I haz to look good and nails are part of da package. We also went to get breakfast one morning, dat was my surprise,

mommy took me to get an egg sandwich all for me me me.

I love da egg sandwiches...yummm-o!

I got a birthday surprise in da mail from da cookie fairy, Lainey....

I got cookies, pizza, brownie and chews!!!!

I fout dey were mine all mine but mommy said I HAD to share wif Titan and Annabelle.

*sigh* I did, they loved them and wanted more more more. *sigh*

Thank you Lainey, my favorite cookie fairy.

Running mate

As you have noticed mom is training to run her first ever marathon in my papas name...so she needed a running mate...guess who she picked? No way dude, I'm 10!!!! She is going to be running her short runs w/ Titan. Mom says she wants a running mate and he would be fun to run with, but I know the real truth...mom wants Titan to run with her so when she gets home and it is time for her to sleep, Titan will actually sleep. Mom is no fool you know, it is a win win situation.

Mom has also enlisted the help of her HERO to help in her training...why is he her hero...(PAPA is her #1 hero, he is #2...they know about each other) oh anyways I was going to tell you Henry's story on why mom thinks he is a hero....so you see mom used to manage a gym for a couple of years and one day she met this really nice man who came in looking for a membership. He said he had just gotten out of the hospital and was on his way home and needed a membership so he could start walking immediately. Mom signed him up and they got to talking. Mom found out he was just discharged from the hospital after having gastric bypass surgery and he was going to make some serious life changes starting with his weight...he came in weighing 437lbs. He and mom quickly became friends as he came to the gym everyday at 5am...and I mean everyday he never missed a day. He walked and walked and did some minor weights. Over the next few months he literally transformed into new person. He began running short distances and added more weight to his strength training routine. Mom couldn't believe the dedication he showed, he was a force to be reckoned with, he was amazing. Two years after his surgery he hit his goal weight 200lbs, mom was so proud of him, but that was nothing. He came in on day and said " So I'm going to train to run The Boston Marathon" Mom knew he was not kidding. He trained and trained and he did it. Henry has now run 5 marathons one every year since his first, and every year he says never again. Mom knew he was not going to run next year but asked for his help and expertise in training so he called her last week and said " OK sweets we are training starting Monday, my way no excuses and we will cross the finish line together, got it?" Mom knew he meant it and is over the moon he would do this for her.

Hyannis Marathon 2/28/2010

Here is the link to moms first marathon, she is ubber excited!!!

http://www.hyannismarathon.com/marathon.php

Happy Birthday Riley...10 yrs old, woohoo

I went for a ride for my birthday...I got my nails clipped, and daddy bought me chicken nuggets and ice cream...mom says we are going for another ride this weekend when we have more time, and I going to get my presents then, hmmm I wonder what I am getting???

I hope not a new brudder, please one is enough!!

Titan and I got mail

Here is a picture mom took of us gettng mail from the UK...we love the prizes...Mom is going to make a donation to our local shelter in Bad Kat Andy Cat and Puz's name...Sterling Animal Shelter to say thank you. Sterling is where we got Annabelle.

Dad and pinkie

Here is a picture of my daddy goofing off on moms new PINK netbook, dad says he will never use it, bit mom caught him using it when he received the twitter about the Patriots making trade...he had to know the full story pink or no pink, hehehehehehe.

update 9/8/09

Dad is doing great, he is up walking everyday. The nurses in the ICU love him because they get to go off the floor, normally ICU patients are to sick to even get in a chair, so they welcome the change of pace..literally. He was given a new drug today to try and stimulate the internal pacemaker which is holding steady at 62%, they want it to 80% before he can go home. They are hoping the new drug will accomplish this and he can go home Monday or Tuesday.

Frogs in my formula

OMD OMD OMD ....mom received this comment on my blog just a few minutes ago!!!!

Frogs in my formula said...

Congrats! You won the tungsten ring. Can you send me your email?

Good luck with your mom's marathon and your dad's recovery!

My daddy has one of these rings, because mommy didn't want to buy him a platinum ring and have it get all scratched up at da prison..this is a beautiful ring, you can not tell it isn't platinum.

Boston 2010

Mom has decided to train for the Boston marathon 2010, She has given this a lot of thought and came to the conclusion that she can do this. If papa can get through 5 months of HELL, being in the hospital on a balloon pump not being able to move his legs, having to lay completely still, She can run a simple 26.2 miles, right? She will train for 6months (average is 4) she will need all 6 months to get there, but she will get there! She will be utilizing a 16 week schedule for training she will tweak it to accommodate 6 months as opposed to 4..so here goes nothing...side note...

Training begins on 9/13/09...

(allows time for papa to get home, as she will not be able to

devote the time needed till he is out of the hospital)

Pictures

Here are a couple pictures I took of dad this morning. He was busy waiting for PT to come in and take him for his walk. He is going to visit his nurses on Ellison 8 &9 tomorrow, he can not wait to see "his girls" He had so many visitors today, I don't think he had 5 minutes all day when he didn't have someone there to see him. He loves having a new heart and the comfort that comes with it. He can breathe easier,says just being is easier...The surgeon was in today and told him not to get too comfortable, he would be home by next weekend, How nice is that?

update 9/3/09

Quick update on dad ....all chest tubes are out and most of his meds have been discontinued. He was up walking today and loved every minute of it. Staff can not believe how well he is doing and surgeon says he should be home by 9/14/09, that is a mere 2 weeks after surgery, heart transplant surgery, wow incredible.

Thanks Lainey....

I recieved this award from Lainey and her mom at http://judieann.blogspot.com.

I now have to pass it on to 5 doggie bloggers I adore...

Alice and her humans @ http://23houralicepeople.blogspot.com/

Rocky & his mom http://rockumsockumdude.blogspot.com/...Rocky is our Titan's doggie daddy

Bruschi @ http://bruschithepuggle.blogspot.com/

Tweedles @ http://tweedles-georgie.blogspot.com/

Dixie @ http://aprincessspeakshermind.blogspot.com/

Dad is doing great, he was extubated at 5:30pm and is now breathing on his own. His blood pressure was a little low so he is on medication for that, but they say that is to be expected. The bleeding has slowed down so they do not think he will need to go back to the OR, which is great news.

He is resting comfortably and talking to the nurses.

He is very thankful for his "Gift of Life"

realization

Ok peep, I know I have been living with this scenario for months now, but HOLY COW...

DAD JUST HAD A HEART TRANSPLANT!

Modern medicine is fascinating, I can't believe he has just received someone elses heart. The truly amazing thing is that it was harvested out of a very giving young person and placed into dads chest cavity and just began pumping as if this is where it was meant to be...

pumping on its own no stimulation, just ok here we go again...beat beat beat.

Nap

Dad looks great, gonna catch a quick nap while I wait for him to wake. Recovery RN says breathing tube will be out around 1pm, he will be up around 3pm, They are not messing around this time, get up and get things done!!!!

update...5am

Dad is out of surgery and surgeon says it went great. New heart is beating on its own. Still not out of the woods but we are over the tough part, just getting the heart. Dad will be in recovery for a week then he will move to the transplant step down unit where he will be closly monitored for organ rejection symptoms. Dad received a young healthy heart so everyone is optimistic....will write more....

Just saw dad he is resting comfortably....looks good!!!!

update

Sorry if this is redundant but I have nothing else to do so I will give you a run down of the whole day so far....9am Paul calls to find out what we have planned for the day and to ask about Brian s grandmothers...he calls everyday to get their updates and to check in on everyone. I tell him B will be heading over after he gym to check on Grammy, he says great just let me know how things go, we hang up. I continue to watch the greatest movie ever made...The Santa Claus with Tim Allen...i get almost to the end and the phone rings, it =s dad I can tell by the caller ID...I answer and dad says so nicely that he is headed to the hospital..i ask what is wrong, he says nothing that the hospital called and they have a heart for him, and for him to get there as soon as possible. Now at this point in the conversation I begin to freak out, ahh so quick so soon, I mean we were listed 1A only 4 days ago. So I run around like a chicken w/ my head cut off and secure a place for Titan to spend the night, and I know that Riley and Annaboo will be fine staying home, b/c Auntie Erin will be by to walk them as she always is, we are blessed to have her in our lives. So we finally get to the hospital and we are all in the room, we are having a blast, everyone is in a great mood, nothing heavy hanging over our heads, but we all kn ow where we are there. Dad is cracking jokes and causing trouble right up until the minute he is wheeled away, thanks dad..I will get you back for all the trouble you have caused before running off to the sanctity of the operating room, damn you...you will have to answer for your actions, hehehehe. Dad was wheeled off to the operating room at 5pm, we received word that the first incision was made at 9:20 pm, meaning everything is a go and the heart is young and viable. His heart failure MD says this is the perfect heart, if she could pick a heart any heart, she says this is the ONE she would choose, so we feel very confident in her words. The cardiac surgeon also d=said he was more than pleased with the donor heart, all good news. As i write this dad has been in surgery now for almost 5 hours and the waiting is the hardest part. They tell you waiting for the heart is the hardest part, that would be true if we actually waited for this one, this perfect heart literally fell into our laps 4 days after being listed for transplant, this time around. We did wait and have our trials and tribulations earlier this year, but as they say everything happens for a reason, well our reason is...we were waiting for the right one to become available. I will continue to update as i have more info available.

Please remember the donor family in your thoughts and prayers as without them,

this NEVER would have been possible.

We love an appreciate their selfless sacrifice, we are forever in thier debt, we owe them everything, they are truly now our angels as they have to be looking over dads shoulder remembering their loved one everyday.

update

update

Dad has gone to the OR to get ready for surgery. We can expect it to last about 14/16 hours, so we are here waiting it out. I wish we were the only ones in the waiting room but we are not and the other family is not a pleasant one, if we make too much noise or try to talk to one another they get all upset and give us dirty looks, thanks for adding more stress to an already stressful situation, like we really need more. I hope they are not here very long, we are going to be here all night long and then most of the morning. I really hope all goes well and dad is out of the hospital soon. Wow, the people in here are awful. Hey Kerry just walked by, nice to see friendly faces. She was a nurse he had while in here the last time she was great, dad really liked her. Cathy will be here in the morning to see him as he wakes up from the anesthesia. He was able to visit the nurses on Ellison 9, so he was happy to see his girls, and see a picture of Ellens new baby boy...Owen Thomas Hughes. I think i am just rambling to get things off my chest and to feel better as the night goes on. I am more nervous than i was the last time, my goodness am I a wreck.

New Heart

We are at MGH waiting for dad to go off to surgery for his new heart. I can't believe we are here and it is really happening. We can't believe how fast everything is happening, we got the call at noon and now we are getting ready to send him off to the operating room. Thankfully the nursing staff is great and completely understanding as the realize just how nervous we all are at this particular moment. We have seen many nurses and MD's that have come in and said hello, and wished him well and said they would see us all in the morning. We are hoping to have him out of the OR by morning but he is expected to be on the ventilator till Wednesday morning.

Titan night out

Titan had a night out last weekend...he went to dinner wif mom,dad,papa,Grammy and my dads mom and dad...mom calls dem da in laws, but she loves dem they just are not dog people so mom had some reservations about taking Titan, but the restaurant was an hour away and Titan only goes about 3 hours in the crate before he needs to go out because he is still very much a puppy. So off they went in the car, not the Jeep...daddy wanted to take the Jeep but mom said no, the Jeep is for Riley, he is the copilot of the Jeep that is his ride...way to go mom, I no like to share da Jeep...anyways where was again? oh yeah they left and mom says that Ty does very well in the car, he loves to travel which is a good thing cause mom takes him everywhere they go...he really is a traveling puppy. OK back to the story...so mom and dad arrive and papa and Grammy are already there waiting for them, mom loves to see papa get excited when she arrives, he just beams at their arrival. Mom gets Ty out of the car and he runs right over to his papa, who just loves him to pieces, he gives papa lots of kisses. Mom gets his food all set up and water too and he goes and enjoys his dinner as does everyone else. Dad said he was a very good boy. Dads mom and dad show up and guess wha,t they think Ty is adorable and can't get enough of him, mom is relieved that they like him so much. Mom says Ty just let everyone pet him and when they were done he just went and laid down, he didn't bother anyone. Mom was so surprised how well he behaved and listened, every time mom said to sit, he did, he would also lie down on command, mom was a very proud mom indeed that day. When Ty got home he was exhausted from being out all evening and slept all night, mom was thankful for a full night sleep, which is very rare in our house since Ty's arrival, but we wouldn't have it any other way...he COMPLETES our family.

hello

Hi everyone how are you all today...I am great, I get to hang out wif mom all day, she no have to go to work till 2am. Titan was a very good boy this morning, that was until daddy went to work then he became Titan the Terror. I have no idea why he loves mom so much, hehehe. He loves to drive mom crazy or at least keep her on her toes. He gives her a run for her money. AnnaBoo is being a very good girl today too, she took a nice nap wif daddy before he went to work, then she laid down wif mommy as she tried to figure out her netbook. I on the other hand is always a good boy. I played for hours wif Larry da Lobsta mom bought me for my birthday...I love him he is so much fun and I found his squeeky, he has two of dem and I make him squeek, mom really loves this especially when she tried to nap....ahh you bought it for me so i can squeek all I want. Mom wanted me to tell you all that I am the bestest puppy ever, no really she wanted me to tell you.

Moms....

Hello, my mom is wonderful but man can she be cranky...like today I nicely try and point out that she is with papa at the HOSPITAL and she turns up on my blog???? Hello mom....have we met? I am the one who blogs on MY blog not you, keep your paws to yourself over at your Blog...wherever it may be these days...you seem to have forgotten you have a very eventful life and forgot to blog about it somewhere??? Mom please leave my blog to ME, you can visit yours and leave some nice funny stories there about me and AnnBoo and Titan, I know your blog misses you. I feel better now....So mom came home today and found me and AnnBoo lounging on the couch behaving ourselves, nothing much going on, just enjoying the nice weather we are having, no heat or humidity just a cool comfy 70 degrees, ahh then it happened....she let Titan out of his crate. Now I love this little guy and I use the word little loosely because man he is growing! He weighs in at a whopping 32 lbs, at this rate he may end up weighting more than me and I weigh 86lbs. Anyways where was I ? Oh yeah mom let Ty out of his crate and he comes running into the living room full tilt, he runs right over and grabs my ears, HELLO they are not chewies...someone? anyone? please teach this pup a thing or two about listening to me? After he was done chewing on the very not chew toys in the room he took off after AnnaBoo, she was not amused either, but hey she loves him and puts up with it. She played with him for about 45 minutes then looked at mom as if to say "ahh I have done your dirty work now get me the heck out of here" meaning open the baby gate so I can get away from him for a few minutes. Mom obliged and she was allowed to hit the big bed all alone, she was very happy to lay downl exhausted and comfy. I was all to familiar with how this was going to play out now that Boo had taken refuge in the bedroom...I was about to be attacked by Ty...when all of a sudden he lays down on the floor and falls asleep. HE FEEL ASLEEP!!! Mom could not believe it, Ty was sleeping in the middle of the day, holy cowoly there is a God. Ty Ty slept for about and hour, he woke to tell me, not mom that he needed to go outside, mom doesn't care who he tells as long as he tells someone he needs to go...he has now been housebroken now for about 2 weeks and mom is the happiest I have seen her in months. Ty went out and came back in and was content to chew on Larry da Lobsta for about 90 minutes, mom was in heaven. She got to rest her eyes...not sleep, she was all to aware that Ty was awake and at any minute could turn and chew something like the woodwork, the carpet or computer cords. Finally it was 8 pm and mom was exhausted as she had not slept in almost 36 hours, so off to bed we went, and can you believe it, Titan was still tired from all his running and chewing that he fell asleep. Mom was elated and soon was on snooze patrol herself, leaving me and AnnaBoo to look at each other and say " what are we waiting for?" I fell asleep minutes later. Daddy came home 3 hours later and took us outside and gave us a treat cause mom was awake long enough to tell him that we behaved for her....we got some of daddy's waffle, we love midnight waffles w/dad.

Addicted

Ok, mom is addicted to her new netbook...mom what could you possibly have to say while you are w/papa in the DOCTORS office, I mean really you are in the office.

Hi Riley's mom here...listen pup..I love you dearly and if I want to blog on your puppy blog then so be it. I will continue to blog and write as much as possible reguardless of where I am, so behave cause you never know what beans I may spill about you so you are fore warned.

Blogging on the go...

Mom is trying the new netbook out, she is excited to finally be able to blog from the road...so we will see where this new adventure will take us...right now she is in Boston with my papa for his 3 month check up for his VAD surgery.....he is relisted for transplant and ready to go...he says her is in no rush for the transplant as he is no longer tethered to the bed or house, he is constantly on the go. Mom loves that he is never home and always out living life, way to go Papa i love you bunches.

Fiber

Hello, how is everyone? I know i have been away but I have to keep Titan in line and boy, some days that can be challenging let me tell you. He loves to remodel the house first he wasn't getting enough FIBER so he chewed the woodwork and when mom thought she had him "regular" he went and chewed the carpet in the kitchen...oh i tell ya if he weren't so darn cute ??? Mom and dad love him to pieces, we do too but man can you please stop chewing on the ears? I have made this comment before but I gonna have to say it again...my ears are NOT chewies! We bought and gave you lots of bones to chew, so stay away from da ears! Annabelle was a little skittish of Titan at first not really knowing what to make of him and if he was going to be "staying" She finally realized he is "staying" so she better get used to him being there. She is fantastic with him, mom is so pleasantly surprised by how wonderful she is with him. Titan will bark, gnaw,chew and hang on her and she NEVER lets it bother her...she has amazed us all. I on the other hand, is feeling much better after my unfortunate adventure wif da vet and his FINGER....ahem ....I am feeling better and now i really get down and play wif lil Titan, he is a lot of fun. Mom says her house is now complete...dad agrees.

So we have been busy playing wif our cousin Sandy and boy can she play, she is still a puppy too...she is only 2 yrs old and acts like a fool. We love her, she is goofy like the rest of us. Titan,I believe has finished remaodeling da house or atleast he hasn't in the past week, oh oh oh he is HOUSEBROKEN!!!!

Hi,

I have been away from the 'puter for a little while I know but I have very good reason, mom has been remodeling the house at Titans request, ok not really request, he has been destroying the house...chewing woodwork and carpets, holy cow he is on a tear in da house.

Also I have been a little under the weather lately...I had/ have a prostate infection, but mommy took me to the vet and I am feeling so much better now.Annabelle is da only one in da house not on some kind of medicine, she is a very good girl. Mommy loves all of us but will be happier when we are all off our meds. Mom has a few pic to show you what we have been up to...nothing much but she will write more for me in a little while....she and daddy are having a date night tonight....dey are going to Outback steak House for dinner then they are taking Titan for a walk at the local park to get him nice and tired for bed, he loves to play at bedtime, this young man is NOT acceptable.

Hello

Hi everyone, Titan is fitting into our family very well. He can sit and stay on command, and he knows when it is time to eat. He is adamant about eating on time, wonder where he learned this? He is getting Annabelle to channel her inner puppy, and play with him for hours, it is really fun to watch. Mom promises more videos this week as she has the next 2 days off and all to herself, no overtime at work. Please stay tuned for more.....

New Titan Pictures

Titan and Annabelle playing nicely

Flickr

Mom just added flickr to my Blog so I can post pictures right to the blog or flickr.

.she is cool like that.

Titan is feeling way more comfortable at home these past few days, he can get into so much trouble in record time its not funny, but I do laugh, hehehehe. I love watching mom and dad chase him around trying to undo whatever mischief he got himself into, very funny. I think mom really appreciates me and Annabelle right now, she is finding out we are EASY pups, we don't get into trouble, Titan gets into TROUBLE big time.

Hi everyone, I am enjoying being a big brudder to Titan he is the bestest little buddy there is. He loves to jump and play, that pup is full of energy. I love having him there every time I turn around, and I mean he is there every time I turn, some times he is so close I could literally step on him. I a gentle pup, but if you under my feet look out, have you seen the size of me? I is HUGE. Anyways, I am feeling a bit under the weather today, I think my Lyme disease is flaring up or I am getting arthritis but I still being the best big brudder and playing wif him and making sure we go outside and get our treats...you know the important things in life..potty and treats.

Titan is here

So let me tell you a little story...dis is about a nice cushy life I ONCE lived, get it once? So prior to July 19, 2009 I lived the life of Riley, literally! I had it good, I came and went as I pleased. I cuddled all afternoon wif mommy, I really liked this part of my day, just me and mom and sometimes Annabelle. We went outside and played, mommy walked us and we generally had a great life doing nothing at all but being loved and loving back. Then one day mom decided we needed to change things up a bit and by that she meant we needed another dog, a puppy mind you. Not a dog who is well trained and behaved, NO mom wanted a puppy, one who loves to get into trouble because they don't know any better, as you can clearly see I was NOT consulted on this issue at all; cause if I were, I would have voted for a nice 3 or 4 yrs old Boxer to hang out wif, but NOOOOO! I got an 8 week old PUPPY....can you see where this is going? Mom tells me and Annabelle she and daddy are going to drive to Albany NY to pick up this puppy, they have taken to calling Titan...great he gets to go for a nice long car ride, lucky puppy, see it begins already,ugh. Mom and dad head out, and Annabelle and I have a nice long chat about who runs da house. We decide it is her, actually if I don't run it I can't get in trouble when something goes wrong, right? She has predecided she is not going to like the puppy, after all she was the baby till he came along. She huffs and puffs the whole time they are gone. She can't believe they have the nerve to bring this PUPPY into our home. She swaggers and sways back and forth waiting for mom ad dad to arrive wif Titan. She finally falls asleep, thank goodness she was making me nervous all the pacing, swaggering and swaying, geesh? Where was I again? Oh yeah, Annabelle fell asleep finally, so I had some time to myself to think things through...I decided I was going to be the best big brudder I could be, I know Annabelle and I had a pact, but come on she is my sister and I was finally going to get a brudder and brudders stick together. I puffed out my chest and was ready to tell her my decision when we heard that familiar sound in the driveway, it was moms car, woohoo they are home and they have my brudder wif dem, woohoo! I run around da house looking for daddy's shoe cause if you know me "I have to have a shoe when dey open da door." Mom finally comes in and tells us, it is time to go outside, woohoo we love going outside. Mom gets us ready and we head outside where we find daddy holding a puppy, I guess this would be the aforementioned Titan, but he is so little, so tiny I didn't expect him to be so small. I run up to daddy to say hello, and this tiny little tongue comes out and gives me kisses on my nose, yup "I is a sucker" I knew right then and there dis was the little brudder I dreamed about. I was going to protect him from all da bad stuff and Annabelle. Annabelle came running over to see what all the commotion was about and as she got close she decided she had seen enough and ran the other way, not going near Titan again till morning. She wanted no part of the puppy, she held true to her word. Mom brought Titan in the house gave him food and water and walked him one more time before bed. Titan was placed in the crate for bed, he did not like it at all, he cried and cried, mom never gave in, she tough. Finally he quited down and we all went to sleep, 90 minutes later the crying started again. Mom took him outside and he peed, what a good boy, he was letting us know he needed to go. When he was done, he was placed back in his crate for about another 2 hours then he cried again, and again he was brought outside and he went to the bathroom, he is such a good boy. Morning finally came and we had a chance to meet Titan for more than 10 minutes. He was tiny and nosy. He was sniffing everything including me. He barked at daddy to show he has a voice, it was cute, he tried to sound so powerful, he failed it was a cute little woof instead, hehe. Mom told us we would get to see him more later, that they needed to get Titan washed and off to Boston to see Papa, remember Papa was coming home for his birthday. Titan was very well behaved all day and Papa was so happy to finally meet him, they had the best day together, he was Papa's birthday gift.Titan arrived home around 6pm...I was finally able to play wif him, we ran around like fools. He is energetic and boy can he play, he loves to run and run and run. Finally I had to pull him aside and say " Look, Dude I think your great and I can't wait to get to know you better but I IS 10 YRS OLD, give me a break, I need to rest!" He didn't really understand but mom did, she let me climb up on da bed and closed the door, finally peace and quite time for the Ri_guy, ahhhh. I could hear mom and dad trying to coax Annabelle into at least getting within 10 feet of Titan, yeah no, that did not happen. Annabelle was and still is afraid of the puppy, she is getting better, but it is going to be awhile yet. She was the baby for so long that she is reluctant to share the spotlight. Mom and dad do a great job of having one on one time wif me and Annabelle so we feel loved and important too, they show us everyday we are loved pups. I love to play wif Titan but boy can he get into trouble, I try and keep him out of it, but he is young and fast and moves way faster than I can react, which would explain why he chewed the coffee table before I could get to him, mom understood, she wasn't paying attention either. I love being a big brudder and can't wait to see how things go from here...stay tuned for more adventures in my quest to be da best big brudder ever.

Titan is coming, Titan is coming!! He will be here soon..

Baby brudder is finally on his way

I can't wait, woohoo!!!

HI everyone, I just want to tell you Titan is on his way and will be here in 3 days, WHAT 3 DAYS? OMD dis can't be happening it is so quick, right around da corner. Oh my Oh my Oh my, i must get a few fings in place dat momma needs to take care of...Note to momma ...first we need to get him some kibble, yeah kibble he will like dat and don't forget to get a can of wet food to mix in, cause his odda mommy says he like it like dat, ok? Den we have to get him some chew toys, I will not sit,stand or lay down and BE the chew toy for dis pup, he gonna have to chew on somefin else des ears are closed for business, Annabelle darn near chewed dem raw. Got it chew toys for da teething puppy. Also while you're at it, you need to sanitize da water bottle in da crate, I don't like having da sanitizer on da paws so dis be your job...also, did you remember to have the crate talk wif Annabelle? HMMM? You know da one where you tell her da crate is not hers no more, dat she is a BIG GURL and she needs to share..HAHAHA I crack myself up, Annabelle share? PULLLEESE, she no share nuffin wif me but I share wif her, or rather she take my chewy's and I no put up no fight, so see I share wif her, sotra, right? Did you remember to call Aunie Erin and remind her to come and play wif us on Sunday? We loves when she watches us, she a cool chic, remind her where da cookies are too,K? I love my cookies! Speaking of chew toys, I fink I gonna need one too. I might want to goto my special place and enjoy a chewy and not Be the chewy, hehehehe, see I is a funny pup, I no BE da chewy, Barrooo.

Upgrades

Hi everyone, i has been away from my blog and the internet itself for tha past few days cause momma is making a few changes. She is getting rid of Direct TV and Verzion DSL and getting Comcast, the local cable provider in the area. We are upgrading everything...HD TV,faster internet connection (I will explain this one in a minute) and we are getting a house phone. We used to have a house phone but momma is cheap and couldn't see paying for a phone she never used ($60.00 a month) So Comcast is offering a fantastic bundle package and momma is really excited about it...

the package includes:

*HD programming of 200 channels, cause you know I a pup who likes his tv

(mom leaves it on for me all day everyday, hehehehe)

*DVR service and NESN on demand ....Now for those of you not in the Boston area that is New England Sports Network...Red Sox on Demand,meaning daddy can go to work 3x11pm and come home, hit a button and watch the game (hopefully mom doesn't tell him the score first.)

*Internet connection is way fast...an upgrade from the Verizon DSL we had. Why the upgrade???

Because I going to be a video star!!! Hehehehe, Mom says she has a lot of videos she gonna make starring me, Annabelle and our new brudder Titan, so she need a faster connection.

*House phone....free local and long distance calling in the US, woohoo!

See daddy has a very nice friend who can't understand that after 9pm means after 9pm, not a minute before!!!! So he alone is costing mom a fortune, and using up the minutes on the cell phone, but I digress....we will finally have a phone he or anyone else for that matter,

can call anytime and mom won't flip her cookies.

So there you have the full explanation of why I have not been around the past few days.

Titan

Well I can finally say with all certainty that Titan will officially be a Tagliavia on Sunday July 19,2009.

He is coming to his FURever home. He will arrive one day before my papa's birthday so, he will be his surprise.

He is going to travel all the way to Boston for the day to surprise papa. I think he will make the bestest gift.

Papa already loves him and now he finally gets to meet him, woohoo!

Thank you Rocky and family!

I nos feel good

Hi all, I is not feeling very well today. Mommy had to take me back to the vet so she could look at my leg. My right back leg is very stiff and I has a large mass on the inside of the leg about the size of a peach. The vet took out some fluid and said it was all fluid and that is good means not a growth and it showed signs of allergic reaction to who knows what. Mom was told to keep an eye on me and to give me Benadryl and aspirin and to call if it gets worse.

Vets office

Well I finally had to go, mom would allow me no more excuses,

I went to the vets...but not alone, I made Annabelle go too.

Mom asks us if we want to go for a "RIDE" well duh of course we do...RIDE RIDE RIDE, going for a RIDE! so we get in the Jeep and Daddy is driving, mommy is riding shotgun which I am not happy about, because if it is just me and mom I get to ride shotgun, daddy just doesn't get that this is my Jeep, I am the copilot. We are off and mom says to dad "Can't even begin to imagine what this is going to cost?" My ears perk up, cost??? oh I have a bad feeling, I never cost mommy money unless we are going to buy food or ....the VET???? This can't be good! Daddy continues to drive and finally I see it, the hill, oh no not the hill,

I hate the hill, NOT THE HILL...the hill leads to only one place...The Vet.

Mom gets us out of the car and immediately Annabelle starts doing her Beagle thing and sniffing everything, and I mean everything! Me, I'm a cool pup, I know whats coming, so I try and act tough,

but really me knees are a knocking, big time.

Mom checks us in and they say it will be just a few minutes...a few minutes later we are called into a room, not a very big room mind you, no room to RUN!!! The very nice vet comes in and says "Who wants to go first?" Ahh lady neither of us wants to go at all!!! I decide that I will go first seeing as one of us has to and Annabelle was as close to being out the door without actually being out the door as possible. I climb up on the table and she puts a rope around my neck...lady Doc where do you think I am going to go? The room is exactly 8x8 and you have 2 dogs and 3 people in here, I CAN'T GO ANYWHERE!!! Lady Doc checks my eyes, teeth, gums, back, paws,nubbie, hey lady...I'm good, no need to check the prostate, I pee FINE, no burning, no blood, no pain..get out of there...ooh ooh was I just violated???

After we are done inspecting, yeah that's a better term than VIOLATED...she grabs the needle and says she is going to draw some blood, this is where I puff out my chest and take it like a man, phew that was easy,

till I see the four other needles she says she is going to use for VACCINATIONS!

VIOLATED, BLOOD DRAWN & VACCINATIONS, this my friends was not a fun "RIDE"

After lady Doc is finished I go and get weighed,

I weigh 86.3lbs all muscle no fat...the lady Doc confirmed I is a healthy pup.

No heart worms, my Lyme disease is under control, and not overweight.

This was all repeated for Annabelle however she was not violated, lucky her being a girl. She weighed in at 73.3lbs, she no fat either and deemed HEALTHY.

As bad as it was for us, it was worse for mom and dad...

it cost them $447.28,

That'll teach 'em.

Mom and dad took us out for munchkins after, yummy!