Showing posts with label Abby's birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abby's birthday. Show all posts

Thursday, December 12, 2013

Throwback Thursday: Abby


Today, my sister Abby turns 4.  Seriously.  She's four.  According to all the dog books I've chewed on read, doggies are supposed to be adult and mature-like by the time they are four years old.

Abby has clearly not read these books.

"Who ya calling 'mature'?  Huh?"
*sigh*

I have a feeling that Abby is going to be a goof-a-doodle for her entire life.  But I love her anyway.  She IS my sister, and my bestest buddy.


So, in honor of my sister and to recognize the day of her birth, I present

Abby, the Early Days

At 5 weeks old, Abby wasn't quite 'done' yet, but Mom and Dad got their first glimpse of her.

She was already a handful!
At 8 weeks old, Abby was foisted upon us ready to go home
TaiChi the Wise immediately identified Abby as a trouble-maker and kept a watchful eye on little Lard-Butt

Dad, meanwhile, encouraged Abby's inherent goofiness.
I attempted to teach Abby about having respect for her elders...

Unfortunately, the only thing Abby seemed to learn was how to employ Jaws of Doom (yes, that is me, hiding from her)

Respect for her elders?  Yeah, um, so Abby never learned that lesson.

"Mom?  I have to put up with this thing for how long?!?"
"Abby, I'm going to eat you, and yet you are stepping on me, oblivious to my Jaws of Doom."  *sigh*
But Abby quickly learned  how to play like a real dog.

And as soon as she got the ear-flappage going, I knew I was going to like her.
"Abs, let me introduce you to this stuff called 'snow'"

She took to the snow like a doodle should, and the rest is history!
Happy birthday, Abby!   You are a cracker dog, and a whack-a-doodle, but you're the best big little sister a girl could have!

My, how you've grown!
"You're still going to have to wear the dreaded birthday hat, though..."



*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Birthday Hippobottomus

Sunday, December 16, 2012

A Funballs Time Snowy Weekend

We are currently under a 'winter weather watch'.  That is supposed to last until Wednesday morning.  Mom would prefer that the snow contain itself to the weekends, so she doesn't have to commute in the snow, while I think Dad would prefer that the snow fall everywhere but on the driveway...  Heehee.  In spite of the dire threats of snow, we've only received about 6 inches of snow so far, but it has been enough to make for a funballs weekend!

These first photos are from Saturday afternoon, when we had gotten a little bit of snow, but it wasn't actively snowing.


Mom says she has 87 million versions of this photo.  I have no idea what she's talking about.  As usual.

Life is GOOD!
We did have a doggie class Saturday morning, but Mom *gasp* actually forgot the camera.  Which is too bad, as we were 'door greeters' - being all mellow and well-behaved while people and their doggies came into Petco.  We could totally be greeters!  (Assuming we were well-supplied with treats, of course.)

As we got more snow on and off, we got to spend more time playing frisbee.






"Are we sharing, or just pausing in tug-of-war?" "Let's go with sharing.  It sounds better!"  "Roger that!"
Heehee.

Mom also spent a lot of time getting close-ups of us.  She seems to be a big fan of these photos, and occasionally we will play along...




Biggify those for maximum oooohing and aaahing!  Heehee!

After pausing for photo shoots, we got more frisbee time in.


Abby the Action Dog in action!
After a great weekend of walkies in snow, and funballs frisbee times, Mom decided it was time to celebrate Abby's birthday, even though Abby did not miraculously become a well-behaved, mature dog when she turned 3 years old on December 12th.  I was all for celebrating Abby's birthday because a) I always get cake, and b) I don't have to wear the birthday hat.  (Seriously, The Things We Do to Amuse Mom...)

Are you happy now?  Good.  Get this thing off me so I can have some cake.
I mentioned cake, right?  Mom actually makes bone-shaped muffins (yes, she has a special muffin pan just for us - why wouldn't she?!?), but they are Most Tasty.  A carrot-peanut butter-honey concoction with cream cheese and peanut butter 'frosting'.  They seriously rock.

At least Mom had a real candle for Abby this year - last year Mom had to write '2' on a card and stick it on another candle!
Cake!  (With our best 'baby-bird' impressions.)

The birthday girl

Nom, nom nom!
Most nommy, and Mom did not lose ANY fingers!  Heehee!

And for those of you who are having snow-envy, I think we've got a window of clear-ish weather to get Air Fiona out to pick you up!

*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus