January 8, 2012 - Bacchus & Bailey

Georgia's arrival into our lives more than two years ago made my husband's and my life amazingly better... in ways we never knew were lacking. Those of you who are parents will know exactly what I mean. All the sudden this little, screaming, red-faced baby enriched our lives to the millionth degree and made us a complete family.

However, I can't say her arrival did the same for two others in our family - Bacchus and Bailey - our dogs. Before Georgia, they pretty much ruled the house, got attention and playtime all the time and treats pretty regularly. But Georgia knocked them right out of their thrown without so much as an "I'm sorry." Georgia's arrival was a complete shock and rude awakening for our two four-legged babies.

It has taken awhile - many days of hair pulling, ear yanking, nose poking, scary screams and laughs at the top of her lungs, toy snatching and the like - but I think Bacchus and Bailey are finally coming around to this "new" family member. Sometimes, she ain't all that bad.

By the way, this is Bailey.
Bacchus is an old man and not always up to getting in on the fun.


And Georgia is having a pretty good time with the dogs too!


Even daddy is getting in on the fun...


I mean, that's almost a dog smile, isn't it? ... almost...

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Monkey See, Monkey... You Know!

Just when I thought Georgia seemed to be mimicking (or trying to) everything I did, she put that sucker on warp speed and somehow started copying everything even more. Holy crap! I brush my teeth, she wants to brush her teeth. I brush my hair, she brushes her hair. I eat my cereal, she wants to eat my cereal. I use the TV remote, she uses the TV remote (successfully, I might add!!). I type on my laptop, she types on my laptop and deletes or somehow messes up everything I had open. Sometimes she even changes things that I have no idea how to change back, gosh darn! I load the dish washer, she tries to load dishes (this one will come in handy one day). I blow my nose, she blows her nose. We'll end with the bodily function examples there. :) The list is never-ending, let me tell you, and something tells me it will get longer and longer. I'm already telling myself I really need to watch that language in the car, or before long I'll hear the parrot in the back seat, "get out of the f****** fast lane you slow a** son of a b****!!" Oh Lord no!

Today, in addition to all the scrutiny I receive from that tiny pair of eyes, the dogs fell into her cross hairs as well. I let them back into the house from the backyard, and they quickly stopped to lick up some Cheerios Georgia had dropped on the floor. I shooed them away and turned around to find this:

So the dogs lick things up off the floor, Georgia has to lick things up off the floor. Yeah! Thank goodness I don't have to worry about the dog's language as well. I just hope I don't find Georgia trying to lift her leg on a tree one day.

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September 30, 2010 - She Loves Turkey, Right?

So why doesn't Georgia want to be a turkey head? My husband picked up this lovely turkey hat from Target the other day, and I thought a picture of Georgia wearing it would make a very cute Thanksgiving card for our family members. (those family members reading this, keep reading before you get your hopes up) Did I get the desired picture...

Yeah, no. I was lucky to get her in the same shot with it. But she was more than happy to give me shots like this...

And this...

Um, yeah, I don't know.

Then Bailey decided the turkey hat was getting too much attention, so he snuck in the shot just as I was snapping it.

And he would... just... not... leave.

Then Bailey just pushed Georgia right out of the shot. Camera hog... or dog. (forgive me, it's late)

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