We got Lilly some treats when we first bought supplies for her. Well, those treats were really kind of hard and didn't break in half well. I stopped and picked up some softer treats tonight and set Kaden out to cut them up so they were a better size for a puppy.
DAY 306 - November 2, 2009
Just too cute to pass up for picture of the day! Lilly is doing great! She got me up once her 1st night with us and then slept through the night last night. We're working very hard on potty training her and have had only a few accidents. We are taking her out ALL THE TIME though but she's getting used which door to go out and where to go potty. Currently we're taking her across the street to the grassy area near the pond. Right now she's not really happy with her leash but I'm sure in a few days she'll get used to it.
DAY 305 - November 1, 2009
We went to a tailgate put on my Tim Motsinger who is running for Marion County Sheriff. It was a fun event and, besides Tim Motsinger, Lilly was the star of the show. The boys really had fun showing her off.
They were having a raffle for some Indiana Pacers (NBA Basketball) tickets as well as a pair of tickets for the Colts game this afternoon. Kaleb was in charge of our 4 tickets...one for everyone. Kaden and I were hanging with Lilly, Doug was talking to someone, and Kaleb was patiently checking our numbers. They drew 2 winners for 2 sets of Pacers tickets...we didn't have those numbers. Then they drew for the pair of Colts tickets. Well, wouldn't you know it, Kaleb held up his hand and said we won. Sure enough we'd won the ticket! It was very exciting BUT very disappointing at the same time. While we could have gone to the game because our afternoon was free, it was only a pair of tickets. The last time Doug had been to a Colts game was something like 1985 and the 3 of us have never been. They also just built a BEAUTIFUL new stadium which would be really neat to see...not to mention going to a Colts game! Anyway, there was no way Doug could pick one of the boys to go leaving the other one with me. We decided to auction the tickets off and donate the money to Tim Motsinger's campaign. Whoever bought them got them for a steal...they were $120 tickets (each) in the front row and they only got $150 for the pair. Oh well...it was the right thing to do.
As a result of that whole situation we ended up talking to the guy that donated that pair of tickets to the campaign. Turns out he was willing to give, yes I said GIVE, us 4 tickets to a later game...Doug would just have to call him next week to see what tickets he had left for which game.
**Update: Doug got a call back from "Colts ticket guy" and WE GOT TICKETS! Doug and I are SO EXCITED! They're for the December 6th game against the Tennessee Titans. We haven't told the boys yet and really want to make it a big deal for them. This is something we've never done before and probably won't do for a very long time again...if ever! So...SHHHHH! Don't tell them! Only 1 minor detail is yet to be worked out. Doug is scheduled to work that day but we're hoping someone will be willing to trade with him. This type of thing doesn't happen very often.
DAY 304- October 31, 2009
I can hardly stand all the activities and happenings today...almost too much in one day! To sum it up...it's Halloween day, Doug's off work, and we got a new puppy today. We've been looking for an English bulldog for the past couple months and feel that we have exhausted every avenue possible. The basic consensus is that if you want an English Bulldog be prepared to pay an arm and a leg, travel far to get it, or both. Well, we love English Bulldogs...we want a pet. We don't want a show dog with an incredible pedigree and champion parents. We just want a cute, stocky, snorting and snoring pet. That's it. Jump now to Doug's conversations with a local breeder that breeds English and American bulldog mixes. We found our solution...we get a stocky, cute and not so snorting or snoring pet with much fewer health problems at a reasonable cost. We'd been talking about getting one of his 3/4 English and 1/4 American bulldog mixes but the female hadn't gotten pregnant yet and we were getting impatient. He hadn't called us back in a while so Doug went out on a limb and called him. Turns out he had a 9-week old female that was a 1/2 English and 1/2 American bulldog mix available. We did a little research and went to see an adult 50:50 mix like that and liked her build so we then went to see the puppy (that we knew we'd end up getting that day if we went to see her). Of course we all fell in love with her and had her in the car and on our way to the pet store within about 30 minutes. Here are some pictures of her...we named her Lilly...Lilly Abigail Wood. The boys (as well as Doug and I) just love her to pieces!
So, our busy day continues with Halloween and trick-or-treating. The boys dressed up quickly since we were busy playing with Lilly and lost track of time and our friends showed up to go through the neighborhood with us. Here are all the boys...Riley is the skeleton, Ritchie is next as some scary creature (I asked him but have forgotten what he said...I thought he said he was a mummy though), Kaden is a "phantom with fading eyes" and Kaleb is a bleeding skeleton. As you can tell, we've long outgrown the cute little Halloween costumes and have moved on to the scary ones!
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