Lauryn's new room

Some of you know we decorated Lauryn's room this summer. She got to pick a lot of the items and even painted some herself while she was here. My mom finished her curtains with Lauryn's details this summer. She also has several "custsom" items like her pillows.

Take a look at the pictures.

We hope you love it as much as she does.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kim.gossett/LaurynSNewRoom#slideshow/5375904245459936642

Marley and Me

Have you seen the movie "Marley and Me"? that is this week's poll question. That is the question because...... well we did.

David rented it for us this weekend. And if you've seen it you know I cried. A LOT!!

Marley died because her stomach fliped over inside her, it is called bloat. Big dogs get it, and we didn't want Winnie to get it and die from it so we had her stomach "tacked" to her rib cage.

At the end of the movie when they had to have Marley put to sleep it reminded me so much of Bailey. It was really hard to watch, but it made me appreciate Winnie and her surgery a lot more. I feel like we are more prepared this time.

Thanks to everyone who suggested the surgery ahead of time for prevention. Thanks especially to Steve (my brother in law) who explained it and really helped make the decision easy.

If you haven't seen the movie, it is good, and very well done. It is just hard to watch, espeically if you have a dog.

Day 4

So.......................we did it!!! We (Winnie and I) walked / jogged Tuesday night. That wasy day 4. I think it is suppose to get easier but not yet. I know if we can make it to 21 days the habit will be in place but, I just don't know if I can get there!!!



We tried jogging at night, and it was ok, not to hot, but still hotter than the morning. Although in the morning it is so dark that is no fun either. We didn't go far, Missy (our next door neighbor) and her dog Lilly went with us. So Winnie and Lilly got to run together.

Neither of us walked or jogged last night, it finally rained!!! Yeah! Although I thought it would be a great night to do it since it cooled off so much, but it was just to humid. Oh well!

Day 5 of this endevor was Thursday morning (today). Thankfully David got up early and took care of Winnie so it was just me, and I did it! I did the walk / jog on my own!

So I've made it to day 5! Anyway, stay tuned to see if we can make the habit stick :)

Winnie Update

Winnie is 6 months old today! We can hardly believe it. The time has gone so fast, and yes I can hear all of you out there who aren't "dog people" thinking I am crazy, but time really has flown.

She moved in with us about 2 or 3 months ago when she was probably 20 or 30 pounds. Now at 6 months she is almost full grown and weighs about 80 pounds. David measured her a week ago and he said she will probably still grow about 7 inches at her sholder.

She has changed our lives so much, or at least mine. One thing she and I do together everyday is see the sun rise! Can you believe it? We take our morning walk before I go to work, and lately we have gotten to see the sunrise. A few days ago it was beautiful pink and yellow, and believe it or not I wasn't even upset to be awake so early!! Of course her naps are nice also! She still takes several on the weekends.

Another great thing about Winnie is she is helping me jog. This weekend we started walking / jogging together. We are on day 3 today. Each day it gets a little easier, but of course at first my legs feel like lead. I don't think she ever feels that way. She takes off so fast, and runs full speed ahead!!

Keep checking back, we'll post some new pictures soon, maybe even some play date pictures with Lilly.

Everyone think wonderful thoughts about our amazing, and huge, puppy and wish her a happy half birthday!

Sprinkler Park

One of the last day's when Karen and the girls were here we went to the "Sprinkler Park" for lack of a better term. It is a park full of things that throw water everywhere. Can you believe this place is here and free???



The girls LOVED it!! Lauryn had been there before, so she showed them around. And OF COURSE Papa Mick got involved! So he is in a few of the pictures.



These were taken on the speed setting, so there may be a few that look the same, but the camera takes 8 pictures per second! so there are lots!

http://picasaweb.google.com/kim.gossett/SprinklerPark#slideshow/5369634395495075810

Winnie's new thing

Apparently our dog is crazy....

Dancing Girls

Another video of Reilly and Taylor

Dress Up

The last day before the girls (Reilly and Taylor) left they played dress up and danced around. Karen and Mom got them these Dance outfits and they played in my shoes. They tried to make as much noise as possible! Please ignore me talking in the background.

Winnie and Lauryn

As requested here are some pictures from tonight so you can all compare how big Winnie is to Lauryn. Here are the girls stats:

Lauryn is 7 (almost 8 years old) and weighs about 65 pounds
Winnie is 5 months old and weighs about 70 pounds -- and she is only about 1/2 as big as she will be full grown.

Here are the pictures

http://picasaweb.google.com/kim.gossett/Winnie5MonthsAndLauryn#slideshow/5367024941349763186

Pink-a-licous

We had an all Pink Party last week! It was inspired by the book Pinkalicous. In the book the girl loves pink so she eats everything Pink and then turns Pink. All the girls came wearing Pink and we read the book, had Pink cupcakes, and Pink covered Rice Krispie treats. Here are a few pictures.

http://picasaweb.google.com/kim.gossett/PinkALicious#slideshow/5365887328947612882

New pictures

We took all three girls today to a new picture place called Portrait Inovations (I think). They gave us a CD so here are a few pictures, they are all so good it is hard to choose.