So far, the dogs have been very good with Maggie. Palmer loves her, and Brin for the most part, just ignores her.

However, thanks to Palmer, I had my first traumatizing mommy moment... This happened when she was 5 days old.

Mom and dad were here visiting and she was wearing a sleeper sack. All of the sudden, I notice Palmer chewing on something. I told him to drop it and he did. It was her cord. I threw up in my mouth a little and cried.

Enough said.

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Bill's mom and dad have geese that frequent their back yard. The dogs LOVE to chase the geese. In fact, when you ask Palmer if he wants to "get the goose" he gets insanely excited and runs to the door, barking.

Palmer loves spring almost as much as I do. We were looking for the eagle, driving slowly with the windows down. He was enjoying the fresh air with his eyes closed. I think this is what pure joy looks like:-)

so warm...

Brin got biffer's old coat. Also a little tight. More walks, maybe?

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bundled up

I put this hoodie on palmer. It's a little tight. "fat dog in a little coat"

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deep sea diver Brin

If you remember, Brin fell into the lake and I had to save her a couple months ago. Mom got her a submarine outfit for Christmas. Love it!

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crazy ears palmer

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The dogs, howling and being cute :-)

Bill and I went fishing yesterday and again today. We were using minnows and catching a ton (I caught way more than he did :-). We were just fishing in the canal behind his mom and dad's house and Bill goes inside to help his mom and dad pack up the car. All of the sudden, I hear a giant SPLASH... Brin fell in. The canal is a good 2 or 3 feet below the edge, so for me to lift an 80 pound dog by her collar/skin on her neck while laying on my stomach in the mud was pretty unlikely. Brin also showed me that she sucks at swimming when under pressure-so I'm trying to hold her head above water. So at this point, I'm screaming for Bill to come help. He comes down from the house and can't stop laughing long enough to help me hoist her up. He finally helps me, we get her up on land (not before she soaks me from head to toe). It was not funny at the time, but is since she's okay. It was an eventful fishing fiasco for sure.
*Walking fail for Brin*

*Sigh*

I made a tutu for Annika's 3rd birthday and someone had to model it...

My nephew, Zander and Brin Brin (or NuNu as he calls her) are best friends.

I kind of like him too :-)

Brin modeling Lexie's tutu.

"Palmer... Really?!?"

Palmer feels the need to snuggle when in the car- Brin's pretty patient with him, even though he's usually taking up 3/4 of the back seat and crowding her.

such posers...

We spent the day out on the boat- Palmer was very nervous at first and Brin just loved it. We stopped at the beach and took the dogs swimming too- Palmer has never been swimming but did very well! He looked like a little otter!

Bill and I went fishing tonight and had so much fun- He caught a ton, I caught 6! very proud of myself!

Brin got really into watching for the fish! She'd stand right by bill and watch very closely...

one of my big catches :-)

Palmer tried to eat the fish- I screamed and he was scared of fish from that point on... oops!

Bill caught a bass- I was impressed... because I was more into catching the Miller variety

Sharon, Lindsey, Bill and I are signing up for the Rescue Run as a team... We need a creative team name- it's a 5k to raise money for pet rescue shelters... any ideas?

Bathtime pathetic-ness