Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, Furiends!

Since Puddles Mentioned It...

Furiends. We, the MilShelb, are 6 years old. We will be 7 in April. In our (almost) 7 years we have moved 6 times. This move will be our 7th (if our house ever sells). Let us explain.

You see, our pawrents are (fairly) young. Well, ok, not anymore but they were when they brought us home. They were not even married or lived in the same home or even engaged when we came around... but they knew they needed us, for sure! So, when we first came home we lived with Mom and her roomie and 2 cats. Mom and Dad were both in college.

Next we moved in with Dad a couple of months after we first came to Mom's house. Then we moved back with Mom but in another house when she moved to a place by herself after her roomie got married. 

Finally Mom and Dad got married and we all go to live together and we moved to a different place (a house with a fenced in yard finally) and a different town (the town where Gma and Gpa live).

Then, Mom and Dad couldn't find jobs there so we moved back to our town after Mom found a job there. (That's house number 5.) That was a rental house, too.

Now, we live in a house our pawrents bought and were told it was our forever house... But not so fast. Because Dad gots a job where Gma and Gpa live now and we are stuck here with just Mom a lot. (Dad comes home randomly for a day or two here and there and as often as he can.) When the school year is over (Mom's a teacher-remember) we will all (hopefully, if the house sells) be moving into our 7th (and better be final) house together. Phew!

Lots of moving!

It's crazy! They asked us what we want in our next house and we said a big yard and a big house. We will let you know how they deliver on that request. 

In case you forgot how cute I am, here's one of me taking a nap today next to my Mom. :)

Having Fun!

Furiends. We can't remember if we told you, so of we did we will tell you again... We are selling our house and moving. We are excited! Did you know that when you sell your house you cannot be there when the strangers come to see it?? Isn't that just the strangest thing? I mean, Mil and me spend our whole day keeping strangers out and our Mom is just letting them in! She says people won't buy a house they can't see first. (This from the lady who moved us to Florida for a day to live in a house she only saw on the computer before she rented it...) Anywho, Mom takes us out of the house when these people come and we get to go to Petsmart. So, Friday that is what we did. We went to Petsmart and I (Shelby) pooted so bad I stunk up the store and Mom said she was "mortified". What an exaggeration! She was just embarrassed because people probably thought it was her! Uh, sorry Mom but I did just have an operation on my booty. Gah!

Happy Birthday, Mom!

There's only one person I love more than myself (or Milly or Daddy) and that is my Mama! Today is Mom's birthday. 

Happy Birthday, Mom!

I love you and Milly and Daddy do, too!

Happy Birthday Grandmama!

Today is our Grandmama's 83rd birthday. Our Grandmama is actually our great grandmother, but we call her Grandmama. 

Here's me and Grandmama on Christmas!

Here's my Mom and Grandmama earlier this year. 

We love our grandmama!!

Christmas

On the way to Gma and Gpa's house! 

Before we left we got to open our gifts from Santa. The pictures are blurry because there was so much excitement!

We got some great stuff! We got 2 Nylabones each, a bag of Greenies, a Minnie Mouse, a Fozzy Bear, a new Dachshund toy each, and some other odds and ends. :) Mom says that she and Santa must have a different definition of "good." Whatever. She's just jealous!

At Gma's we each got another Nylabone and a toy. Milly got a new pink puppy (thank goodness) and I got the crunchy brown cow toy that you put water bottles in. I love it!

We had lots of fun at Gma and Gpa's and Mom spent most of her time trying to keep me calm. I did pretty good, though!

Mom forgot my medicine at Gma's so after we got all the way home (1 hour and 15 minutes trip) she had to go all the way back and get it. She was super annoyed! 

Anyhow, overall it was a great Christmas! Mom even got this super cute sleep short that says "sleeps with dogs". We will post a picture of that later. We also have more pictures from Christmas at Gma and Gpa's to share another day. 

Shelby update: Shelby is doing well. She hasn't been able to wear the cone much but that's ok because (I) Mom has (have) been home. She figured out how to take it off! What an escape artist! Anyhow, her stitches are still ok and are the dissolvable kind. She hasn't even really tried to lick, which is great! When she has even looked like she was going to we stopped her. We will keep you posted. I am very hopeful that this surgery will be the end of this craziness with her anal gland. Poor girl!! 

She's Home

She's home!! She was such a diva at the vet that they moved her from a small kennel to a big one because Mom told them she isn't used to being crated and maybe that was the problem. Then, she was still "chatty " with them so the surgeon finally climbed in the kennel with her to get her to calm down! What a brat!

Here's Mom:

She was thrilled to be on the way to get Shelby!

Mom gave in and took the cone/collar off for now because Shelby kept crying and looked so tired. Now she's sleeping on Mom's lap. They said she basically needs to be on bed rest so that's what she's doing. They also said she needs to go potty on a leash. That should be funny because Shelby hates being on a leash. 

Wish us luck!! Thank you for your thoughts and kind words.

And Merry Christmas to everyone!