You know you're out of shape when...

Willie was at school last night so when I got home from work, I quickly changed clothes, then went running with Sawyer in our Jogging stroller and Giacomo by my side. I'll admit, I only ran about 1 mile and I'm by no means used to this so I wasn't very speedy...

You know you're out of shape when...you go jogging with your dachshund, only to look over and find him WALKING, with an occasional little run in between to pass me up again. Granted, he does have longer legs than most dachshunds, but still...show off.

Somebody's in the Doghouse...

...and his name is Giacomo.

This lucky little dog gets to go to my parent's house every Friday and spend all day there since they don't work on Fridays and volunteered to take care of Sawyer. Yesterday, in his first 5 minutes there, he dug an enormous hole...you can't really tell the depth of it from the picture, but it's at least 2 feet deep. He's lucky he's cute.

THEN, he did the unthinkable. I arrived about 4:30 and stayed for awhile. Sawyer was getting tired so I started rocking him with his pacifier and I asked where his donkey was. Donkey is his new ultra soft stuffed animal that Danika gave him for Christmas. He likes to snuggle it up to his face when he goes to sleep and he's become quite attached to him already. We've named him Don Quixote and last night he was no where to be found. We looked ALL over the house. Then my dad got in the car and drove down the street and back looking for him, thinking he fell out of the stroller when they went walking. Nope. Nothin. It was dark, and Don Quixote was missing. My dad became search and rescue and got his industrial strength flash light and went searching the 1/2 acre yard. Low and behold, Don Quixote was left in the dirt to fend for himself all night by none other than the little brown bomber (that's what my dad calls Giacomo). We also found 2 other toys out there and my mom's dog never takes his toys outside. At least Giac doesn't rip his toys up...he just hides them. That Giacomo...

Reunited and it feels so good...

Here's Don Quixote back with Harry Elefante once again. Sawyer also has a rocking horse named Hoof Hearted. We like to name his animals for him :)

Come to think of it, this week Giacomo also stole my breakfast on Wednesday and played tag inside the car when I had to leave for work (I was it). Once again, he's lucky he's so stinkin cute but he's still in the doghouse.

Happy 2nd Birthday Giacomo!

Giacomo turned 2 on December 18th so we had a little party for him with our family and a few friends. We approprietly had hot dogs since he's a dachshund, and I made cupcakes that looked like him. Giacomo is a wonderful dog and we love him so much...it was a fun evening!

Giacomo cupcakes...

One thing that Giac LOVES is "his baby." He and Sawyer are good buddies and Giacomo loves to plant kisses on him as often as possible. He's also very protective of Sawyer :) Such a good dog...

and one thing Sawyer LOVES is watching Giacomo yawn. Maybe because his mouth is so big or his teeth look so interesting, but Sawyer just laughs at him and that makes Giacomo happy.

The Pals...

This is currently Giacomo's favorite spot...right in front of the heater! It's really cute to see him stretched out in front of it :)

Happy Birthday Giacomo...we love you!!

Quite the Little Ham

So Jennifer and I were trying to do a photo shoot of Sawyer, who was not looking even slightly tired, so we decided to take a break from baby posing and see how Giacomo fared. It turns out he LOVES the camera and all the attention. He literally just laid wherever we put him and posed for each picture. We still adore Giac and he still gets plenty of love!

The Boys

Here's Giacomo with his buddy Ronald Weasley. Ronald is a pretty calm dog...but we've realized that Giac is definitely not!

Baby G

Here are a few of Baby G's favorite things...

Our bed: He doesn't get to sleep with us (yet) but occasionally he gets to jump in bed with me after Willie leaves for work. He LOVES it!

So, Anna has to show me how to rotate pictures, sorry!

Belly Rubs: Even from strangers. I looked out the door on Tuesday and saw the DISH guy rubbing Giac's tummy. I think baby G made a new friend!

Paper & Socks...he loves 'em.

And of Course...Plants: Pretty much any kind, as long as it has leaves or petals to rip off.

And the grand finale...his most favorite of all...

His Bed: He wants it with him at all times while in the house. We have a lot of stairs (43 to be exact) and he barks at us if he's on a level without his bed. Every morning he stretches and yawns and makes cute puppy sounds. Have I mentioned how much he LOVES his bed?

He also loves his hedgehog, his frog, playing soccer, and playing with much bigger dogs just to name a few...

A few of Giac's not so favorite things...

He hates getting his nails clipped (little daggers as we call them), having to go outside at night to pee (so we got him a jacket but he hated that too), being on a leash, people not paying enough attention to him, and people paying too much attention to him (like the stranger yesterday who tried holding his cheeks and forcing kisses out of him) (he refused but turned around and gave me a ton of kisses instead) (she came to the conclusion that he was a momma's boy) (I'm pretty sure he just didn't like that--although he is pretty fond of me, except of course when I try cutting his daggers).

Giacomo

Giacomo is our newest addition... and we love him. He is a chocolate brown dachshund who's 12 weeks old and already knows how to fetch, sometimes shake, and poop outside (usually). We appreciate that! I should have started counting the number of times people ask me if he's a chocolate lab. His best friend Zoe is a chocolate lab and Giac looks like "Mini Me" next to her. I'll post the 2 of them together someday soon...