How?

How is it that in 23 short days my little girl will be 4 years old?!  I won't go into any sort of update now, you'll have to wait for that, but just know that this little one is busy!!



 

She will slow down for Indy though, these two still meet on the kitchen floor to sun bathe daily :0) 

Inversion

I mentioned before that for the past 2 weeks we hadn't really seen the sun in Salt Lake.  What that really meant was that the inversion was so bad that the nasty, smoggy, pollution thick air was almost unbreathable, so to get out of it we were driving up to Park City almost daily for some fresh air.  This was one such day when I loaded everyone up and we headed out. 

A whole lotta love

After spending five months in Vermont, Indy came home last month.  Not to humanize him, but I'm sure the first time we all left the house and he was alone he breathed a sigh of relief :0)  Being home is quite different for him than being with Carol and Urs, but what we lack in acres to roam, no kids, and a strict feeding schedule we make up for in love :0)  Kate and Cole especially love Indy, and they show him quite often!

 

 

He's always stays put for a hug.

 



 

Cole loves getting in on the action!  In fact Cole was more than excited the morning that he woke up and Indy was here!  He (Cole) didn't stop barking all morning, and still a month later when he sees Indy he says dog, dog, and sometimes gives a little woof!

 



 

He's such a good boy!



Excuses, excuses...

I know, I know, it's been a while...but I do have some great excuses :0) Last week I was a full-time working mom...actually I was in class, but it was basically the same thing. Class was from 8-5 with a 45 minute commute each way. How do people do that?! WOW!! Then there's this new camera situation...I haven't actually had time to figure it out yet, so I don't love the pictures that I've taken (so I don't want to post them). Yes, I have the old camera, but I can't use that anymore... Let's see, what else?...oh, of course I got sick after running like crazy last week...icing on the cake I guess. And does being pregnant count for anything?!? :0)

Kate LOVES Indy! She had just seen someone petting their dog on the TV, and said "I have to pet my dog!" He, of course got to reap the benefits of the impromptu pet :0)

Nap

Indy can no longer sunbathe in peace. He used to lie on the kitchen floor for hours completely undisturbed...that is no longer the case. He does do a really good job of ignoring her though... And after many attempts at waking him up from "sweep", Kate decided that if you can't beat 'em, you might as well join 'em!

Christmas in Montana

After an unexpected change in plans, Kate and I headed up to Montana without Marc to spend the week before Christmas with my family (he met us later in the week and we all drove home together). Unfortunately, Kate was sick most of the trip so it put a damper on all the fun activities we had planned like playing in the snow and Christmas shopping, but after a trip to the doctor and a round of antibiotics she was at least ready for Christmas morning. As usual, I was lacking in the picture department...something I continue to beat myself up over every time we see family...you think I'd learn! So there are no pictures with grandma and grandpa, aunts and uncles, or even mom and dad! Maybe this is something I should add to my resolution list...

A rare moment...Kate smiling on command...I think she did it for grandma!

Sharing

Kate and I made some brownies for Dad the other day. Kate was especially helpful with the cleanup! :0)

Yum! Brownie batter!

While I did some actual cleanup, Kate thought it was hilarious to share her batter with Indy.

What a good little sharer!

Katie Bjorn

Kate thought this baby holder up all by herself...she was wearing her vest and she was trying to figure out a way to get her baby in it. When I saw what she was doing, I gave her a little help, and we managed to get her baby stored in there nice and snug so he wouldn't just slide right out. Kate was excited to be carrying him around the house like that...and Indy, well, he just was excited to pose in the picture!

Blow Indy blow

Kate was trying to get Indy to blow bubbles the other day. Of course he wasn't interested, but you can see that she was really cracking herself up over it.

Demonstration

Thank you Kate, for demonstrating how Indy drinks out of his water bowl!

Good times

I was giving Indy some goldfish crackers last night, and Kate just thought that was hilarious. I was glad that she kept up that belly laugh for the camera. Is that not the best sound?!?!

Drinking age

Indy turns 3 today...that's 21 in dog years! Here he is, the cute little puppy we drove 2 hours in rush hour traffic to get (you might say that was bad planning...). We saw this picture on KSL and knew that he was what we were looking for. Turned out to be a great choice!

Found you!

I'm know I've mentioned it before, but Kate LOVES Indy! This morning he tried to escape her, but she quickly found him in the bedroom and was more than happy to give him some love...lucky for him, she's getting much better at being gentle.

Push it

I mentioned in her update that Kate has been walking around behind stuff, so here's a little video of it. And once again Indy tries to steal the show, but gets out of the shot a little faster this time.

Double trouble

We watched Mabel the other day while Kris and Pat took in a movie. The girls have been together a lot in the past week and they are really starting to play well together...it's no longer one sided...and it is SO cute!

Poor Indy, he was out numbered. It's his own fault though, I told him to stay on his bed. Notice the girls in their matching shirts...how cute is that?!

Mabel LOVES Kate and has been trying to kiss her a lot.

She also enjoys hugging her!

Dishwasher

Kate has become quite interested in the dishwasher and loves to come over whenever I open it up. Coincidentally Indy loves the dishwasher too, so now I have two "people" coming over whenever I open it. One wants to play with the silverware...dirty or not (or pie plates if mom lets her), and the other one wants to lick the plates!

A walk with mom

We have a long drive ahead of us this week, and I am trying to tire Indy out before we go. So yesterday with my yak-trax on and Kate bundled up in the backpack we headed to the dog park.

Indy has a love/hate relationship with the cold and snow. He loves it and gets more energetic as the temperature drops, but poor guy has no hair so he's always shivering.

Here's Kate all bundled up for the winter like weather. She is so good in the backpack and usually doesn't even make a peep...a bad peep that is, because she babbles non-stop! Even yesterday when I miscalculated a duck under some really snowy branches and we got covered she didn't make a sound...she's such a happy camper!

She'll have what he's having

Let me start by saying that you and I both know what happens here, and instead of stopping it before it happened I took advantage of a funny photo op...I won't be doing that again!

YUM! Dog food!

You see where this is going?...

Yup, there it goes. She tipped it over, and poor Indy was looking like hey that's MY food baby!

Of course I had to get one more picture, but quickly intervened before she ACTUALLY ate any dog food...and let poor Indy eat the rest of his food in peace.

Making his Splash Dogs debut

Over Labor Day weekend we headed up to Soldier Hollow because they hosted the Sheepdog Championship and Country Festival including Splash Dogs, an event that you can bring your dog to and have them jump off this dock to compete for the farthest jump. We missed it last year and had been waiting for our chance to bring Indy. This was his second jump, not as good as his first which was 15 feet 11 inches, but still not bad. Looks like he took off from the dock too early on this one. It was a really fun day...overcast and a little rainy...but perfect, because if the sun were out it would have been way too hot to be outside all day! We are already looking forward to bringing Indy up there again next year!

Friends

Kate and Indy were fast friends from the beginning, but Kate has been taking a greater interest in him lately. She is testing the waters here to see if she can reach him...you can see how she scooted herself down to get closer to her friend...

Almost there...

I think her feet are under his chin.

I'm amazed that he just lays there and takes it...because she's not just putting her feet on him, she's kicking too.

Got him!