"I think she loves me"

Angel absolutely loves it when daddy gets home from work. In fact, she loves it when he gets back home from anywhere! She waits for him to sit down, then climbs right up his belly just to wash his face in kisses. One day when he was resting on the bed, she climbed up there and sat right on him. She looked over with those beautiful "milk dud" eyes and slurped him right on the face. Steve looked up at me with a big smile on his face and said simply, " I think she loves me." Yeah, she does....and he's pretty in love with her too! It's hard to even remember what it was like when she first got here almost 6 months ago, when she wouldn't come near him for 5 weeks! We're making progress, for sure!

Always Waiting

Angel is so funny...whenever I go outside without her, she scrambles around to each window, trying to find me! This picture is a little confusing, but it was actually taken from the outside! She was on the back of the chair looking for me in the backyard. Crazy dog!

If you look real closely, you can see Angel's little face in the sidelight! She doesn't miss a beat.

Angel often puts herself in precarious positions just to make sure she's close by at all times. She actually had to be rescued from the bar stool because she got stuck in there!

Poor girl. Always waiting for me to come back, even if I'm just out feeding the birds or shaking the rugs. She's such a loyal little scout!

Bubble Bath

Angel survived her bath! And her crazy haircut from her amateur groomer mommy...This dog does NOT like her bath much at all. She's pretty tolerant, but did try to climb out of the sink many times. This leaves her dad and I pretty soaked and tired before it's all done. Then she does her crazy running all through the house, looking like a wet rat!

This is Angel's favorite part of her bath...cuddling with mama, wrapped up in a blanket! She is now soft, fluffy, and sweet-smelling again....yay!

The Good Life

Miss Angel "helped" me put out the Fall display. She spent quite awhile barking at the scarecrows, but soon jumped up on the straw bales to check them out a bit closer!

Angel "helped" me decorate inside too....well, I guess she makes a pretty good decoration all on her own. She makes our home pretty cozy!

There's nothing like hanging out under a big maple, letting the leaves fall as they may. Yup, Angel's got a good life....and so do I!

5 Months and Counting!

Angel has been with us for 5 months as of yesterday! Though she is quite comfortable here and with her immediate family, we're not making much progress with others. That isn't much of a problem most of the time, but we're trying to plan holidays and other events, and I'm finding I'm always worried about Angel. In fact, we have to leave Angel for a week next year while Natalie has her back surgery. This means we need to find someone in our family that Angel can trust to stay with her. It's ironic that we had initially planned to adopt a puppy so that we could be able to board it if needed. We would never board Angel or have her stay with someone she's not familiar with. I don't ever want her to think she's leaving us or we're leaving her. It's just another one of those issues we need to work out, having sweet, but complicated Angel around! Today I gave her a haircut myself, knowing that she'd never be able to handle an outside groomer. Well, I'm not a dog groomer, shall we say....she looks cute, but a little lopsided in spots! Tomorrow is bath day and I can't wait. I can't say the same for her! She's not a fan of the bath at all. I put her in the kitchen sink and use the sprayer. When all is said and done, I am soaked and so is the kitchen! It's all worth it though, when I wrap her up in a towel and snuggle her awhile. She seems to like that part...and the treats afterwards too! Then she's all soft and smells like baby shampoo and everyone wants to hold her! I will try to get a photo of her bath day and post it soon. Thank you all for caring so much about Angel. I always tell her all her "aunties" are watching and she has lots of love. I would love to hear about her puppies too if anyone would like to share some pics or stories! :)

Autumn Angel

Angel just loves being outside, as do I, so it works out great for our afternoon walks! All the trees have changed and we are surrounded by beautiful colors. It is so relaxing to sit out with Angel and enjoy her company. She seems excited by the falling leaves, even chasing them once in awhile! I just love my Autumn Angel!!

Sweet Angel Girl

How I long for high-speed at home so I can share more fun stories about sweet Angel girl! We all just love her to pieces...more and more every day she is with us! She can get so crazy sometimes, like when I'm making the bed. I actually try to sneak in there to do it because she is such a stinker! She hears me snapping the sheets and comes running. She jumps on the bed, attacks the sheets I'm trying to straighten, growls at me in her pounce position, and bites my hands! It's actually pretty cute and entertaining unless I'm in a hurry, of course. I have to coax her out of the room to get the comforter on, then she attacks that too! I love her energy and the life she brings into our home!!

Here she is, ready for the first day of school! The girls love to put their bows in her hair, but Angel really doesn't like it much!

Hello? I could really use a belly rub! As usual, Angel keeps us laughing with all her antics. Can't wait to see what she comes up with next!