The adventures of a little dog

Poppy and Isaac
Hoban, her brother from another mother


Poppy on Paul's lap
Poppy has officially made it home! I picked her up on Friday and frankly was nervous as hell. It occurred to me that my life will change completely with the presence of this little dog. Well it has!

Poppy is a sweet little thing. The most loving little creature I have ever known in my life. Potty training has been an adventure. She is actually doing very well..or at least I know I am, because frankly I don't think she cares yet where she chooses to do her business. I however do, so every two hours or so I take her outside and laugh to myself thinking that my neighbors must be so sick of hearing, "Go Potty Poppy! Good Girl go Potty!". My alarm goes off every three hours each night and it is the same routine,except me barefoot in the dark, in PJs and hair to match my frazzled mind. I am happy to say that there have been very few accidents and well here's to less sleep!

Speaking of sleep, I have failed on the whole crate training thing, which I am very aware will bite me in the butt. I can't resist having her little body sleeping with me. I also don't do so well with the crying. I feel so bad. I know...I know...

The boys are great big brothers! Isaac is especially attentive and has such a sweet little soul when it comes to animals. I also grew up with a really soft spot for animals and he is really just so protective of Poppy. I can relate to that need to be around animals. Isaac was part of the reason why we got the mixed breed that we did. I can still remember Isaac 4 years ago telling me that more than anything he wanted a small dog like a hot dog/wiener dog.

Stacy and Paul came over Friday night, which was so fun! I think I officially have convinced Stacy that little dogs are fun too!! But how can you not love that face!

I was shocked to find that Poppy has already found her "voice". I am used to puppies that don't bark for a while, but Miss Poppy surprised us all when she barked. She also has successfully gone up and down the stairs, which also shocked me! She was very timid but the motivation of following her mom was enough for her. I just couldn't believe it!

Poppy had a busy weekend!!! I am determined to get this dog socialized!! She went to the vet and got checked out with 2 thumbs up! She then went over to my parents house where she met a disgusted Lucy..(not another damn little dog!~) and Lola who was horrified at the thought of a little puppy taking over her kingdom! Lola was very jealous and let Poppy know that she better not go anywhere near her Mom (my mom). She also snubbed Poppy's toys and then when she thought no one was looking proceeded to stomp them. I just laughed.

On Sunday Poppy went over to visit Paul, Stacy, Hoban, Gaius, Lucy and Bosley.
That's human, human, lab, lab, kitty, kitty. I left Poppy with her second family while I made a trip to the grocery store. She did great! We are so lucky to have them help take care of Poppy. Stacy and Paul have two of the most amazing dogs and it is all because of them. I think it is the ONLY reason why Matt even considered a dog. He loves the Coplin dogs. Stacy is one of those people that all animals and children LOVE. I was describing her to someone and laughed as it occurred to me that she could have a little army of kids and animals at her beckon call. I suddenly realized the potential of her power! But I digress...Poppy did great!

I have stolen Stacy's pictures for my blog and will post more of my own! I also couldn't resist posting the great pictures of Isaac and Poppy. Stacy's got a great eye!

Breakfast at Tiffany's Party!

Stacy and Elizabeth threw me a wonderful bridal celebration on Saturday. It was truly one of the most thoughtful things anyone has ever done for me! It was so well thought-out and beautiful! I was floored at all the amazing things they did for the party!

It was a small get together consisting of my dearest friends. In attendance of this soirée were Stacy, Elizabeth and her daughter Gabriella, Sandi, Anna, Trina, Doella and her daughter Ashley. The invites set the tone of the event. They were beautiful! They came in these beautiful red envelopes, lined in Tiffany-Blue. Inside was an invitation was Miss. Holly Golightly herself, inviting me to a Breakfast At Tiffany’s Party.

We all dressed up in black, with big black sunglasses, and pearls. We were quite a sight walking together downtown. We met up at Starbucks where we enjoyed coffee and then went down to Tiffany and Co. where Elizabeth brought her camera and we took tons of pictures. Afterwards we went to Macaroni Grill next door where the tables were set-up with little Tiffany Boxes for favors and red roses. It was so perfect! Stacy made this wonderful scrap-book for me full of great advice from everyone! The girls also bought a beautiful Paloma Picasso necklace from Tiffany’s for me and I was just overwhelmed at how thoughtful and generous everyone was. The games that Stacy put on, where so fun too! Matt was interviewed ahead of time and said things that I couldn’t EVER imagine him saying! It was so great!

All in all it blew me away! I couldn’t ask for better friends! It was truly divine!

The Great Urban Race

Yes....if you have looked at my sister's blog then you have read about The Great Urban Race.

My sister first gave me the heads up about it and Matt and I didn't hesitate to sign up! It looks like soooo much fun!!

I will however be staying out of Katie and Ethan's way...they are ruthless and have been known to do unethical things to win a game of Scattergories or any game for that matter. Not that I am attempting to slander them in any way...I am simply saying that Matt and I intend to go there and just enjoy the day. We have no intentions of trying to beat Katie and Ethan...none at all. We will have just gotten back from our honeymoon in Costa Rica. We just want to go and have fun, our only competition is ourselves.

Although...I tend to think that if we were...competing against ...say TEAM KATIE...that perhaps our experience with actually hanging out in downtown Portland on a regular basis...and having actually ridden the MAX before...and being very charming people might perhaps give us an advantage. (Instead of the strange wild-eyed, crazy people that they become when they smell a competition.)

Go team...Bees Knees!!!

Oh and rumor has it that the Grimmers will be joining us! Should be really really fun!

Meet Poppy!

In 1 week, next Friday, at 5:40 to be exact, I will be picking up and bringing home, the adorable and amazing (I know this already...trust me) Poppy! I met her last week!

I met the breeder last week and she brought the three girls from the litter. She handed me two of them, but had one in her shirt and was resisting me takeing her. It was kind of strange so I finally just asked her what was going on?! She then confessed that she was the smallest one and that her sister had her heart set on her and then I looked over at the SUV that must have housed the breeder's entire family...and saw the sister and well just laughed it off and told her I didn't even want to look at the little one and to put her back in the car. So then there were two...two adorable darling dogs who in person looked exactly alike. So I put them both down in my car and just watched.

Poppy was very demure. She also wouldn't take her eyes off of me the entire time. The other sweet puppy, her sister, was very distracted by everything, but still adorable. I had noticed Poppy watching me and was tickled by her attention so I started walking back and forth and sure enough her head followed. She was it!! So meet Poppy...she is the little one the left. The one looking at me while I am taking the picture. We are all very excited to finally bring her home and she has an embarrassing amount of new toys, goodies, beds, blankets, and more. She is one lucky pup!