Friday, October 20, 2006

Mr.bell

OK...so i posted this before, but it's a Chihuahua! That is always worth posting for!

I think that the world should revolve around chihuahuas. I have one. His name is Mr. Bell. ( Guess why?) That would be Taco to his friends...



This is him licking his own nose! If we did this, it probably wouldn't be socially acceptable, but it would save a lot of money on kleenex! He does a lot of other socially unacceptable things too, but we won't talk about those either!

Taco is two years old now. We weren't really looking for a dog at the time, especially not a $500.00 dog, but he was a gift from a friend of mine, who felt bad for me when my other chi was hit by a semi. We were actually looking for a Pom cross, but for some reason the kennel owner brought Taco with him as well, (just in case we might be interested!) When I stuck my head into the box to look at him, he jumped up and bit my nose, and that was it...I was in love! Even though I was driving, he didn't want to sit with anyone else the whole hour home.

Training him has been a lot of fun. He is very smart, and like my other chi can do all kinds of tricks, but the funniest is when he crawls on his stomach from one end of the room to the other! Guaranteed Party Pleaser. (we know...when the party is going no where...we've tried it....we have really boring parties! )

The nose biting thing is pretty funny too! The first time my friend Krystal looked into the play pen, where he lived his first couple of months, he jumped up and bit her nose too! Only he didn't let go. Funniest thing I have ever seen in my life was my girlfriend with a baby chi hanging off the end of her nose while she jumped up and down screaming!

He's an adult now, and he doesn't do it much anymore---except to my husband---Kendal can't sit down without the chihuahua attacking his nose! Maybe Taco is trying to say something dear......kidding....

When he isn't eating, he sleeps (Taco, not my husband....hmmm...) If he could sleep 24/7 I am pretty sure he would. If I sit, he is on me sleeping. I was sick for a week once, and all he did was sleep the whole time. When I got better, he seemed dissapointed.....


The only real problem we have with him, is that we live in Sask. and it's freakin cold. Far too cold for a little Mexican dog with no hair!


Did you know, that Chihuahua's apparently used to live in the wild in Mexico? They sleep in holes in the ground, and people used to eat them.


That was my useless piece of info for the day.


Life must be great as a chihuahua. People carry you all over, and all you do is sleep and eat.


People say that they are cranky and they bark all the time, but I have had two now, and they were both the quietest dogs I have ever had, and if you socialize them properly, then they are also pretty friendly!

You can also litter train them. (NOTE TO SELF: after spending countless hours in -40 waiting for him to do his buisness I might want to do that next time!)


Apparently they also live for about 20 years. (if they aren;t hit by a bus. ) Which is kind of what happened to my other chi! --Kind of...

Here is another picture of my chi!

Live long and prosper Taco....oh wait...wrong show.

oh wait--one more picture....

Do you have humorous pics of your favorite pet???

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

My daughter had her baby!!!!


Talon Jerod Stevenson was born on October 06 at 4.53 am! (i think)

Krystal actually went into labor right at 9.30am on her due date!!!! Unbelievable!!!

I left work for lunch, and got a call from her while at home, that she was at the hospital...

I picked up the girls, and phoned my hubby, and within 15 minutes I was at the hospital..

When I got there she was having a bath to ease the contractions...She had been there an hour or so already because her water had broke..(she thought she had wet herself...and went back to bed...(LOL)

Her contractions were pretty strong right off the bat...and she wasn't dealing too well with them, so by 2PM they gave her an epidural...

I can not BELIEVE how effective it was...within 10 minutes she couldn't feel any pain! Which was good, because she had a long labor.

Both of us were actually able to nod off to sleep for an hour at 2am, but by 3 she was ten centimeters and so the sleeping was over....They cut back her drugs, because she wouldn't push...

Krystal had a bit of a rough delivery, but handled it pretty well...except that she strained all the muscles in her arms during labor, and mine as well.....I had one of her legs......

Baby has a good set of lungs, let me tell you...We heard them after delivery....which was by the way, 19 hours all together. The same as what I had with her.

Talon weighed in at 9 lbs, 2 ounces..no wonder mom had such a rough delivery!

I got to hold him for half an hour after birth....Krystal couldn't mover her arms, and I was more then happy to visit my grandson. (that sounds weird) Jeremy was jealous though, and kept kicking Talon in the back. By the time Kendal and I finally got home and to bed it was 6am. We slept for three hours, had breakfast and then worked all day.....

My turn next I guess....

Thursday, October 5, 2006

So...Baby Jones...


Is a boy!!!!! Yaaa!

After three girls, they are finally getting their long awaited brother....

(Brandy told me she prayed for a boy.)

His name is Jeremy Liam.

Daddy is very excited, '

I am terrified....

What exactly do you do with a boy?????

They are a whole new creature.....

It is taking a while for me to get my head wrapped around this new idea...

.IN OTHER NEWS:

Today is Krystal's due date folks...

After today she is officially overdue...

and I hope she gos in tonight,

because

1. She is very very uncomfortable...(she is a stick with a big tummy)

and 2. It would be cool to have an extended long weekend...(LOL)