I have to say

I did a kick-butt job at making dinner last night. It was Josh's birthday so I thought he needed a special dinner. We had bleu cheese crusted filet mignon, steamed asparagus, french bread, and topped it all of with a funfetti cake.

We'd celebrated Josh's birthday with the family last weekend and I gave him a pair of Oakley sunglasses that he has been coveting for the last year and a half. So he just got some boring ol' shorts and shirts last night.

On another note, we've been telling people that we're getting another dog soon. When we tell them what we're getting (a Cane Corso), we'll usually get one of two questions: "What kind of dog is that??" or "Why not another boxer?" Well, it came down to that we both picked Abbi, I got to pick out Hayden, so Josh picked out this next dog. We've done a lot of research on the Cane Corso breed and really feel that it will be a good addition to our family. Granted, it will be a big addition... We're getting really excited though and were just "cleared" by the breeder. I guess he thought that we were normal enough and didn't want to use the dog to guard drugs, fight pit bulls, fight off cops, or contribute to illegal activity. All of those things, by the way, are things that people have told the breeder as reasons that they want a Cane Corso. The reasons that we want one though are because we really enjoy the large breed dogs, we want, well, Josh wants, a dog that will be a protector to the home, one that is good with children/family, and one that will be a good companion dog as well. The Cane Corso shares many of the traits that a Boxer does, just not as goofy. We won't be getting one until either late this year or early next year, so we have plenty of time to enjoy the babies that we have now. And for Hayden to grow up a little more. He's such a sweet boy and we want him to stay that way. :)


I'm so glad that the kids play well together...

I think that if anybody just hears them playing, that they may think that they're trying to kill each other.

We're still up in the air about a name for the next pup. We're getting a male and we want a strong name because the dog is on the large-ish side. The breed is Italian so we're sticking with the trend and picking a name from the country the breed is from. Here are some of the names that I really like: Forza (strong), Dante (enduring), I like Luigi (famous warrior) but doubt that Josh will go for that..., Nico (victory of the people), Piero (rock), or Rico (brave ruler).

Here are some pics of the kids from the last couple of weeks. The reason that there are so many of them sleeping is because that's the only time that they are still enough for a good picture!! Any good ones that are taken of them while they are playing, are just by accident. And Miss Thang pushed all of the blankets off of the bed and moved the pillows herself to get comfy for a nap. Who has spoiled dogs? Us?!!? Nah!!