Happy Birthday...

...to MOTLEY!!!! (aka...ItsaMot, Da Yittle One, Monk-a-monk, Monkey, Motza ball.....the list goes on and on)

Motley is 5 years old!!! Oh how I love this little pug...such unconditional love and happiness he brings to our lives. And the best part, he and Eva and Peanut are all growing to love each other so much.

Congrats...

...to my MAIN man Drew!!!

He was offered a new job at CNA Insurance and starts on March 21st. So excited for and proud of him! CNA is a commercial and business insurance company and he will be a Material Damage specialist. He is little bummed that he will no longer be able to come home and see Eva and the pugs at lunch, but the benefits outweigh the negatives!!!

Good Job Babe!!!

A long time...

...it has been a veeeerrryyy long time since I have blogged. But I promise, it is for good reason. We just finally got wireless up and running here! That, in itself, is story to be told at a later date! Since my last blog on February 13th, a great many things have happened!!! So I am updating y'all now!!!

First of all, it was Eva's first Valentines day!! And while she looks happy in this picture, she was actually suffering from a mild case of RSV...and while I say minor, to me, it was major and major equals awful! Poor thing was up allllll night coughing and crying and lethargic and not eating anything. But, after a couple days, she was back to her normal happy self.

Meanwhile...the pugs had their own medical issues to deal with. They both went under and had their teeth cleaned and the BOTH had to have a tooth pulled. Motley's tooth ended up being a little more compacted then they originally thought, so the vet had to dope him up on more morphine. When Mot got home that night, he looked like a drunk little pug! He swayed when he walked, couldn't make it onto the couch when he tried to jump and even walked into the table leg! Poor guy. I am happy to report that both pugs have healed up quite nicely and seem to be doing just fine.

And of course, while all of this was going, we were finishing up packing for our move into the house! We are officially 100% moved in now. Unpacked--well that is a different story. But we are here. I must say, that I am struggling a bit with not being completely unpacked, with everything in it's place and pictures hung where they should be. But, we do have a couple projects that we are working on in order to be able to unpack everything. We are adding more cabinets to the kitchen and hopefully a pantry too. And we are planning on getting a new bedroom set. We sold the queen bed set to my brother and bought a new mattress, which is currently sitting on the floor until we get the new furniture. And the clothes are strewn all over the room, since we only have one dresser and that is just NOT enough for both of us! But slowly and surely...we are getting there. It is a little different moving somewhere new...and trying to get settled in, when you have a baby in tow!

Now...for a couple missed birthdays...

Happy 1st Birthday to Ellis...

I can't believe you are already 1 and I have not met him yet!!! Hopefully very soon I will get to meet this cute little guy.

Happy Birthday to the OFFICIAL OLD MAN!!! My Uncle Chris...who is not only one of the greatest uncles ever, but a very close and dear friend! I love and miss you!

Happy Anniversary to two of our very best friends!! Jennaaaay and Jason (aka Buttermilk)! We miss you guys sooo much! Hope you had a great day together in the San Diego sun!

Congrats to my good friend Lyndsey and her husband Chris on their 2nd little boy Cooper...he is amazing!!

And of course...Happy 7 months to my baby girl. She is officially over half a year old! Drew is already planning her first birthday...no bueno! I want her to stay tiny, even though she is really a lot of fun now!

Ok...I am very sure, almost positive, that I have missed something. I will definitely keep track of my thoughts and update you as we go....

Happy Birthday...

...to my brother ANDREW!!!!

It isn't often that, as adults, we take the time to thank the people we have in our lives...simply for being a part of them. I guess birthdays are a time for that. My brother and I have not always had the closest of relationships, but it is easy to see that as the years tack onto our lives, we mature and learn that blood is thicker than water and that the bond that siblings share eventually outgrows pettiness and matures into the strongest of friendships. So, now that it is my brother's birthday, I am finally taking the time to thank him. To thank him for being a good son and stepping up to help when help is needed. I am thanking him for being a good uncle...for spoiling Eva and Sam and being the "cool uncle." And I am thanking him for being a brother, who, although we may not speak often, I know he is there for me and my family if the time should ever come. I am proud to be able to call him brother.

So Andrew Devon Hargroves - here's hoping you have an amazing year as a 27 year old!!!

We love and miss you!!!

8 Inches...

...of SNOW last night (C'mon--don't be thinking dirty, this is me writing the blog, not Drew)!!!

Anyway, it snowed last night...and then it was sunny today. Crazy Colorado weather! But it was warm enough to bundle Eva up to take a walk with the pugs. Mot loves the snow, when it isn't actually snowing, but just on the ground. He runs through it like he used to play in the sand at the beach in San Diego. Peanut, well, she pretty much stays on the areas that have been cleaned off. All in all, it was nice to finally get outside and get some fresh air. The negative 10 and 15 degree temps last week didn't make us want to go out and frolic in the snow!

p.s. - Eva kind of looks like a little boy in her UCLA snowsuit, that is waaaay too big for her! But it kept her warm and cozy...she even fell asleep on the way home!