Catching up! (longest post ever)

Hello all,
Things have been busy around here lately. I'll try and run things chronologically to get ya'll up to speed. The first major event was Halloween. You have all seen Zoeys costume but you haven't seen our sweet jack o' lantern or how the sweet smelling lady dressed. Here you go.


Rumor has it that there was a popo ghost on the loose that night. The beard did his best to catch "proof" just like Jay and Grant do every Wednesday night. This is what he caught.




The next major event was when the sweet smelling lady turned the big 30. The beard stopped by Coldstones on the way home and picked her up a Cookie Dough ice cream cake. She was kind enough to share after the picture.



Her birthday was a big success. A few days after that we loaded up the car and set out for the O.C. I love a good trip to the spoil me rottens house. I didn't even throw up on the way down this time. (It didn't to to well though so they got me doggy Dramamine for the next time) When we arrived the grandparents immediately snatched up Z.




Grandma taught her how to play the piano.




After much hullaballoo in the kitchen the feast was ready. Popo heard the word "TURKEY" and suddenly sprang to life!




We ate a delicious feast and I settled back into a comfortable position like any ALPHA MALE worth his grits on Thanksgiving does. A couple notches larger in the ol' belt region.




Soon everyone came over and sat down to rest after the tremendous meal. Popo almost got sat on.



I settled in next to popo and grandpa for a nice rest.




The day after Thanksgiving the beard took the sweet smelling lady and Aunt C to hit some outstanding sales. They came home with this "I can climb Mt Everest and Still look fabulous" warm jacket that C bought for Z.




Lastly there has been quite a bit of development on the Z front! She can sit on her own. (pay no attention to the spooky eyes behind her that's just me giving the beard the crazy gaze)



Since she can sit up she's now eating in a high chair!




She's learning to be nice and pet us dogs gently. (without pulling on my ears) Here she is practicing on popo.

I'm making him take the brunt of it then when she is good at it I'll sneak in for the love.

She is also learning TO FLY!!!!!!!!












Lastly, since Christmas is coming up, her east coast spoiling representatives got her a super fun bouncer contraption which she has put to good use and made a video of. I call it "Bouncing Z while Momma Makes Monkey Sounds"

That's all for now. Till next time remember...

Bostons especially like hard rubber super strong toys wrapped up and put under the tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-SAM

Halloween for Z!

Hello all,
Sam here. It was that crazy time of year where humans dress themselves up in ridiculous outfits and beg each other for treats. My humans made a pumpkin, decorated the house, and got 2 groups of hoodlums all night.... 2 .... The sweet smelling lady was extremely disappointed and the beard just kept saying how it didn't used to be this way. He sounded like an old man (did I mention he is 30?)
Anywho, this year they spared me the humiliation of a costume and instead subjected Z to it. First they tested a homemade costume...





Clearly she did not like the "PANTS ON HEAD AVENGER!!!" costume so we bought her a sweet pink leopard costume. We took her out to the pumpkin patch with the spoil me rottens to show her off (and I think tire her out).





She was the cutest pink leopard at the place from what I understand. I wasn't there.


Till next time BOOO!

-Sam

oops

This was meant to be in the last post but somehow got left out. It's too good to miss. She's learning her catwalk moves. Look at the attitude, the swagger! The semi androgynous model like look!



tata for now Dahhling!

-S-

PICTURE OVERLOAD!!!

But first a verbal update courtesy of your gracious doggy host. The beard is 30. I went to bark in the park. Z is getting more fun. She likes me. I lick her hands. She likes that. The "spoil me rottens" come over often and I like that. They are fun. Z eats rice cereal now. I can't wait till she eats (and drops) real food. Now for the pictures.
















tata for now

-Sam

I'm 30. I thought this was appropriate.

click me

Inside the mind of Zoey

I am learning to sit all by myself! (as long and I am propped up in the corner but even then I still manage to fall over)



Things are starting to get chilly. We had a night below 50 degrees already. This allows me to break out even more super cute clothes!



Dad likes to watch football. His favorite team is apparently the Raiders. He's attempting to indoctrinate me.


I laugh in his face because they are terrible. Really REALLY TERRIBLE!


I am learning to like the dogs. They are entertaining. When they wrestle I get a kick out of it. They seem to like me just fine too. I even got popo to take a picture with me.


Lastly I am going to show you my best "you talking to me?!" face...



Till next time-
Z

And the winner is......

Thank you for all your votes. The official winner is Pea Pod! When we went to go get the costume yesterday the winner at the time was pink leopard. We tried both on anyway. Unfortunately though the pea pod was so ultra plush that we could barely hold Zoey in it and she hated her head being covered. So.....we went with the pink leopard.

Pictures of all the cuteness to follow later.

Which costume?

So...do you like the pea in a pod? OR.....

do you like the pink leopard?

Please submit your votes. Winner will be the costume for Halloween. For those of you that can't comment on here write us an e-mail with your vote.

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For Grandma G (cause she thinks it's funny)

Los Angeles is Burning.

Hello all,
Beard here. Things in the desert have been interesting lately. I started working with 18 year old kids again. Somehow I keep getting older and they stay the same age. Somehow my jokes keep getting more dated. I think soon I might be forced to play the " back in my day, snow, uphill, deer, vampires, beef sandwich made with sand" card. You know the one.
In other news Z is getting bigger and louder.





We've all been getting along as best we can. There's been a fire up in yonder hills. One morning it almost kept me from getting to work. We drove up there, put ourselves in harms way, risked our lives and lungs, and took some pictures.

That's a lake in the front. It looks like it's filled with blood.

















Needless to say we all made it out unscathed. Unsinged even. It has occasionally been raining ash and we couldn't open our windows for a couple days. It seems to be subsiding now.

till next time-
don't play with matches
-THE BEARD-