Time Out!

Are we the only pet owners that uses the time out method for pet? I hope not! Yes, we have time out in this household. No matter the young age or the old age, caught misbehaving and do some time in the time out area. Cody spent a considerable amount of time in the time out area today.

I have no clue what took place between the brothers but all of a sudden a fight erupted. Perhaps they were fighting over the best spot in the house? Which in their opinion is closest to the space heater right now. The brawl nearly took out the Christmas tree. Two ornaments went flying in opposite directions as I scrambled to separate the boys. Meanwhile Piper scrambled to the next county, putting loads of distance between herself and her squabbling brothers. I quickly realized it was Cody that was the instigator. He's always the instigator. We call him the "gator" for short!

Cody was promptly shown the way to the time out zone. Simon went back to sleeping which is what he was doing before being attacked by a pug-gator. As for Piper, what did she do? Well look at the pic below....she went to stand near the door to the time out zone. Patiently waiting for her misbehaving brother to be released from captivity. Curiosity of a cat? Or curiosity of a little sister? She was all up in Cody's face as soon as I released him. Likely asking him how it was on the "inside"! LOL!

Fur Babies Christmas Pics!

 Piper playing with her new snowman Christmas morning. Cody is so curious, but is politely being blocked by Brad. No tearing up Piper's new toy please Cody-man!

 Piper sporting a new look...wrapping paper!

 Piper watching her brothers as she sits under the tree. Clearly the cutest gift we had under our tree this year.

 Santa Simon stopped by! I truly believe Simon is so tolerate of me dressing him up so much because he believes he'll be presented with a treat. That rarely happens but I hope he never loses hope that a special treat will be given after a wardrobe change. LOL!

Photo-bombing?

 

 

 

Brad had to show Piper a few ornaments on the tree. I had to sit and record the moment. The moment should have been longer had he not objected to me recording everything. He's funny, he tells me to stop photo-bombing him. Wait, honey, do you know what photo-bombing is? I don't think so! LOL!

 

Quick Snap: Top Notch Gift

 

This year both Cody and Piper got wrapped up. Okay, actually Cody only got wrapped with a bow. He got "bowed up". He endured being "bowed up" twice. Lucky him.

 

I usually don't mess with bows. If you receive a gift from us with a bow on it, you can either consider yourself extremely lucky(we like you extra! lol!), or my husband was keeping me company while I wrapped and he placed a bow on it. Well one night last week while wrapping gifts sweet little Cody came in to lay down next to me. He is the most likely to keep me company no matter what I'm doing. He's never far from me. While he slept I decided to "decorate" him. He woke up a little while after being decorated.

 

The pic above however, you can see he's completely awake. He knew and he didn't mind being decorated with a bow I took off of one of my gifts after opening it. Aww, he's so cute wrapped in red! He's a top notch gift, for sure!

Christmas Decorating!

Much like many other people around the world we recently put up our tree. It was actually Cody's bday when we decorated. I had all the extra stuff set up before Brad got home so it was only the tree we worked on together. Which is typically how we work things. So the stockings were hung before the tree was up. Perhaps slightly odd but who said we were normal in this house?

Our fur babies I believe get into the holidays almost as much as real kids do. Simon is likely the most excited. But his little sister is close behind him with her excitement level. All 3 carefully checked all Christmas storage boxes over as soon as they entered the house. Once it comes time to decorate Cody loves standing in the way when you are trying to put lights on the tree. Simon loves looking in the storage boxes filled with decorations, even raising himself up to peer in at the ornaments. Piper, well, she's a trip. She's fascinated by the tree and wants to climb it.

Here's some pics of little Simon "helping" his daddy put the tree up. Perhaps, he was taking good notes so he can take the tree down in a couple weeks. LOL!

 Brad had to first move Piper to a better area as she was crawling all over the tree.

 This duo discussing how the tree should be put together.

 That's the look of a pug that is unsure his daddy is doing it right.

 Our helpful cutie took time to look in my direction!

 Sometimes when watching a tree be put together your chin gets heavy and you must rest it on the box, while your little sister inspects the leftover stuff in the box.

You've Been Schooled

There are rules in this house. There is a certain acceptable way to act and an unacceptable way to act. Now I would say most of the time I'm the disciplinarian. I remember scaring my nephew once when I was actually reprimanding Simon. I turned around to see Simon breaking a house rule, when I yelled at Simon my poor nephew nearly came out of his seat as well. Let me tell you though, I didn't even finish my sentence before Simon quickly corrected his bad behavior. Yep, they've been schooled!

Well every once in awhile class is in session and it's not me that is the teacher, it's Cody-man. Cody has rules for his siblings that need to be followed. If you are caught not following Cody's rules....good luck! He's going to growl at you maybe even chase after you. Yes, he chases his misbehaving siblings even at his advanced age. One HUGE rule in Cody's book of rules is to not touch "new" toys until he has deemed them no longer "new". Well, class was in session for Piper the other day.

Cody's birthday toys have not passed their introductory phase, they are still very much "new" to him, His little cat sister snuck up on one of his "new" toys and when she did he was fast to run over to her. His chest was puffed up, he was standing at attention, showing his intimidating side. He was like a rooster getting ready to crow. She backed up as soon as he stood in front of her with his intimidating demeanor. He began to growl at which point she backed up further. He didn't want to play with the toy he simply wanted her away from it. He stood guarding the toy. She sat back a little ways from him, staring in his direction. He stared back. It then became a stare down. Who was going to make the next move? After a few minutes she became brave enough to approach him. He growled, she retreated. Again she made an attempt, this time it was a more bold attempt. She was speeding toward him, he lunged at her with a growl coming deep from his throat, she diverted her aim speeding off to the side as he scoffed in her direction. Likely thinking to himself, 'don't mess with me, I'm bigger, older, and a whole lot grumpier'.

During this entire schooling session we turned the TV down and watched the scenario play out. LOL! Simon casually glanced at the scenes unfolding in front of all of us. He was happy and content staying out of it. Likely thinking, 'been there, done that'. Yes, he's challenged Cody a time or two as well. As the years have progressed though Cody's dominance over the toys has won out. Simon gives in almost every time. There's a few times when Simon won't back down. Well Pipe, consider yourself schooled by your big brother! No one messes with Cody's "new" toys! No one!

Our Anniversary!

On this day 3 years ago....yes it's been 3 years....I walked down the aisle to this awesome man!
There's not a day that goes by where I don't feel blessed to have found him. So proud to be his wife!

Happy Anniversary honey!

Quick Snap Sunday: Hey, Who Are You?

Hey, Who Are You?

 

When I got out our Christmas stuff last week I could hardly wait to get this stuffed dog out. I actually purchased it a couple years ago when Piper was only 2 months old. She was freaked out by it then too. This year I sat the stuffed dog down next to her, which made her go flying out of the room. LOL!

 

This morning I placed the dog in the middle of the room then pushed its music button on its paw. Piper intently watched the stuffed dog as it serenaded her. Meanwhile her brothers wondered if she knew the dog is just a stuffed dog and is not REAL. Who knows what she thinks the stuffed dog is? Most likely she believes it to be seriously annoying as it's very loud and she has sensitive ears.

 

A lot of cats are "stalkers", they stalk things they are unsure about. Piper, however, is an observer. She observes things from a safe distance then decides to proceed or split. Ninety percent of the time her choice is to peal out and head in the opposite direction.

Cody's Birthday Pics

 

Long overdue, I know! What can I say?...life gets busy! It's December, so life gets crazy busy! Here's a few of Cody's birthday. I tried to capture a timeline of events this time around.

 

First Cody cornered his gift.

Then he started tearing at it.

 Took him a minute or two to have some success!

 Sweet success! The reindeer is free!

 Simon says: "Is it my turn to open something yet?"

 He's off and running!

 Well this was a first....he was ready to start gnawing on the new rawhide through the wrapper. Crazy kid!

 Cody interceded and began checking over the new kind of rawhide candy cane. Meanwhile Simon is still licking his chops! LOL!

 

Happy 14th Birthday Cody! We love you! Your mommie loves you very much and is very proud to be your mommie! You're a good boy!

Quicksnap Sunday(on Monday): Santa Cody!

Santa Cody

 

 

In the words of Cody:  Look how I get treated on my birthday! I'm dressed up like a pug version of Santa Claus! Come on people! Is this how a 14-year-old pug as distinguished as I am should get treated? I think not! Someone roll out the red carpet...figuratively and literally, please!

 

Show me the toys then the cake!

A Conversation With Cody!

Me:  Hey Cody-man, do you know what is fast approaching?

Cody:  Christmas?

Me:  Yes, Christmas is coming but what always falls before Christmas? Perhaps it's something that majorly pertains to little you....

Cody:  My birthday! Simon reminded me the other day. I think it was the day my ears nearly blew off my head when you opened the door to the balcony and that icy harsh wind greeted me. And it wasn't a pleasant greeting. I growled!

Me:  Well, big man, we will mark the occasion of your 14th birthday this coming Monday. So get ready for some serious partying.

Cody:  Are you going to make me dance?

Me:  Of course, what's a pug birthday without making you shake it!

Cody:  I want toys!

Me:  I know, I know! You always want new toys. When I take you and your brother to Petsmart, you are trying to get to the toys while he is trying to find the aisles with rawhides. You two are quite the pair!

Cody:  He's crazy...toys are where its at! They are the true delight in life! They squeak and are colorful. A rawhide takes me so long to finish I get bored and irritated. Then daddy laughs at me because I start growling out my rawhide.

Me:  Well you have to admit not many dogs growl at their rawhides. You have given us many laughs over the years. Remember the time you were playing with a toy it flew out of your mouth, daddy was standing nearby and caught it. Or how about the time you decided to come get me when Piper got stuck in the spare bedroom. You were being a good big brother to let me know. You are my happy-go-lucky little puggie especially when you're warm! Right?

Cody:  I hate the cold. I'm not afraid to say it. I'm not afraid to beg to move to Florida either.

Me: Yes, we know! But give up the Florida thing unless the Dallas Cowboys become the Orlando Cowboys. That's about the only way that's happening little dude! So what about a cake? Are you looking forward to birthday cake?

Cody: Oh yes, cake and toys! I'm set! How many days do I have to wait?

Me: Monday is the big day big man!

Cody: Any chance I can get my cake early? I'm not asking for me, I'm asking for Simon.

Me: I don't believe that! But the answer is no! Your big day is Monday!

Cody: Something to look forward to....next week will be a good week filled with new toys and cake! Congrats to me!

Me: Yes, congrats to you...you're about to accomplish 14!