Diesel Playing Dead

We spent a few days working with Diesel and he finally perfected "Play Dead". He such a good boy, and he learns so quickly!

Before and After

Miles had this idea...Diesel as a little puppy compared to Diesel as a BIG puppy! The first pic was when he was almost 3 months old, so he was already bigger than when we first got him. (he was only 6 lbs when we got him at 8 weeks old) Now he's 8 months old and 70lbs!! Crazy! I hope he doesn't get too much bigger. I still don't think my chihuahuas realize how big he is, because they try and fight with him. He has accidentally squashed them a few times, but they'll never learn. I'll try and post some more pics later of the doggies all playing.

Sorry it's been so long!

I'm horrible at blogging. I'm an avid follower and I check daily to see what everyone may have updated but I suck at actually keeping up on my own. I think it's mainly b/c Miles and I don't have a ton of interesting stuff to talk about...lol. Our main topic is usually about how big Diesel is getting or what new stuff he has decided to eat. haha. By the way, he just passed 60lbs and he's a little over 7 months old. I'll have to post some pics later! We made it through our first Christmas season as a married couple, had lots of Christmasses to go to and had fun decorating our house and first tree! We had a rough patch in January; both my Grandpa and Grandma Nitz passed away, just a few days apart. It was really hard on the family b/c we're all so close but at least we have relief knowing they are together in heaven looking down on all of us. We both have just been working and enjoying our married life and our own litter of doggies. Not much else new has happened, we survived the huge "Blizzard of 2011" and found out that Diesel is obsessed with running around in the snow. He also enjoys going ice fishing with his poppa and eating the leftover frozen fish he finds out on the ice. Well, that's about all I can think of for now. I'll try and update more often, I promise!!

Naughty puppy

I accidentally fell asleep without locking Diesel up...this is what I woke up to. At least it was a really old pillow. Miles wasn't too happy either, but I told him Diesel was trying to make it look like it had snowed inside by the tree. He didn't think that was funny either. haha. I'm just happy Diesel hasn't destroyed anything of value...he has plenty of chew toys to keep him occupied.

Some random updates

Well, I haven't updated in a while so I have a lot of random information to talk about! First off, Miles and I bought a "new" car!! We've been wanting to sell his truck and get something both of us can drive (I tried to learn how to drive a stick-shift...definitely NOT for me!) and that has a little more room. Within 2 days we were able to sell his truck and buy an SUV. We ended up getting a 2000 Ford Explorer. It's a two door, and candy-apple red. We've had a few issues right off the bat, such as breaking down 60 miles from home (coming home from Cabelas with Alex and Lissa, they got to share in our fun!) We ended up getting it towed, which was a first time experience for me and hopefully the last! I guess the alternator went out, so hopefully that won't happen again. Anyway, Miles has been having a good time getting the SUV all camo-ed out and I'm just excited to be able to drive his vehicle now! Our Mister Diesel is doing good, he got fixed and I just laughed when the vet said for him to not jump or run for 14 days. Really?!? You tell that to a 4 month old puppy. Anyway, he healed perfectly even with all the playing he did. He's recently decided to eat the blankets that he sleeps on in his crate, I discovered this when I woke to him puking up a huge mass of material. So he doesn't get anything to sleep on for now (for his own safety) Another big event just occured...my brother Justin graduated from Basic Training today! He joined the Army and has been away at bootcamp since September. He's doing great and he gets to move to Alabama now for the next part of his career. My whole family got to go to South Carolina to see him graduate, while Miles and I were stuck at work...boo! I was really bummed but I got to talk to him tonight! I can't wait until his 2 week leave on Dec 18th! I'll add some pictures once I get home on my own computer (I'm at work still) Well, that's about all the updates I can think of for now...I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving and remembers to thank God for all the blessings he has placed in our lives!

Playing in the snow!

I woke up Friday morning to snow on the ground! I was so surprised...and excited to see how Diesel would react to his first snow experience. He first smelled it and licked it, and then dug in it some. It was so cute. I got out the camera and caught this funny video....

Playing in the leaves!

Diesel had so much fun playing in our big pile of leaves!! He would get lost in it!