No more kisses Daddy!

Remember what I was saying about how her talking has changed? :) Sometimes I think that she thinks yelling IS talking :) And I don't know if it's Daddy's whiskers or what but she gets SO feisty when Kevin is giving her kisses :)

Goose Again!

So we kept telling Bradley that he was a silly goose, then everything became a silly goose. He would hit his ball and it would hit the wall and he'd say "Ball hit wall" and I'd say "The ball hit the wall?!?!" and he'd say "Yeah, silly goose!" then the ball would hit the door and it'd be "Goose again!!" then everything was goose again! Then it got to the point where you'd call Bradley a Silly Goose and he'd say "No Silly Goose! Goose Again!!!" He didn't want to be called a Silly Goose anymore - just a "Goose Again!" I'm so sorry about the sound on this first video - I don't know what was wrong with it, it sounds like I'm SO close to the camera but I'm holding it like I normally do.

Again :)

I know I've probably posted many videos like this before - because we do this all the time :) But I just can't get enough of it. This time I was trying to capture his silly way of running, but this isn't even the best example of it. His left arm is bent up and goes back and forth a mile a minute and the right arm is outstretched - it's so funny :)

3 months old!

Almost 2 months ago :)

Talking

This was taken at the end of April and it's amazing how different she sounds now :) It's quite a bit louder and not at all timid anymore :) But still just as sweet!

Diapers

I love when I leave Bradley alone for a little bit and then go check on him and he's doing something adorable - it makes me so happy, probably because in my mind I'm always thinking, "oh no, what's he doing now" :) I guess puppy needed a diaper change (notice he layed out the blanket and everything :) )

Workin' on the yard and a sad goodbye

Here's a few pictures of us enjoying the backyard - well, let me rephrase - Gracie and I enjoying the backyard while the boys do yard work :)

These are the last pictures I have of my sweet sweet puppy Carmel. It's almost 2 months ago while I'm writing this and I am crying, still, right now and almost daily as I think about how much I want to cuddle him and love him. He was the sweetest dog I've ever known. I have always been a cuddler - ever since I was little - and I have never known a dog that wanted to cuddle as much as Carmel. He always wanted to be near you and could never get close enough, even if his 100 pound body was sitting in your lap - he would still try to nuzzle up closer and closer... never close enough. He had so many quirks about him that I miss every day and I'm so so sad that he's gone. We are still mourning in our house, we carry his collar around with us, and we just can't bring ourselves to throw away all his medicine we still have in the cabinet. A few weeks ago we had some neighbors - that we have never met in the 5 years of living here - come up to the back fence when we were in the yard and ask where Carmel was - yes, we had never spoken to these people, but they knew our sweet dog's name and they missed him too. It makes me so sad that I will have no more pictures of him to post and no more new memories to share. I will never stop missing him no matter how much time passes and I look forward to the day when I can hold him again.