Should I Listen to My Sisters?

I have an outdoor wedding to go to on Saturday. I bought this dress from Anthropologie to wear to the wedding. I showed my oldest sister and she thought it was a bit ugly. My other sister thought it was cute, but didn't like the purple bow...she thought it was a bit much. Be honest...Cute or Not So Cute??

Anthropologie

Don't Let That Sweet Face Fool You!

Laila has an undesirable new habit. She's now 12 weeks old and she's developing some less than lovely behaviors...nipping at our heels and biting. I'm not a fan. For the most part she's a great puppy, but every once in a while during the day, Laila has random bouts of extreme energy where she runs around the room or yard like a dog possessed. It's during these times that she nips and bites at us. After a few minutes, she crashes and then naps for hours. Hopefully she will grow out of the biting!

Her newest habit is ruining our yard a bit...DIGGING. Any suggestions for how we can get her to stop? She loves digging and then laying in the hole because it's nice and cool.

I turned my back for two seconds and this is what happened:

Good grief.

Two Years!

Happy Anniversary, Husband! Thanks for 2 great years of marriage and 9 years together (wow)!!

Meet Laila's Boyfriend

Laila has a boyfriend. Well, I've decided she does at least. My best friend recently got an English Setter puppy and Laila has now had 3 play dates with Wrigley. On the first date, Laila was pretty shy but she has definitely warmed up to Wrig now. They get to playing pretty roughly but they are being pretty mild in these videos. Don't mind my chatting in the background...

I can't believe how big Laila is getting. Three weeks ago at the vet, she was 13 pounds. Today when I brought her for her 2nd appointment, she weighed 20 pounds. So cute!

She's a Water Dog, She Just Doesn't Know It Yet!

Over 4th of July weekend, we tried to introduce Laila to the water. She wasn't a huge fan. We wanted to bring her to the beach but didn't get a chance to. Newfoundlands love the water (although you can't tell from this video), so we definitely want to bring her swimming!

Doesn't she look sweet and calm in this video? In the past few days, she has started chewing on EVERYTHING and is biting anytime our arms or hands are near. Can't wait til she's out of that stage! I am also still having to get up practically every hour with her at night to let her out. I think she mostly just wants to get out of her crate, but it's really hard to tell if she's whining because of that or if she really needs to go out.

We originally had her sleeping downstairs in her crate, but she would cry and whine forever. I bought a smaller, pop up soft-sided crate that we could put in our room. It's right next to the bed and she still cries and whines. She jumps and scratches at the side to the point that she flips the crate. This morning, she flipped it completely upside down. But she's chewing so much now that she has to be in a crate at night. I look forward to the day when I can sleep through the night again. That day will come, RIGHT????

I Fear for My Ankles

Laila got a bath and she wasn't happy about it at all. Lucky for her, it was 95 degrees out today, so she dried off in no time.

Laila is 9 weeks old now. Can someone please tell me what I'm supposed to do when she barks at me and bites me? It feels like she has knives in her mouth. Doesn't she know that I'm her mommy? I tried giving her a frozen washcloth in case she's teething. That helped for about 5 seconds. The rest of the time, I'm being chased as she nips at my ankles.

From what I've read, I'm supposed to be showing her that I'm the "leader of the pack". I missed the lesson on how to effectively do that...