My baby is growing up...sniffle, sniffle

I was going through pictures and was shocked when I got to the pictures of the day we got Jacoby. Here is a picture of Jacoby and Apollo the day we brought her home (December). Here is another picture taken last week of Jacoby and Apollo (only 4 months later!!!!) Lucky for Cindy, Jacoby is still a playful, snuggly, and loving puppy. If she wasn't, I'm pretty sure that I'd be begging for a 4th dog! :)

Day time photos of Vera

The anticipation of Summer

Jacoby is awaiting the summer and...POOL TIME!!!

Introducing Vera the Xterra AND...Allie the Altima

Cindy and I went to pick up Vera today and Cindy decided to test drive a 2008 Nissan Altima. Well, before we knew it we were back at the negotiation table! Cindy traded in her Escape for Allie the Altima. She picks her up on Monday morning. Here are the pics of Vera in the driveway (it was very dark outside so I'll get better pictures tomorrow) and Allie in the showroom.

Good news and my new wheels

It's been a while since I posted but I have been EXTREMELY busy with work and school and I had a long & crazy battle with the flu. I got some good news at work last week that for the 2nd time in 6 months I have been promoted! I had to go through 2 interviews and there were 7 people that were going for the positions. Out of 7 they took 3 and I was one of them! I am now a Non-Perishable Manager, which means that I am in charge of the Grocery, General Merchandise, Health & Beauty Care, Dairy and Frozen departments. I start my new position in 3-4 weeks and I am greatly looking forward to it. The only bad part is that my ass now has to dress up for work every day (I'm pretty sure we all know how much I HATE wearing dress clothes). However, I'm sucking it up because I realize that I had to enter the professional world at some point in my life! :)

I love to reward myself...SOOOO...Cindy and I went to Coastal Nissan (the dealership I bought my car from) and I traded my orange baby in for a 2008 Nissan Xterra. I'm sooooo excited because (1) I have always wanted a truck/SUV and (2) I have wanted an Xterra for a very long time! The color is Red Brawn (shown in the picture). I get to pick up Vera the Xterra on either Wednesday or Thursday. I'm having fog lights installed so I am getting it a few days later. Sydney the Sentra will be missed as she has been verrrry good to me. I love my orange car so much and it was a tough decision, but ultimately it came down to the fact that I have wanted an Xterra for at least 5 years. I'll be sure to take pictures of Vera in the flesh when she arrives safely in our driveway so stay tuned...

The Blog I Never Posted

These pictures were taken a few weeks ago and I completely forgot to post them. These were taken the night that Brendan spent the night over our house. The night started with Jacoby giving kisses and getting snuggles from Auntie Stacey. We all ate Papa Gino pizza and had cocktails (no cocktails for Brendan). After Stacey left, I whooped Brendan's booty in a game of Madden '08. Then Brendan repaid the butt whooping by REALLLLLLY kicking my butt in NBA Live '08 TWICE!!! We woke up the next morning and I made cinnamon french toast for all of us. I decided I needed to redeem myself by playing Madden '08. However, my plan backfired and I got my butt handed to me again by Mr. Brendan Welch. The boy knows how to play his video games!!! Our fun with Brendan ended with some funny pictures of Bren and Jacoby. Jacoby absolutely adored him and loved playing with him!!! She loves her cousin!!!

Meeting Jacoby

Today Brian, Samantha and Delaney all came over to meet Jacoby. Delaney was terrified of the dogs at first so I don't really have any good pictures of her and the dogs. I do have a good picture of Delaney as "Jacoby" and Samantha as "Apollo". I also got a good picture of Samantha takin' a licking from Jacoby. Jacoby loved Samantha and could not get enough kisses from her!!!

The dogs had a lot of fun and they have basically been sleeping ever since the Welch clan left...lol. They got up for an hour to have dinner and they went right back down for the count. Thank you guys for coming over. Jacoby loved meeting you and all the dogs had a blast!