Long Week

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This past week, I was in Minnesota.  Rachel and the boys stayed here.  It was a long week for everyone involved.

Chewie has been cute and growing all week but he has regressed some in the house training department.  Rachel had to clean up several messes this week.

I got home Thursday night.  I met Rachel and the boys at Me Con Bistro.

Friday night, Evan had baseball practice.  We picked up a 28" pizza from Jersey Giant Pizza on the way home.

Yesterday, Evan had two baseball games.  There wasn't any football games scheduled for either boy.  Evan went 2-2 with a double, 2 RBI and 2 runs scored.  He played some good defense as well.  Unfortunately, his team lost both games.  Rachel and Noah brought Chewie to the first game.  Chewie got quite a bit of attention.

We had leftover pizza for dinner when we got home.

This morning, Evan had a game in Taylor at 8am.  He and I left the house at 6am.  He didn't do well hitting but Evan caught the whole game.  He threw one kid out trying to steal and should have had another but the tag was not put down properly.  He also tagged two kids out at home.  Again, the team lost but they were in it until the end.

We spent the rest of the day at home until Sunday School.  I watched the Steelers game until we had to go pick the boys up.  We picked up Grandma and Papa on the way to get the boys.  Then we went to a restaurant called the Crawfish Shack for dinner.

We came home and watched Stranger Things with the boys. 

Now the boys are in bed.

Until next time...

Two Football Games

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Noah had a flag football game at 8am.  Chewie got up shortly before the alarm.  Rachel let him outside to go to the bathroom.  I never really went back to sleep.  I got up and fed him and the cats and then I got the boys up to get dressed.

Noah played well in his game.  He ran the ball and had just about gotten by everyone for a potential touchdown.  As he was planting this foot to cut back inside his toe went out of bounds.  Then on another big play, he got behind the defense.  The quarterback threw the ball up.  He had to wait for it but he was able to catch it.  It was a big catch to ice the game.

Rachel brought Chewie to the game.  He got a ton of attention.

After Noah's game, we went across the street to Donut Taco Palace.  Evan ate 3 donuts and Noah had two bacon and egg tacos.

From there we went back to the fields where Evan had a practice before his game.

In Evan's game, he had two big catch and runs in the first half.  He played defense in the second half and knocked a ball away and almost intercepted the deflection.  His defense was particularly good today.  Evan's team, like Noah's team shut out their opponent.

Rachel brought Chewie back to the fields for Evan's game and again, he was very popular.

After the game, we came home for a bit.  Then Noah had a birthday party at Altitude.

For dinner we met the Ramatis.  Their son Jake is Noah's friend from camp this summer.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

It's Friday

This morning we walked to school.

On my way to school, I stopped at Petsmart to get a dog tag for Chewie and some rawhide chews.

When I got home we walked to pick up Noah from school.  Chewie got a lot of attention and played with our neighbor's dog, Carlos.

Tonight Evan had his homecoming party/dance at school.  We dropped him off at 6pm.

We ate dinner at home and then picked him up at 8pm.  We brought Chewie with us to pick him up and then got dessert at TCBY.

We sat outside and again, Chewie got a lot of attention and loved it.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Chewie Day 2

Chewie did well again overnight.

He really, really likes food, so we have to make sure he is not around while the cats are eating.  Morry let Chewie outside first thing this morning and then brought him back upstairs.  Then, he went back downstairs to feed the cats.  Chewie stayed upstairs with me while I got showered and dressed and then I let him go downstairs for his food.  He eats super-fast!  We have never seen a dog eat that fast.

We all walked Noah to school and then Evan went to his bus stop.

I went to school.

Morry was home this morning working.

Then, Morry and I met for lunch at Wholy Bagel.

This afternoon we walked with Chewie to pick up Noah from school.  He got tons of attention.

Shortly after Evan came home I left to tutor.

Morry and Evan took Chewie to his first appointment at our vet.  He got his next round of shots and everything looked good.  He weighs 29 pounds.

When I got home we ate dinner.

Then, Evan worked on homework.

We just took a short walk and now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Chewie after the afternoon walk.  He decided to cool off in his water bowl.

Here are a few more pictures from the last few days.   

Meet Chewie

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Yesterday, the fence guys were able to finish our fence.  They actually finished the fence by 2pm.  It's amazing because they started at 9am on Monday taking down our old fence, so about a day and a half later they finished.

The fence was the barrier to us getting Chewie.  Gold Ribbon Rescue had told us that in order for us to adopt Chewie, we needed the fence to be fixed.  We arranged to drive up to Georgetown after dropping Evan off for baseball practice and doing the adoption while Evan was practicing.

The first thing that happened is that it started to rain so Evan's practice was cancelled.  Then at about 3:30, we got a call from the foster woman saying that he was throwing up and some diarrhea and they were taking him to the vet.  Until they confirmed that he was ok the adoption would be on hold.  We had planned to leave the house at 5 and hoped that we'd hear by then.  By 5:30 we hadn't heard anything. Knowing we had a long drive, we decided to just leave anyway.  At 5:45 we got the call that he was ok and we could come and get him.

The adoption went smoothly.  The original owner of Chewie had sent him with two different crates - a wire big create and a soft travel crate, all kinds of toys, a giant thing of food, a ton of soft food, a dog bed, as well as a leash and harness.  We packed the van up and Chewie rode on Evan's lap all the way home.

Last night, he slept through the night with no problems.  Today he spent the whole day in my office with me.  He was so good.  He just slept next to me for most of the time.  At one point he left and he'd get a toy and bring into my office and play with it a bit and then go and get another one and bring it in.  He really was no problem.  He's completely house trained and you can take him outside and he'll go to the bathroom every time.

He came with us in the afternoon to pick Noah up, though I think it was probably a bit too hot at that time of day.  We took him for a walk this evening. It was a fairly long walk for a puppy and he did well.

Evan and Noah were both excited to come home from school and see him.

Evan is finishing up his homework and then the boys will go to bed.

Until next time...

It's Monday

This morning Morry walked Noah to school.  I hurt my ankle the other day and am taking it easy.

Before school, I stopped at Academy to get an ankle brace and then Walgreens to pick up a few things. I got home around 2:30.

Morry walked to pick up Noah.

Noah had a doctor's appointment and then football practice.

After that, he went to Grandma and Papa's since tomorrow they will be out of town.

Evan, Morry, and I had leftover Rudy's for dinner.

We picked up Noah.

Now the kids are getting ready for bed.