Happy New Year!

Happy New Years, friends!

Be Safe!

Creations by JoJo

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Keegan James Mulloy

Keegan is here! Weighing in at a hefty 10lbs, 7 oz!

Congrats Brian, Julie and Maggie!

Come on, Julie!!

Soon to be big sister Maggie with her daddy, Brian "Bucco" Mulloy

Julie, our dear friend from back in the days of cadets and AFA, was due with their 2nd baby on December 25th. Nik and I were checking our text messages all day...nothing, nada...
Here we are 3 days later and still nothing!

Come On Mulloy family, get a move on!


UPDATE: My blog post must be magic because not long after this post, I got a message that J is at the hospital and laboring away! Go Julie!!

Marley and Me

Have you seen the movie? I did yesterday, and loved it.

On a normal day this movie would have made me cry...but with an old dying dog at home of my own, coupled with raging hormones, I had to stop myself from doing the ugly cry several times. My saving grace is that there was not a dry eye in the house and I could hear people sniffling all over the theatre.

If you love dogs, go see this movie. It was a great story about a family and their devoted best friend!

Munger Christmas

Brian and I just got back from a whirlwind of trip to Colorado Springs to celebrate Christmas with my family.

On Christmas Eve we went to church and a wonderful dinner at The Perry's house. The kids were literally bouncing off the walls!

We laid out the cookies and milk for Santa, a carrot for Rudolph, and a Coors Light for good measure... just incase Santa needed a true refreshment.

Christmas morning started early and we were all very spoiled! Everyone went overboard, as usual. My favorite gift came from my sister:


I introduced my new hubby to the my post breakfast nap, but it was short lived as that the rest of our family was enroute for dinner.


I loved my first Christmas as Mrs Dew. Hopefully next year we will have our own little one to tuck in for the night!

Up, Up & Away

Coop & Uncle Brian playing on Christmas Eve

I can't believe this still works..

As seen in a previous post, I had Cooper and Jack on Sunday. Right as I was getting into the shower, a brawl erupted over a batman toy. I yelled for them to stop, and instead of stopping, they burst into the bathroom to tattle on one another.

Now, I must admit my sweet Coopey was really the problem here as that he was totally out of control...screaming, crying...and poor Jack was looking at me as he body blocked himself from Cooper's hits. I stuck my head out the shower curtain and shouted "HEY!", at the top of my lungs- they both looked at my with pure shock on their faces (or, I think I may have reminded them of their mother!"

I told Cooper I was shocked at how he was behaving with Santa watching. He stopped crying for a minute, but started up again when Jack said something to the affect, of "Yea, Cooper, you aren't getting any toys now!"

the following conversation ensued..(mind you, I am still in the shower, yelling at them from behind the curtain!)

Me: Cooper, you have 30 seconds to compose yourself, or I am calling Santa!

Coop (with tears in his eyes and a smirk on his face): Yea, but you don't have his numbers

Me: Oh yes I do! Your mom gave it to me!

Cooper's entire face instantly fell as he contemplated the idea that his mom had given me Santa's digits- he quickly apologized to Jack,and begged me not to call Santa!

I was quite impressed with my ability to think on my feet..and than smiled the rest of my shower that "calling santa" crap still works!

Sunday with my boys

My nephews, Jack and Cooper are with me today. Nik is on call and Mike invited Brian to the Bronco game. While it is quite possible Mike and Bri may freeze to death, we are snug in our home.

We have set up our movie room, as the boys call it. We draw all the blinds, and get pillows and blankets. They get all the dogs on the couch and cuddle up.

I love having them up here. I love that Coop wants to sit on my lap to watch the movie. He told me earlier, " Auntie B, I love you. Why does your hair look so funny?

Disappointed...

My pregnancy test was negative this month- after a long month of hormones, ovulation testing and waiting, a big fat negative! There were days in the last 2 weeks were I thought I might be. Apparently my mind and body were playing tricks on me. I haven't been this disappointed in such a long time.

It look 4 months to figure out what was wrong with me, than 1 month of "it" not working. You would think once they know what is wrong, and give you the meds to fix it, all would be good?! Not so. I am so disappointed. Yes, I know people try for years. Yes, I know there is only a 25% change of getting pregnant each month. But all of those facts still don't help you when it is your own situation.

All of this is mentally exhausting. It is also hard knowing that next steps are higher doses of hormones and more invasive & expensive procedures than just making a baby the old fashioned way!

I think I will have a pity party for myself today. Tomorrow I will move on to next month.

Ozzie is a Dew

The Board of Directors at Big Dogs Huge Paws have decided that with the reality of Ozzie's medical issues, he really is not a great candidate for adoption. It really isn't fair to ask an adopting family to take on a dog that may only have a few months left.

Brian and I are happy to let Oz live out the rest of his life with us. We adore him, and he adores us even more, so I think it has worked out just the way it should.

Welcome home, Oz!

'Cause that's how she rolls

Grouchy loves Grouchier ( is that a word?)

Meet Sadie, our mean 8 year old cocker. She loves people, especially if you are a person with treats. What she does not like is her fellow 4 legged friends. They are beneath her. She snaps, growls, and guards. As of late though, She has gotten to the point where she now tolerates them, as long as they stay out of her personal space.

It is for all the above reasons that this picture made me laugh today. The old man to her right is Ozzie, our sometimes grouchy old foster. His paw was slowly sliding towards hers as they laid side by side. Each time he touched her, she would just curl her lip. He would jerk it back, but eventually his lack of body control would cause it to start sliding back over. This went out for a minute, until she finally decided it was ok that they touched.

Once they established their new found friendship, they than spent the next 3 minutes guarding the doorway, growling at our other dog who wanted to come in. I finally had to make everyone move so save my sanity.

Dew Date Night

Brian has always wanted to try Elways...but that place is so damn expensive, it's not an everyday eatery for us. Last week, I got a surprise in the mail- a gift card to Elways as a belated wedding gift. I didn't tell Bri, and just had him drive us to the restaurant on Friday night.

We had a great dinner- awesome food. We took our time..chatting, laughing, planning our future & reminiscing about how quickly the last two years have flown by!

We left there with full bellies and hearts.

2 years ago today.....

2 years ago today I met the love of my life....who knew a simple Match.com lunch date at Rock Bottom would have my life take such a wonderful turn!

I love you, Bri! I am excited for our secret date night on Friday!!!!

Happy Birthday, Melissa

Happy Birthday, My Pelt. I love you to the moon and back.

Broncos vs Chiefs

Nik and Mike were kind enough to give us their Bronco tickets, than the Polumbus' were kind enough to invite us to their tailgate, than to dinner! We had a ton of fun cheering on Tyler!

Happy Friday, Indeed!

Look who wished me Happy friday today!

Ozzie is home

Ozzie, our foster dog, is home after a 2 week stay at the vet for a horrible ear infection and several surgeries!

He is very happy to be home!