Ruxin Dew

We have a new addition! On October 15th we adopted Ruxin Dew, from Big Dogs Huge Paws, Inc. He is a 4 yr old Dogue de Bordeaux (French Mastiff). He is as sweet as they come and seriously has the cutest face I've seen in quite some time. 

Someone elses loss was our gain.

Ruxin, no longer will you go hungry. No longer will you be locked outside. No longer will you need to be afraid of humans. You are here to stay. Welcome home, Ruxie!

SJ is 1

Sydney James is 1. We had an amazing weekend celebrating her first year. Meme, Bubba, Auntie Becky, Ella and Chloe flew in to make the weekend even more special.

Syd is so blessed to be loved by so many people!

There are no words for how much this little girl means to me, how much she changed us one year ago.  Until she is a mother herself, she will never know how much I love her.

Rock Creek Pumpkin Farm 2012

Our Pumpkin Patch tradition started this year (yes, Babycakes, this is a new tradition!). We headed up to Rock Creek. Syd was still a little young, but fun none the less. She had fun tripping, falling and eating dirt and leave!

It was a great afternoon off work before we kicked of Syd's birthday weekend.

1 year ago today at....

12:00pm- Doctor's Appt & decision to induce...

12:45pm- Call to Grandma goes something like, "Are you ready to be a Grandma again tomorrow?"...

1:00pm- Back to work and firing off frantic emails that Baby Dew was coming 2 weeks early and I was signing off...

5:30pm- Dinner at Red Robin with Brian...

6:30pm- Hospital Check in...

8:00pm- Meds started....

And so began my induction...it would last almost 48 hours..and than the most perfect, beautiful girl with black hair entered our world and changed it forever.

Where have I been?

My blog is wondering where I've been....shame, shame!

Here is our beautiful 11 month old....who likes to throw fits now! She is a walkin' fool, smiles and laughs all the time, does the absolute opposite of what we tell her to don a daily basis and is the most precious thing I've ever met. She makes us laugh so much and we both feel like we are the luckiest people in the world to be her parents.

We took a drive to Mt Evans this weekend to see the falls colors!

We have a lot of exciting life events coming up, the most important being Punky's 1st birthday! Meme, Bubba, Auntie Becky & the girls are flying out for the big event!

Life has been so hectic since Syd's arrival as we try to work in our jobs, being parents, being a couple and you know the important stuff like trying to find time to watch more episodes of our latest obsession, Breaking Bad! We need to remember to slow down, enjoy the moments...which is something Syd has a very special way of reminding us.

I here by declare I am going to pay more attention to this blog and document all the things this life has to offer The BDews.

Boo Boo Zilla

We sadly said goodbye to our sweet Bobbie on Wednesday night. She was the coolest dog around- and the 70+ comments on FB confirmed this when I posted about her passing. The giant ears...the buggy eyes...the cool-as-a-cucumber personality...she was literally one in a million.

Bobs was my first dog. She will always hold a very special place in my heart.

The only think that helps is knowing Zachey & Sadie were waiting for her! I know she hopped on her hind legs to get at Zachey's face and She and Sadie did their usual greeting dance. I can see it in my head and it makes me smile.

I don't know really my adult life without her and I will miss her forever.

Thanks for being such a great friend, Boo-Boo!

Puerto Vallarta

This blog has been ignored. My apologies, Blog.  Let's catch up!

Puerto Vallarta, oh how we loved you! We had a great time. The resort was gorgeous. Syd was a trooper, and considering we didn't even go to dinner most night until an hour after her bedtime, I was even more impressed.

Syd was the belle of the ball and loved by everyone. Auntie Nik took great care of her and the boys melted my heart with their sweet kisses and "It's my turn to hold her now!"

 We rented a private Catamaran. It was beautiful and fun., but a 9 month old who you want out of the sun makes things a little hard on a boat! I shocked Brian being brave enough to snorkel after the Captain assured me there were no sharks.

Grandma watched the baby one day so Bri and I could have a day together. We took a cab, than a water taxi and ended up at a beautiful cliff side restaurant. It was nice to have a date day.

It was our first trip to Mexico with out Dad. Oddly enough one night at dinner the band and than the Mariachi Band played Frank Sinatra's "My Way". What are the odds of that song being played in Puerto Vallarta? When it came on, it brought tears to my eyes and when I looked up I found Mom and Nik tearing up too. Dad was just showing us he was with us.

It was a really wonderful trip with wonderful people!