Over IM Just Now

Jonathan: I just caught Lola chewing up your hair holder - that black one that goes across your whole head

Me: Doh

Jonathan: sorry :(

Me: it's called a headband :) hehe

Jonathan: ah yes!

Me: haha...your hair holder

Jonathan: I like hair holder better

4:11pm on Wednesday

I get an email from Jonathan titled "Mmm, butt" with this picture of Lola & Peyton:

Totally made my afternoon!  Thanks honey!

Lola vs. The Sprinkler pt. 2

A few of my family members sent me a check for my birthday. So, I decided to use part of my birthday cash to buy The Flip!

Here's my first video, Lola vs. The Sprinkler pt. 2 . Certainly nothing too impressive, but it makes me smile. You can check out the original Lola vs. The Sprinkler here.



Lola vs. The Sprinkler pt 2 from Raychelle G on Vimeo.

The Lola Monster

Yesterday was a very important day in our home. It was Lola's second birthday. Lola Monster, our precious Boxer was brought into this world on July 6, 2008. Eight weeks later, she came to live in our nice, large third floor apartment. That day when we brought her home we weren't concerned with the late night potty breaks; the hundreds of up & down three flights of stairs we would do in hopes that someday she would stop pooping on our carpet; no, we were just thrilled to have a new member of the family.

Lola's first picture. Sitting in my lap on the way to her new home!

Though she's a little blurry, it's already clear what a darling little addition she would be to our family. How could you not love that face!? She was pretty timid which we attributed to the newness of the whole situation. We would soon find out that is just Lola's way. She's probably the gentlest dog I've ever met.


This is us sharing a little TV time on her first night in the apartment. She was sooo tiny!

Look how tiny she was compared to Peyton! That little purple collar...it's a cat collar! A gift from the future in-laws :)


One more picture from the early days before I move on:

Isn't this precious! Jonathan & Lola bonded right from the start

Happy birthday Lola! We're so happy to have you as member of our family!

Jonathan thinks it's a little odd that I can remember Lola's birthday. But, she was my first dog that I had all on my own...well, with Jonathan. She was OUR first pet together...this meant we were stuck! This was before we were engaged...so though we were living together, there were no technical commitments between us...Lola would be the first. Plus her birthday is just four days after mine...if that isn't meant to be I don't know what is!




I'm off to go hug my Lola Monster :) If you have a furry kid like we do...go give your little monster a hug too!

Exposaroonie | Friendship is...

This week's Exposaroonie challenge is "Friendship is..." I really had a hard time deciding how I wanted to approach this challenge. I had dinner with a couple friends this week, but like a dork, I forgot my camera every time. So, leave it to me to wait until the last possible moment to take my picture & upload it. Of course I wore the battery out on my camera & we don't have a card scanner. So, right now I've got my battery charging while I type this post. That way I can upload the pictures I took and actually enter the contest :)

20 min later....

So, here's my choices:



I'm going with the last one as my entry. Lola kissing Jonathan is just so stinkin cute. I love my little family! Even if it does only consist of us two humans, two dogs, & two cats.

I swear I can take pictures of other things than my dogs, but jeez, dogs are mans best friend, ya know! I mean, that's what Friendship is...

Yay Exposaroonie! If you want to vote for my submission, you can here.

Exposaroonie Photo Challenge | Different Perspective

I'm loving how just starting this blog has lead me to discover new things on the web.  I've decided to take part in the Exposaroonie Weekly Photo Challenge.  This weeks challenge is entitled "Different Perspective" and basically the name says it all.  I have this great photo of Lola, where I'm shooting from a few inches away right above her.  Here it is:

I'm certainly not a professional, but I hope participating in this weekly contest will help me brush up on my photography skills.  And anyway, it gives me an excuse to post a darling picture of Lola!

Updated: If any of the two of you ( Mom & Jiggity) who read my site would like to vote for me & Lola, you can do so here.