Magnets Are NOT Doggie Toys

Mom and I heard a funny noise in the kitchen tonight, so we went to investigate. You know what we saw? My new sister Buttons was trying to climb up our refrigerator! She had even knocked some stuff off of it. Mom has some stuffed M&M magnets on the fridge, and Buttons thought they were doggie toys. Buttons was on a mission to get to them.

Mom tried to explain to my sis that M&M magnets are not doggie toys, but I don't think Buttons believes her.



She's really putting on an innocent, "who, me?" face in that last picture. Don't fall for it...

Getting into Stuff

Buttons has toy radar. She's found doggie toys that Mom forgot we had 'cause they were behind a chair or stuck in places like that. Today she found a squirrel toy that was on a chair, buried under stuff! She jumped onto the chair and dug until she pulled out that squirrel! She also tried to jump up on the side of the chair but it was way too high for her. Instead of making it onto the chair, Buttons landed in our water bowl and spilled water all over the place. Mom got her socks all wet 'cause of the water!

Anyway, Mom was worried that Buttons was gonna get hurt, so she emptied the stuff off of that chair. When it was cleaned off, Buttons decided to use the chair to survey for additional toys in the area.




The verdict? No additional toys, but there was some stuff behind the chair that Buttons decided she wanted to further investigate. Silly Buttons!

Sounds at Our House

This is what our house sounded like before Buttons came to live with us:

squeak, squeak

Things were pretty quiet. Now this is what our house sounds like since Buttons joined our family:

squeak, squeak, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, snore, slurp, slurp, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, rustle, slurp, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, slurp, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, snore, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, slurp, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, snore, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak, piggy noises, squeak, squeak, squeak, squeak

Little bit of a difference! Mom's laughing a lot, too, 'cause she says that Buttons is such a funny little girl. Not sure if I see the humor, but oh well...

Lazy Doggie Saturday

I was a little worried last night 'cause Buttons went and hid under Mom's bed again when it was night-night time. I figured that Buttons was going to keep us awake all night long again. But Buttons didn't stay under Mom's bed for very long, and eventually she actually went night-night in her own doggie bed! That's right...Buttons went night-night last night! She didn't stay up all night squeaking toys and stuff. Mom says that maybe Buttons is more comfortable in her new house now.

Buttons and I let Mom sleep in this morning, too. We didn't wake her up super early like yesterday. I decided that today should be a lazy day for us. So here's how I'm spending the morning...


Buttons was snoozing on the couch, too, until Mom took that picture of me. Then Buttons woke up. Mom tried to scoot her over, too, 'cause she was afraid Buttons was going to fall off the couch. (Her booty was starting to hang over the side.)


Buttons didn't stay on the couch after she woke up. You know what Buttons does when she's awake...squeaky TOY time!

Buttons and the Ducky

So you know that Buttons is a toy maniac, right? Just look at her playing with a ducky that she got out of our toy box!

Mail for Buttons and Me

Guess what! Today is Buttons's very first full day in our family, and she and I got mail! How cool is that?! A package came in the mail that's addressed to Buttons and me both!


It's from my friend Boris Kitty from Twitter! He knows Shawnee, too, so he knew all about Buttons coming to live with me. He even wrote about Buttons on his blog! Here's a picture of me telling Mom to put the camera down and help us open our package!


Buttons dove right into that package. She was really excited!


Buttons started playing with the monkey toy before Mom could even take the package off of it! (She really likes getting mail, I think!) Boris Kitty sent us two toys and some bandannas and some COOKIES and even a calendar magnet. How cool is that?!


Thanks, Boris Kitty!

Who Tipped the Toy Box?

Somebody tipped over our toy box today and all of the toys were dumped out on the floor. Hmmm...I wonder who it could have been...


I think I see a fluffy white tail sticking out behind that tipped-over toy box. Hmmm...MY tail is black!


And someone is sure interested in checking out the scene of the crime...


I think maybe my new sister Buttons is acting a little too innocent here...

Buttons Has Arrived!

Mom and I went to pick up my new sister Buttons last night! We drove a ways in our car and we picked up Mom's friend Ronda and her doggie Molly. Then all four of us went to go meet Shawnee, Shawnee's Mom, and Buttons! It was a ways farther in our car, but we got there.

I was pretty scared at first 'cause there were a LOT of doggies and a couple of 'em were barking. It was really super cold, too. Shawnee was shivering, so Shawnee's Mom put her back in their car so she'd be warm. Poor Shawnee, though...her Mom gave Buttons and I some chicky stuff while Shawnee was locked in the car. We ate it allll gone before we thought about her not getting any. Oops! Sorry, Shawnee!


Here's a pic of Mom holding my new sissy and me! Buttons and I were both a little scared, so this was the only way to get a picture of both of us together when we first met each other.


We put all of Buttons's toys in our car and put her beds in there, too. Then we said bye-bye to Shawnee and Shawnee's Mom and we started to drive back home. We dropped Ronda and Molly off at their house, then we drove to our house.

Buttons investigated everything when we got home. She helped Mom unpack her toys and stuff, too. I supervised, of course.



Buttons played with all of the toys last night. I think she had fun. Shawnee's Mom packed a can of yummy, yummy stuff called "Thanksgiving Dinner" for Buttons and I to share. We chowed down on that stuff. It was SO good!

Here's a pic of Buttons and I hanging out on the couch last night.


Buttons didn't want to go night-night last night, though. She was up all night long. Mom said that she was probably just nervous. What a night! Buttons even went hiding under Mom's bed. So silly! Mom and I napped a little today to try to recover.

This afternoon I showed Buttons our normal route for our walks. That was fun. Mom said that tomorrow we'll show Buttons the pond. Now it's time for me to nap again, but Buttons is back to digging in the toy box! She sure loves those toys.

New Stuff

Mom got some new stuff today to help us get ready for Buttons. In the mail, we got a princess ID tag for Buttons. It matches my princess tag. Mine says "Lexi" on the back and Buttons's says "Buttons" on it! Here's what they look like. Mine's attached to my necklace. We don't have a necklace for Buttons yet 'cause Buttons has that with her at her foster home.


Mom also got a toy box tonight for all of our doggie toys! I inspected it. It'll work o.k. for me, I think. Mom says it's just like the one that Buttons is using now, only with shorter sides. That's good, though, 'cause Buttons and I are little doggies.


Toy box checks out o.k. in my opinion...


And here's the new office that Mom got for my new sister. One little problem though...Mom couldn't figure out how to set it up. Heck, she had trouble just getting it out of the box! It was pretty funny. She finally gave up. Don't worry, Buttons...Mom'll get it set up and then put lots of comfy blankies in there.


I think we're just about ready for my new sister now!

Toy Preparations

My new sister Buttons absolutely LOVES doggie toys. So this weekend Mom got all of my toys out and we inspected them. We wanted to be sure that they were all ready for when Buttons comes to live with us.

Do you think I have enough toys?


We sorted through the toys and we found some of them that needed surgeries. They had spots where their stuffings were coming out. So, Mom got out the sterile draping and we had toy surgery on my teddy bear, ice cream cone, and bunny rabbit.


The other toys and I watched from a ways back. We weren't sterile so we couldn't help with the surgeries.


After the surgeries, Mom decided that all of my toys needed to have baths. They were dirty from me playing with them. So, into the toy bathtub they went...

I wonder if squeaky toys hate baths as much as I do...


Then Mom and I had to wait for them to get washed. Seemed like it took forever! Here's how I helped...


After the toys got their baths in the washer, Mom learned two things...

1. The little crab toy needed surgery before the bath but we missed it. Emergency surgery took place and the toy survived. We even got the squeaker back in there.
   
2. Don't ever, ever wash the pink rope toy with the rest of the toys! It left pink strings stuck to ALL of the toys. What a mess!

When the toys were done in the washer, Mom put them in the dryer to get all of the water out of them.


Ta dah! Clean, fixed-up toys for me to share with Buttons! (Those ones in the back don't have chicky pox...they were just next to the pink rope that got all over stuff in the washer.)


Now Mom needs to get us a toy box...

Sadly, some of the toys weren't in very good shape and surgery wouldn't fix them. R.I.P. hippo, horsie, piggie, orange/green doggie bone, and pink doggie bone.

A Prize Just for Me!

At the PawPawty this month, I played some of the quizzes and I actually won prizes! I've never won anything before, but this month I won twice. I couldn't believe it!

One of my PawPawty prizes was a special prize from one of my friends on Twitter. How cool is that?! Monte had his Mom go shopping to pick something out JUST for me. Wasn't that nice of them to donate a prize like that? Monte said that he was happy that a doggie won 'cause he wouldn't have known what to get for a bunny or guinea pig or kitty! (I thought that was pretty funny.)

Anyway, today the mailman delivered my special prize from Monte. I was so excited when it came! I had to give the box a really good sniff.


There was a bag inside the box. I had to give it a good sniff, too. And the inside of the box. This was my very first package in the mail, so I had to check everything out really good.



LOOK at all of this loot that was in the bag! There was a cute card from Monte and a rope toy and a squirrel squeaky toy and a cute pink jacket! In this picture I'm saying, "This stuff is for ME, Mom, and not for you. Don't you think about stealing it!"


I was so excited about that squirrel that I grabbed it and started playing with it before Mom could even take the packaging off of it!



Here's me carting off the squirrel 'cause I didn't want Mom to take it from me...


Look at how far I flung the squirrel! OK, so maybe it's not that far...and maybe I started to fling it but got scared when the package hit me in the head and I ran from it...


Here's a picture of the cool jacket Monte's Mom picked out just for me. Isn't it adorable? It's just a little too small for me but Mom says it's gonna fit perfect after we go on our diets. (Um...I didn't sign up for a diet!!!)


The jacket is super-duper cute. I sorta got my head stuck in the hood for a while, though, and that freaked me out a little. Mom had to help me rescue my head...after she took a picture of it...


So Mom took the package off of my new squirrel after she helped me rescue my head from the jacket hood. Here's a picture of me with my new squirrel. He posed so well! I've played with him all day, so he's my buddy now.


Thanks, Monte and Monte's Mom! This was such an awesome prize. I love it! You're the best!

Come Back, Squeaky Skunk!

Tonight I tried and tried to squeak my Squeaky Skunk...but I forgot that I killed the squeakers. So sad. I wish Mom would fix that skunk for me!

R.I.P. Squeaky Skunk

It's a sad, sad day. The squeakers in my Squeaky Skunk died. I broke one of them a while ago, but the second one was still squeaking good. Sadly, it squeaked it's last squeak tonight. Now both of the squeakers are broken.

Squeaky Skunk no longer squeaks. I'm very sad.

Mom said she'd try to see if she could get new squeakers and do surgery. I'm not holding out much hope, though.

R.I.P., my favorite toy.

Mom's in Trouble

I'm pretty upset with Mom right now. Yesterday she worked all day, and then came home to see me. That's normal. But you know what she did then? She rushed me through my walk and she LEFT again! That's totally uncalled for. She doesn't have school anymore, so she shouldn't be doing that.

I was hungry. I wanted some petting. I needed a good ear scratching, and the evening is my time to play with my squeaky skunk. But noooooo. She just rushed home, took me out to potty, and then put me right back in my crate! She didn't come home again until it was dark out, too.

And...this was just the icing on the carob cake... She smelled like FRENCH FRIES when she came home again. Did she give me any? Nooooo. I'm guessing she ate them all by herself and refused to share. That should be illegal!

So I'm not a happy puppy. I'm working on getting back at her. Tonight when she tried to make a phone call, I got out my loudest squeaky toy and just squeaked away! Take that, you mean Mom!

Tick Attack!!!

I hate ticks. They're these nasty little buggies and they pinch! I had two of them get on me two or three summers ago. Icky, icky, icky! But just take a look at the HUGE tick that Mom found on my back tonight...


Isn't that silly?! Mom found a new doggie toy for me that looks like a tick! It says "tick" on its back and "pinch me" on its tummy. I thought that was funny. So did Mom...obviously... So after Mom got done taking pictures of my new tick toy on my back, I attacked it. Take THAT, you icky tick!


Then I decided to pose nice for Mom again. I'm such a good puppy dog. (And Mom gives me cookies when I pose!)