Mossy!

At the end of June we took a trip to New Mexico to hang out with my Nana & Papo. Nana had just had shoulder surgery and my mom and aunt were in need of some respite time since they were mainly the ones taking care of Nana and the house after the surgery.

I left a pillow on the floor...he quickly found a new bed.

Mossy is the newest member of the Elliott clan, he is a lab/pit/whatever mix. I was dead set against another dog (especially one that was part pit). Gary had been talking about getting another one for a while now. Well, when we got to New Mexico my Papo's dog had just had a litter of 12 pups, Moss was the runt and was knocking (or barking) on deaths doorstep when we arrived. Immediately Gary and I took to taking care of him. We bought milk replacement and fed him from a bottle and also introduced him to solid food. By the time we were getting ready to leave we knew that Moss had to come home with us. We also brought two of his sisters whom we found great homes for. Moss (so far) is the complete opposite from my big, lazy, ball obsessed, Ben. Moss is full of energy and is ALWAYS hungry. He is very vocal and thinks he runs the house. But he is also full of love and gives kisses all the time. He loves his big brother, and Ben is a good babysitter, always trying to keep Moss out of trouble in the yard.

After his 1st bath at Petsmart, hanging out with big bro Ben.

After lots of conversations with the Vets office, they reassured me that Pit bulls can be wonderful family dogs as long as they are brought up with rules, love, and lots of socialization. To make sure of this, we take Moss to the dog park a couple times a week and try to introduce him to as many people as possible. He has never shown any aggression towards a human but other dogs he has. So his dog park visits have been very beneficial, he even has a few friends that he loves to play with when we are there.

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Moss a couple weeks ago, he looks brown in this picture but he is still jet black.

So this was a lengthy introduction...but I just needed to introduce our little "Moss-hole" (yup, that's what i call him when he gets in trouble)

A day at the lake

Last Saturday we took Ben to the lake for a swim. The weather was perfect! Ben had fun, I enjoyed getting a tan, and Gary fished. He didnt catch anything, it was too early in the afternoon for the fish to be hungry. I love these little family outings we have.

Ben waiting to go get his toy

Swimming back!

His dirty, soggy toy

Gary walked out into the lake cause he didnt want to lose his lure...well it broke off in the water so he got all wet for nothing!

Rockers & injuries

Yesterday, we went to Lowes to buy some furniure for the porch, it was a toss up between these rockers and adirondack chairs. I thought the rocking chairs looked way better on a porch and the other chairs should be in the back yard. Im glad we deicded on these cause we love them! They really make the porch look like a "porch". I just need to go get some small plants and pots to put on the tables. or maybe just one....either way. Im excited!!

Two weeks ago Ben jumped out of the back of the truck...while it was moving. He was so excited to get to his grandpas that when he saw we were near he jumped out! All we saw were legs & ears rolling down the hill. I jumped out of the truck to get him and to our surprise he started running to Garys dads house! He still wanted to play!! So he got kinda beat up, this is the worse, cut/scrape he got. But its still so yucky. I hope he's ok. (mom this is for you to see)

Memories...

I was switching memory cards on my phone and came across some pictures I had to share!

Over Christmas, my uncles convinced Gary he needed to eat fried pigs tail...yum?

Gary helping all the ladies make tamales...he claims his were better than ours! Pshhh

We got him back when he had to try Menudo (dont you love his expression?)

Ben at Halloween, I just love this picture! He was so happy cause he was at grandpas house, but he hated that costume! Oh well, he will be Yoda for many more Halloweens to come.

Relaxing in the snow

After a long walk and then playing ball for 45 minutes Ben was tired this afternoon! So he decided that laying in snow and eating it was better than laying in the warm house & drinking water. It was cute, so I had to take some pictures.

He made a little burrow to lay in

That's my fat boy

Do not mess with his snow!

Bens days

Ben relaxing in his pool after playing frizbee with his grandpa

Such a cute baby!