Moose

Meet our new puppy Moose!

We were planning on waiting until Christmas to get a new puppy, but John found a puppy in Portland and had to get him! He's 8 weeks old and very active and playful! We're taking him and James out to the snow today... more pictures to come!

Angus Young Carruthers

Yesterday afternoon our best buddy Angus was hit by a truck in front of our house. We rushed him to the emergency vet, but he crashed on the table and they weren't able to resuscitate him. It ended up that while he only had a few bad cuts on the outside, he sustained some very serious internal injuries. 

I never realized how much we LOVED that guy. He was John's very best bud, my shadow, always overly anxious to please! The time we had him was cut much shorter than we ever dreamed, but it was also incredibly memory-filled as he brought so much joy into our little family. He'll always be our true first born son ;-). 

This was the last picture I got of him Friday morning - doing one of his favorite things - out for a jog with me and James! Love ya Angus, buddy, pups, bub!

August 10, 08 - November 22, 09
 

Dr. visit 11.06.09

Another doctor visit today! At 6.5 weeks:

Weight: 10lbs
Height: 22.5"
HC: 38 cm

Smiles

James is learning to melt-your-heart smile! At the doctor today, he was laying on the table just looking around... I went over to say hello and give him some love, and he gave me the biggest wide-eyed smile :) - ADORABLE! (then they stuck in the thigh with a needle and I got looks of hatred and resentment, but I can take it!)

These were from my cell phone camera - not great, but it was all I had!

Vegas

Well we just got back from the SEMA show (special equipment manufacturers association) in Vegas. It was a whirl-wind trip... we left Tuesday at 6am and returned Wednesday at 10pm! Totally worth it though, we had a great time!

James was fantastic on the plane trip to Vegas. He was a dream child!

On the trip back to Seattle, we were the parents sitting awkwardly in the back with a SCREAMING child that would not be comforted! Looking back now, it's a little humorous - everyone has it happen to them at some point- at the time, however, I wanted to cry and jump out of the plane!


SEMA was fun. Infants aren't allowed since it's a business show so could only see the outside booths, but it was fun to walk around and see the "rides".

Mike and Carol came to the show also (Mike is John's engineer). They come to Vegas *alot*, so they were great tour guides!

This was a Jeep that had some of John's stuff in it - not MY taste for jeeps - but did I mention it had John's stuff!! =)

And their sign! (Benchmark-Designs!!)

Tuesday night we went out to see the sights... the Fountains of Bellagio was by far our favorite part of the night! Absolutely incredible!

James slept like this pretty much the entire 2 days! Mama's back was a wee bit tired!

The pretend Eiffel Tower! See Becca, I was *almost* there too!

John and James next to the Bellagio water.

This is the only picture we got of the 3 of us... on the shuttle back to the airport! IN VEGAS, and this is the only picture we get! How not-well-thoughtout was that!

The trip was a ton of fun! John had a very successful business trip, I learned alot about traveling with a baby, and we got to see a tad bit of the sights as well! Two days was plenty for us... we decided, if we go again, it would only be for another show or business deal, and we would know exactly what we wanted to see now that we've been there!