Happy Happy Happy

Today, as we were walking to the back of the yard and Landry was bouncing around us- yes,literally bouncing in circles around us, three words came to my mind - happy happy happy (in the voice of Phil Robertson, of course).  This is a great way to describe Landry -he is just plain happy!  He loves when we are all outside together.  He just runs, jumps, bounces along- usually going around us in circles :)  It doesn't matter if you get on to him or really upset with him - in about 2 seconds, he has brushed that off and is happy happy happy! I usually do refer to him as nuts or crazy - but someone may get the wrong impression - so happy is a better, more appropriate, descriptive word!

We went to the vet on Thursday to weigh in for his heartworm/flea med - he weighed 56.6 lbs!!! In March he weighed 36.9lbs. That's 20lbs- 10 lbs per month!!! Geez.... I really thought he had slowed up on his growing, guess I was wrong.

 

Riding to the vet and to trail.  He loves the bike trail! It was really hot, so we didn't go as far as last time.

  

Tim and Landry playing around.  Parker and Luke, dad is trying to get Landry used to the way you would pick up Pete - that way he won't go into shock when you start picking on him :)  *Right pic:  He loves to put his front paws on this stool (and the flower pot at the back steps - aka : his look out tower)

 

He went and got his blanket from his kennel and piled it up so he can lay on it -
right next to where Tim sits (of course!)

Love this shot.  Taken one early morning :)

 Oh, he did have a first this week!  Our AC went out - par for the course, 1st time it has been hot :/ , so luckily Parker has a window unit in his room (which we keep for events such as these).  So, Tim and Landry slept upstairs one night in the cool AC.  It was Landry's first time sleeping in the bed!  (well, except the 1st night we got him and we stayed at the camp).  Tim said he wasn't so sure what Tim was trying to get him to do- Jump on the bed? What? I usually get on trouble for such things, but ok...  Tim said they slept close for along time, but then Tim got up in the middle of the night, and that threw Landry off - really doesn't take much- so Landry came and slept on his bed in the room with me for the remaining of the night.  But today when we went up to Parker's room to straighten it, Landry was like "are we getting back on the bed!!" He kept putting his paws up on the bed like he was going to sneak on- but he seemed to always be in my way of folding the blanket, so he never got to.  He will get his chance soon when Hannah comes to stay with him :)

Party a success...blog update is lagging!

Jabbo sportin' his Kentucky Derby attire :)

Happy Birthday Mom!!! We love you!!!

Birthday Celebration and Kentucky Derby

We are looking forward to a fun filled weekend.  My mom turns 70!! Wow unbelievable - such an awesome lady - she doesn't seem 70 at all!  (I know she is cringing every time I mention that she is 70 :)  To celebrate, the family is coming over to the house for some bocce ball and hanging out.  Then we will place our bets and watch the Kentucky Derby (a family fav) and then dinner - Dad's frying up some of his famous fried chicken! MmmmMmm, so good.  I hope Mom has a great birthday!

This picture cracks me up so much! 

I felt like it was fitting, being that Landry looks like

a sleaze bag racehorse gambler!!! with a cigar!!

Hahahaha!!!

Thanks to Hannah for capturing this many weeks ago :)

A Little Comparison

 

2 months

3 months

4 months

5 months

BOY - this post has not been an easy one to put out!  I have had trouble with the internet, uploading pictures, and trying to get pictures to stay in place!!! It has taken so long I forgot what I was going to say!! Only started a week ago...... So lets see- 

WOW look how much he has grown in the short 5 months of his life.  He has always had an old man look about him, but he is really not looking much like a puppy now.  I can't believe how much he grew that first month we had him! Such a cutie pie :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landry still drags things all over the house.  He has stopped attempting to drag his bed across the bedroom, and has laid off my rug (but hasn't forgotten about it).  But he still pulls his blanket out of the kennel, still drags our clothes all over the place, and LOVES to get our socks. He hasn't torn up any thing (yet)- fingers crossed, but does like to make a mess.  His newest thing is to pull his santa blanket, his red blanket, my sitting pillow, and anything else that may be around over to Tim's chair - he works real hard getting it all over there, then spends more time getting it just right, and plops down!  and then All is right with the world, right at dad's feet!

Going back to the socks ~ he can play hours with a sock!  He throws it up, runs after it, barks, growls, rolls around with it.  It is really cute, and entertains him for a good long while.  So as long as he doesn't tear it up, we allow it to happen.  Maybe we shouldn't, but.....we do :)  This dog has a lot of energy- he is nuts! Need to burn it off some way.
He uses his back legs more than any dog I have ever seen. It may be real common, but new to us.  He will just spin himself around in circles, sometimes laying on his back, sometimes on his side, somethings with a ball or toy in his front paws. He pushes off the sofa most of the time.  The other day he was laying along the side of sofa, he started at one end, and on his back scooted all the way to the other end of the sofa using his back legs and the sofa, he was trying to get the ball that was behind his head! Pete would have just gotten up and picked up the ball, but for Landry it is just more fun to do it upside down!

 

This is what he is doing right now as I write this!

He also picks on me way more than Tim!  (maybe because he can get by with it) When I am walking outside, he is circling around me barking, growling, and jumping all the way.  Oh just for the pure fun of it!!  He has gotten better about not wrapping his paws around my legs, or attempting to bite me - all in play, of course! But at times I can not even walk!! Can became a bit aggravating.  THEN comes clearing out the pond dam that we have been working on for 2 weeks now.  I get 2 big ole arm fulls of limbs and vines, and Landry comes up and grabs hold of one, and pulls it with all his might the opposite direction!!  So not fun!  I have to fight that he doesn't make me drop it all, and pull him along.  I feel like a little girl who's brother won't stop picking on her - and she wants to yell out "Daddy make him stop!!"  Now, he does do this to Tim - some, just a little bit, when I am busy doing something else - but Tim is bigger and stronger, so he doesn't struggle like I do (violins please).  But I laugh at him more than I get aggravated, so that's a good thing :)

 

What a weekend we had!

First, before we get to the subject of the blog, I have GOT to share with you my experience!  Saturday, Tim Let me help with the mowing.  Now, before I go on, one needs to know the history of me and mowing.  It was 13ish years ago, and I decided to "help out", so I started mowing the yard! Loved IT - became obsessed with it really.  I would mow about every 4-5 days- the minute I would see a blade of grass get too long! WELL, I blew up the engine - I had NO IDEA that you were suppose to check the OIL!  Oh my - who knew!  I have not been allowed on the mower since:)  So back to the present.  Tim has so much yard work to do now that Parker and Luke aren't here to help, so he has intrusted me as his "helper".  We have a zero turn bush hog (no steering wheel).  How hard can it be!  Just push forward to go, pull back for reverse, widen to stop, etc.  So, I get on, get my quick lesson, and I'm off to the races!!  Well, my arms must not move with the same strength or never had to work so closely in tune with each other- because one millimeter off and you DO NOT go straight - so I start laughing and trying correct my driving- the more I corrected the worse I got, so I am riding along going slightly left then slightly right and back again - laughing hysterically all the way!! I am crying I am laughing so hard! All I can think of is how dang picky Tim is about straight lines and here I am in the front yard going every way but straight.  I get 3/4 of the way around (the first lap) and have to stop to wipe the tears and to catch my breath - I couldn't even breathe I was laughing so hard, I also couldn't wipe this silly stupid grin off my face. (what passerby-ers must have thought - probably that I was in terrible pain). I got a handle on the situation until....I started the second lap and saw how totally crooked the line was at first -OH the hysterical laughing and tears started back up - seriously it was the most awkward thing I have ever tried to do!! You can't even scratch your nose on this thing with out it going a crazy way.  I did finally get better, drove it straight and finished the job.  I will be on it again next week, but still not ready to go around trees or such, Tim will still have to "cut in".  It was just TOO funny not to share!!

On with the dog..... I am going to attempt to put up another video of him playing in the water - he had a BLAST!!!!  Reminded me of a little toddler playing in the ocean, just on the edge, having the time of his life!  We worked in the yard from 1:00 to 8:15 Saturday. When we were done and finally let Landry in the house, the poor dog went straight to his kennel and went to sleep! Bless him.  He's got a loooong summer ahead of him:)   

**Please ignore the voice on the video ~ go ahead and turn down the volume ~

 

This next video is of Landry showing us that he will be a big ole guard dog - one day!  He is hearing our neighbor thru the woods, then gets their dog barking too.

#TBT

What a cutie!!!!