life with livi...

of course i can't just leave that last post without some more pictures of the liv-ster...

watching her pops play frisbee golf on stanford's campus...

learning how to walk on a leash...

#1 cuddler...

being teased by big brother tjuta...

pooped out on the couch snuggling with me while i'm working on my case report

(please notice tjuta in the background ignoring all things livi)...

taking an afternoon nap at stanford's oval...

backstory on the next 3 photos: about 2340982 people get married at stanford's memorial church each weekend day (ok, maybe an exaggeration, but a lot of fabulous couples get married there)... one of the 5 couples that we saw get married there yesterday stopped us and asked if they could take a few shots with livi. the wedding photographer asked 'can she sit on command?'... paul + i looked at eachother with our fingers crossed + said a hopeful 'yes'... with that, paul was her acting coach (you can see in the 1st photo) + i was too beside myself to get some great shots... but here's what i came up with...

she did pretty well with the mini-shoot but i about died when livi started jumping up on the bride's beautiful gown when she squatted down to pat her... but the new mrs. didn't seem to mind! who would've thought we'd have such a photogenic pup!

and, of course, we had to get a picture of our lab in front of paul's lab...

hope you enjoy! much love from the obviously obsessed puppy parents!

meet olivia!

our little family is growing! a few weeks ago (actually, on the hubs' b.day), my begging + pleading finally paid off... we got a puppy! i've been telling paul for months, no... years that i would love to have a dog. as an early graduation gift, my wish came true!

meet the 3/4 lab, 1/4 golden retriever that i stumbled upon looking through the ebay classifieds (that's right, we got our cat from craigslist + our dog from ebay... because we are just that classy). little livi is the most precious thing ever + we (i) can't even remember what life was like before her cuteness!

puppy-raising has sure been an exciting + challenging experience thus far. the hubs has never had a pup before, and i must say he has taken to it quite well. we have been reading the books, putting in load after load of pee-soaked laundry, + i'm pretty sure people on the outside think the only word we know how to say is 'no'... it looks like we might be on the right road to success with training :-). but really, she's a good egg + we are blessed to have her in our lives! look forward to many more pictures of the newest apple of our eyes in future blog posts!

(also you can see how much she has grown in just 3 weeks between the last 2 pictures: the first was taken 2 days after we got her [10 weeks old] + the second is from this past week [13 weeks old]... oh my!)