Just Call Him...Jaws

While at my parents house this past weekend, Jerm and I decided it would be a good time to take Diesel swimming.  Labs are known for being water dogs and Diesel enjoys himself while he gets a bath, so we had a feeling he'd like the pool.

The pool was clean, the weather was hot, and into the water we went.  Diesel was very skeptical of the pool at first and he would only careful creep up to the edge to sniff with curiosity.  As I got into the pool, he got more curious, but still wasn't willing to get in by himself.  So, Jeremy picked him up and place him on the first step, which only has enough water to cover him a few inches. 

Sitting on the entry step.

Well, after that...it was pretty much over.  He turned into a swimming freak at that point and he would: swim to me and Jerm, swim around the whole pool, swim over to the deep end, get out at the deep end and run back to the entry step, leap off the entry step...at me, chase us while we tried to swim next to him and fetch his ball when we threw it in.  Also, when he'd swim to us, he'd get really close and try to bite our ears or noses!!  It was the weirdest thing, not to mention painful.  That's right...we now call him "Jaws."

 

About to leap off the entry step at me.

 

Family portrait.  I was trying to get him to look at the camera.

Of course, the one time we're recording he keeps slipping and can't get out.

We went swimming with "Jaws" twice over the weekend, and while we were at the baseball game on Sunday, my dad took into the pool.  So, needless to say, Diesel had a very fun weekend and LOVES the water.  In fact, when we got home on Sunday afternoon, Diesel went into our bathroom and tried to get in the shower!  Silly puppy.

Finally...a New Post!

Hello friends!  Life has been pretty dull lately, so that's the reason for the lack of posts.  Just the same ole, same ole...but finally, I have something to post about!  Exciting, isn't it? 

So, this past weekend, Jerm, Diesel and I went on a mini vacation to one of my favorite places in the world...Scottsdale!  The reason for the trip was that the Angels were in town playing the Diamondbacks.  For my dad's birthday, my mom got him tickets to one of the games and since Jerm loves the Angels, he wanted to go to all three games...so we did and we hung out with my family for a few days.

Diesel, getting ready to go to Scottsdale.

The first game was Friday night.  Jayla was supposed to come with us, but Kayla had prior plans, so just Jake came with us.  We ate overpriced popcorn, drank expensive water, and watched the Angels beat up on the Diamondbacks. 

Jake and Jerm.

The Angels spanked the D'backs, 12 - 3.

Game #2 was Saturday afternoon.  My mom had bought tickets in the new "All You Can Eat Section" of the field, which was really cool.  It was on the 2nd level suite area and we got unlimited: soda, hot dogs, chips, peanuts and popcorn.  Yum!  Needless to say, the Angels won again.

Jerm and his peanuts.

Dad and his hot dog.

 

Me and my popcorn.

Not quite the game as the night before, but the Angels still won.

The last game of the series was Sunday afternoon.  Jerm and I had great lower level seats and once again, the Angels won.  We left at the top of the 5th because the Angels were up 9 to 2, and we had to get Diesel and our stuff from my folks house, plus drive home to Prescott.  When we got to the car, we found out that the D'backs had come back and the score was 9 to 8.  What the...?! 

We could only watch so much of Angels beating up the D'backs. 

So, it was fun, baseball filled weekend.  I went to more baseball games over the past weekend, then I have in the past two years!  Woo!  I think I'm "baseballed out."  :)

Stay tuned tomorrow for a post about our other weekend activity...playing in the pool, with our water obsessed dog!

The Return of Zack Morris!

I follow Jimmy Fallon on Twitter, and I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find this clip from his show last night.  Saved by the Bell is one of my all time favorite shows!  I remember coming home from school and watching hours of it (2 episodes on TBS, followed by 2 more on WGN).  It was such a great show and I loved the whole gang!  I even had the SBTB board game.  Jessie was always my favorite because she was so smart and pretty and Zack was just so clue and clever.  Oh good times!  I may need to bust out my DVDs of all the seasons and reminisce.

This clip is of Zack (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) picking up right where he left off and updating us on his life.  If you didn’t watch the show very much, you probably won’t get the half of the jokes he says, but it’s still pretty funny.  I don’t know about you…but I would SO watch a Saved by the Bell Reunion! :)

The "Ball" is in the Other Court

Warning:  This post might not be appropriate for children under the age of 13, as I have a many immature comments about "balls."

The big day was this past Friday...we took Diesel to the vet at 7am...and he had a "ball!"  Oh no wait...he lost 2 "balls,"...a.k.a he got NUETERED.  That's right...no more "balls" for Diesel.  I meant to write this post on Saturday, but I guess I dropped the "balls."  Ha ha!  Alright, that's all for my childish "ball" jokes.

Anyway, of course, Diesel did excellent during his surgery and the nurse said he woke up wagging his tail.  What a guy, huh?  When we brought him home he was a bit groggy still, but he slept it off and by that evening, he was back to his normal self. 

Shortly after he got home.

We did have a slight "issue" with his Buster collar though.  That's the cone-like collar that prevents animals from licking their incision.  Well, Diesel is not a fan of his Buster collar and I put it on him once we got home because he was trying to chew off his pressure bandage (from the IV).  First of all, once I put it on, he would barely move a muscle and just sat their frozen.  Secondly, I had to put the collar on him for about 2 hours, until we could take the bandage off and he whined and whined for about 30 minutes before he fell asleep.  We're supposed to put the collar on him while he's alone and we keep it on him while he's sleeping.  He's gotten a lot better with it over the past few days, but it's definitely not his favorite thing in the world.

Recovering with Jerm.

I think he felt a connection to our satellite dish.

 

Diesel is 100% back to normal and he's realizing that if he comes close to licking his incision, he'll get the Buster collar on, which is no fun.  The only thing that we're finding difficult is that he's suppose to "take it easy" for the next 12 - 14 days, and he simply doesn't understand that.  However, we're working with him on not jumping and to take it easy in when he plays, plus walks are on hold until he's completely healed.  So, he's doing great and as for recovery goes...he's really on the "ball."  Ha ha!  Alright...now I'm done.

New Moon Trailer

Here is just a quick post because I'm so excited!  Besides Harry Potter, one of my other favorite book series is the Twilight Saga.  Well, the books are being made into movies and I FINALLY watched the first one, Twilight, just the other day (it's about time, right?).  It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen, but just because I love the books, I automatically liked the movie.  Anyway, the second movie comes out in November and the new preview was just released.  It looks great...can't wait for November! :)

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON trailer

Growing Like a Weed

Hello all!  Nothing too new on the Jeremy & Sara front, but just an update on our little guy.   As usual, Diesel is growing faster than ever imaginable and he's tipping the scale at 48lbs. 

10 weeks old and 16 weeks old.

Also, he's discovered a new talent of tearing up toys left and right.  This past Saturday, Jeremy and I went to buy Diesel a few new toys because he ate through  three old ones in one day.  So far his total stats of toys  destroyed is: 3 tennis balls, 1 fuzzy  squeaker, 1 rubber tire and 1 stuffed puppy.  When we went Petsmart to get new toys, we immediately went looking for the stronger and bigger toys.  We ended up getting him a new tire (which is HUGE, but it says it's for dogs 50lbs+) and a big, fuzzy and squeaky camel.  The toys are huge when you compare them to his old ones (see pics below), but I'm sad to say that within 45 minutes of us giving Diesel the camel...he was pulling stuffing out of it.  I've stitched it up twice already, but I think the camel is going to be joining the list of deceased toys soon.  UGH!  Jeremy is currently looking up "indestructible dog toys" online. 

 

Old tire at 10 weeks, and the new one at 16 weeks.

Old, little puppy (who Diesel ripped a hole in its face) and new, huge camel.

Oh well, at least he likes the new toys.

Our Son's New Friends

Alright, sorry for the delay in posting everyone!  I've been...well, busy...ok, so I've really just been lazy.  Sue me!

Last week, we went over to Jayla's house for dinner, dessert and puppy play time.  Jayla made a delicious dinner of chicken kabobs, kielbasa and fresh fruit.  Dessert was provided by yours truly, but you'll have to visit my cooking blog, Sara's Sweets, to see what I brought. :)

We were really excited to go over to their house because we wanted Diesel to meet Jayla's two dogs: Nico and Alfie.  Nico is a mellow, 115+lbs Neapolitan Mastiff and Alfie is a fun loving, 90lb St. Bernard mix.  Jerm and I were curious to see how Diesel would interact with two dogs that large and wouldn't you know it...it didn't really phase him.  He was a bit intimidated by both of them at first, but soon enough, Alfie was playing with Diesel and a fun evening was had by all. 

The dogs played rough for awhile, Diesel went potty outside in the yard (and in the house...sorry guys!), the big dogs chased him and he'd seek refuge under the patio table, they all rolled around in the dirt and Diesel decided to lay down in a dirty puddle.  Awesome!

Meeting Alfie.

Playing in the yard.

Diesel thinking about laying in the puddle.  Alfie waiting for food to drop.  Jake grilling.

 

Good boy, Diesel.  You lay down in that dirty puddle.  NOT!

Nico, Alfie, Kayla, and Diesel.

Nico and Alfie playing.

Diesel nibbling on Alfie's ear.

Of course, we had a great time hanging with Jayla (we always do) but Diesel had an AWESOME time!!  He was exhausted and absolutely filthy when we got him home.  He went straight into the bathtub (because when you'd pat his back, a puff of dirt would come up) and then to bed. 

Thanks for a fun night, Jayla!  Diesel has already asked when he can go back and play with the boys. :)