9 and 4

This post is long overdue, but better late than never!  It's hard to believe, but my sweet boy turned 9 years old on June 20.  I left for Hawaii for work again on June 18 so we celebrated the day before that.  Lauren and I had to wish him a happy gotcha day from a distance also.  As of June 29, we've had our buddy for 4 years!

We followed tradition of course and I made him a birthday cake with chicken livers, cream cheese, and decorated it with a little bacon.  Sounds appetizing, doesn't it?  Well, it certainly is if your a greyhound :)

You may have been wandering why my blogging has definitely been lacking lately.  One reason is simply because I have been on travel so much for work!  I have hardly been home a full week at a time since the beginning of May!  Thank goodness for a wonderful husband who does a great job of taking care of the dogs and the house while I'm gone!  The other reason is simply from pure exhaustion because.....we are expecting again!  The baby is due on December 23.  I have been so much more tired with this pregnancy than with Lauren and once I get her to bed I just don't have the energy to write or even read blogs!  I'm halfway there now and in fact had my 20 week ultrasound this morning where we learned that we are having another girl which made me very happy :)  I have been taking pictures every month with Lauren and the dogs to remember this special time in our lives and here is one from a couple weeks ago.