America's Next Top Model!

For Christmas Mike got me my dream camera! I got a Nikon D60, which is very different that my point and shoot camera. I've been toying around with all the gadgets and using poor Cooper as my model. He seems to like it though, he will sit there for me. I compared it to my old camera, what a difference in clarity! I love it!

Christmas 2008

Mike and I celebrated our 2nd Christmas together as married. How our year has changed since our 1st. We bought our first home, and adopted Cooper the Pooper! We had a wonderful celebration. We started off our Christmas Eve with both families over for ham, potatoes, beans, rolls, etc. Then Christmas morning we went to my parent's home for breakfast and to open gifts, then off to the Whitesel's to open gifts and have dinner. We brought Coopy over to Gamma and Papa Whitesel's to play with the other dogs...what fun he had! He slept from 7:30pm-9:00am. He's never done that! My amazing husband got me the coolest camera for Christmas. I got Nikon D60, I am so excited to take pictures with it!

Puppy Kindergarten!

Cooper started Puppy Kindergarten last night, and is the star of the class. Though right in the middle of play time, he ran over to the corner and starting peeing, I was so embarassed! He did so good, we covered sit, lay down, spin, and some brain teasers for him. He was so exhausted, he came home and laid on the ground right at the top of the stairs and fell asleep. He slept in this morning until after 7am! He's never done that before. Mike and I are such proud puppy parents!

With the weather being so cold, I decided Cooper needed a coat like the rest of his friends in the neighborhood. Mike has been so against this, so I thought I would try to find something Mike would like. I got him a letterman's jacket with a big "W"! He loved it, Mike hated it. He's mad at me. Oh well, Coopy will be warm for the winter.

Snow Day!

Saturday when the snow started coming down I began to panic. We were getting ready to go over to Gina Sacco's house for a holiday party, I hate driving in the snow so I told Mike let's just stay for an hour. Well the party was a lot of fun, so we stayed for a long time. We got home a little after midnight. Poor Coopy was in his kennel, so we immediately took him outside to try out the snow. Mike walked him out, he paused for a moment then started going crazy. He loved the texture, and just started digging his face right in it. It was really fun, nobody was out in our neighborhood so it was just the crazy Whitesel's walking the streets in the wee hours of the morning.

Good Puppy!

Mike and I have been telling Coop that he is such a good Pup lately. We've had a few milestones this week. He finally knows his name is Cooper, and he learned to sit! We were so ecstatic! I sat with him on the kitchen floor, and used these training treats to get him to sit. Now, everytime I come into the room he sits, because he thinks he will get a treat.

We went and watched the Apple Cup today over at the Whitesel house. Cooper had so much fun playing with Addison and Sammy! It was such a great afternoon, we brought him home and he's been sleeping ever since.

Now if we could just get him potty trained.....cross your fingers.

NO! NO! NO!

This is what I am constantly shouting! My neighbors probably hate me. This is our first week with Cooper and it's been rough. Mike left Tuesday for California which leaves me as a single puppy Mom. It's been such a struggle leaving him home while I got to work he just cries, and cries. I've been coming home at lunch everyday only for about 15 minutes to fed him, take him out, etc. Then race home from work so I can give him attention. Being in a kennel all day is no fun, so when I do get home he is bouncing off the walls, running in circles, chewing on everything including our new couch. I've been waking up every 3 hours of the night to take him outside. He finally learned to go number 2 outside this morning, yippee!

Coop and I had a little date night to PetSmart last night to get some new treats and to get his nails clipped. He did good, and as with our last visit everyone in the store came running over to pick him up. He's so cute, but such a stinker.

I am so excited for Mike to come home tonight. I will be waiting at the door with Cooper!

Newest member of the family....Cooper Whitesel!

We did it, we added a new member to our family! Yesterday we adopted Cooper, he is an adorable Cockapoo. His first day as a Whitesel was adventure. His first stop was to Uncle Joe's to meet his cousin Bella. They had so much fun playing together, but he was so sad that Kayla was not there. Then we brought him home where he enjoyed pooping and peeing all over our clean carpet! We took him for a walk in the neighborhood where he got to meet his new friend Jackson. Then it was bed time....like any new Mom I didn't get any sleep. This is a HUGE adjustment for me since I never had any pets growing up. We brought his little bed in our room, but he whined so of course we let him sleep with us, which in turn ended up with me sleeping on the couch. Mike's a natural, he's so in love with Cooper already. Cooper is exactly two months and teething like crazy. The next few weeks will be a lot of work. The good news is he's great, he's so playful and fun!