Who is the cutest puppy in Kirkland.....Cooper!

We decided to spend some quality family time in downtown Kirkland on Sunday. We went for a walk, got coffee and Cooper got to go in Lake Washington for the first time and he hated it! He was so scared of the waves and all the ducks. Mike and I miss living downtown so much! There's always so much happening.

Superbowl Sunday!

This was our first Superbowl in our house. Mike was so excited to have our friends over. He spent two weekends "cleaning" out the garage....oops I mean the "Man Cave" so the boys could hang out in there. We had a lot of people over, our house was a fire hazard but it was fun. Everyone had a great time, we used our new margarita machine, and ate a lot of junk food. Even Cooper got in on the action, he was so exhausted after everyone left.

Happy Birthday Anna!

Last week we celebrated Anna's birthday with a yummy dinner at the Whitesel house. I brought over my camera and got some adorable pictures of my nieces. This time Addison wanted in on the action, so we worked on her photography skills. She got a great picture of her Mommy!

I love being an Auntie!

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.