Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween from Maddie

She opted to be a shark, based on her ability to eat anything and everything (including her costume 5 minutes later).  I made her costume with 3 pieces of gray felt (4 for $1), some leftover chipboard from a package and gray bias tape ($2.79).
This is her first Halloween and I'm betting she only tries to eat every 2 of 3 kids that rings our doorbell.  She LOVES when people come over, even more than she loves eating paper and baseboards.

Puppy Photos!

We have photo proof Maddie is the most awesome and snuggly little girl ever....

Go, as fast as you can, to my friend Meredith's blog [http://www.andunlimited.com/] for pictures of Maddie.

PUPternity Leave!

I’m counting down the hours until I can leave work today. We are picking up Maddie in LESS THAN 24 HOURS and I’m taking PUPternity leave next week. In case you didn’t know that when you take time off work to welcome a furry new family member (and yes I completely made it up and everyone at work thinks I’m crazy). Also, I’m probably going to have separation issues when I have to go back to work, but it’s going to be so nice to be a SAHDM (Stay at home dog mom) for the next 9 days!

The final puppy preparations that have to happen tonight are :
1. Clean-up dining room (still a mess from latest project, ie power tools everywhere).
2. Fix her crate (I built it wrong, we want the door to open the opposite way).
3. Buy her some food! She’s eating ProPlan Puppy, Chicken & Rice formula.
4. Clean out the back of the car and put her crate pad in there for the ride home.
5. Move all our jackets and boots out of the mudroom so she has limited opportunity to destroy things.

Anywho, make sure you add Maddie’s tumblog to your reader – it’s going to be cute puppy picture overload over there for the next few days.

On Childhood Toys....

Just a few things before the weekend....

A) I loved all your responses to this post.  I had Kirsten, who apparently they don't sell anymore.  She had a custom made 4-post bed with curtains to protect her from the winter chill in Maine and flannel sheep sheets.  One day I took her braids out and then immediately regretted it as she never looked the same.  She still resides in Maine with my other childhood BFFs, Edith Amelia (my cabbage patch doll) and oodles of barbies.  They are all living it up in my parents attic, just like what was supposed to happen in Toy Story 3.  As a little side story, my barbies completely had it made.  They had a HUGE barbie mansion with three levels, complete with jacuzzi tub and tennis courts.  For transporation they had their choice of a delightful vintage pink Rolls Royce convertable or berry pink 2-door hardtop Jeep, I mean we did live in Maine and the Rolls wasn't that great for off-roading with Ken.  Speaking of Ken, I only had one and he had to date ALL the girls, so I guess Ken was really the one that had it made.

B) My girl Maddie started her own blog.  You should probably check it out if you haven't already :)

What were your favorite childhood toys?  Do you or your parents still have them?

I'd like to introduce you to someone....

I'd like you all to meet our little girl.
Her name isn't 100% confirmed, well, it was until we met her today and realized her mom has the same name we were going to use for her.
#Puppy owner fail.

For now, she is Miss Madison Thayer Brennan, aka "Maddie", and she is three weeks old, born December 16th.

I got oodles of puppy kisses from this tongue.

I think they had just eaten, because she was all yawns.

 

She's not fat, just 'well fed' :)

I'm thinking she's going to need her own site.  What do you think?

www.thedailymadison.com

or

www.preppypuppy.com