September!!! When did Fall arrive!

It's amazing how fast Lidia is growing!!! She is now 12 weeks old, 24 3/4 inches, 12 lbs 15 oz and her hair has officially decided it is too long to stand up. :( Above is my favorite "faux hawk" picture.

Last week I went back to work. :( It was hard, but good. I enjoy being back into things and working again, but I loved spending so much time with Lidia. She started daycare and so far so good. She is having a bit of an adjustment to sleeping there...they aren't allowed to swaddle her, so she isn't sleeping so well in the crib. Which is not the same story at home, she is sleeping wonderfully at night. We really hope this continues, she is sleeping between 8 and 9 hours at night, with just the occasional fuss, when she loses her pacifier.

Other than returning to work, we have kept on the move all through September enjoying the amazing weather. Lidia went to her first Tigers game with Abby and me. It was a bit of questionalble weather with an hour rain delay, but she made it through the entire game. The Tigers even won!

We took Daisy to the nearby waterpark, that opens for dogs the day before they drain the pool. It was quite the experience, we were fairly certain that Daisy was not a "water dog", and this belief has been confirmed! I tried to upload a video clip...but I'm having some issues with it so I'm going to try pictures instead... :)

A Day with Daisy!

SO, many of you know we love our dog and we worry about her well being and safety during the day. Scott built two gates so we would not have to crate Daisy during the day. Daisy seemed to like this idea as well, she would happily sit on the stairs and wait for her treat and then nap at the top of the stairs all day and play with her toys. Then one day we came home to be greeted at the door by Daisy. So after a few weeks of trying alternative things to block her escapes, Scott decided it was time to figure out exactly how she was getting out. He set up our camera on time lapse and caught her in action. We both suspected that she was jumping the gate, we had no idea she was so smart! Please watch our video we call Daisy...Gate!



Daisy has managed to find a way to place her front paws on the living room wall which she uses to pull her body far enough over the gate so her body weight helps her tumble to the other side. We think she may be part cat, as in super slow-mo we can see that she appears to land cleanly on a fours, without injury. In case you're wondering, Scott leaves at the 2 minute mark, Daisy is out by the 8 minute mark, she settles on the couch after 12 minutes and is asleep by 15.

Now we are left to try and find another way to outsmart our beloved hound! Or just give up and let her roam free.