These are a few of my favorite things

This face just melts my heart. Mia is growing so fast and everyone keeps telling me to take as many pictures as we can. Done.I am obsessed with certain parts of my little pup and just need to share the cuteness with everyone. I jumped at the chance to photograph my "favorite things" as she took such a sweet nap on her daddy's chest.

Those lips...just so kissable. I especially love that lower black lip.Mia has a tiny, black dot in the center of her adorable, little nose.Those puppy paws. When Mia came home, they were plump, shiny, and perfectly pink. I wish I would have photographed them within the first few days because each day, they become dirtier and more calloused. I know it is just a matter of time before they turn completely dark.Speaking of paws, I have one specific toe fetish. Seriously, how cute is this? One black toe nail and 1/2 of a black pad. Awww....Her spotted belly and multi-colored nips. Ohhhhh...that belly!!! Oh...and I love those little spots on her face.I love you so much, Mia. You have already changed our lives and stolen our hearts.

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The road to meet Mia.

I woke up on Saturday morning with butterflies in my stomach. I was nervous and excited to finally meet our puppy but honestly, I was way more nervous than excited. We pulled up to the gas station because Kenneth (Mia's previous owner) agreed to meet us halfway. The moment I saw her, I almost died. My heart melted and I actually started to cry. I really hadn't ever seen anything so adorable! We put her in her travel crate and started our journey home. We had prepared ourselves for a drive home full of poop, pee, and puke. But instead, she fell right asleep. Like, dead asleep...snoring and all!We has to wake her up each time we stopped so she could go potty. Here are pictures of our first pit stop in Arkansas.She was so good in her crate the entire time. She would fall right asleep until our next stop. I just kept looking back and starting at her.After 6 hours on the road, we were finally home and my parents came over for a delicious dinner! Of course, I took many more pictures of our baby!My mom even brought Mia presents that she loved. She can't wait to be big enough to play frisbee! (I have a feeling that it will be sooner than later.)I have gotten a bunch of questions about the first night. Honestly, it wasn't too bad (the second night was much worse!!!) She woke up and cried at 12, 1, 2, and 4. She woke up at 7 am for the day. No accidents in the crate and she peed each time we took her out.

Sunday, we celebrated Mother's Day (my first) at our house with bagels and family. It was lovely and we had more chances to take pictures of our pup. We started to wait at GC but after 45 minutes, we decided to leave. (Doesn't my mom look AMAZING only 2 weeks post surgery? Sorry, Mom...you do!!!) Someone at home was being a ham for the camera...Happy Mother's Day to me :)And family pictures without the canine...After a wonderful Mother's Day, we were exhausted. Mia didn't want to sleep last night. She cried every hour and I wasn't a fan. Waking up for work at 6 was super hard and I was dragging all day. It is 9:30 right now and I am going to hop in bed because I have a feeling it will be a repeat show tonight.

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Arkansas Roadtrip

On Friday, I left work right as soon as I could and hurried home to pack for our roadtrip. At about 4:00 we hit the road to begin our 5 hour trip to Fayetteville, Arkansas. We got in town around 9:30, went to Danny's (Mike's brother) house to freshened up, and hit the college bars. Oh...how I miss the college years. After hitting the bars with Danny and his girlfriend, Jesse, we had to get some late night Taco Bell. While winding down, Danny and Mike played guitar and played around with the camera.The next morning, I woke up with butterflies in my stomach as we drove to meet our new baby girl. I have to run and eat dinner but I will post more tonight!

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She's Home!

Words really can't explain how much I already love our new little baby. Meet Mia...So tired right now but I promise to post more tomorrow!

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What has happened to America?

Lil Kim is gone and Ty is still on? Seriously, people?!?AND...to make matters worse...Allison is off and Danny is on. Uck!At least my boyfriend is still on. I love you, Kris.What has happened to America this week? Come on people!!!

Although I am getting sad that these two of my favorite reality shows are coming to an end, I am excited that two more will be replacing them. WOO HOO! (Man, I watch too much TV! This DVR is killing me!)

Um...on an un-reality based TV show, did anyone watch Grey's? I was bawling like a baby. BAWLING. As Oprah says, "the ugly cry".

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Oh, how I love this show!

The Biggest Loser is such a great show! Even if you haven't watched all season, watch next week! The finales are always the best and it will be on next Tuesday.

Last year, I knew that Ali would be the winner. AMAZING!This year, I am going back in forth on who I think will win. I hope that Tara wins. I always am rooting for the girl that Jillian has trained the whole time. (Two seasons ago it was Ali and last season it was Michelle...they both won.) Tara has already lost so much weight and she looks amazing!However, I think that Mike may give her a run for her money. He has so much more weight to lose and I think he is going to do it. Check out his transformation so far!Best. Show. Ever. Who are you rooting for?

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Opinions, opinions...

Everyone has opinions. By having a few pregnant friends, I have learned that EVERYONE has an opinion about everything. Strangers tell my pregnant friends what they should do and what is best for their babies. Everyone feel like what they do is correct and the best way and I just can't imagine how that would feel to be constantly told this and that. Don't eat this, don't do that, don't take that, don't go there. It just seems like so many people think they are experts when they really aren't. I talked to my mom about it and she said that everyone tries their best and they want to think they are doing the best for their child.

No, I am not pregnant. I am just bringing this up because we are about to bring our puppy home. As I research more and more about puppies, I feel like I am going round and round about the best training techniques, what foods not to use, what toys are best, what size crates to get...blablabla. It really amazes me that everyone has an opinion for what is best. It really is exhausting.

I haven't mentioned our dog search in a while because we hit many speed bumps along the way. Tonight, my friend Kate said something that is so true..."if you aren't ready to take a dog home that minute, it will be gone." Unfortunately, this was the story with a few shelters. Finding a dog was followed by disappointment time after time. We also were burned by a few breeders in Missouri and Illinois and none ended up working out. I really got to the point where I told Mike that we weren't going to be able to find a boxer puppy (and for the record, I was fine with this) that would be ready to go home in the month of May.

Finally, we found out about a man that is not a really a breeder and is definitely not a shelter. He lives on a farm in Arkansas and his boxers "did it" and now he has 3 pups to get rid of soon. This weekend, Mike and I are driving down to Arkansas to bring a puppy home. I am praying that this doesn't fall through and I feel like we are taking a huge leap of faith. We have a picture of the one that we want but I am scared to post it in case it doesn't work out.

Keep your fingers crossed that we will be bringing little Mia home this weekend. Of course, I will keep you posted!!!

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The Sunroom

Our next project is/has been our sunroom/mudroom/breezeway. It has been serving NO purpose for the past year we have lived here. (OK...maybe that isn't fair. We practiced our wedding dance in this room. We also set up a bar and food table in this room for a wedding shower and our housewarming party.) Sunday morning, the room was bare...We decided to go with black wicker with black and white damask cushions from Garden Ridge. It looks horrible with the yellow walls but those will be painted this week!My photoshop guru hubby whipped up a picture of what it will look like without the yellow walls and carpet. Who know when this will actually happen but here is a picture of the goal...

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My Mama

I just want to publicly say that my mom is one tough cookie. Her surgery was only a week ago and she is almost totally off of her pain meds. She is an inspiration and I love her. Thanks for all of your thoughts, comments, and emails. She is doing great and she is awesome!

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Weekend Review

On Friday night, we tried out a new restaurant that I have to RAVE about...Robust in Webster. It is a wine bar AND a tapas restaurant, so my two favorite things are mixed together at Robust! Seriously, I loved the food at this restaurant and the atmosphere is great. We will definitely be back!Saturday was a blast! I went back to my old place of residence for a good old fashioned crawfish boil. I did NOT partake in the eating of the crawfish and unfortunately we just missed them being cooked (Mike looked forward to photographing that part). We arrived just in time for them to come right out of the pot and here they are...Aren't they gross? All I could think about was little Sebastian!Leslie thought the corn was too spicy and was dying. I decided to stick with the eggrolls.Love these doggie pictures...I have caught the fever...LOVE. THIS. PICTURE. OF MALI! Such a beautiful pup! (Nice work on the photoshop, hunny.)Stevie even stopped by!!!After leaving the crawfish boil, we headed over to Gas House Grill to do some karaoke with my work friends. If you know me then you know that I LOVE karaoke. Seriously love it. I want a karaoke machine for my basement but I am scared that I would sing to myself all day. Since The Little Mermaid was on my brain, I channeled a little bit of Ariel and sang "Part of Your World." I did. In a bar. It was one of my favorite karaoke moments EVER.

I didn't know that Mike loved karaoke as much as I do. He didn't sing as much as rap. His best song was one by Mr. Snoop Doggy Dog.Of course we did group numbers, as well. My favorite? Summer Loving from Grease!I am getting tired thinking about Saturday night. I was exhausted! I am tired now too...good night!

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