bahhh!!

sick of the puppy posts yet? too bad! lately i just can't get over how cute they are together. mosey can be a little rascal at times. but it's usually when he has been couped up inside all day and needs to get out and run around. it's funny how our lives have completely changed having him in it. our entire days are scheduled around him. i am okay with that though. he is just too darn cute.

he can definitely get rowdy at times. but he can also be incredibly mellow. last night he was just laying on sean's stomach for a good ten minutes. just staring sean straight in the eyes.  i had to leave but sean said he sat there for a while. then around 10:30 last night, i took him out of his kennel and had him lay on his back in my lap. at first he wasn't sure about it. but as you can see in these pictures he started to like it and ended up falling asleep for about 15 minutes. i would have let him keep sleeping but it was getting late.  he just loves being held like a baby. especially after a bath. he will fall asleep in your arms if you are drying him with a towel.

have you ever seen the movie click? when their dog... has a problem with a stuffed duck. and by problem... i mean a lust for? i guess mosey is starting young.... and sorry if this video offends you..i think it's pretty funny though.

good thing he will be getting neutered when he is older! p.s. mosey's puppy

kisses cause my face to break out. i am very upset over this.

in other non-related puppy news....

sean took his last final today! wahoo!! we are so excited.

he has worked so hard this year. he hasn't had a break

from school since we got married. this will be his first semester

off in 14 months. we have lots of fun adventures planned for

the summer. i can't wait!

pouty little moses.

little mosey was pouting this morning. it was so sad and cute at the same time. we are crate training him for now. sean and i work together, but one of us takes an early lunch, and one of us takes a later lunch so that we are able to let him out every couple of hours. the first night with him was rough. he was scared, and the train outside scared him even more. i won't lie, i broke all the rules and let him sleep with me on the couch. i only got 2 hours of sleep. but the second night was much better. we set up a schedule, so we wake him up to go to the bathroom. not have him wake us up to go. we put him to bed around 11 and then sean wakes up at 1 and 5 to take him out. i wake up at 3 and 7. get him fed. you know, all that fun stuff. he has slept through the night perfectly. except for last night i hit snooze at 3 am. at 3:10 he started whining because he had to go. he was just fine after that. i think if i can wake up on time this schedule will work perfectly. he likes having a routine. i think it has been good for me too.

he likes to bite on people's hands and feet. so we are working on that. i think he is getting a little better. but we do have to remember he is just a puppy and still learning. for those that have asked, we do plan to get him neutered. he just has to ahem *grow some balls first* ahem.  we gave him his first bath on sunday. it was so cute. he didn't quite know how to react. he didn't cry but he kept trying to climb out of the tub. when we got him out he just stood there. doing nothing. so we wrapped him up in a towel and rubbed him dry. he laid there like a baby in my arms and fell asleep. he loved that part of the bath. today he had his very first play date with his girlfriend olive. he did so good. i am so proud of him. he can still be a little stinker at times, but i feel like he has already learned so much.

i know a lot of people say that when they have a baby, the love they have for their spouse grows stronger? well it made sense to me in a way, but i had never experienced that. i didn't actually know how that felt. ya know? sean and i raising this little "baby" together has really brought us closer. it's incredible. i can't explain it, and probably will never be able to. i know it's only been a few days, but we are on this fun, new, adventurous journey together, and i wouldn't change it for anything. and i know having a baby will be entirely different. but for now? this puppy has helped us grow closer. nothing makes me happier than to hear sean say, "you did so good mosey! you did so good!" or "you can't lick mama, that's my job" is that TMI? whatever. or "he looked for you when you were gone." i love it. i don't care if we are treating him like our child. he kind of is. i have had a few people say that they hope this doesn't turn into a doggy blog. it won't, however, moses is a part of our life now. we blog about our life. so if something adorable happens i will most likely post about it. i hope that is okay with you all..and if it's not? well too bad ;)

when i was younger my mom had a book published called "what do they do all day in heaven". my cousin illustrated it with pictures of us kids. my mom wrote it after my little sister (sam's twin) passed away from SIDS at the age of 2 months. we didn't understand what had happened, or what was going on, so she wrote the book to help us understand. she thought about writing another children's book called "the puppy and the broken people". it was about a dog who helped heal a broken family. my brother inspired my mom with a story he told her one time when he was little about our family dog. that is exactly what cherry pie did for our family. she was the puppy that saved my family. we had to put her down 2 years ago when she was about 14-15 years old. she was a golden retriever and the sweetest dog ever. the movie "marley and me" reminds me of our exact story.

here are the last 2 pictures that i ever took of cherry. i miss her so much. she was such a good dog. i wish moses could have met her. they would have loved each other so much. i hope that moses will bring some great memories for our little family. he is not just a dog. he is family. he will be with us through the good and the bad. he will protect our kids when we have them. he will play with them and love them just as much as we will. i can't wait.

a few people have asked how we came up with moses's name. well when my cousin's little girl Ireland was 3, she was hanging out with all the girls for a girls day. she kept saying, "no boys allowed!" it was the cutest thing ever. i guess it was more like "no boys awwowwed!" even cuter, right?



anyway she had a cute little dog purse with her that she carried around. she named it moses. it was the cutest thing ever. what 3 year old girl names their dog purse moses? i loved it. so when we got our nintendo ds from my mom to stop us from getting a real puppy, we named the 2 dogs on in Scout and Moses. Mo for short. when sean first saw me walk up with a new puppy, the first thing he said was, "it's moses!" we decided calling him Mo would be too confusing if we have to say "NO" all the time. so that is how his name was born!

oh, p.s. my sister maddie captured our first hour with moses and just posted pictures on her blog. click here to see them. they are amazing. i still can't get over how adorable he is.

meet moses.

it's no secret that i have been wanting a puppy or a baby elephant for some time now. i will tell you though, that i didn't wake up this morning expecting to buy a puppy. i guess it's also not a secret that i am somewhat impulsive. i like to call it spontaneously awesome, but whatever. today we got a dog.

i was planning to sleep in like any other saturday morning, when i was awoken at 10:30 by a text message from my friend lee saying that she was by the walmart in springville and she saw some lab puppies for sale. i wrote her back and said, "really? how much? what color?" she didn't know much, so i for some odd reason, got right out of bed, hopped in the car in my pajamas, and drove to springville. and twenty minutes later i had a puppy. oops. sean wasn't with me. another oops..

his name is moses lee ashby. also known as mo, mosey, mose, and mosbey. he is a stud. he is a golden lab or yellow lab. whatever you wanna call it. purebred. 7 weeks old. came from a litter with 4 girls and 2 boys. him and his brother were the only ones left. i felt horrible splitting them up, but i had to do it. i felt strongly that we needed this puppy in our little family. he has beautiful green eyes and soft golden fur. he is for sure the cutest thing i have ever seen.

needless to say we both fell in love with him instantly. he is a very laid back, sweet, affectionate dog. he loves to be held like a baby. he loves being touched. he doesn't like to be alone, so it should be interesting. everyone tells us we are crazy. i keep telling them that they should already know that. we look forward to this new, fun, difficult, tiring, rewarding, adventure. bring it on moses. bring it on.

welcome to the family little bud. we love you so much already. if anything, people should be worried for you. not us.... we know it won't be easy. we know you will poop, and pee, and cry, and yelp. we know you will keep us up at nights for a little while. we may be crazy. but we are not stupid. we know the positive will out weigh the negative. we look forward to many fantastic years with you.

bahh!!!

today we added a new member to our family. . .

bahhh!! isn't she adorable??

okay not really. don't have a heart attack mom. :)

but i texted sean these pictures and told him it was the newest member of our family. this is how are conversation went:

sean: "no way! you're messin with me aren't ya?"

chloe: "she is going to protect me."

sean: "whose dog is it?"

(i am still trying to text him back but he keeps sending messages)

sean: "but chlo, he is so little."

sean: "he's freakin' cute though. are you being serious?"

"why would i joke about something so serious as this precious little creature? and he is a she. and she is named charlie. and charlie is going to get pretty big. and she is awesome. so you should want me to be serious."

then i tried to change the subject so i said, "how's the drive?"

then he called me and said, "ARE YOU BEING SERIOUS?"

i finally said, "do you really think i would buy a puppy without telling you?"

his response?

"absolutely yes. i think you would."

hmmmm.. yeah he is probably right. sean calls me before he buys a pack of gum. just to make sure i am okay with that. i don't expect him to at all. actually, today he called me to let me know that he purposely left his keys on the nightstand. just so that i was aware. i guess?

sean will walk into the bedroom while i am in there lounging in bed, look all around the mess in the room, then look at me, and i will say, "oh, just so you know it's a mess in here." that is how i do it.

i'll go shopping at the mall, spend way too much money and text sean after and say, "don't hate me.."

then he will say, "oh no. how much did you spend?"

i don't really spend a lot on clothes. but i guess i just don't really think about calling him before i make those purchases. maybe i am secretly hoping he just won't notice. maybe he usually doesn't so it all works out. but then he is so considerate and calls me and then i feel guilty because he probably has no idea how much money i actually spend on "stupid/useless but totally awesome shiny things that i have to have".

we have this problem when we grocery shop too. i am terrible. absolutely terrible. i will manage to spend like 2 hours and $100 and not have anything that will make an actual meal. do we have loads of snacks and treats and make-up and air fresheners and $5 movies? yes. but i manage to somehow get everything that we don't really need. well i need it. but whatever.

sean will go to the store and spend 30 minutes and $40 and have enough food to make 37 different meals. i don't get it.

i can't go to target and NOT spend over $100. i did once..i spent $99 and it was probably one of my most happy moments in my life.

hmmm.. maybe i need to find some bigger dreams...

*by the way, the puppy belongs to a girl that i work with. i am so jealous*

PMS i guess.

i don't have too many happy things to offer you in this post. except this picture, i currently still want one as we speak. i am determined to get one as soon as possible. i mean who wouldn't want a puppy that looks adorable all curled up inside a tire? if you don't, don't say it on this blog. :)

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blah, blah, blah. i don't know what my deal is lately. i guess i am just not in the mood to be social. in person and on the internet. i have had the stomach flu this past weekend, and when that finally passed lovely mother nature decided to bring me a fabulous gift a little ahead of schedule and was even so kind enough to include a cold in there as well.

i can't blog when i don't feel like it. i am too spontaneous of a person. i have not even had a desire to check my email really. i am sorry that i haven't been commenting on many peoples blogs. after that whole blogging disaster, i thought if i had a week off i would be inspired again, and have so much to say. but i was wrong. don't get me wrong, i could find things to talk about. for sure. i mean i have done a lot of stupid/awesome things this past week and have no problem sharing them with the whole entire world. i guess i just don't feel like it.

there are a few people in my life right now that are making decisions that i don't fully support. i am trying to, but i can't stand watching them do this to themselves. i know i am not one to talk. i have made some pretty stupid decisions in my day. i hung around a lot of people who treated me like crap. and i tried to change for them. i tried to accomodate. and then one day i decided not to anymore. and i redeemed myself. it was not easy. it was the scariest, hardest thing that i ever did. and some of those people didn't want me to move on. they even tried to keep me hanging on, while they had given other people the impression that they were the ones who had moved on.

it got to the point where i had to move away. but that didn't work.  they still wouldn't leave me alone. i actually changed my phone number and email address just so that certain people would let me let go. it was one of the best decisions that i have ever made in my life. besides marrying sean. can i tell you how invigorating that was?

i guess my point is this. i didn't settle. i hate watching people settle. i hate supporting that and telling them that i think it's okay. i hated hearing that when i was going through what i went through. but when i finally stopped settling? it all made sense. i am grateful for those people who had the courage to tell me the truth to my face. i am grateful that i was open enough to finally hear it, believe it, and do something about it.

i know this post sounds depressing.. ha. i am sorry. but i have never been one to sugarcoat my feelings if you know what i mean. i guess all that i have to say today is don't settle. stay tuned eventually for a hopefully much more exciting, fun, interesting post....when i feel like it, that is.

P.S. i have PMS if you haven't noticed. the P stands for Present. although it is for sure a sucky present if you ask me. EFF YOU MOTHER NATURE.

fill in the blank friday.

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First off. Isn't this puppy so cute! I am so happy it is friday.

I have no energy at all. It doesn't matter how much sleep

i get. It doesn't seem to make a difference.  I am hoping i

will somehow find some energy to make it through the rest

of the day. i wanted to also thank everyone for their

secrets! i think it is good for us to get those feelings out, and

to also help others to know that we are not always alone.

now on to other things..

Fill In The Blank Friday!

I stole this idea from one of my greatest friends Lauren!

1. Today I am feeling: sluggish, exhausted, and so happy it is friday!

2. If I were you I'd: go home and curl up on the couch, order some pizza, and watch movies all day. actually, that is what i would do if i were me and could do that right now. :)

3. Love is: unpredictable, uncontrollable, amazing, hard, easy, complicated, uncomplicated, heartbreaking, life-changing, babies. love is everything. it is definable, and undefinable, all at the same time.

it is also, sean getting my container of cap'n cruch ready for me when i am running late. it is sean, scraping the ice off of my car early in the morning before he leaves for work. it is sean saying the prayer for me at church because he knows i get scared to. it is also him pretending to be excited about clothes and puppies with me. it is sean patting me on the back at night to help me burp when i don't feel well. yes, he burps me. guess that is another one of my confessions. oh well, everytime he does it, we say to each other "now, this is love." oh, and if anything, it proves he will be a great dad, right?

4. I always: have to double check any plugs before i leave the house. and pee. i have to pee all time time, a million times a day so i always leave before i leave too!

5. I feel prettiest when: i am wearing a new, clean outfit. with a meaningful piece of jewelry and usually when my hair is down. i also feel pretty pretty in sweats too. actually i am just saying that so everyone else will feel the same and we can all just feel pretty in sweats togther?

6. If I had a million dollars: i would payoff seans truck and school, put a down payment on house, save a little, go on a nice vacation, buy a puppy, give some to my family and friends, and donate as much as possible.

7. I am looking forward to: having a happy, low-key weekend.