Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Karen and Joey visit

We were lucky in the first week of May to have my college roommate Karen and her hubby over for a visit from California for a few days.

we generally hung around and just got to visit with each other. Karen came to one of my yoga classes and on the second night we had a seafood boil with katie and shannon. unfortunately i didn't take any pictures, but luckily karen took a few and sent them to me.

the first is me holding the bread that we bought in honor of our friend Kiki from college, her dad used to bring up this bread from richmond and it was the best thing in the world. cinnamon swirl bread from montana gold bakery in carytown. then next karen and i are toasting together with bread.

it was great to visit with them, we just wished they lived closer. but hey, maybe once the pregnancy thing is over we could visit in California. i hear wine country is not a bad place to be.

Making the Transition

I'm thinking that this blog will slowly transition out of total spotlight on Tyco into something more of a family moments and photo blog. Tyco hasn't been up to much these days and we've got big events in the works. and i also figure the pregnancy blog won't last forever. (i mean hopefully one day in October this Babe will be born and therefore i'll no longer be pregnant, hence no more pregnancy blog).

Tyco's recent antics have included chasing lots of animals on our walks lately. he seems particularly interested in squirrels and max said he almost caught one two nights ago. Last week he was on a walk and went into some bushes. when he came out he had a black cat In His Mouth but max got him to let it go before tyco shook it. a few days later max saw the cat again and all seems well. So, in a nutshell that's Tyco's life these days. chase animals, go on walks, and sleep as much as possible. he's generally happy as long as we're around and he'll keep close by if he knows one or the other of us isn't in town.

Since we've been pregnant people have been asking Max if Tyco knows... and how he'll be. we figure Tyco knows something's up. but we don't think he has any clue what is coming. and as far as Tyco and kids go, it's not a pretty sight. Tyco generally despises and is terrified of children. any time someone small comes towards him he starts to growl and step back and forth unable to decide whether to run away or charge. on sunday we walked by a yard full of children and one girl came over and i could have kissed her parents, she said " can i pet your dog?" and we had to explain that he's pretty 'grumpy' and then he took over by growling ferociously at her. she was not particularly fazed but did keep a good distance.

The big moment for Tyco with a child came over the winter when Max's sister and her husband came to visit over night and they brought their one year old. Adrian LOVES dogs. and Adrian LOVES Tyco. obviously, Tyco cannot be trusted with a child, so he was locked in his gate for most of the visit. but it became a game of mutual terror when Adrian would crawl into the kitchen and start to crawl towards Tyco's room giggling and laughing. Tyco would loudly bark or growl at Adrian. Adrian would get scared and back up whimpering. but he couldn't resist for long and a few minutes later would crawl back towards tyco to repeat the whole thing again. it probably would have gone on like that for hours without adult intervention.

So who knows how he'll be when it's his very own baby. hopefully he'll adjust quickly and easily, but he might not and we'll just have to be ready for that. he's got another baby coming to visit soon, maybe he'll do better with her. until then he has us to himself for a few more months. and we'll have to give him lots of walks and loves until Babe arrives (and after).