Weekend visit with Aunt Bri and Champ

I'm still catching up on this blog.  It's been busier than normal, I'd say, but I've also been SOOOO tired too.  These meds are kicking my A$$.

Anyway, we had a couple of visitors over the Memorial Day weekend...my sister Brianne and her dog Champ.  My parents go to the Indy 500 every year, so it's sort of become a tradition that Brianne stays with us that weekend, and we thought it would be fun for Murphy if Champ came along as well, and it WAS.  He's a great dog (not too coordinated yet, though :) and Brianne was a big help with Izzy.  By the end of the 2nd day, Izzy wouldn't really have much to do with either Joacim or me.  It was always "Bri, Bri, Bri!!!"  It was kind of nice to have a break, but I admit that I missed her a bit too :)

Here's Champ taking a drink from Izzy's pool.  It was SOOO HOT that weekend!

We bought a Slip 'n Slide for the girls to play it too.  Izzy wasn't all about sliding, but she sure did slip a lot!

On Monday, we drove Brianne and Champ back home.  The weather was nice, so we stayed a bit while Izzy played on the swingset with Bri.

Here she is going down the slide.  I don't think there's a slide that Izzy's met that she doesn't absolutely love.  Makes me think that we need to get one at home :)

And swinging with Aunt Bri...

Visit from Champ

Ok, let's see....I'm trying to catch up from so much and I'm starting to forget when everything happened. The weekend before we went on vacation, my stepmom and sister came down to spend the night and brought their dog, Champ. Now, you might remember me posting pictures of Champ when he was a weee little thing. Joacim and I dog and kid-sat a week before Izzy was born last year, and Champ was only around 8 weeks old, I think. Let's re-visit that, shall we?

Such a cute little bugger...so curious about Murphy, and Murphy just seemed annoyed...at first.


They were playing with one of Murphy's toys here...


That's a terribly cute face, isn't it?


Fast forward to today....Champ's grown a bit...


And it was non-stop play....






Here's our neighbor's dog, Bailey, wanting in on the action..


Can I just say that Champ is a very, very, sloppy dog....



Looks like Murphy's on offense..



Oh no! Champ's down for the count! Murphy is VICTORIOUS!!!


And just when you think they're finally done...this...2 seconds later:


By the end of the visit...Champ looked like he had had enough:


Okay, maybe not quite enough..


A little more tug..


But friends in the end...


And even a little love for Izzy too..


All good things must come to an end, and Champ had to go home. It was nice to have a little peace and quiet again, but I don't think Murphy and Izzy agreed....seems as though they're still looking for Champ: