Then followed that beautiful season... Summer....
Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape
Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
It has been an eventful week! The summer heat has been, well, stifling. Poor little Brutus wants to play outside and take nice long walks with Mommy and Daddy, but it is just WAY too hot. We can barely stand a walk around the block. This makes exercise an inside activity for him which causes lots of barking at Daddy and lots of running around the house. Puppies have the life!
It was breakfast for dinner the other night, and yes the bacon was burnt. I tried to make it crispy per Aaron's request and it turned out plain old burnt. The rest was delicious so I think that made up for the burnt bacon.
Monday our little boy had his puppy surgery. We were worried about him all day, but when we picked him up he was as excited to see us as ever. However, when we got back home he and Daddy took a nice long nap. Brutus was sleeping of the anesthesia for the rest of the day, not to mention uncomfortable while his incision healed. We did find out some unfortunate news from the vet that we were not expecting. Brutus' hips show some signs of hip dysplasia, a common joint disease in large breed dogs. Although he doesn't show any outward signs, the x-rays the vet reviewed with us did show some early signs that it could effect him at some point in his life.
As a first time puppy parent without kids this was hard news to hear. We love him so much and hearing that anything could effect his comfort or quality of life anytime during his time with us was disheartening. We had to cut our grocery shopping short to discuss and look into the effects of the disease. At first we were extremely upset, but after hearing encouraging stories from Grandmama & Opa about their pups who have also all shown signs of the disease early on and have gone on to live long happy lives we were relieved. We are talking to Dr. Mike more about it tomorrow, but we are hopeful that everything will turn out for the best.
We could barely tear ourselves away from our little guy to go to the Muny to see one of my favorite musicals, but thankfully the best puppysitters in the world were available to watch Brutus for us while we were away. Jacqueline even took Brutus for a ride in the car to visit her parent's pup so he had an eventful day of having fun and being spoiled.
I will say, Mommy and Daddy needed a date night away from the kid:) We went out to a delicious Vietnamese restaurant suggested by Tiffany and Kevin and then made our way over the The Muny for Singin' in the Rain! (Which happens to be one of my absolute favorite musicals!)
Fortunately the actors were NOT actually singing in the rain, but they certainly were singing in the HEAT! They toughed it out though, and even made a few jokes about the heat during the intense dance numbers.
The dance numbers were, in fact, reminiscent of the movie. The dancing was the highlight of the show and the main characters worked very hard to re-create the token scenes from the movie.
It was a beautiful night (a little hot, but not too bad) and I was very happy to spend a night out with my hubby.
Saturday was BUSY. The morning was spent with Sydney by the pool reminiscing about past summers and talking about Sydney's expectations about school in New York. Then I ran home to prep everything for dinner with the neighbors and then it was time to go to church.
Once we got back home and everything went in the oven it was time to relax. Dinner turned out wonderfully, I made some of Aaron's favorites to be sure it would be a hit.
And we finished it off with some of Grandmama's apple pie.
Then it was PUPPY PLAYTIME. We migrated over to Abby and Jeff's house (a few steps next door) and Brutus went to town with their teacup Yorkie Rambo. He immediately picked up his favorite blue ball...
...and squeeked it loudly while Rambo looked on to make sure his territory was under control.
It is funny because when they play Rambo takes control and Brutus just rolls with the punches.
Thank you Abby and Jeff for providing so many of Rambo's toys for Brutus :) He loves the balls, bones, and stuffed toys Rambo has in his toy basket.
I think the picture below says it all about the way Rambo feels when Brutus steals his toys or his attention.
They are adorable. Danielle and Tim came over to join us for some drinks and they brought their pup Annie to play with Brutus. Brutus stayed up later than he has ever stayed up in his life and played longer and harder than he ever has in his life with Annie. They are a match made in heaven! According to some of us, they are dating and on their way to love.
The adults, as we all proudly stated we were when it was 11:30 and we were still awake, played a rousing game of Apples to Apples. The laughter, stories, and ridiculing were abound and we had a fantastic time. The minute we walked in the door for bed Aaron started talking about how much fun he had. I am excited to hang out again soon and since we are neighbors getting together will be easy!
Abby and Jeff's porch was a perfect setting for the wind down of the night and New Town was quiet and breezy. We had a wonderful night and are now enjoying a lazy Sunday before another busy week. We are thankful for great neighbors, good food, date nights, and summer fun. We are looking forward to the rest of the summer and a break from this heat!
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