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This picture was taken on Oscar's first Christmas, in 2009. He was six months old.

My my how times have changed! Not only do we have 2 pups now, but they only got a few toys each (instead of a BUCKET FULL!) and I didn't even bother taking ONE picture of them :)

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Oscar wanted to show you what he helped his Momma come up with for our holiday card this year!

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Oscar's First Snow! December 2009
Yes, he was rocking his Snuggie!!

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My sleepin' boys

Oscar boy is so dang cute in this picture I can hardly contain myself!!



Please excuse ugly wood paneling...that was when we were temporarily living in the mother-in-law's basement (which we are very grateful for!) but paneling is no good for anyone =)

Different Trees for Different Folks!

I LOVE Christmas Trees!  I love the different ways that people decorate them to show off their different personalities! I personally have 3 trees, and since there was apparently a little mishap with our move, I don't know if I will be able to find all the pieces and parts to make them all go up this year (don't even get me started because I just might cry...I already have, a few times!)

I love traditional trees, and non-traditional trees, and theme trees, and non-sense trees, and trees for kids, and trees for charities etc etc etc. So you will see me posting different trees on here like a madman!! I' going to start with my baby sister, Hannah and her boyfriend, Joshua's tree because she emailed me a picture first! I could find a million pics online, but I like REAL pics from REAL people!!

Hannah is one of my favorite people, hands down, and Josh is a really close runner up! They compliment each other perfectly. They have a different sense of style and would NEVER settle for a "traditional" Christmas tree. Hannah loves peacocks, they remind her of her very best friend, Grace, who was killed in a car accident 2 years ago...so that's why there is a lot of those. The black and the Elvis are hints of Josh. I recognize some of those ornaments as childhood ornaments of Hannah's as well. I think this tree is perfect! I also love my Furry "nieces," Penny Lane and Sophie!

Happy Thanksgiving!

And Happy Belated Weiner Dog Wednesday! I missed 2 in a row! Shame on me! I've been in migraine hell again :( boo! Apparently the new treatments are not working as well as we had expected!

Today is bitersweet for me. I love Thanksgiving food, and being with my husband and my doggie-Os and naturally having the day off, but I MISS my FAMILY like crazy on holidays! Since I can remember we all got together at my dad's parent's farm and ate a HUGE meal around 3pm and all of us kids would run around the farm and get into some sort of mischeif and even now that we are all adults, the farm is a magical place and I miss being there with my parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins and now there are even some 2nd cousins and neices and nephews crawling around!

Today we will be going to Kurt's mom's house to have Thanksgiving dinner with her and  her boyfriend and then over to his uncle Ron's house where some of the other family is, including my BFF, Laura and her son and daughter!!! I can't wait to see Laura! (Long story short, she is how I met Kurt! She and I used to work together and I miss her terribly!!) She is up from Virginia until Saturday and I feel like I need to be with her RIGHT NOWWWWW!!

Here are some pics of Osc and Lyla getting their Thanksgiving on last year!

During the rest of the year, they are on a NO table food diet since Mr. Oscar has to watch his figure (at 17.5 lbs, he is on the heavy side for a mini doxie, which is very bad for his spine,) but on Thanksgiving I made them a plate of plain sweet potatoes and plain turkey just because they are so sweet!

I wish you all a wonderful holiday full of time with family anf friends and deliciousness!



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Oskie and Lyla were not in the mood for posing for pictures this week since their momma was in the hospital all week...but they wanted to show you our outside Halloween decor before we take it down this weekend!

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Someone had a birthday around here...our little Lyla bug turned 2!

When we took Lyla in for her first vet check up, we were told that her lab work was abnormal and that she needed more testing. She stayed there for 8 HOURS. I'm not going to lie...I cried. My little puppy was there alone, and she might be sick.

Our vet finally called me at work (after I called her no less than 5 times) and told me that Lyla had a liver disorder. We spent the next several months getting more blood work done, having ultrasounds, and seeing specialists. She was also put on 2 different medications. We were told that she may not make it to her first birthday.

Lyla was 8 months old at this point and she barely ate, I had to sit on the couch with her and hand feed her. She barely played with Oscar and was very timid. She had been with us for a little over 3 months and I  was really worried that she might never adjust. She also had some stomach issues which was awful to clean up, but painful for her too.

To make a long story short, when Lyla was about a year old, I chose to stop taking her to the specialist. It was getting expensive and he wasn't really doing anything to help her. I also took her off of her medicaitons. I'm convinced that they were causing her fatigue and stomach problems, because now she is 100% better now! To me, it was more important that she was happy, and being on all that medication was just making her miserable. Her only limitation is that she does go into heat. She is unable to be spayed because her liver cannot process the medications. It isn't fun, but thats life!

If you met her now, you would never know that she was once a sick pup! She runs, plays and bites Oscar. She eats like a pig and she certainly keeps Kurt and I on our toes! All of this from a puppy who wasn't going to make it to her first birthday!

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Lyla says, "Hail to the Redskins!"

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...on Thursday
Oops! I let Wednesday get away from me this week. I had the boys, so it was a little nuts with the pouring rain, homework, dinner and getting ready for church. Ever had to convince an 8 year-old that he smells and needs a shower? Ugh! ha ha

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Fall weather is coming and these guys have started their nightly "burrowing." Especially Osc. He loves to be wrapped up like a burritos in blankets, towels, whatever he can find!

Midwest Dachshund Festival 2011

Kurt and the dogs and I went to our 2nd doxie fest down in Danville, Illinois back in September. We took Kyle as I discussed in this post.

We had a great time, and I think Kyle did too, although he has a hard time expression how he feels sometimes. It's hard having a nephew with a disability that you cannot see with your eyes...because everyone assumes that he is fine. Anyway, lets not go down that road right now :)

This post will be very picture heavy, as there were SO many great things to see! Obviously these are not all of our dogs, but you will certainly recognize Osc and Lyla Buggy in some of them.        **Some of these pictures were taken by my very talented friend, Michelle. Thanks Michelle! You ROCK!!

The one of Oscar poking his nose out of the stroller and the 2 close ups that Michelle took of Kyle take my breath away!! Just wonderful!! Have a great day!

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I am so blessed with this handsome, photogenic, Oscar man...

 And then there was Lyla! I can never get a good picture of this girl!

New "niece"

So I have a new "niece" of the furry variety...
Meet Penny Lane! (They didn't name her for 3 days, and then my mom started referring to her as "chi chi" and they got on it right away!)

Congratulations, Hannah and Joshua!



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OMG

I have no idea who this dog belongs to. Kyle and I were walking around at the Midwest Dachshund Festival a few weeks back and saw this dog just laying in the middle of the place showing off it's belly. I'll be the first to admit that my Oscar gets a few too many treats but holy fat dog, Batman!!

Kyle could NOT stop giggling and pointing!

Friday...already?

Ugh, where did this week go?

No weiner dogs on Wednesday or anything. What a blog-slacker!!

I promise to get better next week. I was in the hospital last Friday and Saturday after passing out and hitting my head and this whole week was just a blur!

Tonight I am sitting on the couch, relaxing with the pups and enjoying the 60 degree, fall weather. It must be Rolling Meadows High School's Homecoming game, because we can hear the band playing and fireworks going off!

Have a great weekend!

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Midwest Dachshund Festival

Kurt, Kyle, Oscar, Lyla and I will be going to our 2nd Midwest Dachshund festival soon. There are hundreds of weiner dogs running around there, and some really great people too :)
Last year was our first year and we had a little booth where we sold Kurt's homemade BBQ sauces and spices, as well as handmade doxie harnesses and some treats, cards, etc. It didn't really go well and it was a real pain in the butt to drag all that stuff down there. Apparently there was some unspoken rule that you could not sell harnesses because it was competition with one of the sponsors of the event, and Kurt's mom was NOT happy since she had spent so much time and money on her harnesses!

So this year we are going just for fun :) We decided to take Kyle because he doesn't ever get to do things "first," since he is the youngest, plus he has been doing really well in school...and he LOVES our weiner dogs.
Oh, and lets face it, he is six, and he thinks its hilarious  to say weiner dog :)

Here are a few pics from last year.

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