1 year old

Jackson is now 1 year old. To celebrate, I bought a soup bone. I stuck a candle in it and sang Happy Birthday. Nate took video of it, but I am not a very good singer. I do not want become the next big thing on the internet so I will not post the video. Besides, I don't know how to make the video work. Ha! True to form, I have a picture to go with my rambling. I helped him blow out the candle and gave him the bone. He chewed on it in the same spot in the yard for over an hour. Then he got up to stretch and went right back at it. Jackson and I have come a long way in the first year of his life. I have heard that he is spoiled, and I am not ashamed to say he is treated better than a lot of dogs. I like it that way. Why should I have a dog if I am not going to spend time with him and make sure he is trained and socialized? And I love dogs, but I love Jackson the most.

Almost 1year old

This is my first baby. A pin oak in the back yard. This is it's first fall at our house. I can't wait until spring to see the leaves come back.














Nate and my puppy on a romp in the yard.










Ok, so we were all romping on a nice fall day in the backyard. Jackson really liked it when the weather turned cooler and we had a great time not doing the yard work!







Jackson is a Razorbacks fan. This was the first and only time he had a bandana on. It didn't stay long because he walked all over the house rubbing on the walls and furniture to try and get it off. I gave up and took it off. Isn't he cute?


It snowed this day and I wanted to make sure Jackson was ready to go outside. He looks very dashing with his scarf. This lasted a little longer than the bandana, I think he was getting used to me putting random stuff on him.





This is Jackson's snow angel. He was so excited about the snow (about 3") he ran out into the yard and plopped down then hopped up and ran around again. Then I got really excited and ran in to get the camera. I took lots of pictures.



Look at that face!! He is saying, "I love snow!!"

Puppy, etc.

How cute! I bet I was bribeing him with a treat. :) Mainly cause Nate was scratching him just before the pic.











Mr. Fluffy Ears. I am kinda glad the rest of him got fluffier












This was Jackson's first canoe trip. And he was trippin'. He wanted to be on dry land, maybe in the canoe, but NOT in the water. I told him he was at least half lab and he was not impressed at all. He does swim well.









I finally got to redo the spare bathroom. Nate started peeling the wall paper, I stepped in to pick the little pieces (and parts of the wall) off, Tim and Rachel cleaned up our mess and behind the toilet. Thanks ya'll!!









Jackson loves his rope inside, yes he comes inside. Nate said he missed me while I sat outside with Jackson and it was sad when I was sitting out in the rain. He is so good to us :) .










Capone, Nate, and Jackson. This was time-out for two rambunctious dogs.












They play so well!













Capone and Jackson's favorite new game is tug-of-war. Capone is still stronger and has more weight so he pulled Jackson all over the yard. It was so funny, the yard was so messed up when they were done, and they made so much noise but were so freindly. It was like "Grrrrrr" and "Grrrr" and Capone would try to have a bigger growl than Jackson (he does) and Jackson would try to have a bigger growl (not a chance).

New post... it's been a while

I have so many pictures and stories to share, here are a few.

This is Nate and Jackson reading the paper in the morning. Well, Jackson is chewing on a bone, but if he could read I bet he would be reading over Nate's shoulder.







I can't believe how much he has changed. I guess since he didn't have a gradual change between puppy hair and big boy hair it is more noticable. He went from puppy hair, to almost no hair, to big boy hair.

What did I get for my birthday?

Well, I don't know everything yet because my birthday is tomorrow. But I got some money and bought myself some camping gear. Big Surprise.
As I was thinking of stuff to buy (of course it is stuff I would never buy for myself) I thought a lot about what I have really wanted for a while. When ever someone tells me they got something for me I always wanted to guess what it was. Most of the guesses were extreme like a new car or a trip to Europe. Usually my first guess was the same. Who knows what it was? Greg? Nate? Dad? What did I always guess? ... A puppy. Ha! Well, now I have one and it just isn't as much fun to guess anymore. Maybe cause I didn't really want anything else as much as I wanted a puppy. I did want to get puppy toys and Nate said that is what we get Jackson on his birthday. So, on the eve of the annual celebration of the day of my birth I am preparing for the big day in the best way I can think of: Sitting on my patio, with Nate and my puppy. I grabbed the camera, turned it on, shoved it into Nate's hand and demanded a picture of Jackson and I being cute. Gosh, I just can't think of anything I would rather have than Nate and my puppy.

Last Beginner's Obedience Class

This was our last Beginner's Obedience Class. They pulled out some pretty tricky distractions for sit-stay practice, like kid toys on a rope that make a lot of noise when you pull them. Jackson was pretty scared of them. They also had a furry looking thing on a rope and I thought it looked enough like a rabbit that Jackson would want to chase it all the way across the room. Instead as it came towards him he wanted to run away!! It is really funny because I have him sit-stay on our walks because he will see bunnies and want to chase them. I guess I never thought of what it would be like for the bunnies to chase him!! Silly puppy. They gave us some dog biscuits and we will get a certificate in the mail. This was the best picture from the class cause Jackson and I (I am in the yellow shirt) were finally still. Thanks Nate for taking the pictures. I was not the only one who conned someone into taking pictures. I saw another camera and a piture phone. I am so proud of Jackson for all of his progress. CONGRATULATIONS JACKSON!

Due to popular demand...

I think most of you will agree that the puppy pictures are the best so I have decided to go ahead and put my favorites up. These are the ones I have on my screen saver at work because I do not have enough wall space for the pictures. And I think Brock would make fun of them until I took them down. :)


This is Jackson with Ashlee the day after he came to our home. His eyes are still blue.




I really like this picture. It looks like he is really happy and he still has his fluffy puppy hair.











This is my Hallmark Card picture of my puppy. he is almost 2 months old here, or 8 weeks. It wasn't long after this that he started losing his hair and I stopped taking pictures for a while. There are some, but he would be so embarrased if I posted them. Besides, his hair all grew back and he looks very handsome now with his big boy hair. He is still very soft and his hair gets really fluffy and spikey when it is wet.