Day Forty-One: Stressed

Today was a stressful day, so I came home, played with Olls a bit, and then relaxed on the couch.  Ollee seems to get that on the days that I need to be calm, she needs to be calm too.  She wanted to play fetch a bit, but there was no overly hyper pup.  She kept herself busy this evening.  What a good dog! :)

Grainy, but she's just too dang cute :)

Day Forty: Afternoon Fetch

This afternoon, Ollee and I enjoyed the brisk sunny weather by playing some fetch outside.  We haven't been too successful playing outside (though we are great at it inside)....today, she caught on and was dropping the ball at my feet.  Here is a series of the typical fetch session :)

Day Thirty Nine: Early Morning

For work, my alarm goes off at 5:30a.  This means that even on weekends, Ollee is used to waking up and going out at this time.  During the week, as soon as she hears the alarm go off she's right by the side of the bed, wanting attention.  This morning, I wasn't ready to get out of bed yet, and she wouldn't let me snooze, so I brought her up on the bed for a bit of a snuggle.  While checking my email, she curled up with her head on my lap, and watched the screen.  Such a sweet pups!

This was taken with Photo Booth on my computer.  And of course she moved as soon as the picture was taken.

Day Thirty-Eight: The Excitement That Is, "Mom is Home!!!"

This video shows the excitement that Olls has when I get home from work every day and take her outside--at some point I'll try to capture her when I first walk in the door.  Craziness!  After a small bit of this, playing some fetch, and eating din-din...she calms and is back to her snuggle-self :)  But you've got to love to be missed and loved like this!

Day Thirty-Seven: Jumping on the Deck

Ollee has gotten big enough now to jump up on to the deck.  It's about 2-3 feet off the ground, so it's a big jump for a little pup! 

I'm quite impressed with this shot, since it was taken with my phone, and it's an action shot.  This is her jumping up on to the deck after I called her to come in.  

Day Thirty-Six: Bath Time!

Ollee does pretty well in the bath...but we'll see how that goes when she's a lot bigger and I'm not able to hold her in the tub. Here is a video of her after her bath this morning.

Day Thirty-Five: Nose Bumps

When I first met Ollee at the Humane Society, she climbed up on my lap and nose bumped (like a fist bump, but with a nose) me on my nose.  It was the cutest thing.  She still does it, and I will put my hand out and say, "nose bump," and she will nose bump my hand.  It's pretty cool and sweet, really.  Here she is nose bumping the camera :)

Day Thirty-Four: Only Evening This Week with Mom

This week has been a busy one...this evening was the only one this week that I was home right after work, and able to play and play and play some more with Olls.

This is the face I come home to every day!  Too cute to resist!  BTW-she just walks into her kennel freely every morning!

PLAYTIME!!!!

Day Thirty-Three: Giraffe Obsession

It was suggested to me when I got Ollee that I rotate out her toys, then she will always be interested, and when the old ones come back into play, it'll be like they are brand new again.  I've been doing this, and though she knows exactly where her basket of toys is in the guest room, she still gets SO excited when I trade for "new" ones.  Currently Ellie the Elephant has been rotated out, and now Olls is obsessed with her giraffe toy.  She carries it around with her, wants to play fetch with it, and will even play fetch with other toys, while still carrying the giraffe around.  Tonight she even tried to pick up the other toy when she already had the giraffe in her mouth--it didn't work, but man did she try!

You can't totally see the giraffe in this one, but you can see her favorite way to carry the fellow around, by his scarf!!!

Day Thirty-Two: Waiting for the Throw

Ollee is very good at playing fetch.  She is happy to run after her toys when you throw them, and she will happily give it back to you, so that you may throw it again.  She is often setting her ball or toy on my lap when I'm on the couch, nudges it, and looks back and forth between me and the toy longingly.  It's a never ending cycle, and it's a lot of fun! 

Here Olls is waiting patiently for me to throw her loofa dog!  She looks so tiny in this picture...trust me, she's not!