satur(play)day

saturdays are my favorite days. especially the ones when daddy's home all day hanging with me. cuz that means it's play day! i know all you dawgs know what i'm talkin about...
it starts out something like this - hey dad - wanna play? it's a lot more fun than sitting on your bum watchin' that picture box thing making all that noise over there... that's right.... i got the monkey... betcha can't catch me!

hey! where'd the monkey go?

ok, you got the monkey.... now the monkey's flying through the air!!
HEY wait a minute, dad - I'M NOT THE MONKEY!! get me outta here!!
MOM!! MOOOMM!!!

* save me mom!*
thanks, mom!! silly dad -

i loves my dad. but i don't really wanna be in his shirt...
anyway, that's how things are around here today. saturdays are just the bestest!

auntie's hero & me

this picture is in honor of my wonderfu auntie's hero, jack kerouac. september is jack kerouac month, so i thought she'd enjoy my fond memories of him. oh, those were the days, when he used to tuck me into his jacket and take me with him wherever he went. i have a particular fondness for this photo of us, because we're frenching and i'm in my beat hep-cat turtleneck. happy jk month all you jivin' cool cats and hep dawgs out there!

i have been framed, so i am here to testify. i have raised my right paw and swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

i was not stealering tad's card. i was sealing it with a kiss just like i told mom. i just wanted to do it in the privacy of my room so i could get my scent all over it so tad would know it was from me. and when mom tried to take it away before i was done, of course i ran away with it so i could finish the job properly. and then, yes, i will admit it did become something of a game (i forgot what i had in my mouth as mom and i played keep-away) and i did get a little teethy on the card. and it got torn up a little. but my intentions were totally pure. i am innocent, and we are taking tad's pressie over to him as soon as mom gets home.

thank you blog pals for believing in me. mom made sophie apologize for the viscious accusations and she even ate off of the same plate with me last night. i still love her, even though she is a mean sister most of the time.

TADdle tale by sophie

tad, this is sophie. if your massacreversary pressie doesn't make it to your house, here is proof of why. coco was all like, mom can i pleeeeeease seal tad's card-envelope-thing with a kiss? all innocent and doe-eyed. and mom was all like, aw honey how sweet of you - of course you can - what a thoughtful gesture...
then of course the truth comes out about little miss stealer as she grabs the card away from mom and runs away as fast as she can. she took it to her room and tried to lay low, hoping no one would notice her stealering (as if!!) she's like, hey if i dont' look at you then i don't see you and if i dont' see you, you don't see me, right? right??but you can plainly see by the look on her face that she is guilty and she knows she is a stealer and her name is coco stealerton and she stealers all the time. maybe she wants to make sure mom takes her over to tad's when she delivers the pressie. or maybe she wants to feel close to tad. whatever the reason, she is a kriminal because she takes things that do NOT belong to her every minute of every hour of every day and no one knows this better than me because she stealers my stuff constantly. so i'm just here to expose her for what she really is. not that i'm bitter, mind you, but you have the right to know the truth.

and i always tell the truth and i always (well almost always) pee and poo outside in the YARD like i'm supposed to (or at least in the dining room where no one sees me and not in PLAIN VIEW like some animals do) and i do better tricks than this stealer ever dreamed of and i am honest i hope tad gets his pressie before she stealers it too. - sophie

Barkday pawty numero dos

i'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get mom to give up the computer to me! she's been a nut-case for the past couple of weeks with lots of bor-ing crap. but now it's my turn to show you what happened when i turned one!

there were packages from all over the WORLD! this one is from the gorgeous bella in australia! i just crawled right inside to check it out!
and ohmydog, look what i found: yummy treats, a kangaroo and a koala bear!!! exotic animal friends from down under!! then there was this package from the lovely Ume - all the way from Singapore!!!! check it out!!!! Ume remembered that i love notatoys and sent me a GIANT one that mommy won't steal away from me! and there were these amazing popsicle things that i went crazy for, and even a bow for sophie. how thoughtful!
...and delicious! then the enchanting "massah" stopped by with a delivery from cousins fig and tad!!! fig gave me a froggie to remind me of my beloved tadpole...
and taddie gave me a pig to remind me of fig!! (um, i didn't quite "get that" cuz um, er, i do not see any resemblence whatsoever between a pig and a boston...)
...and then came the piece' de resistance...a screamin' loud balloon on a rope that massah wouldn't let them have becuase it was TOO LOUD. but not for me - it is awesome beyond description! but that's not all....
there was also ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my girl katie came over to join the fun! we pawtied, ate, and played all night 'til i was so pooped i asked mom to please take off my dress, undo my hair, and let me fall into bed.thank you so much to all my wonderful friends for all the b-day wishes and pressies and licks! i am a very lucky girl to have so many great pals. you are all the bestest and i love you with all my puppy-love heart!!! coco

barkday pawty numero uno

OK so this weekend was reeeeaallly busy! first my boy jake moved out on friday and mom cried all night. but then in the middle of all the crying and howling, it was also my very first bark-day, and mom couldn't allow THAT IMPORTANT EVENT to go unnoticed. so for pawty number one, we went over to katie's new apawtment to celebrate and cheer mom up!

first mom and katie sang happy barkday to me, like this: " happy barkday to you (repeat), happy barkday sweet coco, you're my baby boo!" then my girl katie had a shiny little gift bag that i got to tear into! and nobody tried to take it away!!!

it had fun stuff inside! one of those lucky-lorenzo shaped pretend doggins, a tiny little t-shirt from shakawgo and lots of yummy TREATS!

hmmm...ok, there's the shirt...

OH HOLY DOG CRAP!!!! FAKE CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse me a moment, um... *lick, nibble, lick, lick, nibble*...be right with you...

ohmydog a puppy pretzel *chomp chomp chomp*

... ah, yeah, you know this barkday thing is workin' pret-ty good for me... ...even if i have to wear a goofy t-shirt for a minute and mom's too busy to get rid of the bizarre lights that flashed in my eyeballs when she tried to capture the hallmark moment.

anyway~ thanks to all my wonderful pals for all the happy barkday wishes!!! it was fun! and mom says there will be more pressies to open when she has time to take the pics (ohmydog she is trying to teach me that horrible hooman "virtue" - patience.)

break out the treats!

one year ago today i was borned, so mom says i am the birthday princess all day today! i am officially one year old! mom says we can't have our pawty until probably sunday, but she will take lots of pictures and i'll be posting them next week!

have a grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat weekend, everydog!

boredom, diapers and chocolate martinis

mom's been busy moving out the hooman pups. it's so boring around here. everyone was gone ALL DAY LONG yesterday. they said we couldn't come with them cuz we wouldn't have any fun anyway, and might even get stepped on.

i did get a chance to go visit my girl's place yesterday but i got so excited i peed on her carpet and she freaked out. she told mom i had to wear one of my diapers next time i come over.

huh?!?!

yes, diapers. i am not posting any pictures of me in them, but my mom did buy me some a few months ago. they are unspeakably gross and embare-assing and i cannot possibly walk in them, let alone pee. (omd if i did, there'd be pee all over my beautiful hair. are these people nuts or what????)

mom is super stressed out and the pawents are growling at each other a lot. she keeps threatening to break out the chocolate martinis. i don't know what those are, but if it makes mom happier and more playful, i'm all for it!

(mom says secret apologies to auntie...butcha gotta remember, she is after all, a mere hooman)

fracturing pack

lots of weird happenings around here. my girl katie's packing up her stuff to move it to her first apartment. she says i can visit her anytime i want to cos they like having doggins around where she's going. she's moving to a complex next door to mommy's office, so mom says i'll probably get to see her a lot still.

...seems like just yesterday mom took this picture of us together when i was still a baby. now she's all grown up and moving out. mom and i are kinda bummed. but she promises we can have slumber pawties and stuff!

and if that wasn't enough, my boy jake is moving to sha-kawgo this month, too. he's going up there to college, whatever that is.

i don't know why my pack has to be breaking up and scattered about like this. it's very confusing to my little furry brain. jake's apartment complex doesn't allow doggins - even to visit. i think we pissed them off cos i was with mom when we applied for the dumb place. mom says she's gonna sneak me in anyway whenever she feels like it. (she's rebellious like me) it's sure gonna be weird without them around.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAGGIE!

welcome, maggie's babies!!!!

i sure hope maggie doesn't mind me borrowing her picture to post

on my blog. i just had to share the pawesome news

with anydog who didn't know that

the lovely maggie rose had 4 babies last week!

they came right out of her tummy somehow!!!

this is my favorite picture - i think it should be published

in a magazine somewhere, don't you?

how utterly precious and adorable!!!!!!

if you wanna see more pix, click here: maggie and her babies!!!

hooray for maggie and her babies!!!!

may they grow strong and

beautiful like their sweet mommy!

evenings on the porch

weekends can be good! especially when there's hooman food to be had.

here we are with dad out on our back porch.

he's eating something good, and he's sharing!!!

sophie doesn't like me getting too close.

but at least she's letting me beg with her now...

and daddy is very fair in his sharing.
one bite for her, one bite for me.
we take turns.
hope everydog had a nice weekend!

one more kiss

i knew i had a picture of us somewhere. me and my cousin sadie.

auntie took me over to meet her when she was puppy-sitting me.

may i leave a legacy of love to my family that is as long and wonderful as yours, miss sadie.

love forever, coco

playing outside!

here we are, playing in our backyard. granted, we are not playing together - that would appawently be too much to ask of prissy sissy.

so while she goes off to hamburger-playland, let's see what i can find to chew around on... my favorite thing is grass, of course, but mom gets all annoyed when i do that. (she says it comes out all twisted up in my poo!!!)














oh yeah, baby, it's dad's nasty shoe insole. he leaves his workin-in-the-yard shoes on the porch for me to rip up when he's not home. nice daddy!

hey, if he doesn't want me chewing them up, why's he leave them laying around??

it's sure been hot where i live in illinois - hope the rest of you are staying cool! have a grrrreat wednesday!

puppy licks, coco

Good night, Sadie

We lost a precious friend today
the kind you can't replace,
I close my eyes and hear her voice,
I still can see her face.
I know she's in a special place
that God has for such friends,
Where meadows, fields & flowers
make them strong and whole again.
I know she's watching over us
She'll be with us when we cry,
And knowing we shall meet again
Helps ease our sad goodbye.


With Sweet Goodnight kisses, In Loving Memory of our beloved cousin Sadie.


coco, sophie, and their mommy

secret entry by sophie!!!!

hey everydog! i'm back! goofy coco is off ruining our girl katie's underwear, so i thought i'd come on her blog and tell you about my FA-VOR-ITE toy.
hamburger.
ohmydog it is the most pawesome toy on earth. it smells incredible, it squeaks when i gnaw on it, and i daresay i have an obsession with it. i bark for it, cry for it, and sit up and beg for it.

until mom gives it up for me...

here i come, hamburger!

oh yeah!!!!!!!! you gotta try it!

meanwhile, goofball comes outside too. guess what she thinks is fun to chew on. dad's shoe insole. she has absolutely no class. just look at her hair! what a mess - no bow, all scruffy! what does mom see in her anyway????

mom tried to make us sit together for a picture. i'm like, i gotta go....

anypoo, nice chattin with you all - until next time

lotsa licks, miss polished and sophisticated sophie

vote for coco again!

oh no! i'm falling behind in the most pampered pet contest my mom entered me in! even if you've voted (rated me a 10!!) before, you can vote again! here's the link:

http://www.thepamperedpup.com/Contest/TopRatedPuppy.aspx

i know, my mom's acting so hyper about it, but she really wants me to win all the fun prizes and stuff. anyway, thanks for your support!!!! (i just hope she doesn't try to get me into politics)

i just embarassed myself.

i did not know that maggie rose was going to have BABIES come out of her tummy. i just met her online, so how could i have known? anyway, when i found out i posted so many comments to her blog no i feel silly - - - but i was just SO excited!!!!

i just loooooove babies!!! my mom's eeeeeeeeevil quack-doctor took my baby-box out so i can't have babies in my tummy. maybe maggie rose will let me be a special auntie.

attempts at smiling

hey everydoggy! i was asked to post some of my smiles awhile ago, but mom has been having trouble getting good shots of me smiling. in this first one i tried to smile like the rest of you, but whenever i try to do an open-mouth smile i just end up looking like i'm all hot and panting. i'm more inclined to just smile like this:
and sometimes, i even wink when i smile, like this:

maybe i'm still too young to smile right. i'll keep working on it, though. have a sun-shining, running-in-the-yard kind of day! coco

puppy in the city!

my girl katie's having a birthday tomorrow! so mommy took us on a road trip to celebrate and i got to go along! (note: i did not ride on mom's lap more than just a moment cuz katie said she was acting like britney spears, whoever that is) anyway, just me, mom and katie went to this big really loud place called sha-kawgo~

we had a slumber party at this place with beds called the hotel peninsula where they love doggins as much as hoomans. it was pawesome! there was a little cake with a message waiting for katie when we got there. it made her so happy!

mom was not being very generous about the cake, but i snuck a lick of the fork when no one was looking - it was sooooooooooo yummy!!but guess what! i had my OWN TRAY with my own dishes and bottle of water!

but mom's water tasted better out of her fancy glass.

then we went shopping at this amaaaazing store called tails in the city, where all the latest glam-dog fashions are to be found, along with toys and snackies and everything. mom got me this new dress with little sparkly cherries and a hood. it's soft!
she also got me this really fun octa-puss that makes the funnest sounds when i shake it!

after sleeping cuddled in a huge bed between my girl and mommy, we ate breakfast at this sidewalk cafe that mom loves. she gave me some of her alsatian scrambled eggs! (mom's coffee cup was so big i think i could've crawled inside it!!)
happy birthday, katie. and thanks for letting me go to your slumber party.

i love sha-kawgo!!!

Uninvited Guest!

hey puppy-pals. you won't believe what my mom did the other day.

she brought this into our home:
yes, one of those twittery weird creatures that fly around outside and make
pesky little sounds at us! only this one was in a prison!
i couldn't believe mommy caught one!

i was absolutely stunned. and a bit apprehensive, too. it made a lot of sudden
movements, scaring me half to death. i had to yell at it really good to
make it stop! it just cocked it's little head to the side and listened like
it was trying to understand what i was saying, which of course was
"stop it right there, creepy! i can take you any time i need to,
just give me an excuse!!!" it was soooooo weird.

nothing about this smelled right. but mom said she was only keeping the
thing for one night, which was plenty enough for me.
i like chasing and yelling at them in the yard,
but i don't exactly care to have one living inside my house. *shudder*

then mom starting SINGING to it and TALKING to it,
saying the same thing over and over and over.
pretty ba-by; pretty ba-by; pretty ba-by. i'm like, huh?! that's what you say to me!

i'll never understand why this happened,
but i sure hope mom doesn't do it again.
it was just - wrong. (even though it was kinda cute, in an alarming sort of way)