Bacation for Phil and Mommy!

On Halloween, Mom and I started a trek to NC.  She said we were going on bacation.  I was staying with Grampy and Grammy though.  

Here we are on our way to NC.  I was watching for cops.

This was the day Mom left me to start her bacation with Dad.  I was upset that she was leaving me.

I refused to look at Mom.

Grampy didn't really take any pictures of me while Mom and Dad were away bacationing in Denver, then Arizona, then the Grand Canyon.. so blame him for no pictures.

I got to do arts and crafts while Mom was away.  Aunt Courkie painted my foot and I got to "sign" a card for Aunt Desaree who is in Army bootcamp.

When Mom and Dad came back, Mom made sure to take some pictures though.  She's really a good Mom even if she leaves me behind.

I was obviously chasing a squirrel in this dream...
Or I found that fuzzy black dog again.

On the way home I had to my sniffs in.

My space was a lot more cramped on the way back to MD since we had Dad with us.

YAY for bacations!

Prince Frederick Petco October Meet and Greet

Back in October (whew that was a long time ago!), Mom took me and Norman to a meet and greet in Prince Frederick.  I love hanging out with Norman.  We are old men together so we really just hang out, we don't really play.

Doesn't Norman have some nice thighs?

Oh, hai, Norman!

Hangin out like old mens.

We both had our own window.  Lubs fresh airs.

Here we have (L to R): Norman, Ripley, Kura, Lola, Saya, and Phil's cheek.

Ripley is guarding his momma while all the other doggies are getting pettins.
Does Ripley look like he's missing something?

On the way home, Mom had to stop and get gas.

Norman is an Alabama fan during football season.  Mom says we cheer for NC State...

Meet and greets with friends are so much fun!!  This meet and greet was very interesting because there was a limited amount of space and three cat adoption groups showed up that day.  We had cats on our left AND right.  Miz Tommy was ready for too much interest with her spray bottle of fire water.

There was a very rude cat lady there and Mom told me that if I peed on one of their blankets I wouldn't get in trouble.  This was probably the first meet and greet that I didn't pee on/in anything.  I'm full of surprises sometimes!  

Also, going on car rides has become my favorite thing.  Mom used to have to coax me and sometimes even lift me into the car, but now I jump right in and wait on Mom to remove my leash.  Then I patiently wait for her to get in and start the car so I can get my window time.

Mom deserted me!

Ok, she really didn't desert me.  She left me with a nice-other-doggy-mommy named Monica... but I'm getting ahead of myself.

Mom found out her best friend from college was having her bachelorette party this past weekend in Raleigh, which is only a 5 hour drive away.  Mom is silly in that she thinks 8 hours is "too far", 5 hours is "bearable", and anything under 2 is "just fine".  At first, her plan was to bring me with her, but since she was staying at someone else's house, they said there probably wasn't room for me too, which was sad.  I'm not that big, gosh.  Didn't matter none, if Mom was going she had to find a dog-sitter.. and FAST.  She found out that I couldn't come with her on Wednesday night and she was supposed to leave Friday afternoon!

Mom posted on the GEGR forums (<3 those guys) and Monica offered to take me for the weekend.  She suggested that I could play with her son and pups and it would be fun.  She drove all the way from DE to pick me up.  Monica is amazing (and I'm not just saying that cause she might read this, maybe).

Monica got this video of me playing while I was at her house:

Mom picked me up on Sunday evening.  I was torn between pettins from Mom and pettins from Monica.  I started shivering and Mom decided it was finally time to stop yappin and get me home for dinner (and out of the cold).

Mom surprised me with a new present for ridin in the vroom-vroom.  A "hammock" for the backseat.  I really slip and slide when we're riding in the car because Mom's car has leather seats.  Mom laid a blanket down a few times, but she threw me in the floor one day when she had to stop suddenly for a lady backing out of a parking spot who didn't see her and we weren't even going that fast.  Mom was really concerned after that, and she also wanted to try to relieve some of my riding anxiety, so she was hoping this would help.

I was a little uncertain at first.

But I quickly settled in and got comfortable!

Hiiiiii flashy pointy clicky thingy!

Mom has a picture of my half-brother Zeplen with his eyes kinda blinky.  She really liked this one of me.

Ok, Mom, that's enough with the flashy, pointy, clicky, blinding thingy!  I'm cute, we get it!

After dinner, I promptly started my naps.  I was pretty tired from the awesome vacation from Mom weekend and the drive.  But every time Mom would move, I'd be right behind her.  I really missed her.  Mom kept saying how much she missed me, but she didn't seem to appreciate me being behind her all the time.  She said, "Phil, I don't need a doggy shadow!"  Although, Mom softened up later and let me sleep in her bedroom that night.