Bleeding Hearts
It’s such a bright and sunny day in our neighborhood. So I took my camera out on our morning walk to get a few photos of the bursts of spring blooming on our block.
Happy Easter! ♥ Hops
(Photo credit: Marco. Editing: Me)
Spring Shoes
I haven’t bought a new pair of shoes in a while so I decided to go out of my ballet-flat comfort zone and get these retro-hip beauties from ModCloth. They are the perfect spring shoes with their cute minty color. The soft leather makes them insanely comfortable. Before they arrived I was expecting it would take a few wears to break them in, but so far there are no signs of blisters. I love these shoes! Thank you ModCloth for always having what I want to wear.
Things you don't think about when naming your dog.
Person on Street: Hi! What a cute dog! What is her name?!
Us: His name is Hops.
PoS: Cops?
Us: no, Hops.
PoS: Chops?
Us: Hops.
PoS: Mops?
Us: Hops. With an H.
PoS: Oh! Pops? P-O-P-S?
Us: Yes.
(This happens at least once a day.)
Housebreaking Strategies
Marco and I have obviously been trying to housebreak Hops. But he still has the occasional accident. They typically occur when we aren’t paying him enough attention. So I made this sign to encourage us to keep attentive and create a little game to see how many days in a row we can be accident free. So far three is the record to beat.
Hops seems encouraged by the sign as well.
We also got a little mention here about our sign after Marco posted the photo on Twitter.
(photo from Marco’s iPhone)
Puppy Hops
Marco started blow-drying Hops after rainy walks.
(Video by Marco + iPhone)
Photos of Photos
I’m working on a new wedding post and I’m having a really hard time narrowing down what photos to choose from this ridiculously fun wedding we shot in the fall. Too bad posting all 2000 photos wouldn’t be appropriate.
The Hiphopopotamus
We drank all the bourbon in Wellington.
Lonely Sandwich
"We should hang this in our bathroom"- Marco
Hops Arment
Hops Arment
8 1/2 weeks old, born Dec. 29th, 2010
Became part of the family on Sunday Feb. 27th, 2011
Male Shih-Poo
Easily startled by his own bark.
Can walk on the leash most of the time.
Favorite toy: Flat Dog
Commands Learned: Sit
Has hyper-crazy-dog episodes in the early afternoon and evening.
Friendly and outgoing, willing to share toys and play fetch.
Will occasionally hump your foot and Flat Dog and his bed and Tiff’s coat
Likes to sleep on his back.
Spends part of the day chasing his tail.
Follows Tiff around the house.