CUPCAKES!

I'm so happy that I finally have found the time to bake again! Baking is one of my true passions and I've found a great love for baking cupcakes! I've had so much fun experimenting with decorating them. And Tim has been nothing but supportive! I would love to someday open a little cupcake store/bakery.

Pictures

My laptop wasn't letting me upload pictures for the longest time so here are a bunch of pictures from the last couple of months!

Bringing Murphy home! (6 weeks)

6 weeks

7 weeks

8 weeks

9 weeks

10 weeks

Murphy and Me

So Tim is working overnights this week and I HATE IT! It is now the third night this week without him here, so it's just Murphy and me. I'm probably the most paranoid person. I am constantly thinking someone is going to break into our house and murder me! It's a fear I've had for as long as I can remember. When I was really little (around 5) I would sit out in the hallway of our upstairs at this little yellow plastic table we had, and just sit and listen for any little noise and then go wake up my parents and tell them someone was in our house. Then I went through a stage when I was about 8 or 9 where I would make one of my parents sit outside my bedroom door until I fell asleep to make sure nobody would kidnap me. And until I was in high school, if I was ever home alone I would lock all the doors and sit with my back against a wall. And now that we have our own home if I'm home alone I find myself checking every room, in the shower, in the closets, under the bed, everywhere! Making sure nobody is in our house before I go to bed. I have no reason to feel unsafe. It's just a terrible curse or something that I have. And last night didn't make it any better.....

So I was already nervous because Murphy and I were home alone, but just as I was falling asleep I heard Murphy growling, so I switched on the light and he was laying at the end of our bed staring down the hallway. The hair on his back was sticking up and he was just staring at nothing. I tried to ask him to show me what it was, but he wouldn't budge.... He just kept staring past me and wouldn't move....It deffinately creeped me out so much that I had to sleep with the light on...

Maybe we should get a security system, but it seems like money wasted since we don't have a home that anyone would want to break into...but would it ease my mind?? I don't know....
Does anyone else have this problem? Any solutions for helping me get over this fear?

MURPHY

So he is here!! Our beautiful brown puppy! MURPHY! We went and picked him up Saturday as soon as I got off of work. When we walked in to see all the puppies I saw a brown and white one and thought "agh, he's not as cute as he was 2 weeks ago" ... then I saw ANOTHER brown and white one walk out from behind his momma and he was SOOOO cute! There he was OUR puppy!! I can't believe I even confused him with the other not so cute pup. After we got settled in the car we headed straight to Tim's parents house for a belated Mother's day celebration..everyone wanted to hold Murphy so we passed him around and he was completley content. After a couple of hours there, we headed to our friends Paul and Chelsea's house for a bonfire and Murphy was so good! He slept most of the time we were there too. We were home around midnight and we all crawled into bed :) I don't care what anyone says we like to cuddle with our puppy...we may regret it someday but it's just another reason to get a bigger bed :) yesterday all three of us hung out at home and played in the yard! We also went to petco, but it was adoption day and Murphy didn't know quite what to think about all the barking dogs.

So far Murphy's been doing really good with house training, he's only had 2 accidents...otherwise he lets us know when he needs to go out. We usually go to bed at 11..he wakes up around 2:30 and 5:30 to go potty then sleeps until 7.We left Murphy alone for the first time today for a couple of hours while Tim and I ran some errands. When we came home he didn't chew anything, he was just playing with his toys! He's such a great pup so far and we already LOVE him SOOOOOO much!! We also had our first Vet appointment today. He slept through the whole thing! Even his first shot! The vet thought it was so funny, and he couldn't stop petting him and telling us how cute Murphy is :) at 6 weeks Murphy weighs 5.8 pounds.

Tomorrow is my first day back to work and I am so sad to be leaving Murphy. But he will only be alone for 2 hours and then I get to spend all day Wednesday with him. He's just waking up right now so its time to take him out to go potty again......

 

Puppy Gibson

So today was my 23rd birthday! As funny as it sounds I actually feel older than yesterday. I'm not sure if its the age or just the fact that I'm 23, I'm a wife, a homeowner and a mother. YES I finally got a puppy!! I've been begging Tim for a puppy for 2 years now and his response was "not until we get a house." Well we've been in our house for 2 1/2 weeks now and everyday I've been asking "can we go get a puppy today?!" Well I woke up this morning to Tim bringing me a bowl of cinnamon toast crunch and the laptop. And as he handed me the laptop he said the magical words of "Let get our puppy today!" So we looked at SO MANY puppies that were for sale and we finally agreed on a lab/collie mix that was just put up for sale yesterday. So we called the seller and set up a time to go visit the pups. We drove an hour to the family farm the puppies live at (they had really pretty horses too) and met all 7 pups! We took our time picking up and playing with all of them.Ahhh they were all so tiny and cute. They are only 4 weeks right now so we have to wait 2 more weeks to bring our pup home. It was such a hard decision but I wanted to reserve our pup so when we went back I wouldn't be heart broken that the one I was thinking about had been sold. So we first had the decision of Boy or Girl- Boy was an easy one for us...we had both wanted a boy dog. The it was Black and White or Brown and White-That one was a little harder, we narrowed it down to one black and white and one brown and white...the final decision was made by the length of the coat... We chose the brown one because he had a nice smooth short coat..And we are so happy with our decision! He is so sweet and cuddly!! So we told the lady to hold onto that pup for us and that we would be back on the 16th to pick up our little guy! So on the way home Tim and I stopped at Famous Daves for my Birthday dinner then headed to Petco. We just got a couple of basic things for now..a collar, leash, bed, food and water dish and carpet/floor cleaner ;) and a squeaky toy of course! So now I'm counting down the days until we can be a family!!

Sip of Wine

Is it sad that I've been enjoying alcohol for a good number of years now but I still have a "new" drinkers taste buds? As I sit out on our patio I'm enjoying a glass of Arbor Mist :) I can't help it, it just tastes so good. Maybe some day my taste buds will grow up...

HAPPY HOMEOWNERS!

Well almost... After 3 months of looking at close to 200 homes, and bidding on 4 homes we finally have one! Just when we were about to give up and rent for another year we came across this cute house in Chaska that had just reduced its price into our price range! We went and looked at it yesterday and we both fell in love as soon as we stepped foot inside the door! And a plus is that my best friend and her husband will only be a few minutes down the road! :) I'm so excited! I keep looking at the pictures thinking "okay I'm going to put this kind of flower here, and this kind of plant here...and paint this room this color!" My sister called me this evening and said that her and my mom are coming down this weekend to help us start to pack....We don't close until April 14th, but it will be nice to get a head start on things!

Well here it is!! I just love the birch trees in the front yard too!!