tagged together in 289 photos maddy + meredith ...you switch laptops. Maddy will only let you send so many emails before she expects... Speckle Horse. Maddy likes to be held like a football under the covers. Cupid crew. Grimples. Later that evening, Jared & Ellen joined us... On Saturday we got a Piper to watch while Ellen was away on vacation! On Thursday Mer and I traveled back to New York after two weeks in Florida . As soon as we got home we ran over to Caiti's to pick up our grimple! FEATS OF STRENGTH! Family portrait courtesy of Ellen! Later that night we all cuddled up on the couch... Ellen came over later that evening! We walked the dogs over to Sheen Brothers... These two. Later that evening, Matt and Ellen came over to welcome us back home! Yay! We took the hound for one last stroll down the boardwalk... Post-beach QT with the houndine. As soon as we got back into town, we picked up our hound and then got on the subway to head back to our Rockaway Beach rental for a few more days. Sunset walk with the dog. We took the pooch for a nice long beach walk... The couch seems like it was designed to camouflage Maddy! Later that night, we snuggled with Maddy on the couch and watched... ...and got the royal welcome from the weiner hound! Thanks, buddy. ;) Bird hound! Maddy is a big fan of her new evening walk routine. Birthday family portrait. All packed up and ready to go! Taking the hound to the park. That heart stopping moment when you really hope you know what you're doing when you realize that living things you care about are actually going to be napping under the hundreds of pounds of books you've just hung on sheetrock. I woke up super early on Friday and got all my work done by 10am. I bid farewell to these two... Such party professionals! I came home to find these two fast asleep. Awww, brown mouse! Exactly five minutes later. Hahaha. Pancake nap! Later that afternoon, Caiti came by to claim her pup! We brought them back to our place so they could wrassle in private. Ready? On Saturday morning, we packed up the snooch, hopped in a cab to the Port Authority... ...and took her to the dog park. Maddy was in awe... Maddy favorite place is Leg Alley. So hunchy. Buddies! Faisal was in town and came by on Wednesday night! ...at Cherry Tavern. Back at the homestead later that evening, Meredith took some boring old pretzels... Nap buddies. ...always a scratch away Meredith worked on lesson plans. Maddy wore a hoodie. I worked on my Pecha Kucha slides some more. Mer and Maddy fell asleep on the couch. Thanks! Back at the homestead, I found these two canoodling. Hey Maddy, can you look over here? It's pink and brown with spots (just like Maddy!). Haha. On Sunday afternoon after taking care of the dingo... Hound appreciation, morning edition. Maddy gets so sleepy she chokes herself out. ...with a sweater wiener! (PS - look at Maddy's tongue!) On Friday night Mer and I stayed in and... On Thursday evening, we threw the dog in a bag... After we got back from our New Year's Eve trip down in Florida , Gurj came over on Wednesday night for a hang. Meredith and Amy kept Maddy company out of the kitchen and away from.. Pre-dinner holiday photo for my dad's holiday newsletter! Headed to Penn Station. Maddy really likes looking out the window any time she's in a moving vehicle. Quiet night at home I want to smash her speckly body so hard. Look at this little back-snoozing, son-of-a-bitch. ...and cake mold that lets you make a GIANT COOKIE CAKE. Haha. Admiring our dog collection with hot chocolate. It's like living taxidermy. ...you can pretty much pose her however you want. Maddy hardly has any hair and pretty much requires clothing to not constantly shiver once the temp drops below seventy degrees. We packed up our bug and headed home. Snuggle buds. Later that evening, Ellen came over for a hang. We fed her lots of home cooked food and then settled in for... All packed up and ready to go! So lucky to know it. We had both Maddy and Edie with us! On Wednesday night, our neighbor Russel came by and claimed his two hounds. Maddy was pretty excited to have us all to herself again. ...and feeling cuddly, there's really nothing better. I came home from the store to find this going on in the living room. It's hard to get the grimple to sit still and cooperate when she's wriggling to lick your faces. Later that night, my parents drove us back up to the bus and we headed home! Congrats, John & Lindsey! Thanks so much for having us! Maddy likes to drag her wienery body through the grasses of suburbia. These two fuggers were conked out before 8pm... Late Thursday night, Leigh came by and dropped off Edie! Saying goodbye to these two on my way to work in the morning. Once it nuzzles in, it's instantly sleepy. Saying goodbye to the ladies on my way out the door to work. Squintsor. Mer and Maddy. Things worth noting: Meredith reads Heinlein and Maddy sleeps with her arms out and eyes half-open like a tiny zombie! Came home later to find these two curled up together. I came home to find Maddy crashed out on Meredith's shoulder. Awwww, tiny nuzzler. ...and piled back into the van to head home! We stuffed the dogs in bags... The entire yard was filled with little children who were IN LOVE with Maddy but were in constant danger of trampling her tiny wiener body. Meredith eventually came up with a system where she'd put Maddy in a bag and then bend down so the girls could pet her. Van full of awesome. Post roof-nap nap. Maddy keeps diligent watch from her legs. Later that afternoon, we took all the dogs over to the park and there was a special surprise waiting there for Maddy... Snapped a photo of these two canoodling on the couch on my way out the door to work on Thursday morning. Good book! (Fates Worse Than Death by Kurt Vonnegut) (Before putting it on our tiny dog, we both took turns wearing it and barking to make sure it wasn't too inhumane. Verdict: Not pleasant, but definitely not terrible). It took Maddy all of two barks to figure out what the collar was there to prevent. Aw, tiny little future-prisoner! 
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