just pictures....

She likes beer.

She's growing up....

Yesterday I noticed that she lost her first tooth! She also had one loose that she lost overnight, and now has another loose one. All in the front…. My baby is growing up!!!

Our little helper

Frankie was helping us paint our bathroom on Wednesday night. She was right in there with Daddy. Thankfully she didn’t get too close to the paint. I was sure I would be cleaning up yellow paw prints at some point, but that never happened. We did have a close call when “Houdini” snuck through the gate we had up, but luckily we intercepted just before her little nose reached the paint can.

she's so cute...

She just loves hanging out the window!

Frankie + Porterhouse = happy pup

(taken with a cell phone)

Last night we were invited to a very lavish dinner with Jon and Libby. Jon and Jeff had HUGE porterhouse steaks while Lib and I had AMAZING filet mignons. We also had crab stuffed portabella mushrooms – YUM!! After Jeff was done gnawing (and I literally mean gnawing) on his steak, he held the bone for Frankie as she went to town! Her eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw the meaty bone coming towards her. She was using all her might to strip away the meat, even growling at times. She ate like a queen last night! Soon after dinner, she cuddled up in Daddy’s lap and it was lights out. She slept the rest of the night there, the whole way home and like a champ all night. I am so glad I didn’t have to take her out for her first potty break this am!! HA!

149th Street Dog Park

It’s a dog park on 149^th Street! Last night Frankie got to play with 9 other dogs right on our very own street! We took her for a small walk to the end of our block to get the mail. Here she met two adult female Cockers named Freckles who is black and white – just like Frankie and Tootsie who is black and buff - looks like a tootsie roll. She also met Colby who is a male buff Cockapoo and Eddie who is a black and white Cockapoo. After the dogs checked each other out and the adults ran out of mundane chit chat, we were on our way back home. Our neighbors were out enjoying the somewhat warm weather, so we decided to join them. While we sat around with our beers, we watched five dogs play, chase, and jump all over each other. Those in attendance were: Oopsie who is a little Jack Russell Terrier, Danner who is a golden Lab, Ox who is a nine week old Boston Terrier, our Frankie, and big Frankie who is a buff colored female Staffordshire Terrier (Pit Bull). Yes, there are two female Frankie’s on our block! This was not the first time these five pups have gotten to play together. Big Frankie and Oopsie live across the street from us and Danner and Ox live a few blocks away but visit often. It was fun to watch the dogs play and it was even more fun knowing they would all be super tired for bed time!

poor thing...can't catch a break

Frankie had hiccups all night and all morning. She also sounded like she was a little congested. Poor baby girl....