Cali's Water Adventure

We went to the creek today so Cali could play in the water again. This time I brought the camera. She was sooooo happy. You should have seen her. Running and jumping and splashing in the water.
She went after this ball and then realized that she couldn't touch the ground anymore so she turned around. Eventually she got to the point that she would kind of swim to get it but not before I had to retrieve one or two because she sat there whining. Here are those pictures.


Here we are having a chat about how I was not going to go get any more balls so she better start swimming. And she did!
She is soaking wet but extremely happy. She wasn't so happy when we got home and she got a bath.

Busy Busy Busy

Sorry I haven't posted in two weeks. I've not only been extremely busy at work but in my free time as well. Wedding stuff is moving along. With the help of my friend Laura we have designed most of the decorations/programs/place cards for the wedding. I just purchased most of it this weekend and in a few weeks I'll try and organize an afternoon of paper crafting with some of my girls! Mike and I will be putting together the invitations this week and hope to mail some out a week from today.

Our little girl, Cali, is still doing well. We are trying to break her of her shyness and she seems to be gaining some confidence in new social situations. I also have discovered that she is very suspicious of statues and considers them to be real (very funny incident with a concrete cow). We also have found that she does, in fact, love water! I took her to a stream today back by our house. In places the water was deep enough to swim but often it was only up to the middle of her legs. She had a great time running through the water, exploring the stream bank, trying to pick up underwater sticks, etc. She was filthy so when we got home I gave her a bath. Not 3 hours later we let her outside to play fetch and she wandered into the woods off of our yard into a huge mud puddle. So she got another bath! We have one clean dog today. Sorry I don't have any pictures. I didn't think to bring the camera. Next time, I promise!

Wedding Info

The real reason I started this blog was to be able to share information about my life with friends and family I don't get to see very often. One of our big events this year is our wedding! Here is an updated version of our wedding website. Feel free to check it out. There is hotel information, gift registry, and specifics about the wedding itself.
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/JenniferSallee&MichaelKerber

We are still working on a few big details (ie DJ and honeymoon) and also the small ones like favors. However, we ordered our invitations today! I know, I probably should have done this a month ago but at least its done now. Next on the list, wedding rings....

Success!

What a weekend! Cali got to do all kinds of fun things. First we pulled out the pool again. At first she was still weary of it, but after a few throws in the afternoon sun she decided that lying down in the pool wasn't so bad after all. Then this evening we put on her pack and took a walk along the Pumpkin Trail in Chapel Hill North woods. She didn't seem to mind the pack one bit! We didn't have her carry much weight for this first hike. Instead you can see me carrying the water bottle. Cali seemed to really enjoy herself. We can't wait to take her again. Let me know if you'd like to come along!

Ready Set Camp!

Cali has a lot of energy. A lot! One way to try and tire her out is for her to wear a pack on our walks. Perhaps in the winter we will have her wear it regularly but for now its too hot. However, we are planning on doing some day hikes with her and though she could help out by carrying her own water. Friday night Mike, Cali and I went to REI (people got a kick out of her in the store) and we found Cali her very own pack. She doesn't seem to mind it, but then again she only wore it for a few minutes.

Mug Shot

Our friend Brandy took this picture of Cali last weekend. I love it and wanted to share.

All About Cali

My life pretty much revolves around this dog. We both love having her and find ourselves trying to include her in a lot of what we do. For example, we take her to our friends house (Thanks Rob and Erika!), to Friday's at the Front Porch at the Carolina Inn, to gelato in Southern Village, and to Ultimate Frisbee with Mike's friends. One of our favorite things to do is take her to the dog park.

Here is Cali at the dog park. She loves going there. Its not really about the other dogs but about chasing her tennis ball. We try and take her at least 3 times a week. Sometimes we go more since she gets a lot of exercise and Mike and I can just stand there. She doesn't realize it yet but we are going to have to cut back on our trips once the real NC summer heat hits us. Or maybe I'll just get up at 6 am and take her...yeah right!





One way to try and counter the heat is to have a way to cool off Cali after we play ball. We decided, ok I decided and Mike humored me, to get Cali her very own pool. I picked up this pool at Toys R Us. It almost didn't fit into my car but after some shoving I got it in. Cali was skeptical at first and just wanted to drink out of it. Once Mike got in he was able to lure her in as well. He got her to sit down but she wanted nothing to do with actually lying down. We'll take it in baby steps. Maybe next weekend...