Two for Tuesday

Cody had to have his picture taken with Diesel!

Getting to know ... Diesel

What is there to say about our beloved dog, Diesel. Diesel is a Tri-colored Corgi.

He was a Christmas gift from Steve to me in 2003. Diesel was born in Oklahoma and somehow brought out here with his family to be sold. I think the family had family in town and came to visit them and it was the right time to sell the puppies also. Whatever, it worked out good for us!

As a puppy, he was all ears. His ears were huge, I guess they kind of still are, but it goes more with his overall hugeness. He is about 20 pounds overweight. He doesn't get anything but dog food and only about a cup of food a day. We have tried putting him on different diets, like the green bean diet, but nothing works. We even tried a prescription dog food and it did nothing either. I think he needs more exercise but don't we all?

He is my biggest baby between everyone. He likes to stick with a schedule, likes to know what everyone is doing, even thought that means the boys are climbing on him. I was worried int he beginning how Diesel would feel about the boys coming into his life. But overall he has done very well and has adjusted.

He likes to sleep a lot. He has a bed in our room that he sleeps on at night (sometimes), and another in the backyard, that is his favorite spot. But he will also sleep anywhere else also. He loves to chew up all the boys toys, from balls, to shovel handles, the dog likes to chew. He never grew out of chewing. If I give him something, like a big bone for chewing, he won't chew it because he sits and guards it and growls if anyone comes near it. So I don't do that anymore.

Diesel is a great family dog, even though he likes to stay home, he doesn't like the motorhome or the desert. He chases in quads, rhinos and barks. Very weird since he grew up like that. He also doesn't like loud bangs, or fireworks, gets all weird. Cody loves Diesel more than Chase does. Cody loves to walk him, tie him up, put him in forts and give him hugs. He is all good with it for a while and then he looks for me to come and rescue him.

We can't imagine not having Diesel around this family. He is a great dog for us!

Baby Picture Sunday

Two boys and their dog. I took this picture of the three of them walking down our driveway going to the mailbox. It turned out very cute in a speia tone the theme for this weeks Baby Picture Sunday!

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Saturday Snapshots

Cheryl at Twinfatuation hosts this every Saturday morning. Click the button to be taken to her blog so you can play along.


This morning is what we are doing.

The boys are already outside riding bikes and playing.
Inside fixing breakfast - shredded potatoes.

Diesel already tired from trying to keep up with Chase and Cody this morning.

That is my morning in snapshots. Hope you have a great Saturday!

I *heart* Faces - Kids & Pets

This week at I ♥ Faces the category is "Happy Birthday" for kids. With Chase and Cody's birthday just 4 days away, I wanted to enter a picture of Cody eating his first bite of cake at his first birthday. (It was a hard decision to pick Cody's picture over Chase's - they are both pretty cute!)



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At I ♥ Faces they are also having a special category for pets. This is the cutest picture of Diesel when he was just 7 weeks old. I just had to share it with you.

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Introducing Diesel

I have never posted pictures of our dog, Diesel. So here is Diesel's story.

Steve gave me Diesel for Christmas in 2003. He is a Welsh Corgi Pembroke. How could I turn down this as a Christmas present?


He was the cutest thing. When his ears started to stand up he had some big ears.


But we still loved him...

And as he gained a lot of weight, like we all do when we get older, we still loved him.

Diesel is a good boy. In 2004, I took him to a obedience class and we came in 2nd place to another Corgi, overall good behavior.

Chase and Cody love Diesel also. They can't keep thier hands off of him and always want to sit on him or move too quickly for him. He is very loving towards them but gets tired of them after a while.