Flora and Gromit

It's been almost a month and both Flora and Gromit have been getting along fabulously!  It didn't start out that way, but things have definitely smoothed out and they've been playing together every day.

A week after we got back from Portland, we thought things were going well, so we put them together in an enclosure for about an hour.  We came back to this:

Flora had bit Gromit.  Well, we waited a few days and his eye started getting swollen, so the vet made a small incision above his eye to let some of the pressure out.  We were mean and made him wear the cone for a few days while it healed.  Even the vet wondered what he could have done that pissed off Flora enough to bite him.  Flora was very sorry and even tried to lick the wound to make it better for him. 

They both love to cuddle on the couch with me.

And the other day, I even caught them playing together!

We are just so happy that they're getting along, even if they got off to a rough start.

Thanksgiving Weekend

Eric and I traveled back to Portland for Thanksgiving weekend to visit our family and friends.  But before we were allowed to have any turkey, I decided to run the Give 'N Gobble 5k in Sherwood.  Eric, Andrea, Jessi and my Dad walked it together.

 They gave us these cool turkey hats that we all wore on the course.

 The siblings.

Here we all are finishing! (Note: Not in finishing order)

 Doesn't Dad look like he's dancing a little bit?

 My picture was faked since I finished like an hour before everyone else.  Ok, I'm not that fast, but I finished 20 minutes before everyone, so there wasn't anyone to take a picture.

So after the turkey trot, we headed over to Eric's parent's house and had dinner with his Grandparents and Aunt, Uncle and cousins.  The food was amazing, and since most of us did the 5k in the morning, we burned off enough calories to have seconds!  Right?  RIGHT?!?!?

At the end of the weekend, we got to finally bring my dog, Gromit, back to Tennessee to join Flora.  We had to get a special sized soft crate so we could carry him onto the plane with us.  Of course, no doggy flight is complete without a little bit of doggy downers (my favorite part), and he was nice and calm the entire day.  I wonder if you can use these all the time?

 Everyone kept coming over and saying hello to him and he was a perfect gentleman.  Gromit was wonderful as well!

We are so happy our little family is complete!

Sorry, its been a while...

*Turns around* Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't see you sitting there - for 6 weeks - waiting for me to put up a new blog post, because, you know, my life is so awesome.  :)

Well have I got a few posts for you to enjoy!  A lot has happened in the last little while, so I will be doing a few posts today so you can see what I've been up to!