Barley is getting sooo big!

She wheighed 15.3 pounds today! She is a boss at "sit" and she's getting there with "down".

But today, we had an emergency visit to the vet! Nothing to be alarmed about mind you, but she was soooo excited when we came home this afternoon that she bumbed the corner of the door frame and....

(not for the squeamish)

...she knocked her front paw nail up and she was bleeding like crazy!

Being thoughtless barley fortunateley, she just started playing around again and with ouir failed attempts at relieving her pain, we took her to the vet to get them all trimmed for safety.

barley, barley, barley

how can something so cute and loveable cause so much stress??

( here she is sleeping the night we came home after thanksgiving. Laying on all the laundry and clean bedding we still had yet to put away.)

Good Grief

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round two

The Fam

definitely a crazy group..gotta love em though :)

Mathieu got to experience his first "American" thanksgiving:

with the turkey, cranberries, melt in your mouth mashed potatoes

the way only grandma makes. I think he enjoyed himself.

It got me thinking about how different and how simliar our famalies are

will my parents get along with his parents

will his sister get along with my sister?

probably not in any way i expect. They have to i guess.

I wonder if the wedding will be the first time they meet or will we put them together somehow so that both our fathers can be socially awkward and our mothers can be chatty cathy's.

And will our grandparents ever meet? Both sets being of an ethnicity other than American, i think it will be very interesting.

Questions that will go unanswered for quite sometime i'm sure, still, they can't be the worst questions to think about right now i suppose.

My sisters pal came over for dinner as well with her two year old child and the inevitable glance to me..

"you'll probably have kids soon"

"I havent really thought about it...really."

That question could go unanswered for awhile and that would be alright with me :)

Families gathering for calendar marked holidays really makes you think...

A Gascon Thanksgiving

This year, the lovely fiance and I spent the holiday break at his folks house. I had a small hint that it wasn't going to be the typical thanksgiving that I was used to because his family is from Montreal: no turkey, no cranberry, no green bean casserole the way grandma makes... I really sacrificed here!

But it was amazing!

They have a Raclette: a hot stone that cooks while you eat. A slow process but it leaves for great conversation and fun fighting over your "property" on the stone.

We had filet mignon, chicken and shrimp. Mathieu made me try the shrimp ( I'm not one for seafood) and I still don't like it very much. But I tried it for him. Also with baked potato and salad. It was a great meal!

I also got an unexpected chance to practice my french. Let's just say that my brain hurt a little bit afterward.

Overall this holiday was spent with great people ( including the love of my life), rolling on the floor funny moments and amazing food! What more can you ask for?

:)

Puppy Monday

MEET BARLEY!!!

The greatest puppy in the world. Named of course after one of the key beer ingredients (one of Mathieu's loves in life that might surpass even me)We rescued her about a week ago and she has already brought so much joy to our lives! Mathieu handles the training and I handle the fun playfulness that is Barley.

It is hard to have a puppy around too. Not as much school work gets done, not getting enough sleep but its all worth it! I mean look at her-she's gorgeous, a cute ginger pup.