Bringing Up Shelby

Happy Mother's Day!

We started Mother's Day by dropping by to visit some friends at the 24 Hours of LeMons race. We toured the pits and the Red Baron team said it was OK for Shelby to pose for a picture on top of their car. Check out Snoopy in the back!

She met Harrison there.

Afterwards, we went to our favorite restaurant. For her good behavior, Shelby got a few fries and some buttered bread.

Happy Mother's Day!

The great outdoors makes Shelby's poop black

It's really great seeing a little pug in the great outdoors. Shelby really likes foraging around the backyard, and I feel good that she's relatively safe playing back there.

However, we've got an olive tree out there that has been dropping fruit / seeds for many years now. And Shelby has taken to foraging for olives and eating them.

I've no idea if this is bad for her. I didn't even realize that uncured olives were edible, or even tasty. We have noticed that all this olive eating turns her poop black. My mom tried cleaning up the olives but there's literally years of seeds out there.

Sigh...there's no stopping this pug.

Resisting temptation

I placed Vin in his activity playmat today to see if he would respond. So far, not so good. The boy isn't quite sure his fingers are attached to his hand much less figuring out what the objects on the playmat are. There's little squeaky toys and rattles hanging from it.

Shelby, however, knows EXACTLY how much fun little squeaky toys can be and has tried to run off with some of them. It's going to be interesting keeping the dog and kid toys separate. After this photo, I started using the playmat in Vin's crib so that Shelby can't hog the toys. No need to feel sorry for her though. She's got plenty of little squeaky friends already.

Bathtime

For some reason, Shelby has always really taken an interest in people taking baths. Everytime I would draw a bath, Shelby would come running to check things out. She'd never jump in (thank goodness) but she's put her paws up on the edge and watch. Kinda weird actually.

Maybe she's just fascinated that someone besides her has to take baths.

Crybaby

Vin spent most of his 4th week of life crying his face off. At first, I was concerned about Shelby adapting to all the crying. Steven and I certainly don't find any comfort in hearing a crying baby, would Shelby get annoyed?

The crying doesn't seem to bother Shelby. She used to check on Vin everytime he made a peep, but after this week of constant baby wailing, she seems to have adapted, and it doesn't bother her at all. She even sleeps through the nightly 2am cryfest-feeding-diaper changing.

In fact, as I look at this photo, I am overwhelmed by what a good girl she seems to be, especially in comparison to her screaming little bro.