Peace on Earth

And goodwill towards kittehs.

Cinderella's big day

My sissy had such an exciting day yesterday! Do you know what she did? Well, here's her all ready to go...

Doesn't she look all festive? Well, yesterday was the Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis in Fort Worth. That's a fun run that raises money to benefit the Arthritis Foundation. And guess what?? Cinderella was their 2014 Hero Dog, representing the approximately 20% of dogs out there who suffer from arthritis!

She did such a grreat job at the event too! Momma was super duper proud of her. Lots of people recognized her from her picture on the website and came up to them asking, "Is this Cinderella?" She's not used to being the famous one like me, so she was so surprised and happy at all the attention. There were a lot of people in fun holiday costumes, and Cinderella even got to judge the doggy costume contest! Look at some of the cool folks she met.

And guess WHAT, you guys??? She even got to meet THE BIG GUY!! And Mrs. Claus too! She was so excited she could hardly sit still. She told him that she was sorry we'd missed Santa's List Day this week, but he told her that was okay, she could just tell him her list right there. So she said, "Santa, what I really want most of all is for all my LBR cousins still in foster care to find their furever homes, and all the other homeless doggies and kittehs out there too! I've been SO good this year. And if there's a little extra room in the sleigh, I'd like some cookies that aren't too hard to chew and a nice fluffy stuffie."

 Santa said that he knew Cinderella was good enough to earn ALL that and MORE, so he'd see what he could do. She was super happy with that.

PeeS:

Sadly, little Grace from our Thanksgiving Puppies went to keep her brother Squanto company at the Bridge yesterday. Squanto and Grace were the two who wouldn't nurse from the beginning. It's not unusual for big litters like this to lose one or two. But all the other pups seem healthy! Godspeed, little Grace.

Meet Mayflower's Puppies!

Are you ready to meet all eleven of Mayflower's puppies??

Furst the girrls! They were all born furst, while the boys waited for their sissies like true gentlemen. Here's Massasoit and Autumn...

Then Berries and Harvest....

And Grace and Standish!

Then the boys! We have Squash and Plymouth Rock....

Alden and Squanto. Squanto was the smallest and weakest of the litter, and sadly he went to the Rainbow Bridge last night. We have lots of LBR pups up there who will take good care of him. :(

And finally, little baby Stuffing!

 Here's Mama Mayflower with her whole brood. Aren't they a beeYOUtiful family?!

PeeS:
The card count is now....
Casey & Cinderella 8
Momma 0
People who lived here 6 years ago 1

Momma says now the universe is just conspiring against her.

So many blessings!

You saw our furst two little blessings yesterday, but LBR is just OVERFLOWING with them today! Take a look...

Momma Mayflower was SO busy yesterday giving us a total of ELEVEN puppies for our family!! WOW. You could tell she had a lot of pups in that big ol' belly, but 11 is a LOT. I'll share pics of all the pups individually with their names in days to come, but I'll share that Pup #11, a boy who gallantly waited for all his siblings to go furst, is named Stuffing. 'Cause he was stuffed way up inside Mayflower! BOL!

But that's not all our blessings...

Shawnee and Cherokee turned two weeks old yesterday, and both their eyes are open! I love Cherokee (on the left) with that little spot right on the top of his head. "Plz to put kisses here." BOL. And guess what else??

OSHA is doing fangtastic and got to love all over her favorite dogtor yesterday at her checkup. It looks like her mange is finally gone, and she's almost recovered from her spay. (She had a little trouble with the stitches.) She'll finally get to start her heartworm treatment in about a month, and after she's recovered from that, she gets to look for her furever home at long last!

One-Word Wednesday

PUPPIES!!!

LBR is on puppy watch again!

Miss Mayflower here was rescued on Thanksgiving, and she's getting ready to give us a whole bunch o' puppies! Just look at that belly! We're expecting them any time now. I'll keep you updated!

PeeS:
To start the Christmas Card Countdown (and make Momma cry), the totals stand at....
Casey & Cinderella 2
Momma 0!

Countdown to Christmas!

I hope everyone had a grreat Thanksgiving! We spent it at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Sorry for not posting, but I spent most of the time like this...

That was us watching the Paws for a Cause special on Thanksgiving night. Did any of you watch it? They were talking the whole time about how pawesome rescue dogs are and how to help! It was warming to our rescuer's hearts.

After we got home, it was time to put up Christmas decorations! Christmas is VERY big in our house, so there was a lot of snoopervision to do. Momma like to get ornaments for events in her life, so every year decorating the tree is unwrapping memories. Here are our ornaments:

I bet you can figure out which ones are the kitties'! BOL. Mine is the collar that says "Top Dog", of course, 'cause I'm the top dog in the house! (My name and adoption year are on the back of the bone.) And Cinderella's is the toy soldier, because it looks just like her. (Her name and adoption year are on the top of the hat.) Do you have your own ornaments on the tree?

And here's the tree all decorated:

And finally, of course, the stockings!

The stockings are (L-R) Cinderella's, mine, Momma's, Scribbles's, and Pigeon's! All ready for gifts.

The only decorations left to add is my big Door o' Christmas Cards to put Momma's little display to shame. BOL! Our furst Christmas card arrived on Saturday, and sure enough, it was for ME! Thanks, Frankie and Ernie, you started us out on the right paw.