A hot award for a freezing time

The trees, the yard, the cars:

all is white outside!

It's also freezing cold...

To warm our hearts, our dear friends

Momo and Pinot

did this amazing thing:

they gave us the Liebster Award,

created to help small blogs get

more recognition.

Thanks so much!

It's now our time to give back!

We'd like to share this special award with some of our friends

(their blogs must have 200 readers or less, sorry Remington!):

Kodee and Becky

Kosmo and Faith (we love you and we'd like to read newer posts!)

Soggibottom

Charlie

Baika

The links to their fabulous blogs are on the left column.

Merci Momo and Pinot!

We LOVE your blog!

Since we are not big fans of the cold, we are spending

long hours snoozing inside, while Mom and Jerome

are being busy visiting day care centers.

They may have found the right one!

We will keep you posted on this later this week.

Also, our big brudder had a very special day yesterday.

After being postponed many times last year,

his christening finally took place.

Pictures coming soon!

Sleep tight!

We love the Holidays!

Fino and I had a great Holiday week and we hope

it was the same for you!

Our aunt Marie (dad's sister) surprised the family

by inviting us to spend the day at her house

on Christmas Day, so we wouldn't be left alone in our crates.

We had a fantastic time and we behaved really well

(Marie wisely took time to hide all her kids' small toys

before our arrival).

We were so happy when we were finally

all together for dinner!

Jerome was spoiled with lots of toys,

including a train table that mom and dad gave him.

He played with it for hours on Boxing Day!

We were not forgotten!

Mom bought us pretty new day beds and many boxes

of healthy treats. She also received two

beautiful cavalier Christmas ornaments

that she'll cherish forever!

Our favorite gifts were the two soft Nylabones

that mom gave us for the New Year,

after subjecting us to a full

shampoo-conditioner-brushing routine.

We have been chewing on them non-stop since then!

Happy New Year!

Meeting Santa

We just love the Holidays!

Fino and I got to meet Santa

together for the first time last week.

The photo shoot was planned during

Jerome's stay at the hospital.

Mom had to rearrange her schedule

to let us go (thanks daddy!).

It was worth it, wasn't it?

Speaking of our big brudder, he's now home

and he's feeling much better. We're so happy!

Yesterday, his surgeon removed

the adhesive plasters of his lower abdomen

and he told mom that she could

stop giving him his massive dose of daily antibiotic.

He could finally take a bath!

Later this week, we are going to show you

our Christmas tree.

I, Rouky, broke only 2 decorations this year.

If only for that, Santa really has to

give me the new doggie bed I want!

Very busy times

Our family have been very busy these past weeks...

Mom says she is wayyyy behind in commenting

the blogs

that she follows

and she is really sorry for this.

In between the occasional play session at the dog park

and our daily walks,

Fino and I had to spend some time in our crates...

and build up our separation anxiety problem.

See, our dear brudder Jerome

had numerous appointments

at the hospital.

Two weeks ago,

he had a same-day surgery to have a drain

removed from his right kidney...

only to have to replaced two days later

after a long day at the ER.

It seems that the vital organ could not

work properly without it.

Then, his horrible, hard-to-kill

bacteria manifested itself again

and he had a week of daily IV treatments.

Certainly because of our cheerful presence,

Jerome was a trooper all the way.

He's the best!

The little guy will have to go through another surgery

(this time a major one, like the

one he had earlier this year)

on November 29th, if things

go according to plan.

Mom thinks that we'll go to the doggie hotel again.

Dad replied that, with his days off from work,

we could probably manage without it.

He mentioned something called "money".

Orijen kibbles and delicious treats, we understand,

but money? What is this anyway?

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

I hope you had fun and got lots of treats!

Things were really special at our house yesterday,

as Batman (aka Alex, Sophie's brother)

rescued an authentic Chinese panda!

Our big brudder understood what was

going on early on and he learned to say

"Merci" to every generous person who gave him candy.

Fino and I wanted to be part of the event and mom was

thrilled about this until the very last minute.

She then got afraid that we might steal the show

in a bad way if we got too anxious and started barking.

We did meet Batman, though.

And Fino got to show part of his shiny Halloween t-shirt.

Me? I didn't really like my fluffy orange collar,

so I refused to parade in from of the camera.

Maybe next year with a better costume!

A very special day

Time goes by so quickly, humans say...

Today is a very special day for Mom and Dad:

they met baby Jerome for the first time exactly

one year ago.

Their lives has changed so much since that

precious moment!

Look a him, in their Beijing hotel room,

so small in his orphanage's clothes...

At the time, he was still drinking for the bottle

and he had very bad skin, but

he already was a sweet, curious and mischievous

little boy!

Look at him today, playing in grandpa's backyard!

He has grown up in so many ways!

He now calls me "Touty" and wants to know

where I am all the time.

His best friend is Fino:

Jerome is obsessed with trying to put

his harness on!

Little Fino is very patient (most of the time...).

Clearly, our big brother needs to go to

daycare next year!

Jerome still has many follow-ups to go to

at the hospital. We wish him the best!

Also, he has now officially entered his "no" phase,

which can be quite funny sometimes.

And let's not forget his endless energy.

He just never stops!

You are the best brudder we can have, dear Jerome!

Stars for a day

A few months ago, in early June,

Mom took us for a ride to the

doggie daycare where we sometimes go.

Another fun day at the gym?

Not this time!

Instead, we were welcomed

by a very nice man

who was starting a new career as a photographer.

We would be his models for the day.

Mom wanted to have a picture of both

Fino and I to use as a header for the blog.

It turned out that we were not

calm enough to pose together.

Strike the pose!

Fino, you go first!

My turn!

What a great experience we had!