I took Bruce to Hilary's softball practice today. He got a little thirsty in the car on the way there.
Getting a drink must have really worn him out, because afterward he fell asleep on the floorboard of the car and started snoring.
He sleeps a LOT, but when he is awake he finds plenty of things to get into. It is amazing how much he has changed in the 7 days we've had him home.
Heath
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was getting some loving from United friends!
Sleeping with his tongue out=)
Bruce had his first vet visit yesterday. Our vet is AWESOME. We were there for almost an hour asking lots of questions. He didn't mind the shots at all. He weighed 16 pounds. He's nine weeks now, and by 3 months he should weigh 38 pounds. Holy cow!
Heath and I asked so many questions Bruce passed out for a little while. He was so tired when we got home.
Bruce and Bandit are doing well together. There have been a few times when Bandit has given us a look that says "why did you bring this thing home!" They play hard and if Bruce gets to be too much, Bandit lets him know by squealing loudly. There favorite thing to play is tug of war.
I just thought everyone would like to share in the joy of our new puppy. (Dripping with sarcasm) Just press the gray play button.
The sound clip that should play when you click the play button above was recorded at approximately 5 a.m. Bruce sang to me a LOT last night.
The good news is that he has been resting up ALL day long to prepare for this evening's performance.
Heath
It was a little different seeing Nathan this time, he was a lot of fun. Last time we saw him he was fit to be tied...he cried his way through the last meal we ate with Eric and Kerri. It was a little bit more difficult to say bye to Nathan this time. He is a pretty cute kiddo and he's pretty animated and talkative now(nothing in English yet, just kidding).
He's pretty photogenic, too. Don't ya think?
We ate lunch with Kerri and Eric at BJ's. If you've never been there, you should. They have brick oven pizza and some great microbrews.
Sunday morning we met up with Chad and Elisabeth, some other friends of ours that just moved to Fort Worth. We met them for breakfast in Richardson, on our way to Alvarado to pick up Bruce.
Then we were off to see Gail and pick up Bruce.
Bandit had gotten plenty of sleep and was completely rested and ready for Bruce. When we got to the breeder's place, Bandit waited in the car while we went in to meet Bruce. We went in and talked to Gail for a few minutes before we broke down and said "Where the &$%@ is he?!?" Gail has dealt with this a few times before, so she completely understood how excited we were to see him. She took us out to the puppy parlor. Where Amy (mom), Purple Boy (littermate) and Orange Boy (Bruce) were.
Hilary and I were so excited walking up to the puppy parlor we could hardly stand it. Ray and Gail let us in the front door of the puppy parlor and Ray went in with Amy to get Bruce. He handed him out through one of the windows and we FINALLY got to see him. The pictures didn't do him justice, he was probably the cutest puppy I've ever seen. He was pretty loving too, you can see him kinda hugging Hilary. He was so sweet, he would just cling onto you and put his big paws around your neck.
Then we walked out in the drive way so that Bruce and Bandit could meet each other.
It also only took about 5 seconds for them to get used to each other and then they both started wandering around. Bandit had a traumatic experience at Baronhaus...while he was exploring he discovered something he had never experienced before - a hotwire fence. It freaked him out pretty badly, but he got over after a couple of minutes and he and Bruce were playing again. It must have been pretty hot, because when I picked Bandit up I could smell burnt hair (poor Bandito). The saddest part was I still don't think he has ANY idea what happened to him. 
Then it was into the Camry for the 5 1/2 hour trip home. I don't think either of us really knew what to expect here. Hilary was driving and I was in the front seat to start the trip. That didn't go over so well, since I spent most of my time turned around trying to referee the antics in the backseat. Bandit spent a decent amount of time looking at Bruce like he had 3 heads or something.
It took a few miles, but eventually they started tolerating each other pretty well.
His paws are HUGE already. Bandit is still kinda figuring out how to handle him, but he has learned that he can outrun Bruce for now.
Heath
Hilary and I have been planning and saving for this for a LONG time it seems like. We started last spring by going to Financial Peace University here in Lubbock. We enjoyed the class very much and my parents are now taking the class. We would highly recommend the class to ANYONE, we learned a LOT. Just look how smart we look signing all those papers.
Here are some pictures...enjoy! Hil
