13 weeks

 

13 weeks today and 19lbs.

A wee nap while we wait for Luk.

There he is!  My boy.

Waiting for the boys.  Kai is out at 2:45 and Luk at 3:20.

Kai won 2nd place in the Connect 4 tournament at his after school social group.

Kennel sleeping is getting better.

The Chihuahuas had hair cuts, toes and baths.  Mabel just had toes done.  She watched with mild interest.  Fei was feeding treats throughout.

New routine.  She gets the puzzle and I get six minutes to eat my lunch in peace.

Hillarious.

Progress.

Squeaky ball.

She has been squeaking for 10 minutes.  It's annoying but way better than being pounced on and bit.

Stormy day.  Power out this morning.  Lili and I are supposed to go to Vancouver tomorrow.  Fingers crossed.  It's not looking good right now.

Lili found Disney Ducks on sale.  We video chatted while I picked some out. What am I collecting them for?  I have no clue.  So far they're all in a box.  

I made a plan for the family xmas photo.  Trying to get all of us in the same room to take the photo is the tricky part.  

Postpartum?

 

Enjoying her snack - Jia's homework.

Mabel says "No, you may not have it back."  We don't know the trick for 'release'.  I ran to get cookies for a trade.

It is cute AND exhausting.

More cuteness.

Later in the day she tried to join Sassy on her little bed by just pounding up and laying on her.  I choose to believe she was attempting a cuddle.

I don't typically lose things.  I had the Commander key on Saturday.  It has the house key attached.  I couldn't lock the door yesterday.  Lost them.  I had a frustrating day with one of the kids, super frustrating time with Mabel and then searched for way too long for the very expensive key.  So yesterday brought about an ugly, sobbing cry session.   Eric found them in my vest pocket. I forgot about the vest and only checked my coat. Sigh.

She tormented me all day.  Nipping, biting, pouncing, hanging on my clothing and then repeat 40 more times.  Then all cute for Fei.

I think she hates me.  Or loves me most.  Who knows.  I clearly don't speak her language.

We clearly spend too much time together.  Poor Coco has moved upstairs.  We gave up and put food and water up there for her.  Coco requires a stable dog.  Mabel is no where near calm and stable.  Mabel has targeted Coco big time.  Actually she has targeted me, Kai and Coco.

My crying melt down included me demanding the family toughen up and endure her crying in the crate.  It is getting better.  She only screams for 10 minutes and then sleeps about half an hour.  So many short naps.  She is such a light sleeper.  At night she still wakes up 3 times a night.

This nap was only 15 minutes.

This puzzle bought me about six minutes of peace.  Then she took the whole thing to Jia in the kitchen.

She loves it outside but she just eats the whole time.  Sticks, rocks, dirt, leaves and roots.

Jia says I have postpartum.  Haha.  Maybe.  Eric, Fei and Jia are convinced there is a good dog in there.  I'm in the trenches and I'm losing the war.

She gets her 2nd vaccination on Monday.  Getting her out and about more will tire her brain.  She gets plenty of zoomie and yard time at home.  She is all lab and WAY more interested in people.  There aren't many people in the yard.

I completely forgot how awful big puppy energy is.

Anyone want to dog sit?

In other news, we ordered Squirrel some led headlights and a WINCH.  I did not see the day that I would be excited about a winch. We also ordered some bitter apple spray to deter Mabel.  Right now she is relentlessly after the heating water pipes, the brick hearth, the metal bathtub, the wiring for the electronics on Eric's chair and the hinge on one of the baby gates.

I get to go away on Saturday.  Lili and I are going to see Pentatonics in Vancouver.  A wee escape.  I'll probably end up missing the fur baby.  Right now I'm picking up the boys and want to get back to see if she napped in the crate.

Ladies Day Run

 

This is Dozer.  He is 15 weeks to her 12.  They immediately wanted to play rough.  So hard with leashes in a parking lot.

Ladies Day Run.  Campbell River.

Syncing radios.

Mabel was amazing at meeting everyone.  She traveled in the Jeep great.  Peed and pooped where and when we asked her to.  Nibbled our food, bananas and pizza crust for treats.  

2 male leads for the softroad fsr group and 1 female lead with a male spotter for the offroad group.  

20 rigs.

Only two male guests.  Eric and one other husband.

Funny thing.  I WANTED Eric there.  I didn't know any of the other women except the lead (Jen, friend) and there was grumbling about the men being there.  I chimed in that I was uncomfortable coming without my partner and that he was my mechanic and then jokingly said "you're welcome".  Deadpan.

That fell hard.  Total silence.

Another lady came and asked me about Squirrel and wanted to show me her squirrel themed Jeep named Scarlett Lady.  So, I escaped the big circle of man haters and didn't try rejoining after that.

Other funny thing, there was another Jeep there named Twisted Squirrel.  Three Squirrel Jeeps in one run?!  

I did run to Eric and tell him the ladies here were upset there were men there.  So he stayed pretty scarce, mostly hung with Mabel.  Until we were up in the mountain tops and he was out guiding me and the Jeep ahead of us.  We were the tail for Jen.

Only 5 total, three total newbies inbetween Jen and I.  For once I wasn't the weakest link ;)

In this moment, Jen/lead is between rocks and stump twist into a hole one side, dip the other then hard turn up a gravel slope onto the road.  A bit tricky but didn't look insurmountable.  She made it.  2nd Jeep didn't, needed a side pull and then a winch up.  Typically this is where Eric runs to help.  He stayed put.  Ladies run, they don't want him there so he's not going.  Haha. He just watched Mabel sleeping.  I could see the action from my side, he couldn't.  Third Jeep, same.  Stuck.  Winching again.  He still didn't go!  This must have been killing him.  4rth Jeep got spooked and was trying to clear brush to go another way.  She ran back to me and asked what I was planning.  I told her I thought it looked ok.

Big mouth.  Haha.  Then the pressure was on.  Then I maneuvered just fine and when Eric said all gas, no stopping Squirrel flew up the hill.  So much joy in that moment.  Eric was filming but was so involved in watching that he didn't pan the camera.  Jen caught it, she was filming the bypass attempt and in the background Squirrel popped up.  Too funny.

When Eric was out spotting Mabel stayed on her seat but a few times she wanted on my lap so we will have to use the car seat strap next time.

Driving where there are no roads.

The end of the day, she napped on the bed while we aired up.

Pictures never show the angles and slopes.

I was pushed a wee bit out of my comfort range a couple times.  Squirrel continues to impress.

THE POWER.

Love this picture.

My future Jeep dog has started earlier than I expected.  She genuinely had a great day.  Such a happy puppy.

Mabel the Mountain Dawg.

I get why some women would prefer no men and prefer the bears. However, there are tons and tons of good men.  Hopefully I'm raising good men.  There are certainly lots in the off roading group.  I won't be looking for more ladies only events.  I do wonder what kind of uproar there would be if the men posted a men's only run.

Our offroad group met up with the softroad group at the end of the run.  Quinsam Lake.  Gorgeous spot.