If you had told me a few years ago that the day would soon come that I would have SIX dogs, I would have shook my head and walked away laughing. Laughing hard.
But, life has a way of turning the tables on you, now doesn't it???
We have grown our little pack to a sizeable pack of six Chihuahuas, almost overnight it seems.
I wrote a blog post called It's Been A While that brought everyone up to speed on Charm and Tallie joining our family, as well as the passing of Shimmer. We were now a happy little family of 4 - Cooper, Scarlett, Charm and Tallie.
There is a saying that no one can eat just one potato chip and the same sort of thing obviously works for acquiring Chihuahua pups. In the last year, we added two more boys to our family. They both came all the way across the country from Florida to make a life with us here in Oregon.
First came Finn, just a few days before Christmas. Best. Christmas. Gift. EVER. I mean, when you find out that this little cutie could be coming to live with you, how do you say anything except Yes, Yes, YES?!?!
So, come he did and he settled in perfectly.
Finn is the sweetest dog I have ever met. He is so gentle and good natured. He loves to play, loves to chase squirrels and most definitely does NOT like to model clothes for me! He will be a year old next month and has grown into a beautiful boy with a gorgeous fluffy coat.
Five felt like a pretty good number. I even managed to get a not-totally-crazy photo of everyone for Mother's Day! We dubbed them the Fab Five and we were happy!!
But, I soon fell in love with a little fluffball that was born to Finn's mother, way over there in Florida. Oh, he was irresistible and in no time at all, just in time for my birthday in fact, we had suddenly jumped to that magical number six!
Meet Tucker!
He was so fluffy, it was like holding a cloud! A walking fluff ball with tiny little legs. He is beginning to lose some of that extreme fluffiness and become a little taller and lanky. Don't get me wrong, he is still just the cutest thing, but sigh, he is growing up, having just turned 4 months the other day. He has the shrillest bark you have ever heard! It can seriously make your ears ring. He loves to torment his brothers and sisters into playing with him. He plays till he drops, then he wants to be held by Mom to take a nap.
This is the closest I have come to a group photo, but I need to start working harder so that I have one for our Christmas card!
Despite all this influx of cuteness, I am still managing to keep sewing and creating new designs for our shop. Tallie is a top-notch model (despite her sticking her tongue out at me in the photo above), loving to pose for the camera and puts up with my crazy ideas.
There is a never ending supply of dog hair on the floor, nose prints on the patio door, and toys constantly strewn everywhere. But, I love it. I love these pups and couldn't imagine life without a single one of them. They all have different personalities, but together we make a family. We are now the Sensational Six.
Hang on for the ride -- the fun is just getting started!!
