They grow up so fast...

We thought it would be fun to show a picture of MacGyver in December and then another of the same pose almost 1 year later to show how much he has grown. Actually, I thought it would be fun, although Bryan is smiling, he wasn't too thrilled to pose with a 55 pound dog on his lap.

From MacGvyer

From MacGvyer

Major Catch-up

For the two of you following our blog, I figured it's time that I update you on the happenings in our SLO life.

MacGyver: Our puppy is so huge! He is now almost 11 months old and appears to be growing still. A friend of mine told me that her dog didn't really stop growing until 18 months, so we'll see. Right now he is 55 pounds (compared to 25 pounds when we first got him in December). The vet says he is a perfect weight, so we'll just keep doing what we're doing. We have a cute one of him as a puppy sitting in Bryan's lap. We'll repeat that photo in a later posting so you can truly see how huge he is.

We are still working on his obedience- we had a couple setbacks. Apparently dogs, like people, go through adolescence phases and rebel against their parents so we have to re-train him on a lot of things. One latest concern of ours is that he loves to jump on the fence and say hi to other dogs walking by and the owners now seem to make a point of walking by MacGyver because they all love him, but we don't want him jumping on the fence so now we have to watch him carefully outside and squirt him with water whenever he jumps up. We've also told owners that they can say hi, but to tell him to get down and sit.

Bryan's Doctorate : In May, Bryan graduated from his 2 year doctorate program in Physical Therapy. He is now officially Dr. Woo, but no one really calls him that, except me. My question to him was, "Is it ok if I introduce you as Dr. Woo?" His response: "Yes." My response: "Ok, that's all I need to know." For those of you that watch Seinfeld, you'll get the reference. J

He is very happy to be done and never again will he have to go back to school. I am still considering an MBA, but so far there is no real need for me to do it, so it's on the back burner. Why go back to school if I don't have to, right?

Vacation: From June 24^th through July 5^th, we took a vacation to NY for Bryan's brother, Jay's wedding who married his high school sweet heart and my new sister in law (although we just prefer to say sister), Gioia. There are now 3 white Mrs. Woos in existence. If we have boys that marry white people, then there may be some red headed freckled Woos out in the world some day. Haha.

The wedding was beautiful and took place on a vineyard on Long Island. Never having been to a Long Island wedding, I was very excited and then shocked. I have never seen so much food in my life! Before dinner, there were several carving stations, a buffet of fruits, fish and cheese, a mashed potato martini bar and a full open bar. This was before dinner. For dinner, there were several more carving stations and sides. It was wonderful! I especially liked all the cheeses and the mashed potato martini bar, which was basically a scoop of mashed potatos served in martini glass and bunch of toppings you could add.

Gioia was a gorgeous bride and we all had a fun time. I only had my phone, so the above photo is all I have, but I'll dig some more up and post those later.

We ended up staying all the way until the following weekend for a second wedding (this time Bryan's cousin) in Pennsylvania. During the week between we ate, visited the city, and I even did some yard work, which if you don't know already, I LOVE yard work. I got to trim bushes with an electric bush trimmer and use a gas powered lawn mower for the first time.

We also went to a Yankee game in the NEW stadium. It was a great time and the Yankees won against Seattle.

Now: We are back to normal life awaiting Jay and Gioia to visit us later this week and weekend. We are all going to the California Midstate Fair in Paso Robles for Journey and Heart concert. We will have to adorn our mullet wigs and jean jackets for that concert. J

A funny video...

Someone at work shared this video with me and I thought you would like it too.

Babies Everywhere!

With all my "Fertile Myrtle" friends popping out kids like it's going out of style and recent friend from work just adopting a newborn, I'm starting to get the baby fever, but I'll get over it for a while. Afterall, we just got married and have too much planned in the next few months, although is having a baby ever that convenient? I suppose if it was logical, no one would ever have kids. :)
Well, I found out that I'm not lactose intolerant! Woo-hoo! It turns out to be acid reflux, he said likely lingering from all that wedding stress and work, so I should get over it if I can manage my stress better. Fortunately, we have the mud run in June to train for...6.1 miles of muddy, hilly, cross country racing at Camp Pendleton in Carlsbad, California. I'm excited...Bryan thinks we're going to die. But we still have a good two months...we'll do fine, although my mom will definitely kick our butts.
Other excitement is that Bryan is done with his doctorate at the end of this month. He has been taking 1 class a semester for the past two years while working full time and it's nearly over...no more homework or class ever again! Two weeks after classes end he is going on a bachelor party cruise with his brother Jay and some other friends/cousins and I am going to Las Vegas for Gioia's bachelorette party. Gioia is in for it!
MacGyver is doing fine and growing like a weed still. He is much more obedient, although he's in his cage right now after tearing around the yard and eating grass instead of coming when called, but other than that he is doing very well. He's good practice for a kid. If I can handle the responsibility of a dog, I can handle at least 15 minutes of responsibility of a kid...we just need to build on that. haha.

Update

Sorry we haven't written in a while...life seems to be too busy for blogging.
Here are some updates to our life:
1. I seem to have developed a lactose issue (please pray). Meals without cheese and other dairy just doesn't seem right. I have some a doctor's visit schedule for later this month and they will figure out what kinds of tests they want to run. I did have one small emergency room visit after a particularly bad reaction last week, but blood tests return normal so they gave me some morphin and anti nausea meds and sent me on my way.
2. We reseeded our lawn, which was pretty pathetic. We chose bluegrass which is pet friendly and more heat resistant than the more common fescue variety. We heard it was going to rain for the first part of this week so we hustled out the aeration, fertilization, seed, and top soil this afternoon. Hopefully we'll get more rain and save the water needed during the sprouting process.
3. MacGyver is huge! He had his first examination at the vet and is a perfect weight, now 40 pounds, a far cry from the 19 pounds listed on his chart when we adopted him. With the rapid weight gain he seems to have lost some of his darling wrinkles, but is still incredibly cute.
We started obedience courses at Petco (where the pets go) and he's done well. So far we have learned sit, lay down, leave it, take it, and wait. He catches on quickly and does well in class except today he decided to pee on himself while lying down. I think he had to go and knew it was wrong and just wet himself in front of the whole class. The instructor said she's never seen a dog do that...it was almost like he was trying to sneak it out. We've also been going on lots of hikes. Today we hiked a new trail we found on the Madonna property and we were going to take him to the dog park afterwards, but he disobeyed and bolted through the parking lot after another dog, so he had to put his leash on and to go home.
We've added some new pictures to our MacGyver photo album so you can see how big he is now!

Chasing his own Tail

More Mac.