Elizabeth & Brendan

One of the spare rooms (the Jason Mulgrew Memorial Tribute Room) has a door that almost always closes behind you.  Typically this is not an issue unless you are a dog.  We first noticed that the back of the door had what looked like scratches on it.  And then we found Eli behind the door once.  Being the smarties that we are, we realized that Eli was getting stuck in the room and trying to scratch out.  So we either propped it open or kept it close. 

We had one incident where Mike came to pick up Eli for play group and Eli was no where to be found.  Brendan and Mike searched and Brendan found Eli behind the closed door. However, last night takes the cake.  I had gone to bed and Eli came with me.  At some point during “16 and Pregnant” I fell asleep and Eli left the room.  I awoke to what I think is Eli barking in the yard.  After a minute or two, I begin to wonder why Brendan is not quieting the dog and I am annoyed.  Finally I yell to Brendan and he comes upstairs.  He thought he heard a dog barking in the neighbor’s yard. We meet in the hallway and hear the scratching…it was Eli barking in the room to get out.  But because he was in the room it was muted and sounded like he was outside for me.  Poor puppy.  I hope he finally learned his lesson to stay out of that room.

via Kristen’s facebook…

Because it has been awhile, here are some Eli photos.

Eli went to the groomer and here he is clean and handsome.

Life in Somerville has kept us very busy. Between football games, hockey games, visitors, and work, we haven’t had time to write.

Brendan’s parents came up and we went apple picking. We have not yet made the pie but Brendan made a really tasty apple chutney that went well with pork chops.

Brendan and the spoiled pupster

Brendan’s parents

Brendan and Pupster

Then this weekend was the first time we didn’t have plans in what seemed like months. Brendan decided that this was the weekend to add insulation to the attic. We had R-19 and he wanted to add R-30. So after 18 rolls, 3 trips to Home Depot and a lot of Brendan’s hard labor, we are more than fully insulated. Best part is that the purchase qualifies for a tax credit.

our attic

Next week is anniversary weekend. We are going back to the hotel where Brendan proposed (Hotel Providence) and then heading to New Rivers Restaurant (thanks Emily and Lowell – still have credit on your wedding gift). We may venture to the RISD museum and Thayer Street.

Picking up from where we left off…

• Visit with the Goodalls – check (SOOOOO good to see them)
• BC versus Kent State – check
• Lilly’s baptism – check (even though the priest called Brendan “Frank” and I tried to correct him for fear of voiding the baptism
• Vegas wedding – check (turns out I like Black Jack)
• Run Boston Race for the Cure 5k – check (official time of 35:10)
• BC versus VA Tech – check (though the defensive did all they could and the lack of a real QB killed BC)
• Switzerland – check (gotta love 5 straight nights of 4 hours sleep)
• Run Somerville Homeless Coalition 5k – check (course time of 34:16)
• BC versus Notre Dame – check (great house guests who had there GPS stolen out of the car in front of our house and the QB situation is even worse than the last game.  I hope Rettig can get a medical red shirt)
• Sitting around doing nothing – check

Upcoming:

• Visit from Brendan’s parents and Eli’s first grooming
• Belle and Sebastian concert
• BC versus Maryland
• BC versus Clemson

And that takes us to the end of October.

More Eli fun.

Well we headed to Taconic State Park for some fun with Mother Nature. Chris, Kim, Charlie, Kristin, Jack and Lulu also went (Kim organized it all so thanks!).

Eli had some issues but overall was great, especially sleeping. We thought he might be up all night. Here are a bunch of pictures of Eli camping. I swear I was there too.

Hanging out…

Sleeping in the tent…

In the tent looking for Brendan…

What I like to call “Snout and trees”…

Okay – picking up where we left off…

Eli pictures!

Eli on his perch in the anteroom.

Eli in the yard.

Eli on his new bed.

This weekend was the one year anniversary of Eli joining the family. He got some extra treats and attention. I took some pictures and he was of course adorable. The only problem is that I can’t find the cord to download the pictures.

What this also means is that I can’t download the pictures of the house that were taken. We are officially unpacked and almost fully organized. Just in time for the BBQ Saturday. Now if I could just get ahead of the weeds that are growing in the yard…