sleepover, swimming & mothers day

My camera is repaired!!! Canon covered it under their manufacturer’s warranty, no questions asked. I won’t have time to pick it up until Friday though… and im so excited I might just go picture crazy this upcoming weekend!!

Well, as I noted last week, two of my younger cousins slept over, and we had a great weekend! I picked them up on Friday night, and we stayed up late Friday night EATING doing some crafty stuff (made some mother’s day cards and finished up the scrapbook I made for my mom). Then, Saturday, we headed over to Crissy Beach (bailey’s favorite place!! – he always has this look of excitement on his face when hes here). We did a lot of fetching in the water, chasing/digging in the sand. This time was extra special because we had Faith, a coworker, join us with her two Australian Shepherd’s and one Papillon: Summer (the sweetheart), Catch (the curious sniffer), and Miette (crazed Charlie-bear loving cute-as-can-be dancer). I'll upload pictures of them when I get them uploaded on flickr!

Pictures provided courtesy of The A’s (my three young cousins with names starting with the letter A) camera. Thanks!!!

After the trip to Crissy Beach, we sat on a picnic table near the windsock, and ate lunch. We then went to the local pet store so that Miette's mom could get her a new harness (her older brother chewed it up). Then, we went to Mountain Lake Park for the monthly Corgi meetup. There were a handful of new corgi's this month. We met Madden (6 mo old pem tri) @ crissy beach and told her about the meetup, two red/white pem puppies (I can't remember their names!!) and the usuals bailey, nicholas, mona, kiko, and waffles. There were also a handful of non-corgis at the park too. Bailey didn't run around too much - he was WAY too tired from his outing at crissy beach and spent time laying in the shade and drinking water.

Bailey got a much needed bath after the days events, and we spent the rest of Saturday lounging around watching tv, playing video games, cooking dinner & resting.

Mother's day was spent at grandmoms house (my moms house), where we had dim sum (chinese food) for lunch, and Bailey got to sample a bit of steamed bun and sponge cake and pork dumpling. :) Although Bailey didn't make me a mother's day card or send me flowers, I still love him - of course. I seriously cannot imagine life without him. It's just so cute when they follow you around the house just because they want to go where you are going (or where they think you are going). It's nice to feel needed & noticed. I hope everyone else had a great momma's day!

short legged dogs unite

Today was the second Saturday of the month, a day that Bailey very much looks forward to. It's the only time of the month in which I make the 20-25 minute/6 mile drive (HAH! - that's San Francisco for you) up to the northern coast of the city. The weather wasn't all too great (gray and gloomy), but it wasn't too bad either (not windy!). So - the day usually starts off with an hour or two of swimming/ball fetching/playing at Crissy Beach, followed by a trek along Crissy field, then Bailey and I usually find a spot to sit on the beach to admire the view of the golden gate bridge.

After our stop at crissy beach, I usually grab some lunch somewhere to go... usually this sushi place nearby. Then, we'll stop by and visit B&B Pet Supplies, where we normally purchase Bailey's Wellness kibble, and then head off to the corgi meetup at Mountain Lake Park. Corgi meetups are pretty loud, and thats because corgis are vocal dogs, in general. However, it was nice and quiet today!We saw Kiko, Jackson, Mona, Nicolas, Cogswell, Micro and their non-corgi siblings Pepe, Figaro, Ember and a whole slew of other non-corgi dogs. We were glad that the weather cooperated with us enough to have a successful meet-up!

When we finally made it home, Bailey received a much needed bath, especially since he was doing a lot of this on the beach (see picture left). =) Look at that gorgeous gray undercoat... fabulous isn't it?

What really amazes me at the end of the day is just how much energy bailey has. He spent a good 1/2 hour fetching balls/swimming in the water, followed by romping around with other dogs at the beach, followed by a 30 minute trek, then followed by a digging session in the sand.. YET he still has enough energy to play with other dogs at the corgi meetup for 2 hours (without resting one bit). If only I could use him as a rechargeable battery for my laptop...

making memories with patty bear

It’s been a nice six months, but Patty, my coworker, has elected to move back to Washington (BOO!!!!) so we decided to go to Crissy Field with her one last time. Patty was originally from WA, but moved to CA to work with us. Barbara, another coworker, joined us on this day as well. We took bailey swimming, went to Kitaro’s for a sushi lunch, then headed over to Mountain Lake Park for the monthly corgi meetup. Patty and Barbara then got the nails done in our neighborhood salon (Jolie’s) while I gave Bailey a much-need bath, and we then went back to our place and watched two movies – Office Space (cool movie) and Best in Show (weirdest movie EVER). It was an awesome, action packed day. Bailey enjoyed some of the snack spread we had on the coffee table during both movies, but was passed out for most of the time from the activities earlier in the day.

We will miss you PATTY!!! :****************************( . Who’s going to save you from the hair dryer now?!?!? Mochi?!?!!??

bailey loves swimming.. swimming.. swimming

Bailey loves to swim, but hates to get a bath. Yes, awkward, but true. If there’s a lake, puddle, any sort of standing water .. he will be the first dog in it. However, when it comes to bath time, he stands in the tub, stiff as I was putting him through the most torturous activity ever.

However, he's always happy to be out of the tub!

wading in the water

Later on in the spring of 2009, we made another trip to Crissy Beach with the young human cousins. We spent the day wading in the warm water, and playing fetch with bailey. We made mudpies and bailey went swimming.

B is for Beaches

Bailey is now 8 months old. We visited a few beaches this month, namely Ocean Beach... and...... our current favorite... Crissy Beach! Crissy Beach is a off-leash dog friendly (most of the time) beach where Bailey learned how to swim. They have a marsh that drains into the bay and vice versa depending on whether its ebb or flow... but bailey loves to swim in that stream. Also a plus is the fact that Crissy Beach is on the northern part of the city, closer east bounded by the SF Bay- which makes it much sunnier and warmer than Ocean Beach. Adjacent to Crissy Beach is Crissy Field, a fabulous humungous grassy area where Bailey learned to fetch. Oh and by the way, Crissy Beach/Field has BEAUTIFUL views of Golden Gate Bridge on a clear day.

Crissy Field:




Ocean Beach:


Fort Funston: