Birthday Party

Bailey celebrated his 3rd birthday this past weekend. We had some close family and friends gathered together at the beach (of all places in the winter) for a picnic. It was beautiful this past weekend, funny to say since most of the blog posts I've seen have been about snowy, cold weather. We never get any of that here, but it was surprising that we didn't get any rain - and theres also none of that in the forecast for the next 7 days.... go figure. I think we're jumping straight into spring!

So, we held our party at the dog friend Crissy Beach in San Francisco. Bailey and his bff Catch Baker held their party on the same day. Bailey is only two weeks older than Catch, and they are bothing turning 3 this year! So, it was a great opportunity to throw a joint party. After a busy morning prepping the last of the pupcakes, we headed out to pick up the cousins and headed to our picnic site. Bailey got to sit in the front seat (Which he hasnt been allowed in over a year) and had a blast.  We got a bunch of picnic type lunch food (bread, meats, cheeses, chips, potato salad, drinks), and bought a cake with Bailey's and Catch's picture on it. I baked some special pupcakes for the dogs in attendance (6 of them to be exact including Bailey!), and we ate cake. Then, we opened all his presents. We even received a gift from Uncle Parker and auntie Penelope in the mail!! :) Then, we headed down to the beach for some fun. Bailey loves the water. So did most of the other dogs. We were suprised that little Miette, the Papillon made it in the water too! By the time we left to go home, the sun was setting and we got some great pictures.
 

 Bailey helping me wrap up the rest of the goodie bags. We made homemade chexmix for the humans.

Bailey and I also baked homemade banana and peanut butter biscuits for the doggie bags. We didn't have any bone shaped cutters, so we did stars :) Let us know if you want the recipe!

Bailey wearing his birthday hat for the party. I be-dazzled Bailey and Catch's hats. They have sequins and a "I'm 3" logo and a feather on top!

 The Birthday boys!!!!!! Bailey turned 3 on Jan 21, and Catch will turn three on Feb 11!

 The birthday cake. Bailey and Catch were printed on sugar paper. Whipped cream with strawberry filing! This cake was for the humans, although little catch did manage to get a few licks of the frosting! :P

 When it came present time, Catch decided to run off and play with a stuffed raccoon bailey and i got him. He looked like he was having tons of fun :D

 Here are the dogs all mingling together. Everyone got along just fine! Summer, Riley, Bailey, Tanner and Catch! (left to right)

Birthday boys in their hats. They didn't last long on their heads. Bailey kept runnig under the picnic table and of course it would just knock right off

Bailey playing with a frisbee he got for his birthday 

 Bailey and I hanging out

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 Bailey cutting the cake. :) i think its super cute. 

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The pupcakes I baked for the dogs. They were made from carrots, bananas, wheat flour, honey and i basted them with chicken broth and topped them with light cream cheese.

Bailey eating his pupcake! Happy Birthday!!

Bailey and his stash of gifts. oh goodness. who's spoiled? Thanks to everyone for the goodies! Thanks to the cousins for the card - bailey LOVED the poem you wrote about him (cited below):

Bailey Bear by A.Z.

Beneath an apple tree

The dog ways its

Little stub tail,

Big wet tongue

Hanging out,

Panting, Exhausted,

Plops down

On the juicy green grass, 

Takes a sniff, 

Licks the grass

Chews, another

And another bite,

...interesting!

Goodies from Bailey's relatives Parker and Penelope!

 

 After the picnic, we went down to the beach and the dogs had a blast!

Bailey got to try out his chuck it surfboard he received for secret santa. He loved chasing it. He kept barking for me to throw it and oh... they can bark so loud for having such short legs.. haha :) I had to hide it so he would stop barking! 

Bailey chasing after the surboard in the water. The sun is setting :)

 

Bailey staring off into the distance 

Even the kids had fun in the water. Tanner kept a close eye on them!!

 

The scenery, such a gorgeous day

The party was great and Bailey thanks all those in attendance!!!! He and I truly appreciate all the folks that took time of their busy schedules to attend. I hope you guys enjoyed your goodie bags!

  Bailey got a bath when he came home and well, he was very tired he was snoring that night.

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY BAILEY!!! I LOVE YOU!!

more photos can be found on Bailey's facebook page (see right sidebar), or our flickr set.

Also, check out all the videos we have on youtube too! (search Bailey the Corgi)

Happy Birthday to me!

Bailey was born 3 years ago today! Happy Birthday to my little fuzzy munchkin! We're having a party for him this saturday, we'll be sure to blog about it!!!!!!! Here's a pic of the party hat I made for Bailey!

I'm 3!

so how are they?

A couple of weeks ago, at the park, someone asked me “so how are they?” “they” being Pembroke welsh corgis. If it weren’t for my friend’s corgi (named Lumpia), I would’ve probably never owned a corgi to begin with. Maybe a shiba inu  or chocolate lab or even a orange tabby cat. I probably wouldn’t consider a shiba inu now just because I’m not attracted to their personalities even though . They seem to be timid, very independent dogs for the most part. I think I’ve only met one shiba that actually wanted to say hi to Bailey or play with him. Probably not a chocolate lab because I think the corgi size ~30 is perfect. Anything more or less seems to be a bit off – hahaa. And… and orange tabby cat. I still like cats, but if I ever got a cat, it would have to be super social. It’s a bit weird to have a cat that you only see for an hour a day.

Anyways, when I respond to the folks at the dog park.. I normally can cite a bunch of reasons why corgis the best, but I always find myself expressing how great their personalities are – such fun-loving, smart, curious and SO SO expressive. That’s what I love... the expressiveness- I melt every time I see a corgi smile. I also say how cheery, intelligent, how they have a perfect size, and their energy for life . A con for me is the shedding, but the PRO’s outweigh any thought of this con.

Just was thinking last night how much I love Bailey (and also how much I’ve spoiled him – and need to stop). He’s turning three in two weeks – we’re going to throw a big party – but – time flies so fast and I am sooooooooo soooooo glad he’s mine even though he likes to eat crap off the sidewalks!!!

The first day I met Bailey back in 2008, he looked like this (mind you I don't have humungous hands and he is nearly the size of my hand only!):

Now – he’s all grown up and I swear I see a bit of white coming in on the muzzle!!! We've kept his hotdog toy (dubbed Jorge - pronounced hor-hay). I bought this toy for bailey as a "present" when I went to visit him at 5 weeks old. I let him keep it until I came to pick him up at 8 weeks. Jorge came back with teared out eyes and his stomach ripped open (with help from bailey's littermates), but i managed to perform some magic surgery to bring him back to life. However, Bailey is not allowed to chew on him anymore. He's a household keepsake now. :)

Have a great weekend!

Happy 2011!

2010 passed by way too fast. Crazy! Anywhoo, happy new year to everyone. Yesterday, Bailey and I attended our first corgi meetup of 2011. We had a great turnout. Enjoy the pics and video. Been a bit busy to post, but im sure you like looking at the pics more than reading my rambling :).





If you cant see the video, check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/spongecat613#p/a/u/0/nBZxVWS2ylw

We had Mitts, Stubby, Bailey, Grey, Waffles, Faye, Neil?, a puppy, and Bella at our first meetup and it was a blast.

  Bailey and his playmates, running around at the park

Bailey and his off-again on-again girlfriend Bella

 Bailey's favorite beach activity

Bailey chasing the lab into the bay

admiring the view from the slab o concrete

At the corgimeetup! got all the corgis in one pic minus two

Admiring the GG Bridge from some rocks (well actually i think bailey was looking for some dead shell creatures to roll in...)

trotting on the beach. looks like a lifeguard!

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More chasing on the beach, but once the toy goes into the bay, the dogs all wait along the shore for the lab to bring it back. it was hilarious. its like all the other dogs ran into a brick wall and only the lab was able to get through. :)

Secret Santa!

This post is way overdue! It's almost 2011! :) Well, Bailey and I participated in Kelly and Gibson's Secret Santa gift exchange. What fun it was to participate!! The event was held using Elfster (we love that site). Anywhoo, Bailey and I drew Jenny and Stanley (+Charlotte)! It's kinda funny because they were also our Paw it Forward recipients. :)Click on the link above to see what we got Stanley and his new little sister.

Anyways, our secret santa was Lilu and Kat!  When Bailey received the gift , he was already wanting to open it. As a side story - bailey loved to tear cardboard as a pup. I didn't mind because it was better than carpet and the baseboard. He;s outgrown it, but still loves to shred paper - so if theres a piece of paper on the ground - you'll bet it'll be shredded into a bazillion pieces. I swear i can somehow turn this into a business. Corgi Shredders at your service! hahaha..

Take a look at the pics below to see what we got!

 

bailey sniffing the present

 

bailey gently opening the present. going after the box of course. like any other 2 year old. hahah j/k

 

finally realizes its a toy!!!! he instantly started munching on it

 

we threw it a couple of times and he returned it back. It's a chuck-it surfboard toy?? It's floatable so it will be fun to use on our beach outings! Thanks Lilu and Kat! 

We went to the park this morning and i snapped this pic of bailey. thought it looked interesting cause he looks like a wild animal!!!!

 

and heres a pic of bailey in his new scarf, we found it on temporary price cut at target! woohoooo!!

 

and last but not least here's one of many videos of bailey opening up presents!

Meeting Uncle Parker and Penelope!

Note: our wonderful cousin Anna wrote our blog for today, because......  she's cool! I did make some edits (in parenthesis).


Ooohmygoshh! It was sooooooo fun today. I'm EXHAUSTED. Ok, so, today I woke up, and did my daily routine of trying to wake up my mom. When she finallyy woke up, I was totally wide awake and eager to begin the day. I ate my breakfast, (watched mom eat breakfast, get ready) and went into the car. Mom moved my cage to the trunk. Which was horrible, I repeat, HORRIBLE. After she lured me in with a treat, I was locked in (It's not that horrible! I drive a Rav4 - so its really NOT a trunk!!). 
 When we reached my cousin's house, which seemed like, FOREVERRR, I charged inside. My cousins love me and I love them, to. There was hugs and kisses- all for meee! Mommy was happy, too. They were excited to give my mom their Christmas cards to her. I sneaked a look and saw that the cards were totally seriously awesomeeee (the only gift i really ask from my little cousins are handmade christmas cards. they are so adorable!!!) ! Anywayss, I started investegating the house with my super duper nose. Soon, Mom made lunch (for the kiddos). Afterwards, we all packed into the car, but only the smallest two cousins, becuase the oldest one had to go to her friend's housse for homework. Well, she was dissapointed, and so was I.  First they did some shopping. And boy were there alot of people! Probably because there were lots of last minute Christmas shopping. I wasn't allowed to go to those stores, well, wasn't that dissapointing, they weren't pet shops anyways.
 
 It was about 2:30 by the time they finished. My mom and cousins went stright to Fort Funston, TO MEET MY UNCLE PARKER. Something weird happened when we were in the parking lot. So, my Mom was driving around looking for the closest spot there was, and up ahead was a car.. with the trunk open.. DRIVING AWAY! Woah woah woah. We watched in confusion as the car started backing out of the parking space. Suddenly, the dog jumped out of the trunk!!! My mom started honking to get the lady's attention, and so did some other lady. Thats when she realized that her trunk was open. She thanked us, herded her dog back into the car, and drove off (that was something.. so strange!!). 
 My mom took me out of the car finally and I ran out. I love Fort Funston! And the weather was the best today (its was pouring last week and today was the first time the sun came out in over two weeks i think!!) . Anna, the middle cousin, spotted Uncle Parker first. We ran over there, giving greetings, and smiles. Uncle Parker, on the other hand, looked.. EXACTLY LIKE ME. The only difference was that he had white fur on his neck, and I didn't. But besides that, and how small he was (uncle parker is about 27 lbs and I am near 35!!), no one can tell the difference. The adults blabbed on for a while amazed how similar we looked. Finally they moved. Uncle Parker and his sister, Penelope, were what I call ball crazy. People were all oohing about us, corgis, and I loved the attention(: . Then, we reached the beach- OHHYEAHHHH!!!!  It was Anna and Amy's first time going to the beach, because my mom doesn't always go there. Probably because theres this hill you have to climb down just to get there. Well Anna and Amy were freaked out. It was going down.. in sand! And the sand was wet because of the ocean? I don't know. Well, when everyone finally got down there, Uncle Parker and Penelope started chasing the ball again. I, on the other hand, ran over to the water, getting myself soaked. What can I say? It felt good! :D
 Well, we played on the beach for lets say.. two hours? About two hours. I was simply SO TIRED. Everyone eventually got tired and said it was getting late, so we started up the hill. When everyone was on top of the hill, we saw ANOTHER corgi! We talked for a while, and I was so tired that I just plopped down on the sand. We walked back to the parking lot, and said our goodbyes. It was sad, but on the brighter side, I am so glad I met my Uncle Parker and Auntie Penelope. When we got home Anna carried me into .. THE BATHTUB. OH NO. THE BATHTUB. NOO!! So, I had to take a bath. My cousins scrubbed soap on me this time, and Mom was the 'treat dispenser'. At least I got treats! 
 So the washed me and then I just rolled around all over the carpet, groomed my paws, and just rested. What a day! Tomorrow, I'm gonna sleepover at my cousins' house. ITS GOING TO BE MY FIRST CHRISTMAS AT THEIR HOUSE! Boy am I excited. So are they! Well, better get my paws off the keyboard. I need to get my rest for tomorrow! MERRY CHRISTMASS!!!!!! :D


(Thank you to Arlene, Perry, Parker and Penelope for the christmas present and a fabulous time today. We enjoyed every bit of it and hope to see you guys soon!) Merry Christmas!

Here's Penelop, Parker and Bailey. Penelope and Parker are 4 years old, and Bailey will be turning 3 on January 21st! Everyone is tired and taking a rest on the beach after some serious fetching!

Bailey following his cousins down the beach in search of seashells by the sHEESHORE

Bailey and his uncle Parker hanging out and enjoying the view on the bench.

Bailey peeking from the "trunk" on our ride to the park. His soft sided crate has a top opening and i leave that unzipped so air can circulate. he's so funny. hahhahahaha he froze like that for 20 seconds trying to see what was going on

on our way down to the beach, waiting for penelope cause she stopped to take a poo. bailey is in the foreground, parker in the back - in case you cant tell!

three corgi butts and one tennis ball mid air. Who's gonna get there first?!?!?!?

Penelope and Parker are such good pals. They even walk side by side back to their parents after retrieving the ball!

Here's bailey barking in his uncle's ear: "Hey hey uncleeeee stop chasing the ball dude!!"

Here are two videos of them on the beach (1 uploaded so far, another to come!):

bailey received a present from uncle parker and his family for christmas. we decided to open it early because bailey said he wanted to. we couldnt say no.

thanks!!!! we love all the stuff and bailey is already chewing the fleece apart and ripping it. thank goodness it seems to come out in long pieces! and we will be using the puppware for our sleepover!

There are more pictures on our Flickr site if anyone is interested!


Happy Holidays to everyone!!!!!

Bailey the Corgi - Winter Break

If Bailey had school, he'd be in winter break now. hahha. :) Anyways, I've taken some vacation from work this week, so of course Bailey was looking for some adventure this morning when I woke up. To our surprise, it was dry outside (mind you we've had rain for the last couple of days and the weatherman says there will be another couple of days of rain), so bailey and i thought the same thing.... DOG PARK TIME!!! I swear everytime we go anywhere i feel like I have a kid. Leash, travel crate, collar, treats, a towel, oh and some water for myself. It's quite a process. Bailey doesn't enjoying hopping in the car for some reason, so it takes a couple of minutes for me to lure him in the car (he doesn't get car sick or anything either). Hmm.. so we arrived at the park. It was nice, dry, and plenty of dogs were out because the whole city probably hadn't been to the park in the last week because of the rain. Bailey found some buddies to play with and i was only able to catch one of them on camera, and ummm Bailey was still a bit nervous until we got onto the sand dunes away from the other dogs, then he just about went back to his normal crazy self and rolled in the sand (its funny sometimes he will actually roll and roll down a sand hill,,,), and it was fun. Took some pics on the fancy cam, and well, came back home because we saw dark clouds coming in and we all know what that means!. We did have a minor scare again, Bailey saw a hound LIKE the one he is afraid of, and, he started running. This time, i just called him. he came close but not close enough for me to grab him so i pulled out his favorite cookies (Three Dog Bakery Lick n Crunch) ,  and he came close enough for me to leash him and he calmed down. Now, thats only because that WASN't the dog. I knew it wasn't.... now everytime i go to the dog park i have to scan for those two lil barkers. We were lucky this time, so Bailey had fun at the park. Woo... success!

 Bailey being a little poser

 

chasing buddies

 

rolling around on the sand dune

 

ruunning back to mom!! the cliff is dangerous!

 

looking at the storm clouds

 

being tired - goal accomplished!!!

On another note, we received our secret santa package today from Lilu Randall and her pawrents!!! :) Her lovely gift came with a cute little note .. about cute little Lilu telling Bailey she had a crush on him. She's 1 1/2 and Bailey is almost 3. I think thats close enough in age, eh?. LOL. :) Well that just about made Baileys christmas. lol. He loves the card and hopefully he will keep his paws off the present until Saturday morning.

Oh funny story - last night i had some of my dear friends from high school over for our annual Christmas dinner, and we were opening our presents, and well, Bailey decided hey let me open one too.... well he didnt ask his mom (me), and i didn;t realize it until i heard squeaking. so. Bailey snuck one in!! But I'm going to keep a close eye on the rest!!!!!!!!!

He managed to dissect 6/16 squeakers last night....

Confused Paws

Confused Paws. That's the name of Bailey's first art creation. I was painting something over the weekend and decided to get Bailey in on it. Bailey was being really sweet so I put two dining room chairs together like a bench, and we both sat there while I painted... then a thought came into my mind. like "hmmm since hes behaving so well perhaps..... ill lather paint on his paws and make some art!!". It wasn't too messy. I took some paint and painted them on his paws, pressed it against the canvas, and immediately wiped it off with baby wipes. He was good and didn't try to lick up any of the paint either. I think he was being very patient and obedient because .. I think to him, it felt like mud. He loves mud puddles, so perhaps he thought we were mud painting. Nevertheless, he created it all himself! :) And we think its PAWESOME! haha. Do you think we could turn this into a business? Bailey's kibble is only going to get more expensive... and we need some ideas!

Other than that, it was another quiet weekend for Bailey and I. I attended a funeral service for a really really close friend of mines who passed away unexpectedly, only 26 years old. Maybe Bailey was able to sense it. I'm not sure - but he was being extra sweet (resting his head on my lap, etc.). Things i noticed that he never does. I can't wait for some time off so I can take him out on a few adventures.

Have a safe and happy week everyone!

p.s. painting is very therapeutic!