The left image is of her stitches and shaved leg – she kind of looks like a chinese crested on that side!Even though she is only using three legs to get around at the moment, she is still really really fast! we’ll have to work hard at slowing her down.She has to wear her cone because she is relentless at licking and we can’t trust her when she’s right beside us not to! that’s our stubborn little girl!

Bad News, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

We took Paddington to the vet yesterday and got some bad news.

We’ve been informed that she has luxating patellas in both her hind legs. it means her knee caps are loose and moving around, causing her pain. we took her to the vet to check out a limp that developed about a month ago and thought it might be that, but i was really surprised to hear it’s BOTH knees are going to have to be fixed.

the vet has to call a specialist who will tell us if we can do both at the same time, or if it will be done in 2 parts so she will likely need 2 surgeries.

she’s never been really able to jump very high and never liked stairs, and now we have found out that this is likely the reason.

it’s stressful and i’m worried about her, but she will have a better life after the surgeries.

poor little girl.

Flowers from Thomas, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

Thomas bought me these last week amidst our whirlwind house buying events. they are my favourite, gerber daisies.
my man rocks!

We Bought a House!!, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

So everything happened very quickly….Thomas and i bought a house! we weren’t planning on moving until next spring, but something perfect came on the market and we had to move fast!

so fast in fact that we saw the house and put the offer in the next evening, and had everything negotiated and done in 2 hrs. we’ve had the home inspected and it looks great.

we get the keys on December 14th and we couldn’t be more excited

we keep telling Paddington “we bought you a yard!” although she obviously has no clue – but she will when she realizes it’s hers!

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Little Family of Bears, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

today is my birthday and a friend made this for me. it represents me, thomas and Paddington. it’s made out of fimo and represents our love for Apple computers. it’s amazing and i LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

A Day in the Life – September 25, 2007, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

Tonight we went to another Small Fry dog social at a dog park. i didn’t get many shots because the sun set earlier this time, but i got a few.

Paddington wasn’t as crazy as last time and we don’t really know why. she didn’t listen at all and kept running further than we liked.

A Birthday in the Life – September 24, 1007, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

Today is Paddington’s first birthday – it’s too bad she doesn’t realize what that means. I bought her a special birthday cookie from Bark and Fitz and a friend from work made her the pink birthday hat…which she would not wear (not that i ever really expected her to)

I can’t get over that it’s almost been a year since we got her. it seems so short yet so long. there are only a certain few (most of them on flickr!!) who understand how much i love this little dog. she means the world to me and i’m so blessed to have her in my life.

Happy Birthday my little girl!!

A Day in the Life – September 17, 2007, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

Today i took Paddington to another dog social at Bark and Fitz. this one was a “Pooch Sweater Pawty” where a local designer stopped by with her collection of hand knitted dog sweaters (and matching “human scarves” in some cases).

Paddington of course had a great time and i bought her a sweater and me a matching scarf. I booked her for a photo shoot a the store by a photographer in October and she got a jacket as a door prize.

Afterwards we headed to my friend Catherine’s place for dinner. Great night!

dog sweaters by:
Paulette Sanderson – she can make custom ones
email: paulettesanderson@rogers.com
phone: 613.741.1071
“Hand knit sweaters for tiny dogs”

A Weekend in the Life – September 15 and 16, 2007, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

This weekend was once again full of work, except we took today (Sunday) off which was nice. Yesterday we worked all day and played with Paddington. we bought her a stuffed shark which i had to remove the eyes because we didn’t realize that they were the “bad” kind.

Today we took the day off. Brought Paddington to get her nails clipped, went to see the Bourne Ultimatum (very good) and watched a special Myth Busters episode we bought yesterday.

I’m glad we took today off. I have tomorrow off from work and i’m going shopping downtown Ottawa with a friend so i’m looking forward to that!

A Day in the Life – September 9th, 2007, originally uploaded by liz kerrison.

Today my parents drove up from Toronto to meet Jane, Thomas and I for lunch. we set up the things my parents brought for my sister and then headed out to do a boat cruise tour of Kingston. it was lousy weather but we didn’t mind. it was so hot yesterday and so cold today – what a difference!

After the boat cruise, we went to a late lunch then Thomas and i had to head back to Ottawa to get Paddington and go home. My parents stayed another couple of hours in Kingston.

All in all – a great weekend!