Wordless Wednesday: Family Portrait

Wordless Wednesday

"Why'd you stop scratching my belly?"

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The Amazing Pet Expo: Atlanta

So I've been taking a blog-cation. But here it ends.

Brian (my fiancee), Olivia, and I went to the Amazing Pet Expo: Atlanta on Saturday. We drove 3 hours to get there and we were there when it opened at 10 am. We brought the stroller but Brian insisted on carrying Olivia around.

The East TN Boston Terrier Rescue was there and they loved Olivia. I made a $25 donation for their calendar, which is really well done! The photos are all based on movies and it's so cute :) Especially if you like Boston Terriers BOL.

There was a pet photographer who was taking the photos for free and emailing them to you later on. If you wanted to buy the photos you could once you saw them. Of course, we had Olivia's photo taken.

There were free dog cookies every where you turned, free handouts, flyers, all sorts of free-bees. We got many frisbees and tennis balls, travels bowls, and chap stick, even.

I bought Pet Cakes microwave dog treats, a JackSack poop bag holders, and some misc. other Boston Terrier and doggy items. Olivia also got her nails trimmed for free!

We got to see lots of demos, frisbee, obedience, and agility. It was funny how interested in it Olivia was. We saw Shorty Rossi (Pit Boss) and Hercules. And the biggest celebrity we met was the blogosphere's very own Preston!

Preston is very cute (he was wearing a nice polo) and because we follow his blog we got a PrestonSpeaks frisbee! We chatted with Preston's parents and then later heard Preston's mom talk about how to save money buying stuff for your pets, with an emphasis on traveling. It was really interesting!

We had to stick around until 5 pm for the costume contest and some people took it overboard, check out the photos below to see what I mean!

Olivia exhausted at the end of the day

our swag

shorty and hercules

preston and olivia and their daddies

with the petco dog

toy dogs and tiaras (spoof on
toddlers in tiaras)

toy chihuahua

olivia watching frisbee

min pins dancing for snacks

"georgia peach"

olivia and her preston
speaks frisbee

The Walk, The Rain, and The Drive-In Movie

So Saturday night my fiancee (Brian) and I took Olivia to my local SPCA's fundraiser. Part of the fundraiser was a 1-mile Twilight Walk. The second part was food and drink booths that were all paid for just with your admission price. It had been threatening to rain all day, but we received the email saying the walk would still go on. So I put Olivia in her tutu and put a little head band on her, and fixed her manicure. Then we were off. We arrived and it was starting to drizzle. No biggie. But by the time the walk was ready to start thirty minutes later, it was pouring. Silly me packed a raincoat for Olivia and not myself. Brian was nice enough to give me his.

Olivia loved the walk. She was super excited, her little legs were moving in hyper-drive. We started at about middle of the pack and by the end we were at the front. Of course Olivia had to meet and greet everyone along the way, human and canine. By the end of the walk we were dripping wet and without the exercise to keep her warm, Olivia started to shiver :( So Brian got sent to the car for her stroller. I have to say I was impressed because although her stroller isn't water proof, perse, it did do a good job of keeping her pretty dry. We went around and got the taster sized portion of food and drink the booths were handing out, and the mini cupcakes were by far the best. Although, I'm pretty sure Olivia's favorite was the woman who was handing out bones to people who'd brought their dogs. The funniest, though, was the Spay & Neuter Clinic who were giving out "not your dog's meat balls".

Olivia (and Brian) all dressed for the
SPCA event

my little family at the SPCA event
before the down pour

So the other super cool thing we did, as you may have guessed from the blog title, was go to our local drive-in theater. We went and saw The Butler and took Olivia with us. We even saw another couple and their Boston named Molly. We had a great time! The movie was pretty good too :)

Olivia in front of the screen

Olivia watches the preview

Olivia Goes to the Car Parade

So my dad and some of his friends are participating in this car race this weekend... it called 24 Hours of LeMons. Basically there are teams of people and they have $500 to buy a car and then they have to put all this racing safety gear in it and they decorate the cars to look funny and crazy. Then they all go to the race and race these $500 or less cars. You can find more info here: 24 Hours of LeMons

So the race starts today but last night they had a parade with all the cars (117 of them!) through the downtown of where it's located. Naturally I brought Olivia (and my fiancee/her daddy is here visiting so he came too).

here come the cars!

Olivia in her fancy hat waiting
for the parade to start

Olivia watches the parade

pig car

wedding car and it had a dog
as part of its entourage!

bride and groom on the
wedding car

Homer Simpson with Marge on
the back

super woman

Lego men

my dad (waving) and his friends
with their car, they call
themselves the nuclear waste
boys.

my dad and friends

dad's friends on the trunk of the
nuclear waste car

...and again

and again

this guy drove the whole parade
in reverse

Olivia watched intently

really old car 

green alien people and their car

dinosaur dogs to go with the
Jurassic Park car

dino dogs

Jurassic Park car

upside down car

good puppy hanging out on the
trunk of "his" car

German Shepard and "his" car

Olivia,  her daddy (Brian), and
the nuclear waste car

Olivia with the town's founders

Olivia and Her Daddy

Olivia, (my big fluffy cat, Harley), and I are excited for my fiancee to move to South Carolina from New Jersey in November. I can't wait for us to start doing things as our little family unit, after all, we do call Brian their "Daddy". I want to take Olivia on little vacations and day trips and have the three of us all have fun together (Harley can't wait to get more cuddles and belly rubs). Brian's only met Olivia once but he already adores her and can't wait to spend more time with her. I did tell him, however, he's not allowed to steal my dog! :P

Here's some picture of Olivia and her Daddy :)