little thoughts by coco

satur(play)day

2007-09-08T21:17:00.001-04:00

saturdays are my favorite days. especially the ones when daddy's home all day hanging with me. cuz that means it's play day! i know all you dawgs know what i'm talkin about...
it starts out something like this - hey dad - wanna play? it's a lot more fun than sitting on your bum watchin' that picture box thing making all that noise over there... that's right.... i got the monkey... betcha can't catch me!

hey! where'd the monkey go?

ok, you got the monkey.... now the monkey's flying through the air!!
HEY wait a minute, dad - I'M NOT THE MONKEY!! get me outta here!!
MOM!! MOOOMM!!!

* save me mom!*
thanks, mom!! silly dad -

i loves my dad. but i don't really wanna be in his shirt...
anyway, that's how things are around here today. saturdays are just the bestest!

auntie's hero & me

2007-09-06T13:54:00.000-04:00

this picture is in honor of my wonderfu auntie's hero, jack kerouac. september is jack kerouac month, so i thought she'd enjoy my fond memories of him. oh, those were the days, when he used to tuck me into his jacket and take me with him wherever he went. i have a particular fondness for this photo of us, because we're frenching and i'm in my beat hep-cat turtleneck. happy jk month all you jivin' cool cats and hep dawgs out there!

2007-09-05T10:36:00.001-04:00

i have been framed, so i am here to testify. i have raised my right paw and swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

i was not stealering tad's card. i was sealing it with a kiss just like i told mom. i just wanted to do it in the privacy of my room so i could get my scent all over it so tad would know it was from me. and when mom tried to take it away before i was done, of course i ran away with it so i could finish the job properly. and then, yes, i will admit it did become something of a game (i forgot what i had in my mouth as mom and i played keep-away) and i did get a little teethy on the card. and it got torn up a little. but my intentions were totally pure. i am innocent, and we are taking tad's pressie over to him as soon as mom gets home.

thank you blog pals for believing in me. mom made sophie apologize for the viscious accusations and she even ate off of the same plate with me last night. i still love her, even though she is a mean sister most of the time.

TADdle tale by sophie

2007-09-04T17:03:00.001-04:00

tad, this is sophie. if your massacreversary pressie doesn't make it to your house, here is proof of why. coco was all like, mom can i pleeeeeease seal tad's card-envelope-thing with a kiss? all innocent and doe-eyed. and mom was all like, aw honey how sweet of you - of course you can - what a thoughtful gesture...
then of course the truth comes out about little miss stealer as she grabs the card away from mom and runs away as fast as she can. she took it to her room and tried to lay low, hoping no one would notice her stealering (as if!!) she's like, hey if i dont' look at you then i don't see you and if i dont' see you, you don't see me, right? right??but you can plainly see by the look on her face that she is guilty and she knows she is a stealer and her name is coco stealerton and she stealers all the time. maybe she wants to make sure mom takes her over to tad's when she delivers the pressie. or maybe she wants to feel close to tad. whatever the reason, she is a kriminal because she takes things that do NOT belong to her every minute of every hour of every day and no one knows this better than me because she stealers my stuff constantly. so i'm just here to expose her for what she really is. not that i'm bitter, mind you, but you have the right to know the truth.

and i always tell the truth and i always (well almost always) pee and poo outside in the YARD like i'm supposed to (or at least in the dining room where no one sees me and not in PLAIN VIEW like some animals do) and i do better tricks than this stealer ever dreamed of and i am honest i hope tad gets his pressie before she stealers it too. - sophie

Barkday pawty numero dos

2007-08-31T09:33:00.001-04:00

i'm so sorry it's taken me so long to get mom to give up the computer to me! she's been a nut-case for the past couple of weeks with lots of bor-ing crap. but now it's my turn to show you what happened when i turned one!

there were packages from all over the WORLD! this one is from the gorgeous bella in australia! i just crawled right inside to check it out!
and ohmydog, look what i found: yummy treats, a kangaroo and a koala bear!!! exotic animal friends from down under!! then there was this package from the lovely Ume - all the way from Singapore!!!! check it out!!!! Ume remembered that i love notatoys and sent me a GIANT one that mommy won't steal away from me! and there were these amazing popsicle things that i went crazy for, and even a bow for sophie. how thoughtful!
...and delicious! then the enchanting "massah" stopped by with a delivery from cousins fig and tad!!! fig gave me a froggie to remind me of my beloved tadpole...
and taddie gave me a pig to remind me of fig!! (um, i didn't quite "get that" cuz um, er, i do not see any resemblence whatsoever between a pig and a boston...)
...and then came the piece' de resistance...a screamin' loud balloon on a rope that massah wouldn't let them have becuase it was TOO LOUD. but not for me - it is awesome beyond description! but that's not all....
there was also ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! my girl katie came over to join the fun! we pawtied, ate, and played all night 'til i was so pooped i asked mom to please take off my dress, undo my hair, and let me fall into bed.thank you so much to all my wonderful friends for all the b-day wishes and pressies and licks! i am a very lucky girl to have so many great pals. you are all the bestest and i love you with all my puppy-love heart!!! coco

barkday pawty numero uno

2007-08-20T20:30:00.001-04:00

OK so this weekend was reeeeaallly busy! first my boy jake moved out on friday and mom cried all night. but then in the middle of all the crying and howling, it was also my very first bark-day, and mom couldn't allow THAT IMPORTANT EVENT to go unnoticed. so for pawty number one, we went over to katie's new apawtment to celebrate and cheer mom up!

first mom and katie sang happy barkday to me, like this: " happy barkday to you (repeat), happy barkday sweet coco, you're my baby boo!" then my girl katie had a shiny little gift bag that i got to tear into! and nobody tried to take it away!!!

it had fun stuff inside! one of those lucky-lorenzo shaped pretend doggins, a tiny little t-shirt from shakawgo and lots of yummy TREATS!

hmmm...ok, there's the shirt...

OH HOLY DOG CRAP!!!! FAKE CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!!!

excuse me a moment, um... *lick, nibble, lick, lick, nibble*...be right with you...

ohmydog a puppy pretzel *chomp chomp chomp*

... ah, yeah, you know this barkday thing is workin' pret-ty good for me... ...even if i have to wear a goofy t-shirt for a minute and mom's too busy to get rid of the bizarre lights that flashed in my eyeballs when she tried to capture the hallmark moment.

anyway~ thanks to all my wonderful pals for all the happy barkday wishes!!! it was fun! and mom says there will be more pressies to open when she has time to take the pics (ohmydog she is trying to teach me that horrible hooman "virtue" - patience.)

break out the treats!

2007-08-17T14:18:00.000-04:00

one year ago today i was borned, so mom says i am the birthday princess all day today! i am officially one year old! mom says we can't have our pawty until probably sunday, but she will take lots of pictures and i'll be posting them next week!

have a grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat weekend, everydog!

boredom, diapers and chocolate martinis

2007-08-12T16:57:00.000-04:00

mom's been busy moving out the hooman pups. it's so boring around here. everyone was gone ALL DAY LONG yesterday. they said we couldn't come with them cuz we wouldn't have any fun anyway, and might even get stepped on.

i did get a chance to go visit my girl's place yesterday but i got so excited i peed on her carpet and she freaked out. she told mom i had to wear one of my diapers next time i come over.

huh?!?!

yes, diapers. i am not posting any pictures of me in them, but my mom did buy me some a few months ago. they are unspeakably gross and embare-assing and i cannot possibly walk in them, let alone pee. (omd if i did, there'd be pee all over my beautiful hair. are these people nuts or what????)

mom is super stressed out and the pawents are growling at each other a lot. she keeps threatening to break out the chocolate martinis. i don't know what those are, but if it makes mom happier and more playful, i'm all for it!

(mom says secret apologies to auntie...butcha gotta remember, she is after all, a mere hooman)

fracturing pack

2007-08-09T11:06:00.000-04:00

lots of weird happenings around here. my girl katie's packing up her stuff to move it to her first apartment. she says i can visit her anytime i want to cos they like having doggins around where she's going. she's moving to a complex next door to mommy's office, so mom says i'll probably get to see her a lot still.

...seems like just yesterday mom took this picture of us together when i was still a baby. now she's all grown up and moving out. mom and i are kinda bummed. but she promises we can have slumber pawties and stuff!

and if that wasn't enough, my boy jake is moving to sha-kawgo this month, too. he's going up there to college, whatever that is.

i don't know why my pack has to be breaking up and scattered about like this. it's very confusing to my little furry brain. jake's apartment complex doesn't allow doggins - even to visit. i think we pissed them off cos i was with mom when we applied for the dumb place. mom says she's gonna sneak me in anyway whenever she feels like it. (she's rebellious like me) it's sure gonna be weird without them around.

CONGRATULATIONS, MAGGIE!

2007-08-06T16:13:00.000-04:00

welcome, maggie's babies!!!!

i sure hope maggie doesn't mind me borrowing her picture to post

on my blog. i just had to share the pawesome news

with anydog who didn't know that

the lovely maggie rose had 4 babies last week!

they came right out of her tummy somehow!!!

this is my favorite picture - i think it should be published

in a magazine somewhere, don't you?

how utterly precious and adorable!!!!!!

if you wanna see more pix, click here: maggie and her babies!!!

hooray for maggie and her babies!!!!

may they grow strong and

beautiful like their sweet mommy!

evenings on the porch

2007-08-06T13:32:00.000-04:00

weekends can be good! especially when there's hooman food to be had.

here we are with dad out on our back porch.

he's eating something good, and he's sharing!!!

sophie doesn't like me getting too close.

but at least she's letting me beg with her now...

and daddy is very fair in his sharing.
one bite for her, one bite for me.
we take turns.
hope everydog had a nice weekend!

one more kiss

2007-08-01T19:04:00.000-04:00

i knew i had a picture of us somewhere. me and my cousin sadie.

auntie took me over to meet her when she was puppy-sitting me.

may i leave a legacy of love to my family that is as long and wonderful as yours, miss sadie.

love forever, coco

playing outside!

2007-08-01T13:24:00.000-04:00

here we are, playing in our backyard. granted, we are not playing together - that would appawently be too much to ask of prissy sissy.

so while she goes off to hamburger-playland, let's see what i can find to chew around on... my favorite thing is grass, of course, but mom gets all annoyed when i do that. (she says it comes out all twisted up in my poo!!!)

oh yeah, baby, it's dad's nasty shoe insole. he leaves his workin-in-the-yard shoes on the porch for me to rip up when he's not home. nice daddy!

hey, if he doesn't want me chewing them up, why's he leave them laying around??

it's sure been hot where i live in illinois - hope the rest of you are staying cool! have a grrrreat wednesday!

puppy licks, coco

Good night, Sadie

2007-07-30T22:55:00.000-04:00

We lost a precious friend today
the kind you can't replace,
I close my eyes and hear her voice,
I still can see her face.
I know she's in a special place
that God has for such friends,
Where meadows, fields & flowers
make them strong and whole again.
I know she's watching over us
She'll be with us when we cry,
And knowing we shall meet again
Helps ease our sad goodbye.

With Sweet Goodnight kisses, In Loving Memory of our beloved cousin Sadie.

coco, sophie, and their mommy

secret entry by sophie!!!!

2007-07-30T20:14:00.000-04:00

hey everydog! i'm back! goofy coco is off ruining our girl katie's underwear, so i thought i'd come on her blog and tell you about my FA-VOR-ITE toy.
hamburger.
ohmydog it is the most pawesome toy on earth. it smells incredible, it squeaks when i gnaw on it, and i daresay i have an obsession with it. i bark for it, cry for it, and sit up and beg for it.

until mom gives it up for me...

here i come, hamburger!

oh yeah!!!!!!!! you gotta try it!

meanwhile, goofball comes outside too. guess what she thinks is fun to chew on. dad's shoe insole. she has absolutely no class. just look at her hair! what a mess - no bow, all scruffy! what does mom see in her anyway????

mom tried to make us sit together for a picture. i'm like, i gotta go....

anypoo, nice chattin with you all - until next time

lotsa licks, miss polished and sophisticated sophie

vote for coco again!

2007-07-25T14:54:00.000-04:00

oh no! i'm falling behind in the most pampered pet contest my mom entered me in! even if you've voted (rated me a 10!!) before, you can vote again! here's the link:

http://www.thepamperedpup.com/Contest/TopRatedPuppy.aspx

i know, my mom's acting so hyper about it, but she really wants me to win all the fun prizes and stuff. anyway, thanks for your support!!!! (i just hope she doesn't try to get me into politics)

2007-07-24T18:52:00.001-04:00

i just embarassed myself.

i did not know that maggie rose was going to have BABIES come out of her tummy. i just met her online, so how could i have known? anyway, when i found out i posted so many comments to her blog no i feel silly - - - but i was just SO excited!!!!

i just loooooove babies!!! my mom's eeeeeeeeevil quack-doctor took my baby-box out so i can't have babies in my tummy. maybe maggie rose will let me be a special auntie.

attempts at smiling

2007-07-23T11:28:00.000-04:00

hey everydoggy! i was asked to post some of my smiles awhile ago, but mom has been having trouble getting good shots of me smiling. in this first one i tried to smile like the rest of you, but whenever i try to do an open-mouth smile i just end up looking like i'm all hot and panting. i'm more inclined to just smile like this:
and sometimes, i even wink when i smile, like this:

maybe i'm still too young to smile right. i'll keep working on it, though. have a sun-shining, running-in-the-yard kind of day! coco

puppy in the city!

2007-07-19T22:10:00.000-04:00

my girl katie's having a birthday tomorrow! so mommy took us on a road trip to celebrate and i got to go along! (note: i did not ride on mom's lap more than just a moment cuz katie said she was acting like britney spears, whoever that is) anyway, just me, mom and katie went to this big really loud place called sha-kawgo~

we had a slumber party at this place with beds called the hotel peninsula where they love doggins as much as hoomans. it was pawesome! there was a little cake with a message waiting for katie when we got there. it made her so happy!

mom was not being very generous about the cake, but i snuck a lick of the fork when no one was looking - it was sooooooooooo yummy!!but guess what! i had my OWN TRAY with my own dishes and bottle of water!

but mom's water tasted better out of her fancy glass.

then we went shopping at this amaaaazing store called tails in the city, where all the latest glam-dog fashions are to be found, along with toys and snackies and everything. mom got me this new dress with little sparkly cherries and a hood. it's soft!
she also got me this really fun octa-puss that makes the funnest sounds when i shake it!

after sleeping cuddled in a huge bed between my girl and mommy, we ate breakfast at this sidewalk cafe that mom loves. she gave me some of her alsatian scrambled eggs! (mom's coffee cup was so big i think i could've crawled inside it!!)
happy birthday, katie. and thanks for letting me go to your slumber party.

i love sha-kawgo!!!

Uninvited Guest!

2007-07-17T18:20:00.000-04:00

hey puppy-pals. you won't believe what my mom did the other day.

she brought this into our home:
yes, one of those twittery weird creatures that fly around outside and make
pesky little sounds at us! only this one was in a prison!
i couldn't believe mommy caught one!

i was absolutely stunned. and a bit apprehensive, too. it made a lot of sudden
movements, scaring me half to death. i had to yell at it really good to
make it stop! it just cocked it's little head to the side and listened like
it was trying to understand what i was saying, which of course was
"stop it right there, creepy! i can take you any time i need to,
just give me an excuse!!!" it was soooooo weird.

nothing about this smelled right. but mom said she was only keeping the
thing for one night, which was plenty enough for me.
i like chasing and yelling at them in the yard,
but i don't exactly care to have one living inside my house. *shudder*

then mom starting SINGING to it and TALKING to it,
saying the same thing over and over and over.
pretty ba-by; pretty ba-by; pretty ba-by. i'm like, huh?! that's what you say to me!

i'll never understand why this happened,
but i sure hope mom doesn't do it again.
it was just - wrong. (even though it was kinda cute, in an alarming sort of way)

2007-07-12T20:00:00.000-04:00

some of you were wanting to see a photo of little miss live-in-the-closet sophie. there she is. in the closet.

oh, and check out the t-shirt she's been wearing.

here's a close-up so you can get a load of what she's saying. it's about me. she says she got punk'd cuz i moved in. hmph. what a drama queen.

i'm like whatEVER. i don't let it get to me. i just go about my business, hanging out with mom...

eating delicious foods...

and knowing i look so much cuter in my favorite mod dress than she does in her ratty old t-shirt anyway.

guilt purchase

2007-07-10T21:56:00.001-04:00

guilt can be a beautiful thing.

it can really work for a girl. case in point: my new dress, d&g shoe, and matching drooley &

bark pawbag.

the shoe tastes pretty good, but i'm more into the texture of it.

it's not as good as having mommy home more, but it helps. so does the liver biscotti she gave me - yum!

then my girl katie shared her teeny-tiny ice cream cone with me!! it turned out to be a pretty doggone good day! hope yours was too!!

2007-07-09T19:26:00.000-04:00

my mom has been gone all day long every day for like a million days. her job is helping people find new houses to live in when they want or need to move. then she helps them sell their old one, too, if they have one. and ever since saturday, she's been helping "clients" from california who need a house to live in here in illinois, and she's with them all the time cuz they need a new house, like now. the mom is starting a new job and they have to get a place to live, like immediately. mom loves her job and loves these "clients" but when she comes home, she is just too pooped to be any fun. i heard her telling daddy that she's shown them like 30-some houses in 3 days. and these "clients" have 2 little kids, it's veeeeeeery hot outside, and everyone's just worn the heck out, and they STILL haven't found "the perfect house."

i brought her my new zebra toy, but she just kinda moved it around a little, as if that was going to be any fun. it wasn't.

i try to be as adorable as possible, but all she wants to do is cuddle. i need to play!

geesh. if anydoggie knows where this perfect house is, please have your mom call my mom so she can help these people and we can all have our lives back!!

2007-07-06T10:30:00.000-04:00

hey everydog!

my mom's been talking about maybe having a barkday party for me when i turn one next month! she's going to invite auntie, massah, fig and tad! she wants to make sure i'm with my cuzzin doggins as much as possible so i am well socialized and don't turn out like my goofy sis sophie. i completely agree!!!!!!! i know all you doggins out there are experienced partiers, so if you have ideas for throwing the bestest kind of barkday party, i'd love to hear them.

i have to confess, i am a tad bit worried, though. haha! i made a pun!! but tad isn't the one who worries me. it's the wondrous but quite fierce fig. i found this picture hiding in massah's blog. take a look and tell me why i shouldn't be concerned.

i think somedog needs to explain quite clearly to my beloved fig that i am not a notatoy. i am real.

but i've been practising what to do if she ever really tries anything serious. i can be pretty ferocious myself, mom says.

also, pleeeeeeeeeeeeease don't forget to vote for me on http://www.thepamperedpup.com/Contest/TopRatedPuppy.aspx so i can win cool prizes! oh, and I AM THE COCO YORKIE ON THE LEOPARD BLANKIE. last time i checked, that other IMPOSTER coco was in first place!

have a pawsitively grrrrrrrrreat friday!

vote for coco!

2007-07-05T14:15:00.000-04:00

guess what puppyfriends! mom entered me in a booeauty contest on pampered pups' website! isn't she silly?!! if you want to vote for me, you go to the link below and then click on the "rate it" button below my picture. then you can rate me from 1-10. yes, i know, it only goes to 10, even though my mom says i'm at least an 11!
IMPORTANT NOTE: THERE IS MORE THAN ONE COCO YORKIE IN THIS CONTEST!! don't be fooled by imposters - i'm on my leopard blankie!!!

http://www.thepamperedpup.com/Contest/TopRatedPuppy.aspx

while you are there, you should definitely check out the prizes i get if i win! and not only that, every month they start the contest over again, so if you are still a puppy, PLEASE enter next month and we can all vote for YOU TOO!!!!

thanks for your support!!!!

coco

big time change of heart

2007-07-05T11:38:00.000-04:00

correction. 4th of july is no longer my favorite howliday. oh, it was fine during the daylight when we ate snackies and both mommy and daddy were home all day long playing with me. and sure, i got a new dress and got to play with that flag thing. but once the sun started to set, the horrors started with all the loud and sudden BANGS and sophie took off for the closet and hid behind mom's clothes.

then things really took a drastic turn for the worse when daddy brought a big box out of the garage and started in himself with the loud BANGS! and this nasty, awful smell filled the yard and mommy didn't like it, either, and kept complaining about how they weren't making pretty lights in the sky. as if that would have made it all ok or something.

mom apologized for him this morning though, and promised me it would not happen again.... at least, not until next year. she offered to shake on it, but since she could only promise to try to talk some sense into dad and has no control over the rest of america, i gave her one of my hind feets to shake instead of my front paw.

my new favorite howliday!

2007-07-04T14:09:00.000-04:00

mommy said she had something outside to show me today!

it was a bright stripey-thing stuck on a stick in the ground, and she said it was a flag and it was MINE (at least for a couple of minutes)!

it tasted kind of like pencil.

she had it stuck in the ground pretty good, but i got it out for her.

i decided right then and there that 4th of july was my favorite howliday!
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO ALL!!

toys and naps

2007-07-03T22:32:00.000-04:00

so i was just lying around looking for something to do today,

when i found a really fun little toy. it's kinda like my toothbrush toy, but it tastes different. and it's super fun to chew around on. but when mommy saw me, she got all wigged out about it and took it away from me. no-no, coco - that's notatoy! not-a-toy!

she was all blabbering on about her favorite hotel in miami beach, and little teeth marks all over it now, and something about lead poisoning and blah, blah, blah

so while she was having her little melt-down, i just jumped up and grabbed it again - HA-HA stingy mommy! watch me run!

so then of course she chased me down (fun) and took it away again (NOT fun)!

i was like, geez, mom, why don't you over-react?

so i decided to forget playing with HER and luckily, dad had left a pile of clothes on the bed (another thing mom was blithering about). so i went and laid on them, to show my solidarity with dad.

ah, the smell of daddy. it started making me sleepy...

sleeeeeepy...

slee...

monday evening...

2007-07-02T19:45:00.000-04:00

when mom got home, we all went outside!

but as soon as i tried to play with sophie, she turned right around and scratched at the door to go back inside. hmph.

i said fine, let's go inside and play then.

but she didn't want to do that either. at least, not with me.

so i just played stealer stealerton with her hamburger and took it over to mom and played hamburger with her foot.

then my girl katie came home and let me play with her hair!!!!

i'm in there somewhere!!! we pretty much match, since i'm partly blonde myself.

then i curled up in katie's elbow, licked her for a long time, and took a nap.

yawn monday

2007-07-02T11:33:00.000-04:00

well we had a pretty fun weekend. last night we sat out on our back porch and i got to run and play in the yard! i made a new friend with a beautiful creature mommy called a butterfly! but unfortunately, mom couldn't get any pictures of us cuz we were to quick and her camera was too slow!

then it got dark and i got to meet some lightning bugs! they are so cool.

my inside toys aren't nearly as exciting, but they're always there for me when i can't get outside. this morning i couldn't decide between mr. zebra and my old standby, mr. bunny.

oh! and there's mr. toothbrush!

i just love mr. toothbrush. except for when mom tries to use it on ME! here i'm getting him back really good...

happy monday puppy pals!

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2007-06-29T22:27:00.001-04:00

trespassing.

2007-06-29T19:25:00.000-04:00

well, obviously *someone* has trespassed onto my blog and posted an illegitimate entry! she did a very nice job at incriminating herself, too, by posting pictures of herself acting all superior and snobby!! when i heard the things she said about me, I was depressed:

but mommy said, hey cheer up babe - i'll play with you!!

she made me laugh in spite of my desire to continue to pout!

then she gave me a cool new zebra toy to cheer me up. check it out:

it makes noise when you chew on it's ears, and it has two different squeak zones for double the fun!

thank dogness my mommy loves me.

shhhhh! don't tell!

2007-06-28T19:17:00.000-04:00

hey everydoggy. my name is sophie. yeah, i know this is coco's blog. and i know you've been hearing about me from that thing that moved into my home last november. she's been talking about me behind my back while i've been sulking in mom's closet. anyway, she's taking a snooze right now, so i thought i'd sneak onto her blog, sit up and speak for myself, so you cuold hear the TRUTH about our situation.

here's me:

yes, i know. i'm pretty. a lovely, happy, smiling little beauty who was the delight of my mother's heart. i can do tricks, too. here i'm sitting up to make my mommy happy:

and that's how we all were - happy.

until one day when i wasn't paying close enough attention...

something very bad happened to me. a little jumpy, yelpy, annoying DOG came into my home. at first i thought it was just here for a little while, to maybe help with my mom's midlife crisis or something, but noooooooooooooo....

it is still here and it has taken over my home, my family, my yard, my toys, my treats, and everything else i held dear. my mom, dad, girl and even my boy make such a freakin' big deal about this thing they call coco. i do NOT see what the attraction is, myself. in fact, i honestly think it wants to eat me:

new blankie-like dress and toy! yay!

2007-06-28T17:23:00.001-04:00

i usually do not like to put on clothes for mommy, but today when she brought me home this new dress, i actually liked it! it reminds me of my blankie, cuz it's leopard print, too. here i am:

she also brought me a new chewy toy thing, so i took it up to the top of the back of the chair where i could gaze out the window while intermittently chewing on it. it was nice.

it was rainy today, so we just hung out in the kitchen snacking when mom got home. she shared some cheese and crackers with me! sophie came out for awhile, but when the food was gone, so was she. back to the closet she went.

sure hope everydog has a nice evening!

turn about is fair play!

2007-06-27T23:52:00.000-04:00

oh my heavens look what my mommy found in her photos!!!! now we are even, mr. taddles! i've sniffed up your bum, too!!! gotcha!

kissin-cousin, coco

Proof that Tad and I loves each other.

2007-06-27T10:31:00.001-04:00

There it is, doggie-friends. We are kissing. Nose to nose. Me and Tad.

Party time!

2007-06-26T14:09:00.000-04:00

Here's a picture of me leaving Tad & Fig's party the other day! I wish I could go see them ALL THE TIME, cuz not only are they so incredibly awesome, but usually my sweet loving auntie is there, too.

I miss her.

baby pictures

2007-06-25T17:25:00.000-04:00

Mom wanted me to post some of my baby pictures. These were a few months ago - I've really grown since then!

Puppy Love

2007-06-25T14:40:00.000-04:00

I thought I'd share a picture of my beloved big Sissy Sophie.

Every morning, I get a toy in my mouth and go ask her to play. But she always says NO. GO AWAY. But this morning, I think I saw her wag her tail at me from the other side of the cage! Maybe there is hope.

Maybe someday she'll figure out how much fun I am!

visit to auntie's!!!!

2007-06-24T19:46:00.000-04:00

OHMYDOG I got to go see auntie again! Mommy took me over to auntie's mom's house and massah was there with Fig and Tad. It was so much fun!!!! Everyone wanted to sniff me and smell me and jump up to say hi! I love being the center of attention.

2007-06-22T13:07:00.000-04:00

After seeing Ruby's beautiful new clothes, I was inspired to share a picture of myself in one of my outfits. This is me with my big sissy Sophie. We got these matching shirts for Christmas, and Mommy oohed and ahhed about how cute we were. Someone needs to tell her that dressing us alike will not fix our relationship.

Look how sad we are. Neither one of us really likes having to put on clothes for Mom. And Sophie does NOT want to be held right next to me, making her even more sad. Then I get depressed, too, because she can just be so mean. *sigh*

I can't figure out WHAT is wrong with her! All I wanna do is love her and play with her!! Whenever I see her, I wag my little tail and RUN to say hello, jumping all over her to kiss her! Sometimes I playfully nip at the pretty bow Mommy puts in her hair, but for some reason she doesn't see how fun this is. So instead of playing with me, she runs away and hides in Mommy's closet, where her bed is. Then she yells at me and acts like she's going to BITE ME!! She can be really ferocious, until Mom comes and puts up the cage thing that keeps me out.

So Sophie lives in Mommy's closet pretty much all the time now. And I get the run of the house! So, in a funny kind of way, I guess this is working for me!!! But honestly, I'd like it better if Sophie would stop being so cranky, and start having fun with me. I will never give up trying to win her love, while biting at her and bugging the crap out of her all along the way.

Meet the Family

2007-06-21T20:56:00.000-04:00

This posting is kind of a test. Mommy brought me over to her mommy's house tonight for a birthday party for Mommy's Dad, because Auntie Leah would be there!!! I was sooooooooo excited to see Auntie!!!!!!! When she walked through the door, my entire body went into a wiggle and I jumped up and down and kissed her as much as she would let me!!!

Anyway, Auntie is showing my Mommy how to use this blog so I can keep up with my new pals. We didn't have any good photos over here at grammy's to share, so we decided to introduce my entire family to you. I am being held by Daddy in this photo, but I'm looking down so you can' really see my face. The reason I'm looking down is because Sophie (Mom's holding her) is looking down. I was wondering what she was looking for. But then Mom explained that Sophie is jealous of the new baby (that's me) and she is trying to figure out how to get away from me. It's very sad, but I do the best I can to punish her rejection of me by pestering her as much as I can.

Anyway! First blog with Mom's help! So good to be back!!! Love, Coco

Bye-Bye Auntie, Hello Family!

2007-06-18T03:10:00.000-04:00

Well this was my last day with Auntie. It may be a couple of days until Mom learns how to do this blog for me, but rest assured I will be back in all my glory!

So this being the last day with Auntie I thought we'd do something fun. But this was her idea of fun...

See what I'm winking about? See it?! It's COCOnut-calypso flavored shampoo!

But you know what doggie shampoo means.... BATH. And Auntie didn't even have the decency to give me a bath in my regular shower. She did it in the kitchen sink. Can you believe it?! I wasn't too excited about it.

As if this isn't embarrassing enough...

And of all pictures, this was our last one of us from our week and a half we spent together. Pathetic. At least you can't really see her except for her goofy grin. She was laughing at me the entire time.

Then I ran and ran to try to dry off.

Um, yeah. I'm ready for my family to come home.

(This is Coco's Auntie signing off! I look forward to keeping up with everyone's blogs!)

Visit from Fig and Tad

2007-06-17T02:17:00.000-04:00

Sorry I didn't post yesterday but I've been too excited and having too much fun! Look who came yesterday!!!!!!!

Fig, Tad, and Massah! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY! (Look how UNHAPPY Massah was in the car. It's because Auntie was jumping around and waving me around and Fig and Tad were OUT OF CONTROL CRAZY WANTING TO GET OUT OF THE CAR!)

Some of you asked if Fig was going to be joining us, since the only one I mentioned was Tad. Rest assured, where Tad goes, Fig always runs ahead. Let me explain why I prefer the Tadpole to the Fig. Fig, the heavyweight Boston, is a tad (hee! Tad!) overbearing. Don't get me wrong, she's nice and doesn't hurt me, but she's IN MY FACE NONSTOP ALL THE TIME. And she's not quite as gentle as Tad. Let me show you. This is Tad:

"Well hello there little Coco. You are a lovely and pleasant little puppy. So nice to see you again. I hope Massah lets me out of the car so we can exchange bum smells. Chip, chip, cheerio!"

And here's Fig:

"Be very afraid, little wimpy whatever you are. I don't think you're a dog cause you're so little. You're kinda like IT. And I DON'T TRUST YOU. See this skull and crossbones collar I'm wearing? Yeah. Don't mess with me. Because I am a Boston Terrorist. The coolest and baddest breed of dog EVER. I'll play nice, but listen up, pup, I won't let you out of my sight."

See the difference? So that's why I like Tad a tad bit more than Fig. Moving on... Here I am showing Fig how submissive I am to her:

Then she violated my personal space. But that's OK. It's just something we doggies have to go through.

And then TAD DID THE SAME THING. I was a pretty annoyed at him and told him "LISTEN YOU LITTLE CHINESE MAN! I may have secretly let the world know that I had a crush on you but if you're gonna do THIS (!!!) then it's OVER."

So Tad is no longer my secret boyfriend crush. Ladies, he's up for grabs! But beware! He's a little frisky!

And then after that Tad tries even harder to be macho by raising his leg to pee!!! I don't know if you've been following his blog at all, but he's a boy and he never pees like a boy should. He pees like a lady. Auntie tried to get pictures of him in the act, but her camera was too slow...

(And I don't know why she took this one. Who wants to see his scrawny little butt?!)

We were quite a bizarre mixture of doggins.

Then we went inside and Fig would NOT leave me alone. So I kept trying to get away from her and mostly laid around on the backs of chairs and couches. (Massah took a funny video of it, so make sure to check Tad's blog on Monday to see if she puts it up!)

Then Auntie and Massah decided it would be a cute idea to take their pictures with me and Tad. Whatever. (Notice the absence of Fig. That is because she was kept inside due to Moose, the neighbor's Golden Retriever coming over to visit. Fig FREAKS OUT whenever she sees him, even though he's as gentle as a lamb. She tries to attack and bite him, which is silly because he could eat her in one bite. So anyway while this picture was being taken Fig was still inside screaming her head off.)

Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there! Have a great weekend everyone!!

Soxy Tadpole

2007-06-15T01:16:00.000-04:00

As I've made it a little too clear from yesterday's post, I LOOOOOOVE to play with notatoys, mainly because the hoomans chase me around to try to get them back. When i play with my toys, the hoomans aren't usually as frantic in their attempt to retrieve them. Anyway, I got some more notatoys (of course!) today. Auntie said these sawks are a lot safer...

Here's how I play with notatoys!

Mmmmmm... dirty sweaty smelly socks! Yummy!

And my favoritest doggin in the whole wide world is coming to visit me this weekend! Guess who it is!

YES! TADPOLE!!!!!!!! I CAN'T WAIT! I LOOOOOOOVE TAD! Sigh. He's so dreamy....

Do you think if I look all moony-eyed at him like this he'll fall in love with me?

I'm pretty sure he already has a special place in his heart for me. He's mine, ladies, ya hear? Stay away from Tad! He's mine!

This was a SERIOUS NotAToy!

2007-06-14T00:33:00.000-04:00

OK everybody Auntie doesn't want me to show you this because Mom will see it and probably FREAK OUT. But this is SOOOO FUNNY! And I'm SOOOO proud of myself!

So this is what happened. Auntie went upstairs to get on Mom's computer to try to upload or do something I don't know for sure. But when she was sitting at the computer I went into my hooman-sister's bedroom. Auntie didn't notice! Then I picked up a baaaaaad notatoy and RAN RAN RAN down the stairs and all over the house with THIS!!! (Auntie took this picture in the middle of our chase, that's why it's not very good)

Auntie was FREAKING OUT, shrieking something about it being dangerous and I could hurt myself. I'd run run run, then stop and play with it or lick it, and if Auntie took a step toward me I would run some more so she couldn't catch me! This went on for a looooong time. It was so much fun!!

Look how big it is! It's almost as big as me!!!!!

But then Auntie cornered me by my bed, so I gave it to her because I was tired of playing with it and it seemed to make her happy to get it back.

Just don't tell Mama!

Dog with a Blog

2007-06-13T13:22:00.000-04:00

It's official!! I'm now on Dogs With Blogs!

I'm so excited! Thanks everyone for letting me be a part of such an awesome community!

PLAYING!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-13T01:49:00.001-04:00

Hey everybody!!! OK so I wanted to make a little post about PLAYING! Because playing's my most favoritest thing to do!

I like to play in the dirt!

I like to carry around my monkey!

I like to sleepily chew my monkey!

And I like to PLAY WITH MY MONKEY!!!!!

Here I am chewing one of my more odd toys -- an old toothbrush. I like to keep my pearly whites in tiptop condition. Just look at those teeth!

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! GIMME TOY!

Now to relax and watch some late night TV!

Play, Pose, and Poop

2007-06-11T18:41:00.000-04:00

It is so beautiful outside today!! Auntie took me out to play, and I took my cuz outside. Auntie took a video, which was annoying because she couldn't keep throwing my toy with the camera in her hand...

This is where I found the egg yesterday!!

But there weren't any new eggs that fell out of the tree... Look how sad it made me.

But I cheered up when I stopped to smell the pretty flowers! I love smelling! And flowers! I love everything!

Maybe I can find the left-over shell if I try and smell REALLY hard...

Still couldn't find it... (Note from Auntie: the egg is still out there, but Coco doesn't exactly have the nose of a hound dog...)

Then Auntie held me up and made me pose for pictures. How dare she interrupt my hunting?! I'm so not amused. But you can see where they shaved my leg for the IV I got when I had my anti-procreation surgery.

Um, am I not a little too high?! Is this safe?!?! I DON'T THINK SO!

But this is the best part. We stayed out there for quite a while. Auntie kept telling me to "GO POTTY!" which is just humiliating to have someone chant that at you. So I didn't go potty. But Auntie wasn't sure because she was so distracted by her dumb camera. Then we went inside and LOOK WHAT I MADE!!!!!!!!!

That's right! TWO POOPS!!! (and a pee which you can't really see) HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Can you see me sticking out my tongue?!

That was a lot of excitement all at once. Now I'm going to nap on Auntie's foot.

And she thought it was a rock. Ha!

2007-06-10T19:51:00.000-04:00

OH MY GOSH! You are not going to believe what I got today!!!!! Watch this!

Silly Auntie thought I just picked up a funny colored rock. No-ho-ho! I've seen other bigger dogs chew and eat rocks, but my palate is much more distinguished. This was FRESH ROBIN EGG!!! Auntie totally freaked out when she realized what it was -- you can hear her at the very end of the video! HAAAAAA! But then she wouldn't let me finish licking it. Come on! I only peed twice in the house today! I deserve a yummy treat!

But never fear, fellow doggies. Before she could close the door after bringing me inside, I RAN BACK OUT! as fast as my four wee little legs could carry me! And I got a big mouthful of eggy shell! WOO HOO! Then I ran and ran and ran so she couldn't catch me, but she stood by the egg and when I tried to sneak another bite she grabbed me! Boo!

Oh well. It was heaven while it lasted.

MY FIRST BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-09T23:20:00.000-04:00

Hey everybody!! What's up?! My name is Coco, which means I have TONS of annoying nicknames. But I'm a little crazy and a little fruity, so I'm going with the title The Coco Nut for my blog! I'm SO excited to FINALLY get a blog! All it took was sending my family off on vacation and letting my awesome "aunt" (cousin, really, but whatever) come stay with me for 10 days to get my own blog up!

Anyway, let me tell you what little I'm willing to share with Awesome Aunt about me. I'm a Yorkshire Terrier. I'm not telling my exact age (a lady never does, right?), but I'm still a puppy -- maybe 8 or 9 months? I'm sure Mom will reveal my confidential information concerning this with you, but she's not here, so I can be whatever age I want!! I have a sissy sister named Sophie, who is also a Yorkie. She's oooooold. Like, 7 years or something. I LOVE to play with her, but she HATES me. Oh well! I don't let anything bother me much. I'm the happiest-go-luckiest puppy in the world! My aunt doesn't have any pictures of Sissy on her computer except one that Mom took last weekend with Grammy. Here we are! (I'm the cute one on the left, wanting to get down and PLAY!)

Some of you may know my doggie-cousins, Fig and Tad. And for those loyal readers of Tad especially, you may have heard him speak of his most favoritest person, Massah-in-law. Well, that's my aunt. Here she is with the dreamy Tad:

And here she is with ME!!! (In this picture I've clearly had enough of her kisses.)

She said we should wait for Mom get back before I put pictures of us up because (can you believe this?!) she might not want her picture on here! (Gasp!) But since I'm such a good girl (except when it comes to poo'ing and piddling in the house), I decided to wait on that like I'm told.

My family left yesterday and it's been SO FREAKIN' FUN with Awesome Aunt! Today we went to visit Sadie (Awesome Aunt's cocker spaniel), which I wasn't too sure about. Now don't get me wrong, I'm NOT a big sissy like my Big Sissy. But we were in the bigger doggie's domain and I wanted to respect her and not get on her nerves (I hear she's almost twice as old as Big Sissy! That's ANCIENT!!!). Here I am, all timid-like, after Awesome Aunt woke Sadie up from her long summer's nap:

Sadie's deaf and doesn't have the best vision, so I had to get really really close to introduce myself!

"HI, SADIE! I'M COCO! I'M A LITTLE LOCO! DO YOU LIKE TO PLAY? I LOVE TO PLAY! PLAYING IS MY FAVORITE! OK I'M GOING TO GO EXPLORE THIS HOUSE! SEE YA!"

I ran away before she could respond. When I looked over my shoulder she was laying next to Awesome Aunt with a look saying "Are you kidding me? I'm sleepy! Leave me alone with the puppy and the playing!" So then I went to explore a little...

Wait! What's this?! This rug smells like somedog... Could it be... ???

I KNEW IT!!!! I knew I could smell my beautiful boy, Tad! That totally made my day. I LOVE Tadpole!

Well I think that's enough for my first blog. I'll try to get Awesome Aunt to write a little something every day for the time she's here (maybe with some pictures from MY house with MY things? Hello!!!) and then hopefully Mom will jump in after that! And just so you know, even though I am VERY happy (!!!), I also miss my family. I had to chew on Fig's old pacifier to console myself when I started feeling sad for a minute today.

Hopefully Awesome Aunt won't roll over and smother me to death in bed tonight...

Until next time, my dear doggies! Hope I make lots of friends! I LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!