Jumping on the Couch

Tom Cruise has nothing on the Pumpkin-Baby!

Last night, in a fashion fit for daytime talk, Pumpkin had a burst of energy, not provoked by her love for Katie Holmes, but rather by her unbridled enthusiasm for her new Beanie squeaky squirrel (the crunchy tail drives her nuts) and chewy bone, gifts from Kristin, that she took a lap around the living room to build up some speed and launched herself on to the couch all by herself. It was pretty spectacular. Later attempts to repeat the feat proved unsuccessful, though there was one more close call, but it required an assist.

Puppy Stank Ear

So Pumpkin had her her first vet visit with us this morning. I took her to Pacific Petcare, which is right by our house. She was very good, and friendly with all of the doctors and staff. They put her on a feline scale, and she weighs 6lbs and 12.5 oz. So I guess she is half grown.

I asked the vet about her ears, because I have been cleaning smelly, waxy discharge from them every day since I got her, it seems. They vet examined her and said she has ear mites and a yeast infection in her ears... in other words, a condition I refer to as "Puppy Stank Ear." So I was sent home with cleaning solution, which worked very, very well, and ointment.

When I clean inside her ears, she chatters her teeth together and thumps her back foot. I think she likes it.

Also, this morning was the first morning that the alarm woke me up, and not the Pumpkin-raptor call. I went out and her pee pad was bone dry and she was lounging like a little angel. So I picked her up and we went and sang Happy Birthday to Porfirio. Happy Birthday, Porfirio. I hope you wished for ointment.

Video - Pumpkin meets N&K

Pumpkin got to finally meet her new brothers, Newton and Kepler. I like to call this clip, "Plaza de la Piscina."

Photos - Baby Pumpkin

We've started a new gallery of photos to chronicle the adventures of Baby Pumpkin. The pictures are located HERE.

Video - Foot-Mouse-Ball

Pumpkin entertained herself with some foot-mouse-ball this morning:

Pumpkin Arrives

Today, the newest member our family arrived... PUMPKIN! She's a sweet cocker-spaniel+cavalier-king-charles mix, or a Cockalier :-)

We've posted pictures HERE.

And the video clips are HERE.

Enjoy :-)

It's Official

We've setup our first joint-personal web site, so I guess it's official... we're getting married in 5-weeks, so what we'll try to do is keep everyone up to date on all the news with pictures, blog entries, and info pages.

Thanks for stopping by!

Love, Porfirio and Laetitia
www.porfirioandlaetitia.com