Kevin, Shannah, Liam, Lorelei & Delaney

I'll never forget scouring the Internet for pugs in that empty, quiet 4 bedroom house. Newly married, just moved to an Island, your dad just went on his first deployment and had bought me Bruiser to keep me company and feeling safe. But I knew we were missing something, someone special. I needed you.  Your Dad emailed and said "no more dogs!" & "no new dogs on deployment!" I told him B needed a  friend & maybe he did, but ALL I knew then was I needed you. I kept searching. I checked all over the island to no avail. No pugs to be found anywhere. I debated on sending a pug from Australia to Hawaii. Then one day on the way home from the grocery store I felt the need to stop by the pet store near our house. I cared not about the ice cream melting in the car or the milk spoiling. I had a clear calling to you. I watched in the Window as your brother and sister attacked you while you tried to nestle in the corner alone. I asked the clerk to take you out of ...

On September 26th Lo took her first steps (of her own accord). She was finally confident enough to try it! She still prefers crawling to get her places but she can walk if & when she wants to. Her vocabulary is also growing.  She's added "elbay" for elbow (Thanks to Liam's daily repeat of "owww my elboooow" from the movie Epic). She knows who "mama" and "dada" are now and directs those words appropriately.  She's started with "bubb" which I think is brother.  She growls at Liam and he growls back (or vice versa). She says "hi" and will wave hi and bye bye on command. She says "a dah" when she sees one of our dogs. Speaking of fur kids,  sadly on Sept 9th we lost our beloved Porky, who fought a serious ailment for many days. Apparently he had horrible pancreatitis (we are thinking perhaps all his life) & no matter what treatments we tried, it was just too painful of a fight for him.  Rip Porky...