Pawsitively Kimmy

Two Hundred and Twenty Eight Paws

Dear little ones,

Hi boys. I love you both so much. That’s what I have to say first off. When mama had you both in her belly, at separate times, of course, I couldn’t help but feel like I was going to have my own little puppy. You both make me so happy and so tired at the same time. Ha! The other day, mama tried to take me on a walk during the nap time. I was excited at first. I love walks, I love mama, I love the sunshine, but something stopped me. I pulled back on my harness and then almost sat down on the driveway. There was something pulling me back to both of you. Even for the short time that it takes to go on a walk. I stopped myself. I worry about my puppy dog brothers. You see, I need to be with you both, I’m your guardian and I take care of you guys. I like to sit on the couch, or in the corner of a room and observe, protect and watch you both from afar.

Then we adventure together outside, play, and I sometimes will let you cuddle up to me when you pause your roll for a minute. I love how you squeeze me in your big boy hugs now Leo. You’re a super affectionate, silly, and mischievous lil’ dude. Now Irving, you have a thing or two to learn, but for now, you’re super tasty with all the baby flavors when I get a kiss in each day. I love to lick your head because I can get all of it in one big pink slurp with my tongue. I’m talented like that. Adept with the flash of a dog kiss. ‘Ya gotta be quick before the baby moves or cries, pick one spot for a dog kiss and go with it I say.

xo boys,

Kimmy dog

Window views, traveling adventures in the car.

Two Hundred and Twenty Seven Paws

Dear Leo,

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night on my couch bed and I just listen. Then I get up in one giant leap, and I walk to the steps. I stop and listen again. Then I climb up the steps to my spot on the carpeted floor. I like to get closer to everyone at that time in the night so I go and sleep on the landing of the stairs. It’s a quiet space, well there’s actually two really large squares where I can stretch out. If I needed to I could lay down on the spot above and then sort of melt off the stair and into the second one. It’s a special talent that I possess. I have seen you do this as well though. It must be something about that upper staircase that is so delightful. We just can’t help but slide off of it, right?

When mama and daddy wake up or Irving wakes them up, I hop up, saunter upstairs and wait for them to put my blanket on their bed so I can resume the next three hours of sleep. Sleep is essential to my doggy functioning, as we have discussed previously. I require a lot of sleep. Two naps in the morning, afternoon, and evening help me function at high speed when we play outside. Although, I generally have my later evening naps interrupted by a small human chasing me with cars, stuffed animals, or other items.

Last night we had a super fun time running around the house, or at least you did the running, and I more so “hopped” away every now and then. My favorite moment was when I sandwiched you between the foot stool and myself. That was highly amusing. You tried to wiggle free, but alas, I am too strong. You ended up laughing, yelling, and laughing some more. I was just standing there, leaning into you, so I wasn’t so sure what the problem was, but never the less, it was a good time to be had by all involved. Perhaps we’ll do that again today, we shall see! I love you buddy. Back to my morning nap.

xo,

Kimmy

Two Hundred and Twenty Six Paws

Dear Kimmy,

Morning friend! I’m sending this message to you from my crib-bed. You are asleep with baby I in momma and daddy’s room. There’s so many things that I want to tell you about, but sometimes I find it difficult to decide on one thing.

For instance a few things running through my head right now are: when do we get to go outside and play more? Why does the garbage truck only come once a week? Can we go out front and romp in the grass to the fairy land? Why do dogs have four paws? Can I have fur like you? How many raisins do you think I could put into my mouth at once? I told you I had a lot of things on my mind! Questions just pop into my head. I point to everything on the page in a book and ask, “What’s that? Momma what’s that?” Sometimes I do that for the things I recognize and that I know too. It just reassures me to ask and hear the answer that I know to be true. It’s kind of like when I run up to you and give you an attack hug because it just feels right.

I love to give you big squeeze hugs, even when you start walking away, I walk along side of you. I’m a follow through kind of hugger. I hold on until the hug is complete. I love you buddy. Thanks for playing and drinking pool water for me today.

xo,

Leo

Two Hundred and Twenty Five Paws

Dear Kimmy,

Hi! It’s me, your buddy LDB. We’ve had a lot of nice, sunny, hot weather days this week. I love to watch you when we are outside. I observe how you run, shake your head, and sniff things in our garden. I used to emulate your behavior, but not so much anymore. Sometimes I act like a puppy dog when I am playing, but I don’t try to sniff things like I used to do. I know that you’re a doggy and I am a human, I have that much distinguished about our differences. I mostly like to try and guide you to do things, like, take for instance toys. I like to give you your ball, ring, sticks, grass, and other odds and ends.

Another favorite of mine is to feed you water from my raft pool. I take one of my various recycled pots and give you water after I do some scooping. Yesterday you wanted to go inside when we were in the middle of a, “Give Kimmy water,” session. I had a lot of feelings about that and I didn’t want you do leave our play time. It didn’t all end up working out as I had hoped it would, but that’s ok, as mama and dada say. Sometimes things in life don’t always end up the way you want them to. So, I just get my cries out, do some hiccup breaths, and then I move onto another activity. Usually that’s the pathway I take when life gives me the lemons. You’re definitely some lemonade though, Kimmy dog. I love you!

xo,

Leo

Two Hundred and Twenty Four Paws

Dear Leo,

Hi there buddy! While momma and I write to you, you are in a deep slumber. I wonder what you’re dreaming about lil dude? Sometimes you’re in my dreams. I often wake up thinking about you and your little brother. We meet in the field by our house, in my dreams, and we run, run, run and chase after your rainbow soccer ball.

Speaking of that particular ball… we have been having a ton of fun in the afternoons during our cool off in the pool time. We started off last week with a round pizza pool, but it seems to have gotten a hole in it already. So now we are splashing around in dada’s raft. It makes for a really fun pool and it is more cushioned for you on the bottom of it… I wouldn’t know, I don’t go in the pool, but I heard dada explain it all to you and mama.

You have this super fun game that you like to play with me during your pool time. It’s called, “Scoop the water, give it to Kimmy!” Most of the time I enjoy this game because, let’s face it, it’s hot out, I need to drink water. There are other items when I’m not particularly interested in drinking the water, that’s especially true when it is ninety plus degrees outside! Yesterday you had a lot of feelings about me wanting to cool off inside and not be out in the heat. I will usually go back to you so that you don’t get upset, but I wasn’t interested in anything but laying down in the house. There’s something about our house that is more comfortable in the heat of the day. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love it when the sun is shining and the air is crisp with a breeze fluffing my ears back and forth. There’s always a perfect condition that I long for, but that’s all creatures, right? More so with humans, but us dogs have those feelings too, every now and then.

Love you buddy,

Kimmy

Two Hundred and Twenty Three Paws

Dear Leo,

One of the reasons I love to snooze so much is that it powers me up for when we get to play together. Sometimes I don’t have quite enough energy to race around and around and around the yard one hundred times, so I have to lay down. Then you race up to me and tackle me, which, if I’m being honest, I don’t mind at all, I love it, but none the less, I need my sleep.

Another reason I love to nap is that it’s so relaxing. Us dogs know a lot about relaxing and allowing our bodies to refresh through sleep. I especially enjoy sleeping in the same space as you and your brother. This allows for full on dream transparency between the two of us. I find that it’s easier to transmit the proper dream code to one another, if we’re in the same room. We had the best dreams together when you were tiny. I loved sharing dreams because we would play, race, romp, snack, love, and laugh together. I do this with you when you are awake too, but mostly I enjoy our dreams because they are ours and ours alone. I love you buddy. Thank you for being my awake and dream buddy.

xo,

Kimmy-Kim

Two Hundred and Twenty Two Paws

Dear Leo,

This morning y’all went on an adventure for a walk at a park, but I didn’t get to go with you. I felt kind of sad in my paws. Later in the day though, after our nap time, we went to the giant field, and you have been talking about ever since. I had always seen other doggies on the field, and this time, we got to go together! I was so excited to get all of the smells into my body that I almost pulled daddy and baby I into the garden along the field’s fence line. I pulled it together though, or daddy did, rather, and then we romped around the grass. I got into full hound dog mode and turned on the hyperactive smell radars. I smelled the grass, the brambles, the tree trunks, the grass around the tree trunks, the dirt, the rocks, the soccer goal, momma, baby I, you, your feet, mama’s toes, dandelions, bumble bees, the list could go on and on and on. Dada took us across the field with your ball in your small hands and we adventured to the, “dirt mountain,” and back and back across again. Mama sat on the ground and did the milks with the baby, and I checked in on them before we went back across the field.

Gosh, that was one of the best summer moments so far. I loved being able to explore and go on an adventure with my buddies. You guys fill my puppy bucket with love and laughter. Speaking of laughs, you laughed so hard when I was checking out the tree trunk. I’m not sure what was so funny, but mama said something about, “Snuffle-up-a-gus.” Whoever that Snuffle-dude or dudette may be, they have a good thing going with that nose of theirs, like I do. Love you LDB!

xo,

Kimmy

Two Hundred and Twenty One Paws

Dear Leo,

Greetings small human! Did you notice I didn’t say, “tiny human,” as a reference for you? That’s because your brother is the newest tiny human. I have fun coming up with these references for my little guys. I love you both so much! I digress from the main point of this letter though.

Yesterday, while on our second round of the neighborhood walk, whilst passing the cat house not one, but two cats crossed the road! I was so excited and startled that I tried talking to them and tried to pull dada over so we could socialize with them. No such luck though. That was slightly disappointing. I am a super friendly dog, and I am aware that cats are different than I, but I still want to be their friend. My best friend at the start of my life in this house was a cat. I loved to lick her ears, snuffle her soft fur and ruffle her feathers. She’s gone now and I miss her a lot. That’s why I like to lay in the extra bedroom, well now little brother’s bedroom and look out our window.

The last afternoon we had together we snuggled on her bed, and then she hopped up and gazed out the window with me and sniffed my eye brows. I knew that was her way of saying good bye to me. Bella’s my bestie for life. So that is why I am always on the lookout for the cat friend potentials out there. She taught me that cats are cool, and that they rule of course, but I just can’t get enough of them! Also, sometimes you like to answer questions with a, “Meow, meow,” so I’m thinking that you’re a fan of cats too Leo. You know a good thing when you see it!

xo,

Kimmy

Books, toes, and paws, as everybody knows.

Two Hundred and Twenty Paws

Dear Leo,

Thank you for taking me out on a walk with dada each morning. Sometimes mama and the tiny human join us. I know that you all go on an afternoon adventure together, but I love it when we are altogether as a family. The tiny human sleeps a lot and we don’t wake a sleeping baby, at least that’s what dada and mama say to us. So, sometimes we take walks that are not altogether and that’s ok. It’s a season of life with two little puppy brothers.

I love when you talk to me on our walks. You hold my leash sometimes, so that you don’t lose your way, but mostly we just go on our walk and search for kitty cats, diggers, flowers, neighbors, and dogs. Our neighboring husky dog friend hasn’t been out the last few days. Sometimes, when he/she is out I pull us closer and we have a quick little chat of, “Sniffs, woof woof woofs, grunts.” That pup has a giant old volleyball in the front yard that a little girl plays with. You always point to the ball and now you say lots of words, so naturally, you say, “Ball, mama/dada, that doggy ball, play!” I must exit this letter entry because I need more doggy sleep. It really takes it out of me to keep up with you all morning and then work on my writing with mama’s transcription, of course. Gotta go catch some Zzz’s.

Kimmy

Two Hundred and Nineteen Paws

Dear Leo,

Hiya buddy! I write to you whilst sleeping on mama and dada’s bed. I know that you love their bed too. It’s pretty fun to sit up high from the floor on the coziness of bedding. You love to go under the covers and snuggle into a pillow next to mama. You both do that when the baby is nursing.

Then I listen to you read all the books from the giant book pile. You like to hold all the books now, turn the pages by yourself, and point to things in the pictures and tell mama all about it. I love listening to you describe pictures and photographs. You have lots of words that you know and can pronounce so well. Often times humans try to underestimate what us dogs can truly understand. I know a lot of things, and when I don’t know something I can decipher its meaning from what mama calls, “the context clues.” I figure things out by listening, watching, and learning. I’m hearing your little brother make tiny sounds from his bassinet. He wiggles around like a little glow worm in his snug blank-ie swaddle. I remember when you were a glow worm baby and hung out all day. I loved you so much then, and so much now.

xoxo,

Kimmy