HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNIE!!!!
ONE YEAR OLD!!! January 14, 2010
Happy Birthday to Annie's brothers and sisters
Diesel, Stella Luna, Shadow, Jack, Bowdoin, Molly, Goose and Rosie!
We want to wish you all a Very Happy First Birthday!
Kayla, Annie, Francie and Jeannie will were celebrating,
complete with cake and tiny cupcakes.
Annie had her brother, Shadow, come over to celebrate their First Birthday together!
Look Everyone!
My big brother Shadow is here!
He has a blue collar and I have a red one.
Now we can have cake AND cupcakes!!!
I'll have two of each!
Annie was just a fuzzy little puppy who grew into a beautiful young lady. She is our comic relief. Kayla, her mom, has to keep her in line. Francie, her aunt, is her best playmate. They go digging outside in the snow. Jeannie, her cousin, who also used to be her babysitter, is always ready for a game of "Tug of War".
Sunday, November 15, 2009
It's "Happy Birthday" time for Annie's mom,
Kayla and Aunt Francie.
Cupcakes are required.
This is hard! There are only 3 cupcakes left and there are four dogs.
Maybe I should just eat all of them and then we won't have to worry.
Now, there only two! 
Ooh! Those cupcakes papers smell good! I know they are not allowed, I will just sniff them again.
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Annie's sister, "Stella Luna" came to visit!
Annie thought she was looking in the mirror and could not believe her eyes!
She said "Stella looks just like me!"
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Stella is on the left and Annie is on the right. Annie gets very serious when treats are being offered.
"Diesel" is big brother to Annie & Stella.
What would it be like to have all three look alikes
running around?
He could not be there,
but his family sent us photos to show Annie.
Diesel is enjoying being a dog!
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It doesn't get much better than this!
Diesel has a favorite toy and he sleeps on the bed!
I'm tired from all that running! How about giving me the stick again?
Annie, Mike and Stella.
It is great to see how our dogs are growing.
Stella's "flying" dog ears are so cool!
Stella's dad says "Who wants this stick?"
What a FUN day!!!
We can see who is having the BEST time!!!
Kayla, Jeannie, Annie and Francie pose together.
Annie loves all her visitors, especially if they want to play!
Annie had visitors during the summer.
All of her cousins came to see us and Annie got to play!
Francie's pups and their families came to visit and some even went swimming. Kayla, Francie, Jeannie and Annie all were very happy to show them how much fun it is to get wet!
Kayla and Annie Love Birthday Parties! Annie is looking for the cupcakes! 8-21-09
Before the puppies went to their new families in July, Annie was still enjoying their company.
Looks like she was trying to play with them through the enclosure.
Jeannie and Ms. Pink are getting a "sit" lesson from Jess.
(6-21-09)
Now that the pups are starting to eat out of their own separate dishes, Annie has offered to help "clean" their dishes. She is so efficient! (6-21-09)
Annie wants
Mr. Yellow and
Mr. Green to try out for
captains
of the
soccer team!
She is having a blast with these puppies!
She knows when they eat, she gets to clean out the pot and she also gets to clean off the dish they eat out of. After that, she cleans off the puppies!!!
Mr. Blue was biting Annie by the tail this morning and she did not care.
Annie is the "babysitter". She plays gently with the puppies in our kitchen. They climb all over her. (6-16-09)
Annie had company!
Her big brother, "Goose", came to see her today!
He weighs 50 lbs. and she weighs 49 lbs.,
one pound more than she does.
They are five months old.
They were sooooo busy saying "Hello" to each other,
that they did not stay still! (6-14-09)
Ms. Pink gets together with Annie and Kayla.
Kayla treats these puppies like they were her own. (6-14-09)
We encourage our little puppies to be with our older females.
They learn more self confidence and social skills.
You never know who you will meet
on a walk around town.
Annie thinks she can sneak a nap on the couch while we are busy with other things.....
We all know she has Mike wrapped around her little paw!
Annie got inside the whelping box with Francie's Pups today. She remembered this box from when SHE was a little puppy! 6-4-09)
We find all of our female Labradors to be so loving and maternal!
Annie got right in the box and started gently cleaning the puppies that are only a few months younger than herself. (6-4-09)
What do you want me to spit out?
I am not hiding anything...... Oh! You can see the tail and the feet?
Wait, just let me get another grip on this chipmunk the cat brought me!
Annie knows if she poses on the back steps, she will get a treat.
Annie loves to pose for photos
and be next to us!
Margaret and Annie
Annie and Mike
Uncle Beau, Kayla (Mom), and Annie May 17, 2009
The above photo is the day all the puppies were born. We had to keep the big dogs away from Francie, so there was lots of time to play outside! They like that!
May 3 we celebrated Beau's birthday. We always celebrate birthdays! Sometimes it gets a little crazy, because they all know that when those little cupcakes show up, "We're Having a Party!!"
Be careful about singing the birthday song in our house. You might start a Barkathon!
Vinnie, who was sitting next to Beau, was to be celebrating his birthday in August.
He said he wanted to have ice cream, but we'll have to "talk" about that.
His sisters, Clementine and Jeannie were planning something special.
We will be putting new photos and stories on this page.
If you have photos of your puppy from one of our litters and stories, please e-mail them to us!
Thank you,
Mike and Margaret Ammirata