Bon Voyage!

Today is my last day in Toronto.
Mama is cleaning like a mad woman!
Look how much room there is
in the apartment now, it's nuts!
I haven't seen it like this since we first moved in.
Mama had to get rid of so much stuff!
Thank you to Auntie Trish who took a lot of it.
And the nice cleaning lady, Wendy, she's fabulous!

I've got all I need for the move:
Bear, and kibble.

I'm not sure about the flight though,
I'm a bit scared. Actually I think Mama is
much more scared than me. She's a
big scaredy cat. I know it'll be fine.
I just don't know what to expect.

I just wanted to thank everyone for being so
kind to me. I will miss you all. I really do
hope we can see each other again.
Come and visit me in Calgary, I promise
to show you a good time!!
The next time I post I will be doing so from Calgary.
So stay tuned!!

That Sure Didn't Take Long...

It's happened, I reluctantly went into the crate to fetch Bear.
Mama: 1 / Aiko: 0.
But then she put in a nice comfy blanky for me,
and I immediately barfed on it when I went back into the crate.
Mama: 1 / Aiko: 1.

So Unseasonably Chilly

Boy it's cold outside.
Good thing I get to cuddle on the sofa
under my blanky with my bear.

It's that time of year again,
Christmas time = presents time!
Look, Mama and Papa set up
the Christmas tree. It's so pretty with the lights
and the few decorations we have.
I wonder what I should ask Santa for this year.

I've been a good girl all year long!

Gramma and Uncle Al are coming in two weeks
to visit. I haven't seen Gramma since I was
a baby and Uncle Al for 4 years! I miss them.
I promise to not bite Gramma's toes or take a
big smelly poo near Uncle Al. Maybe they'll
let me cuddle with them this time!
Oh and I forgot to wish Uncle Andy a happy birthday
last Friday. So happy belated birthday!

My First Camping Trip Day 2

I know it's been a while from my camping Day 1 post,
Mama and Papa have been busy TIFFing
so I never get a chance to get on the computer.
But anyway here are my Day 2 pics from camping.

We brought so much stuff camping, but we
forgot to put some of it away at bed time. It was a good thing
that no one (especially the bears!) took any of our food.

Bear and I had a great time camping!
Sleeping in a tent was fun!

I was taking a nap in my tent when I heard a noise outside.
Turned out to be a chipmunk that
was stealing kibble from my dish.

I even helped out with the cooking.
Ok maybe I didn't really help out,
but I was willing to be quality control.
Unfortunately Uncle Brian saw through
my greediness and said no.

Happy Birthday to Me!!

I'm 5 years young today! Yay!
Bear and I are excited for me!

I'm sad that Papa can't be here with me
on my special day, I miss you Papa!
Gambatte!

I have Mama all to myself today.
I wonder what kinds of presents I'll be getting?
Another birthday leg bone perhaps?

Kick Starting Spring Cleaning

So the washing machine in our apartment broke
down about 3 weeks ago and we finally got a new
replacement for it yesterday.
You should have seen the mountain of dirty
clothes hiding in the corner of the room!
They were really nice to sleep on!

We ended up doing 8 loads of laundry!!
I asked Mama to give my toys a bath too.
Don't they look like they need a little refreshment?

I always feel so guilty putting my toys into the wash.
They look scared to me...

I'm also afraid they're going to drown in all that water.
But the new washing machine is a front-loader,
that means it uses 2/3 less water than the
normal top loader ones.
Less water means less detergent, means less waste,
means less money spent!!! Yay!

I wonder if they get dizzy during the spin cycle.
I know I do just watching them.

Don't you think my toys like brighter after a bath?

And out of the dryer they come,
right back to me!
Ahh...I love clean toys!

Happy Febuary

It's Feb 4 today and it's freezing cold. The temperature is -14C with a windchill of -26C, that's just ridiculous! Two days ago, a couple of groundhogs predicted an early spring because they didn't see their shadows. Sure doesn't feel like spring is anywhere near us!

Mama loves it when I lay like this, she says it reminds her of a turkey. It doesn't hurt when my back legs are splayed out like this, but I don't do it very often.

Like always, I love cuddling on my warm couch when it's blistering cold outside.
If you watch this video, please turn the speakers up!

My Post-Surgery Presents

Look what Mama got for me!
A pink and white striped rugby shirt!!
My favourtie colour is pink, and I think I look dapper!

On the back of the shirt is the number 5.
I don't think I am a 5,
I think I'm more like number 1!

Mama also got me this nice red rubber bone too.
It's good for chewing and cleaning my teeth.

My puppy and bear are a bit jealous
that they didn't receive any presents.
But they didn't have to endure bladder surgery like I did,
so I definitely deserve these presents
more than they do!

Season's Greetings!!

First things first, Happy Holidays!! My most sincere apologies to all my loyal fans who tune into my blog all the time, I haven't been updating for a little while because of the crazy things that happened in December. Let me give you the 411 on what I've been up to this last month:

I've been to see the veterinarians a lot. My eyes are much better now, we just need to make sure they stay that way. My bladder is a different story though. Although the pH of my pee is now 7 (that's a good value), and there are no more urate crystals in it, there is however, blood. Dr. Surette said that blood in my pee means there are probably more crystals in my bladder and the only way we'll find out is to do an ultrasound.

When I had the ultrasound, they had to shave my tummy and put this cold gooey gel on my tummy and they looked around with a probey thing. On the ultrasound image, the ultrasound technician saw three crystals in my bladder and some more in my kidneys. The crystals in my bladder are irritating the lining, and that's what's causing the blood in my pee. So the only option now is to do surgery to remove the bladder crystals. I'm scheduled to go in the first week of January. I'm a bit scared, but maybe not as scared as Mama.
She's always freaking out.

We moved from our little one bedroom apartment to another little one bedroom apartment down the street! I was nervous that Papa was going to pack me away in a little box all by myself. All of my favourite people came to help Mama and Papa move: Uncle Brian, Thomas Ojichan, Auntie Trish, and Uncle Edmond!! It was so much fun to play with them all day long! I didn't realize how many toys I had until I saw the box that contained them! And guess what, there's another Bulldog in the new building too! Her name is Greta and she's only a baby, 16 months old!!

I took a break from unpacking to unstuff my bear's head.

My bear's brains are all fluffy and not good to eat.

I'm going to visit with Uncle Brian and his family over the Christmas holidays. I'm really looking forward to it, because I haven't seen his family since the summer time and I really miss them! I'll do my best to be a good girl so Santa will bring me lots of goodies.
You be good too!