Friday, December 5, 2008

Giddy Up!

what a classic photo! Serif is an expressionist and has made this face since day one. we don't know what it means, but we've always loved it! now despite Helmut's face, he really does seem to like Serif a lot. he sleeps in the room next to his when he takes naps and even at night. he follows me in the room to check on him and sniffs his bed like he wants to make sure he's okay. sometimes he'll even go in there on his own like he's making sure he's okay. he did this a lot when we first started putting him in his crib. i think he was unsure why we were leaving him. Helmut also comes up to Serif during awake time and sniffs his little face ever so gently. he's so sweet with him.
when i was pregnant i worried a lot about how Helmut would take to a little one around the house. weimaraners have a tendancy to get depressed easily so it scared me that this would happen to him. he doesn't eat well when we leave him for vacations and his stomach always gets upset. helmuts been our baby for 9 years and so we just didn't know how he'd take having a sibling! i'm very proud of him though for taking to him so well. we've paid special attention to him too so he'd know he wasn't being replaced. we're just a happy little family.

2 comments:

Lila said...

nothing is better than this picture of the dog. i will do my best to copy you and make MY dog do this. i know, i'll but a can of tuna in the crib, under the baby and i'll get the dog AND cat "checking on the baby". ;) lol.

lovely dear juanita said...

okay. okay. so i'll be honest here. if you'll notice at the end of the crib just below Helmut, you'll see a little orange triangle . . . that's a dorito! yeah, okay, so i cheated a little. with Jeff not home to help coax him up there (and stay!) i have to do what i can. when inspiration hits, you just gotta do what ya gotta do. =)
he really does check on him though.