Sawyer Loses His Manhood

On Thursday Sawyer went under the knife for his neuter (which should have been done months ago). Since I was a working single parent for the last couple months, I didn't have time to be with him while he recovered. So as soon as Matt got home, we scheduled his surgery. All went well and he is now at home wearing his "cone of shame".

Still sporting his bandage from the IV site

The first day he was pretty groggy and just walked around a little and slept. The next morning, Sawyer starting whimpering when Matt woke up so we assumed he was in pain and got him out of his crate. He immediately starting bolting around the house and bringing us his toys so we would play with him. Thankfully, knowing that our boy is a ball of energy, I thought ahead and requested a sedative from the vet. So we loaded him up with half a Tramadol and a sedative and he remained in a happy state of drunken grogginess. On post-op day #2, he was attempting to jump off the back of the couch (in the cone, mind you). Needless to say, he has been appropriately drugged again and we are expecting a full recovery :)

He's home!

Waiting for his daddy to come home

So I'm about 2 weeks behind on this announcement, but nonetheless...After being gone for nearly 2 months, Matty is home! After a 14 hour drive from Quantico, VA, he arrived late on a Wednesday night. He was greeted with plenty of tail wagging and kisses from Sawyer and one very excited wife. He graduated 6th in his class and received Distinguished Graduate and Squad Leader awards. I'm very proud of his hard work in Sgt's Course! We spent a relaxing weekend together just enjoying each other's company again.

My boys

The next weekend some of my classmates from Mobile made the drive to P-cola to hang out. We went to Pensacola beach and visited my two favorite places on the boardwalk: Bamboo Willies and Papa's Pizza. We got some yummy pizza and daiquiris to-go and spent the afternoon soaking up the sun.

Mimi, Me, and Abbey

That night we had dinner at McGuire's where Mimi ordered their famous Irish Wake:

Then it was on to Seville's for their dueling piano show (by now you should know I am an avid dueling piano bar fan).

Matt and fellow Marine Rasheed

Scooby Snacks for all!

Dad visits P-cola

At the end of April, my dad came to visit me (and Sawyer) in Pensacola while Matt was away at Sgt's course. I was feeling a little lonely and my Dad hadn't met his "granddog" yet (gasp!). We had a fun-filled week of lounging at the beach, taking Sawyer for walks (and swims), seeing movies, and going out to eat. Here's the week in pictures:

Dad having a margarita from Bamboo Willie's on the beach. Bottle says "Been there, drank that". Classic.

Picture from the Blue Angels practice show at NAS Pensacola

Beach time with Mr. Sawyer

Crawfish Festival- I am behind the camera trying unsuccessfully to eat my corn dog. The very sight of people eating crawfish makes me lose my appetite.

We ran a 5k together and while strolling around downtown later that day we saw the timing company's top-of-the-line RV. Needless to say, I won't be posting our times because I believe they were grossly inaccurate :)

Thanks for keeping me company, Dad! You're welcome back anytime :)