the faces of millie

she looks so different in each of these pictures. but she is the sweetest dog in the world. 

she seriously poses when i pull out my camera...or runs away. [depending on her mood...]

day at the water.

justin and i decided to take millie to the arboretum again today. she loves it there and we needed some time outside.

i'm just going to post a few pics. i'll share what the Lord showed me later.

look at this fierce animal in action...

please take note of her eyes, she is focused.

yes, the water is truly that nasty strange color. but she loves it, i personally will never get in.

seriously, i am so in love with this dog.

weekend.

i am seriously so excited to see my parents this weekend. 

Daddy got here today to do some business and Momma J is coming down tomorrow morning. Dad has been here a couple times on business, and Mom hasn't been since we moved...so I am excited to show them our little life here in Tuscaloosa and campus since neither have gotten a chance to see much of it.

 Tuscaloosa friends! Come tailgate with Bama Crusade (and my parents!!!) on Saturday. We are planning on getting to campus around 3, hopefully our spot will be on the quad across from Bid Good and Graves Hall.

Even Millie is pumped to see her grandparents!

birmingham.

on saturday, we did a day trip to birmingham. we had to wanted to get out of town and it's less than an hour away...so perfect destination!

First stop was Wildflower Wax--the cutest lil store in Helena. They have homemade candles...seriously, how precious! They also have a pretty good sized selection of cowboy boots. I got the cutest pair, a little bit of a splurge for me, but totally worth it!

Then we were off to Mountain Brook to hang out with Allen, our friend and worship leader for Bama Crusade. Allen's friendship has been such a blessing to Justin! He has a black lab (Harvey) who Millie adores. We had such a fun afternoon letting the dogs play and watching football. Allen's family has cockapoos. 5 dogs in total, I was in dog heaven. I wasn't able to get a good pic of all 5...they were just too excited and having too much fun to sit still for the camera.

I missed the photo-op of all 5 slapping up water. Dang it. But this is still adorable.

If you look up puppy love in the dictionary, this picture is what you will find. Look at Harvey and Millie!

my sweet family.

the other night justin fell asleep on the couch. and millie jumped up and cuddled up next to him. 

how precious is my family? i love them so much.

last week, i posted about millie being a sweet puppy. now, i feel the need to share with you a more real side of millie. is more real even english? oh well...forgive me.

I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready, when I realized I hadn't heard from Millie in a few minutes. I look over and see that she has somehow positioned herself like this...

1. I almost didn't post this because the kitchen table is so unorganized...I promise I was in the middle of working too! 

2. You may or may not be able to notice that our table is quite tall, therefore this dog jumped up on the stool in order to get on top of the table.

3. After snapping these pictures, she decided to get all the way on the table and run around a little bit...just enough to mess with the papers on the table and get me all worked up.

Don't worry, she got disciplined once I made sure I got a good shot of her. Glad you got a glimpse of real life with baby Millie!

a rare sweet moment.

I try very hard to have boundaries for Millie (our 4 month old chocolate lab puppy), but sometimes I just am too tired to discipline her. I was def feeling that way this morning, when I saw her laying on the coffee table. She is never supposed to be ON the table, but when she looks this precious I just can't bring myself to moving her.

Those of you who have hung out with Millie know that these sweet moments do not last long. She does not disappoint, it was literally under 2 minutes before she was acting up again. I am so glad I snapped the pic when I did.