Hail to the Redskins!

Here's a pic of Tuck and I ready to go in our Skins gear on Sunday before the big game against Dallas!

Our friend Kyle has awesome seats (7 rows back in the end zone) and I was lucky enough to get to go with him to the season opener against the Cowboys.  What a great game!!  The atmosphere in the stadium was crazy and the game was so exciting.

Warm up at FedEx Field

Love the gold pants!

Kickoff

At the end of the game I even got to slap hands with some of the players walking back through the tunnel - you know, no big deal.  One player even handed me his towel, which was awesome, and it was clean so that was an added bonus.  Clearly he did not play much, but whatever, it's still cool.  All in all it was a GREAT game!  Lets hope the Skins can keep it up this season...

 

He's heeeerree...

And running our lives.  You all have fair warning - these may be the cutest puppy pictures ever!  (I'm not bias or anything I promise).

We picked up our new puppy, Tucker, over Labor Day weekend.  I was super excited, and clearly not ready for what was about to happen.  So anyone who wants to say "I told you so", feel free to chime in.  Here are some pics from the first few days.  He was about 3.5 pounds when we picked him up.

Pit stop on the way home

     I'm in love - He looks sweet and innocent now :)

Bonding on the way home - he insisted of burrowing behind my head

I think he had a few lonely nights at first, but he is settling right in.  He fooled us with his sweet nature and cuddliness at first, and then turned into a 4 pound terror biting and barking around day 3.  Verrry sneaky, Tucker!  I seem to take a lot of pictures of him sleeping, probably because that's when he's not biting me. :)

He's very good at helping with the laundry

The real reason I got a puppy - to snuggle

Being cute is hard work

He is 11 weeks old and already seems much bigger than when we first brought him home 10 days ago.

My boys :)

He is DEFINITELY testing our patience (not that either of us had a ton to begin with), but he's a great new addition!

St. Michael's

John and I had a great trip to St. Michael's, MD!  I didn't know much about the place before going there - other than that parts of the movie Wedding Crashers was filmed there :).  It's a neat little town and a great quick getaway from DC.  Picking grabs, getting massages, and going for a sail - yes please!  Here are some pics from our trip (and possibly our last trip for a while since a certain ankle biter now runs our lives)!

Starting vacation off right - wine tasting at St. Michael's winery!

 The weather was great (but hot), so we rode bikes around the town.  Someone may or may not have had a little bike incident prior to this picture.  We won't talk about that...(no, shockingly it wasn't me).

We ate great, went to the local brewery for a tasting and tour, and John caught up on Real Housewives of New Jersey - he's a big fan haha.

We also had a sunset sail on one of the oldest skipjacks.  It was interesting to say the least.  The captain was quite the story-teller, and he insisted that I steer the boat back into the harbour.  Bad idea.  As you can see, I was terrified...but the sunset was pretty.

We finished our trip picking crabs with a pitcher of beer - doesn't get much better than that!

Crabcakes and football - that's what Maryland does!

Hello, Goodbye Summer

Wow, I can't believe summer is already over!  It definitely went too fast, but I'm ready for some cooler (less humid) weather.  We had quite the crazy end to our summer.  The last weekend in August we went down to VA Beach for one of my best friends' housewarming party, then came back to DC and left the next day for a few days of vacation in St. Michaels, MD.  We ended summer this weekend by picking up our new puppy, Tucker!!  More posts to come about the vacation, and of course Tucker will have his own post (lets be honest, probably several).  I hope everyone had a great summer!

And the nightmare begins...

The nightmare that is fantasy football.  Tonight we had half of John's fantasy football league over for the draft.  This is what I'm working with...

I can now say goodbye to trying to get John to do anything on Sundays. :)

Negative 1 Year Anniversary!

Well no surprise I'm already falling behind - I wrote this Friday and then meant to post it, but totally forgot.  Better late than never I suppose...

I can't believe that a year from today I'll be getting married to the most amazing guy! (ask me if he's still amazing after football season starts) KIDDING!  I'm sooo excited and there is so much to do!  I'm sure that the year will fly by, and be filled with the stresses of planning (which I'm already experiencing), but I really want to enjoy this time leading up to the big day and the excitement of being engaged.  Only happens once :)

Puppy Fever!

Recently, I have had a serious case of puppy fever.  I was going crazy looking at breeder websites, deciding what breed would be right for us, and torturing myself looking at adorable puppy pictures.  I would like to think that my "puppy fever" rubbed off on John, but really I think he was just tired of the crazy person I was becoming.  Long story short - my convincing was a success!  

This past weekend John and I went to look at a puppy in PA!!  He was absolutely adorable and only 2.3 pounds.  We went ahead and put a deposit on him and will be able to take him home for good in a couple weeks.  We were his first strangers, so he was a little scared at first, but the owner brought in a couple of his litter mates and he warmed right up!
Here are a few pics for your enjoyment! Try not to catch puppy fever ;)

Puppy play time!

He can't deny it - he loves him :)

I know we've got some work ahead of us, but how can you say no to that face...