A Great Loss

Sophie Marie November 6, 2002-March 29, 2009.

On Sunday afternoon my precious Sophie was hit by a car and died almost instantly. She died doing what she loved, being outside and hanging out with Wes. I know Sophie is just a dog but she was more than a dog, she was part of our family. She was my first baby and my princess. She was spoiled rotten and had a mind of her own. Her favorite spot was on the couch looking out the window, she loved seeing what was going on in the neighborhood and sleeping the day away. She was such a great companion. Anywhere I was Sophie would shortly follow, in the bathroom, putting the boys to bed or watching TV she was always close by, wanting to sit in my lap. And if I would have know she would be taken so soon I would have let her in my lap all the time. Sophie loved playing fetch, with Pinky. As soon as you would pick her ball up she would be at attention, she would stay that way never flinching until you threw the ball. She loved being outside, playing in the snow, visiting the neighbors yards and just lying in the sun. Although she loved sniffing other yards and wandering around she would always come home. We never had a problem with her running away, she knew this was her home. She loved chasing cats, anytime there was a cat in our yard Sophie would freak out until we would let her out to chase the cat out of her territory. Thank you Sophie for keeping the cats out of my flowers, thank you for keeping me warm at night, thank you for cleaning up after the boys eat, she was our own doggie vacuum, thank you for being sassy, grumpy and being the best little dog our family could have. I know the boys drove you crazy, but you never hurt them and I loved you for that. I am sorry that I couldn't stop you from going in the road, I am sorry that you can't be with us anymore. We will miss you more than you will know. You have brought so much joy into our lives. My heart hurts so much, my eyes are swollen from crying. I miss you so much. I am sorry! I love you more than I showed you. You were my princess and my friend. I will miss you, thank you for being a part of our lives, thank you for being the best dog anyone could have. We will miss you! Goodbye Sophie Marie.

Update

At the Zoo.

Sam swimming or chewing. FYI that is not Annie sitting behind him!

Aydan as Captain Jack Sparrow.

Sam's new toy. He hears you loading the dishwasher and he dashes over.

This is just a cute picture of Sam.

It's been awhile since I last posted. I have not been in the mood to blog, I have the winter blahs. I am really looking forward to Spring. Anyway here is a break down of what has been happening at the Norton household. At the end of February we went to free zoo day. It was a lot of fun. Aydan had to be the leader and kept saying "follow me, I'm the leader". He was obsessed with seeing the snakes. He had a little map of the zoo and kept looking at it trying to show us the way to the snakes. We finally got to the snakes and he was in heaven . He actually was able to touch a snake! He just loves snakes, crazy boy! And here is a story of what a great brother Aydan is. One morning Aydan was in bed with us and Sam started waking up. He said I need to go check on Sam. We of course stayed in bed. Shortly later Aydan came down with some toilet paper and proceeds to tell us that he was trying to get some boogers off of Sam's face. He said he got some of it, but not all and gave me the toilet paper and told me to go get the rest of the boogers off of Sam's face. He even tried to use a baby wipe but said we didn't have any. I know it's kind of a gross story, but how loving is Aydan! What a sweetie. I hope Aydan stays this close to Sam, and always looks out for his little brother. They are so cute together. Sam finally got his first and second teeth at the same time, he is waving bye-bye and hi, or really if you wave at Sam he excitedly waves back. Sam also went swimming for the first time! Of course he loved it. At first he clung to Peter and his teeth were chattering. But soon he was crawling all over the place and splashing like crazy. We had to chase him all over the shallow end, he would have kept crawling till the water was over his head. We are going to have our hands full when he starts walking.