Tick Tock

OMG WAT?! It is already a third of the way through March?! Where exactly does the time go?! It seems that life with little Mikkel makes things go even faster than before! I'm not overly complaining but it also means I am getting older.. faster! and that my friends, is not acceptable! I am getting greyer and greyer with each passing day! And by grey, I obviously mean bright white.

Every day Mikkel and I enjoy some park time, where he really likes to chase grannies and meet all the dogs who happen to come by. He met a 18mth old boxer last week.. he screamed. It was all kinds of adorable. He got a little more confidence as the time went on and they ate some ox tongue together. Then they met again on our front lawn, and he had loads of confidence.. he did his throw head back, come at me bro thing and then the boxer did come at him, he screamed a little and ran but eventually he was up there licking at the boxer's mouth. He likes to give doggies kisses. We do have a pretty confident little guy and I'm loving it.

90% of the park time, we meet up with one of his besties, Charlie. They love to frolic together and they both also like to play up a little when they are around each other. On Friday, while us humans had fika, the pups played inside together. It was the first time Mikkel had had anyone in his home and he welcomed both the pup and the human with a little humping action. oh, how embarrassment! Funny little guy!

Yesterday, we headed to see Leia..

..it has been a few weeks since we have all been able to see the cutest, fluffiest finnish lapphund around!

 There is also a little frolicking video.. [video]

They frolicked.. a little hard so we kept having to pick Mikkel up for some rests.. but once they were both tired, they frolicked a little nicer. I can't wait to be able to go for walks with them both and hopefully not have them just play the entire time. Altho, the benefit of the playing is Mikkel then sleeps and sleeps and sleeps some more. He basically slept from when we got home until we woke him up this morning. There were a couple of potty breaks and some feeding happening but for the most part, he slept. Bliss!

We removed the puppy proofed flooring and barriers yesterday and Mikkel went crazy, running around like a little rat! You could almost hear him screaming, "I'm freeeeeeeeeee!" He is so bloody cute and definitely keeps us rather entertained. Perfect addition to this little family! This was him after the freedom run.. [photo]

I will admit, I am happy to have the place looking more for the humans again.. even with the addition of all his toys scattered about the place. The boy does love his toys and it is wonderful.

The weather is starting to be much nicer, sun shining and spring jackets have been broken out! Just lovely! I really can't complain.. life is pretty damn rad these days!

We got Mikkel's pet passport a couple of weeks ago now, and so we can now easily take him out of Sweden to holiday like a boss! As you can see, he is pretty stoked. not. [photo]

One of Mikkel's favourite times to get kisses...

 ..while it's shower time of course!

Every time he hears someone in the shower, he has to investigate! And as an added bonus it also means he doesn't mind being showered himself. Which came in very handy after park time one day last week, when he was chasing leaves and jumped onto what he thought was a leaf but was in fact, a poo. Always a pet peeve that people can't clean up after their dogs and it is nearly always people with big dogs too. Grrr! Anyways, little Mikkel wasn't overly impressed himself.. but it did not stop him from going back to playing Russian roulette with leaves! Once we got home, I hosed him off in the bathtub and he happily complied. Small favours. Drying him is a different story coz.. MUST EAT TOWEL!

And lastly, doesn't he make the cutest desk ornament ever?! [photo]