Saturday, September 29, 2012

One week out

We are going on one solid week without our Ollie. I have cried every single day for the past seven days.
I can't imagine how parents do it when they lose a child. I. would. die.



Friday, September 21, 2012

Our Ollie

December 2005, I received the greatest gift--in the form of a fat bellied, fluffy headed, puppies breathed great dane. He weighed 12 or so pounds. He was tiny and perfect and we named him Oliver.


He was so cute that I forgot to ask to see his parents. In the weeks that followed, I worried that maybe we bought a black lab instead of a great dane, but within the year I was sure that he was the most awesome great dane ever. :)




Today, we had to put him to sleep. This has been the hardest day ever. The house feels so quiet without him. He is missed so much.

We will miss him coming to check on us before bed.
We will miss his internal clock of 12 and 5--time for food! And his strange obsession for toothbrushes.




We will miss his persistence to have fresh, clean sheets and those moments after when we all laid on the bed together.



We will miss the security he provided when strangers showed up on the porch and his unbelievable ability to tell the difference between a fed ex truck and a UPS truck (which he hated) without looking out the window.
I will miss his protection of me. Jason could hardly give me a high five without a protest from Ollie.
Ellie will miss rough housing with him and those long quality naps RIGHTNEXT to him. :)


Ollie loved Jason. It always warmed my heart to see him greet Jason after work. Such enthusiasm. Such love.
Ollie has been the most loyal and sweetest dog--with the exception of the one time that he bit a small child, but that only happened once. :/
We are all heart broken. He was so loved and already terribly missed.

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Two vs One