Jazzy's Gotcha Day

It's hard to believe it's already been a year since Jazzy joined our family!  I recently revisited this post, which talks about how Jazzy ended up with us.  I truly cannot imagine Jazzy not being a part our lives. Adam and I had gaping holes in our hearts from the loss of our baby.  While those holes will never be completely filled, Jazzy sure has stuffed lots of love in them.  

She brings us so much happiness and joy.  Adam and I have laughed so much more since Jazzy moved in with us.  There's a lightness she brings to our everyday lives and we are so incredibly lucky she's our dog.  

We wanted to show Jazzy how much we love her, so we wanted to spend her Gotcha Day doing all the things she loves most.  Since the weather has been unseasonably warm, we decided to take Jazzy to a trail.  The girl loves to go on walks, especially to territory where the smells are new.  So, we decided to take her to a trail she's never been to before.  

She had a blast!  She loved looking at all the pretty views.   

She seemed to be quite enthralled with the lake views.  Or it might have been the people fishing.

I think she was especially excited that she was with us.  Jazzy has a pretty sweet dad.  Not all doggy dads would willingly walk around holding a pink leash.  

While on the trail, we noticed a random dog park.  Jazzy is not exactly thrilled when she comes across other dogs.  She's okay with some, but despises others.  Adam has braved one other dog park with her and it's wasn't exactly her cup of tea.  But we figured we'd let Jazzy try it out since we ran into it.  

Jazzy seemed curious about it and did enjoy all the smells.  She was perfectly content to wander around where there weren't any dogs and pee on things.  Jazzy did not care for most of the dogs.  She preferred to watch all the action as opposed to being a part of it. 

Oh well, at least she had the option to play.  We'll still have to work on being around other dogs.  We decided not to force her to play.  It was her special day, after all.

After the dog park and trail walk, we made a couple other stops.  We stopped by Poppy's, which is an ice cream joint that features a "Puppy Scoop" on the menu.  Jazzy ordered it and devoured it.  And we also visited Home Depot.  Jazzy loves to greet everyone and get lots of attention.  The Home Depot employees certainly delivered and Jazzy got lots of loving.  

After all her adventures, she still wanted to go on a walk when we got home.  She sat patiently on the rug by the front door.  And since it was her special day, we obliged.  It's pretty hard to say no to such a sweet face.  

All in all, I think Jazzy had one heck of a Gotcha Day.  We'll have our work cut out for us next year.

We love you, Jazzy!