Ocean Shores - Day 2

Took Cinnamon for a morning walk in the dunes first thing in the morning. The air smelled like sea water, sunshine and fresh grass - she loved it. We walked through all of these trails together and she was stopping every other second to smell every last bit of grass out there.

-L

Ocean Shores - Day 1

We made it to the hotel and went straight to the beach. Cinnamon romped in the water and then laid down to soak up the scenery. What a perfect first day of vacation!

- L

Going on a trip...

Guess what??!! The Corley's are going on a trip! Mom and dad started packing, so Cinnamon decided she would gather her things for the vacation to Ocean Shores. Boy was she excited. She needed to get her raccoon baby - where is that thing. Oh yeah, it is by the bed. Got it mom - I am all packed and ready for my car ride

The first snow

Cinnamon was born in Florida, so of course she had never seen snow until we moved to Washington.

We moved when when she was 2 years old, back in '96, it was fall and then that winter it was the first snow for all of us.

This is me with her enjoying the snow. She probably wasn't looking up because she was getting attacked by snow flakes, or maybe she was eating them, or maybe she lost a contact, who knows.

But look, there she is! smaller, younger, and all cinnamon colored.

-M

America's Next Top Doggie

Watch out Tyra and your crew of underfed - semi pretty drones....Cinnamon Star Corley is going to put all of your models to shame!

Great Smile.

Look at that bone structure.

So flexible.

No one stands a chance against this cuteness!!
- LC

Family Photos!

Look!

Hey look! Cinnamon can curl her arms back, or hands, paws is it? whatever.
She can do it and its awesome! Look at it, look, just look, its so cool.
Shes happy about it, look at her, that happy face, all about the curling.

Take notes, this is talent.

-M

Sunny days for business dog

When its sunny out the sun is bright, people get all squinty with their eyes cause its so bright, doggies do to. Us people use sunglasses to help with the squinting, but not dogs, well I guess some pets wear sunglasses for brief periods of time for funny photography. Thats probably all over the web, I bet there's a website called letsputsunglassesonourpetscauseitsfunnylooking.com

If there is I'm not a subscriber to that site. When Cinnamon wears glasses its serious stuff, shes all business when she has those on. Oh? Shes wearing them indoors you say.... well, uh... she was in a meeting, about business when these photos were snapped.

Seriously.

That laying down pic, well, you know how boring some meetings can be.

-M

work sucks

Why does momma and pape have to work?
They should stay home with me and the raccoon baby!

Stairs

Stairs can be hard when you get older, if you were 98 would like to climb two stories of stairs every time you want to go outside and play or go pottie? I should think not.

Cinnamon also doesn't seem to enjoy the stairs as of late. Shes a trooper though, she tackles them with stiff determination. So stiff that sometimes her back legs act up in a manner to which they've been giving out on her because they are, oh so tired.

We understand that stairs are no fun, so we have begun to carry her upstairs when Cinnamon does not feel like climbing them that day. It's really quite nice, she just tucks her back legs under her tummy and looks around wondering when this human elevator will let her down.

Thankfully shes not too heavy, but of course even if she was, we'd still lift her.

-M

The Deck

We've cleared off the deck and layed out a blanket for Cinnamon to sit on when were out there. At first, she had to be coaxed out, but she would just run from one door to the other not staying outside, then about a week later she would lay down if we sat on the chairs out there, now, we have both the sliding glass door and the bedroom door open to keep the house cool, and Cinnamon just goes out on her own now. She used to be pretty hesitant, unsure of the surface, her nails make a clicking sound on the ground so I think that makes her uneasy, but it bothers her less now it seems.
She likes it especially after we grill, and she sticks her head under the grill and licks whatever grilling juice has leaked through. We always tell her not to lick it up, but I don't really mind.

-M

Sunny with a high of 75

I brought home the nice camera from work again this weekend, so Cinnamon had a wonderful day long photo shoot. We went to the park as a family, then went and got a bath, then came home and hung out and slept. Cinnamon was so pretty in the photos that Momma bought her a new toy, a non-stuffed Raccoon! It's her new baby.

-M