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We’ve had the puppies about a month now.

And this past month has taught us a few things.

1. Ringo is a Starr

Yes, they look alike and came from the same litter, but our boys are totally different. Totally. We joke that Ringo has a diva complex (if boy dogs can get those), and wants any and all attention. He’s also kind of snotty. He doesn’t do kisses, or beg for food, or anything else that his brother, Lenny, thinks is awesome. He’s also got major mood swings and can be grouchy quite a bit…

2. Lennon is the pleaser.

Lenny loves loves loves people. Did we say he looooves people? If the boogie man himself came, Lennon would be stoked. Trips to Petco are the coolest things to him. He’ll jump around and kiss anybody who pays any kind of attention to him. He’s also really into food. Food of any kind… and things that aren’t food, too : ) Basically, if it’s low enough or slow enough, he’ll eat it. Ringo thinks this is pretty stupid, which we can tell because of how he looks down at his brother’s scavenging games.

In summary?

• Ringo is much smarter
• Lenny is much sweeter
• Ringo is stubborn
• Lenny is hungry – always.
• Ringo barks – a lot.
• Lenny still hasn’t learned what it’s like to bark.
• Ringo thinks he weighs 80 lbs. at least. Which is why he takes on dogs 10x’s his size at the dog park. (He doesn’t know he really weighs less than 3 lbs…)

Oh and Ringo loves it when we pull out the camera. Even if he’s sleeping. Lennon on the other hand….well, he keeps right on sleeping : )

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After a week, we’ve learned that life is completely crazy with twin puppies.

Really.

This past weekend we had to work everyday, so we left them with our parents so they wouldn’t be alone all day. Staying with the in-laws was fun for Ringo and Lenny…they were spoiled and slightly more plump when we picked them up than when we dropped them off (our mom definitely gave in to the puppy dog eyes and was really generous with the snacks…). The twins loved the experience and the new diet! They even behaved decently while being dog sat, which made us proud- but wait- then They. Came. Home.

And (would you believe this!) they got crazy again. Not even two minutes after we walked in the door. We’ve discussed this craziness problem and have come to a conclusion: We think that they know that we’re total rookies at this twin puppy business, so they assume they’re free to team up on anything destructive and get the better of us.

The thing is, we tell people that our little puppies are total tornadoes at home, but (amazingly) as soon as they are in the presence of others, they act like adorable angels. In fact, they kind of just lay there like they’re innocent, cute, and really really…bored. It’s hard to get any kind of emotion out of them when we’re visiting with friends, especially the rowdy-throw-all-good-behavior-to-the-wind emotions they show at home.

Because of this, we want to prove that they are not lazy and actually have some form of energy! Really, we promise, they do play like puppies! So we decided to share a home video with you of the twins being themselves…playful and highly energetic. Note: we censored the video so that it didn’t include the part where they charge into the CD towers, the coffee table, and the ironing board, knocking them over and wrecking havoc on our home.

In order to not embarrass Ringo and Lennon, we kept it to a cute playful video : )

**By the way, the ball in the video is a mini tennis ball, so it’s only the size of a golf ball.**   Oh, and yes, Ringo is a boy wearing a pink collar. Don’t judge. We just haven’t had time to buy him an appropriately “dude” collar. We were happy when the pink collar was given to us for free…so we decided we’d replace it when we had a chance. Then, we kind of got used to it, and Lenny seems to enjoy dragging his brother around from it, plus we kind of like seeing the expressions people give us when they say, “What cute little girls!!!” And we reply, “No, actually,  they’re B-O-Y-S.”

Crazy how some people give you a death stare and deem you an unfit parent over a pink collar… ; )

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Editing in front of a computer for 8 hours a day…it’s SO not my thing.

So while we have over 5,000 pictures to edit (between wedding, engagements, bridals, and family shoots), over the past few days, I just haven’t been able to stop coming back to this one picture:

A puppy we met on a recent engagement shoot. I think he felt the good vibes coming from our cool couple and just decided to hang out and watch us work. He even took a siesta by our camera bags:

Which all worked out great for my side of an on-going battle in the Matt & Ivy home.

See, I want a puppy. A puppy that looks just like this one! An oh-so-cute puppy I can fit into my purse and carry around with me. I’ve been describing my dream puppy to Matt for quite a while now, which makes it even more unbelievable that this lil guy showed up on our shoot.

My future puppy. It was a sign. : )

So, as I keep working on Matt to give-in to the idea of a puppy….and, as the idea is constantly thrown around in our home, we’ve started seeing cute little doggies ALL over the place! Each one of them having a special affinity to Matt.

Yes. They come right up to him, and look up at him with their beautiful puppy dog eyes. I think that the fact that he is a strong member of the “let’s not get a puppy camp”, is sensed by all the oh-so-cute puppies out there. In its own way, the memo must have gone out, because in many small, concerted efforts they’ve begun to work their magic on my husband.

I’m hoping it won’t stop. At least, not until he brings home a little puppy. : )

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