Springtime in St. Louis is typically warm, but yesterday we got a lot of snow…..which is a dream come true for Charley who LOVES the snow!
I’m really not a mean mommy, but it was too tempting to not throw Charley snow balls and watch while he tried to find them. 🙂
On another note….Charley has a big weekend planned! Thursday, 3/28/13, is Charley’s 29 Month Ampuversary and Friday, 3/29/13 is his 5th Birthday (his 3rd birthday as a tripawd). We are having a birthday party for Charley (and for his grandpa) and he is super excited! Hopefully the snow will have melted and it will be warm enough to be outside.
Love, Hugs and chocolate Labby kisses to all! xoxo
Just wanted to share some great news! Tomorrow is Charley’s 28 Month Ampuversary!!! YIPPEE! YAY! WOO HOO! Doing the Happy Dance in celebration!!!
We have been truly blessed and we can’t believe that Charley is going to be 5 on March 29!!! After his OS diagnosis, we didn’t think that he would live to see 3. Keep on proving all those statistics wrong Charley!
We are thankful for every day that we have with Charley and we take none of them for granted, because we know that unfortunately the cancer beast can rear it’s ugly head at any moment….so we continue to LIVE happily and fully with cancer! Here’s the letter I read to Charley every month:
Happy 28 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our Tripawd Hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy & daddy love you more than you will ever know! ♥ ♥ ♥
Love,
Mommy & Daddy xoxo
I got my belated birthday present from Charley just this week. 🙂 It’s a beautiful bronze noseprint pendant made from an impression of his nose by Metropawlitan Art & Photography. Metropawlitan Art & Photography donates a portion of each sale to BoneCancerDogs.org.
Here’s a picture of Charley’s beautiful bronze Noseprint Pendant. I love it!!!
Charley also got to play in snow for the first time this year (he LOVES playing in the snow), although St. Louis got slighted again with the recent Midwest Blizzard at least we had a few inches for him!
Just wanted to share some great news! Today is Charley’s 27 Month Ampuversary!
We have been truly blessed and we can’t believe that Charley is going to be 5 in March!!! After his OS diagnosis, we didn’t think that he would live to see 3. Keep on proving all those statistics wrong Charley!
We are thankful for every day that we have with Charley and we take none of them for granted, because we know that unfortunately the cancer beast can rear it’s ugly head at any moment….so we continue to LIVE happily and fully with cancer!
Happy 27 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our tripawd hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than you will ever know!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Just wanted to share some great news! Today is Charley’s 26 Month Ampuversary!
We have been truly blessed and this week we celebrated Charley’s 3rd Christmas as a Tripawd! Pretty amazing considering he only had two Christmases with all 4 legs!
We are thankful for every day that we have with Charley and we take none of them for granted, because we know that unfortunately the cancer beast can rear it’s ugly head at any moment….so we continue to LIVE happily and fully with cancer!
May 2013 bring you lots of love, laughs, happiness and most importantly health!
Hugs and chocolate Labby kisses! xoxo
Happy 26 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our tripawd hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than you will ever know!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Happy 25 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our tripawd hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than you will ever know!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Love,
Mommy & Daddy xoxo
This is one of my favorite pictures of Charley. He was about 5 months post amputation and he was enjoying one of his favorite things….SNOW!!! This is also the photo that was used in my photo blanket (which turned out awesome)! Fingers and 3-paws crossed that Charley will get some snow this winter! Charley’s other favorite things are: food (of course a Lab LOVES food), swimming, food, playing, food and more food.
Charley is going to write this post, but I just wanted to say that I have so much to be thankful for….and I am especially thankful for a certain special Tripawd chocolate Lab named Charley. Charley, you are our Hero!!! I never thought that we would be celebrating Charley’s 2 Year Ampuversary on October 28, 2012 (that’s why we made it Charley’s ampversary month) or another holiday season with our boy!
HAPPYTHANKSGIVING!!!
Hi, it’s me Charley!!! Sorry it has been a while since I posted, but I’ve been really busy!
My mommy keeps telling me that we are still celebrating my 2 Year Ampuversary Month (my 2 year ampuversary was on October 28) so I have a few more days left to celebrate!!!
I was the surprise guest at the 8th Annual Bone Cancer Dogs Reunion in Dayton, OH from October 25-28, 2012 (my mommy said that she kept the secret for a whole year and she was hoping and praying that I would make it….whatever that means). My mommy and daddy rented a mini van so I would have more room on the long car ride. I had lots of room, but I still liked trying to sit on my mommy’s lap. I got to meet a lot of new doggie and human friends and everyone loved me! I was able to table surf and score lots of food and my begging for food was rewarded too! I even got fed some cake from a fork…my mommy didn’t know that I could use utensils! I won 3 Wubba’s from the raffle too! You can never have too many toys!
My mommy already put up the Christmas decorations. I love looking at all of the lights and opening presents. Too bad that there are no presents under the Christmas tree yet. I’ve already broken one of mommy’s glass ornaments with my tail, so my mommy had to move her favorite ornaments further up the Christmas tree.
My Grandma, Grandpa, and Uncle Andrew just got over to my house for Thanksgiving and I am so excited to see them that I’ve been doing the Happy Labby Dance! My mommy and daddy don’t cook the traditional turkey and fixings, but instead we do homemade lasagna and filets. I’m keeping my 3-paws crossed that I’ll get some yummy samples of dinner tonight!
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!!
Love and chocolate Labby kisses,
Charley xoxo
Me with my mommy and daddy when we arrived at the BCD Reunion.
Welcome to everyone!
Here’s one of me looking cute!
…and another one of me!
The Rainbow Bridge cake to honor all of our angels…..
Ana feeding me cake from a fork! I do have manners!!!
My trophy that I got!!!
BCD Reunion group photo
A final farewell picture. I miss all of my new friends!
Charley had his 2 year follow appointment (osteosarcoma) with his oncologist, Dr. Michael Buss, this past Thursday October 4, 2012. Our last appointment was 6 months ago, so this was the longest we have gone in between appointments and needless to say I was a bit nervous.
Drum roll please……..Charley’s chest x-rays were clear!!! YIPPEE!!! YAY!!!! WOO HOO!!!! His oncologist said there is no need for blood work until he hits his senior years (he’s only 4-1/2). Our next appointment is in 6 months!!!
I was really excited that his prognosis said “Guarded to Fair”….it’s never said Fair before (usually Guarded to Poor)!!!
Charley will celebrate his 2 Year Ampuversary in 3 weeks and we have a HUGE surprise planned for him!!!
THANK YOU ALL for keeping Charley in your thoughts and prayers!!!
Hugs from me and chocolate Labby kisses from Charley! xoxo
Happy 23 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our tripawd hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than you will ever know!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
Love,
Mommy & Daddy xoxo
Here’s a video link to Charley swimming from last weekend in his really cool float coat that Angel Sammy’s mom, Sue, sent him!
….and a bunch of pictures of my Happy Labby Boy smiling and posing for his mommy! He thinks he is a cover model or something!!!
Happy 22 Month Ampuversary Charley!!! You are our tripawd hero and everyday you make us so proud that you picked us as your mommy and daddy! ♥ ♥ ♥
Our wish to you is that you continue your fight against osteosarcoma with the same strength, resilience, and determination that you have since your journey started.
Our promise to you is that you will never suffer and when you tell us that it’s time, we will bravely and lovingly give you your well-deserved angel wings.
Your mommy and daddy love you more than you will ever know!!! ♥ ♥ ♥
My mommy opened the package and inside was a little something that kind of looked like a very small stuffed animal version of my Tripawd self.
It was a Mini-Me or a Mini Charley!!! My mommy thinks that Mini Charley is absolutely gorgeous just like myself, but I think I am the better looking of the two…..what do you think?
Here’s a few more pictures of Mini Charley.
Here’s a picture of Mini-Me and Mini Abby. Abby and I met through Bone Cancer Dogs and we were amputation buddies and she will always have a special place in my heart and my mommy’s heart. I know that Abby continues to keep a good watch over me from Rainbow Bridge because I am a 21 Month OS Warrior! Even though I never got to meet Abby in person, I feel like we have met since our Mini’s have met. Abby will always be one of my Angels or as my mommy says, one of Charley’s Angels.
Here’s a picture of Mini Charley next to the photo of me that was used for the cover of a book. Yes, I am a cover model!
Speaking of a book….here’s Mini Charley posing with copies of “What the Dog Ate” by Jackie Bouchard.
An extra special thank you to Jackie for making my mommy so happy!!! My mommy said that you and your sister are very talented! Now if only my mommy would just let me play with Mini Charley, then I would be an even happier Labby boy!
My mommy entered me into the “Cancer Can’t Keep a Good Dog Down” 2013 calendar contest by 2 Million Dogs. To be featured in the calendar I have to be in the top 13 dogs. If you have $5 that you could spare for cancer research, please consider voting for me so I can be in the calendar and represent Tripawds. All donations go to comparative oncology studies for canine cancer and the results benefit humans with cancer.
