Move over Nina...

Nixon truly believes he's small enough to be a lap dog. I've heard this to be true with Boxers -- they have a skewed sense of their actual size -- but this is ridiculous! He actually pushes Nina off my lap and the look on her face is so funny. I wish she could talk to me just so I could hear what kind of thoughts she's having about Nixon right now :) And to think, he's only growing bigger and bigger...

What a silly puppy....

While the Cristman crew were busy building the deck, Nixon found a nice spot to rest...in a flower pot! He's grown so much -- next time he tries this stunt I bet he'll break the pot!

New Deck

Adam, Clyde (Adam's Dad), and Brian have worked tirelessly to build a new deck. Adam really wanted to build a nice deck since the first day we moved in and I think it looks so so great. I'm so proud of them. Here's a few pics from before, during, and after.

Highrise Reunion

The first weekend in June, six of my amazing college housemates and I went to Melissa Coleman's house in Harrisonburg for a reunion. We were truly missing Melissa Vickers (who now lives in Colombia with her fiance, soon to be husband, Juan) but we had a blast just relaxing and catching up. We spent almost all of Saturday on the quad and ate out that night at one of our fav restaurants, Dave's Taverna. We retired to Melissa's porch catching up for hours and hours. It was such a great time -- much needed for me to get away with my girls. I miss them so much but am thankful that we can all get together on random weekends such as this! (Also found out that Melissa is pregnant with the first Highrise baby! We could not be more excited!)

Nina has a brother!

We've only been moved into our new house for a week, but we decided to add another member to the Cristman family. Meet Nixon! Nixon was found in a cardboard box (not by us) with his two sisters at around six weeks old. The lady who picked him up said the litter was covered with fleas and all were so so skinny...so she took them to the vet, gave them special baths and tried to fatten them up. So, how did we find him? Well, my brother has the strangest sleep schedule -- he sleeps half the day, wakes up in the middle of the afternoon, goes to work, and then comes home at 11pm, eats dinner, and stays up until 7am or so. We're trying to break him of this, but it's a work in process. Anyway, I came downstairs one morning to find the computer open and a page up on Craig's List (under the pet section) advertising a fish tank (Adam and Brian had been talking about how it'd be cool to have a big fish tank in the house). I closed the page and glanced at the pet listings and found an ad about rescued boxer puppies. Don't ask me how this happened, but I ended up scheduling a time to go see the boxers. Poor Adam had the longest day of work and was not exactly thrilled with me, but he complied to go see the puppies. We all fell in love and ended up coming home with this adorable little boy boxer. At first, Nina didn't care too much for him, but she's warming up to him. They've started playing together and cuddling a little bit. Here's a few pictures of the boy with Nina (hasn't she grown!).

We're officially home-owners

This morning we signed a million legal papers and we picked up our KEY!!! We'll be spending pretty much the whole weekend packing/moving so wish us luck!

Brian's here!

My brother Brian has moved in with Adam and I! We are so excited to have him here. I know Adam's excited to have another guy around to play video games with and I'll be happy to have him help us move!