Spotted Tuesday: Puppy Inspired

Happy Tuesday!

I recently made these cute dapper dog tags and I maybe biased but I find them too darn cute. The chevron background added a modern touch to it. These doggie gift tags are available on my Artfire shop. Click on the image and it'll bring you to the listing. Furthermore, enjoy 30% off when you purchase these tags or anything in my shop. Simply use the coupon code MIDYEARSALE when you check out. Sale starts today to July 1, 2014.

Inspired by these cute puppy tags, I found some cute and pretty products on Artfire and Storenvy. They are perfect for dogs and their owners. Click on the images to go to the individual shop.

Polymer Clay Puppy Dog Animal Shaped Fake Gauge Stud Earring in Brown by DOTOLY - Unique Animal Jewelry

 

ACU KP Bow Tie by The Knotty Boutique Company

 
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The 2 Boys

It's the picture of the day! These are my 2 boys. The oldest one, Mocha, (that's the furry boy) is 13 and the boy sitting down reading a book is 5.

Happy Saturday, everyone!

Brothers Forever

I'm counting days. 15 more days and I'll be leaving Indonesia to be reunited with my DH who is waiting for us in Toronto. While I can't wait to see him, it's a bit hard for me not to cry and think that I have to leave Mocha for now (or ever, we don't know yet though we really want to bring him back to Canada). If only life is much steadier for us now. But it's not the case in reality as we are trying to restart our life in Canada.

We considered Mocha as our first son and always refers as 'big brother mo-mo' to Ethan. For the past week, I've been taking pictures of them together. Oh yeah, and filming them as well. Naughty Ethan loves to tease his big brother now. He throw balls for Mocha to catch and play hide and seek with him. And once Ethan gets to his nerve, Mocha will 'fight back' by continuously licking Ethan and push his body to Ethan's leaving Ethan powerless. Poor Ethan then is in trouble. ;-)

This is a picture that we took on Christmas day, 2007 in our downtown apartment, Vancouver, Canada. Ethan was only over a month old.


Here is a picture that I took 3 days ago. Ethan will be 18 months in a couple of days.


He may be a dog to most people, but to my husband and I, he is a son of us, a part of our family. It's not going to be a perfect family 'till he reunite with us.

The Anticipation

With the new addition to our family (the birth of our son, Ethan), my husband and I had decided to relocate to Indonesia ( perhaps Singapore soon) for now at least. We had been going back and forth between Vancouver and Surabaya since the end of January. 

Little Ethan had to travel with us, holding TWO passports, as young as 2 1/2 months old. Soon, our dog, Mocha aka our 'first son' will rejoin us too. He is on his way to Jakarta, Indonesia as I'm writing this. 

The anticipation...I can't wait to see him. I already imagined having him sleeping in the same room again with us like the old times. Well, I can't see him right away though. He has to be quarantined to a max of 14 days and I'm located in Surabaya, an hour flight from Jakarta (but can take about 24 for a roadtrip). I know that it's quite a long journey for him: a 17-hours flight from Vancouver to Amsterdam and about a 9-hours flight from Amsterdam to Jakarta. But we are told that he is going to be taken care of and stay at KLM Cargo Animal Hotel. 

It will be a big adjustment for him as well, just like us when we got here months ago. However, I'm sure that he will be happy seeing his family again. My close family said that we do not use common sense for spending too much money for a dog. Yes, I know that the cost of relocation is quite expensive ($2,000). And with that much money I could buy 10 or more dogs here. But how could I leave him there alone and not having a good home. If we found a good family that would take him, I probably would give him up although it is not an easy thing to do at all. 

I have him since he was a puppy (I used to have his Mom) and he's been with us for 7 years. We treat him as our own baby before Ethan was born. So no matter what people say, we listen to our conscience, that is to bring him with us.