The Adventures of Miss Luna

Hello everyone! This is Kaya and Luna’s Mum, Charlotte, here. I am on holidays in New Zealand at the moment and I’m really sad that I couldn’t be here for Miss Luna’s first birthday but unfortunately it was just the way it things turned out!

I thought I’d set up a post as a secret birthday present to my baby girl, in two parts becuase I seem to have gotten a little carried away with the photos (soo unlike me). So the first post will be her life up until 6 months old, then the next (check back later today) will be the last 6 months.

We first saw Luna at just 3 days of age when we went and visited the breeder in August last year. She was one of 6 girls in a litter of 7. We were instantly in love and put a deposit on her there and then!

We were lucky in that her breeder sent through regular photo updates.

A few days old with littermates and Mum…

Luna at 5 weeks… (what a face!)

Luna at 6 weeks…

When Luna was 3 weeks old we put out the call for a name for her. See this post. We finally settled on Tommy’s great suggestion of "Luna Blue".

When Luna was 8 weeks old we did the 10 hour drive to Sydney to pick her up! Here’s some of my favourite shots from the day.

We just couldn’t believe how little she was!

Once we got her home, she settled right in. Enjoying a morning sleep in with Dad… (excuse the hideous doona cover, it was washing day)

Settling down with Kaya for a nap…

Meeting a family member…

Keeping big sister Kaya on her toes…

Still so little at 10 weeks!

Freaking people out by looking like some kind of alien…

Still quite the cute little puppy at 11 weeks…

Exploring the big wide world at 12 weeks, her first outing…

Such a little goofball at 14 weeks, stealing Kaya’s toy and taunting her with it…

Starting to look a bit more grown up at 15 weeks…

New collars for the girls from Georgia Brown Dog, at 16 weeks…

My favourite ever shot of her, this is hanging as a 20×30" canvas in our lounge room…

Doing what she does best, acting like a Luna-tic (stole one of Kaya’s birthday presents)!

Another favourite of mine, the girls posing on our way to Luna’s first ever dog show.

Almost 4 months old and sick with Kennel Cough with Kaya…

Luna’s first ever blog post – still one of my favourites!

Making faces with Dad (just over 4 months old)…

Having a rare ‘good ear day’ at 4.5 months old…

Posing with Kaya and Uncle Bruce, Christmas 2007…

Almost 5 months old, still lots of growing to go!

Funny faces!

Making friends with our friend’s Cocker Spaniel puppy, Maple – (watch the video)

Almost 6 months old, posing with Kaya and Dad…

Six months old, doing a grown-up pose…

To be continued…

It’s been raining lots again lately and since it was finally sunny and fine, we all (including Grandma and Tashi who were visiting today) decided to head to the park for the afternoon!

The first thing we did when we got there was RUN!!!

Tashi looks pretty funny when he runs, I think because he’s so hairy! He does look kind of streamlined though.

Probably unlike me and Luna who just look goofy… (Mum reckons I look like a slightly deformed kangaroo)

We thought we better stop and pose for a while to regain some dignity.

A quick arty black and white of Mum’s favourite model…

I’m not sure how this one made it in, it’s just Luna snuffling for something (that’s probably not even there) in the long grass. Mum said she looked nice and shiny though.

We found some benches, and the humans had the bright idea of taking photos of us all standing on them. Not sure why. Anyway, Luna had to go first – she looked a bit unsteady and kind of wanted to jump off, but she stayed there long enough for Mum to take a photo.

Next was Tashi. He was actually a bit of star at this game! I think he and Grandma had done this kind of thing before.

Then it was my turn! I like to think I’m pretty brave, but standing up there takes some skills! Dad had to help me get my feet right first, then I was fine. A bit wobbly, but fine, really! It’s pretty hard trying to control long legs like mine sometimes.

I really had the hang of it so Mum took another couple of cool model-style ones of me.

Then we had to turn around and head back to the car. This is our park.

Luna did a quick bit of modelling.

Then of course she needed to be stalked.

We finished up with a few nice shots of me standing on the hill in the late afternoon sunshine.

(try to ignore the mud splatters on my legs, I was a bit naughty)