It was 1999 and we were both 19 and Michael and I had been dating only about 8 months. I missed my dog KC in El Paso from the time I moved away to college and wanted nothing more then a sweet fuzzy thing to snuggle with. So being the sweet guy that he is, when I got back from my Easter trip home to El Paso, Michael gave me a card at the airport with a dog on the front cover along with a cd. The card said, I'm sorry the dog isn't exactly what you wanted. Oh, thats ok Micahel, a picture of a dog will do for now..
I dropped my stuff off at my dorm and when we got back to his place, he opened the door (and I still don't know how this worked out so perfectly) but sitting at the front door to greet us was the cutest, blackest, fluffiest dog I had ever seen! He was a boy dog, I had always said I just wanted female dogs, and thats what Michael meant on the card, "Sorry the dog isn't exactly what you wanted" Awe.
It didn't take us long to name him. We narrowed it down to Stevie (after Stevie Ray Vaughn), and Hendrix (after Jimi Hendrix). It was obvious that he HAD to be "Hendrix", because he was sporting the super cool afro!
He was our first dog that didn't belong to our parents.
He was our first dog that we had together.
He was the first dog we had that made it to be a full grown dog (6 years old)
We had to put down our sweet puppy in 2005, soon after we moved to Allen and I started this blog! If you want the whole story... its all here: (but I'll warn you, it's 5 quite long posts)
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2005/10/halloween-horrors.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2005/10/pet-hospital-update.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2005/10/monday-puppy-update.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2005/11/bad-gone-horribly-horribly-worse.html
http://mnp8.blogspot.com/2005/11/gotta-get-outta-here.html
I honestly think that loosing Hendrix the way we did and at the time we did was the #1 reason why adjusting to life in the DFW area took such a long time. It took us over a year to get to the point where we could even imagine having another puppy. And now, we have Puppy Fever SOOoooo bad that there are many times I'm afraid one of us is just going to snatch one off of a leash while he is being walked by his owner! Unfortunately,(or fortunately for all the people walking their doggies) our lease is a "no pet" lease. Though personally I think, depending on the dog of course, that dogs are so much less destructive then kids! Why don't people have "no kid" policies? ;o)
Our sweet Hendrix
He thought he was a cat
He loved his uncle Joe
He loved laying on carpet
He loved baths
He loved showing off his "people eyes"
He loved BBQ's
He loved being able to look outside, without being outside
He LOVED his Uncle Joe....did I mention that?
He loved fall weather
He loved Popsicles...and his uncle Joe
He loved to sleep
He loved his mommy
He loved his daddy
And whether or not he knew it, he loved posing for holiday pictures!
Sorry I think I went overboard on the Hendrix pictures, but I couldn't just pick one or two. :)
So, why am I telling you guys all this? Well, the story gets happier. This November 1st, my very very very dear friend of about 13-14 years, Jesse and his sweet wife Mika had a precious little boy. I was so thrilled when I found out he was born on November 1st because I can finally attach something extremely happy to this date. So to Jesse and Mika, Congratulations again. We and I know our friends/family that know you are just so very happy for you both
Welcome to the world little Joshua! We can't wait to meet you.
Baby Joshua
The Happy Family
I absolutely love this picture.
What a wonderful little moment caught on camera.
What a wonderful little moment caught on camera.
The Proud Papa
9 comments:
Awe Hendrix! I miss him!
I LOVED seeing the pictures of Hendrix! I know you miss him. What a cutie he was -- and so is his Uncle Joe!! :o)
Congratulations to Jesse and Mika! Little Joshua is adorable. Many blessings to your family!
What a happy and sad blog all at the same time. (Nov. 1 is a happy day for us, because it's our anniversary.) I loved seeing the puppy and baby pictures!! I get all teary when I think of both losing our puppies, and the day Finn was born. So way to go on making me tear up when I read your blog :) I hope one day you can have another special pup!
I come home every day at lunch to walk Albert... and I got online to check email and then saw the new blog post...so I read it... and I read every single one of the old posts you listed...and sat here crying like a baby... Albert is looking at me like I am a total dork, but believe me, I get it...completely... I have already cried about the thought of him riding in the CARGO area of the plane when I bring him to Denmark...
oh lord, what these animals do to our hearts!! :o)
thank you for sharing this story!!
Nichole, you absolutely MUST write a book!! Everybody is crying around here. What a sweet post!
Love,
Sharon
I only met Hendrix once, I think, but I thought he was adorable. I had wondered what happened to him.
I've been through three pet deaths, all of them having to be put to sleep because of illness, and it never never gets easier. In fact, I still cry thinking about them on some days, even though they were years and years ago.
But we still bring home fluffy furballs, knowing that inevitably they'll break our hearts. It's just such a wonderful love that it's worth all the pain in the world to experience it.
Rest in peace, Hendrix.
such a nice post. ah, there cannot be too many photos of Hendrix. It's so nice because it's the continuum of life, now Joshua's sweet spirit is here. I esp. like the photo of Hendrix w/ sleeping Michael, aka President Click and the one of you and Hendrix w/ his human eyes.
No, you didn't go overboard! I loved seing all the pictures! There were many of Hendrix that I hadn't seen before. He looks like the best dog in the world - kind and cuddly!
Actually I looked at many apartments here that had a "no kids" policy! And I don't blame them - Viggo has broken two lamps here! And the amount of snot (sorry!) on the couch, that we have had to clean off, is scary!
What a beautiful little baby Joshua is!
Now that you can't have a dog in the apartment maybe...? (I hate that question so don't answer! He he...)
Hendrix always sounded like such an awesome dog! I wish I could have met him.
I hope you guys are able to get a puppy one day. I agree, my kids can sure tear some stuff up way more than a dog...
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