Watson's first snow

He likes the snow!

Meanwhile Derek said it 60 degrees this morning in North Carolina and the high is going to be 65...must be nice Derek

Happy Thanksgiving Week

Hey everyone! I hope you are all just as excited as I am for Thanksgiving! Derek is flying into St. Louis tomorrow and we will be able to celebrate Thanksgiving together, we are very excited. Derek, Watson, and I will all be reunited again...it should be interesting to see how Watson handles not getting all the attention. This Thanksgiving is a very special one because we are going to be celebrating Grandpa Buhr's 80th birthday at Shawna and Doug's house--pretty amazing huh?! What a great milestone! I am looking forward to seeing both sides of our families this Thanksgiving! On Thursday we will also go to my parents house where we will be joined with my dad's mom and her husband, Harvey, and my mom's only brother, Duane, and his wife, Karen. It will be great to catch up with everyone especially since Derek hasn't seen any of them since the wedding! On Friday we will see my dad's side of the family at the annual Washington Parade of Lights, we are gonna bring Watson so we will see how he reacts :-) there will be pictures later. I ordered Watson a special Christmas collar that will be put on Friday too that he will be wearing to spread his Christmas cheer. Saturday is our annual Spaunhorst/Jacquin Christmas shopping extraordinaire. It involves lots of lovely ladies and many hours of shopping! I am looking forward to seeing everyone and we will be posting pictures soon. I wish everyone safe travels and a very blessed Thanksgiving!

Oh I almost forgot...someone got a haircut today...we aren't a puppy anymore. I am not handling this very well..but here he is. Is he not adorable :-)

Happy Halloween!

Watson wants to wish a very Happy Halloween...can you see his halloween bowtie from the groomer? :-)

Catching up in North Carolina

Hello everyone!!

I finally got to come see Derek in North Carolina again! It was so great to see him; we haven't seen one another since Labor Day weekend so it was nice to spend time with each other again. The trip here was quite a fiasco though, it tested my patience for sure! First, my plane got delayed from 6:05 AM to 7:25 AM, so my parents and I got up at 3:30 AM for nothing, and I was not going to get into North Carolina until 4:30...four and half hours later than orignally planned! Then we ended up getting lost and I missed my 7:25 flight so at the very last minute they put me on a flight to Minneapolis and it ended up working better because I got into North Carolina at 1:00 PM. Then I had to wait at the car rental place for an hour because they were out of cars, it was terrible. But, I eventually made it to Derek! I opened up my presents from Derek then we got ready and headed out to dinner and to see Ides of March--very fantastic we woud both recommend it. The theater was very neat and it had an IMAX. Today we went out to breakfast, went shopping, and went to a winery that is just down the road from our apartment. Now we are cheering the Cardinals on for a win!

 Here is a picture of the winery we went to on Saturday, very small and quiet. But very nice! And just to note; we were not the only ones there, some people are behind those trees haha

 Here is our attempt of a self portrait, pretty good!

Derek enjoying his glass of wine...don't worry he bought a box to go

Here is another picture...just for fun! Thank goodness for timers on cameras :-)

We went shopping and saw this giant griaffe, Derek was amazed!

Derek has booked his flight home for Christmas and will be home for about three weeks which will be nice, if I am still not in North Carolina...which hopefully will not happen. Derek is still enjoying school and has begun studying for final exams in Decemeber--good luck to you Derek! In puppy news, Watson is currently learning some new tricks. He can now sit, give paw, lay down, and an half attempt of rolling over. Other than my visit out here, there is not much other news! I hope you all have a lovely week and GO CARDS!!

Much love!

Fall is rolling in!

Hello all!

It has been awhile! Here just a few new things that are happening. We received our wedding pictures back from Fresh Photo and they turned out absolutely beautiful, Derek and I could not have asked for anything better. We also got back our wedding video, which was also beautifully done! I hope each of you can see it sometime soon, I laughed and cried multiple times, Digital Productions did a fantastic job as well! Here is the link to view the wedding pictures and the password is July2011 http://laurieandderekbuhr.shutterfly.com/
We hope you enjoy them as much as we do!

I got to home last weekend to visit with family. On Saturday I did the MS Walk with Rose, Tiffany, Zack, and Crystal's family. Then later in the evening I BBQ'ed with my parents and then we went to Matt's house to watch the Mizzou game, Watson even got to come along and hang out with all us, he was being a huge snuggle bug with dad, it was pretty cute.

Watson has first haircut this week, the groomer said she would definitely recommend him coming in a few times a month so he could get used to the cut. His haircut almost took three hours because he was scared of the blow dryer and she said he did not like them messing around his eyes. He currently weighs in at 7 pounds and 12 ounces and a bunch of personality! He is doing better with the potty training but he is so hard to get mad at when he has an accident, I mean could you resist this adorable face?!

I am still currently looking for a job out in North Carolina, everyone keep your fingers crossed for me! I have applied at several other places and am patiently waiting! So in the mean time, I am going to fly out to visit Derek October 15th-18th. It will be a nice little get a way. Flights are getting more and more expensive with the holidays rolling in! Derek has been looking at flights for Thanksgiving weekend and said the cheapest flight he could find was around 400 dollars! But, what are you gonna do? As you all may have heard I am going to be an aunt! Matt and his girlfriend Sarah are expecting their first child in late Spring. We are all very excited and so are Matt and Sarah. Matt is determined that it is a girl, but whatever the sex of the baby it will have two great parents and an excellent aunt, if I may add :-) Derek is still loving school but stays very busy with homework! It amazes me how much homework he has! He has already started studying for his finals in December. I am sure he will do excellent!

I believe this is all for now. I hope you all have a wonderful week! XO

Lots of catching up!

Hello all!

I am currently writitng this blog from North Carolina in the RDU airport! I came up here this weekend to visit Derek and to furnish our apartment! Sorry for the delay in the blogging...it is a little hard to blog with no internet! Derek had his first full week of law school and he absolutely loves it! I can see why the state and campus is beautiful and there are many new opportunities here! We will  have a lot of adventures in our future, which we are both very excited about! We were lucky enough to have Rose and Mitch watch our little guy, who is growing everyday. Watson has a lot of personality and is very spunky and energetic! He had his first vet visit, his vet loves him! She was showing him off and he of course just loved all the attention! He weighed in at 6 pounds and I was told he was a very healthly puppy, just what I like to hear!

A few weeks ago I got to celebrate Zack's 3rd birthday party as well! He got a lot of his favorite things including Spiderman and Toy Story items. We then had cake, ice cream, and pizza--all of Zack's favorite things. Here are a few pictures I got to capture.

 Zack loves his cake!

High fives after blowing out the candles

Here he is opening some gifts

One of Zack's favorite gifts he received...a talking Spiderman!

I also got the pleasure of getting to go to David's first football game of the year, he played a lot and Borgia pulled off a win! The game was very exciting and I was so lucky to have gone! I can't believe he is already a Junior this year, if it has gone this fast being a sister...I can only imagine how fast time will go when we have our own children...yikes!

Here is Coach giving the boys a little chat and you can see David he is #60, he played in the nose guard position at this game.

A picture with my "little" brother after the game

After the game we went home and fed Watson--I guess he was really hungry whoops

As I stated in the beginning of the blog, I got to visit Derek this weekend. It was so nice to see him and made me realize how much I miss him, this long distance thing is very hard! Unfortuantly we did not get much sight seeing done since we had so much to do with our apartment. But, we did get to try a few of Winston-Salem's delicious resturants. I think I shopped Derek to death but it was all worth it to him because he got his toy a 40" Samsong flat screen tv. He sat in front of it all night like a little kid staring at the screen, it was pretty adorable. We also got to visit campus and Derek gave me a tour. The campus is beautiful! The buildings have an old Victorian feel to them, and campus even has a resturant on campus called Shorty's that offers beer and wine--I was pretty impressed! The campus is so much smaller and calmer than Mizzou's which was very interesting! But, it was neat to visit and I think I embrassed Derek by taking his picture in front of things, but hey this is his school...right?



Here are some pictures from the entrance..everything is very wooded and shaded

 The chapel on campus and one of Derek's classrooms

 Derek loving my picture taking :-)

 The Law School

The seal outside the Law School (I can't find out how to flip it)

Here is Derek with the Deacon inside the Law School

I hope to be here soon with Derek and the puppy as well as in a furnished apartment. I had a lot of fun this weekend and can't wait to explore the state with Derek some more! I had a great time! Well I am going to keep waiting for my plane that has gotten delayed twice since 6:30 A.M., it has been a looooong day already and I still have to work tonight! I think a Starbucks trip is in order! I hope you all have a wonderful short week! I will try to post soon again with some wedding pictures, they are on the way! Much love!

Hello Everyone!

Greetings from North Carolina! I've been living on the east coast now for exactly one week, and it has taken exactly one week for me to finally get my internet hooked. "What took me so long to get the internet?" you ask. Well, I didn't have the money to pay for the installation fee of course! "How much was the installation fee?" you ask. A grand total of ZERO dollars (face palm).

Anyways though, I thought I'd take the time out of my busy law student schedule to update you on the latest happenings going on here in North Carolina. First, let me just say the state is absolutely beautiful. Trees and greenery everywhere. The weather has been fantastic, only creeping past 90 degrees once and typically low humidity. A far cry from the sizzling summer going on back in Missouri. The weather though should be changing by the weekend though with hurricane Irene storming up the coast line. Right now the weather channel has us getting hit Sunday with approximately 85 mph winds and rain. Oh and there was an earthquake today; North Carolina's first since 1944. What did we law students do as the ground beneath our feet shook and the walls trembled? We remained sitting and quietly listened to the remainder of the presentation. Missing a vital piece of information is a more terrifying prospect than the building collapsing on top of us.

Speaking of Law School, I love it... So far. It feels great, and right, to be back in a classroom setting. The professors are amazing and have accomplished so much in their respective fields that I couldn't help but be in awe during their introduction at Monday's orientation. As of now, the only class I've had has been the Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research class, designed to teach us how to write like lawyer and find the appropriate research materials to help with our case. A class that I currently have homework in, and am neglecting to write this blog post. So until next time, take care everyone.

Busy, busy, busy!

We had a busy last few days! As Derek stated we were illegally storing Watson at the apartment for a few days...no worries we made it out of the apartment without any problems! My dad came up Thursday to bring home a truck load of stuff and good thing he did! He somehow managed to load almost all the big stuff in his truck bed and made it home successfully--he has experience in the moving and packing category, just ask him :-) Dad somehow managed to load the bed, couch, table, 4 chairs, 2 bar stools, a dresser, and some boxes. I am not sure how he did it, it was pretty impressive! I wish I would have captured a picture of this!

The week moved on and packing continued, I almost forgot how much I despised it! I told Derek after he finishes with law school, his job better pay for our packing and moving! My dad, mom, brother Dave, and Mitch came back up on Saturday with two trucks to move the rest of our junk, it is pretty amazing how much stuff two people can collect. We also took Watson on his first outside the home excursion, we went out to eat in Columbia and Watson sat outside with us. We had many visitors and smiles and Watson just couldn't get enough! On Saturday we also made our first married purchase and got a Dyson vacuum! It was very exciting and Derek and I actually couldn't agree who would get to vacuum first. Derek won because I had to work Saturday evening, Derek sent me an e-mail at work and called the vacuum a "transformer". I thought this was pretty entertaining!

Derek got to the point where he just wanted to throw stuff away, needless to say he ended up throwing away some pictures, BUT he ended up dumpster diving and collected them--thank goodness! Sunday rolled on and we shipped Watson into hiding at Derek's brother Mitch's house along with more junk that wouldn't fit into my car. We finished checking out at 10:30 and Derek said goodbye to Columbia. Mitch had a fun time with Watson and we were glad Watson got to meet Mitch before we left. It was also a sad moment because Derek and Mitch said goodbyes until probably Christmas!

Here is a picture of Watson--he was trying to help move :-)

During the move Watson also barked for the first time, I ended up capturing a video of this. I hope you all think it is as entertaining as we do! **The video is not loading I will try again later!

On Sunday when we got home to Washington, Derek's family had a little goodbye BBQ. Tiffany, Mark, and Zack came over to say their goodbyes and to have dinner with us. It was a fun time filled with laughs and much entertainment between Watson and Zack. We had delicious food and were grateful we got to spend some time with family between all the craziness going on in our lives currently. We also managed to slip over to my brother Matt's house and show off Watson to Matt, Sarah, and Sadie. Before Sarah and Sadie made their way back home, they all just loved Watson. But, how can you not? Is he not adorable, maybe I am just biased!

Zack just loved Watson and kept telling him how much he loved the puppy. Zack is missing his shirt because he saw uncle Derek had his shirt off and wanted to be like him :-)

Here is another picture I captured at the BBQ that I think is absolutely adorable. I think I may have to frame this one!

After all the driving and visiting, Watson was a little tired! He loves to sleep on the air conditioning vents.

Derek left yesterday morning and is currently living in an empty apartment, he says North Carolina is absolutely beautiful and that our apartment is pretty nice. He is just a little bored right now and has done a lot of exploring. He will update us soon, once he has Internet hooked up. He has been sending me pictures and everything looks very nice. He has his first law school class outing tomorrow and is very excited about that. I am heading back home to Washington Friday morning to be reunited with my puppy. Grandma and Grandpa Spaunhorst are currently pup sitting since I work midnights this week. Hopefully by the time I get back he will be potty and crate trained--wouldn't that be something! Well that's all for now, more to come soon!

Much love!

Laurie, Derek, and Watson

The Trials of Watson, Packing, and Preparing for North Carolina

Back in Columbia, and illegally housing Watson at our apartment complex for the next few days due to the fascist laws of Kelly's Ridge. The situation has made potty training a wee bit difficult (HA pun), considering I can't always sneak him outside in time, and he views his puppy pad more as a bed than an acceptable soiling spot. As the day has progressed I've decreased his roaming area more and more. As it stands now he's allowed access to the living room. The constant vigilance required with a new puppy is making packing a lengthy and at times impossible endeavor. There's still a lot to be done between now and 10:30 a.m. Sunday when the heads of Kelly's Ridge come down to check if we have met their draconian requirements.

If we ever do get everything boxed up and moved out of the apartment on time, the next step is preparing for North Carolina: requiring me to find time to buy a new suit and more packing... Then there's still the problem of getting from Charlotte airport to Winston-Salem. As of now, the best option is the reliance on a fellow law student who has offered to pick me up from the airport, but, due to prior commitments, I still wouldn't get to Winston till about 6:30 p.m. a half hour after my new apartment complex closes... Looks like Watson just woke up from his nap. Guess that's it for now then.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome friends and family!

We wanted to start a blog to share our lives with you since we will be moving to North Carolina. We are enjoying our new lives together and had an awesome time at our wedding with our family and friends and we had a blast in Jamaica, on our honeymoon! We will load lots of pictures to share with everyone shortly!

Our first week back in the USA and we already got our first child, fur-child that is. We picked Sir Watson Buhr up on August 9th (Derek and I's 8 year dating anniversary) and have been glowing ever since. We are currently in the process of potty training--which is taking work. But Sir Watson is a bundle of energy and is very cuddly and is already very attached to Derek and I.  He did excellent with his first hour and forty-five minute drive and his first night with us--we hope it stays this way. Again we will post many pictures of Watson as well!

Derek booked his flight to leave for school yesterday (08-09-11) as well. He will be leaving Watson and I behind on August 16th to get ready for Wake Forest Law School. We are very proud of Derek and can't wait to move out there with him--which will be hopefully sooner than later. Even though we will be sad to leave everyone in Missouri!

Well we will update the blog as often as possible and hope each of you enjoy! I hope I can keep you all up to date and interested! :-)