Bella is very special to us because we got her when we had only been married a year. She was born on April 2, 2006 ( the day Stephen Preached at our first church). My mom's dogs are always having puppies and she came from one of their litters. Bella was the sweetest of them all and the laziest. We were going to name her Jewel at first or Reese's but decided on Bella because of a salon that I had saw- hehe :)
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| When we first got Bella in 2006 |
She has always been so so smart and also scared of EVERYTHING- I think the funniest thing that makes her hide is a flashlight when its turned on. Which makes Gracie go crazy and chase Bella all around with it :) The main reason we believe that Bella is so scared is because when she was only months old- we let her out to use the bathroom and a lady came running to our door saying that she thought she had hit a dog. That freaked us out- we looked all night everywhere for Bella and we couldn't find her anywhere. I cried- we even slept in the living room that night with the back porch light on hoping she would come back- but she didn't. The next morning at 6am we got up and I told Steve we have to go find her- we hopped in the red car and drove everywhere. Like 45 minutes had passed and from a distance we saw a dog and it was BELLA! She was so happy to see us and jumped in the car. She must have slept all night in a field. She was not harmed at all- we think the car nipped her.
Then when Gracie was born I was a little worried that Bella would be jealous of her. At first Bella didn't understand who this little person was, but after months- she got use to Gracie and now 2 1/2 years later they are the best of friends.
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| Our Christmas pic in 2007 |
Bella- is 5 years old and her age is starting to show some. She is not as athletic as she once was. She mostly sleeps during the day- all day and plays with Gracie from time to time. Gracie loves giving Bella her left over food and Bella has been the best at helping us clean up Gracie's messes!!
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| Gracie 4 months old and Bella |
