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It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
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Lilly is adorable!!! I have been showing my DD Lauren and she is in LOVE!!! She wants a pug now!
I followed along on FB and Instagram and your trip looked magnificent and I cannot wait for details, details, details, pics, pics, pics!!!
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Glad you're home and have Pug baby #1 home with you! Can't wait to hear about the trip. Worried about the first aid visits, but it sounds like you had a good time over-all, so I'll try not to worry too much!
Welcome home! I've been enjoying your puppy pics on Facebook. Lily is just adorable, and looks like she's settling in at home nicely. Hope things go just as well when you bring Maggie home next week! Looking forward to hearing about your trip!
Lilly is a doll! Loving your fb pics! How did you like your carrot cake cookie? (You never said). Can't wait for the full TR! We should be starting our PTR here soon. We don't have nearly the fun distraction like you (puppy kisses!)
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Can't wait to hear more about the trip and I'm loving all the puppy pics on Facebook!
Thanks! She is so much fun!
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! I'll be excited to read all about when you have the time. I totally understand that you've got to get those new fur babies all comfy at home first.
Thanks! I am hoping to get the photos off my camera soon! And start organizing everything!
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Saw the pictures of Lily on Facebook. She is adorable! My son AJ is in love. He wants me to get one.
Looking forward to reading about your trip, when you have time to start your TR. I tell you, my summer has been crazy busy and I just started mine last week.
thanks! I think you should get one!!! She is so much fun!
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Lilly is adorable!!! I have been showing my DD Lauren and she is in LOVE!!! She wants a pug now!
I followed along on FB and Instagram and your trip looked magnificent and I cannot wait for details, details, details, pics, pics, pics!!!
thanks! I think you should get a baby pug!!! So much fun!!! Pure entertainment!
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Home!!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip. I'm loving all the puppy pictures. Lilly is so cute!!
Thanks!
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Glad you're home and have Pug baby #1 home with you! Can't wait to hear about the trip. Worried about the first aid visits, but it sounds like you had a good time over-all, so I'll try not to worry too much!
Thanks! No need to worry too much about the first aid........just true Emily fashion . We did have a good time overall!
And I will try to get Lilly photos here soon so you can see her!
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Welcome back Lisa!! Can't wait to hear all about it!
Thanks!
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Welcome home! I've been enjoying your puppy pics on Facebook. Lily is just adorable, and looks like she's settling in at home nicely. Hope things go just as well when you bring Maggie home next week! Looking forward to hearing about your trip!
Thanks! I can't wait to see the two of them together!
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Lilly is a doll! Loving your fb pics! How did you like your carrot cake cookie? (You never said). Can't wait for the full TR! We should be starting our PTR here soon. We don't have nearly the fun distraction like you (puppy kisses!)
Thanks! I LOVED the carrot cake cookie! Took me two nights to finish it!!!
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Welcome back! Can't wait to hear all about it.
thanks!
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Welcome back.Are you suffering from, as my daughter puts it, the Disney hangover.We're missing DW big time.And Im sure I don't need to tell you have fun with your new pups!
Okay folks - I am SOOOOO SORRY for being so neglectful of this thread BUT I promise you it is for good reason........those puppies are keeping me so busy!!! They are lucky that they are awfully darn cute ~ especially with my lack of sleep! I thought having a human baby was hard......that was nothing compared to this!
Because the puppies (and work) have been keeping me so busy - I have fallen behind on my duties here catching up on everyone's TR's (but think I was able to make good progress today!) and just tonight started to work on my Photopass photos! I still have a ton of editing to do, but in the meantime I thought I would tide (or maybe bore some of you.....sorry) you all over with some MAJOR cuteness overload!!!
The day after we returned home from Disney (12 hours to be exact! ) we brought Lilly home......
She loves her Minnie Mouse toy!
And taking lots of naps!!
And gets very excited when Mommy gets home from work!
We received a few photos from the breeder of Maggie about a week later (to tide us over until we could bring her home!):
And then Lilly is a very silly girl when we wake in the morning!
And she did really well on her first leash walk!
And very much enjoys car rides!
And even boat rides!!!
Then she discovered her puppy pool!
And then the day finally came to bring Maggie home!!
Sisters from another mother meeting for the first time!!
And Maggie loves to snuggle when she takes naps!
Maggie is quite the diva!
Last Friday evening Emily & I took Lilly for a ride to get her fitted for a harness and apparently she had had too much fun that day as she passed out sleeping in the cup holder on the way home!
And the girls love their outside time.....even if it's a nap on a lap!
And even though Lilly plays very rough with Maggie (who tends to be quite the drama queen by much more noise than necessary....even when Lilly is not even touching her :roll eyes, they do love to snuggle each other!
Now I do apologize for the quality of these photos - as they were all taken with my i-phone (still haven't uploaded from the big camera yet ), and some of you may have already seen all these on FB. And now that I see them, I am starting to feel guilty - knowing that there are more photos of Lilly than of Maggie - except then I remind myself that we had Lilly for 11 days before bringing Maggie home - and they are 3 weeks apart in age!!
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Home!!! Can't wait to hear all about your trip. I'm loving all the puppy pictures. Lilly is so cute!!
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Can't wait to hear all about it. 
. We did have a good time overall! 
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BUT I promise you it is for good reason........those puppies are keeping me so busy!!! They are lucky that they are awfully darn cute ~ especially with my lack of sleep! I thought having a human baby was hard......that was nothing compared to this! 
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