Ellie Mae

Our sweet dog, Ellie Mae, passed away on Friday, October 21st at the age of 9. She had been sick for a few days but never imagined this would happen. I was with her when she passed and it was so sad. Her vet doctor said she passed from a heart attack. She was so active and in good health that it just came all of a sudden. It has been very difficult lately to know that she is gone. We had her cremated since it was hard for us to part from her so she is in our study in the sun (her favorite spot) surrounded by two of her favorite toys, the original Mr. Bear and the Mr. Bear replacement.

Ellie Mae was our baby for 9 years and we loved every minute with her. She was spoiled rotten. She loved laying in the sun, roaming around in the backyard, sleeping in our closets, going bye bye, drinking lots of water, eating ice cubes, eating grapes, and eating bread. Every time we had a piece of bread or even opened the bread sack she would literally come running to the kitchen. She loved us unconditionally. She loved being lazy with me on Sundays as we watched football or Nascar races. She was the perfect lap dog and the best cuddler ever. She would cuddle up to our feet and we would be out in a few minutes.

We got Ellie Mae while we were in college at Ole Miss and has been with us through 2 houses and also the excitement of when we found out we were having twins. I knew she would make a great big sister because she was always very protective of us when we were by ourselves. It hurts me to know that she will never get to meet these 2 precious babies that are on the way. But we know that she will be their guardian angel looking down over them. We had some pictures made professionally that were to be used as our Christmas card pictures this year and we finally got those framed. Our family picture with Ellie Mae is hanging outside the soon to be twins nursery.

I know some of you are thinking this is crazy to talk about a dog like this but she was literally a huge part of our lives. Doug and I are animal lovers and they deserve the same amount of respect, love, and attention as anyone does. We are planning on getting another dog before the twins arrive. Since she has been gone our lives have not been the same. We lived our lives around her making sure she was taken care of while we were out of town or had to work late. We need our routine back and so we have decided to get another one to love and care for again. Ellie Mae can never be replaced and we know that but there are several dogs out there who would love to be loved by someone.

Throughout the years, we took several pictures of Ellie Mae. So as a tribute to her, we leave you with a few pictures over the years of her life.

Everytime we put our Christmas tree up, Ellie Mae thought she had to lay under it. She loved to check out all the packages to see which ones were hers.

She HATED sweaters! She would always tuck her tail and hide whenever she had to go bye bye with a sweater on.

Laying on the couch. She had the run of the house and would lay wherever she could find a good spot.

We were moving and packing boxes and Ellie Mae decided she would lay in the middle of all our boxes. I guess she didn't want us to forget her.

She loved her spot in our bed. She would curl up between us and we would always squish her and she would make the funniest grunt noises. Some mornings I would wake up and her head would be on my pillow.

Our official dishwasher licker. She always loved to lick the dishes after we would put them in the dishwasher to be washed.

Going bye bye. She always fell asleep though. Sometimes we would honk to wake her up and shout "cow" and she would bark her head off. So funny!

Outside under the ceiling fan. I was laying out this summer in my "redneck blow up" pool on our back porch and someone got embarrassed and turned around and couldn't look at me.

Sleeping in her bed. Can you see her eyes peering out from behind that hair?

Chillin' out on the bench on the back porch. This was her favorite place to lay in the summer.

You talking to me?

Her nana sent this picture to us while we were in Chicago. She loved going to Nana's house. I think in this picture she was saying "when are you guys coming back?"

Our last family of 5 picture. Yes I was pregnant with twins at the time these pictures were taken.

I hope you have enjoyed these pictures of Ellie Mae. We miss her terribly and the little things she did each and every day.