Three Little Riggs: Kevin's Birthday Weekend: Meet Roger!

We took Friday off of work and got up to Nashville by lunchtime. We looked up places on TripAdvisor for lunch and decided on Monell’s – it was an interesting experience! It was pretty tasty southern food served family style so we sat at a table with a bunch of strangers and passed bowls of food around the table. Afterwards we walked around downtown and stopped in a bar to get a drink and listen to some music! My coworker Lacy had told me she was going to the Zac Brown music festival that weekend in Nashville and then I saw John Mayer posting about it on facebook – so on the way up to Nashville I looked it up on the internet and saw that Friday night had a pretty cool line up: Amos Lee and Michael Franti & Spearhead to open, then Zac Brown Band with special guests Gregg Allman, Sheryl Crow, Alan Jackson, and John Mayer! So we decided to buy tickets and we were glad we did!! Afterwards we walked around downtown Nashville for a bit so Kevin could see Nash Vegas all lit up.

Outside of Monell's

Had a bottle of wine and empty coffee cups in my car = pregaming before the concert began :)

The next morning we got up early and headed about an hour North of Nashville to pick up Roger in Kentucky! The breeder let all 8 pups out when we first got there – they were so cute! There were only 2 males and we knew we wanted a male so he put all the girls up and we interacted with the two boys for a little while. Roger was the “white male”. The “red male” was a little smaller and not as masculine looking. He had a very sweet face but I thought Roger was cuter, and Roger seemed more interested in me when I would go up to him, he came when I called him, and he stared into my eyes! I was relieved when Kevin said he liked the “white male” better too, and after we expressed our opinions the breeder said hands down the “white male” would be his first pick too. They were part of the “L” litter so they like for their registered names to begin with an “L” – so, Roger is registered as “L Dorado von Schneiden Fels”. Kevin’s grandfather’s name was El Dorado, and I’ve always joked with him that we can’t name our son that but we could name a dog that :) Speaking of dog names, it took much debating to land on the name Roger! I’m so glad we finally thought of a name we both loved. A long time ago I suggested the name “Reno” for our future German Shepherd and Kevin got stuck on that. But I wanted it to be a musician’s name because my parents started that theme with Jeffery and Becky (Jeff Beck) and we carried it on with Floyd (Pink Floyd). I don’t know why it took us so long to think of Roger (Roger Waters) – I mean how perfect! Kevin thought of it and it has fit him perfectly. We also like to call him “Rogi” (Rah-gee) because of that State Farm commercial “Show me whatcha go whatcha got Raji!” yep, we sing that to him all the time!

I guess his love for chewing sticks started young!

The "red male". His ears were already up! He was pretty but I'm so glad we got to see Roger during his floppy ear stage.

Sleepy boy after showing off and playing

Yay!! You picked me!

I'd give anything to hold Rogi this little again!

The ride home was great overall, although I was in a completely different outfit by the time I got home (he got sick on my shirt and pottied on my jeans). But mostly he just slept and gazed into my eyes.

We got home while it was still light outside so we played in the yard with him for a little bit. The introduction with Floyd went pretty well. Floyd wasn’t thrilled, and Roger wants to play with Floyd like he’s a dog, but Floyd defends himself pretty well. I’m so glad Floyd hasn’t seemed mad at us – if anything he’s been sweeter!

On Sunday our parents came up to celebrate Kevin’s birthday and meet Roger. It was so fun to show off Roger! He was so cute playing in the yard and then getting completely worn out. We grilled out and Kevin’s mom brought red velvet cupcakes. Kevin’s mom gave Kevin lots of doggie-themed goodies and Mom and Dad gave us two new fans for our back porch, yay! What a fun weekend!