The Adventures of Maddux & Bella: Mulch, Mulch, Mulch!

It was a beautiful weekend in Atlanta so Mommy and Daddy took the opportunity to do some yard work. They removed all the old mulch from the front five beds and replaced it with new...it took 45 bags. They also put new plants in the hanging baskets on the front porch.

You can imagine that all this work took all day Saturday and most of the day on Sunday, which left me and Bella to fend for ourselves inside. For those of you who know us well, you know that we don't like to be left alone even if we are free to run around the entire downstairs.

Mommy and Daddy worked outside on Saturday for about 6 hours, and Mommy would come in and check on us, or she would look at us from the windows around the front door. As she peeked through the windows, she would see me either standing at the window looking at her or asleep on the rug in the sun. As for Bella, she was mostly found standing on the back of the couch looking around (she is such a showoff).

On Sunday, Mommy was only outside for a couple of hours, and when she came inside after she was done working, she could not find Bella anywhere. I came right to the door, but Bella was nowhere to be found. Of course, Mommy freaked out. She was screaming for Bella to come and she running around the downstairs trying to find the little stinker. I knew where she was, but I wasn't talking. Mommy was running several terrible scenarios through her head: she could have slipped by her when she opened the door or she could have fallen off the furniture and gotten hurt. It finally dawned on Mommy that there was only one other place Bella could possible be - upstairs. Yep, that's right...Bella decided she had enough of being downstairs so she climbed the stairs for the first time. I guess she thinks she can do whatever she wants since Friday is her 2nd birthday. Needless to say, Mommy was very thankful to find Bella unhurt. From now on, a baby gate will be going at the bottom of the stairs.

Here are a couple of pictures of Mommy and Daddy's hard work.