02/07/2022
INCLUDE YOUR FUR BABIES IN YOUR PHOTOS 🐶
With heavy hearts, we had to lay our sweet pup, Terra, to rest last week at 3.5 years young. She was finally overtaken by CKD (Canine Kidney Disease). She was diagnosed with at just 4 months and I still remember mourning the day I found out the puppy I had only had for 2 months could leave us sooner than later. Now I am mourning again today that she has actually left us. I am at peace knowing we gave her a good, full life by welcoming and accepting all of her health issues and what that would require from us.
I am forever grateful for all of these precious memories we have of her in photos with us. I am thankful to all of my sweet photographer friends who graciously encouraged us to include her in each of our milestone shoots. Having your pets join in on your photos can be extra work, but the rewards are 💯 worth it. The first photo you see above is one of our last family photos taken together after Pearl was born back in September, and to be honest, I almost didn’t have this photo taken. The newborn phase is exhausting, as is prepping yourself, family, and house for a newborn photo session. After rocking a newborn to sleep and corralling a toddler in photos, I didn’t really feel like trying to get our pup to cooperate.
Terra has been in our current home basically since the beginning, just 5 months after we moved in, through our crazy house renovations and on our xmas card since 2018. She has been with me through some of my biggest life changes, like becoming a mother, and was the first to hear that I was pregnant with Penny.
She was a sweet, stubborn, and goofy pup who had more friends in our neighborhood than we do. She was our first baby and a true big sister to our firstborn, Penny. They shared jealousy, roughhousing, and love. Penny loved her Puppy, would hug her goodnight every night before bed, and is the reason she loves all dogs. Telling our 2 year old that our puppy was very sick and not coming home hurts.
This week our home has felt a little emptier, but my heart remains full with all of these wonderful memories.
RIP Terra aka Terrabyte, Terrable, & Puppy.
📸: Photographers tagged in each photo