Saturday after we left Ober Gatlingburg we decided to go back to the cabin and just take it easy, Matthew was still pretty tired from work that morning. We were getting out of the car fixing to go into our cabin when we heard someone yell and say "better lock your doors the bears will get in your car if you don't!" We never saw him clearly because of all the trees but it was our neighbor in the cabin close to us. He was standing on his balcony and said the bears are out. I immediately got excited and asked where they were and he told us to look under his balcony...
You can't see them all because some were behind trees or in them but there were 10 bears! I about died. I started snapping pictures and Matthew talked with our neighbor. The neighbor told us they have lived there for 8 years and this is the most active they have ever been. There were two mama bears and eight cubs. The cubs were playing around while the mama bears just laid around. At one point two cubs started growling at each other and "fighting" it was really fun to hear and watch. We stood there for a good 10 minutes watching them when all of a sudden I saw something out of the corner of my eye...
There was another cub sitting up on the hill behind a tree about 20 feet from us watching us. I couldn't get a good picture because it was hiding out behind the tree waiting for us to leave, and I wasn't getting any closer to it to get a picture. After we saw him we decided to go on in since he was so close lol. We both ran up to the balcony to watch them and that's when the cub that was so close decided to go to our car and try to get in. Matthew and I didn't realize how smart they are. He seriously went to every single door and pulled on the handle to try and get the door open and then went to the trunk and tried to raise it. We we so amused by watching him lol. After he realized he wasn't getting in our car he just laid down in the yard lol
We watched them off and on for a good hour or so and more tried to get in the car and then a mama and two cubs crossed over our front porch to go up in the mountains. It was so interesting and fun to watch them, but we were a little hesitant to go outside to leave that night for dinner lol.
Sunday we decided to go to Flapjacks for breakfast and it was really good! We stopped in Cookeville on our way home to hangout with everyone again and to go to church. On our way to Cookeville we decided to stop in Knoxville and drive around the University of Tennessee's campus since I have never seen it. It is a very big campus compared to Tech's campus! We also decided to stop at a place I have heard about through multiple friends call Puppy Zone. You can go in there and play with the puppies, and of course buy one if you want to.
Matthew fell IN LOVE with this little guy, a shih poo. He just want to lay on and be held by Matthew, and every time he put him down he would jump back up on the side of the bed and wait for Matthew to hold him. It was THE cutest thing in the world, and my heart melted every time I looked at them. Unfortunately little man was about $1300 so we had to pass, but Matthew said if he would have been cheaper he wouldn't have been able to leave him...
We both thought this little one was cute, but definitely agreed that if we had to choose one it would have been Matthew's little buddy.
My favorite picture of the two lol
Every since we left Puppy Zone Matthew has been researching all about shih poo's and looking up different breeders in and around Nashville while I am trying my VERY best to convince Matthew that it would be better to wait until we are in a house to get one.
It's really hard to do that when he keeps sending these kind of messages to me throughout the day...
and then he started adding little messages "from the puppy" to them
STRAIGHT UP KILLIN' ME Y'ALL.
#staystrongshelby
And yes, my husband's name in my phone has a smiley face beside it. It has been that way since we started talking back in spring of 2010 and I don't think I'll ever be able to change it. :)
OMG! So many adorable things in me post! Those bears are awesome! I cannot believe how out in the open they are. Glad you all could see them - from a safe distance! ;) and MELT MY HEART! Those silly puppy text messages from your man are killing me! Caleb and I would love to get a pup, but now is not the right time!
ReplyDeletehaha your husband has be dying laughing!!!! Usually it's the reverse! I had to beg my husband for a puppy but I love that yours is begging you!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, those bear pictures are AMAZING! How cool is that?! And that puppy makes me want to go out and buy one right now. So cute.
ReplyDeleteThe puppy messages are hilarious!!! Oh my goodness!
ReplyDeleteI also wanted to wait until we were in a house and after our honeymoon this spring to get a pup, but we caved about a year ahead of schedule. It worked out really well for us because we were already in a groove with the dog when we moved into our home, and I wouldn't have it any other way! Though a fenced in yard makes a HUGE difference. The bears are awesome!
Those bears are crazy!! I was showing my hubby your snaps and he kept saying "oh, heck no!!" lol That little puppy is so adorable! That stinks so much he was that expensive :/ Too funny at Matt trying to convince you to get a puppy now!!!
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