Puppies!

I tell you what, so many people have asked how Caleb is doing with the dogs that I figured I'd go ahead and do a post entirely about their relationship. Synopsis: Auggie is a buddy, Nonny is not.

Auggie is probably the most neurotic and horrible puppy in the world. (Our fault, he's not trained.) However, when you see him spend time with Caleb and get a glimpse of how much joy he brings my little man, you forget all of that.

Nonny, on the other hand, is a reasonably well behaved little dog. She forgets about the no-barking rule occasionally, but is a little angel for the most part. She does NOT, however, enjoy Caleb Z. She chooses flight over fight, though, so everything is okay.

One of the things that we didn't think about is that Nonny came from the shelter, so she might have had bad experiences with babies before. She's been tolerant thus far, but it makes Caleb so sad that she won't hang out with him.

Auggie is worth his weight in gold to me. In the mornings, I like to do DDR. Caleb isn't allowed to watch television, so he has to sit in his saucer to the side of me where he can see me but not the tv. Auggie will sit up on his hind legs and look at Caleb, keeping him occupied so that I can get some exercise in. It won't last very long now, though. He's at that point where he HATES to be immobilized! But when I leave him to his own devices, he crawls right over to the mat and starts pounding on it. Not only do I have to dodge him, but sometimes he messes up my score. *whine* (Speaking of which, Nonny and Auggie were fighting on my mat this morning and actually changed the arrow options so that they disappeared before I could step on them. That took quite a while to correct.) Anyway, I'll enjoy it while I can.

And finally, speaking of puppies, I just want to take a minute to remember little Miss Scooter Pie. She went to heaven yesterday, and will be missed. I got to say good-bye to her last weekend, so at least I wasn't unprepared. It makes me appreciate my own two even more while simultaneously making me dread the day I have to say good-bye to them...