(a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week in 2014 - and also 2015)
Julia: the moment she found out that the stuffed animal puppy she received on Christmas day (a dog has been on her Christmas list since age 4) is just stand-in for the real article, which is arriving in our home sometime later in January.
WELL.......we're having another baby!!!! A puppy baby!!! Get ready for more puppy pix than you ever thought possible. My blog will become a puppy blog. We're getting a Brittany spaniel and we have some names thought of, but I'll spill the name when we actually have the doggy.
I haven't had a dog since I lost my beloved yellow lab girl, Annabelle, slightly over a decade ago. I'm a little FREAKED OUT by potty training again. It's going to be me and this dog, eye to eye for a few weeks in January while I do nothing but take it to the potty every 5 seconds. I just heard about this system that involved hanging little bells to the door - I'd never heard of that! Have you heard of that? Little bells! That's pretty brilliant - if I can get it to work.
Julia has been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I think she gave up on us ever following through and bringing a dog into our home. Andrew was like, if we're getting a dog, we're getting a DOG, that is dog-sized, and not some small floor moppy thing that is basically like a 3rd cat. Ha!
WHAT WILL SALLY SPARKLES AND ROSEBUD THINK? It's all Andrew and I talk about.
Julia has been waiting. And waiting. And waiting. I think she gave up on us ever following through and bringing a dog into our home. Andrew was like, if we're getting a dog, we're getting a DOG, that is dog-sized, and not some small floor moppy thing that is basically like a 3rd cat. Ha!
WHAT WILL SALLY SPARKLES AND ROSEBUD THINK? It's all Andrew and I talk about.
How exciting!! The look on Julia's face is PRICELESS - how cool that you captured it forever. Merry Belated Christmas (although Christmas continues for our family.....just one family get-together left).
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to frame that one or put it in an album for SURE - I always want to remember that day!!!
DeleteHappy Holidays!! LOVE this between Christmas and New Yrs time!
Such a great picture! How exciting for Miss J!
ReplyDeleteWe're getting a dog, too, a 3-month-old mutt that my aunt has been caring for, and is supposedly already trained in a lot of ways. We were supposed to get her Nutcracker weekend, but my mom wasn't able to come up then. I guess we'll get her sometime in the next couple of weeks.
THAT'S SO COOL!!!!! Oh wow, you have it made! a young dog that's been potty trained!!!! How fun!! We get to be dog owners together!!
Deletehow bout a few more exclamation points! !!!!!!!!!!!!!
The first photo of Julia is absolutely adorable! She really looks like you here. And Yay for a new puppy... super exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Julia!!!! I swear her hair is getting darker, she might be nearly as dark as I am by the time she's a teen!! We are sooooooo happy to meet our new friend :)
DeleteYour daughter's reaction is priceless!!!! She is so cute! Congratulations on getting a puppy! I will be very interested to see how it goes. My own daughter and son want a puppy too but I am quite afraid to add another member to our family! Especially another one that isn't potty trained yet LOL I look forward to see photos of your puppy :D
ReplyDeleteI'll be interested to see how it goes as well. HA HA HA HA!
DeleteHow exciting! We have friends who did the bell thing with great success. I was always amazed that the dog was trained to ring the bell when she needed to go out.
ReplyDeleteI find the whole idea of it AMAZING. I'm getting a book that supposedly details the whole process :)
DeleteYAY! A puppy! The picture of Julia is priceless!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh at the bell training, a friend of mine is trying that, and the puppy rings the bell constantly, because it likes going outside. Smart little thing! We always go old school-letting the puppy out after it eats, wakes up from a nap, when they have the "look".
I hope the Bell training works for you! Can't wait to see the pictures...
HA HA HA HA! well that's something I didn't think of. ha! I have this vision of a puppy constantly ringing, like for its butler! I guess I'm the butler :)
DeletePerfection, just perfection! So excited for you guys!
ReplyDeletewe're so excited too!!!! just a few more days!!
DeleteExciting! Can't wait for all the puppy pics!
ReplyDeletei'll have a new child to photograph! :)
DeleteOMG congratulations! Look at her sweet face. That joy is priceless.
ReplyDeleteshe just could not belieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeve it :)
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