brady had been begging for a pet for a couple of years and on his 8th birthday we decided that he would be ready for that responsibility. what i didn't expect was that mommy wouldn't be ready for that responsibility. we had just recently moved into our house in idaho falls, were up to our eyeballs in remodeling, i had been newly called as the young women's president and we had a 16-month old little baby who was deeply afraid of the yappy little puppy who liked to chase him and nip at his feet.
we surprised brady with him after i'd taken him shopping to get all of the necessities for a puppy. he didn't know that we were actually getting a puppy, just that we were preparing for one. we'd talked many hours about the responsibility and care it would take, as well as reading lots of books from the library. we were well prepared figuratively. just not in the real world sense. too much at one time. and to top it off, it was winter. puppy wouldn't move out in the cold. couldn't take him for a walk and you can forget about trying to get him to go potty outside.
i really think we learned a lot from this venture, and will be much more realistic about the next time we decide our family is really ready to welcome in another doggy member. for me, that means that we will be beyond the baby years. i just can't do both.
when we got scout he was 10 weeks old. he's a "chiweenie," a chihuahua and dauchshund mix. we did find him a good home where he has been very loved.
brady meets scout:
again, i am missing a bunch of pictures. i had an adorable one with him and my dad, him and brady and one with me as well.
shawnae had a silly app to add a mustache on him. he's so cute!
here's a few snippets of life with a baby and a puppy- remarkable alike, no?
1 comment:
LOL! This is hilarious to me - only because I've felt the same way about a dog. I've always loved them, had one as a kid, but I don't want one now - at least not in the near future. If I wanted that much work right now, I'd just have another kid. :)
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