The first question everyone wants answered is how is life with a puppy, a baby, and a kindergartner? Well, it's not easy. We knew it wouldn't be. You told me it wouldn't be. And it isn't. However, she is very sweet. Very cute. Obedient. And trainable. So, we'll keep her. Jakob enjoys having her around most of the time. He's not thrilled about her little bites and he doesn't feel like playing or carrying her up the stairs when he's tired or ornery. But for the most part I think he enjoys having her around. Caleb loves her. Even though he is her most valued chew toy. I've resorted to dressing him in long sleeved footy PJ's all day and spraying him with bitter spray to keep her at bay. It's almost impossible to get the two to stop playing rough. I try and teach Caleb and the puppy. But in the end, I just have to hope she'll grow out of her need to chew. She sleeps through the night until 5:50AM. This is the hardest part. I value my sleep. Once she's awake in the morning she will NOT stop barking unless she's able to run around for a while. During the day she'll stop barking after 5-10 minutes. Potty Trained? Well, she's litter box trained when she's inside her room (the pack n' play crib.) But she still struggles if we let her walk around the house very long without constant supervision. I'm hoping she'll learn to be out and about freely soon. Next week I will move her to Jakob's room full time so she can be in a bigger room. We'll see how it goes.
Caleb is working hard on his walking skills. He's Thrilled by his new skill. He's also trying to use more words. Nothing Completely understandable. But we know he's trying.
Leif is working at the school again. He has also started his Fall Semester classes. So he's very busy! He was going to work for the Community College as well. But they just couldn't get organized so he had to resign. Two jobs and full time school would have been way too much anyway. He really needs to focus on Learning from his classes, not just passing them.
Me? Well, I'm really tired at the moment. Fine, but tired. Nothing too exciting to report.
So, that's how we're doing...
I'll post more photos later.
4 comments:
It was nice to hear from you. I loved how you bolded the main subjects. That was creative! Love,
Patricia
p.s. if you know of anyone looking for an apartment in Salt Lake Trisha and Darrin have one open at a great price!
Hey Lena - glad to hear that you guys are going well. Happy Birthday to Jakob! I'm sorry his first day at school didn't go so well :(
Hope that the puppy-adjustment stage is short. Ours are outside dogs, so we never really went through the potty-training thing.
Hey- Jason & I couldn't remember specifically any council on student loans on the Financial Freedom DVD. That would be awesome if you could get your ward to buy them! I would let you borrow ours if you were closer :)
Happy Birthday Jakob. Sounds like that puppy is a lot of work. Can he run outside? I hope he grows out of biting fast for you. Are you going to school this semester? I hope your little one has a better day at school today.
jmaszbb7
Lena, Glad to hear that all is going well. the first week of school the teachers always do assesments to see where the kids are. This tells the teacher if the child nees extra help in any area or if they need a challenge. Hang in there with all of this. I do know what you are going through and it really does get better. At least you don't have kids at three diffrent schools like I do.
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