Jonathon is FINALLY home!! YAY! He's been home for almost 2 weeks, and it's been crazy but amazing all the same.
I gave him a pretty in depth tour of the house when he first got in. I showed him where everything is/goes, etc. However, this didn't stop the flood of questions on where to locate things. When I told him a certain closet, he looked lost. I have faith that he now knows all the ins and outs of our home. Great huh?
Not only can he find his own socks, but he has mastered the dishwasher (seriously) and he has taken almost all of the responsibilities of the dog. It's great to have him home - not for the help, although it's nice - but just to be with him. It's great going out to dinner a few times a week, and double dating. It's amazing that suddenly watching a movie at night seems like such a privilege and a blessing. He cooks a lot, and although we mostly eat totally different meals, we still eat them together. We walk the dog, and do laundry. It is all normal, mundane things - but I have waited over 2 years to do them with him.
I got him to pull up the backyard planters. Ok, well he did one of them. They are big & a lot of work. We still have two to go. Maybe tomorrow. When we got the house, the backyard was SO overgrown and awful. Within a half hour, we realized that most of what we thought was a planter was actually cement that was connected to our porch! Go figure. We want the planters to be ready for Spring planting. It was really funny - Jonathon got into BDU pants and his boots to tackle the outside mission. He then switched to his Gortex rain gear to bathe the dog.
I hope everyone enjoys their weekend!!
While our friends have baby fever, Jonathon and I are sticking to responsibilites of the four legged variety. (Which I'm not so sure is much easier)
Jonathon has waited for a dog ever since I met him. However, with deployments and apartment living it just didn't seem possible. Now that we have a house, I agreed to get a Bloodhound. Mind you - I completely gave in to this. I was perfectly fine with my cat. Bella came anyway.
Her first night home she didn't let me sleep. I have her crate downstairs, and I swear to you, she knew when my eyes closed because she'd start to freak out. I would then check on her, and she was totally fine. We went through that all night. When I say no sleep, I don't mean an hour or two - I mean none! I was so cranky.
My mom told me it's like having a baby - but here's the thing. I did the whole day care and nanny thing. I've never really had a dog, kids I can handle (not that I want to right now). Baby spit up and drool is NOTHING compared to Bloodhound slobber or the smell of a wet dog. I also want to say that I would rather change an explosive diaper then have my entire floor downstairs disgusting because of wet ears, drool, wet paws and food that "somehow" got way out of the bowl. I was mopping my floor at 5 am because she didn't want to wait for me to get the leash, she just relieved herself right on the dining room floor. You know how OCD I am about germs, so there I am disinfecting forever. She hasn't done it again. Even so, I can't deny she's adorable...when she's sleeping not howling. :) I think Jon is going to love her. She has caught on quickly on how to properly take walks. She also knows that she has to have her harness on before she can get out of the kennel. I am surprised with how well she's done - it's taken so much work on my part, and hers, but I think she'll be ready for running when Jonathon is home. She seems to be pretty smart, and with her little puppy face I know she'll have Jon wrapped around her..um..paw. She freaks out around cars, but I'm thinking that's because at the breeder's house they just had a bunch of land to run around on - they weren't really taken into the street. She'll be a great addition to our little family.
She's 25 lbs already & she should be about 90-100 lbs fully grown. (I KNOW!) Here are some pictures.
