Zeke is One!

So, you are going to have to bear with me as I overload you with the cuteness that is my baby Zekey!  After a week of seeing my friends Audrie and Nicole post pictures of her new puppies, I decided that I needed to adopt their brother.  On August 18, 2012 I traveled to visit my friend Casey and pick up the newest member of our family.  I can't believe he is already one!  So, take a trip down memory lane with me...

Zeke's first picture!

Zeke hanging out with his biological siblings, Zoey and Zander! (The Z puppies)

Zeke comes home to meet (and pester) his new adopted big sister, Hexe

He's been a snuggler since the beginning

 Zeke thought the crate was just fine as long as he had guests!

 My babies

 The dogs like to sneak on the couch to snuggle with Julia because then they don't get in trouble for being on the furniture.

I lucked out by having another dog that puts up with crap from a toddler and loves her despite it! 

 And here's my baby boy smiling for his birthday treat!

He may be naughty, but I am so happy that I have him.  Hexe is usually happy to have him too! ;)

A little crazy around here!

The moving is underway and things are a bit crazy around here!  It all started last week.  My parents started staying at their new house and we brought Hexe (oh yeah, the dog's new name is Hexe) home on Monday.  She is doing pretty well adjusting to life here.  She is a VERY loyal dog.  She doesn't leave my side if she can help it.  It's pretty cute, but there are times where I wish I could just go throw something in the trash or go to the bathroom without her following me.  It's kind of like having two of Julia around here!  She is great with Julia though.  She puts up with Julia "petting" her and climbing on her with out even batting an eye.  We have been pretty lucky with that.  I think it's because she knows that if she is nice to Julia, she will get bits of food thrown to her from the high chair every time Julia eats!

This is what a typical meal time looks like with these two!  It might not be the best behavior, but Hexe is really nice when she takes the food and we all know Julia doesn't miss a meal, so I'm not worried about her not eating. 

Another thing to change now that I am a dog owner is that I get up around 6am!  Hexe doesn't like to be left alone.  I think it's from being a shelter dog and a loyal German Shepard.  That means that I have to get up with her when Lou leaves for work.  It has it's benefits though.  As I sit here writing this at 8:56 am, Julia is quietly asleep, I have done the dishes, dinner is in the crockpot, I have checked my email, I picked out paint colors for the living room, kitchen and bathroom, and I am making a blog post without having to stop to do any of the loads of stuff I normally have to do in a day.  It's really nice!

Yum, beef pot roast!  And now I don't have to think about what I am going to make for dinner tonight.  I am also able to fall asleep before 2am.  We will see how this 6am thing is going for me in another month, but for now I am enjoying my peace and quiet.

We adopted a new family member!

I have wanted to be able to have a dog for quite a few years.  Lou and I decided that it would be best to wait until we had our own house so we didn't have to worry about renting a place that allowed dogs.  I knew that getting a dog was necessary when I saw how happy Julia was around dogs.  We have been looking online for a while and we found a black German Shepard on petfinder.com that we were both interested in.  Today we went out to an adoption event at Petco to see her and loved her.  So, we filled out the application and adopted her!

Without further ado, I introduce our doggy!  She's an 8 month old German Shepard.  She is still in need of her rabies shot and to be spayed.  We will get her on Monday the 18th.  I'm so excited to get her home and really get to know her and let her have her "furever" home!  And that means we have a little over a week to come up with a name for her.  Her name now is Koda, but neither Lou or I like that.  I am thinking I want a German name for her, but I haven't found the right one yet.  I will have to keep thinking and looking around for ideas!