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Motherhood, Sewing, Family

christmas part one.

~ Etc.

our oldest daughter adi woke us up super early on christmas morning(after running into the livingroom by herself and opening all the stockings and choosing which stocking was to be hers, stuffing it all back in, making sure santa paid a visit and left presents under the christmas tree) and had us go straight to our livingroom to open the presents.  i wanted to cover the blanket over my head and go back to sleep and demand that the rest do the same, but there was no way our two excited kids were going to do just that!  so open presents we did, and saved the best for last.
i love the last picture where she seems to be saying, “daddy, you can clearly see that i don’t want him on my lap, but why aren’t you doing anything about it?”

meet our newest addition.

~ Etc.

on christmas eve, my husband and i anxiously drove to the airport to pick up our newest addition to the family.  we were suppose to pick him up the day before christmas eve, but due to southwest cancelling all their pet travels the day of his flight until january, the best our breeder could do was to buy him a ticket from delta with a connecting flight in between.  but our pup missed his connecting flight so he had to stay overnight and fly to utah the next morning.  so you can guess just how anxious and eager we were to meet this little guy!  and me hissing, “they better take him to a high-class dog hotel in minnesota and give him the VIP treatment!” about 20 times throughout the night while reading the book, “how to raise the perfect puppy” written by the dog whisperer guy.

and after we arrived at the airport and waited for 40 mins., an agent finally brought him out in his crate.  and as soon as we laid our eyes on him, our hearts completely melted.  he is perfect.

we made sure to use the “no talk, no touch, no eye contact” rule and let him smell us first and have him go in the car and in his crate on his own and not force him in it by using a treat.  he behaved perfectly- calm, curious, playful, and fell asleep within a few minutes of being in the car!  he is so sweet.  let’s just pray we will train him correctly.

oh, we’re so going to be one of those dog lovers who put their dogs in their family christmas cards and throw them little birthday parties.  and we’re completely okay with that. 😉

and you’ll be seeing a lot of pictures of him from now on.  i hope you’re okay with that.

…..like starting now.

and his name you might wonder?  his name is achilles.  can you guess who named him? ;D
i think my husband is finally starting to feel the hormones balance out in this family.

we are expecting…

~ Etc.

this little guy in two days!
we haven’t even met him yet but we’re already in love.  i can’t stop looking at his pictures
and thinking about how in two days we’ll get to pick him up at the airport!
(and worrying incessantly about his air travel and praying it wouldn’t traumatize him.)
but it’s a BIG SECRET to our girls and we’ll be hiding 
this cutie for two days until christmas morning.  so shh… 😉
p.s: we’re both first time dog owners and we’ve read and heard from many people 
that the breed we’re getting(shiba inu) is one of the hardest to train.  
so while we’re very excited, we’re pretty nervous too.  
so any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated and noted, thanks!