I had a dog growing up. Her name was Carrie. She slept with me every night. We played ball all of the time. She would follow me around the house. I even took her to college with me. She lived 15 glorious years and when she died she was battling diabetes, arthritis, and blindness. At the end, when it got really bad, I came home from camp just to see her. She died that night. My dad said she waited for me. I rocked her to sleep put her to bed and she passed. I was thankful I didn’t have to make the decision, but heartbroken b/c she was gone. Even as I write this, I cry. I miss her.
I didn’t last six months without a dog in my life. That Christmas my parents got me Molly! Molly is about as close to the perfect dog as you can get. She LOVES to cuddle. She has slept with me from the day I brought her home. She is a great (and loud) watch dog. She gets jealous. She thinks she deserves all of my attention. Unless of course, she is getting love from her daddy or grandparents.
I won’t lie. I was a little nervous about how she would react to Nonie. It was like she realized how important Nonie was to her dad and me. She totally respected her. She wanted to share my lap with her, but would tip toe around her and never step on her. She even guards Nonie.
I was also shocked at how I reacted to her when I brought Nonie home. What I didn’t know, was that I would have to learn how to love her again. I came home with this baby I would do anything to protect and I saw Molly as a threat. However, now that we have all figured it out, I believe my love for Molly has grown. It may seem silly, but I can’t wait for Nonie to play with her and run around in the backyard with her. She is going to be a great companion for her like Carrie was for me!
Rewind. Two years ago this Christmas, Brother and I walked into Petsmart and saw Cairn Terriers up for adoption. There was no way I was going to be able to walk out of there without one. Merry Christmas to me…we took Millie home. Now, Millie is our special needs dog. She takes anti-anxiety meds twice a day and is just special. I was never and still am not afraid in the least that Millie will be aggressive or jealous of Nonie. However, she gets spooked VERY easily. When Nonie was only a week or so old, Millie hurled herself into my lap where I was nursing Nonie. Her nails scratched Nonie’s head. No major damage, but scared me nonetheless.
Two months later, Millie has slowly caught on to the importance of Nonie to all of us. If she gets to close, Molly will get between her and Nonie. Millie doesn’t jump on me when I am holding her anymore. She has also become more social lately and enjoys sleeping in her bed, instead of her cage.
All this to say, I don’t think my puppy dogs have taken a backseat. They just have a new seat and have to share it with Nonie! I don’t think they mind and I think one day very soon, they will enjoy each other’s company even more! Ok, done.
Let me point out, it does not matter at all that it is country music. Those are just the only channels that actually play music videos. However, I have noticed a couple of new ones that just showed up with Christmas music. Holla! I think I will switch over soon. I also need to point out that the coffee is about as good as you can get. Brother got me a Keurig coffee pot-upgrade. It makes one cup of the best coffee you have ever tasted at a time. I never thought one cup at a time would make sense in my life, but it makes perfect sense. Brother hates coffee. Therefore, I was wasting a ton every time I made it. Plus, it took so much effort to make it for just me. Now it takes all of 30 seconds and I waste none! Word!
I thought I would give you a visual of how my babygirl sleeps. If her arms are not in the air, she will not be asleep for long. I think it is so crazy how in two months I have picked up on so many of her habits. I can read her like a book. I love it. I don’t expect it to stay this way though. She will change and grow and I will have to catch on again and again. How fun will that be? I knew being a mom would be cool and fun and challenging, but I really couldn’t have imagined it being this great. I don’t want to be the sappy mom that always goes on and on about her child, but really, how can you not! Ok, done.
Today was a great day! The first year Brother and I were married I made him go to the Centennial Holiday Show. He didn’t want to go, but he did b/c he loves me. We ended up getting a couple of ornaments and some kettle corn. Last year we got to go again and thus a tradition was born! This year we were both looking forward to it. We were excited to get a new ornament with Nonie on it to represent our “new” complete family on our tree!
Now, this holiday show is kind like a huge craft fair with lots of booths. It is hard enough to maneuver through, but we had to figure out how to take a two-month old. Our solution….baby bjorn! Worked great!
Brother was the most popular guy there. It is still amazing to me the looks, smiles, and comments you receive just for having a baby with you. At least I understand what they are looking at now. When I was pregnant, people would stare and me and sometimes smile and I always forgot I was pregnant and was pretty freaked out. Then it would dawn on me later, they were staring at my stomach, my huge stomach. Whatev…
We also got a painting for Nonie’s room, which I am pretty excited about!
On a different note, I have been cleaning and reorganizing my house since I had Nonie. It has come a long way and I am enjoying all the changes. Sometimes in my life, I just need a change. Not a big one, just something different. In college, I would always change my dorm room furniture at least every couple months. Plus, totally found my WKU diploma, upgrade. Now I can hang it in the empty frame in my office! I also found some old journals, upgrade. It is quite entertaining the things I felt the need to write down. Random is probably going to be my middle name when it comes to blogging.
Did I mention, I am SOOOO excited for the Christmas season. I totally wore Christmas socks today. 92.9 is already playing Christmas music. ABC family is having a countdown to the 25-day countdown to Christmas, meaning sappy, cliché Christmas movies are on nonstop! Brother is thrilled! Yeah right! Ok, done.
