Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Adventures in Parenting

At two, Punky is firmly in the toddler years. It was tricky, at first, parenting a toddler. The toddling is a game changer. But you adapt, move all the breakable a to an even higher location, block off the stairs, put the child thingies (yes, that IS the technical name) on the doorknobs and so on. The toddler gets steadier and less toddly. Life is good. Life is fun. Life is an adventure.

Then you do something crazy. Like have another baby. Or in my case, adopt a puppy. And life as you know it is over. A puppy is like having an infant. Getting up in the middle of the night (to let the dog out instead of feeding a baby. But let's face it, getting up in the middle of the night for any reason isn't fun). Having a puppy is like a toddler- most of the time you can't reason with them. Puppies chew a lot- like teething babies. They sleep a lot too, just not when you want them to!

But it's fun too. Watching your pup follow around your kid. Hearing the kid ask about the puppy. Knowing they'll be best buds if only you survive the next year.

You never know what you are going to come home to find. Like the picture below of a naked Princess baby and a play spoon hanging with the pot holders... 


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  1. They were having a party while you were gone obviously! You are brave having a puppy but I know she is well loved and you guys are going to have a great time with her. After all--she is adorable!

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    1. I wish I had been invited to the party. It clearly was more fun than being at work! I don't know about brave- I really think temporarily insane is more accurate... But she's just so darn cute!

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  2. I know someone who tried to add a puppy - their daughter was 4 so they thought it would be easy. They ended up giving the dog back before their week trial was over -- she said it was way harder than a baby. But I think if they had of stuck past the hurdles -- they would have eventually had a wonderful new family member to love and enjoy over the years.

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    1. I admit, it is tougher than I thought, but we adopted her into our family through good times and chewing! She will be well loved by all.

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