Meet Zeus!

The newest addition to our family! She is 15 weeks and an absolute doll! We picked her up on Friday night, had two accidents in the house and since then has been perfect! No chewing, No accidents, just cool:calm:and collective!

Her sister, Athena, was adopted by Mark's sister Stephanie. After two nights of not being with her sister, Zeus and Athena finally met again on Sunday! They were so happy to see each other.

Yes, we know Zeus is a male name, but I figured since Mark is out-numbered in this household we might as well change it up a bit. So maybe she will be Zeusette - but we will call her Zeus! The girls really liked Jules, but I think Zeus has a firmer tone (not that this one has the makings of a guard dog, though ;)



She is a lab/rott mix - she looks more Rottweiler to me. Her tale is docked, and she soooo reminds me of my Gunther! The girls are adjusting well to living with a dog. I can't believe how much they have stepped up, I am sure this will die down soon, but right now they are loving the extra duties.



She is adjusting well to our routines, dropping off Rose : picking up Rose and whines whenever I leave! Ahhhhhh... Oh well I am sure you will be hearing more stories from this one. Just hopefully not like the stories from Ellisa and her blue painted Dog!

Puppy Thoughts

Oh goodness, good golly - guess what is one our mind! Yep, that's right PUPPY! After nearly two years after the loss of our Duke and Gunther - we miss that companionship! We have outweighed the pros and cons. We know what to expect, for goodness sake we have owned dogs basically the whole time of Mark and I's courtship!

It's funny, you don't want dogs when you have them, but then when you don't have them you just know something is missing. It's hard to explain, but certainly a feeling we are experiencing.

Today, we went and looked at what could be our future dog. A little girl, Rottweiler. She is soooo precious! The girls fell in love with her and she fell in love with the girls. She looks EXACTLY like the one above. We almost I mean *almost* bought her! We have an appointment to look at another dog this week, though. We wanted to keep both options open.

This is our other choice! Precious, I tell ya!


I can't believe we are actually debating this, but the girls are just soooooo convincing of why they want a dog and all the things they will do just so they can have a dog (yeah, roll eyes here). But you know, who can say no to their cute begging faces!!








Yeah I know - Call me CRAZY!!

Stop the Train!

The time has come! Yes, the potty training has begun! Mia decided this morning that she did not want a diaper on. She walked around for a bit here and there and came up to me saying PeePee. I told her to get her Potty Chair and sit down. So what did she do? She got her potty chair and stood on it and made PeePee. Granted some got on the chair, some got in the pot of the chair, and some got on her leg; but she gets the idea!!!! No miracles are expected here, but its a step!

Now she is telling me Poop. Girl slow down! This train is moving too fast.

This just perhaps may be (and probably is) my last baby! What will I do without any baby diapers to change :( I'm already getting sad thinking about it.

Oh Mia - I love you!!

Christmas and New Years - all rolled into one!

Or at least that is what the Holiday time felt like. It flew by, and now I am kinda sad it is over. My house looked like a department store - clothes, games, toys - all over the place! The girls received a Wii this year! They were so excited! Their favorite game thus far is Disney Enchanted Journey Princess game. They each came home with about 5 outfits, Games, Color Wonders, Disney princess figurines, baby dolls, a doll house and too much more to list.

This year, I think you all may know the song that goes, "and Mom and Dad can hardly wait for school to start again" - its a Christmas song, well it brought a whole new meaning in my life. Rose could not stop asking when she was going back to school. I believe we heard it every day. Now I know why they included it in the song!!

During the holiday break; Mark and I took the girls and his Mom to the Detroit Historical Society and the Detroit Institute of Arts. It was a great trip. I didn't know Rose had such a deep appreciation for Christian Art. She dragged me to all of the Christian Art and talked to me about each one. They had an eye spy game there, that kept her quite busy as well. A must do for the older ones! I hope to go again, but just with her and I.

On New Years Eve, I volunteered to spent overnight as a hostess at McRest at our church. It was a great evening filled with wonderful conversation and a renewed spirit. I would suggest it to everyone.

Monday was the start of school. As I was dropping Rose off at school, I mentioned to her that I would miss her. She looked at me and said "Mom, you had plenty of time with me, Ms. Shrader (her teacher)has not spent any time with me for more than 10 days now!" I couldn't stop laughing! Although I know this is what she wanted, I still miss her more than ever during the day. We had some great times together during our weeks off.

Next week, its back to school for me, as well. Algebra and Microbiology here I come. I have my calendar situated and ready and my book bag packed! Can you tell I have missed school as well. I'm ready to get on with it already.

I hope you all had a great Holiday and have a prosperous New Year!



As a new introduction has come into my life now says - Peace is mine in 2009! (I'll blog more on this later).