Well, we’ve made it 3 weeks as
dog parents and so far we’re doing pretty well.
Sabrina still has the occasional accident in the house, but for the most
part she does a good job. She is
learning not to chew on everything and hasn’t yet nipped at Ella, which is
amazing. She still isn’t much of a
barker. She only barks when she wants
our attention (like if we’ve left her outside longer than she feels is
necessary, or if she thinks it’s time for us to get out of bed and we’re still
sound asleep) or when she’s around other dogs.
Other than that she’s pretty quiet.
All in all, Sabrina is a great
addition to our family. Joe and I are
amazed at how a little 11 pound ball of fur just has a way of making everything
better. As crazy as it sounds, in a lot
of ways she makes me feel like our family is complete (of course on the other
hand she also makes me want another baby…then she wakes us up at 2 am to go
outside and I’m glad we’re out of that phase of life).
Ella loves having a dog and Joe
and I think it has been really good for her.
She takes a lot of responsibility with feeding Sabrina, and will
discipline her if necessary. Most of
all, it’s shown Ella that the world doesn’t revolve around her. It has been good for Joe and I to have
someone else to tend to when Ella thinks we need to drop everything and help
her. It has also been a great
distraction during bath time. Sabrina
spends the entire bath just sitting on the floor of the bathroom and if Ella
starts crying she’ll go over and lick her fingers. It’s really sweet.
Ella continues to be the
awesome kid that she is. She’s reading
really well and only needs help on the big words. During church she even tries to read the
bulletin. The only problem with that is
that she hasn’t yet mastered the art of reading silently. She still loves kindergarten and all that it
has to offer. Today I have her second Parent/Teacher
conference. While I’m confident that
Ella is doing great and the teacher will have nothing but nice things to say
about her, it’s hard not to be a little nervous.
Today marks the 100th
day of school for this year, so they are having a little celebration in
class. Ella has to bring 100 items to
show her friends, so she chose to take 100 paper clips. Ella has also prepared all of the Valentines to
take her friends at school. The school
has pretty strict rules about not allowing candy into class rooms, so we opted
for pencils. Ella chose each one
specifically for her friends, so I know they will enjoy them.
That’s really about it here in
the Murray house. Other than a horrible
cold that we’ve been passing around, there isn’t too much happening. I'll be sure to let you know if anything exciting happens.
