Slacker

I have really been slacking as far as blogging goes but I do have good reason! And it isn't just that I've lost my mind after getting a puppy:) That is probably a good part of it but I can't put all the blame on the pup. I hurt my back about 10 days ago and then Jocee and Jake got bronchitis and Ashleigh had strep. Good times! The Dr. gave me muscle relaxants and pain medicine and told me to stop running for a couple weeks and just rest a lot. Yeah, well I'm thinking of getting a new Dr.....Do you realize that I have four kids and a puppy, not to mention a husband, house, etc.!?! Well I took one day "off", Jonny saved my life and came over for a few hours in the morning so I could sleep and then mom watched the kids that afternoon/evening. Then the kids started getting sick. Jocee wasn't feeling good on Wed. Ashleigh came home Thursday, the third child from her class, with a fever of over 102.5. Then Jake started coughing. So I decided that me sleeping every day until my back was better probably wasn't very feasible:) So I took a little of the Dr's advice and cut back on my running, I haven't run approx. 40 miles over the last 10 days, and now I won't make my goal to run 100 miles in February:( But it was a short month anyway so I shouldn't have pick it anyway! I'm on track to get about 72 miles so that isn't all bad and I still have 8 full weeks of training before my 1/2 marathon. The kids are however all doing much better, the antibiotics are all taken and for the most part they are back to there normal energetic selves:) And we at least got to get out and enjoy the couple very nice days that we have had. So now no more complaining and next time I will be posting more pictures of the cutest kids and puppy!

Some more pics of our new puppy

Allie in her new dress
Jake giving kisses

Jake fake sleeping and the pup sleeping for real

Jake taking over the puppy bed

Jake with his new love

Jake is the only one who consistently will not leave the dog alone all day that's why there are sooo many pictures of him:)

Jocee's new do

with her 10+ inch ponytail for locks of love

after...somehow I always get these backwards

Before


After Jake's haircut Jocee decided that she wanted her haircut like Ashleigh's and wanted to give hers to locks of love. I tried really hard to talk her out of it because I figured I would make the first cut and she would instantly start bawling and want to go back and have long hair. She didn't though she sat there really well and let me cut away.

Jake's first haircut

this is the after, Jake doesn't believe in posing for pictures anymore unless he is with the dog:)
Jake before

Yesterday we ran a few errands and every older woman that we saw said how cute "she" was. Great except that "she" is Jake my BOY! Can no one see that the child was wearing all blue and had a giant basketball on his shirt...come on people. So when we got home Jake took a nap and then I decided Jake was getting a haircut. I just set him on the counter in the bathroom and chopped away. He just sat there not even caring.

Allie

I of course couldn't just put pictures of the puppy I have to put the cute kids in too!

Jake and Ashleigh are in LOVE.
Jocee isn't quite sure she likes her from a distance right now but hopefully she will warm up to her in the next couple weeks.

Caleb likes her...I think, he isn't head over heals like Ashleigh, but has been saying how he is going to train her so he can take her hunting with him:)

The first night wasn't as bad as I thought it would be so hopefully she will adjust quickly and she seems to be doing a decent job going potty outside. We will keep you updated.

I'm going out on a limb but I'm going to try to update weekly, Since I have been such a deadbeat lately:)

Our new addition

So this mommy has just gone CRAZY:) The kids have been begging and I mean begging for a new, cute, furry addition to our family. And today I finally gave in. I have also been thinking for the last couple months that it would be nice to have a dog that I could run with (down the road) and I would like Jacob and Jocee to not be so uncomfortable around dogs. I just thought I would wait till spring. Oh well. So we have our new puppy. Her name is Allie-the kids are still deciding on how to spell it! They are just cracking me up. There were two different sets of puppies we were going to look at, Caleb and Jocee wanted the yellow lab mix and Ash wanted the collie/lab mix. Daddy had voted for the yellow lab too. So I told Ash we would go look at the first puppies and if she really didn't like it we could go the other route. Of course once she saw the first puppies it was love at first sight and she was sold:) I will post some pictures tomorrow...I'm just too tired tonight.