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.

Locks of love

This was her Before.

Ashleigh has been "dying" to get her hair cut short forever! We told her she could but because she has such great thick hair we thought she should grow it long enough for Locks of love (the hair goes to make wigs for kids with cancer and it has to be 10+ inches). Once we explained to her what it was she was all for it. "So it is kinda like helping Ruby?" was her response. Yeah kinda like that!
After lots and lots of begging I finally gave in!

The first cut


Making sure it is all straight! After the first cut I was having the lady cut it a little longer in front and Ash said "Ummmm I like it but can you cut it shorter?" She is all about short hair. Apparently me combing it has really traumatized her!

Here she is all done with her ponytail. We hadn't washed it yet in this picture and once we did it got a little bit more curly and I forgot to take another picture. Now she went to stay at her friend's house so I'm anxious to see it in the morning after she has slept on it. I have a feeling it is just going to get curlier. She is absolutely in love with her new do! I'm only sad because I think she looks so much older.

Caleb is the big 10!!!!

I can't believe my baby has grown into such a sweet boy! I LOVE YOU BUDDY!!!!!

Now that he is in the double digits means I'm getting old!