He's growing...

Cooper has been a part of our family for a little over a week now and I must say he has adjusted WELL. He acts as if he's been here his whole life and thus far, it feels like we've had him a lot longer than just a week. You forget (or at least I did) just how much WORK a puppy is. It's worse than having a newborn baby. The girls are really taken with him. Riley, well, he's still trying to adjust to having a little brother around. We are really trying to work with him on potty training. I thought I had gotten through with potty training when I completed Macy's training in Sept. I was wrong. Cooper is WAY MORE work than Macy EVER was....Ha!! Hopefully, he'll get there....SOON!!! We are also trying to work with crate training him at night. He cries for about 10 -15 minutes STRAIGHT when we first put him in there at night and then wakes up about 3.5 hours later needing to go out and potty. Then it's 10-15 minutes of crying again when we put him back in there. We've started taking all food and water away at about 8:00 to help with him being able to hold it longer. Any other ideas from you that have a dog that is crate trained would be VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. We're new at this crate training stuff. So as you can imagine, we are all a little bit sleep deprived and tired. We'll get there though. Look how much he has already grown.......

Macy loving on Cooper.

Madeline and Cooper.

Here's Cooper trying to get Macy's feet while she swings. Macy thought it was so funny.

Here's what Riley does to Cooper when they play. He gets him on his back and then stands over him like he's the boss.

This is how you find Cooper sleeping about 95% of the time. He's pretty funny!

One tired little man.


Madeline had her big Valentine's party at school on Friday. Since I'm the Room Mom I had lots of planning and decorating to do to get ready for it. The kids had a great time and loved all the treats they got. It doesn't take much to excite a group of 5 & 6 year olds.

Madeline with the hat she decorated before the party started.

Madeline and Mommy at the party.

Madeline and her friend, Tyler.

Hubs and I went out with our neighbors on Valentine's Day. We had a yummy dinner (No holds barred). Since we've been doing the South Beach we haven't eaten much "YUMMY" food so we went all out at dinner. We started off with crab dip for an appetizer. Then for dinner, I had 3 different kinds of fried shrimp (regular, Parmesan pancko, and coconut), french fries, (first fry since Jan 1), and the best 6 layer Chocolate cake with ice cream. YUMMY!! Hubs had crab cakes, fries, cole slaw, and the cake. We were BEYOND stuffed but it was SO WORTH IT. However, today it's back on the diet.

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentines weekend with your loved one. Have a great week.