Introducing the Newest Member of the Arnold Family....Monty!

Well, at least being sick forces me to stay inside catching up on things like my blog, right?!?!  Anyway, I just wanted to share the news that we have decided to get another dog.  Yes, I already know that we are crazy but, hey, if ya have one dog already, it's not like having a second one is going to add too much to the craziness, right?!  Anyway, my friend and visiting teacher, Helen, breads her yorkshire terriers and Monty is from their most recent litter.  We couldn't resist!  His Mommy and Daddy are sweet and very social little dogs who love kids and we had been talking about getting second dog soon so we figured, what the hay!  Plus, this is a great time for me to train a dog now that Zoe is getting older and before we are thinking about having a second baby.  It will give me plenty of time to get him all trained and ready to go before another human baby hits the scene:-)  He is, of course, still with his Mommy and will be until the end of next month but we will keep you posted...isn't he just the cutest thing ever?!?!

On the GO:-)

Man, I am the worst at keeping my blog up to date!  I'm hoping now that Zoe is getting older, I will actually have more and more to post.  I have discovered the the first year of having a baby, especially when it's your first child, you really don't have many exciting things to post.  Not that life isn't exciting...cause it sure is.  But it's mostly exciting to you and not necessarily things that your friends and family would get all worked up about.  Zoe is starting to really get mobile.  She's not crawling, per say, but she pretty much does everything but.  Her doctor said she may be just one of those kids that starts walking before she actually crawls.  We'll have to wait and see.  We are getting prepped for the big birthday next month...can't even believe that she's going to be 1 already!  Time flies!  We'll post pictures soon.  I think I might start another blog and gather ideas and activities that I find to help stay at home moms keep their kids interested and engaged in the world around them.  I'm starting to look around for stuff and I'm finding that there are lots of things out there but they're kind of scattered so you have to dig.  It might be fun to gather some of those ideas into one place and talk about my experiences doing them with Zoe.  I will post more later!