Captain Jack

So I finally caved...we are now a "REAL" family

because we own a DOG.

Meet our 15 week old (and almost full-grown) puppy:

CAPTAIN JACK

(yes, that's a pirate name...what'd you expect?)

Isn't he adorable?

Jack is a SCHNOODLE

(which basically means he's way CUTE, SMART,

CUDDLY, and DOES NOT shed).

The boys were so SURPRISED on Christmas morning!

It was FUN.
Potty training is not fun.

But Jack is learning FAST
(I wanted to name him EINSTEIN but I was out-voted).

Jack is really the BEST PUPPY ever.
He PLAYS great with the boys.

I seriously have heard him BARK once since we brought him home

(ok, except for Jack's first night in his new bed...but that only lasted about 5 minutes).

He naps during the day and pretty much sticks to

his own toys.

Jack likes our POOL...not that he's tried it...but he's a little too CURIOUS about it (so we've had to make changes to keep HIM safe).

We adore JACK and are so excited

to have him in our FAMILY!

'Twas the night before Christmas...

And I WISH nothing was stirring!

They FINALLY fell asleep around 9pm...

...and I couldn't resist posting this pic of my boys

in their Christmas PJz (thanks, Grandma Liz).

NOW

I wait until Diane & Brandon's flight arrives.

It was suppose to be here around 11:30pm

then 12:00am

then 12:30am

now it's 1:11am (a little more precise?)

who knows?

I suppose Diane will technically make it

for Christmas MORNING like she wanted

(we might just need to go to bed AFTER presents!)

Merry Christmas!

Happy Birthday, Brendan!

So we DID CELEBRATE Brendan's birthday on time

(it was ACTUALLY ON his ACTUAL day, even.)

Since then things have been a blur...

hence the LATE blog...better late than never!

We LOVE BRENDAN so much!

We can't believe he is already SIX!

Here are some of the things we ADOREabout him:

his ENTHUSIASM & ENERGY

his great DESIRE to do everything JUST RIGHT

his STUBORNNESS (yes, it's good)

his HUGS & KISSES

his QUICK wittedness

his SMARTS

his HEART...it's SO BIG

I could go on and on and ON...

For Brendan's birthday we had party...with 19 KIDS!

(Then Mommy & Daddy took naps!)

Brendan wanted a SPACE theme...so we had aliens...

And played LOTS of spacey games like CATCH THE ALIEN

(with your head of course)...

And we had a MOON CAKE!
The two hours FLEW BY...and it was a BLAST!