Max...

We added a new member to our family today. We have been thinking about getting another dog for Charlotte to play with for a while now and the timing seemed right since Dave will be home for the majority of the next two months until he starts his job in September. So, we decided this morning that we would drive to Preble County (where we got Charlotte last year) and see who was up for adoption. We were not planning to get such a little one, but after letting Charlotte meet several potential candidates, she decided that she kind of like this little guy. Max is a 7 week old Rottweiler mix. The shelter thinks he is also part shepherd, but everyone else says they see beagle in him. His paws are almost as big as Charlotte's so I think we are in for a rude awakening when he finishes growing. But for now, he is cute and cuddly and Charlotte seems to like him for the most part, and when his puppy energy gets to be too much, she lets him know. I am not looking forward to this process of house training though and I am definitely not looking forward to tonight. Something tells me, we aren't going to sleep well.

Our Godson...

Dave and I celebrated the 4th of July in the most exciting ways. I got to work 12 hours in the ED at the hospital and Dave steam cleaned our tile in the kitchen. That night though, we got to babysit our Godson, Owen for the 1st time so his parents could go out for their 5th wedding anniversary. It was only for a couple of hours, but usually when we see him, it is because we are hanging out with Shannon and Fran, so it was nice to have him all to ourselves. We don't usually get this opportunity because the grandparents are usually more than happy to have him for an evening, so we lose out on babysitting dibs to them. Owen is 15 months old now and if you ask him what a piggy does, you get the look on his face that is in the picture I have posted of him. Apparently, this is also his "smile for the camera" face. He is at a fun age. He has mastered walking, even with Charlotte and his dog Brutus trying their best to knock him down. Now he is working on the vocabulary. He is not even my baby and I am still in shock at how quickly they grow up.