With Destruction Like This...Who Needs a Puppy?

[Adina P]

I have only recently gotten over my puppy fever, deciding to wait until next year at the earliest (believe me I was tempted a few weeks ago to say "OK..let's get it THIS SUMMER!")

But with destruction like this...WHO NEEDS A PUPPY?

Natalie is doing great. 6 1/2 months old and more fun every day. She's been sitting up by herself for a while, babbling, has two itty bitty teeth and will soon be taking her first swim "lesson!"

Rosco has gotten more and more tolerant of her hair pulling and now will just lie there as if nothing is happening quite often. (We don't let her go overboard though!)

And Rosco and I passed our Delta Society renewal eval so we'll be set to do therapy stuff again...if I ever find time. We did GREAT...except for two areas: 1) While he was being loved up and petted I was supposed to call him to me. Fail #1. He said "Mom...I'm giving THERAPY can't you see?" 2) The evaluator sets out a toy for him to walk by and "leave it." I knew this was a lost cause as soon as I saw the toy. It was a toy horse. The same type of toy that made him almost fail 2 years ago. That was in Spokane. This time we tested in a different city with different evaluators and AGAIN they used the evil toy horse. That's the only thing he wanted in the whole room at that point. Luckily there are not toy horses laying around in the middle of rooms where we go visit...*sigh*.

[Tamara & Giada]

She's so cute! I haven't been on much, so I'm so far behind! Enjoy these days...............she'll be driving before you know it. That's what we're doing now :/

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Just wait until Natalie can crawl and leave her path of destruction.

[Kathy Spyker]

She is such a doll!! And she has an eye (mouth) for fashion..I think it's good to wait on a puppy, it won't be long before Natalie will be crawling and you will have your hands full. Congrats to Rosco too!!

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

Natalie is so cute. Did you ever ever ever think you could love someone so intensely? There is no innoculation against puppy fever except maybe an 18 month old. Good call to wait until next summer and then you may decide to wait another year. I do notice that the two dollar magazine is much more attractive to Natalie than the $20 educational toy. Paper is so great it crumples and crackles, has colors and a unique taste too. enjoy!

[Kathie and the gang]

She is refining her shopping skills. Every girl needs to be an expert in the area of shopping.

[GBK]

So cute, Rosco is teaching Natalie well with the paper products :) She is getting big and oh so adorable! Glad you guys passed the testing, we have time issues also when I comes to actually getting out there to do our therapy visits.

[Michele, Biscuit & Mo]

I've heard that when babies eat magazines and books, they swallow the words and it makes them very smart. :-) Natalie is SUCH a doll... what a joy she must be. Congrats on passing the renewal! Go, Rosco, go! Or should I say, "Giddyap!"

[F, Calla & Luca]

I like the "taste for knowledge" caption Karen. Natalie is certainly getting very smart if eating one's reading material helps. She is simply too cute! I think part of the puppy thing is a spring fever accompaniment for I have recovered too. Keeping up with Harriet Houdini Calla may have helped too.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

HAHA! Miss Nat sure is having a good time in those photos =) She is such a doll.
I think it's smart of you to wait until next summer for a puppy, by the way!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Natalie is adorable, and I'm willing to bet that every mom on DK has a photo somewhere of their little ones tearing and/or eating a book...Mine is labelled "A taste for knowledge" in my DD's baby book!
Congrats to you & Rosco for your Delta renewal cert- I think I'll send him a toy horse as a reward! (Kidding, I'm kidding!) :D