"Yeah, But You Didn't Post About Malarie's First Tooth"

After creating this blog last night before bed, I went in and told David that I had started the blog. He said "I know, I saw on Facebook", I asked if he'd read the post, and he hadn't. Then this morning while I was getting ready for church he said "I read it". "Did  you like it?" I asked. "Yeah, but you didn't post about Malarie's first tooth". In my rush to simply start up a blog, I neglected to mention that our 6 month old daughter cut her first tooth yesterday! I would post a picture of it, but it's just barely coming out, you have to feel it with your finger (in other words, just trust me on this one), pretty exciting, she's growing really fast, and as you can see from her little dress, this will be her first Christmas (just in case you were wondering if a 6 month old was around last Christmas). Malarie's ordinary life consist of talking (a lot...ok babbling), laughing, smiling, entertaining us, eating, rolling over, sticking anything she can get her hands (including her hands) in her mouth, burping, farting and making messy diapers. She is fascinated by our dogs:

Enter Ash, our Great Dane rescue. She is a little skiddish around the men folk (we have to assume she was abused by men) but is getting MUCH better. She enjoys eating table scraps, and by eating, I mean swallowing whole! Even her dog food she gulps down in 2 min flat (that's 6 cups of food, like it's nothing). She loves to be pet, she will stick her giant head on your lap in the hope of getting some love. She is very aware of the baby and is careful not to step on her (I wish she were so careful with my feet!). She does not like to get into trouble or when Juneau is being pet. The thing Ash hates the most is David in his church clothes, for some reason she will not go near him when he is dressed to impress.




Next up is Juneau, our Alaskan Malamute with enough sass to go around. She loves to be the alpha dog. She, unlike Ash likes to taste her food and really take her sweet time doing it (I'm not entirely convinced that she doesn't do it to make Ash jealous that  she still has food). She only wants to be pet when she can steal the attention from Ash (or when ANYBODY else is over, she'll want them to love on her). She enjoys playing catch and of course the cold. Juneau does not like being told she can't dig under the fence to get to the neighbor's dogs, or bees (she's always trying to eat them up and has gotten stung a couple of times). The thing that Juneau hates the most is Malarie! She does not like the baby around her at all (unless it's on her terms and she's come to have a sniff), she will move so that Malarie cannot touch her (I guess she just doesn't trust her, ha ha). Much to her dismay, Malarie loves all that fur and is constantly reaching out for it.


Dog rant? Maybe, but I wanted you to have something to reference should I mention them in future posts.