guess who

is a big 4 month old...

Doesn't that little face just make you want to melt?  Well it does that to me.  Simon LOVES to be held a.l.l. the t.i.m.e. while that can be difficult sometimes he's a super smiley little guy so that makes up for not being able to accomplish much on a daily basis. :)
Last week we went in for Simon's 4 month check up.  25 1/2 inches.  The Dr said that's 50th percentile and 12 lbs 8 oz 1st percentile...  what?  I know that Simon is a little guy, but I wouldn't think that little.  So now I feel like a mother who is starving her baby.  Even though he eats every 3-4 hours and never acts like he wants more.  We get to go in again next month for a weight check to make sure he's growing.  So that's my Simon happy and very light.

meet Franklin

 January 11 was a beautiful day.  warm+sunny.  We went for a walk and came back with 

this guy.

Drew and I were on a walk with Gabe, Lincoln, Simon and B (the little girl I watch) when this big puppy started happily following us.  Drew went to the door of the house he initially followed us from.  The man who came to the door said that it wasn't his dog; that the dog had been roaming the neighborhood for a few days.  After we got back to our house Drew took him on a run thinking someone would see him and claim him.  Sure enough an older woman came out of her house and said "you found him".  She said it was her neighbors dog and that he'd been missing for a few days.  Surprisingly it was the house we had already been too.  So...  we got a dog and we named him Franklin.

He's about 6 months.  He's a shepherd husky or chow mix.  In the past month he's gained 8lbs and is now 38lbs.  He's a puppy so he's jumpy and likes to chew on things and act crazy.  But overall I'm really impressed with him.  He's SO good with Lincoln.  When Franklin is chewing on something he shouldn't if I try to take it he'll nip at me, but he doesn't do that to Lincoln.  Lincoln puts his hands in Franklin's mouth Lincoln rolls on the floor with him.  It's really cute.

I'm getting more used to him.  The first few days we had him I made Drew give him a bath everyday.  I realized I'm not really a dog person, but he's growing on me. We're getting him fixed next week.  The vet will have to keep him overnight and I'm a little sad about that.  

He's become my walking companion and Drew's running companion.  Drew tried to take him running a couple days after we got him.  Franklin did terrible.  He had to walk and stop and take breaks.  Drew wasn't sure he'd be a running dog, but he's doing much better.  Drew said he's always lagging unless there's a bird or a squirrel, but he does pretty well for 3 miles.  4 is pushing it so sometimes Drew will go out and do a couple miles without him and then come back for Franklin.  Although that is always really devistating to Franklin he always wants to come.  Even going to the bus stop if we don't take him you can hear him crying he whole time we're gone.  

In a nutshell that's Franklin.  He's a keeper.  He's good for me.  Our house has never been cleaner ;)

happy Valentine's day!

We decided to make our own Valentine cards this year.  We taped a york peppermint patty to Molly's hand.  I think they turned out pretty cute.

 Tuesday February 5th was the 100th day of school.  The kids were encouraged to dress up.  I L.0.V.E the internet we totally copied this cute idea.  We counted out 100 googly eyes and made a monster.  Her shirt said "I survived 100 days of school".