Max

This is one of the reasons I haven't blogged anything in the past week. This is our new puppy Max. The kids think he's just great and Jim and I are getting used to having a dog in the house. I love dogs but you have to admit that there is an adjustment period to having a puppy in the house 24/7 along with two young kids. Luckily the puppy naps at the same time that the kids have quiet/nap time so I do get some time to myself but it's still an adjustment.



And while getting a puppy really doesn't have a whole lot, or anything actually, to do with infertility or pregnancy loss, it certainly hit me in the most bizarre way. I will admit that I shed quite a few tears throughout the first whole day and some the following day. I don't know if it brought up unresolved emotions or if I had buyers remorse, or if I was taken aback by how this was another part of our family moving forward without the baby(s) that would have been with our family this summer one of them who would have been celebrating a first birthday this week.



But... that's not the way it is.



And it could have been multiple things.



Max is a character though. Part Basset hound, part lab but he leans heavily to the hound side. He's very smart and learning quickly which helps and as I've said over and over again, it's not the dog that's the problem (it rarely is) but it's just my issue and I just need to get over it!



He will be good company when the kids both go off to school. He will help teach the kids responsibility for another living thing. Sure we have the kitties, but they're pretty self sufficient. He will just become a part of the family and if this isn't the right pup for us, there is no right pup for us.