our new addition

no not that new addition. hopefully he'll stay put cooking away for a few more months.

the new addition of our puppy, sookie, to the family.

call us crazy. no really, go ahead. call us crazy. we think we are ourselves, but the timing was right when we saw this precious little thing.

we decided with abby reaching the age of 11 very soon (and some of us missing molly awfully bad), and knowing what a big help it is to have an older dog around to train a pup and show them the ropes, it was now or never. we decided to bite the bullet and get one before the baby arrived. we've had her since saturday and she's been amazing. sleeping through the nights, no accidents and generally being a good girl. she's really put a little spunk back into abby too.

she's a mix of 1/2 bassett hound (her mama was a non-rock eating bassett) and 1/2 jack russell (her daddy wasn't one of those off the wall, bouncy [read: crazy] jack's).

she has stolen our hearts.

even the heart of her tough-guy daddy.