Real Pets and Sisters

My three year old was watching a show yesterday that had a guinea pig in it. She asked if she could have one as a pet. I told her that she already has a pet, Tootsie. She told me that Tootsie isn't a real pet and that she really needs a real one. I told her that guinea pigs are just pets that people buy their kids when they don't want to buy a real pet like a dog. She just looked at me and sighed. Poor Tootsie doesn't get to be a real pet. :)

A couple days ago both the girls were under the kitchen table playing. They didn't know I was listening to them. I heard my oldest say "I love you so much sister. I will always take good care of you." It was so sweet it brought a tear to my eye. They play so well together and she does watch after her sister. I am sure they won't always get a long but its nice to have your own built in friend at home.

Uno...Dos...

Last night we were trying to teach our oldest how to count to 3 in Spanish. She was getting ready to jump off the couch and she yelled "Uno...Dos...GRAPES!" We were laughing so hard.

Tootsie Kisses

At night my husband likes to lay on the floor and stretch out after work. The girls like to crawl all over him and they wrestle. He was stretching out and yawning really big and Tootsie ran up and as fast as lightening she licked all the way inside him mouth. He was SO mad. She is not called the Brown Bullet around the neighborhood for nothing, she really is super fast. I felt bad for him but I couldn't stop laughing. You know it is going to be a long night when you start out by french kissing a dog. :)

Bye...

Well Jedda went to a new home this afternoon. My husband posted an ad on KSL and he got two calls about her. He met a family in the park by our house and they instantly liked her. Their family dog just died so they were looking for a dog to replace it. They had two girls that were so excited to see her. My husband said he felt bad when he loaded Jedda in their van and she watched him drive away out the window. We feel so sick about this situation. I really hope she is happy and well taken care of. We only had her for three weeks but it was enough for us to get a little attached. Poor Tootsie has been searching the yard and house trying to find her. I think she liked having a buddy (even if the buddy picked on her a bit).

Even though he feel horrible about the situation there is a feeling of peace and relief in our home now that she is gone. She was just too big and I couldn't trust her. So it is nice to just be back to normal. Having a new dog made me realize how much I appreciated Tootsie and how easy she is to take care of. She isn't as needy as Jedda was. She also is better with our kids. Our kids can run up and jump on Tootsie and play with her and she loves it. But Jedda would get anxious and didn't like children as much. I wish the best for Jedda and hope she is enjoying her new home.

Bad Day...

Today has been a horrible day. My littlest one is sick and I can't get her to eat or drink anything. She just looks so weak, it hurts my heart. Then this morning I let the dogs out so they could stretch their legs and run a bit. Everything was going fine and then all of a sudden Jedda freaked out. She started barking really viciously and growling at Tootsie. Before I could get after her she pounced on her. She started biting her neck. Tootsie was yelping for help and both my girls got scared and started crying (my oldest jumped up and out of the way on the couch, smart girl). What happened next I am not proud of but I didn't know what else to do. Jedda wouldn't let Tootsie go even though I yelled so I picked up the nearest thing to me (which was a wooden rocking horse) and started yelling and gave her two hard whacks. She yelped and ran in her crate to hide. Poor Tootsie was so scared she ran to her crate. I had no idea Jedda had that in her, so she has to go. Tootsie was here first and I don't want that kind of aggression in my house. My oldest was looking at me like I was crazy after. She was yelling "Mom you're hurting her! Stop!" I just feel so sick to my stomach that my children witnessed that. We made a bad decision bringing Jedda home and we have learned a lot.

I am having a lot of guilt over giving her back. I feel like she has gotten comfortable here and that she really likes our family. I just feel bad that she has to be passed around again. She really is a nice dog but she just doesn't get along well with other dogs. We asked if she was good with other dogs and we were told yes. I think short term she is good with other dogs. But if she has to share food and attention for too long she doesn't do well. I just feel so much guilt I can hardly stand it.

Seeing Double....

So on Sunday the couple in front of me at church was using their phone to surf the internet. I was kind of bored so I was watching them. The wife went to a blog that looked exactly like mine. They were called 'The Hansen Crew' and they had a similar picture at the top and the same font and backdrop. I wish I would have had my glasses on so I could have seen the web address. What if it was 'bigmamaJess' or something? If you are friends with the Hansen's I promise that is the first time I have ever seen their blog so I did not copy. I was wearing a Motley Crue shirt at the time I was naming my blog so it just fit. Its funny how small of a world it is. Someone once told me that with all the people in the world there are at least 2 people who look exactly like us. I wonder if I could get those people together and we could pull some fun pranks.....

Today is my birthday. I bought Costco muffins and chocolate milk to go with our breakfast. We either have donuts or muffins for birthdays and always chocolate milk. My sister left a box of red velvet whoopee pies on our porch this morning. My 3 year old is convinced that they were meant for her. She tried to hide them in her room. I told her she can have one after lunch. We will see if she makes it that long.  It has been a good day so far. I can't believe I only have 2 more years until I am 30 :-S

Jedda

Well we survived the first night with the new dog. The previous owners just let her roam around their house all day and sleep on their couch. At our house, you have to be crate trained. We went and bought a crate and I was super nervous how she take it. As we were teaching her to go in I had flashbacks of teaching Tootsie (and all the hours of crying she would do at night in the beginning). On the second night we were crate training Tootsie I didn't hear any crying. I was so grateful I said a prayer of gratitude and felt like we could handle this dog thing after all. When I got up in the morning I found out that my husband had moved her to the garage so we couldn't hear her cry anymore.

I thought that Jedda would have a hard time. She whined when we first put her in and tried to get out but then took a smell around the place and decided it was a nice place to take a nap. Then she never made another peep. I think I could get used to this older dog thing. She is very well behaved. I feel bad for her because I can tell that she is scared and wants to go back home to the house she was raised in. She was raised by a couple and one of them has cancer now and they felt like they needed to simplify their life and wanted her to have more attention. I hope Jedda feels comfortable soon. I wish I could post a picture but things have changed since I did it last and I don't know how anymore.