I really haven’t posted in a while. I have 2 excuses…1) I’ve been busy. i know, i know, haven’t we all? and 2) my camera battery died. Posts without pictures are just boring, don’t you think?

As far as updates go:

The dogs:

Well we have 3 now and have had 3 for the past 3 months. My has time flown. Let me just say that perhaps adding a 2nd dog to a first dog may be easier than getting 1 dog for the first time but adding a 3rd dog to the mix is in no way easier. At all. Especially a puppy! During the housebreaking weeks (which actually didn’t take that long since Jack had 2 adult dogs to learn from) my nerves at the steady occurence of little wet spots and little stinky presents were stretched to their absolute limit. However, that period, as all periods do, ended and now we have a lovely little routine that they all follow. Of course, the new floors Josh installed to get rid of the nasty carpet definitely helped improve my disposition.

The house:

As I just mentioned, we now have new (ahem…laminate) floors!! YAH!! At first i was REALLY hesitant on installing laminate floors in a 83 year old vintage house but as we went through the process and researched the quality (and the price) I finally came around. The result? I am very happy with them. They hold up to dogs and people and chairs and ladders. However, they do chip and dent when chisels fall from a 5 foot ladder. Ahem. At least that isn’t a constant battle but only a rare occasion.

At last, pictures of the little guy (as we call him) as I have so many of Harper and Bo i thought I’d update everyone on what Jack looks like now.

Here he is looking all cute:

On his first hunting day with dad…he got 4 birds!

and asleep on the new Orvis bed that is guaranteed against Harper chewing through it:

(Bo likes to sleep a lot, too)

And a pre-finished look at Jack and the “Laying of the Laminate Floor” that took about a week.