As the Pup sleeps...

So, I'm absolutely enjoying a day of nothing (other than caring for the excessively peeing sweet puppy of ours)!  I got the new IKEA catalog in the mail today (can you say, perrrrfect timing?), and I am also on the hunt for projects for the holidays and next year.  With my husband's deployment next year, I'd love to do some projects that would just allow me to use my creativity in something other than lesson planning for my third graders!

Here's a couple ideas...

An organizing/hook center at the front door for all our junk, leashes, keys, bags, etc.

Although I have a wreath for the holidays, I'd love a wreath for the winter/spring.

Holiday Wise - I love this as "garland". Not sure we'll do a tree with our lil curious pup!

And Lil' Nutmeg may need something like this eventually... :)

I am lovin' my relaxation and day of "me"...but I'll be happy for the greatest husband ever to be home next weekend!

Becoming a Puppy Mom

   As I laugh at shows like Dance Mom, and Toddler and Tiaras, I find myself becoming a "puppy mom"! :)  As of yesterday, I become the little momma to a sweet Cockapoo baby girl.  She came home yesterday right at 6 weeks old, and is the sweetest pup!  She is already sleeping in her crate all night - we only got up a couple times to potty last night!  She hasn't whimpered at all, unless she was hungry or had peed.  She loves to play, and snuggle.  My husband is jealous, because he's not home yet, and is having to live through this first week with the pup via Skype, videos, and photos.  His time is coming though ;-)

   As a little girl, I was terrified of dogs, because a big dog jumped on me when I was younger.  I've gotten way better, and am already in love with our sweet baby pup.  I'm trying not to spoil her, and allow her to explore different areas of the house after she wakes up from her naps and potties.  I cannot wait to see more of her personality, and see the bond between my husband and her in the very near future!  YAY for him coming home in less than a week for good until his deployment!

Sweet Little Nutmeg Snoozing with her Momma

Such a Memorable Day...

    I remember 9/11 so vividly, and today is still breaks my heart to think of the families that have suffered such a huge loss, as well as the amazing lives that perished on that day.  As I was speaking with my third graders this week about that day, they kept asking questions like, "Did the people in the plane mean to do it?", "What happened to the people in the building?".  I remember asking those questions at the time of the event.  It was really surreal to talk to my third graders about that fateful day, that they have absolutely no recollection of, because they were born into the war that was the effect of that day.  It was awesome to see the connection "click" in their minds of the event of 9/11 creating the effect of the war they have lived through their entire life - definitely something they needed to understand in order to understand the effect the war has caused, as well as the effect the event that caused the war had on those who lived during that time.

On a happier note of a more memorable day...
   I've finally been able to gather myself together enough to get prints of our wedding, as my life hasn't allowed me to have time to do so after almost two months of being married!  Our photographer, Dana Laymon of Dana Laymon Photography, did a phenomenal job!  I am loving having my husband home, if even for a couple weeks.  And I'm so looking forward to him being home for three SOLID months!  We are talking to a breeder, and will be proud owners of an adorable little pooch in the upcoming month!  I cannot wait to have our little pup, and am looking forward to training him with the hubs before he deploys.  I will definitely be posting pictures of our happy little pup when he arrives! :)

Over and Out until my next post! 

HLR