And we have a new member of the Fish family

I am so far behind on the blog because of the craziness of life.  But here goes on some catching up...

Abe has been wanted a dog for a long time so we decided it was a good time to get one (it wasn't a good time but its too late now.)  So now we have Zoey, an adorable German Shepherd puppy.  It has been a big adjustment adding her into our normal craziness but she is doing pretty good for being a puppy.

Both the kids thought it would be fun to sleep with the little puppy.  Boy she has grown.



She has figured out how to ring a bell on the outside door to let us know when she needs to go outside and lately she has done it consistently.  She still thinks the kids are playmates and likes to nip more than they would like but she is good at being gentle with Brooklyn, even though Brooklyn doesn't always repay the favor.

She is now about 5 months old and isn't nearly as little as she used to be. She is a handful but hopefully the obedience classes she just started will help her to be a little less crazy.  But according to everyone at the class she is just a typical puppy that has more excitement than we would like and gets a little jealous of the attention the other puppies (i.e. children) in the house get.  She will be chilling and the minute I get on the floor to play with Brooklyn she wants my full attention and isn't happy until she has it.

All the kids love playing in her kennel, even if Ethan pretends not to.

Brooklyn wants to be best friends with Zoey.  But Zoey is getting a lot bigger and is right at eye level with Brooklyn.  It makes me have to run interference often.

Reading is always more fun with a friend.

Enjoying the cool floor on a hot day.

They both love the astroturf and the rocks.

Neither one is good at sharing the big rocks with each other.

Someone is getting so much bigger!