Moves like Jagger....

What a Valentine's Day present!!  Our baby girl is walking!!  Woohoo!!  And to think she will be a year in mere days....(sniff, sniff).  This has been an amazing time for us with our new family.  God has shown us His plan for us and keeps us uplifted with small miracles every day.  Less than four months ago our daughter could not sit up, crawl, and was wearing 3 month clothes.  Now she crawls, walks, sits up, talks nonstop, and is wearing 9 month clothes!!  She is growing so fast!
Thank you God for everything you have given us!

New baby

Our home has been pet less since June when our beloved Ginger went peacefully to our Maker.  And, since everyone knows we needed one more mouth to feed...

Introducing our new "baby" Daisy!! (Yes, we are well aware her name does not begin with an "S":0)

Daisy is a 7 week old German Shepherd pup.  She is from Appleridge Kennels in Cleveland, TN.  The owners are wonderful and have been breeding for over 30 years.  The fun part is the family is relocating to our town so we will be able to take Daisy to training at their local place.

Daisy is super smart and is already 90% potty trained - not paper trained.  She also responds well to the "come" command and is learning how to "sit" on command.  Daisy is also super patient with the wee ones, Shepherd and Sophie.  Shepherd is doing better with his fear of animals and we are teaching him to use a more commanding voice so Daisy will respond.  Sophie thinks Daisy is super cool until she licks her then she's not so sure.  Sophie has learned, however, to push Daisy away and no longer squeals.  Daisy is also very tolerant of Sophie pulling fur, ears, feet, etc. and has not nipped or growled.  This was the major reason we went to a breeder (this is the first dog we have purchased from a breeder in 17 years) is for the temperament.  With our large brood, we had to make sure we got a dog that would fit our family.

Daisy is convinced that she is the true baby as evidenced by the video below...