Skip to main content

Meet The Drake

This is Drake.  He is the newest member of our family.  Merry Christmas to me!

The decision to get another dog was not one that I took lightly.  I was heart sick for at least a month when we had to release Winston to someone else's care because of his behavior issues.  I was reluctant to get a new dog, but there was a constant hole in my heart that ached for companionship.  

Right now, it is like having another baby.  He cries at night and I constantly have to take him out to potty, but it has been great.  I am stunned at how well he has doing.  No potties inside!  I know accidents are going to happen but that is more than I could have asked out of a 7 week pup.  He potties outside like a champ.  He does his business then runs over to my feet and stands on my shoes until I pick him up.  The ground is a bit cold for him.  

Him and Haley are getting along great.  I have to watch them both because he is very fragile.  She wouldn't try to hurt him but sometimes she stomps around and gets a wild hair and wants to pick him up, which I do not allow.  So they both receive constant supervision.  I can't complain because the are both pretty dawn adorable.

We got family pictures so those should be coming soon.  Haley was stubborn and wouldn't pose for us, so the pictures are going to be candid in nature.  Mostly her playing around in the library and such.  Hopefully we will get a few good ones out of the bunch.  

Haley says...Boo family pictures.  She looks grumpy, but so adorable/


PS Christmas is less than a month away!  I need to get shopping! Here is a peak at the Abbott household this Christmas.  Our house feels a lot more like home now!

 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fruit & Root Connection: Tangled Up

Certainly, I've expressed my aversion to hyper-spiritualized language before. It often feels contrived, lacking authenticity—a facade of piety. Perhaps it's projection. Maybe jealousy. Or it could stem from a sense of disillusionment with the Christian community. But every so often, amidst the noise, a truth resonates deeply. "There is a root and fruit connection between heart and behavior. People and situations do not determine our behavior; these things provide an occasion where our behavior reveals our hearts." - Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands I've been navigating through my anger, confronting myself in the mirror. What does this anger unveil about my own heart? Surely, they aren't as enraged with me. In fact, they probably don't spare me a second thought. If anything, they—as sincerely as they can muster—bemoan my status as an apostate. So pitiful. My fruit is anger. And too often, I'm tempted to point fingers elsewhere as the source of my...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>

If Your Happy and You Know it Clap Your Hands....

Alright y'all, I need to post an actual blog post.  It's been awhile.I guess I have said " writers block".  Everytime I've sat down to blog, I've gotten this nasty attitude, like I just want to rant and complain.  I'm not a fan of giving a bad mood more than it deserves or letting people get on my nerves enough that it bleeds in my blog in the most passive-aggressive way possible.  So I won't go there this time.  Focusing on what I'm thankful for has been such a great practice, and has helped me avoid the above.  So here goes nothing.....I'll update a little bit on everthing I suppose.... Finally, life is beginning to slow down.I am so appreciative of the fact that the moving/settling in process is over ( only to do it all again in T minus 5 months....) In theory, there should be a big hole where our next house will be soon. For some reason I doubt that they will break ground this week, but I would be happy if they did...I'm stressed and ...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>

Never Say When

At some point in my journey, I forgot that church leaders are flawed humans too. I have a tendency to overly respect authority for the sake of their position. I assumed, being a pastor meant that there is some how a higher spiritual connection. Consequently, I would turn off my own discernment in favor for whatever I was being instructed to do by our church leader. The person I have grown to distrust the most and the person I betrayed the most was myself.  Examples: Early in our journey, we had a small group. For the most part, I LOVED small group nights. Until we had a change of seasons. I had just had my third baby. We were living in a rental property while renovating another home ourselves. I was working on leading our developing children's ministry and feeling over my head. Ian worked afternoons so either small group would take one of only two family nights or would be when he was working, leaving me to attend alone most of the time. Our small group had roughly 10-15 small chil...
Post a Comment
You Know You Want to Know More....>>