Too Healthy= YUCK!

This morning in an effort to be sweet I made breakfast for Scott. He loves pancakes, waffles, all of that. So I made waffles, or at least I tried to....The problem with me is that I can't follow a recipe to save my life, just can't. I always try to make improvements, usually to make things healthier. But this morning I went wayyyy overboard! Instead of using only 1/2 cup of wheat flour I used 1 1/2, and I also added flaxseed or whatever that nutty tasting stuff is called. Needless to say, they tasted, and resembled, cardboard.. :( Pools of syrup could not even save them, it was sad. But from now on I am going to deviate much less from recipes, after all no one wants to eat cardboard, even someone as loving and sweet as Scott. :)

Side note: Today Harley managed to (in under 2 minutes), pull a bag of trash out of our trash bin outside, rip it open, and happily scatter it across our entire yard. When Scott finally went out there, Harley ran for cover, knowing the crime he had committed. Can you say bad puppy???
I was not there so unfortunately... I missed the cleaning up process. Don't worry though, their are many more to come.

I LOVE MY HUSBAND!

Scott and I have both been so busy lately, it is so hard to only see each other for a few hours a day. I miss him when he is gone, and think about him throughout the day. I love him so much, life with him is one of a kind, and his smile is my favorite thing to picture when I am happy or sad, or feeling any emotion. He is so loving and supportive, and I am so blessed to have him in my life. When you love someone so much, and you realize how short this life is, it seems impossible to comprehend being without them. But I know we will always be together, no matter what, and I look forward to our forever together. Each day we have the opportunity to grow and mature in so many ways, and it is one of my goals to end each day knowing that I have grown in some way, as small as it may be.
I love you Scott, I love your blue eyes(and the creases around them), I love your smile and your laugh, I love your hair and your kisses. I love your unconditional love that you give me each day, I love the hard work you put in to our family and our goals. I love the way we started and the way we still are. You are my best friend. I love you Scott.

Happy Labor Day!

Today we took Harley to the dog park for the first time! He had sooooo much fun. Combine his love for people with his love for dogs, and he was in absolute heaven. He did really well too, we are going to try to make it a weekly thing, too bad it is 20 minutes away!
today was probably one of the happiest days of Harley's life. :)

FINALLY!!

We think that Harley may have gotten past his -waking up in the middle of the night and wanting to play- phase. When we first got him he was three months old and we expected it, but then he grew out of it around six months, then it came back... and it lasted for several weeks....the long nights included:
-Scott sleeping through Harley whining (Scott is an incredibally deep sleeper, I am an incredibally light sleeper, I can see that hurting me and only benefiting him in the future.......)
-me shoving Scott until he woke up:) (only when it was his turn to watch him)
-me waking up pretty much every morning to find my husband sleeping on the couch(sad)
-absolutely no snuggle time-(that is also partly because it is so HOT in our house)

So overall we are very happy, this morning I actually woke up before him! There is nothing cuter than a sleepy puppy!
I have taken quite a few pictures of him lately so I will be sure to put them up, he is growing like a weed!!!


REMINISCE
These last 8 months of having Harley have really shown me the importance of being ready for things, and all the work that it takes when you are responsible for a living breathing life form!
When we got him I was soooo ready (I thought), I had been waiting to take him home for two weeks and I just wanted to get him out of that shelter. I loved him the moment I saw him and picked him up.
The first 3 days were soo hard!!! I had a bit of a breakdown, I have a hard time with adjustments and it all hit me at once. He was sad and in pain and it hurt me to see him in pain.
Also, the sleep deprivation did not help. From the moment we brought him home he was ours, everthing we did from that point on had to include him. Our schedules had to be cooridnated so he would never be alone too long. Our house had to be puppr proof-ed, and still does every day before we leave the house! "Did you feed him, did you walk him, did you on and on......) Every time I go somewhere my thoughts are never far from him, if he is okay, if he misses us, if he is getting into mischeif...... the best part of the day is coming home and seeing him come around the corner of our house. He crouches down and waits to spring up and chase me, he is always happy to see us. If he is sad or bored he comes in our room at night and cries until I get out of bed, he never wants to be too far from us.
One of the cutest things about Harley is his willingness to please and his need for us to be together. He is most happy when Scott and I are together. If one of us is in the bedroom and the other in the living room, he will first bring the toy to one of us, then the other. He has never favored one of us more, and when Scott is gone I can always tell that Harley is just waiting for him to be home.
Harley loves us unconditionally, so even when he annoys me, I will remember that he would never get tired of me, leave me, hurt me, or talk bad about me. He is our little baby all grown up now and we sure do love him!

I love all the joy and happiness Harley has brought to Scott and I, and we have grown up a lot. I have realized that if a puppy is a ton of work, what will a child be like!! Yikes!
But I have learned that when you embark on something new, like getting a puppy, you have to take the good and bad and the responsibility. The bills, the time, the energy. It is worth it when I see him sleeping contently having his puppy dreams. He is so inncoent and he has already had a really rough life, I can't believe that there are people out there who are so horrible that they abandon helpless puppies, but their are.
Being able to give one animal a happy healthy life is more rewarding than most people realize. :)