Meet Sadie, the newest member of the Chastain family. We...ahem...everyone but me, are in love! I'm sure that sounds terrible to most, but I'm just not a dog person and that doesn't make me a bad person...if I sound defensive, it's because my family thinks I'm awful! So, needless to say, having a dog in the house has taken some major getting used to on my part!
The kids love, love, love Sadie, but are not always loving the responsibility of taking her out all the time. Even Kamdyn, who has begged for over a year for a puppy, admits that she is more responsibilty than she ever imagined. But....who knew when we got her that we would have a snow storm, rain, and such cold weather? Sadie spent her first week at Mom and Dad's because we didn't even have power!
Sadie sledding with the kids....
Sadie and Kam at Mom and Dad's...
Kam likes for Sadie to sleep with her and pictures like this just make me shudder....
I can't imagine a dog in my face!
I think I've been the most surprised at how much Cooper loves the dog. We knew Kam loved animals but Cooper's always been more stand offish with them. This is how you will find Cooper and the dog 99% of the time...
Poor Sadie...
Santa almost brought Kam a Maltese puppy, but decided that it might not survive our house. I think he made a good decision!
About a week after we got Sadie, Cooper was outside playing wiffle ball while Sadie was running around. Mark was in the garage and heard a loud yelp from the dog. Mark came in a few minutes later clearly flustered and told me he thought we almost lost Sadie. Apparently, Coop was throwing the ball up to hit and Sadie jumped and you get the picture....
I truly believe though, that no one loves this dog more than Mark! I'm pretty sure that this dog was more for him than for Kamdyn....
He does all of the work taking care of Sadie so I guess it's a good thing he loves her!
Kids giving Sadie her first bath...I told Kam that she needed to pay attention so she could give the dog her bath while Mark was working. She took notes on water temperature, how much water to run, where to rub the dog, and so on!
I told Kam that we should keep clothes on the dog because she is much cuter with that little body covered in my opinion!
I realize I have gone on and on too long about this dog, but it's for my kiddos to see and read. Watching them play and laugh endlessly with her has made this little dog worth it... I think! At least that's what I keep telling myself! But if she's not house broken soon, my next post will be titled "cute dog looking for good family!"
