rain, rain, go away...

Ok, I know the rain is good and I'm sure we need it, but it sure is hard to potty train a puppy in the rain!  We've had Knox for a week now and there has only been 1 dry day in this past week!  Go figure.  He doesn't want to go outside in the rain and neither do I.  BUT, I do because I don't want to clean up his mess from the carpet either.

Oh, I will be glad when this puppy is house trained (and when it stops raining for a few days...)

Glutton for Punishment?

Let me introduce you to the newest member of our team, Knox!

I mean, how cute is that face?!?  I love his little nose!

We have told several people we were getting or had gotten a puppy.  The most common response by far was "Wow, you are a glutton for punishment..."  Really, that's what they have said word for word. Yes, we probably are a bit crazy to get a 8 week old Boxer with a five and a half month old at home...  Let me tell you I was way more nervous about bringing home a puppy than I was about bringing home a baby.  (After another few days I'll let you know how its going)

Knox came home Friday evening so we have barely had him for three days now.  Knox has been very intrigued with Phoebe.  He likes to curl up next to her or sit next to her or by her feet.  (He doesn't stay at her feet for long though because she kicks and he hasn't quite figured that out yet.)  Phoebe on the other hand is oblivious most of the time.  He will lick her hands, head and feet and she doesn't seem to notice or care at all.

Hmm, who's this?

Oh the adventures of Team Bowen continue...
What do you think?  Are we gluttons for punishment?

Breckenridge

Last week we were in Breckenridge with my family.  We had a lot of fun skiing and enjoying the mountain town.  We've been a couple times in the past couple years, so it was fun to go back and enjoy some of the same shops and restaurants.

Being out there reminded me how much I love the mountains!

We took turns staying back with Phoebe so she stayed nice and warm.  It will be fun to see her on some skis in a couple years!  She's already getting ready...

Thanks for a fun trip Mom & Dad!

Sweet Potatoes

We have been giving Phoebe rice cereal for about 3 weeks now and she's been doing  great with it, so I decided to go ahead and try some vegetables.  I used eney-meeny-miny-moe and chose to start with sweet potatoes. 

I'm ready...

Wait a second...what is this orange stuff?

Maybe if I close my eyes it won't taste funny?

Overall she did pretty well with it.  Day #2 was a little bit better than day #1.  I had bought carrots at the same time I bought the sweet potato so I baked the carrots and used the food processor to "mush" them up.  I tried to use the magic bullet, but the blender didn't quite get them mashed enough.  (I think I probably needed to add more water??)  So then I tried the food processor and it worked, but it still didn't grate/mush them as much as I would have liked.  Again maybe I needed to add water.  I didn't add any because I figured I would thin it with breast milk later before I served it?  Any suggestions?  Has anyone else made their own baby food and found something that worked well to blend it up?  Should I use water to mix it before I freeze it?

Carrots and Sweet potatoes ready to go into the freezer.

I might try the carrots next, or I have an avocado ripening on the counter because they were $1 at Kroger last week so I might do that too.  I'm hoping she likes avocados because they're so fatty.  We got to get some meat on her little bones!