Kendall's first food!

Kendall is going to be 6 months on Wednesday and so I decided this weekend would be a great time to start her on some real food! Somehow I don't have any plastic spoons (they have been ordered on Amazon now), so I just used my finger to feed her. I also didn't have rice cereal yet either, but thought I'd try some sweet potatoes instead. And she loved it!

She made a little bit of a mess, but she ate 2 tsp of sweet potatoes and even sucked off her bib at the end! I'm sure she would have eaten more, but we didn't want to overdue it the first day. We want no stinky explosions tomorrow please!! My little baby girl is growing up!

New Dogs

The first dog I can remember while growing up is Caramel. Though she was pretty ugly, we all liked her a lot until she ran away on Halloween. Sparky came next and she was sweet, cute, and loveable. We then got Brady when I was in high school, and he was MY dog. He slept with me, cuddled with me, and though he was very dumb, he was a wonderful dog. After such wonderful dog experiences, I decided that when I grew up and had a house of my own, I was going to have a ton of dogs (well, 3 or 4 dogs at least). Since Gus died, the dog situation at the Klinge household has seemed a little lacking. We miss him so much and though I love Maggie and Jack very much, I still wanted more furry friends! So I found two dogs on the Marshalltown ARL website that seemed perfect for us and our dogs!

We got a brother and sister pair last Saturday (February 26). They are 4 year old Rottweiler/lab mixes and are very loveable doggies. We quickly decided on the girl’s name—Norah—but had much more difficulty with the boy’s name. After hours of discussion, we decided on Charles, Chuck for short. It was only then that we realized what we had done. Chuck and Norah… sounds familiar… But it was too late to change it, and besides, what dog wouldn’t want to be named after Chuck Norris?!? J

Norah!

Chuck!

The four dogs get along wonderfully! Chuck and Norah don’t like to stay in the yard as well as we would like them too, but soon enough we will have their shock collars also and the whole crew can be left outside to roam freely. What a great crew!