Puppy LOVE!!

      You may have seen this on Instagram or Facebook but we did the unthinkable and bought the cutest little puppy at the "Puppy Barn" Saturday night. Kayli's trip was delayed by about three hours so I convinced Greg with that extra time we should go look at puppies to surprise her. He actually got online and saw a chocolate lab at the Puppy Barn so he agreed to go see if it was still there. Unfortunately there was only a black lab for sale and the chocolate lab was gone but when I saw the bundle of fur in the Shorkie bin I couldn't resist hinting at purchasing him. Surprisingly Greg was actually somewhat easy to convince and so we quickly sealed the deal before anyone else got any ideas. The boys initially were calling him Stewie which was not my first choice but when Kayli got home we decided Smalls was a much better name. So far he's been a great little addition to the family and checked out healthy at his first vet appointment. All of the kids can't get enough of him and Charlie especially enjoys picking him up and snuggling him and he is very patient with her. I'm just excited to finally have a small indoor dog that I can cuddle beyond the puppy stage.

They're in absolute awe at this point and can't believe this little cutie is here to stay!

He's so dark it's hard to get a good shot of his adorable little face.

That's right, Greg is letting the dog sleep on his shoulder. (Don't tell anyone but he loves this little puppy!)

Charlie loves the puppy too. I'm afraid she'll literally love him to death!

Kayli finally got him to snuggle close to her but he's definitely partial to the boys at this point.

Obviously pictures don't do him justice. 

      Also this week Greg had a little health excitement. He experienced a little bit of "heart failure" last Saturday night, which scared him enough to see the doctor. His doctor was not available so he ended up at the urgent care Monday where they did an EKG. Everything checked out normal on the EKG but of course everything has to be ruled out so he saw a cardiologist the next day and they have him on a monitor for seven days and hopefully we'll have some answers when they get all the information back. He won't be seeing the doctor again until August 17th so for now he's just hoping he doesn't have a repeat of the heart stopping feeling he experienced initially.

First and hopefully last E.K.G for a long time.

     And along with Greg's first experience with an EKG Charlie had her first experience at Build-a-Bear with her big sister this week. According to her big sister she was a bit of a pill at the mall but she sure loves her build a bear.

      We had our weekly movie just last night with all of the neighbors. This week we watched "Goonies". We're hoping we can get together for an adult barbecue and movie one of these nights and take a break from the kid movies, although Goonies is one of my favorites.

      It's been nice having Kayli back even if she didn't come back an absolutely different girl like I had hoped but she did have an awesome trip and maybe in the next week or two I'll let her post some photos from her trip and share some of the highlights. 

      Unfortunately our summer is coming to an end all too quickly but there's still some fun on the agenda so stay tuned.