Our New Puppy Mac!

This is a front view of our buddy Mac.

Austin and Mac are already the best of friends!

This is Mac most of the time...so calm and sweet!

He loves to chew on his toys!




This was right after we got him...Austin was SO proud.

So I promised pictures of our new puppy, and here they are! He is a four month old lab/boxer/maybe hound/maybe mastiff mix. He weighs about 35 lbs. right now and they think he may be as large as 80 when all is said and done (they really have no idea though). He is the most laid back dog in the whole world, sleeping or resting about 90% of his day. He is already crate trained and rarely has an accident in the house. We are so grateful to Pawfect Match Rescue for fostering him until he could become a part of our family! We hope you all get to meet him soon!

It's been awhile...

Austin at Myrtle Beach.

Austin and some of his friends on his new trampoline!

Austin opening presents from us on his actual birthday!

Austin's PA birthday party.

Austin picking tomatoes in our garden

(we had banana peppers, mint & tomatoes survive this year!)

For anyone who checks this on a semi-regular basis, I am sorry that it has taken so long to write another blog. We had a major computer issue that put our good computer out of working order for 2 months! Way too long to be without, but now we are up and running again and life is good! :) The pictures above are some of the cutest and most recent ones taken.

Since my last post, Austin turned 3, is potty trained, and has given up his pacifier (nuk) for good! Jason and I have definitely had some trying times through it, but we've prevailed. Austin had two birthday parties this year; the first one was the first weekend in August up in PA and the second was the third weekend in August here in NC. Both had a "Cars" theme, and of course, he got way too many presents! It's so nice that he has friends his own age down here that he can invite to a party and see on a regular basis. The potty training began soon after a trip to Myrtle Beach with my grandparents (mid-September), and went very smoothly. We have an accident here or there still, but in general, he did much better than I thought he would do. The nuk was a much bigger ordeal than potty training. He cried himself to sleep a few nights and even though it has been 6 days now, he still asks for it when he is tired.

Our biggest news as of recent is that we are adding on to our family! Not with another baby yet, but with an adorable mutt that Austin has named Mac. He is a 4 month old lab, boxer, hound mix (although this is all speculation). He is the calmest puppy and doesn't seem to have a care in the world (which is good since Austin will be his brother). Mac joins us this Saturday, and we promise to put up pictures!

That's pretty much it from our end. We have traveled a lot this fall (Myrtle Beach with my grandparents, then again with my parents, Wilmington and Mt. Airy with Jason's parents), so we haven't been around Fuquay much on the weekends, but it has been great visiting with everyone. One thing I wanted to update everyone on is that I am not watching the little boy from the previous post. His mom ended up finding a job that was during the night shift, so we are still trying to get by, but know that God has a plan for us. Right now I am looking into getting my teaching certificate (which would only take about 5 classes), so keep us in your prayers as our lives may drastically change again.