Happy Christmas

Well, Santa must have though we were good this year because he brought both Maddie and Ashlyn EXACTLY what they asked for... well... kinda!

He brough our family a Wii. Maddie was the one that wanted the Wii so badly. She's been beggin for one for months. Ashlyn likes it too so Santa did good to bring us something that we can do and play together as a family!

And... he brought us a puppy, which was supposed to be for the entire family...but may end up being Ashlyn's puppy.

Ashlyn was the one that has wanted a dog for a long time. We got a small little dog when we moved to Salina, but ended up having to give it to Chris' sister Gayla and nephew Joseph because it was too hard to deal with a new move, a small house (our rental place at the time), three kids and a brand new puppy. Molly has a good home and we can still go and visit her, but Ashlyn has missed having a dog ever since. Chris and I had talked about getting another dog when the girls were a little older and could share in some of the responsibilites that a dog requires. Well, Santa must have felt like it was a good time because he brought us a chocolate lab puppy that we have now named Charlie.

Ashlyn is in complete heaven.... she loves him and she has done a good job of taking care of him including wanting to take him out to potty and feeding and watering him. She has been a GREAT help. Brookie is doing better with him, although she constantly thinks he's biting her when he gets close...even though he is just trying to sniff her out. Maddie on the other hand is NOT a big fan of Charlie. She is deathly afraid of him. I'm not sure why, but Maddie has always been scared of dogs...really pets in general. However, in the last couple months she has been doing very well at Mindy's with her dog Bo, so we didn't think having our own dog would be such an issue. Well, we weren't quite right... she is pretty scared of him...however, over the course of a day, she has somewhat gotten better. She even took him out to potty once, but she is still kinda jumpy around him. We had a good laugh yesterday when Maddie comes up to Chris and says..."I didn't know Santa had a pet shop at the North Pole." and then proceeds with saying "if he decides to bring me a cat next year...I'm just going to sell it!"

Told ya she isn't a big fan of pets. Hopefully it will get better over time and once she gets used to him!

Overall, we had a wonderful Christmas and everyone loved their gifts! Hope yours was a Happy Christmas too!

More on Puerto Rico soon... next post... I promise!