Animals and other things

My kids on the 4th

On the 4th we had a good time going to a parade. It wasn't to far from our house and Brayden thought it was great. It was sunny and hot here but we were able to come home and have a good nap and then we headed down to the riverfront park for some of the festivities put on by Jim's company. We had also been able to take a teathered hot air balloon ride the day before when they did a breakfast for the families at the park. It was so fun. I would like to take one that would take us all over the city. So, we met up with some friends down at the park that LOVE animals. If someone asked me if I knew of an animal lover I would say Michelle. They live in a duplex and have a 9 month old little girl, 3 full grown yellow labs, I don't know how many cats,chickens and frogs. She also has horses but they don't live in the city. So, anyway they had bred one of there dogs and she had 9 puppies. They had 4 left and thought that bringing them to the park on the 4th would be a great way to sell the rest of them. They are 7 weeks and still cute enough to sucker people in.
Okay, now I must interject that we don't have any pets. Jim and I had a cat before the kids but it was weird and we ended up giving her away. But, my mom has been saying how we need a dog for Brayden. I say no. She says what about a cat. Again I say no. I just think the kids are small enough yet and why do we need to have an animal to look after. Now, I am not an animal hater. I just am fine not having the responsibility, cost, smell and just all of it that comes with owning an animal. Besides, my parents live a mile away and have a great dog and cat that we can visit.
Anyway, all this to say that when we got to the park on Wednesday our friends still had 2 dogs left. Yep, your right one of them now lives at our house. And yes he is adorable. He is good. But, now I listen to whining at night. (he is in the garage in a crate) I have to clean up poop and make sure to take him outside regularily and put him in the crate before I leave. Oh yeah and I have a 3 year old and a 4 month old.So, please pray that I get a more positive outlook on this and don't go crazy. Brayden seems to enjoy him (Charlie) but I don't know. Like I told Jim it just came 2 years ealier than I thought it would. I am already finding that my house is starting to smell. And for those of you who know me know I don't like smell or dirtyness inside. Unless it is from my children. Then I can handle it. So, I hope I can toughen up and do this since the men in my house think it is cool.