Biological Puppy Parents

With each day that passes, Chris and I get more and more excited about becoming adoptive parents to a new little boy or girl…pug that is :-) We have thought of hundreds of names and we think we have a couple of contenders but we really want to meet the potential pups first before we decide and make our final selection. This can only happen of course after the biological mom, Belle, gives birth. We aren’t sure of the exact date but it should be sometime in mid-March. According to our breeder, Belle is starting to show and she is sleeping more which is a good sign. Here are pics of Belle and the biological dad of the pups, Emmitt. They are both very cute so I can only imagine how their off-spring will be!!

Belle

Emmitt

6 weeks after the pups are born we will get to make our selection from the litter; then a couple of weeks after that, we can take him or her home :-) Yay!!

New Kid on the Block

When the house was being built, the original kitchen design had a center island instead of a breakfast bar. We decided to forgo the island since it seemed to take up a lot of space in the kitchen and because we wanted to spare any guests sitting at the island from being hit in the back by the basement door…so we had the breakfast bar installed instead. We love the breakfast bar and eat almost every meal there, it was the perfect choice.

As I started to cook in the kitchen and Chris watched me glide across the floor from one end to the other, we came to the decision that a butcher block island would be a great addition to the space and help add some character as well. As much as we loved the ballroom dance floor, it wasn’t very practical for preparing meals.

So now we have the best of both worlds, a faboo breakfast bar and an island for chopping and preparing (although, I am afraid to chop directly on it so have been using cutting boards…I know, I am crazy). And who knew that butcher blocks could be made out of cherry wood? It matches our cabinetry perfectly!! I still need to figure out what to put on the bottom shelf and maybe a nice bowl with fruit on top would be nice but I will figure it out.

We are still stumped at what to do with the smaller dance floor between the kitchen and the living room so for now it is the perfect space for impromptu “Dancing with the Stars” reenactments.