- No one was moving too quickly this morning. Campbell di leave the house that she was spending the night at around 10 and then picked up Keaton before they headed home. Reagan's friends that spend the night started stirring next, and finally I had to wake up the boys in time to go to Grannymom's house for lunch.
- Grannymom had hog jowl, black eyed peas, and even cabbage for lunch so we can all have some good luck during the New Year. Plus she had apple dumplings, my favorite, before we celebrated my birthday. Grannymom and I had gone shopping a few days ago, and we found quite a few things for my birthday.
- The kids took one car home while Robby and I ran some errands. We both did a Walmart shop plus we had a few more shops before we came home.
- When we did make it home, Marley was sleeping. So far she has had a good day-only one accident. And yes, I did start my list of her accidents-it contains, when she had an accident along with the initials of the people watching her at the time...though I'm a little worried that people will get lax on the potty trips so their name can make it on the list often in hopes that I don't expect them to help with the dog.
- I baked some bread when I came home, and then we made Traci's brownies from last night. I didn't cook them as long as I should have, but they are still pretty good. I feel like they might be gone by tonight.
- I did spent some time tonight making my list of things to accomplish over the next few days-but Robby just told me that a few places I want to call to make appointments will probably be closed tomorrow so I guess I need to rework my list.
January 1, 2026-Happy New Years!
December 31, 2025-Happy New Year's Eve!
- It was a pretty quiet morning around the house. I spent a lot of time following Marley around the house. She didn't sleep all night, but potty wise she did good-until I left the house around 11:30. Tomorrow, we will start keeping a log just to see when our accidents are happening.
- Robby left, and I even sat down to read for a few minutes. I didn't get very far though which is fine. I then made brownies for tonight-I had to make them twice. The first time I didn't cook them long enough so I baked them a little bit longer which turned out to be too long. The second batch turned out just fine.
- I left around noon to go and eat lunch with Robby. After eating, we walked around Costco, and I found myself a birthday present. Then we ran to Kroger before I hurried home to make some cheese dip.
- I actually was able to do everything on my very short list for today except to organize my sewing things. I would love to clean and organize most places in the house, but I think that my sewing stuff could easily be organized and made neater.
- Campbell went to Adi's this morning to go and have coffee. We let Campbell drive there, and then they rode with Adi's sister to the coffee place. They even did a little bit of shopping while there, and Campbell bought herself some pants.
- Anderson and Graham left early this morning to go and play basketball, but once they were home, they didn't leave again. Reagan never left the house, but she ended up with 3 friends spending the night tonight.
- Campbell had a party tonight and was able to drive there and then drive to the house that she is spending the night at. That girls loves to drive. Keaton, Whitman, Robby, and I spent the evening at the Craft's house to ring in the New Year.
- Keaton had so much fun that she spent the night when we left after midnight. Whitman enjoyed playing with everyone this evening too, and I'm sure that he will be tired in the morning.
December 30, 2025
- Marley woke up at 6 this morning, and I'm not sure if she woke up by herself or if she heard me getting up to go to the bathroom. I tried to be quiet, but I think she still heard me because she was awake before I made it back to bed.
- It took awhile for me to get her settled this morning, so I was off to a slow start. By the time that both dogs potty and I have fed both dogs, it seems that most of the morning has gone. I did lose Marley briefly this morning. She did respond to her name when I called her-she responded with a yelp. I found her on the kids' stairs halfway in the middle-she was stuck since she can't go down. I think that she was going up them when Bentley went down them. This made Marley decided she didn't want to go up and wanted to go down, but she couldn't.
- And let's discuss Bentley-when she came prancing down the stairs, I was already looking for Marley. I asked her to help me find her sister, and she just walked off-even though she knew where she was. Not all hope is lost though because they have been playing together so well tonight, and Bentley was even putting her paw up on Marley's head.
- I met Grannymom this morning at Marshals to do some birthday shopping. It didn't take me long to fill up the cart and find things for my birthday. Grannymom and I then both walked over to Kroger to do some more shopping. I needed a few things for tomorrow night so it didn't take me long to fill my buggy.
- Later this afternoon, Campbell, Keaton, and I were going to meet Robby. I had asked Whitman if he wanted to go earlier, and he said no. When we were leaving though, I walked by and said, "we're leaving." Whitman jumped up and headed to the door. I asked if he had changed his mind, but he just heard me say "we are leaving" and assumed that meant him too. I asked again if he wanted to come, and he volunteered to stay with Marley.
- While we were gone, the big boys went to Nonna and Pops' house to work on their new tv and to move some furniture. That left Whitman and Reagan holding down the fort here.
- Keaton drove us to On the Border, and after we ate there, Keaton and Campbell left by themselves. They stopped off at Grannymom's house for a quick visit. Then they headed to Five Below and Marshalls-being able to drive places is going to get very expensive for Campbell!
- They made it home safely after their stops, but Robby and I ran some errands. We finished one set, and stopped at Sonic to get a drink. However, we opted to run into Kroger to take one more shop, but while we were there we were able go get drinks for Starbucks (hot chocolate for me and a lemonade for Robby) and go to the bathroom since it had been a while since we had stopped.
- Back at home, we have had a quiet, yet short, evening. Right now it is time to start heading to bed, but our two puppies are going strong!
December 29, 2025
- Marley did much better today-the pound will not have to be called. She only woke up at 7, and then she only had 2 accidents in the house today.
- It was a fairly quiet morning. Robby left to run some errands while I stayed at home. When Marley went to sleep, I tried to get as much done as I could. I have a very short list to accomplish on this holiday week, so the main activity of the day was making cinnamon rolls.
- Whitman was downloading a game at the time, so he helped me make the cinnamon rolls. He pretty much did all of it by himself so I just cleaned and handed him what he needed next. Whitman and I also played a game this afternoon-we were getting in lots of quality time.
- Campbell drove me, Keaton, and the dogs to Nonna's house. We had some soup to drop off over there. Then we dropped off a birthday present before coming home. When we came home, Marley and I had a nap, and then it was time to get to work.
- Robby came in, and pretty much everyone started helping get things ready for tonight. Tonight was our Christmas party at the Wilson's house. We had so much food, and Shannon had so much food! Plus there were so many games-We had games and prizes, and Shannon had games and prizes.
- It was a super fun evening-and I am stuffed and a little bit tired! When we came home, the kids all helped unload, and then most of them gathered in the kitchen chatting away. That was nice because I was able to listen as I cleaned everything up.
- Now, Marley is in her kennel, Bentley is upstairs with the girls, and Whitman is the only one downstairs still (he has 30 more minutes). Reagan and Campbell didn't have much sleep last night so I'm sure that they are already asleep, and I think that I'm about to go to bed myself!
December 28, 2025
- Marley update-I guess we have to give ourselves some grace since Marley has just now been with us for 3 weeks, but she is now on the naughty list. She continues to wake up once during the night (it was 5, but still), and she still has accidents occasionally. We will survive!
- The girls were ready for church before the rest of us. I had to assure them that they would not start without us-we were at least 30 minutes early, even though they thought that we were late.
- There wasn't Sunday school today, so we took two cars to church. One car came home to grab Marley while everyone else headed straight to Grannymom's house. We all met up for lunch and visiting before we headed home.
- This afternoon was kind of quiet around the house-Reagan made brownies to take to a friend's house that she was going to spend the night at. Campbell left right in the middle of the rain to go to Rock Creek for church. She drove and did just fine despite the deluge happening.
- When she came home, I took her to the same house that Reagan was at. Then I met the big boys and Robby at the Wilson's house for our Sunday night visiting and snacking. (We postponed supper because that is happening tomorrow.)
- We stayed out too late, and now it is nearly midnight....I'm sitting in the kitchen typing and heard Robby fussing. Poor Marley had herself an accident on our sheets and comforter. Thankfully, we have a spare everything-I feel sorry that we are going to have to rehome her! (Not really, but tomorrow I will have to set a potty timer for her.)
December 27, 2025
- I wasn't super productive today, but I did mark quite a few things off of my lists for the rest of the week-that really just means that I didn't have high hopes of getting anything done this next week.
- I'm always surprised how productive I can be when we are still getting up during the night. Marley woke up once last night, but when Robby tried to put her back to bed in the kennel she would have none of it. I finally set by her until she calmed down.
- This morning Marley didn't like her kennel at all. We have tried treats, we have tried a kong, and we have tried everything we can think of. Hopefully, we were able to turn a corner, and she will be happy to go to bed tonight.
- Robby left pretty early and Campbell and Keaton left as well. They followed Robby to get gas in the suburban, and then those two girls went shopping at the Promanade. I think that they went into quite a few different stores plus they even picked up something for Reagan. Keaton bought one book while Campbell didn't buy anything.
- Keaton babysat at 4 today so I took her there. Reagan met a friend at the Promanade and shopped some next. Campbell had to babysit at 5:30 so Robby took her there (she probably could have driven but it is a ways a way). Anderson and Graham went to play basketball this evening so everyone was gone except for Whitman.
- While I was gone, I ran some errands all by myself! Robby eventually joined me, and we did really well. We did well enough that we went to eat a potato at McAlisters and then both had our own ChickFilA shakes.
- Keaton and Campbell finished at about the same time so the whole house was home and showering by eleven tonight.
- Oh, I forgot to mention how my morning started out-no one was awake, but Robby and I. I was in the kitchen and went to the bedroom to talk to Robby. Marley was right there behind me in the kitchen. When I went back to the kitchen, that dog was gone! I looked everywhere-EVERYWHERE for her. I started to get a little panicked and had Robby get out of bed to look. We both looked and looked-I was about to wake up the kids to help look when Robby discovered Marley in the bonus room. I had already checked the bonus room, but I guess when Robby went up there she was pretty happy to see him (especially since she was stuck up there because she can't yet come down the stairs.)
December 26, 2025
- Marley didn't do as well last night, but she did only wake up once so we can't complain too much. Robby took her to the living room this morning while I finished sleeping. Then Marley and I started on our morning chores-this means, I stand in the kitchen folding laundry while she licks the floor at my feet.
- Robby and I then started on taking the Christmas down. I certainly enjoy Christmas, but I also enjoy taking it all down! The house feels a bit empty now, and I could even find a few more things to throw away, but even though our trash did run today, I'm trying to limit my trash can usage because I know it will be full quickly!
- We worked until about 11 putting things away. Then the girls started waking up, and we soon left. I thought that our first stop was going to only be Old Navy. However, between all of us, we just about went into every store in the outlets. No one really spent much money, but we sure looked at everything.
- Our next stop was gas for the van and then Walmart. I had a return, and surprisingly there was not a line for returns. The girls did their shopping here pretty quickly. We did briefly look at the Christmas stuff, but the crowds were crazy so we didn't stay in that area too long.
- Next we stopped at Home Goods and Hobby Lobby. By this time, we were starting to fade. Campbell stayed in the car for Hobby Lobby, and I just stayed in the car when I dropped them off at Target. Finally, we just had two stops left-Starbucks for Keaton to get a drink and then Zaxby's for Campbell to use her gift card.
- Marley was sleeping in Whitman's lap when we came home. Graham had already left to do some shopping of his own, and he didn't even spend any money. When he made it home, I had the boys all carry up a Christmas tree to the attic, and then the big boys had to move a chair back to its spot.
- Robby brought pizza home for supper, and this evening Anderson and Graham went to play volleyball while Reagan went to the movies so now Robby, Whitman, and I are watching a documentary.
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