Confessions of a Mean Wife

Meet Mocha.

The dachshund puppy we had for 10 days.

We scrapped together all of our Christmas cash and then some to buy her. She was a very, very cute little pup. But, wow she was smelly. Being in my first trimester of pregnancy and feeling nauseous all the time, the smell and the task of potty training the little animal was more than I could bare. I had no idea it would take so long (more than a few days) for the little k-9 to catch on to the whole "don't pee/poop in the house" idea. I was wrong. It was rough. It was freezing outside. Standing out there waiting for her to go "potty" and finally giving up, bringing her inside where she promptly relieved herself on the floor was a bit more than I could handle. And the chewing! The incessant chewing on everything, including Kaity's fingers, was all too much.

But Markham loved her. He really really did. So I tried, I really did. It just was a lot harder than I imagined it being.

One night after work, being very aware of my distress, Markham said, "Well, we can try and sell her." With tears welling in my eyes and feeling like the most awful wife in the world, I replied, "I just can't do it."

I broke my poor husband's heart. And I am not proud.

You may wonder why I am posting such a shameful confession. I am posting this because I am still impressed with Markham's unbelievable patience and understanding towards his pregnant, sometimes mean and crazy wife. Thanks for being so great Mard. I love you.

The morale of this story appears to be: Don't concede to bringing a new pet home that will require unimaginable work in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, especially if you don't have a particular affinity for said pet.

Please note: Mocha has a happy new home in Colorado with other puppies of her kind. She now lives with dog lovers, which is what she deserves.

IT'S A.........BOY!!!

We are so excited to know what we are having!!! Although I totally had a feeling it was a little boy!I knew with Kaitlyn too, I guess I'm just that good :D Markham is super happy, now he'll have a little boy to teach hockey to. The Carroll name will live on!! I am due the end of July. Needless to say, I am already busy buying things for the new nursery!!!

Valentine's Day Festivities

Hope you had a fantastic V-Day! We had a lot of fun. A little non-tradional I guess, but so so fun. I don't like going out Valentines Day night because everyone else is out and everywhere is crowded and I always feel so hurried. Not how I want to spend a romantic night out! So Markham and I will have our night out on a different night in the future ;)

So we invited Dylan, Ashley and Parker for the weekend. We treated them to Raclette! They are big fans now too. We had a great time. We ofcourse ate too much, and played hours and hours of our new favorite game, Princes of Florence.

Kaity and Parker had a lot of fun together as always. They had a Valentine's Dinner together too. Wasn't quite as fancy as ours, but it is what they wanted. Isn't Kaity's hair out of control?! Tell me about it! It refuses to grow any longer than her shoulders and she resists any styling her poor mother trys to subject her too. I usually save such battles for Sundays. Barrettes? She yanks them out. Headbands? Forget about it! The only thing I can really do is a Bam-Bam kind of pony tail on the top of her head, which gets old, you know?! So to all you moms out there with little girls with all kinds of hair, that is always styled to perfection, just know that I am insanely jealous!

Kaitlyn and Parker playing the game.

Dylan you are such a cute Dad, you guys should really have another baby! ;)