Our Full House

I once gave Mike the option that I wanted a puppy or a baby. Now when I said this to him we both were talking about a baby. Well, with all the trying to get pregnant, and all the failing to get pregnant, all the pills and hormones it has been a rough couple of months. So about a month ago when Mike called and asked if we could get a dog my response was "do whatever you want, I really don't care" now in the back of my mind that was a no way in hell, I already take care of enough things in our house that we don't need to add anything else. So Mike says, let me bring her home and see how you feel about her after you meet her.
Now tell me, how could I turn this face away? Here is this awesome, laid back dog that came directly to me and sat on my lap. Needless to say we were in love at first sight. So Addison moved in a day later.
After Addie moved in we decided that we were going to get her spayed. We are not the puppy delivering people and we decided that we didn't want to be. So two weeks after we got her I took her to a friend of mine who is a vet to spay her. The vet promptly told me that my dog is pregnant and that she was to far along to do anything about it. (Don't think less of me because I thought about aborting my dogs puppies, there are so many puppies that need a home already out there, but God made the decision that these puppies were to be born!!) So we are told that come the first of the year we would have puppies. On Sunday December 14 we were blessed with EIGHT puppies. Four boys and four girls. The birth went well and both mom and babies are fine. The puppies are adorable and I have to admit that I am deeply in love with a few of them and I am sad that we are going to give them up. I know that they are all going to go to good homes though.
You have to admit that these are some super cute puppies!! Mike even likes them, although he tries to deny that he likes them as much as I do. Neither one of us is really a fan of being woken up every four hours when they decided that they are hungry and Addie doesn't get to them fast enough, they are lucky they are cute :)
I have to admit when I prayed that God would bless us with a baby, I didn't expect eight and I certainly didn't expect them to be canine. I know that God has a plan, but it is really hard when we have been trying so hard to get pregnant and nothing is happening. It is a let down every month when I go to get bloodwork done. I am due to get bloodwork done on friday to see if my hormone medication has helped at all. If not the next option is an exploratory surgery to see what problems I could have. It is very frustrating and it is also really hard. I don't know how people make it to the injections and all of the things that follow from there. I know that I just need to stay strong in my faith and trust in God's plan. Which is so much easier said than done!!
Well, I had better get to bed (and put the puppy that is sleeping on me back with mom!!!) I hope that you all have a wonderful week!!