Ahhh...sweet....freedom?

We are officially a dogless family now. On Friday, the guy from Johnny's work came and picked up Molly. I know that she will be SO much happier there because she'll be given the attention a cute little dog like her needs and deserves. The guy told us that when we decided to let him have her (2 weeks ago), he immediately scheduled a mobile groomer (they actually come to your house! Why didn't I know about this before!?!?!?) every 3 weeks and had already scheduled play dates with neighbor dogs. Then, on Thursday, on his way home from work he stopped at Petsmart, then went to Petco and THEN went to ANOTHER Petsmart! And to top all of that off, he put an "It's a Girl!" sign in his front yard Friday morning! So...yeah...I think she may be a little spoiled now, which is great!

Friday, before he came over, we took some pictures of "Molly Gog" with J.J. one last time and a pic of her new owner. That evening, when we got back from dinner and walked in the house, J.J. kept asking where Molly Gog went and we had to keep saying, she went bye-bye...a little tough, but he's only done it a couple of times since then. I will say it's REALLY weird to walk into the kitchen and not be greeted by her, but after I swept and mopped last night, it's really nice to know I won't have my kitchen floor covered with grass tonight because a little dog kept bringing it in on her feet!

OH! And now that our sunroom is no longer the "doggie limbo room" (the room where doggies are held in between outside and inside while their muddied paws dry off), it is now officially Johnny's "man cave". He has moved a big comfy chair out there, a TV and the Playstation 2...next in will be an old couch, affectionately known as "Ghetto", from his step-brother's house (if Matthew agrees to let him have it, that is), a mini fridge and a rolling cart for the TV. He's very excited about his own personal room and officially broke it in last night with our friend Ryan.

Here are some pictures of Molly's last official night as a Hughes...followed by some pics of Johnny in the man cave w/ J.J. after church on Sunday:


J.J. posing w/ Molly


One last hug for "Molly Gog"



Molly's new owner


Some burp cloths I made Fri. night for a Sat. baby shower


J.J. and Daddy in the "man cave" having lunch

New layout...hope you like it

So I changed my layout a bit....hope you all enjoy it as much as I do! I wasn't too sure at first, but then when I added the picture, I was hooked! That picture is one I took from the balcony of our condo in Colorado last summer that, sadly (SNIFF!!!), we will not be able to visit this year. But you know, I'll take the birth of my daughter over a little measly vacay any day! We can always go in September when the leaves are changing (or whenever Johnny builds his vacation time back up from paternity leave)!

Really, I don't have much else to discuss on here. We're all doing well here...just trying to stay dry in the monsoon we're experiencing the last couple of days (which I absolutely LOVE, by the way). I'm weird...I like rainy days. They give me a great excuse to stay inside and be snuggly with the boy (when he lets me, that is).

OH! A couple newsworthy topics: one good, one a little sad.

1) The hubster got a much-needed raise last week. We were stressing about fundage a bit, so that was good timing on God' part! :) Now we can pay off some of our debt before the new baby comes...which is very good news!

2) We are going to be a dogless family very shortly. After a lot of discussion about whether or not we should keep her, Molly is going to live with a couple from Johnny's work. They had discussed an interest (not to any particular person) in getting a silver schnauzer because they both grew up with one and Johnny told them that we had been trying to figure out if we should keep her or not. It all boils down to this: we love Molly, but we don't give her enough attention. She needs a lot more exercise and love than we have the energy to give her (especially me), and we feel that this other couple can give her that undivided love and attention (they have no children). We also realized something (3 dogs and 1 cat later): we are NOT high-maintenance pet people. Dogs and cats (well, not cats so much, unless you count scooping their litter) require a lot more devotion than either of us are willing to give out at this point in our lives. Right now, a fish is probably as much as we can handle...and even that we're a little hesitant about. Sad, I know. And we also decided that it's better to give Molly to someone now before J.J. gets really attached to her. He'll probably notice that she's not there anymore, but he won't miss her.

So there you go...that's the news in the Hughes household. More later when more excitement hits.

P.S. Hope our dog-loving friends don't hate us too much (i.e. Julie K)!