puppy love

about 6 1/2 days ago, i was seriously questioning our decision to get another dog, as jefferson was sooo sad about the new little guy.  well, the verdict after almost a week of life with two dogs is that jefferson LOVES the puppy.  he is basically obsessed with him, and despite the occasional reprimand (when the puppy gets his food, bone, etc), he wants to play with the puppy all the time.  in fact, potty training has proved to be a bit more difficult with our new little guy because whenever i want the puppy to go out and focus on going potty, jefferson wants to come out with him, and they just end up playing. 

the massive amount of playing they do is great for sleep though!  last night, i only got up once (5:30am), which one of us normally does with jefferson anyways.  jefferson, on the other hand, has been sleeping through the night - or when i get up to let the puppy out, he gets into my spot, so i end up sleeping on the edge of the bed or crammed between him and billy.  we'll see what happens once both of them are sleeping up there (if we end up allowing that)!  it's definitely easier the second time around in terms of scheduling...with jefferson, i got up every other hour to let him out for probably 6 weeks.  with this guy, we're not allowing that to happen, so it'll make our period of fatigue from frequently interrupted sleep much shorter!  and, it's just nice being able to let them play together while we get other things done around the house. 

here are some pictures from what is now the norm around our house :)

jefferson can fit the puppy's head in his mouth...and the puppy constantly latches onto jefferson's beard or whatever fur he can grab :)

tired dogs :)

my favorite!

sharing the big dog :)

and after much research and brainstorming, the puppy's name (for now) is brooks.  we think it's cute, although i'm kind of wanting him to have a name that ends in the "y" sound.  also, brooks is a name i'd like to possibly use for a future child of ours, so we may end up changing the dog's name then or just having a kid and dog with the same name (which could be funny).  so, brooks and jefferson are fast on their way to becoming bff's, and i'm thoroughly enjoying it :)