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I now have tremendous respect for new parents. It's been just over a week and I haven't had a good nights sleep yet. I've managed to get Scarlett on a schedule during the day but the holidays threw off our night time schedule so sleep has been scarce. The vet and the books I've read all say that it's normal for a puppy this small to wake up to potty two or three times during the night, and that she does. It's to her benefit that she's so cute because, unlike my college days, I'm not happy to see 2 AM. We're working on adjusting her food and water so that she'll hopefully sleep for longer stretches at a time. Say a prayer, and send out the sleep through the night vibes!!!
Welcome Baby Scarlett! Here she is. Our new little bundle of joy. I picked her up on Monday and haven't had a good nights sleep since :) She has been so much fun. I am shocked at how fearless she is. I'm not sure why I assumed she would be more timid, maybe because she's so young and so small...but that hasn't been the case. She's made herself right at home. She's taken over all of Samson's toys (yes, he's even let her play with Lammy), and she's very vocal about wanting to be fed. Samson has been amazingly patient and tolerant. He's even taken to playing with her. Jason came home for the holidays Thursday and immediately called her Lucy. My best friend has a beautiful daughter named Lucy (Happy Early Birthday Lucy!!!) and ever since she was born Jason has named everything Lucy. The Bonzai tree he gave me (sadly I was too inept to keep it alive), a dragon in his video game. I'm surprised he didn't want to name Scarlett Lucy. After the first reminder Jason's been very good about calling her by her name. I can't believe Christmas is finally here. I think I'm going to have to put her under the tree with a bow on her head. Actually I don't think she'd sit sitll for that, but it would make a cute picture. OK...off for our last walk of the evening and then a small prayer before bed that she sleeps through the night!
