It's a(nother) boy!

Meet Tatum, the newest little boy in our family.  

Two months old, two pounds big, dachsund mix.  Lot's of cute!

One day last week, a little bit out of the blue, me, N and H all said maybe we should get a dog (we hadn't talked about it with each other, just had all been thinking about it ourselves) so we discussed it and decided it might be an okay time - no infants in the house, I'm home most of the day, we have hard floors, the boys would love it, etc...

 The boys adore him!  They spend most of their time trying to love on him, play with him, chase him, put socks on his back (apparently the funniest thing ever!), etc.

 

H and Tatum are best friends!  H loves the dog and is so excited to play with him and hold him every time he is around "I want to take care of him all the time."  And Tatum gets so excited to play whenever H comes around and will crawl into his lap any time H sits down. 

 C is learning, but is still excited for the puppy.  I still can't tell if C is going to be gentle or clobber him.

Previously when H would tell us we needed to bring a puppy home, we told him "Maybe when you are five."  This morning H asked me if he was five now! 

 This morning, C really wanted the puppy to come out of his kennel.  Thankfully he was just out of reach!

 We figured that for whatever reason C does a little better holding Tatum if he is wrapped in a little blanket.  I have had to work with both boys to not try to shove bones in his face, or poke his eyes. (Reminds me of when C was a baby!  Had to make sure no one was poking his eyes or shoving things in his mouth!) Not the best picture of C, but you can tell how happy he is to be holding the puppy!