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February??

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wow! I have not blogged since October! I just purchased a new theme and am excited to get back into blogging again.  I needed a bit of a break and life has been pretty busy!  We had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends.  We drove (eek!) to Tennessee for Christmas and were able to spend about a week out there.  Since we got back it seems like we hit the ground running and now it is already February 7th!

Piper and Ellie as best friends. They play together most mornings and evenings and if Piper is away Ellie does not like it.  She is different from other cats in that she likes her family being around.

Piper was very excited about the Patriots winning the Super Bowl.  She has grown into the size of a small horse but we absolutely adore her!

In South Texas we have pretty mild winters.  Some days can be a little chilly but by the time we hit February we range between 50s-80s.  Seriously.  Although, it seems nice now but mid-July it doesn’t feel too good.  My birthday is coming up this weekend, so I am looking forward to that and then at the end of the month I am making a quick weekend trip back to Tennessee for our nephew’s first birthday!

It is crazy to think this little man is almost one.  It feels like he was just born!

So here is my quick update! I am going to try to do better at blogging consistently as lots of changes going on at the Peterson House!

Meet Ellie

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Meet Ellie.  Our new kitten.  She is quite proper.

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Piper loves our new addition.  It has been adorable watching Piper try to play with her the way dogs play.  Unfortunately, Ellie has not managed to catch on yet.

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We have been missing a cat from our household since we lost our Willow back in April.  We have not let her out of the house yet and she does not seem to have any desire to go outside, which makes me quite happy.

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My mom came to visit and see our new house for the first time.  She also met Piper and Ellie for the first time and loved them (of course!).

Piper Update

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So this is LONG overdue.  I used to be so good at blogging and then I fell off the bandwagon.  But Piper is adorable, of course and is OVER 50 lbs at 6 months old.  She has such a personality and loves being the center of attention.

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She loves, loves, loves waiting for Josiah to come home.  I work from home so we spend a lot of time together but she goes crazy when she hears his truck!

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She got spayed two weeks ago.  Her scare is healing up nicely but she is still biting this area on her back. I think she has changed the way the fur will grow there…. ugh!

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She is a master toy destroyer.  We have received quite a bit of credit from bark shop for each toy she has destroyed.  Which I use to purchase more toys she will just destroy.

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She absolutely has to be near me at all times.  Her favorite is to make sure she is touching.  It is cute but slightly annoying. Piper is such a handful but she was just what we needed at just the right time!

Mother’s Day Blessings [Book Review]

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This book review is long overdue but quite a few things happened in the spring, which is why I am behind.

I grew up reading the Berenstain Bear books and still adore them.  When I had the opportunity to review Mother’s Day Blessings by Mike Berenstain I knew I had to.  The book is just as I remember them and I love the positive message each book has.  The books were first introduced in the 1960’s by Stan and Jan Berenstain and while they have since passed on their son continues their legacy.

The story is beautiful.  Brother and Sister Bear are trying to come up with what to surprise their mother with.  The illustrations are beautiful and the paper is thick.  The message is beautiful about how mother’s are everywhere and can be anyone – doctors, farmers, homemakers.  And how being with their children is what is most important on Mother’s Day. This Berenstain Bear book does not disappointment with the lessons that have been a staple of these books since day 1.

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disclaimer: I received this book for free for my honest review.  They did not tell me what to write and everything expressed is my own opinion.

Summer Update

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Wow, from blogging all the time to barely blogging.  Life has been busy! I wanted to give a summer update of what we have been busy doing.  One of the biggest things that happened right after I last blogged (that night actually!) was we had a HUGE hail storm.  Our windows in the back were blown out, broken light fixtures and damaged roof! So that was a mess to clean up and we had boarded up windows for a few weeks waiting for the new ones to come in!  We finally finished (just last week!) the last of the windows and the roof.  It was a blessing in disguise as we were going to have to replace the windows soon (they had condensation).

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Piper has been growing a ton! This was from her first trip to the beach at the end of May.  She LOVED the sand but hated the water and the waves.  That does not go for pool water and other water though.

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Piper absolutely loves the pool.  She cannot get enough of it.  Our neighbors have a pool and she loves going swimming in it.  It is even more fun for her when their two little girls are swimming with her.

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She now jumps in on her own, which is quite a feat for her!

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As of Tuesday, July 12th she weighed 35.4 lbs! We expect her to be around 60-70, so she still has a ways to go! She is doing really well in Puppy Kindergarten and learning lots of new commands!

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At the beginning of June we went to visit family in New Hampshire.  We took a stop at my favorite ice cream place in Stratham, NH and I got banana with Swedish Fish.  I don’t remember what Josiah got.

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My grandparents were able to meet my nephew (their great grandson) for the first time. Mimi was in heaven!

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And we got to see the majority of the family, which is always nice! We all had a great time going out to breakfast, eating at my cousins and then going out to breakfast again!

It seems like this summer has just flown by! We have friends coming to visit us, a wedding and then will end by taking a trip home to Tennessee!

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