There is a reason we pay to get our dogs a haircut...

Oh my gosh! What a morning. Top Banana and I (read...Mama) decided to give the dog a haircut this morning.

We had been taking him periodically to the groomer to have it done, but each time we picked him up, it was around $50 AND a haircut that is NOT what we asked for. The answer we got each time was..."but it is soooo cute like this!" Well, cute or not, it is not what we asked for. He is a long haired dog and they INSISTED on leaving his head (face, ears, mouth) a lot longer than we asked them to. Yes, he looked cute when they finished, but he is a dog and dogs dig, shove their faces in the water bowl then go outside and try to rub the water off, in the dirt, of course! So needless to say, within 10 minutes of being home, the new haircut was wrecked.

Ok, that was a little background information on why we (I) decided that we should just do it at home and save ourselves the money and aggravation of having someone else do it. It all started fairly calmly, we popped up a canopy in the backyard for shade, pulled out the card table and extension cord (we have to LOOK professional at least) the clippers and some scissors. Off we went on the worldwind haircut adventure. First we decided that since his hair is so thick, we would use the scissors first to take some length off, well that went pretty smoothly. THEN, we whipped out the clippers and the fun began. Did I mention that this dog HATES clippers? I am not sure what he does when we pay someone else to do it, probably sits there like a good dog I am sure. So we make progress up his backside and back then get close to his head and he turns into Cujo, remember him? Needless to say we are scratched up, burning up, covered with hair and down right pissed off at this point. I did not think we would ever get finished. Hours had passed by this time, Little Booger had fallen out the back door, the phone was ringing off the hook, the dog was trying to jump off of the table, I was hungry and ready to be done. Then we had to clip the nails, I might leave that story for another day!

We had a very busy, yet not so productive morning. We did get the dog done, beautiful he is not. He really is a cute dog, when you take him to the groomer! Ok, so he is cute when we do it too, but we are a little partial to the little pooch!

So, the next time you think about saving a buck and doing something yourself, make sure you look at all sides of the story first!

OH, did I mention after all of that, he still needed a bath?!? Wheew! What a day!

Little Booger Goes To "Big Brother" class...

A few weeks ago I took Litle Booger to a "big brother" class at the hospital. I figured it might help with the transition to having a new baby. When we first arrived, the nurse spoke his favorite words."It's time for a snack." Well, that really put him in the mood for learning about babies, or NOT! From that moment on, I figured I had lost him, he was there to eat.

After a few minutes, the instructor put on a movie, "Sibling Sillies" or something goofy like that. He had no intrest in watching, remember the snacks...well, that is all he could think about. When he finally finished up, the movie was coming to an end and she told the children to get their "babies" from the table in front of them. I am not going to lie, by that time I was thinking yea right lady, like this is going to happen. Boy was I wrong...

It was time to change diapers?!? What? He WANTS to do this? Ok, lets give it a shot.

Well, I guess we are getting into the class now, this was right up his alley. We ended up staying long after the class ended and the other families left, just to change the baby's diaper, repeatedly! I think we might have our hands full when the baby comes. Someone is going to want to help, because someone learned how to change diapers at school! He even learned how to wipe the baby's bottom before putting on the new diaper.

Next, we learned how to "wrap" the baby. He was actually really good at this. See the look of concentration? (The tongue!)

Now it is time to feed the baby, boy won't it be fun convincing him that this is not how we feed our babies?!?

All in all, it was a great day. I think he had a lot of fun. We just wish Daddy had been able to go with us to join in the fun. Stinkin work! He had lots of stuff to tell Daddy when we finally got back home. We have tried to really talk up this new baby thing, I think he is getting the picture, he talks about the baby too. I think he will make an awesome big brother, once he gets over the shock of us actually bringing that thing home! He has an awesome big brother and sister that he has learned from, lets hope we all adjust to having a new little one in the house again soon. We only have 13 weeks and 2 days till the big day!