Well, it isn't the new addition to our family that we were planning a few months ago, but we have added a baby to our family. A baby dog, that is. His name is Riese (that's German for "giant") and he is a miniature pinscher. He is two months old today and he weighs about two pounds. We got him last Saturday. He is cute and sweet, but a lot of work, too. He isn't completely housebroken yet (he was only paper trained when we got him, but we've done a lot of work in the last week!) and he doesn't sleep through the night yet. His longest stretch of sleep is about 4 hours, so we usually keep him up until we're ready for bed so that Adam can get a little sleep before he wakes up. That's right, Adam gets up with him each night. I was very reluctant to get a dog, especially a puppy, mainly because of all the work that comes along with it. But, Adam assured me that he would get up with the dog when he wakes at night and he has been. He takes him out to "go potty" and then comes back in to get back to sleep. The last couple of nights (except last night, of course, since Santa was coming), John-William has gotten up, too, and slept in the recliner with Riese. It's good because Riese sleeps longer that way and Adam gets to go back to bed to sleep. But, I'm afraid it's going to spoil the dog and get him used to having someone sleep with him in the recliner after he wakes up. Obviously, it won't continue when John-William goes back to school, but we're trying it for now. We'll see what happens.
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