What a week!

Rory has officially been with us for a week, and what a week it's been. During the first and second night home, Nate had the stomach flu, during the third and fourth night, AJ had it, the fifth night, Mom had it, and the sixth night, Mike had it. So, she had the rare treat of me sleeping with her in the living room, in hopes of me not catching the virus.

So, while Mike was up sick or with sick kids, I was up with a puppy who took advantage of a human being up and wanted out every couple of hours. With my mom sick, we didn't even have anyone to help with the kids, and poor Mike had to deal with sick kids while sick himself AND a new puppy who needed to go out every hour. Then I was on recovering kids and puppy duty over the weekend while he got to actually lay down and be sick. It was a rough week, but we did it.

Rory is doing wonderfully. We get her out often enough that she makes it outside almost a good 80-90% of the time. Not bad for a 9-week puppy. She is able to get out of her pen and around the living room more. She listens so well! We were closing the French doors into the dining room to keep her in the living room, but just a few verbal corrections, and she was fine. Not bad for the first week in a new home!