I just must say what wonderful pets we have. I am so proud of them all.

Zeeke really is growing up, he’s becoming so much calmer and more mature. He and I are developing some mutal respect between us. We have this understanding that if I don’t take things out of his mouth, he won’t growl at or bite me. I never used to be okay with that kind of understanding, but it seems to be working well for us. Maybe it’s just a hot button for him, who knows. But he does drop things when I ask him to now, and walks away - he still doesn’t fully trust me, but he’s been really good about it. The rest of the time we get along fine. I give him big hugs and scratch his chest and rub his ears and he sucks it up. I am still very proud of him for how he gets along with Zoe, as well. He earned big points in my book for being a good big brother.

I am never truly alone in this house. Even though I spend all day at home without my husband, I always have them with me. Yeah, sometimes they drive me crazy - like Zoe’s whining at me yet again right now - but as I was falling asleep early this morning with both of them on the bed beside me, I felt so very happy. They’re not perfect, but they’re ours. And they make our family special.

So our house has fur everywhere and bits of toys and we can’t get a carpet or new furniture yet. Some people would consider that too much of a sacrifice. But I wouldn’t trade it.

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Zoe constantly trips me while walking down the hall - in fact, they both do. I noticed yesterday that, while she does stick very close to my legs (causing me to trip), she actually stays beside/behind me. I have been watching every time, and every time she goes right to the same position. It’s like she’s so excited to see where I’m going, what I’m doing. But I really like the fact that she stays behind me, following me, instead of running ahead. She’ll be very good at heeling if she continues doing that - it won’t be anything new to her.

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I also wanted to say how glad I am I have this journal! It lets me gush about them without boring people to death on random message boards or email.