Reasons to adopt a dog

Life is full of choices...

Cereal or toast?

1 sugar or 2 in the morning coffee?

Daily newspaper or latest gossip mag?

Clean the house or watch Bold & the Beautiful?

Who am I kidding????

Those are the choices I use to make before Miss Twinkle Toes became part of my world!

It's now more like should we...

Play inside or outside?

Trash the lounge room or trash the bedroom?

Watch Play School or In the Night Garden?

People have often asked me If people were to ask me,

"Why should I adopt a dog?"

I would reply,

"This choice to adopt a dog can be made simply by reflecting on the following reasons."

See if one of these little paw padded puppies would suit your lifestyle.

If you want someone who will eat whatever you put in front of him and never say its not quite as good as his mother's...

Then adopt a dog.

If you want someone always willing to go out, at any hour, for as long and wherever you want ...

Then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who will never touch the remote, doesn't care about football, and can sit next to you as you watch romantic movies...

Then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who is content to get on your bed just to warm your feet and whom you can push off if he snores...

Then adopt a dog.

If you want someone who never criticizes what you do, doesn't care if you are pretty or ugly, fat or thin, young or old, who acts as if every word you say is especially worthy of listening to, and loves you unconditionally, perpetually ...

Then adopt a dog.

BUT..

On the other hand, if you want someone who will...

Never come when you call,

Ignores you totally when you come home,

Leaves hair all over the place,

Walks all over you,

Runs around all night and only comes home to eat and sleep,

AND

acts as if your entire existence is solely to ensure his happiness...

Then I'm sure you know what you have to do.

Do I really need to tell you?

You probably have it figured out by now...

You may even have one at home already...

Just save yourself the trouble and

adopt a cat!

And you thought I was going to say marry a man...

I can't take full credit for this, although I did find all of the gorgeous puppies and can endorse the reasons above as to why you should adopt a dog.

Mummy... Mum... Mum.... MUUUUUUUUUUMMMMM!

So this Sunday is Mother's Day! I wonder what I will get? Hopefully a day off changing nappies, a sleep in and lots of cuddles! I heart cuddles! What does everyone else hope for?

I honestly can not wait until Miss Twinkle Toes is old enough to make me something. I love handmade things and take much delight in making them with the children at school for their mums. It is such a nice feeling to know how special a mum will feel when she opens up a gift from her special little one/s.

I have been thinking back on just how much my world has changed since becoming a mummy over the last 14 months. The biggest change can be summed up in one simple yet powerful word.

Love.

Definition:

n.      1. A deep, tender, ineffitable feeling of affection and solicitude toward a person, such as that arising from a kinship, recognition of attractive qualities, or a sense of underlying oneness.

        2. An intense emotional attatchment as for a pet or a treasured object.

I have so much more appreciation fo rmy own mum now that I am a mother. I always loved my mum and knew that she loved me unconditionally but until I became a mum myself, I never understood just how much I could love.

It is hard to find the words for how much I love my daughter...

So instead I will share with you these captured moments....

 My first Mother's Day. What an honour to be 'her' mum. xoxo

Yes I love her so much that I smother her with cuddles.

We love to play.

Life is good and I can't wait for more!

First apple

Not pureed.




Not crushed.




Not sliced.




Just an apple.

And she loved it!

Tiny imprints of three little teeth marked the juicy flesh like the claws of a rake through sand.

If only I could have kept it. Although something tells me that wouldn't be a good one for the memory box!

Instead this memory will be kept in a photograph.