Need Your Input!!

So the time is drawing near and we will be finding out what our little peanut is soon!!

As most of you know we have pretty much decided on Kathryn (Katy) Anne Coker for our little girl. However, if we do, by some small chance, have a son, we have no name for him!! I know I know, we have plenty of time, but if you know my hubby, we have to start thinking of the names now or the poor child won't be named until he's 3!!!

So here are the "rules"!! The first name has to start with K. There are several names we want to try to include. We don't have to use the actual name because most are too "old fashioned" for our taste, but maybe if we could use a name that has the same meaning of a family name.....Anyway, the names we want to include are Carl (Justin's grandfather), Radford (my mom's maiden name) and Harold or Wayne or Norman (my dad's name). Hummmmmm see why we are stuck....

We need a name that begins with K that honors Carl, Radford and Harold/Wayne/Norman....tricky!!!!

So please leave us your suggestions, even if you think it's silly, leave them!! We need help, I need help naming this little baby!! (If it is a boy, of course if it's a girl we should be all set hehe)

~Blessings~

Tidings of Comfort and Joy!!!

I have several things to share!!

First, we learned that members of our family is expecting their first baby in the beginning of August! I don't want to give too many details yet because they haven't told everyone yet! We are THRILLED that our little family is getting even bigger!!!!! As our journey ends, so the others begins!!!

Second, baby Hannah is still doing amazingly well! The girls got to meet her last night! She's such a GREAT baby! And Kennye and Jared couldn't be prouder parents of such a GOOD baby girl!!!! She is such a good baby, I could just gobble her up hehe!!

Third, I have great news about our dogs! So I posted in my last blog about the cat incident. After my hubby spoke to our neighbor, we found out that the cat was a stray. Tony said they had been trying to get it away from their home for about a week. So, it wasn't one of their kittens, and it totally explains why the cat came IN the fence! Also, after much research and speaking with my vet, hubby and I have decided to keep the dogs! Ya! My vet said that Labs, Great Danes, and German Shepard's are all very territorial dogs. (Which is the mixes of our dogs). And they understand that we are their owners, they love us and they were protecting us. See, dogs don't have the ability to realize that a small cat isn't a threat to THEIR family. The cat came in the fence, on their territory, and the dogs defended. No biggie. My vet has known my dogs since the day we've had them. And she knows how loving and kind and wonderful they are. So that is GREAT news!! GREAT news!!

I just love good news!! I'm so thrilled for all of the new babies coming into our family!! And I'm so thrilled that we find out what our little bean is very soon!! And I'm so excited that everyone is healthy and very happy!! It's just been the perfect end to a GREAT year!!

I wish everyone a Merry Christmas!! And the happiest New Year!! I hope God continues to Bless your lives and keep you safe and healthy!!

~Blessings~

Dog Issues

We have two GREAT dogs! Clay is a mix. His dad was full blooded German Shepard and his mom was full blooded Lab. And Mila is a Lab/ Great Dane mix. They have a great time together, but they sometimes play rough. We have a large back yard that is fully fenced in, so they are allowed to play freely, without risk of any other animals coming in or them getting out.

We've never had any problems out of them. When Clay was younger, he chewed on our deck, but that is it. No other problems at all.

This morning about 3:00, I heard Clay barking, a weird bark, it was constant. I remember thinking, "Breathe Clay!". We've had a stray dog coming around so I thought that it must be right at the fence. So I go and flip on the lights and the barking didn't quit, slow down, it's like I never did a thing. So I step outside and the dogs have a cat. By this time my husband is awake and out on the back porch with me. He yells at the dogs and they go quickly under our porch (they always respond so well to my husband) and I go see about the cat. The cat passed right then, at least it wasn't alone, I was right there (not touching it of course). I was so torn up, hubby came and disposed of the cat properly.

Two homes down from us a man has several cats. They are all solid black (the cat that passed was one of his). They are allowed to roam freely (which is illegal in Rutherford County, no dog or cat is allowed to roam free). And they tease the dogs badly. They'll rub up against our chain length fence and sit right at the fence edge. It was quite funny to watch, actually, sly cats!

But now we are worried about aggression issues. They have never shown an ounce of aggression towards anything, us, each other, other animals, etc. We dog sit my mom's dog and my brother-in-laws dog all of the time, and the dogs LOVE them. Plus we have an indoor cat who's 13 and when she ventures outside, they leave her alone. But I'm convinced they are slightly scared of her ;)

I've read that it's normal for animals to attack other animals (especially dogs vs cats/birds/bunnies) especially if they come into the dogs yard/territory (which the cat would have had to have come in, there is no way the dogs could have gotten to it other wise). But still....our kids are young, and I'm 16 weeks pregnant......We just don't know what to do! If we take them to the pound, we are afraid that they'll put them down, which might need to happen. We don't have thousands of dollars to hire someone to come and "re-train" them......

We are stuck....We love our dogs.... We just don't know what to do!

Any thoughts or suggestions or prayers would be much appreciated!!

~Blessings~