{our [new] daily routine}

Bauer is growing up so fast. We’ve had him for 3 weeks now {what??!} and he’s learning & growing & we love him oh-so mucho. Every morning he barks at 6:30 {yaaawn} and Zack takes him outside. I skip to the shower and the boys play in the living room while I finish up in the b-room. Then Zack gets in and we both take turns playing with Bauer while we’re “getting ready” ;]

We all leave the house at 8:15am and walk Zack to the bus stop. The bus driver always jokes, Puppies can ride this bus, but I always look at him like “yeah right, Bauer only wants me this morning.”

Hah!

Then Bauer and I start our morning walk. He likes to stop and stare at the birds, squirrels, and leaves blowing around. It’s so adorable. He thinks every moving thing is his friend and he pounces after them. {love} Some times he’ll even sit and watch. In those moments I love Bauer even more than I already did a few minutes ago.

And… every few blocks we run down the streets.

And, I’m always wearing jeans. And boots. And a scarf and an occasional hat. I bet the nice people watching us from their living room windows laugh at me every morning. That’s OK — Bauer has a lot of energy and I will do anything for him, even if that means running before 9am {ewwwwww}.

* Sidenote: running with Bauer is showing to be great for both of us. B gets to do puppy-like things with all his energy; I’ll be buying smaller-size pants soon.

We make our way back home, about 30 minutes later…

Bauer has some water, we play on the living room rug, then he takes a nap while I check email and do some work online for 1-2 hours. He then goes in his crate for about 3 hours while I work in the studio. He never barks… or yips… he must know I’m working hard and that he’s soooooo lucky to have a mommy that works from home so he isn’t in his crate for 8+ hours each day :]

Out the little pup comes, and we play some more. Then he goes back in until about 6pm. Some times we drive downtown and pick Zack up from work, other times I start on dinner and Bauer lays under the kitchen work table until Zack gets home.

We play, watch movies together, take naps — ya know, the usual ;] Soon it’s bed time and we start the process over 7.5 hours later.

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We’ve been working on “sit”, “lay down” and “stay” and so far Bauer’s doing well. He likes to follow us around the house, but if we ever can’t find him he’s either in one of three places:

* on a rug somewhere in the house
* under the red couch
* under our bed {hah! he can never find his way out because our bed skirt is brown}

Probably one of the cutest things Bauer does is stick his paw/arm out to touch us. He’s constantly reaching out to touch us, like when Zack kisses Bauer on the head, Bauer puts his paw up on Zack’s face. It’s very sweet :]

Whenever I carry Bauer outside he’ll lift his paw when I get close to a door like he’s going to help me open it. I can hardly stand his cuteness.

I keep saying to Zack, How did we get by without a dog? Because Bauer is just so wonderful to have around. He’s already a huge part of our family, even if it’s only been 3 weeks since we adopted him.

I sure like our [new] daily routine ♥.