Our first dependent

Our first dependent is this little pug named Maggie. She happens to be the cutest pug ever - giving us fantastic head tilts when we talk to her as if she is trying to understand us. We adore her. She is spoiled rotten. We plan things around her. Well, we did. Not anymore.

Now that Will is here, she has taken the back seat. We actually have gone out of town and the day before we left, we realized we had not made any plans for her to have a dog sitter. I knew this would never happen to me. Not me and my dog! But it did.

Luckily, Will LOVES Maggie. Seriously love. Our nanny and I both use Maggie as a safety when Will cries and we are unsure of what he might want. We call Maggie over to us, and he smiles and laughs. We let Will pet her, and Maggie seems to be ok with this. She even didn't mind too terribly when Will grabbed her ears. I know she didnt love this, but she didnt react and just let him play with her. She is amazing with him!

Before Will, Maggie even went to a hotel with us. See her here helping us get some Starwood points.

Now she is back to being a regular dog. We still adore her, but she is playing second fiddle to the new kid on the block. We know we owe her for being the calming force and mood changer in times of need. We give her extra bones for her assistance. I think once Will gets to the point where he is dropping food, Maggie will be paid back in spades for this short period of hair and ear pulling.

Check out these smiles:

The best way we have found to keep Will on his tummy for long periods of time is to give Maggie a bone and have her stay close by. I am convinced he could probably watch her for at least 30 minutes before he would realize that he had been on his tummy that long! (Why didnt we think of this earlier!)