As many of you know if you follow Dan or Abby on Facebook, we have 2 new members of our little family - Sophie and Gracie:
Sophie (the black one) is a Tibetan Terrier/Maltese mix and Gracie is a Lhasa Apso/Maltese mix. We got them just over 1 month ago and love them! Yes, they are a handful at times - if 1 puppy is a handful, just imagine 2! However, we thought it best to get them both so they would have a playmate when we are at work all day. They are adjusting very nicely. They sleep all night in their crate and usually are up and ready to go at around 6-6:30 am, which is fine since that's about the time we get up for work. They still haven't figured out that they can sleep in on the weekends though haha! Potty training-wise, they are doing ok as well. When we are home, they usually give us a warning when they have to go out. We are still struggling a bit with the times we are at work however. Since they are still young, they cannot "hold it" quite so long. We'd rather not crate them all day since we crate them at night. Dan ordered what is called a Pup Head, which is basically a tray that has a layer of artificial turf for them to do their business on. We are just waiting for that to arrive and will be training the girls on that. Sophie really likes to take walks and has a lot of energy! Gracie is happy just laying down and having anyone rub her belly. She even enjoys laying down and letting Sophie clean her ears:
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| The girls giving "Mommy" some love and getting belly and neck rubs in return. |
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| Sophie and her "Daddy" just fooling around. |
In other news, as you may remember, we signed up for an 8k (about 5 miles) a while back. Well, we stayed true to ourselves and completed it on October 21. Abby set the pace the entire time, and then, as men are prone to sometimes do, with about 1 kilometer to go, Dan started to sprint and ended up with the faster time by about 30 seconds. Regardless of who had the faster time, we were both very proud of ourselves, as we both finished under Abby's goal of 50 minutes. We even got some nice medals. All in all it was a great experience and we were very glad we did it, especially as it was to benefit cancer research - a great cause!
Unfortunately, at some point during the race, we are not sure when, Abby injured her knee and has only been able to run 3 times since, still with quite a bit of pain. If anyone out there is knowledgeable about knee injuries, let us know as any advise would be greatly appreciated so that she can get back into running.
With the holiday season approaching, it is hard to imagine not being home. We have planned our Christmas trip to Berlin and know that will be an amazing experience but if we could trade it for being home for the holidays, we'd do it in a heartbeat. We miss you all very much and hope all is well back in the States. We would love to hear from you!
That is all for now...take care and we'll try to update you again soon :)
Love,
Abby & Dan
