Dog Days Are Over...

Recently a friend of mine told me that after having her child that she didn't really pay as much attention to her dog. WHAT? Ellie is our sweet little baby that we adopted together over 4 years ago. We love her so much that it is hard for me to imagine our real baby coming into our world and not involving our fur baby in all the fun and to shove her to the side. I asked around and many of my friends said it is definitely an individual thing, because they feel like their dog is just as much a part of the family as the baby and now seeing the baby with the dog is just tender. We even have friends whose daughter calls their dog Bubba for brother, it's hilarious! She just came up with it on her own :) That's how I want things to be with Ellie & our baby.

The hard part is that right now Ellie doesn't really get it. I figured her instinct would kick in - which it has a little bit - but she still steps all over me and my belly and that is just not ok. She is always right by my side when I don't feel well, which is sweet, but I am waiting for her to realize that shoving my belly with all of her weight on one paw is just not ok! I hate getting upset with her and having to tell her no, since I know she is just trying to cuddle with me. Hopefully this won’t last long. Last week she put all of her weight on my stomach as we were riding in the truck and I reacted quickly by shoving her down into the floorboard because it hurt & worried me so much. Then I felt simply HORRIBLE like I was the worse

mom ever! I couldn’t believe I just did that to my sweet fur baby! It also left a

huge trail of bruises on my leg to remind me of what I did, as if I didn’t already feel bad enough. Can’t wait until this is over and we can all get along :)

Ellie with her little paw on my belly the other night. So sweet. Maybe this is progress!

Check out this picture a friend of mine pinned on pinterest.

Future shot of Ellie & baby d – hope so!