Or Addy, as we call her for short. This darling new addition to our family - as well as the fact that I couldn't get my laptop to cooperate and upload photos to photobucket for the last 2 days - is the reason I didn't get back on the blog right at the beginning of September as planned.

She is a handful! The breeder we bought her from (highly recommended, by the way, www.conniescuddlypups.com, the kind of dog breeder who gives breeders a good name) found that this little puppy was getting into things that no other puppy ever has. Her curiosity keeps us on our toes. She has three "modes," so to speak. There's hyper-playful, relaxed chewing time (plus something in the middle of those two when we call her "Addigator"), and asleep.

Homeschooling has changed a bit, too. The kids and I play with her for a couple of hours in the morning and then hurry off to do schoolwork when she tuckers out and goes to sleep for an hour or two, then repeat when she wakes up. It's a new rhythm to life, but this sweet, velvety soft, cuddly bundle of loving energy is just what we need right now.

I'd write more, but Adeliza has just come in from relieving herself one last time this evening and is ready for me to settle her in for bed - and I'm about done for the day, too. Goodnight!