Welcome home Milo!

Well, I finally got my wish. We have officially become parents to a fur baby! We adopted a dog from the Camarillo animal shelter. His name is Milo Valentino The Great Bambino Cope. He is a 7year old Parson Russell Terrier and very, very sweet. I have been asking (aka: harassing) Ryan for years about getting a dog, but there was always an excuse as to why we couldn't- no yard, too expensive, no time, we just had a baby etc.. So, when we moved into our house with its great big backyard, I knew that it was my opportunity to finally get him to agree to get a dog. I often go by the shelter with my mom "just to look" and we were very lucky to come across Milo, who had been at the shelter for a week. He was in a kennel with a little Chihuahua and came right to the fence wagging his tail when I called him over and even sat when I told him to "sit". He seemed very friendly and he wasn't barking or jumping so I decided to ask the staff if I could see him. I walked around with him on a leash in a small yard and he was very responsive. The staff at the shelter told us that Milo's previous owners moved to either Afghanistan or Iraq (they couldn't remember), so we think his previous owner was possible in the military. We are very happy to welcome Milo into our family and can't wait for everyone to meet him!

Growing by leaps and bounds!

Hello friends! I hope this blog
update finds you all well! We are doing great here at Casa de
Cope. We have hosted many dinners in our new house as well as a houseguest (Hi Mama Shell!). I have always enjoyed entertaining and I couldn't be prouder or more thankful to be doing it in my beautiful home. Our next home improvement project will be tackling our backyard. We plan on using our tax return money, thanks to our home purchase and having baby Weston! Ryan and I would like to have some fruit and shade trees as well as a vegetable garden growing by the spring.
Speaking of growing, Weston is continuing to amaze us daily. He has laughed a few times, the first time playing peek-a-boo with Daddy, which was so sweet to witness. He has also rolled over from back to front, a feat I didn't think possible until at least another month or two, but I should have known with Ryan's genes that our son would be physically ahead of the curve. We are still struggling with a feeding schedule that occurs every 2-3 hours night and day, combined with unpredictable nap times. We put away his bassinet today (sniff,sniff) and hope that transitioning him to his crib will help to lengthen the time between feeds and encourage longer stretches of sleep, fingers crossed!

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