100th Post! And a (work) week in review...

Woo hoo for making it to my 100th post!! Hopefully it won't take me as long to get to my 200th post.

WOW! This week has flown by and crawled by all at the same time. I haven't had a chance to sit down and write an update, but BOY do I have tons to tell you about!

First things first - I'm still going strong on my diet. Excuse me... eating healthy. Although I did blow it on Wednesday night. Thad, Kelly's lifelong best friend and college roommate, came in town to visit, and we went to eat at Red Robin. Have you ever eaten there? YUMMY food! My dinner consisted of onion rings, a delicious hamburger, bottomless steak fries and a chocolate shake! Yes, that was my one cheat meal for the week, so I took advantage. Obviously!

Now on to the pup updates!! My, what a difference one week makes! I told you about our Successful Sunday, and I have to say, the rest of the week was just as eventful/successful/progressive! I'll try my best to recap each day.

Monday

I had to change my morning routine in order to have time to play with the pup and get ready in plenty of time to make it to work. Before we had a dog, I as notorious for waking up at the LATEST possible moment (6:05 am) which caused me to scramble for 45 minutes as I got ready for work, and barely made it to the office on time. Actually, if I'm being completely honest, I was 20 minutes late every day. I'm suppose to be at the office at 7:30 am, but rolled in around 7:50 am. (Don't worry, I always made up my time :) )

But now that we have Cooper, I'm responsible for the morning shift. I've always been a morning person - even though I'd sleep in a little. I just do better in the mornings. I can't stay awake through movies at night, and I'm usually crashed out on the couch by 9:30 pm. Yes, that's what you have to look forward to in married life. My husband on the other hand, can stay up ALL NIGHT LONG. Last night, we went to bet at 3:00 am. Yes, you read that right 3:00 AM! Why so late you ask? Well, thankfully, we don't have to work today or Monday (remember, Thad's in town) so we stayed up late. I definitely surprised myself with this one.

OK, so on to the puppy updates... I started getting up with Coop at 5:00 am and taking him on a morning walk. Only after I take him out to go to the bathroom, of course. Monday we only went halfway down our street and back. But that was plenty of exercise to wear him out! At this point, I had not quite figured out what to do with him while I was in the shower, so I brought him into the bathroom with me. Well, he wanted to get in the shower because the water was falling on his head and he wanted to drink it all. By the time I got out of the shower, he was soaking wet and all over the place. I dried him off, and then he passed out on the floor from all the excitement. I was able to finish getting ready for work and leave the house ON TIME!

Kelly came home at lunch to let him out and play with him some more. Kel works closer to our house, so he has lunch hour duty with the pup. They played hard and then Kel headed back to the office.

I was feeling really guilty for leaving Coop by himself all day, so I had my Mom and Brother go over to check on him. They took him out and played with him, and then Kel came home after work to play with him some more.

After work I came home and tried to take him on another walk to give him plenty of opportunities to exude all of his energy. Well he was already tuckered out from all the excitement and slept most of the evening.

He's learning to go to the bathroom outside. And I have to say, we've only had a handful of accidents in the house (PTL!)

Tuesday

Tuesday morning we went for a longer walk and made it up and down our street one time. He was getting more familiar with walking and following me as I jogged beside him. He stopped a few times to sniff around, but still no "pottying" in our neighbors yards. (Which I'm sure they're thankful for.) Then we did the bathroom thing again while I got ready and he crashed on the floor.

Kel came home at lunch and then he had "puppy duty" Tuesday night while I headed to the gym. By the time I got home Coop was asleep on Kelly's feet. He LOVES to snuggle with you when he's about to go to sleep. But once he's asleep, he doesn't like for you to pet him. He just wants to be close. His personality is really starting to shine through. We're also learning his "cycle" and getting in a rhythm of when to take him outside.

Wednesday

Wednesday morning was a little tougher. We made it one time around our street, but it was a little bit more of a struggle to get him to focus. He woke up with an unusual amount of energy. I tried to play tug-of-war and give him his chew toy, but he was still wound up. I had to press on with getting ready, so we headed to the bathroom to get ready. This time, he didn't want to crash on the floor. He wanted to jump around, bite the plumbing to the toilet, play with Kelly's spark bottle (an energy drink we have every morning) and mess with our scales. Finally, Kelly woke up to all of the commotion and came to my rescue. Right about the time we left for work, Coop calmed down and went into his crate to relax.

Wednesday afternoon when Kel got home from work, we was a biting machine! Biting our hands, our ankles, my house shoes, everything. We're working very diligently with him on this habit. But sometimes he just won't stop!

Thursday

It was 14 degrees outside with the windchill, and there was NO way we were going for a walk. Coop didn't want to go outside, and I didn't blame him. He did go out to potty, but a walk... forget about it! I had to wear him out playing tug-of-war and fetch and then got ready for work. He did a little better Thursday morning, but while I was in the shower, he discovered the toilet paper roll on the wall. He kept jumping at it, trying to get it in his mouth. Thankfully it was empty! He crashed out on the floor, and then Kel took over puppy duty because he was off for the day.

Cooper is growing so much everyday! He's learning more and more and I can see his energy levels rising. I took him to Petsmart last night to get a few things, and the dog trainer said, "Look at the size of his paws! You're going to have a very energetic, big dog." Great! There was another lab at Petsmart that was the exact same size and Coop, but twice his age. Cooper is 7 weeks old today, and the other puppy was 14 weeks old!

Well, I'm sure I'll have more to report on later. I'd better go check on my pup. I think it's time to go out again. Thanks for bearing with me through this novel. Hopefully I won't wait so long between posts next time.

Oh! one other thing, one of my blog friends The Stoy's Story, has a lab about the same age as Cooper. You HAVE to read her post on Poop-a-palooza! Hilarious! I can only imagine I'll be experiencing the same situation at some point.

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