Love, love, love her. I look at Mattie's cute little face, and I get all melty inside. I love when she climbs on my lap to chomp on her bone, and I really love when she gets in our bed and wiggles her way under the blanket to curl up next to me. I love when she prances around with two toys in her mouth (she is a very talented puppy), and when she plays "soccer" — batting a ball around with her little white paws, always with another toy in her mouth. I love how excited she gets when I come home from work, and how she leaps and spins around in delighted circles while waiting for me to feed her dinner. I love how she gives me the stare-down with those big brown eyes whenever I'm eating anything — she's smart, and I'm an easy target.
Mattie has brought so much happiness to our home — Nate and I both adore her, and neither of us can imagine our life without her. She's badly behaved (they could have easily called the book "Mattie and Me" instead of "Marley and Me") and she's spoiled rotten, but she's ours. We are madly in love with her.
Which is why I'm a little concerned about how much we are both going to freak out come May 24, the anticipated arrival of baby Breyer.
If I love my dog that much — a dog who has chewed on our woodwork, eaten my underwear, barfed chocolate cupcakes all over the interior of my car, left hair on every surface of my house, dug holes in our yard, chewed up two pairs of my shoes and cost us many dollars in unnecessary vet visits — how much am I going to love my child?
This scares me.
I didn't even like dogs a year and a half ago. And now I sob every time I see that Sarah McLachlan save the dogs infomercial.
We are in for it, big time. That little baby is going to turn us both into huge piles of mush and I am going to become sappy and overprotective and annoying.
I'll be a mom.
And I can't wait.
5 comments:
That blog gave me chills. I wish you and your husband the very best! With everything I have read on here, I have no doubt that you'll be wonderful parents!
i'm looking forward to April's thoughts on this blog...given her deep love for all things hairy! :) you have really been converted to a dog lover...i know heidi says that sheriff is still up there in the ranks at her house, but poor, sweet lucy feel quite a few notches when ben arrived...i can't wait to see how you feel come May 24 (do you realize that is just ONE day before Benny's b-day?!)...my due date was May 23 w/ him...anyway...i love you...and i'm so happy for you and nate :)
and it IS jackson's birthday!! infinitely happy for you guys. (laurel??) love all 3 of you!
You're going to be a great mom!!! You have enough love to go around. Mattie can come stay with us if necessary. She's so cute!!
I totally understand! I didn't know that it was possible to love a dog as much as I do even though he is not capable of obeying us at all. Now with a new baby on the way I am scared at the possibility of loving another living thing with that kind of ferocity. Good luck to you!
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