Spring Update! - March Recap

March - Flooding, Sun & the Park

So the weather (up until the last few days) has been a great deal warmer - thank goodness! Other than the crazy rain and flooding, which we've been fortunate enough to mostly avoid, the weather and weekends have been a much needed respite from the cold and snow of last month! We've actually had the chance in the last month to get out a great deal and visit a large park nearby with the boys and Shadow. The park is great, it's basically a huge field with several small sports fields in it, a very wide sidewalk all around its extremities and a little playground playset (though it's definitely for older kids not little ones as young as Liam - making it a little difficult since he loves it). Shadow is actually training really well and is beginning to learn to be off-leash! So far, only at the park, but our goal is to eventually train him so that he could be off-leash anywhere. The boys really enjoy being outside with Shadow and definitely appreciate the nicer weather. I recently switched my blackberry curve for the curve 2 and it takes great pictures as long as I don't use the zoom (as I did in this picture to the left, unfortunately).

Our lease is coming to an end at our current condo and that is definitely in the forefront of our minds. We love the area of Nashua we live in, but our current condo is smaller than what we really need. If you're at all familiar with renting in South Nashua you know it's expensive and that getting into a nice rental can be very competitive. It took us size months to find and get our current condo. We're definitely looking but as time passes and we get closer to the end of our lease we're trying to considering whether or not we can make our condo work for another year if nothing better presents itself. We always planned on this condo being a temporary, year-long fix to getting over the boarder and closer to Patrick's new position. I guess we'll see!
Shadow is now completely free in the condo except when we aren't home. We'd like to eventually teach him to be free in the house while we're not home (he's been potty trained since he was about 10 weeks old), but we're a little worried that he might get anxious and get into mischief since he's still just under a year old.

This picture here of Shadow in his bed was taken shortly after we bought him his new bed. He's gone through several since coming to us at 8 weeks. For some reason if they have fluff in them he destroys them and won't lie on them. So far the Kong bed (largest size they offer) has been a success. He definitely lies around the rest of the house, but when he's very tired or chewing on a toy/bone he's been finding his way more and more frequently to his new bed. Thank goodness because it wasn't exactly cheap!

Other than getting a stomach bug this week and Liam still having sleep issues (and needing to go see a sleep specialist) life has been pretty good. Patrick's still working at the same company and work for me has picked up a bit, though I'm having a really hard time not procrastinating! We're hoping to finally replace my long-lost car with a second car soon. Seamus starts school in Sept and obviously I would be the one to drive him. Also, it's just plain tough not to have a second car! I guess we'll see what the future holds and how things change in the next year. You just never know!
(The boys and Shadow spent one morning after breakfast chilling out on the floor. The boys were pretending to chew on bones like Shadow in this picture:))