A Little of This, Some More of That

Every night we try to take Tomo out for a walk. We have two fields to choose from a small field closer to home or the soccer field where I had my bike incident. After Tomo’s jaunts in the soccer field, we usually take him across the street to play in a small drainage field. The other night, we had driven to the field and after Tomo's run, we tried getting him back in the car. He wouldn’t budge. He just looked over at the drainage field, like how could we forget that part of the routine? It was then that I realized that Paul and I are really predictable. Tomo knows that every night he is supposed to get a walk, he knows that certain areas of those walks he is allowed off his leash, and that he is supposed to sit down and wait until we tell him he can run for it. Heck he even knows that I will give him the paper towel roll to rip to shreds, so he always comes running when he hears me fiddle with the paper towel roll hangy thing. He has us trained.

I have been thinking a lot lately about our routine and how soon everything will be changing. For the most part Paul and I go shopping together, walk the dog together, work in the yard together, and clean the house together.

Don't get me wrong we have wanted change in this routine for quite some time, but after 7 years of just the two of us, it is going to be a little tough to switch gears. I keep thinking about our future of going to the store, or the weekly church adventures or just our nightly walks and how they will change. I guess we are just going to have to get creative. I’m pretty sure Paul and I will be able to handle the change; it's Tomo who may have troubles in April when twins arrive and mess up his doggy world.

That's right Tomo will definitely have competition in the coming months. He can already give a pretty pathetic puppy look, so I'm sure he'll lay it on us when we are trying to keep our heads above diapers!