December 6, 2025

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• Marley update: We put her in the kennel around 12, and she woke up first at 2:30. I took her to potty, and she was asleep as soon as I walked back in our room.
• The second time she woke up was at 4:30. She cried in her kennel for a bit, so I got her. After rocking her for about 3 minutes she was sound asleep again. The next time she stirred was after my alarm went off at 7. We couldn't have been more pleased with how the night went. Hopefully, tonight will be even better (not holding out hope for that though.)
• She has only had 2 accidents in the house though-one last night and one this morning. Both of them were #2. I guess she did potty in the garage with Robby after church, but that maybe counts as a half accident. I'll keep you updated on the count-unless I lose count.
• We did church this morning-it was the first of the Christmas performances so I was late to big church because I helped corral the kids before they sang. Robby left church early to go get Marley. She is supposed to be only able to go an hour during the day without pottying, and she was past that.
• After Robby took her potty, he said something to her about the car. Bentley heard that and raced to the door. Robby said that he couldn't leave Bentley at home after that-it would just be mean. Bentley isn't too interested in Marley, but the silly dog (Bentley) hasn't really eaten all of her food over the past few days so maybe she is a bit disturbed about all of the changes.
• Plus Marley hasn't eaten a ton-or at least what the bag says that she should eat, so I'm constantly trying to feed these animals. I do think that Marley has eaten more today than yesterday so that is good.
• After church we all met up at Nonna's house for Sunday lunch. She had chili, and this was a perfect day for chili. We visited for a little bit, and then the kids and dogs all headed home. Robby and I ran some errands quickly before heading home. Campbell helped out tremendously by helping Whitman make brownies for his life group before we came home. (I turned them into Christmas trees when I made it home.)
• Robby left first this afternoon to take Campbell to a friend's house, and then she was going out to eat. He also dropped Keaton off at her lifegroup while Graham dropped Whitman off at his lifegroup on his way to church. However, Graham just dropped Whitman off when he got word that his dgroup was cancelled so he came on home and helped me with dog duty. 
• Robby picked up Keaton while I picked up Whitman. Later in the evening, I went to pick up Campbell who went with some friends to Chilis and then to get ice cream. Now it's time for me to pick up this house before I go to sleep and do it all again tomorrow.