our first day

our first 24 hours went really well!

i was worried about last night -
we put him to bed when we went to bed ... he cried for a short time ...
but he must've known that we let our babies cry it out -
and he didn't last too long ;)
we didn't hear him again until morning when the boys woke him up.
during the night he peed one time -
but he has been trained to use puppy pads
(basically like one of those little blue waterproof hospital pads)
so he went on there.
i can TOTALLY handle easy cleanup that doesn't permanantly affect my house :)

he's been a champ at eating -
and seems to be doing well at learning to go outside.
the problem - his legs are so short that we have NO idea when he is squatting to pee :) HA

we got him a little bed and he has already loves it - which is GREAT.
the boys move it in by them when they want to watch a show and he just lays and watches with them.
we put it over by us at dinner tonight - placed him on it and he stayed on it the entire time - just watching us!

the one exhausing thing is that one of us feels like we need to be watching him every waking minute that we are home -
he's too small to go up the stairs :) so he's limited in the places he can go :) and that's a good thing.
and eventually he'll get things figured out and we'll feel more comfortable.
but until then ...
we'll all sleep well ...
and i'll keep hoping that our next 24 hours run as smooth.
with the boys back at school tomorrow i have a feeling we are going to have one very lonely puppy :(