The $kills to Pay the Bills

...With their cuteness!
(and yes, I got the title from the Beasties)

Mr. Barrett Zane-- 5 Months

Miss Delilah Fae-- 2 years & 5ish months

Being home this week has allowed me to spend quite a bit of quality time with our dearest little monsters. And I must exclaim-- How lucky we are! Please forgive me while I brag. Our doggins are so, so sweet. Sometimes I just can't believe we've been so blessed. They each have their own (BIG) personalities. Barrett is this curious (as in, into everysingle thing), goofy one. Delilah is the sensitive, serious one. We swear sometimes Delilah shames us for laughing at her. Both are so loyal and loving. Each enjoys being as close to us as possible, although there are times when Delilah would rather be on her own, we call that DeeDee time.
When we got Barrett at the beginning of this year we were worried about how Delilah would handle it. Let's just say, being an only "child," she was rather spoiled. Things couldn't have gone better, I believe. In these past months Delilah and Barrett's relationship has grown so positively. Delilah has gotten out of herself a bit more, allowing more house guests to touch her and what not (she used to tease and flirt, but would hardly let anyone outside of her trusted few pet her). And it is so, so nice for Barrett to grow up with an older dog there to teach him the ropes. They get along great, for the most part. Delilah has become much more playful with Barrett. Recently she has even allowed him to wash her ears for her (a big step). There are times, when she's sleepy, that she doesn't want him touching her, and he respects that and cuddles up with whoever is free. All in all it seems they have a typical "brother/sister" relationship.
We are unbelievable thankful for our little family!

(Photos by Josh, but they are on my flickr because he can't remember how to login to his :)