Life is a PlayDay

Life has come to mean even more in our house these days and we couldn't feel happier or more more blessed with our newly expanded family. We now have two beautiful boys to love... Day and Play are fast becoming the brothers I think they were always meant to be and I'm sure our fun is only just beginning!

Thank you to Foster-Mom Stacie for taking and sharing with us, our first Family-of-Four photo!

The boys were both exhausted after their first meeting and walk together so our first car ride home went a little somethin' like this...

The first thing Play did once we arrived home was to begin stashing toys. He quickly found the toy baskets and toy piles and started his sorting method... play with one, decide where it should go (pillows/beds/kennel) drop it off and move on to the next. I think his kennel stash is just meant to be kept as his private stash; he doesn't spend much time in there but just goes in to check on his collection and lay atop them for a little while, off and on, seemingly just to touch base.

Late into our first evening when Play started to get sleepy, he settled himself with a toy in his bed of choice and was waiting to be tucked-in but Day wasn't so sure he wanted to share that bed and tried to push his way in at the front... even though he always chooses to sleep tucked-in on the chaise.

Auntie Nan was so excited to welcome Play to the family that she made a surprise cake for dessert, to have after Sunday Family Dinner... it was a white cake and each of the boys were happy to have just a tiny taste as a treat of congratulations!

On our first Monday morning together, the weather outside was rainy and yucky so both boys refused to go out in those cold, annoying raindrops and instead settled themselves for a day of napping. We have already learned that Day loves extra padding and Play seems to love the smoothness of the leather so he can spin and flip and roach without getting tangled up.

There are definitely some differences in personality between these two sweet boys, as seen here in their napping styles:

Also, seen here in their working styles:

We also are loving our nature walks together at camp. After our latest walk, our amazing PlayDay duo was a very tired duo but still happy to lay and supervise the finishing cabin touches. I love having their lil' boots sitting by the door as they rest, melts this mamas heart knowing there now will always be two sets!

The boys are having lots of fun-time running in the yard together, too! Day has decided outside playtime is FAR more fun with company so he and Play have been gleefully scaring the life out of their parents as they take off outside together at warp-speed... I attempted to get a video snippet of backyard-playtime but that quickly turned into a panicked and shaking video of nothing but grass, sandals and terror-filled audio as first-time-Mama-of-two-SPEEDY-Greyhounds ran after them hollering like a whacko..... "STOP THEM!!! ... Stop them!! ... Oh, my goodness! ... OHHHH, my GOODNESSSSSS!! ... They're going TOO fast! ... Too fast!! ... Tooooooo FAST!!! ... Oh, Dear Lord, please help me make them stop!!! ... Oh, my goodness! ... Who wants TREEEEEEE-EEEEEEEAAATTS???????????"

Yes... I would definitely have to say that our fun is only JUST beginning!!