Three years ago my one-month-old son was in the hospital with RSV. That friend's relative is a monster.

Just today my son started screaming, "YOU STAY OUT OF THIS" whenever I ask him what mischief he's up to and I don't even know what to do. He is my fifth child how am I still stunned?!

Oh, Chanea. I'm so sorry. For everything. But I thought of you this morning when I saw the news.

And now he's ours. It's been an adjustment, he's not fully housebroken, but we love him. Because our other dog is named after two scientists, we kept the theme with Louis Pasteur. :) He is my constant shadow and so gentle with our kids. If I can get him to stop marking in the house he'll be perfect.

So I figured someone else would snatch him up - he was a standard poodle!
But then September rolled around and he was still there! And my friend who volunteered at the shelter was posting pictures of him on Facebook and talking about how sweet he was.
So one day I just drove to the shelter

Booooo. I got suggestions, but it was all microorganisms. :(

Have you tried iNaturalist?

Thank you. We love our communities and want to make them better.

We have a unit for the upstairs and it's fine, and the kids have actually COMPLAINED about how cold it is upstairs while husband and I melt every night.

Can confirm - shingles is the worst.

DANG IT 😭

Update: my parody was about how loud I am 😭

It's so drilled into us not to get them second-hand, too! We've got tons of car seats, and I've tried just giving them away for someone to use for a trade-in and still no bites! I hate to just throw them away. 😭