The Older Sister／お姉ちゃん

Before there was Madison...there was Ellie...Ellie is our 2 year old Pomeranian and was definitely the daughter we never had before Madison arrived...I remember when we first brought Ellie home and she was keeping us up at night with her whining and struggling to be potty trained and I voiced to my sister-in-law, Holly, that I thought raising this puppy was just as hard, if not harder, then raising a kid...she respectfully disagreed by laughing in my face and now I can understand why :-) When we brought home Madison though, introducing her to Ellie and our Yorkie, Coco, was very important to us. It seems Ellie has adjusted to life with Madison pretty well and actually seems quite protective of her as often when Madison is crying in her crib you will find Ellie with her paws up on the crib making sure she is okay...it is super cute, but the problem is by the time you get the camera ready she hops down...so for today's picture of the day I am not proud to say that I rigged the situation by hiding Ellie's rawhide in Madison's bouncer so that Ellie would stay in one place long enough to attempt to get a picture of the two of them together...it was almost successful!
マディソンが生まれる前にエリーが生まれました...エリーは２歳のポメラニアンで杏奈達の娘同様です。エリーは自分の事犬って思ってないはず！初めてエリーを家に連れてきた時は夜泣きで起こされたりトイレの訓練したりと大変。恥ずかしいけどホリーに子犬を育てるのは子育てより大変と言って笑われたのを覚えています。初めてマディソンを連れて病院から帰ってきた時本で読んだ通りマディソンをエリーとココにすぐに紹介。エリーには嫉妬みたいな事は全然無くむしろお姉ちゃんみたいに守りたいよう。マディソンがベッドで泣くたんびにあわてて駆けつけて後ろ足で立って心配そうに見ています。すごい可愛いから写真を撮りたいんだけどカメラを準備するたびに下りちゃうからなかなか難しー！この写真はパパが無理とエリーの好きな皮をバウンサーの中に隠して動かないのを計って写真を撮ろうとしている様子。

Madison is sporting her big eyes here, which means she is not so sure about what is going on

Can you find the hidden rawhide?
皮はどこかな？

Madison is also beginning to interact a lot more with her surroundings...this is especially evident in her bouncer where she is beginning to dance to the one tune that the cheap thing plays...I am sure that will get old real quick, but right now it is cute!
マディソンはだんだんと動きが良くなってきてます。このバウンサーに音楽に合わせて踊っているみたい：）可愛いでしょ！