Deedle Arrives

Yesterday we drove up to Alexandria, LA about a four hour drive where we got a hotel room. We drove on a lot of back roads through really pretty scenery. It was a long ride for Chance, it was his first long car ride without a pacifier (more on that later) but after we got there he had a wonderful time exploring the hotel room. We went swimming in the hotels pool. Chance had a good time wondering around the outside of the pool with Scott and then climbing down the stairs and jumping in with me. This morning we packed up and drove the extra 9 miles to pick up Deedle. He is sooooooo little. Rosco was about twice his size when we picked him up as a puppy. As we drove back to New Orleans Chance would periodically point at the cage in the seat beside him. We stopped a few times on the way back to let Chance and Deedle stretch their legs. Each time Chance would talk to him and pet Deedle, he was very cute. After we got home Chance followed Deedle around and he followed Chance around the house. Chance kept getting down on the floor to be at his level and talk to him. He did pretty good petting him except he tried to pick him up a couple times which is understandable since Scott and I would pick him up to move him around. They were very cute together. Deedle kept running between his legs and Chance kept talking to him and getting down on the floor to be close to him. Chance also walked around on his hands and feet to follow Deedle around. Now Chance is asleep and Deedle is sleeping on a pillow on the floor in the living room.
In regards to the pacifier a little over a week ago Chance chewed a whole through his pacifier. Then I gave him another and another which he chewed through as well. He is teething and so I bought him another set of two pacifiers and told him those were his last two. He chewed through the first one that day and the next one the next day that was four days ago. He has not had a pacifier since. The first night was a little rough he went down ok but when he woke in the middle of the night it was hard for him to go back to sleep. Since then it has been getting better and better. He has also started sucking on his toes which is funny. We had not intended to start breaking him from pacifiers just yet but we can't go out and buy new pacifiers everyday either. He is doing ok with it though and we have been praising him for doing such a good job.