Bob's Battle: December 26, 2010 Meet Sophia

Hello. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! We did. After our morning of unwrapping and playing the girls and I went sledding at the Flints house. They tried out their new sleds...well mommy tried out the new sled and it was VERY fast. The girls tried them--with helmets of course--and they decided that the old red sleds are better for this type of "course". We then spent Christmas afternoon at Don and Deb's house in West Stockbridge. We had a wonderful meal with great friends...so nice. The girls decorated gingerbread houses.

Bob got in on the decorating action!

The girls surrounded by American Girl dolls!
As I mentioned in my last blog entry...remember the last paragraph???
I mentioned a visitor that was coming for the winter.....Are you curious who is coming to stay?

This is Sophia. She is staying with us for the winter. Her "mom" --who is also our neighbor/friend -- is battling cancer and there is a a stem cell transplant planned within a month or two. Since Ann is undergoing Chemotherapy now and then will be in isolation for the transplant... it was decided that the best thing for the time being is for Sophia to come to "Camp Doerr". She arrived today at 9:00 am. Frank and his son got an early start from NY in hopes to beat the bad weather.

We've taken care of Sophia in the past so our home is not a complete surprise to her. Sophia and Chloe came from the same breeder. Sophia is about 3 months older than Chloe. In theory Chloe was supposed to look like Sophia...however the only similarity I can see is their color!!! We love Chloe dearly...though just so you know...we thought she'd look a lot different. As Bob puts it Sophia looks like you'd pay money for her...Chloe..well....first thing you think of is RESCUE DOG! LOL

They get along great most of the time ...unless there is a toy/chewy that they both have their eyes on! Oh and also if Sophia jumps on me Chloe does NOT like that.

This was the scene within the first hour of Sophia's arrival...