Cure 4 Jackson

I got quite a present for my birthday yesterday. You can see our new family member in the pictures. No..it's not what you think. This one has four legs and is furry. Jackson and Ally got a dog yesterday. Her name is Skippy (Jackson named her), and she is a Jack Russell Terrier. She's about 2 1/2 months old. As you can see, Jackson and Ally are in love with her (OK, Steve and like her too). She already loves the kids, she chases them and just loves for them to hold her.

As most of you know, Jackson loves dogs. He has quite a collection of stuffed and electronic dogs. We decided that he needed to have a real one. We were going to wait until after his bone marrow transplant. However, no one knows what the future will bring, so we decided not to wait.

If you know about Jack Russell Terriers, they can be a bit hyper. My friend, Sandra has one (Hi Einstein!), and he's crazy. So, I can't say that I didn't know what I would be getting. When we saw her yesterday, she was sleeping on a pillow. She slept all the way home. So, I was thinking, maybe she won't be so hyper. The minute we got home, she did about 100 circles around the living room, stopping only to jump straight up in the air. I think that she was just pretending to sleep. Jackson and Ally loved it, of course, and chased her while she ran.

What were we thinking!