For the love of Dog!

Over the course of a few months now, we have been trying to get the house & dogs ready for our LO. Very  slowly, but I assure you that its getting done! So anyways, I've gotten emails, read other blogs, articles and listened diligently to the advice other moms send my way. I have checks lists everywhere that are starting to run together! It just doesn't seem to be working out the way I thought it would. I always assumed that once everything was organized it would stay that way. (Yea, I know. Dreaming big here!) But this just isn't the case for us! Maybe its because were starting out with 6 extra mouths to feed! As soon as we found out we were pregnant we instantly tried to start prepping the dogs. (the ferret is no use..) We quickly purchased a couple baby gates in the attempt to corral them into one area. Now mind you we only have carpet upstairs in our home. So we figured not allowing them there was a must, so we placed the 2 gates at both entrances of our kitchen This allows them into our bedroom and master bath when the door is open. To their kennels,food and water. Also out the back door to the yard keeping them off our sofas and away from the dining room table. It seemed fail proof and I would finally stop having to clean up little messes of chewed blankets, socks, shoes, DVDs... so on and so forth every time we left and arrived back home!  Once they were put together, we placed each of the pups behind the gates and stood back smiling as we watched them look at us as if we had lost our minds.. 

These dogs have never, NEVER been restricted from anywhere we were before and I could instantly tell this wasn't going to be easy! After a few dayssss of continuous whining and barking they finally started to get that this was something that was not going to change so everything started to calm down. They were perfect angels for the next few months! In-out. Loving us! playing with their toys. This was a shock because they have always been a little bit to handle. I convinced myself our idea worked! We're geniuses! BRING ON THE NEXT STEP OF PREPARATION!  I guess I was delusional from the morning sickness and craziness of the first trimester, because.... ( I guess I should throw in there that, we really don't mean to play favorites but Zooey, the littlest and only girl, does get to stay on this side of the gate usually! I know.. this is bad. were mean =( but she gets trampled a lot! you understand right?)

Now.. Here we are 27w4d into the pregnancy, Grantham is working full time & I'm now home alone with them from daylight till dark. Nothing has changed. same feeding schedule.. same routine.. they still get daily interaction & love! The only thing that is different is they cant ruin the couches or beg for food. Oh yea and have gone haywire! I cant count how many times we've let had to clean a mess up right after coming back inside from playtime! Most of the corners on my kitchen cabinets are rounded now from crazy chewing fits!! (See how nice and sharp they look in the picture above!! ^^^^^ Not anymore!)

Has anyone else experienced this before? 

Did it really take 6 months for them to catch on that something was changing?

Do you think maybe they can sense the baby will be here soon or something? 

Maybe its just because my husbands male presence isn't around as much! I'm baffled! 

Besides this little road bump with the furry babies, everything else seems to be working out. Now were just waiting for the baby shower to get here so we can started on his nursery & That's an entirely different post!

On a SN! Tomorrow we go see our midwife to find out if James is still measuring 2 weeks ahead & if so, we are to schedule an ultrasound to chart his growth! Just another reason to try and get them settled faster!