Another Another New Addition?

For a few years now my wife and I have been trying to have a baby. When we realized we would not be able to we decided to look into adoption. Almost 2 weeks ago our attorney had a birth mother that chose us. She is due in January sometime.
Now that we will have a baby in our house in about 6 months we are going to have to get our dogs ready for the day we bring the baby home. I spoke with our dog trainers and they gave us several suggestions to begin with and then we can go through a more detailed training once the baby arrives.
So, now we need to go get a baby doll that makes baby noises: cry, laugh, giggle, etc. that way they will begin getting used to those sounds. Also, my wife will begin to put baby lotion on periodically so that they will get used to that smell. One smell that they will definitely have to get used to after the baby arrives is diaper contents. Of course, that is one thing I am not sure I will get used to. =)
This will be fun even though it will be a serious time of training. It will be good to get the dogs prepared. We want this to be as easy a transition for them so that they will still feel loved and wanted, yet know that there is another alpha in the family.
I may just go to good will, but a regular doll and then try to find some baby noises and downloaded them from the internet.

Great Follow-up

Well, we went over to see Tilly and how she is doing. Heard great things. She is taking to the children very well, and she is even obeying! It is wonderful to see the payoff in something you gave alot of time and attention.
The unfortunate thing for them is that Tilly is now officially in heat. We knew that it would be coming soon, but we feel somewhat bad that it happened now. The new owners did not seem to mind as they will be getting her fixed very soon.
I met a very nice lady via the internet that has runs a pit bull rescue near Tampa. I was looking to see if they could direct me to a place where we could get Tilly spayed at a really low cost. Our vet is great, but I just did not want to spend nearly $250. As I was on their site I saw that they were advertising a discounted rate for spaying pit bulls for $55! Well, we were definitely going to take advantage of that when we ended up placing Tilly. They will be taking care of that instead.
We are very satisfied that Tilly is with a great family. That was the biggest worry for us. We have no doubt that she will be a great addition.

I need my next fix!

It has been only two days now and I feel I need another rescue project. I was semi-joking with my wife that I wanted to foster another dog. She was gracious and simply asked that we waited.

I agree - we need to get things organized a little more now that we are on schedule to adopt a baby. I am still somewhat on a buzz about the possibility that we could be parents by January of next year. I have caught myself dwelling on it more and more and the concept was enjoyable to me. Then as I thought of the ramifications that this was a new life that may be given to us to raise, nurture and guide.

I am sure that we will eventually open our home to another rottweiler that needs some help. I look forward to that day, but until then I can be patient.