Growing up way too fast!

He really is! I swear it was only a week ago, we bought this little dude home.

Since the last update, Bug has been on a good few walks! We haven't been taking him out every day, purely for the fact that he is still small and it's been ridiculously cold! Yesterday, we walked to the park, all the way around it and back home. It definitely tuckered him out. 

Potty training seems to be going well. He finally realises that he has to go to the back door when he needs to do his business, and the only accidents he has are when we aren't watching him. Other than that, we still come downstairs to wee wees in the morning, but we're hoping that he'll get used to going before and after bedtime as he grows up. 

He's still biting a whole ton. Most of the time I think he doesn't even realise how hard. We've tried several ways to stop him, but at the moment nothing seems to be working. Any suggestions?

I think the days of my tiny little Buggy are gone. He's getting bigger every day. He now even fits in the coat I got him before we even got him. His harness on the other hand, is still a little big to use. I'm sure it won't be long though. 

He still very much loves his cuddles, and he still hasn't made friends with the cats. I reaaaallly hope they click soon. 

If you'd like to, you can still see plenty of photos of him over on my instagram @whenflowersfall.

You can also watch him on his walk, just click the Vlogmas video below. 

Pee pee pads and chew toys

My little man is growing up fast! I swear he's so much bigger than when we got him home last week! 

This week has been a challenge of patience. We've been battling with Bug to get him to use his puppy training pads regularly, and luckily we have wooden floors downstairs, so we haven't had too many disastrous accidents. Apart from the one where he woke from a deep sleep and proceeded to pee all over my sofa. For the past couple of days he's been having a good few hours, then returning to his floor peeing ways. Today though, we seem to have had a break through. His last three pee pees have been on the pad, of his own accord. Usually we have to sit with him and keep placing him back on it until he does one, so this is huge! Liam and I sadly sat, silently cheering as he did his last one. I've got everything crossed that he carries on knowing where to go! 

Other than that, the little blighter has been teething this week, meaning we've had to buy a couple of new chew toys for him to play with. Although, he does seems to prefer fingers at the moment.

One thing he has learnt the meaning of, is the word 'No'. As long as we say it forcefully, he reacts and stops what he's doing straight away. 

Next week he gets his first jab. I'm a little nervous because I know I'm going to feel like a horrible mummy, but I know it's all worth it and soon it means he can finally learn to do his business in the garden. It also means we can start going for walkies! 

Right at this moment, he's lying in his bed, snuggled up in a blanket. Unlike Luna, when she was a kitten, he doesn't make a very good blogging buddy. He always wants to either sit on the keyboard or chew the corners of my laptop.

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Now you guys know that normally on a Monday I post a make-up look. Well I didn't want to bore you with yet another make-up less face, so I decided to do another little fitness post. 

On Friday I said that I had neglected walking and I really did feel incredibly guilty, so I've just completed three miles for today and I couldn't be happier about it. 

I'm most definitely missing the few things above though.  My poor four year old trainers just aren't cutting it anymore, as a matter of fact the only thing they are cutting are my heels. 

Headphones wise, I most certainly need an over ear pair, inner ear ones just don't work for me and I end up getting a headache. 

I already have one sports bra but if I'm going to really get into this training thing, then I need to make sure my ladies are supported and I could probably do with another one. 

Now, I know it's probably not a necessity, but I would love to have a water bottle that isn't so hard to hold, especially for an hour straight. Have you ever tried walking, holding onto a plastic shop bought bottle for an hour? It's hard and I always have to swap hands. 

Last thing I could do with is an arm band for my iPod classic. I'm currently stuffing it down my bra as I walk and if I'm honest, it's not very comfy or practical. 

Apart from that, I think I'm pretty set to get back into it and hopefully in the next few weeks I'll be walking a lot more. I'm hoping by the beginning of September I can walk five miles a day without batting an eyelid. I'm only planning on walking five days a week, so that would add up to a nice twenty five miles a week, and a whopping hundred miles a month. Now, I know it's not exactly Olympics worthy, but it would be a bloody great thing for me. Having never been a physical/sporty type, I think it's time I change my ways. 

Have you guys got any walking/running tips for me?