The Moore Family

WELCOME BABY CHELSEA!

2010-11-01T19:41:00.000-07:00

Chelsea Lorelei Moore

was welcomed with love on

10-20-10

at 7:44 in the evening

weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce

and 20 3/4 inches long

We love you!

- Jesse, Kristin and big brother Lee.

pictures to follow

as promised...

2010-10-18T19:53:00.001-07:00

By the end of this week, Lee will no longer be an only child. Wednesday, (10/20), I am scheduled to be induced so I dedicate this post to him and all of the things that I love about him....at least all of the things I can think of right now!

Lee is such a wonderful son. . He surprises me everyday with new words, ideas and actions.

Here are a few things that I love about him:

Lee is a caring boy. This really came out when I became pregnant. He is much more gentle with me now. He knows that I can't carry him all of the time anymore and does surprisingly well considering the physical attachment he previously had to me. Yeah, I carried him everywhere! Now he is showing a lot of compassion and holding back his aggressiveness while still showing me with lots of hugs, kisses and his own cute way of practically cheering the phase, "I love YOU MOMMY!!!" When Jesse gets home, they get all of that aggression out in a wonderful father-son bonding time.

Speaking of Jesse, Lee has really grown close to his Daddy. Lee started out his life as more of a "Momma's Boy" in that I was around more so it was only natural that he wanted me to do more for him. After we both had full time jobs, it seemed to even out. Now that I'm a full time Momma again, he has bonded more with me, but he doesn't exactly prefer me all of the time. Several times during the week I get asked, "where's Dadda?" to which I reply, "He's at work." Now he usually just says, "Dadda's at work" but there has been more than one occasion where is has...um...."requested" that "MOMMA WORK!!!" Even with his angry tone, I couldn't help but just laugh.

Lee really is a good boy. I find multiple days where he doesn't receive any time-outs. Even recently when he does get a time-out, he often will go to his corner by himself when I inform him his action has granted him a time out. Now if he will just stay there! Oh well, what can you expect from a 2 1/2 year-old.

Lee can be very particular! He loves having choices. I find he can tolerate things pretty well if he has any sort of choice in the matter. For example, when going to the grocery store, Lee use to NEVER want to sit in the shopping cart for any length of time. Now we can ask him which cart he will want to sit in and *presto!* we have a boy who doesn't complain about sitting in a shopping cart. When it seems to get out of hand, we can tell him "it's not a choice." After this he sometimes wants to bargain with us. This doesn't always work, but parenting isn't a perfect system either. At the same time, we have been able to successfully set limits by using the phrase, "Lee, this is the last book. No more books after this." (We started off with this phase for night-time story time but now use it for about anything.) Luckily this works so well, when we start the phase, he finishes it for us and follows it too!

Sometimes, being particular is a good thing. It turns his life into a nice routine. For example, when we go to church, he knows first he plays with his friends and then afterwards, it's playground time! He can also point out the church every time as well as any playground within a 5 mile radius. :) Back to routines...Lee also knows his exact bedtime routine and looks forward to certain aspects like story time and prayer time every night. I probably look forward to our family prayer time every night just as much as he does! It's such a blessing to have a boy who likes to pray.

I mentioned story-time above, but don't get me wrong, that is not the only time during the day that we read. Lee LOVES to read books. We have so many books, we could support a small children's library! He loves to be read to and we love to read to him. I believe this has expanded his vocabulary as he likes to ask, "What's that?What's that?"

Lee is so friendly and imagitive. In the beginning he can be a bit shy, but he warms up pretty easily and loves to play with "friends," especially at a playground setting. He loves chasing and running with his friends and enjoys playdates too....which is super for this Momma! He has also gotten to enjoy alone time too which is cute to watch him play with his toys as his imagination runs wild! I love watching him babble and and have conversations between toys.

I could go on and on....and on. Jesse and I have been so blessed with Lee. He is so precious and we love calling him our son. We can wait to see you as a big brother. Lee, we love you and are so proud of you. We are so blessed.

All about Lee

2010-10-18T18:26:00.000-07:00

coming soon!

Changes!

2010-08-17T19:02:00.001-07:00

So guess what? A LOT of changes have been taking place! I hope to blog more about them, more currently!

First of all, I (Kristin) quit my job and am a SAHM! (Stay at Home Mom!) I felt with baby girl coming, it was getting so hard to do my job and my stress kept going up while my health was going down. It was a very, very tough decision, but I'm positive it was what I needed to do.

Next, obviously I am getting more and more pregnant! LOL! I was gaining a lot of weight pretty rapidly...say 10 lbs in a month! Luckily, since I quit my job this has slowed down. I think it was stress related because I wasn't sitting around eating all day...or was I? Hehehe!

Now perhaps the most exciting is that we are potty training Lee! Oh yeah. After reading a lot of articles and getting SO MUCH advice, we decided that now is the time. We bought his "big boy" undies and after convincing him that they didn't go on his head or on his arms, we began this adventure. The first day was interesting and eye opening. Second day, he was definitely learning new things, but no "hits" in the potty. At the end of the third day (and spending the whole day nakie), I was wondering if this kid ever was going to get it. Finally, he looks down, says "hurry! hurry!" and runs PAST the bathroom to the other end of the apartment into the living room and sat on his potty and PEED! :) PRAISE GOD! Yes, Jesse tried to credit me, but I think this was all God's doing. We are on day four and still making some progress.

Since I'm on our tiny computer, I can't load pics. For some reason, you need available free space and this one has NONE! How can you use ALL of your free space? Get a tiny computer! :) Be grateful for a blog!!! :) I will try to add more pics later, okay? Okay.

Hoping that another 7 months don't go by....

-The Moores

Looking back on OUR decade

2010-01-02T18:42:00.000-08:00

So as we spent the very low-key night bringing in the new year, Jesse stated, "We met 10 years ago....this was OUR decade!" :) Very true honey. And what a decade it was!

Some of the highlights include:

Meeting on a cold December day

Our first date to see Toy Story 2....and then Jesse's car breaking down. :)

Asking me out in espanol!

Dating which includes:

Prom in the decked out Uhaul

The next year flying to Chicago before the prom

Repelling

the boat...that did NOT float

really LONG phone conversations

picnics in the field

high school marching band practices

pep band games

Roses in my locker

Letters to one another

QH family camp every year

Jesse's family becoming my own

Graduating from High School

Jesse going to college...I joined him two years later

Jesse helping through that first year at UIndy

Jesse spending a month in Mexico

Meeting my biological dad

The proposal!

The RA and RD years at UIndy

Getting Eli, our puppy

THE WEDDING!!! <3

The honeymoon!!! :)

Graduating from college as Jesse graduated from Grad school :)

Moving to St. Louis

Getting pregnant!

Jesse getting his first post-grad job!

Going to social work classes at Wash. U.

Finding our church, The Journey

Meeting incredible people from the Malone/Stark community group

HAVING LEE!

Buying an apartment building

Buying a car....while saying goodbye to my beloved Saturn! :(

All of Lee's "first's"

first words

eating baby food, then real food

walking before crawling

first time we knew he understood us (we asked him if he was ready for a bath)

first and second Christmas

Lee's FIRST birthday

Going to South Africa!

Graduating from Wash. U.

Getting my first post-graduate job

Jesse going BACK to school....I don't think he will ever stop :)

Lee's baby dedication

Jesse's first promotion

and many more I can not think of right this minute

It's been a really great last 10 years! It, mostly, flew by. I'm amazed with everything that has happened in this short amount of time. But most of all,

I can NOT wait for the next 10 years!

Happy New Year!

BABY DEDICATION!

2009-11-24T10:29:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we had the privilege of dedicating our precious Lee to the Lord. It was a wonderful time and we knew no better joy than to announce publicly that we are raising him in the best way we know how.

Another amazing part of the night was that we also got to dedicate Lee with two other families here that we are close to, the Starks and the Malones. Congratulations to Kye, Noah and Lee!

Afterward we went out to eat as one big family....isn't that what Christian brothers and sisters are? Anyway, all three families had members of their family enjoy a meal at a nice pasta restaurant on the hill. Afterwards we had a big yummy cake for the boy's dedication that everyone enjoyed. (Lee especially! :) I wanted to share a piece with Lee (it was his cake after all) and ended up eating more of it that I did!) It was a great time with really great friends.

****Speaking of, friends and family if you were there and got some good pictures, would you send them my way? The photographer for us was sick and didn't get clear shots of the ceremony. THANKS!

CONGRATS Mr and Mrs Schaub!

2009-11-17T07:51:00.000-08:00

We had such a great time this weekend at Nick and Christina's wedding. It was a very special (and emotional!) wedding. It was so great to see so many family members and friends come together for this special occasion.

Here are some highlights:

DAYCARE offered for the kiddos in the bridal party (genus!)
picking up the cheese and learning they don't accept cards, but they let us have it anyway (they said, "just pay us later!" Bad business method, but it we were grateful!)
getting permission to take pictures in the library...even the old part that is shut off only for special occasions!
posing with interesting title choices...i.e. Danielle Steele's "Toxic Bachelors"
Jesse running off to buy decorations and Red Bull for the getaway car...including 2 "Hannah Montana" dolls
Being informed to be the MC while driving to Indiana. I did as well as an unprepared unprofessional could do at last minute! :)
Dave's (father of the bride) special surpirse song for Christina that made EVERYONE cry
Bridesmaids, "lean forward....turn your head slightly...." :)
Jesse dumping the whole bowl of birdseed on the happy couple (see above)

and something else I can't mention yet because it's still a surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS NICK and CHRISTINA SCHAUB!!!! <3

it's ALLIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!

2009-10-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

Yep, I'm reviving this blog....check back for updates early and often! :)

South African Lingo

2009-07-28T13:51:00.000-07:00

So there are over 23 languages in South Africa! Yes, almost everyone speaks English, but it's still not quite the same. For instance:

In SA In US
tomato Sauce = Ketchup
chips = french fries
crisps = chips
stolling = walking
robots = stoplights
disco = night club
snowfreeze = ice cream
let = rent
NGO's = non-for-profits
rocket = type of lettuce or small salad
pudding = cake
napkins = diapers or pads
wheelie bins = trash bins with wheels on them
trading hours = store hours
queue = to line up (like in school)
cheque = check (like check book or checking account)
servettes = napkins

Note that all of this is usually in some sort of British accent. :)

Hello from South Africa!

2009-07-17T14:24:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone had a good laugh from the last post. I (Kristin) am in Cape Town, South Africa. It is so beautiful here. I love my apartment, the landscape, and most things so far! Today we went to Africa's most beautiful botanical garden....right next to Table Mountain. It gave us a great view of the city. I hope to post pictures soon, but it's late-seven hours later than you STL peeps.

Jesse and Lee, I miss you both so much...can't wait to skype soon. Thank God for emails and wifi!

I can't believe it

2009-06-29T19:58:00.000-07:00

OKay so this is the text conversation I had tonight with Jesse on his way back home from his class...I'm not going to lie, it made me upset.

It starts with a picture that I sent to Jesse of Lee and I after Lee's bath...
K: I look like a hot mess
J: I see
K: Nooo...youre suppose to say I look hot, no mess
J: I don't think so
K: waaaaaaah
K: You are being mean
J: I think that was the intent of my reaction
K: Why are you being mean?
J: Hahaha what????

Okay so we didn't get this figured out until he came home....and showed me his phone. It went like this.

Pic with caption "He was really happy after the bath"
J: I see
K: I look like a hot mess
J: I don't think so
K: Nooo...youre suppose to say I look hot, no mess
K: waaaaaaah
J: I think that was the intent of my reaction
K: why are you being mean?
J: Hahaha what??

Yeah, it started with just one line was out of order and what do we get? ANOTHER HOT MESS! :) Okay, I'm not mad anymore. In fact, we shared such a great laugh about it that Jesse was literally rolling around on the ground laughing so hard that I had to say, "please don't die!"

So far this summer...

2009-06-24T19:38:00.000-07:00

We went to the Meramec Caves...

Saw Momma graduate...

Saw the new home of our Indianapolis Colts...

Saw Aunt Moo Graduate and met Nick...

Got my first haircut!

More to come!!!!

it's been awhile

2009-06-24T12:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the neglect of this page oh faithful followers! Life is a little busy-moving, finishing up school, Lee getting an ear infection every time we turn around! Yes, we are on ear infection number 4. He wasn't even done with the third one's antibiotics before the other one popped up. I did ask the doctor, and tubes aren't being considered, yet. Please pray for Lee's health.

I mentioned that we moved and I have to give a BIG thanks to our community group for helping with the move. It only took an hour and 40 minutes for the move (excluding packing and unpacking). How incredible!

In less than a month, I will be in South Africa. CRAZINESS!!! I am excited, nervous and can't believe that it's almost here...rather, that I'm almost there!

Pictures will come later....I just felt like I had to update this thing! Also, please let me know if you text and I can try to keep you updated in our lives that way. My dad and I text all of the time, and he's a great texter! Way to go Dad!

Screaming baby...again...

2009-04-27T17:35:00.000-07:00

So since Lee has turned one, he had been plagued with illnesses. Two ear infections that I'm not positive that he's kicked yet and last Tuesday Lee got sick and from what we've gathered, a stomach bug. You'll love the details but I'll spare you. Anyway, around the same time, it has literally been a nightmare to put him down at night and to get him to sleep through the night. I feel like we've tried everything. Our methods include: standing next to the crib rubbing his back, letting him fall asleep in my arms and then trying to sneak him into his crib, singing/humming songs, stood there and made no sound but just put him down everytime he stood up (oh yes, he stand up in his crib now)...all with no luck. Tonight we are back to the good ol' Ferber method of letting him cry it out (T-minus 54 minutes but who's counting?). As any other mother might imagine, this is pure tourture for me. So I'm sitting out on our front porch typing this as a light rain is coming down while my bottom gets more numb by the minute. Oh, on the plus side, the lady who live above us just left, learning and laughing at my pain. Plus to add insult to injury, her dog is now howling. I feel your pain buddy.

Does anyone that's gone through this have any advice for us? My wonderful mother-in- law told me some encouraging advice, "As soon as you think you have them figured out, they will change." THAAAAAANKSSSSSS... (She really IS pretty great, but I didn't want to hear this!) :(

Easter babies!

2009-04-17T20:18:00.000-07:00

Here are some picture of Lee and his friends. Thanks to the Malones for taking the church pictures, the Starks for the other pictures and yummy brunch. Todd, you just ate...so [*in a soup nazi voice*] no thanks to you! :)

Momma made sure his clothes looked nice, Noah made sure his face was clean. :)

Happy family

Baby Malone, Yuri, Lee and Noah after church

Lee and Noah swapping tall tales. I love this picture!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-11T16:14:00.000-07:00

Lee enjoyed his first Easter egg hunt today. The "hunt" was sponsored by our church and I have to say I was impressed! They had the Easter bunny there, face painting, crafts, coloring, balloons, games and the egg hunt of course! Lee actually liked the bunny better than he did all of the other kids! He still did very well. The egg hunt was sectioned off for kids of different ages, but the bigger kids liked participating in all of the hunts. Lee didn't care though! When it was his turn with the other 1-2 year olds, he found two eggs! After this, he sat down where he was and happily played with them (with one egg in each hand) and his basket.

After this was over, they had a station where you could do a candy exhange. I've never seen this done before, but it was a great idea! We exchanged chocolate kisses and other goodies for animal cookies, teddy grahams and fruit snacks. This made for a happy baby and happy momma as well.

I am excited for tomorrow. We are planning a nice breakfast, dinner and church of course! Hope you and your families enjoy Easter and the grace that Jesus gives us-everyone of us, right now, just as we are.

HAPPY EASTER!

hAppY bIrThDaY LEe!

2009-04-09T07:35:00.000-07:00

Can you believe that my little baby boy is one year old? We went to Indiana to celebrate with the Moores. It was nice, but it went by way too fast. Shortly before, our literally once removed puppy, which Jesse's family is so graciously dogsitting, bit Lee's GG (great-grandma). As a result, she was in the hospital taking a swift round of antibiotics. Luckily she got to come back home an hour before the party started. (A side note, I was preparing to move the party to her hospital room...streamers, balloons and all!)

An unexcepted good thing that came out of this incident was that I got to make Lee's first birthday cake. I secretly wanted to do this, but had handed it over to Lee's GG since she's been in the cake baking/decorating business for years. So with her in the hospital, I happily took back the reins. Of course Jesse's healthy eating habits have made an impact on me as I wanted to make this a healthy cake. For the sake of simplicity, I just switched the oil for applesause and used egg whites instead of whole eggs. As for it icing, I used cool whip and added blueberries for a healthy touch. (He loves blueberries anyway.) And would you know, he didn't even eat the actual cake part of the cake! :) I guess that's how it goes. He did love the cool whip and blueberries though!

Lee had a blast at the Moore farm. He got to play with his Aunt Moo and meet her boyfriend, see cows, and play with his grandparents and their toys; which were a new set of toys for him to explore and enjoy. He even started drinking some whole milk mixed in his formula. Yes, we are weaning him with success to my surprise. You should have seen his face when he first tried milk! Now he drinks it like no one's business. Meanwhile, I think the fresh air did Lee some good because he really broke out of his shell and now is not only walking everywhere, but is also babbling a little bit more and really seems like a different boy. It was really nice to be able to walk around without him clinging to my legs or crying everytime I walked out of his sight. He did so well that Jesse and I got to go out on, not one, but two, date nights. We are spolied now, but it was really nice to reconnect with one another.

While back in Indiana, I didn't get to see everyone but I did get to see some people that I haven't seen in years which was a great surprise. It's weird to see my friends from high school's child play with my child. Maybe our kids will be friends too! Well, I feel as if I am rambling so here are some pics from the weekend.

Look who's WALKING!

2009-03-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

Welcome Aiden Joesph!

2009-01-29T06:17:00.000-08:00

I'm an aunt again! Here is my brother's new beautiful baby boy-Aiden Joseph!

Congrats Jonathon!

Snow day hooray!

2009-01-28T15:08:00.000-08:00

We had a snow day today so we had to go outside and check it out...even if we were only outside for about five minutes!

Spaghetti!

2009-01-27T11:31:00.000-08:00

Lee got into some spaghetti and before I cleaned him up, I did what any good mom would do...I grabbed the camera! Enjoy!

Spaghetti? What spaghetti?

Aren't you proud I can feed myself?

One last bite....

Lee's first Christmas!! part two

2009-01-19T18:19:00.000-08:00

Here are pictures from our Christmas time at the Moore's. Enjoy!

My favorite boys. Very excited for Christmas...or something like that. LOL!

Lee and his GG.

Lee and his grandpa (whom he was named after).

Lee and his grandma. I think she is having more fun with his toys that he is!

Daddy and baby.

Lee's first Christmas!! part one

2009-01-07T08:33:00.000-08:00

Lee had a great first Christmas! We first celebrated with "just us" here in St. Louis and then we also went to Indiana to spend time with Jesse's family. It was a great time with a lot of great food and fun. Lee enjoyed getting to spend time with his grandparents, even though they ALL were sick. Luckily he stayed healthy-a true Christmas miracle if you ask me!

Cookies? Santa doesn't want more stinkin' cookies! :)
Here Lee is setting puffs out for Santa.

The puffs worked! Santa came! (Christmas morning)

Lee and his stocking.

We had to help him upwrap presents...mainly to make sure he didn't eat the wrapping paper!

to be continued....

Change...

2008-10-29T12:47:00.000-07:00

If you haven't noticed, fall is in the air. The leaves are starting change their colors and it, unfortunately is getting colder. (I'm obviously a warm weather person.)

One of my professors likes to say, "the more things change, the more they stay the same." [I really am fighting the urge not to cite that quote!] Now I don't know if this is true or not, but things are changing in our family. Lee will be SEVEN months old on election day. (VOTE -btw!) I can't believe it. Time is just flying by! One of my classmates asked me, "weren't you just pregnant last week?" to which I replied, "last week-seven months ago."

Speaking of Lee, Lee is speaking!!! We are so excited! It started off just as a squeal, now it's turned into "ah dada dada." It's so cute. I've tried getting him to say mama, but he continues on with "ah dada dada." As soon as I can figure out how to put a recording on here, you all can experience this joy.

Lee is also teething. He is being a champ and "growing" two teeth at once. We are so blessed because he is still a very happy baby even with the teething.

Mommy and Daddy are about to become first time property owners! We are so very excited. Don't worry, we aren't moving yet, and even when we do, we will still be in STL for a while. :)
Mommy is also taken up jogging. I use to run a lot, but pretty much had stopped since high school. It's slow going as it has been 6 years, but I am determined to make this into a fun habit.

Hope all is well with you!
The Moores

Birthday Balloon Bonanza!

2008-10-05T07:01:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone in the blogging community. Just recently we celebrated Kristin's 25th birthday! Lucky for her, the city of St. Louis decided to celebrate as well! Here are some pictures of the Great Forest Park Balloon Race and the most adorable baby ever. Enjoy!

Overdue update, part one

2008-09-04T09:51:00.000-07:00

Okay so we have been SO busy recently so sorry about the neglect of this page! Summer was fun but really short! We went and did a lot of touristy things here in the city. Here are some pictures of us at the botanical gardens, Grant's farm and at the arch. Enjoy!

Overdue update x2

2008-09-04T09:32:00.000-07:00

More pictures. Lee had a great time but we wore him out!

HaPpY BiRtHdAy DaD!

2008-06-17T09:55:00.000-07:00

*Kristin would like to take a moment to wish her Dad a very happy birthday!* Have a good one HH!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY!

2008-06-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

YAY for Father's Day! We enjoyed a great weekend in IL for Melissa and Lucas' wedding (Congrats!). Lee was able to meet more family members on Jesse's side. Here are some more updated pictures. The wedding ones are from this weekend, the smiling one is from 2 weeks ago and the one wth him laying on me is from last month. Enjoy!

We LOVE to read...and be read to!

2008-05-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

Shave and haircut...

2008-05-24T19:21:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone. Here are some of the latest pics. Eli got shaved and Daddy's getting a haircut tomorrow (hense the title). Lee is doing well...getting bigger and smiling some now! :)

Happy Mother's Day!

2008-05-11T15:40:00.000-07:00

We really enjoyed celebrating our first Mother's day! Here are some recent pictures of Mommy and baby for you all to enjoy!

2008-04-29T10:33:00.000-07:00

Here are the latest pictures of Lee. He is growing everyday and is about 10 pounds now!

visitors!

2008-04-16T10:33:00.000-07:00

We have had a lot of visitors lately. Lee has met several people from our community group as well as his grandparents and even his great-grandma! He is still doing very well and is enjoying all of the love.

More Photos

2008-04-14T19:28:00.001-07:00

You'll be glad to know that Lee no longer needs his tanning bed and is doing very well. Here are more pictures showing him grow.

Lee and his Tanning bed.

2008-04-09T18:09:00.001-07:00

Lee had a little jaundice so we have a special bed for him.

We call it his tanning bed. With the help of his bed he is recovering well and shouldn't need his bed for much longer.

Baby Pictures

2008-04-06T16:51:00.001-07:00

David "Lee" Moore 8 lbs 2.6 ounces

Soon

2008-03-30T19:01:00.000-07:00

VERY VERY SOON

Update on expected baby time. Current plan is to induce Kristin on Thursday night. That being said the baby is set to arrive soon. The count down is on.

Moore Family!

2008-03-20T18:29:00.001-07:00

Our family currently consists of Jesse, Kristin and Eli our puppy. Jesse and Kristin met in December of 1999 and starting dating the next month. After 3 years of dating, Jesse proposed to Kristin. Then 2 years later, we were married on July 30, 2005. Currently we are expecting our first child in the beginning of April.

About Jesse: Jesse is a recent graduate of the University of Indianapolis with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Currently Jesse is working at Barnes Jewish Hospital with a diverse group of medicine patients.

About Kristin: Kristin is a recent graduate of the University of Indianapolis with a Bachelors degree in social work. Currently Kristin is attending Washington University in St. Louis where she is perusing a masters in social work. Kristin enjoys our church, school and spending time with friends. She is also excited about meeting Baby Moore!

About the baby: Baby Moore is our pride and joy, even without being born yet! We do not know the gender and Daddy and Mommy are anxiously awaiting the surprise. The baby is currently 37.5 weeks in utero with only 2.5 weeks until the big arrival..unless s/he decides to come early.

About Eli: Eli is a 3-year-old male silky terrier. Eli enjoys long walks, cuddling and chasing squirrels and rabbits. Eli doesn't take long to warm up to people, however he is just learning that other dogs are okay.