Ok, so as most of you know before we left on our travels we made contact with a breeder and reserved a puppy. On July 11 the litter was born and for the rest of our trip we got weekly pictures of the puppies. We went down to pick out our little boy on the Sunday after we got home... Ann (the breeder) was out there waiting for us. She took all of us to a side room where she had the two little 5-week old boys in a play pen. SO CUTE!!!! The mama dog, Poppy has such an amazing personality (which is a good sign). She handed me one of them and then Charlie the other...
and even though we would have loved to bring both of them home with us the choice was obvious. One of the boys was very shy and cuddly (the one she gave to me to hold...I loved him) and the other was more confident and personable - so we picked the more confident one... we love his curiosity and love for people.
Sadly we had to leave him there for another 2 weeks... torture! We went home that day and started moving into our new apartment... which we've now been working on ever since. We've gone to IKEA and have been able to furnish our new apartment... its cute and fun. Living so close to both of our families and school is so nice - no commute!!! Thank the Lord! plus, our kitchen is a lot bigger, which is extra nice. :)
(Thankfully we have room for all our stuff now!)
Saturday the 30th we went down to pick up Booth (the puppy). Ann was out in the driveway, with him freshly bathed and happy as a lark in her arms. He's so fluffy!!! When she handed him to us he immediately started licking our faces and wagging his tail frantically, which of course melted our hearts even more.
(Charlie and his first puppy!!)
(our first official family picture :) )
(His daddy... look how strong and handsome Booth is going to be!!!)
We loaded up the car with the family, our puppy stuff and of course him :)
(before he got carsick :( )
Thankfully he slept most of the way home. We stopped by my parents' house and let him run and play in their bigger backyard - so cute!!! He got to meet Tigger, who wasn't all that pleased. and then we got to bring him home... At first he was a little wary of everything, but he got over that within the first day and now he's Mr. Adventurous! He made his bed that we bought him his toy storage and he sleeps in the bookshelf.
(is it really more comfy?)
Adorable.
("Man oh man... look at how cute I am!")
("My penguin friend makes a great nap buddy.")
("My paw is hot... what?")
(I love him!)
("HI! I love playing... come play with me!!!")
He's become slightly spoiled... oh well? lol he's our baby and we love him tons and tons. Last night (Tuesday night) he finally slept most of the night with just 2 potty breaks... and in the mornings we let him sleep with us for a bit on the bed to get used to it.
(He loves Charlie... :) )
He's sooo loveable I can't stand it. He's really well behaved and loves to tackle his toys.
("HI!")
("What are you looking at?")
(Being naughty)
("I'm cute... I know.")
(He's my baby... and he's perfect!)
