We got a dog!

Yes, it's true! We got a dog! My kids have been begging for a long time, but I just wasn't ready. My plan was that after we got our little one home and settled, then we'd begin discussing the idea of getting a dog. Since the process of getting our little one home has been so LONG (and getting LONGER by the minute, I might add) I started re-thinking the idea. One day, a friend posted a picture of her on facebook saying that she needed a home and I fell in love. That was on a Friday and I went and picked her up that following Monday. Her name is Pippa Lucille and she's a sweetheart. We fell in love right away.

This is the first picture I took of her after I got her home that day.

The main reason I didn't want to get a dog was because I knew it would create a lot of work for me. I wasn't wrong in that assumption. She digs, makes messes and goes potty in my house. She's actually getting better, we are almost done with the house training!! But, for the first couple months, she pooped in the house almost every day :( Also, she sheds. That is the main thing I didn't want. We were told that she doesn't shed that much. That is a LIE. But, she's here now and we love her, so I have to deal with all the excessive sweeping, mopping and vaccuming. Yeah, like I have TIME for that?? Oh well! Good thing she's cute :)

Here's an example of her mess making...

She is really sweet. This was taken not long after we got her. I was baking in the kitchen and she had curled up and laid her head on the top of my foot.
She loves to snuggle! This is her snuggling with Rhett and I on the couch one night as we were doing Rhett's reading homework for the day.
Sometimes when I'm working in my office, she curls up on my good chairs where she can see me and she takes her little "cat naps" there.
She has 4 outfits. This is the first one I bought her. Yes, it has a pink tutu on it. She looks pretty ridiculous in it, but I got it on sale for $2 and couldn't resist :)

We think she was about 7 months old when we got her in September, so she's about 9 months old or so now. She was in the vet right away for a checkup and shots, and she was spayed about 3 weeks after we got her. We weren't taking any chances! So, she's all healthy and definitely a part of our family. Now the kids think they need another dog. And I promptly told them they'd lost their minds!!