Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Our New Baby

This is the latest addition to our family. She's 6 weeks old and she's mostly beagle with a little something else mixed in. Her mother is full beagle and her father is some beagle and some other stuff. She was a complete surprise...so much so that when Andy walked in with a living creature in his arms, my response was, "What's that?!" We've been talking about getting a dog for a while, but buying a nice, bred dog is so expensive, and then muts can be a toss-up, so when some friends of Andy's had some puppies they were giving away for free, he decided to just get one. She's precious and the kids are so excited. Evan's a bit skiddish around her. He'll touch her and pet her, but if she tries to sniff him or really just moves her head too much he starts to freak out. Alli is, as usual, his complete opposite. We've had to force her to stop picking up the dog because she'll just grab her wherever and hold her upside down or in some terribly uncomfortable position. We just got her, so we're preparing for that dreadful first night with a puppy where she sits up and cries all night long, and we've already discussed the chewing up of toys and all that fun stuff. She still doesn't have a name. We just can't agree on anything yet. Any suggestions?

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