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We've Gotten a Dog!

After months of on again/off again searching for the right dog- we've finally gotten our pooch!

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Rebekah desperately wanted to hold the dog and then
promptly asked me to take her picture (boy do I have them
trained or what?). 

I knew that this would be an adjustment and that the kids would be a tad excited (okay, seriously- that would be the UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR!), but today was a LOT harder than I thought it was going to be.

First of all, he's a puppy (as yet still unnamed). The one time that Graham and I had a dog, it was 2 or 3 years old and already housebroken. This meant that we only had to do a few minor adjustments and we were good to go. Easy peasey lemon squeezy (as Jeremiah would say).

Fast forward to now- the five kids later kind of now. 

Did I mention that said kids have been wanting a dog for probably the past 2 - 3 years already?

If this poor puppy can survive all the love he's getting right now, he can survive ANYTHING!

Everyone wants to have their 'cuddle time' with the dog- a dog that is SUPPOSED to be sleeping in the neighbourhood of 18 - 20 hours per day. 

Needless to say they are fighting over him- even fighting over trying to make each other back off and give the dog some space.

I wasn't really expecting things to be THIS stressful and I hope it settles down sooner rather than later.

But I'm also glad to have this new puppy. 

It's going to be a serious adjustment for our family, however, I can already see that something has changed. 

And I think it's a good kind of change. I can't really put my finger on it, but I think this is going to be really good for our family.

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Having a swing while I complete all the paperwork
and got last minute instructions before we took the dog home.

Looking forward to all the lessons that we are going to learn in yet another area of our lives.

Keeping it real, by the grace of God...
Tammy


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