Those Darn Puppy-dog Eyes

We have had an incredibly busy month and it began the first weekend of October when we made a trip to Richmond UT to see our niece Hallee's baptism.  This was a very short but very nice visit with Ty's sister and her family.  We stayed Friday night with them and then attended Hallee's baptism Saturday morning.  We then shared in a nice luncheon to follow.  We are so happy for Hallee and so very grateful for her example to our own children!

Later that same day, we made our way to Rigby, ID where we had another special occasion to attend the next day.  So on Sunday Ty's brother, Nick,  blessed their first baby, Case - who is absolutely adorable.  The kids had grown a bit attached to Uncle Nick while staying with Grandma and Grandpa in Rigby last year while I was on bedrest and they felt especially excited for him to have a baby -  they love their new cousin Case.  Funny thing to remember:  When I first told Vanna the news that Nick and Haley had had their baby, she said, "I wonder what Uncle Nick will look like now!"  I guess in her eyes, now that Nick was a daddy he'd look different. :) 

 

We had a luncheon at Nick and Haley's house following the blessing and as soon as we got there, Nick took the kids to their garage to show them their puppies.  Nick and Haley's dogs have had several litters and they usually tease us about getting a puppy but this time around Nick was really pushing the idea and had the kids convinced that they were going home with pups.  In fact, in the car on the way to Rigby, Cash said, "I can't wait to get my puppy!"  Because we knew the kids would ask for one, I talked the idea over with Ty before hand and confirmed our decision with him again before we even headed over to the luncheon.  I said to Ty, "Now we're on the same page right?  We're not getting a puppy!"  He said, "Right, we're on the same page!" 

 

Well, as you can see below, that page has turned!!!

 

After seeing the kids playing with their favorite puppies and seeing how much they loved them, my heart began to melt and when they asked if they could have them - I couldn't say no and so then we started working on Ty (who was completely surprised I gave in so easily :).  It didn't take long to win him over either so...meet the newest members of our family...

 

 

...little Shiver -

 

 

 

As soon as Nick showed the kids the puppies, Cash latched on to Shiver and never put her down.  He went around telling everyone, "This is my new puppy!" , and had her named before he even knew for sure that we would be taking her home.  He named her Shiver because she is always shivering. :)

 

...and this not so little guy is Catcher -

 

 

 

Like Cash, Vanna got attached to Catcher from the beginning and never changed her mind about which puppy she loved most.  She named him Catcher because he's always hard to catch.

 

As it turned out, Shiver was the runt of the litter and Catcher was the biggest of the litter so they don't even look like they're brother and sister.  I also find it funny that Cash picked a little girl pup that seems to have a similar disposition to Vanna (pretty relaxed but can be a bit fiesty) and Vanna picked a boy pup that seems to have a similar disposition to Cash (high energy and never wants to stop playing). 

So we might be crazy but we decided, "Why not!" and came home with not one but two puppies!  YOu have to admit - they are darn cute!