Well, Grey turns 6 in about 6 weeks. He has been asking for a puppy since well before Christmas. His letter to Santa included a puppy (written 5 times) and a horse. Around Christmas time we fell in love with Charlie, one of our cousins golden doodle. So, we kinda had our mind set on that type of dog, but had not really thought much past “eventually”. This past weekend, the stars aligned and we were able to surprise Grey. On Sunday, Lori called and let us know her breeder had a black female (just what we wanted) and so we decided to grab her! We headed north without telling Grey where we were going, and he had to guess clues as we went. Eventually we passed the Kansas state line and he got excited. He thought he was going to see his cousins. We tried to explain that was one of the surprises, but there were more coming. We stopped at Loris house, who had been so kind as to put the puppy in a box with a ribbon. Grey got to open her up, and out popped the sweetest little puppy. Grey was so overwhelmed he could hardly speak. Around bedtime, Grey finally came to me and whispered “Is she mine? Can I keep her? Can I take her home” I assured Grey she was indeed his. He chose the name Lily. So, here she is, Grey’s very own puppy…Lily! She is a golden doodle. Her mom is a black standard poodle named Sophie and her dad is a golden retriever named Cooper.
While we were in Kansas, we got to visit with some of our closest friends from college – The Dunhams and the Gates. Lori, Lavica, and I were all in Delta together. We all have girls around the same age and so we have three future Delta girls here…
We jammed a lot into our quick visit. Billy and Grey got to enjoy some time with our nieces and enjoy some time with them showing off Lily. It was way too short of a trip. We were in the car more than we were actually there, I think! But it was a great trip and I’m so happy to add one more girl to our family!
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