introducing

Meet Leonidas "Leo", the newest member of our family!

If you are family or close friend you are probably gasping for air right now. You're probably wondering how on earth Randy convinced me to get a dog.  I was gone last weekend at a dental conference in Portland. When I got home on Saturday evening Randy had a surprise he wanted to show me. He explained that he had been looking into getting a dog for "awhile now" and that he had even been to look at a few. He finally found one that he wanted to get. I thought he was joking but we got in the car and drove over to meet the future Leonidas.  When we got home from our visit,  the conversation went like this :
randy: "honey, how mad will you be if i get this puppy?"
katie: "what do you mean?"
randy: "will you be really pissed mad or take the puppy and sleep somewhere else mad?"
katie: "probably just really pissed mad"
randy: "ok, i'm getting the dog"

Mostly, we're getting along just fine. He is actually a pretty good little puppy. We had our first visit to the vet yesterday and everything appears to be in working order. Randy is in heaven and loving every minute. I'm in and out of happiness and panic over trying to keep the house clean and smelling dog free. No worries, the fancy plug-in hepa filters have already been ordered and should be arriving this week :) We've been watching the Dog Whisperer online and i'm off to the library to check out puppy training books today. Anyone have any tips/suggestions?

The Cons: we have a 9 week old puppy and are having to deal with all the challenges that come with potty accidents and crate training.

The Pros: the name leonidas is now out of commission for future naming purposes. when randy and i talk about having children and baby names he always mentions leonidas. leonidas, really? in my opinion, its a little too much of a name for a child. now, thanks to our little puppy, the name leonidas is officially taken.