Loving Lyla!

Well our family has grown in numbers! We are now a family of THREE!! This summer has been filled with many firsts! Almost a month ago we bought a house! The house is wonderful and is finally starting to feel like our home!! Once Reagan's office is finally no longer messy and the garage is organized, I think I will finally feel like I can rest and enjoy our home!!  

For this post to make sense, I need to provide you with some background information.  I have always wanted a dog ever since Reagan and I got married.  During our first year of marriage and in our first apartment, we bought a dog from a pet store in Dallas.  Come to find out, our dog had been abused by the pet store workers (the pet store was shut down a month later), she had a lot of social problems, and so we ended up giving her (Sadye) to a family that was able to give her the care and time she needed since we could not. We were so sad to part with our first puppy, but we knew it was for the best.  Fast forward... we move to San Antonio and get settled into our townhouse here and Reagan and I have the itch to get another dog... though we were very cautious this time due to our first experience. We ended up meeting a lady who had a dog she had rescued while on her run and she could not care for her.  She told us we could take her home for the weekend and see how things went.  We brought her home, she was a sweetie, but the first night we had her my allergies went from normal to CRAZY! I thought maybe it was something in the air (since it was fall time) and so I took medicine and didn't think about it again.  The next morning, I woke up and could hardly breathe, my eyes itched, and this sweet girls hair was shedding everywhere which was causing me to sneeze non-stop.  On top of me being allergic to her, the lady could not provide us with vet papers (which she said she had), so we returned her at the end of the weekend.  We were both sad that we could not keep her but knew it was for the best since I could not breathe when I was around her.  As soon as we returned her to her owner, Reagan and I went home and deep cleaned our entire house (so that I could finally breathe again) and decided we needed to get a hypoallergenic to low shedding dog! haha.. what a journey we have been on with dogs!

We pray and hope this new endeavor with Lyla will be wonderful and smooth...she has been fabulous today!

Anywho... fast forward to May 25th - my birthday! At dinner I opened my gift from the hubby and Reagan had given me a dog voucher as part of my gift and said that when we had a home I could get a dog!!  Well you know me... as soon as we moved in I started asking when he was going to deliver on his birthday promise! Well let's just say we had very different ideas on what kind of dog we should get! I did my research and he did his and the results did not match up very well!!! He wanted something that was a good sized medium dog, and I wanted a dog that would be small to smaller medium.  It took weeks for us to decide on a happy medium... but we finally knew what we wanted... or at least I thought we did... Well since I received the birthday dog voucher, I have been searching all the dog sites here in San Antonio and every time I would show Reagan a dog I liked his answer was always, "nope, not that one."  Well yesterday while driving to our couples bible study I leisurely was browsing through  one of the dog sites and saw an ad for cockapoos.  I immediately showed Reagan the pictures and to my surprise his eyes lit up, he smiled and said, "text the lady who is selling the puppies."  Little did I know, while my husband was doing all his dog research he became fond of poodles because they are very smart and he has always liked cockerspaniels (because my family has one and she is super sweet).  So, he looked at me and said, "what a good combination of a dog... super sweet, wants to please, is smart and she will not shed all over our house."  So I called and spoke to the lady who was selling the litter and she asked for us to come and see the female puppies she had left last night.  So we went right after bible study and we fell in LOVE.  It was a happy ending for both of us!!!  We got a dog that we feel is a perfect fit for our family!! Oh and even better.... our good friends Mike and Jeanelle bought Lyla's sister last night and they named her Lily! So Lyla and Lily can always see each other and be the best of friends :)

Enjoy these pictures of our sweet baby girl (who is currently cuddling on my lap with me and trying to get me to stop typing!)

Reagan and Lyla on the way home from getting her.  I totally forgot to take a picture with her on the car ride home... OOPS! 

Look at that little fluffy cutie! 

Such a princess already :) 

Lyla with her sister, Lily (who looks more like a poodle).  Lily stayed with us today... I think Lyla is going to be very sad when she goes home in a little bit. :(

Two very best friends. :)
Lily is definitely a little bit bigger than Lyla.  It will be so interesting to watch them grow and see their personalities develop!!

I look forward to all the love Lyla is going to give us and the laughs Reagan and I will have along the way now that we have the responsibility of caring for this sweet cuddle bear! I hope you enjoy watching our journey as we learn how to best take care of this sweet girl and the love she gives our family.  It is amazing how much love and kisses a dog can give!!