Puppy love.

Well the time has come for our family to get another lovable furry friend.
We were informed that a sweet litter of pups was born & since I was the first on the list
we got the 1st pick of the bunch.
We picked Girl 'B' as she was called.
We bought her from Pleasant Hill Pharm-Cyndy Thorn.
She was so darn cute & we got updated pictures of her weekly.
Luke got right to work on making her a dog house for in our heated garage
& we brought up the kennel to be assembled outside.
We were ready to welcome her home!

Of course her home had to have shiplap!

Here she is at 2 days old.

2 weeks old.

4 weeks old.

Once we saw this picture of her at 6 weeks old we knew she had to have a sweet name.

She was just such a 'beauty' so the boys named her Belle from Beauty & the Beast.

Viv's little purse she got from Kylie that has pictures of pups just like Belle.

We brought up our old travel kennel & mom let me buy her bigger kennel for when Belle gets older.

The kids just loved playing in them before we picked up our puppy.

Saturday morning the kids went to grandma & grandpa Johnson's 

& Luke & I took off for Rochester to pick her up.

She was wondering who I was the whole ride home.

We stopped to give her a little break.

She was a such a honey the whole trip to grandma's.

When we got to the farm everyone was excited to meet her.

Belle really loved having Hannah around.

They were buddies right from the start.

The next day grandma Yvonne wanted to take Belle for her first outing to Runnings.

They are just adorable.

Belle's first couple nights home we had her in the kennel.

She whined & was just warm.

So out to the garage she went...& she loved being out there.

We did too.  We finally got some sleep. haha

When Belle would come inside for a little bit we'd put her in the kennel 

& Viv would go right in with her.

They would just sit & watch Daniel Tiger together!

Belle loved to roam around the garage & would find places all over to snuggle up.

The kids are responsible to take her out every morning to give her some exercise.

Belle loves them.

She runs up & down the hill when they go sledding & jumps up on the hay bales at the bottom.

We bought her a few new toys too.

Belle loves following Vivie around, but she still has to learn to stay 'off' & not jump & lick her.

Vance playing a little tug of war.

We needed to get out of the house so we brought Belle to Runnings 

& everyone just loved her.

If the kids are playing with any sort of ball, Belle will be right there trying to play too.

It's safe to say that everyone is happy to have her in our family!