A Boy & his dogs....yes, dogS

....You may remember last month when I relayed the horrible news of the passing of our faithful friends, Sam & Lexie. They were our labs that we'd had for 10+ years. As you can imagine, with the 2 year old and the 4 month old, plus the new kitten that Maw Maw gave Carter, well, I just wasn't sure if I was up to tackling a new puppy so I hadn't really been actively looking for one (or two, cause everyone knows puppies are better in twos, right??)

So, when my dad called on Friday afternoon to tell me that a guy he worked with had seven 6 week old female chocolate lab puppies that he wanted to give away I wasn't in a big hurry to mention it to Kyle. It didn't matter though, when I did remember to tell him he promptly said that he didn't want a female puppy so that was that! (I did remind him that Lexie never did roam the neighborhood like every other male dog we'd ever had did though!)

So, you can imagine my surprise when Saturday afternoon Kyle pulls up to the back door and tells me to go look at what's in the back of his truck.

Dad had given the guy Kyle's cell number and when I didn't call him, he called us!

Any hesitation I had about getting a new puppy flew right out the window when Carter saw his new puppies. He was SOOO THRILLED! His little face absolutely lit up! He has played and played and played with his (& Lilah's) new puppy dogs.

Now the challenge is to name the little cuties! Carter named his kitten Floppy Cat, sometimes he calls it Flop. (I have no explanation) He started out calling the puppies Ruby...both of them, so one of them will be Ruby for sure. I'm trying to convince Kyle to let me name the other one Catherine (If you live near here, or know Kyle's family, you will so appreciate this one! LOL), I also thought about Merle & Maxie (sisters who live in our community), but when he started calling one of them Ruby that ended that.

I love to name pets after people I know! It makes it fun! We had these donkeys once named Clyde & Pearlie. So if you guys have any suggestions for Ruby's sisters name......please share!

In the meantime, Carter runs to the back door to make sure they are still there every time he thinks about it! He still asks every single day where Sam & Lexie are. I started out telling him that they got sick and went to heaven which basically got a blank stare from him, then I finally just said they are down behind the barn and left it at that. Then yesterday he surprised me.

He was saying "Thank you, God for sending the rain to water the corn and the cows." "Thank you God for Lilah, and Mama, and Dad." (He calls Kyle "Dad" lately which is beyond adorable!!), then he said, "Thank you God for sending me some puppies". Then he stopped and looked at me and said, "Mama, Sam & Lexie are in heaben with God. And Heaben is in the sky."

"That's right, baby" (through tears)....my baby is growing up!