We have been waiting for over 6 weeks to pick up our new puppy. We caught the bug and wanted a dog back in July, but we had so much going on this summer (like our 10-year anniversary trip) that we wanted to wait until closer to the start of school. We found our shih-poo girl (part shih tzu and part poodle) about 6 days after she was born on a breeder website. The breeder was GREAT – she sent us pictures of our baby girl every week and kept us updated on her activities (when she first tried puppy food etc). Last weekend (Monday, Labor Day to be exact), we drove a couple hours away from our house the breeder’s daughter’s house (long story) to pick her up. We named her Kona like the Hawaiian Kona Coffee because she is black and brown like coffee. She is only about 2 pounds right now, super sweet and getting used to her new home. Of course we have lots of pictures of her! Oh, and we are thinking her full-grown weight will be somewhere between 5 and 10 pounds.

Back home after our 4-hour round-trip.

She chases feet!

Look at those ears flopping around!

I think she believes that the boys are her puppy brothers. She likes to cuddle up next to them for naps.

Adorable collar and tag – check!

She matches the carpet!   

Brady loves her – we need to teach her not to bite noses though!

 

Logan resting with Kona on the couch

My “lap dog” crawled off my lap and on to the desk while I was working on the computer. Look at that sweet face!

Brady headed off to pre-K last Wednesday. He was very proud that he finally got to go to school like his brothers. Of course today, the following Tuesday, he refused to get out of the car because, “school is boring and I want to be with Kona” (<—see next post) and had to be pried out screaming. Poor baby. This happened a few times last year so hopefully he went in and is doing fine. At least he was excited the first week – haha.

A few weeks before school started, I was getting the boys’ backpacks and bags ready. They all have little things they hang from the zippers or sides for fun. Brady took a GIANT bunch of keys he “borrowed forever” from Grandpa and put them on his bag…

I’m pretty sure no kid could possibly walk for long with a backpack dangling that much stuff. It was fun for a day, then I convinced him it wasn’t the best idea :)