Daria

Well, we came up with a name, Daria. CaMo was a close second because it was a mix of the 2 state's abbreviations Chris and I are from.  There is a song named Daria by Cake, one of Chris and I's fave bands.  And it kind of goes with our whole kids whose names end in -a theme.  We brought her home Wednesday evening and she was pretty drugged up from her Spay surgery.

I have been reading some Cesar Millan books and have learned so much about how to interact with a dog and train them well.  We have had a very calm environmnet so that she can be calm and submissive.  So far, so good, but she is still recovering and on pain meds.  The vet thinks she is a year old, which is much older than the shelter believed- they thought she was 6-8 months.  I guess that means she won't grow too much more, which I am perfectly fine with. But we do need to get her to fill out- she is super skinny!

See those ribs?

Elia, as usual.

Good Weekend

We spent the better part of Sunday cooking.

Elia and G helped Daddy...

...make thisdog pen!  (the right section is going to be the gate and is not secured here- it is just leaning right now)

And got this off Craigslist.

We are hoping to pick her up from the vet Wednesday evening.  Names in the running are: Daria, ElDara, MoCa, CaMo, and Elia has suggested Chips.

Our New Dog!

I finally caved.  Chris has wanted a dog since we've been married, and I always had an excuse.  My excuses have always been no, we have kids in diapers and then once Elia was potty trained, I said not until I have a full time job.  Now that I can't use that excuse (oh, I haven't mentioned I got a full time job?  Yep!  Its not official until I sign a contract, but I got hired in Frisco- woo hoo) we took a little trip to the Animal Shelter in Carrollton and met Alice today.  We don't really like the name Alice so we are considering other names.

We think she is a mix of Gernam Shepherd, Belgian Malinois, and something else. 

G was not scared at all!

And of course Elia is in love.  We left the center with her literally in hysterics that we couldn't bring her home right away.

Adoption papers in hand!  Its official!

So she will go to a vet on Monday and as soon as she is checked and gets the all-clear, we can bring her home.  Excited and nervous for sure.  We will spend the weekend getting ready for her!  Any name suggestions out there?  It has to mean something.  We have thought about Jager, it means hunter in german.  Also, Peaches was my old camp name.  So we will see.