Penny Lane

I'm not sure if you noticed, but there has been some serious dead silence going on here on this blog. The culprit?

Well, we got our puppy.

Everyone, meet Penny.

She is adorable and rambunctious and smart and cuddly and chilled out and the perfect addition to our family.

Rob has been asking for a dog FOREVER. As soon as we bought our house, he started REALLY talking about it, but I always pushed away the idea. See, I'm not a dog person. AT ALL. In fact, I have spent more of my life TERRIFIED of dogs than not. I stopped thinking that all dogs wanted to kill and eat me sometime in high school, so the idea of accepting one as a new member of our family was ridiculous.

Then, I had a dream. And I mentioned to Rob that it might not be a TERRIBLE idea. And before I finished the sentence, he had whipped out the PetFinder app and found MANY dogs that he loved. But Penelope was his favorite. This was the photo they used:

And she soon became my favorite. So I said that I wouldn't mind meeting her, and in less than a week, he scheduled a day for us to pick her up in Mississippi.

I didn't sleep for a week leading up to us meeting her. I was nervous. I was afraid that I wouldn't like her and Rob would resent me for it.

But then they brought her into the room that Saturday, and I immediately fell in love. She is the softest, sweetest, most adorable puppy I've ever seen. Everyone who meets her instantly falls in love. Here we are on our way home with her:

In fact, a local photographer contacted me and asked to take the professional pictures of her to build her portfolio. And I'm not going to lie, my new puppy mama self teared up when I saw them. :) Her pictures are sreiously TO DIE FOR. She took all of the pictures on this post other than the one from the shelter and the one on the way home. Check her out at: Apple Eye Photography. She takes pictures of humans, too! :)

But in all honestly, having a puppy is tough. She pees and poops a lot (and not always outside). I feel guilty leaving her alone at home after a long day of work, so my social life is suffering. I don't sleep when it's raining because I'm worried that she will be scared. I am emotional and tired...but I am so, so loved by this sweet dog.

I know that one day, it will seem like she has been a part of our life forever (it already kind of does). She will be the dog who helps us welcome a new baby into our family one day. She will be the dog who keeps us active for the rest of our lives (we are already working on running with her). She is the best decision we've ever made as a couple. She is the PERFECT addition to our Haney family. :)