6. Holly - 2/10/2013
My last post was about Christmas 2012, and, little did we know our lives were changing on that very day. We had talked about getting a puppy for several months, but either the time wasn’t right or we couldn’t find the right dog for us. On February 10, I was eating lunch with a friend at Panera Bread. When I left, I checked my phone and I had 3 missed calls from Savva along with several text messages. They said something to the effect of:
“Steph come home! We have got to go NOW! Puppies! Come quick!”
“I found the perfect puppy - we have to get her today!”
“Hurry home”
I came home to see photos of some of the cutest Golden Retriever puppies I had ever seen!
They were in Lexington, so we were going to need to travel. In my head I was thinking, “Softball starts this week, do we really have time for a puppy right now?” But for some reason, this one felt right. It was the first time we both thought that, so, on that Sunday afternoon, we jumped in the car and drove to Lexington.
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| Can you guess which one she is? |
They were in Lexington, so we were going to need to travel. In my head I was thinking, “Softball starts this week, do we really have time for a puppy right now?” But for some reason, this one felt right. It was the first time we both thought that, so, on that Sunday afternoon, we jumped in the car and drove to Lexington.
When we got there, I didn’t expect the puppies to be so small! Jackie, the woman we met, has three golden retrievers who are her family pets and they had had a litter of 11 puppies. When we got to her house, there were only 5 left. Two were accounted for, so we got to choose between 3. How do you choose between three of the cutest doggies in the world?!?!? I could’ve taken them all three right then and there.
After we played for a while with them, we had to choose. We were able to narrow it down to two rather quickly because one of them just didn’t seem to respond as well to us. But choosing from two was nearly impossible! Jackie eventually picked the last two up and we went outside of the pin. She held them up in front of me. Savva was leaving the final decision up to me.
I looked at them both so closely - it’s hard to pick out flaws or say you like one more than the other. But there was one who just seemed to have these beautiful eyes that were a little more lively when they looked at me. This particular one also held her paws in the cutest way when you held her up. They were just tucked in front like a person does when they do a “bunny hop.” We took her home that day, and named her Holly. She was born on Christmas Day 2012 - the day Savva and I celebrated our first Christmas together.
I looked at them both so closely - it’s hard to pick out flaws or say you like one more than the other. But there was one who just seemed to have these beautiful eyes that were a little more lively when they looked at me. This particular one also held her paws in the cutest way when you held her up. They were just tucked in front like a person does when they do a “bunny hop.” We took her home that day, and named her Holly. She was born on Christmas Day 2012 - the day Savva and I celebrated our first Christmas together.
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| The first picture of many! |
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| Introducing her to her new home. |
Never in my wildest dreams did I expect us to love a dog so much. We always made fun of people who were obsessed with their dogs (sorry to all of you when we didn’t take you seriously!), but we are ridiculously obsessed! It’s bad. If you’ve been around us at all over the past 9 months you know this is true. But she really is sweet and has been the perfect addition to our little family!
If you know us well, you know we take pictures of Holly as much as - if not more than - first time parents! Here are just a few (ok, several) of our favorites!
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| Whenever she does this, Ryan says she's "broken" because she just stays like "stuck" on her back for several minutes at a time! |
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