Okay, let’s just start here: If you know me (Caitlin) at all, you know that this post makes me INCREDIBLY excited to write!! I have always been a huge dog person and I have been obsessed with them ever since I was a little girl. Fun fact… when I was growing up, I thought I wanted to be a veterinarian! (Just until I shadowed an actual veterinarian on surgery day, let’s be real. They fed me donuts to keep me from passing out.) I carried around a dog encyclopedia – I’m being serious – everywhere I went, and I could identify what breed a dog was instantly. I watched the dog show on Thanksgiving every year and I still have a Pinterest board dedicated to cute puppy pictures. Do you get the idea yet? 😉 I’m a bit obsessed.
Luke and I had always known we wanted to get a dog of our own someday, but we decided to wait a full year before adding one to the mix. We’re so glad we did… but let me tell you, as soon as we had our first anniversary, I was emailing the breeder we had picked out and getting the ball rolling, because I’d waited long enough! 😉 After months of emailing and calling back and forth, we finally settled on October as the month we’d get to bring home our puppy, decided on a little boy (because we heard they were calmer… we’ll see about that!), and the countdown began. On Labor Day morning, we drove to pick out the puppy we’d get to take home a month later. Since he was only a few weeks old, we couldn’t hold him yet… but lots of pictures were totally allowed. 🙂
We knew instantly that this little guy was ours! Looking back, I cannot even believe how tiny he was just over a month ago- it’s absolutely crazy to me. We scheduled a time to come back and see him again, and our breeder was amazing and sent us a few update pictures so that we could see how he was growing!
Two weeks later, we got to go back and visit him, and this time we could actually hold him. I don’t think I stopped smiling the entire time! We were moving this week, so we purchased all of his toys and supplies and they just sat there waiting until this week, when we could take him home. I set up his vet appointment and hoped the days would go by fast!
Fortunately, the days went by quickly, and on Monday morning, the longest month of my LIFE ended (I’m not dramatic at all), and we drove back one final time to pick up our little guy! Ahh!
And here we are, just a few days later! Goodness, these past few days have been kind of nuts getting used to an entirely new routine, but it has mostly just been so much fun. Oliver is so easy – so far! – and loves to play, cuddle, and SLEEP… this little guy naps for literally hours every afternoon! (Praise God!!!) He’s already picked out a favorite toy, he thinks walks are for playtime and nothing else, and he wants to be wherever we are at all times. Nighttimes have been pretty hard so far, but we’re sleeping through the night and just letting him cry for now! It’s been the most fun first week and we cannot wait for so many more sweet memories with Oliver as a part of our little family!
Thanks for following along with our little life, friends! If you have any tips for getting a puppy to sleep through the night, please leave them in the comments below… 😉
Xoo!
Caitlin & Luke
