The Pitter Patter of Little Feet

We have a new addition to the family. It's a GIRL!!! Her name is Daisy. I have always loved that name and am so excited that I finally get to use it!

Let me tell you all about her. She is about three months old with hair the color of the perfectly cooked golden campfire marshmellow. She has beautiful large dark eyes - so beautiful. I love to hear those little feet prance around the house. Walking at three months? It's true, she's been walking within days of being born. Here's a photo of her:

Daisy!

Isn't she so dang cute? We think so. We got her last Saturday. It was really a fluke. Mykie and I went to Famous Footwear to look for some new tennies for her tootsies. We couldn't find any in the price range we were given by the new budget nazi so we decided to walk down to Michaels for some needed ribbon, but to walk to the craft store we had to walk right past PetSmart. They were having National Pet Adoption Weekend so Mykie and I went in to see the cute dogs and cats. We walked back past the kittys and straight to the dogs. There were about 9 dogs there with some great "foster pet parents" and Daisy (a.k.a. Tilly). She looked up at us and Mykie and I were hooked. She was such a little lover. She wanted to cuddle and as soon as you put her down she wanted to play.

It took a little coaxing on our part, but soon Mike was agreed that we should bring her home. We've been looking for a little doggie for a bit now, but we haven't found that one special doggie. In fact, that was just what I wanted was a doggie, not a puppy. We tried to get one in December, but we weren't successful at the Humane Society. But we got a winner with Daisy.

Not everyone agreed on Daisy as a name. In fact, one of the suggestions for a name was Kit Kat and they would call her "Kitty" for short. I nixed that one right away. Holy cow, she's already small, let's not give her another complex!

She is doing pretty well in the potty training dept. We're still working on it. She's been pretty good on taking walks although in the beginning of every walk it's like pull starting a lawn mower. As soon as you pull a little, give her a little slack, then she'll start walking. She does put on the brakes for a few things like car noise, someone walking towards us, someone working in their garage....etc. I just pick her up (she only weighs about 5 lbs, maybe even 3 lbs) and carry her for a bit until we do the jump start/lawn mower thing again.

Well, I guess that she is really a replacement creature for Tyler that is going to leave us in less than two months. It actually came to light the other day when Tyler was complaining about the lack of energy Daisy was showing when he was trying to play with her. We were still kicking around the final name for her. Tyler said, "She doesn't do anything. She just lays there and looks at you." I said, "Should we name her Tyler?"

She's crate trained so that makes bedtime a little easier, she knows what's coming.