Our newest addition

Shawn and I welcomed a new member to our family earlier this week--Bella the puppy!

 

This is Bella with her toy Edward                    As you can see, Edward is indestructible

Jack is still not quite fond of her, but hopefully that will pass soon. Jack and Bella can at least be in the same room now--so that is improvement. Only when Bella runs up does Jack get really freaked out.

As for Shawn and me, we are enjoying her. Sometimes she is very calm and cuddly, and we really like those times. She is also pretty funny when she's being active.

 

She is from the Animal Protection Society of Durham. She and her brother were owner surrenders. Her brother already had an adoption pending when we went in, and we knew she shouldn't be all alone. Shawn was definitely more set on getting a dog than I was, but being the pushover that I am, we went to the shelter.

This all started because while we were in Virginia we got to play with Derrick and Shaunna's cute pit bull pup. They said we could take it with us (they rescued it from Florida) but we soon found that our homeowners insurance doesn't support people who have a dog that is any part American Pit Bull Terrier (they also don't allow Rottweilers, Chows or Huskies). We don't allow Huskies in our house either. :-) Just kidding.

Since we couldn't have Molly the pit bull pup, Shawn and my mom decided we should visit the shelter. The second I heard the idea I knew we would be getting a dog. We found a number of adorable ones, but this one just stood out to us, so we signed the papers. We had to wait four days while they did some routine care, but she has been home for two days now. She has had one trip to the vet and everything seems good. She is pretty playful, but she is also a cuddler, which is fun.

Here is a cute video of her playing with Edward (of course Bella would have an Edward to play with).