our new puppy

Perhaps my newest pinterest board tipped you off:

Or if you follow me on instagram, maybe this photo gave away our surprise:

Yep. We finally did it.

We got a dog.

Our family grew this christmas and now includes this sweet pup:

He’s a black labradoodle {labrador retriever + standard poodle} and cute as can be.

We are maybe a little crazy to add a puppy into our lives right now, but we’ve been talking about it for a while – actually a few years.  We always said we would wait until our baby was not a baby and since she’ll be three next month {what?!}, we figured the time was now.

So far, our Atlas {named after Ryan’s favorite book} is a great puppy – frisky at times, but mostly mellow and happy.

You’ll undoubtedly see much more of the puppy here and on instagram – I’m a smitten mommy.