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YESTERDAY WAS THE DAY!!!
the day i have been waiting for since DECEMBER 28!!!
this is how the story goes....

sometime in november/december i was in hobby lobby in olathe kansas (yes weird that i remember this) when i recieved a phone call from my mother saying they had a new dog.
a black lab to be percice.
she said that this dog showed up at their house one day and was the sweetest thing around.
i was like ahhhh ok.  we will see how this goes.
eventually i recieved a text saying that my mother thought that Sadie (the new dog) was prego.
go figure right.
well long story short.  sadie had 14...YES 14 puppies.  the runt clifford died, but the rest survived.
i was told i could pick one out and could have it!!!
well at this time we were living in a one bed room apartment in olathe kansas and it was totally unrealistic for me to have a puppy.
regardless, we went home to iowa for new years and i finally got to meet the puppies.  they were all "labeled"  with ribbon colors so they could tell them apart.
and guess what...the one i picked was wearing a green collar.
surprise!

this was baby Green the day i met her.  (about a week old)

so i claimed this little girl as mine and was determined to get her.  at this point our plan was to move out of our apartment in late july and HOPEFULLY move into a town house or duplex, at this point we would have a smallish yard and would be able to have a dog!  YAY

this was baby "g" in mid march with her family :)

well quickly the plans shifted and we received opportunities that brought us right back to our home town.
in a house.
with a yard
so i was THRILLED because these plans fell in place mid march.  which meant by graduation i should have my puppy.
well that quickly changed when i received a text from my mother saying that baby g had an open wound on her front leg and was not putting weight on it. 
so G went to the vet and was put in a cast and a lampshade.
diagnosis - 2 broken toes and an infected wound.  how you ask  - yes these next words are true...she was stepped on by a steer (cow)
sad. but that is a farm dog for you.

this is baby G with her cone.  poor girl

so we made the big move back to iowa and i was more than anxious to have G home.
FINALLY yesterday she went to the vet for a check up and we got the word that she would be CAST AND CONE FREE.  (mr. D did not want to deal with the cast and cone and house training in the new home so she was still with my parents until then)
so yesterday we made the trip to go pick up our puppy.
i was a little more than excited

she was very content in the kennel on the way home from the vet

look at that tongue

she laid right down next to daddy as soon as we got home

 we were very nervous about how tate would react to G.  i have witnessed a cat become a dungeon kitty because of dogs in the home. and i was not willing to loose tate like that.
i would not say they are in love yet...BUT they are making progress.

G was sleeping and tate came and laid behind her

she inched herself forward slowly and would touch G's back

she was being very confident

G never even noticed. i think it was a big step for tate

this is basically where G lives now.  she is such a relaxed puppy and just loves her pillow we got her

this rug is also her favorite! she sleeps here while iam in the kitchen

the leg on the left is the one that was in a cast for 6 weeks. 
it is now very floppy due to lack of muscle development.
we are working with her and she has been putting weight on it. 
soon it will be back to normal!

 so after all of that...i introduce to you baby   GEO
that is right.  geo.  no. not geo metro.

so now to explain how she received this name. 
over spring break me and Mr D. took a trip to mesa arizona to watch some cubs spring training. (we are fans)
we had just seen baby G the day before we left for the trip, so now i had become obsessed with picking a REAL name for her instead of green.
while sitting at the game i turned to mr d and said "ok the next person to hit a home run, that is who we will name the dog after"
i really wanted to dog to have a G name, because i like saying G!
BAh.  so next at bat was ...this guy

geovany soto

GEOVANY SOTO.  the chicago cubs catcher.  and go figure...home run.
so that was that.  now we have GEO
she is the MOST chill dog ever. and i already am in love with her. 
she is spoiled rotten already. 
we got her a brand new pink collar along with a green leash.
she has not had any accidents in the house yet.  but she does pee a little when she gets excited.
but she is a puppy so who can blame her?!

she is beautiful

 so as you can tell iam VERY happy to have her home. and am glad she is adjusting very easily to her new home!
i will keep updates on her for sure!

we know for sure that she is half black lab, the other half we are still confused about.  until yesterday we thought it was rottweiler because she for sure looks like it.  until our friend brought up that she looks like a german Shepard.  so what do yall think?  we need help on this one!  


until another day
dueces