Welcome Home Scout!

We are so excited to have a new member of the family! We picked up Scout this morning in Lodi from the breeder. We met her at a Wendy's parking lot in Lodi (since she was from Fresno). She was waiting with him on a leash when we got there, and right away we thought he was the cutest thing we'd ever seen! She had all his paperwork, some treats and toys, and gave us some advice, then we loaded him in the car and headed home. He sat in my lap almost the whole way there. He cried and whimpered alot in the beginning (which totally sounded like a hyena laughing-- it was hillarious!) but then settled down. When we stopped at the gas station, I gave him a treat for being so good. About 20 minutes later I regretted it because the treat came back up- yes, he threw up in my lap! Both my mom and Mike's mom told me "Welcome to parenthood". Haha. The rest of the trip went much better.

We got home and Scout showed us what a bundle of energy he is! He loves jumping on us and licking us, which is cute since he is a puppy but we'll have to train him not to. He explored the house and seemed very independent and comfortable right away. He "discovered" things by putting everything in his mouth right away (we will have to work on this one!) He didn't mind his kennel and ate in it right away, then took a nap. We played in the yard, and he is so cute how he pounces still when he runs around. He already loves frisbees-- Mike is planning on making his a frisbee champion already. Already, Scout is an escape artist and squeezed through the fence into the neighbors yard and plopped down on their grass. Mike had to drag him by the tail to get him back into our yard! Finally, he took a took a nap (thus, Mike thought he should do the same, of course). Now Mike is outside with him trying to teach him how to play hockey with a tennis ball. He is doing pretty good! He likes to pick up the tennis ball- though it barely fits in his mouth!

I am going to LOVE having a little puppy, and hopefully I will love him even more when he gets big. Here are some pictures of Scout.