Cute and Cuddly Overload!

Yesterday Nick and I traveled up to Sheffield to pick out our brand new little bundle of joy - a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy!  We've been looking into getting a dog for a long time now, going to shelters, doing internet research - and it's finally happened!  I was disappointed that we couldn't get a shelter dog because I always loved volunteering at The Anti-Cruelty Society in Chicago, but we just couldn't find what we were looking for in the shelters here.

So yesterday we went to the breeder's home, a lovely newlywed couple, and we were the third to pick from a litter of seven.  That made the task VERY difficult.  Five adorable puppies and we had to choose just one?!

The parents were both family pets so we got to meet both mom and dad.  The mother was a very gentle and sweet girl - absolutely beautiful dog, while the dad was a bit boisterous - but considering the fact that seven puppies with sharp puppy teeth were mistaking his wiener for a an extra nipple... we couldn't really blame him.

We finally narrowed it down to two medium tempered puppies, one boy and one girl, and we decided to go with the girl based on the fact that the breeders said they were generally easier.  Since this is Nick's first dog, and my first dog without parental supervision, we thought this was best.

Isn't she the cutest thing ever?

I don't know what it is about puppies but they just make me want to talk in an annoying high pitched cooing voice and squeeze them.  They're so much cuter than human babies.  I look like an evil puppy stealer in this picture - I just want to take her home!

Nick likes all kinds of small furry animals.  He always wants to put them on his head for some reason....  I told him this was strange and they wouldn't let us have her if he did that.

Luckily he managed to restrain himself and we are taking her home on January 13th.  We are very excited to be puppy parents.  Right now the breeders are calling her Marlene - but we're not really a fan of this.  Since she's a German Shorthaired Pointer we wanted to give her a German name.  I think we're going to call her Heidi.  What do you think?