It has been a busy time for Brian & I! After a nice trip back to Rochester, I came home and it was time to pick up our puppy Molly!! She is a 9 week old Australian Shepherd and is completely adorable.
We've had her here at home with us for 5 days now, and I keep finding myself saying:
She won't be a puppy forever.
Sometimes I say it to encourage myself:
The night she got me up every hour and a half insisting that she needed to go out? And the following exhausted day with her? She won't be a puppy forever!
The potty mistakes?? She won't be a puppy forever!
The constant "No Molly!"... She won't be a puppy forever!
When she tore my jeans this afternoon?? ... She won't be a puppy forever!
Other times, I say it with some sadness:
When I kiss her sweet little head covered in that soft puppy fur? She won't be a puppy forever.
When she sits in my lap and cuddles up? She won't be a puppy forever.
That awkward puppy walk, or her cute excited gallops? She won't be a puppy forever.
When she is eating dinner, and sits her butt down right in her water bowl? She won't be a puppy forever.
Sigh.
I really do love her.
There are moments where I find myself wishing away her puppy-ness, but I am trying to hold onto all those moments when she is being my sweet fluffy little buddy. Because the reality? She won't be a puppy forever. In fact, puppies don't stay puppies all that long. and before we know it she will be all grown up!
Change the word puppy to baby and I'm not sure how I did it. Twice! Pretty soon, you'll be wondering what the pain was all about! Love you guys!
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