OUR NEW FAMILY MEMBER! (8.23.08)

MEET LUCY CAROLINA MORGAN

Lucy is our newest family member! As many of you know, we lost our sweet Ali over a year ago. She was the sweetest doggie and we miss her dearly. For some time now Isaiah has been asking daily when we could get another dog. I think Brian and I both just felt like we weren't ready. So, we decided it was time to fulfill his request and also felt like we were "ready" to love another animal. So, we went to the local animal shelter earlier this week and saw LOTS of dogs. I mean they had A LOT of dogs! Well over 100 for sure. There were so many we just couldn't pick one from another. So we decided to go back again for another look. We had spotted a boxer mix that we really liked named Hazel. She was super cute but when we got to play with her yesterday she seemed afraid of us so we knew she wasn't the right one for us. Brian spotted Lucy in a cage sitting quietly and said, "Look at her ears - she's cute - let's get her out!" We took her outside and LOVED her. She played with us, Levi pulled on her ears and she didn't even notice so we knew she was perfect. She is a Lab/Hound mix, a female obviously, she is about 1 year 9 months old - DOB listed as November 2006 so she is almost 2. She is very, very sweet and gentle and has adjusted so well to being here at our house. She already loves the backyard but her favorite spot is on the couch looking out the window. The craziest thing of all is that she was taken in to the shelter as a stray dog in Feb of this year. We couldn't believe she could be at the shelter for that long. Poor girl - it was her time to find a family. That also gave us some comfort knowing that animals there are not just there for a few days and then - you know "sent to doggie heaven"! I guess that is the most heartbreaking thing of all when you go in there is to think that some of those animals will never walk out with a family. But as Brian said, we can only rescue one at a time! Lucy is already wearing an ALABAMA dog collar that we must have had for Ali but never used. She looks like she fits right in to our family! YEAH - we are so excited to have Lucy as part of our family now!

Funny thing is that when we went to the shelter the first time, we basically said, no black dogs and no labs. We just didn't want a dog that was like Ali. We just thought it would be best for us to venture out and find another kind of dog, I guess so it didn't feel like we were replacing Ali. But after looking over 100's of dogs, we choose a dog that is a lab mix just like Ali. I guess some people are just attracted to certain kinds of dogs and that must be our thing. At any rate, we are super excited about her. The boys both are loving her lots. Levi just laughs at her, it is so cute! And she did perfect last night in her crate. We just can't believe how great she has done adjusting to being here after being at the shelter for so long! Enjoy a few more pictures below. I will try to take one of her and the boys too.