The calm before the storm....the Egloff's are getting a puppy

Molly with Joe 5 weeks

 This is Molly, the cocker spaniel puppy I haven't even met yet, but I am completely in love with.  My husband, Joe, and my stepson, Kyran, went to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to meet her while Anna and I had the stomach flu.  Yes we were plagued with that awful fast moving, feel like you are going to die, virus details of which have been locked and sealed never to be shared with another soul.

I digress back to the puppy.  So I had picked out a girl that I thought was cute and wanted Joe to check her out.  After he met all three girls he and Kyran decided on this shy little girl.  Joe said it reminded him of of when we picked out Emma, our rat terrier.  We walked up to this pen of puppies and this herd of them came running up to the fence and in the back was our little Emma. Her litter mates were jumping up the fence as if saying "Pick me!!  Pick me!!" and in the back Emma flopped down like Eeyore "Here I am. You're not going to pick me but..."

Molly 5 weeks

So Joe told me Molly was just like that.  Her sisters were jumping all over Kyran and Joe and little Molly just laid there.  Joe said that's how he knew she was the one.  On their way home Joe and Kyran figured out the name Molly and it was one of the ones the girls and I were talking about.

Molly 7 weeks

She is playful

Joe had to take a class in Cedar Rapids where he had to stay down their all week.  On a night he didn't have anything to do he took a little side trip to see our new girl.  As you can see she is growing by leaps and bounds. Waiting for her to become available is like waiting for a real baby to be born.  Any other animal we have gotten it was a spontaneous decision, and let me tell you we have made plenty of those.   We currently have three cats and our dog Emma.

The entertainment in our house, a laser pointer

Emma is almost nine, then we have Oliver (6) a beautiful long haired black cat the girls and I picked out at the Human Society in Waterloo.  Then we added (fat) Lily (5) to the group, she is on antidepressants to keep her from peeing on the rug in the laundry room.  No, I'm serious, apparently she is traumatized from a bladder infection and these anti-depressants keep her peeing in the cat box.  (fat) Lily is also on a diet because she was tipping the scales at whopping 18 pounds, when she runs down the hall her fat sways to and fro.  We feed the "herd" at 9 and 9 and the will remind you when it is time.

Last but not least we have Knoxville.  The kitten we found wandering around Marion County Park in Knoxville, Iowa when we were camping three years ago.  It was about to storm so I gave this sweet baby shelter in our pop up camper, for three days.  I was planning on re-homing him....but he is now an Egloff.

So to say the least our already interesting life is about to get that much more interesting.  We haven't had a puppy for almost nine years.  I'm not sure we are prepared for the sleepless nights of crate training or the potty training and let's not forget the million accidents on the floor.  But Joe and I decided now was the time, before we got new carpet and reupholstered our furniture, let's get the puppy stage over with.  Plus we have kids old enough to help.  So say a little prayer and think of us Saturday night when the Egloff's are getting ZERO sleep.

What is your experience with a new puppy?