Chad and Courtney

We've been thinking of getting a dog for a while. The kids have been begging for years, and our cat died a year ago. On a whim, we started looking on all the pet adoption websites and visiting a couple of shelters. One shelter happens to be about 5 min away, so I started going every few days to see what new dogs had become available. One day we found a little lab, retriever mix that we liked. We knew another family was interested, so we decided to get there first thing the next morning to adopt her. Of course that was one of the few days my kids (who make 3 really good 7 am alarm clocks) let me sleep in. The other family had left with the dog 30 min before I got there. We were a little bummed, but it worked out. Because about a week later, we found this little guy! He's super cute, sweet, snuggly, eager to please, playful, and all around a great little pup :) The shelter thinks he's a sheltie mix, and he is about 7 months old. It took us about 3 days to finally name the little guy. We each had our favorites.  Kayson wanted Zack, Ella wanted Shadow, I wanted Charlie, and Chad wanted Milo. Milo was the only one that everyone liked. I had my reservations because that is my grandpa's name. It's still a little weird for me, but in the end, we went with Milo. It fits him really well. Although I'm sure I'll get some interesting reactions from my family ;)

So, here is our little Milo pup!