Great News

Life is pretty great right now. Boston is home and adjusting very well. He's so playful and fun, but he also loves to sleep! The really great news is that Ben got a job!!! He had 4 interviews for a position that he really wanted, and yesterday they told him they wanted to extend him an offer. The offer came today and he's meeting with someone from HR tomorrow to formally accept it. We are so excited! His first day will be May 4.

God is good. Thanks for all your prayers and support these past few months - they are much appreciated.

Tomorrow...

this little guy is coming home with us!!!

Surprise, Surprise

Well... I'm in a little bit of shock right now. We just found out that Mango is a HE, not a SHE!!! The breeder just sent me an email feeling so horrible and embarrassed. On the original birth paperwork, our puppy was marked as male. However, when she emailed me after the birth, she accidentally referred to him as a "she" and then in our writing back and forth, it just got stuck in her mind that it was a girl. The breeder handles the puppies every day, but has about 17 of them and it just never registered to her that she had told me incorrectly (since male puppies don't raise their leg to pee until they are older anyway). When she measured him today, she thought "wow, she's measuring big for a girl" and double-checked... that's b/c it's a boy!

She feels absolutely awful and contacted me right away to see if we wanted to change our mind. It really didn't matter to us either way. When we were going to get a puppy from the first litter, it was going to be a boy. We just fell in love with the little face and can't wait to have a puppy in our home.

So... now the dilemma is a name again! Mango is a little too girly. We're thinking Boston. Do you guys like that or have other suggestions?

Ahhh!!! I don't like surprises :P.

Randoms

Nothing too exciting has been going on lately (hence, the lack of posts), but I also don’t know where time is going.

We went to Ann Arbor this past weekend to visit Jesse and Julie (Ben’s brother and his wife). We had a great time hanging out and playing games… basically being lazy. We played lots of Settlers, Ticket to Ride, and learned a fun new game: Bohnanza.

Mango is the final name for our puppy. I really liked Nala too, but couldn’t decide, so I told Ben he could pick. Only a week and a half til we get to pick her up!

I won a healthy habits drawing at work and won my choice of a stationary bike, recumbent bike, or stair stepper. I chose the stationary bike. I was excited – I never win anything.

I have the day off on Friday. I’m so looking forward to it. I haven’t had a day off since New Years. Yay for long weekends.