Can You Tell What This Is?

Lyric always follows me around, and if she leaves my side (which is rare) it's almost always to do something naughty.  Anyway, a while ago I was packing and getting ready to leave town for my brother's wedding.  After a while I realize Lyric is missing, and upon finding her I see that she has managed to fit an entire hanger around her body.  Instead of running (her typical response when she has stolen something), she just sits and stares at me, stuck and guilt ridden, as if she knew there was no way out of this without momma's help!  Ah, I love my pup.

She hasn't touched a hanger since.

Joy

is what this puppy has brought into our lives the last two weeks. There have been some scary moments as well, but joy threaded through it all. Lyric is finally in the clear as far as her health goes--we were unsure for a while if she would recover from her bronchitis. 4 vet visits (yeah, 4 visits in a week and a half) and two antibiotics later she is cough-free! Thank you, Lord! We can erase pneumonia as a possibility and no longer listen to her pitiful, painful cough. Poor baby.

We have waited 6 years for this puppy, and she was totally worth the wait. She is everything we wanted...smart, snuggly, sweet, friendly, playful...just a treasure to have in our home. I have always been a dog-lover but had no idea how much I would love having one all to myself! Ahhh, the bliss. Some of my favorite things...

• She follows us around everywhere we go, and loves to lay on our feet when we are working in the kitchen. My heart melts every time she does it.
• Her favorite toy is a little lamb we call Lambie, who she always carries around with her and loves to squeak. Bunny is a close second. Thanks to her puppy grandmas, she has many toys to carry around and squeak.
• She is brilliant. Seriously. She has already learned to sit, lay down, kiss, give a high five, go to her bed, get on the towel (especially nice for rainy days) and is learning to roll over. Oh, and she is potty trained too. YES! I am convinced that by the time she is 12 weeks she will know the entire alphabet and be able to cook as well.
• Her favorite treat (recommended by the breeder) is Honey Nut Cheerios. Mommy and Daddy are very grateful for her cheap (and necessarily so) taste. Way to go, Lyric! You are a ministry pup through and through!
• She has the cutest little puppy face we have ever seen, and she knows how to work those precious green puppy eyes when she has done something wrong.
• She is a snuggler. She especially loves to snuggle after bath time, or before we put her in her kennel for the night. We have a routine...let her out, snuggle, put her to bed. If you know Adam and I well, you know we are snugglers...she fits right in, and we love it.One of her favorite things is to be rocked in our arms like a baby while we rub her little belly.
• She has a special love for her daddy's socks, and frequently sneaks them when I am in the laundry room. Yes, it is naughty, but still pretty stinkin' cute. This is only a real problem when she chomps into the socks while daddy is still wearing them.
• Every morning I let her out and feed her before Adam gets up (he takes the middle of the night shift, so I am happy to wake up before him!!). After she eats she goes and sits outside our bedroom door waiting for him to come out. It is so precious.
• She has the softest fur, and it fluffs up after her bath making her look like a little puff ball. He hair sticks up on her head, and we enjoy laughing at her and her little mohawk. If you saw our Christmas card 2 years ago, then you know like daddy like daughter.
• We (ok, me) already have nicknames for her. Liri, Lili, Lyrical...my favorite is when she is in trouble and I use her entire name in a serious voice, "Lyric Melody Watson!!" Yes, her middle name is Melody. Come on, we couldn't resist!
• She looks like a little wet rat when we bath her. It is hilarious how she puffs right up afterwards.

Snuggle time after her bath

The post-bath mini mohawk :)

Our Song Has a New Lyric

Hi everyone, guest blogger Adam here.  I wanted to write and explain all the incredibly cute pictures you are about to see.  After about 5 years of holding off the urge to get a puppy, we caved.  I have bad allergies to most things you can imagine, so I haven't wanted to "contaminate" the house with stuff that would make me miserable.  But Laura just really wanted something to cuddle and even I think puppies are just too darn cute.  We went to check out the cockapoo breeder and we quickly deemed the little suffering worth it.  We had a couple of choices of puppies, but it quickly became obvious which one was right for us.  The three puppies were playing with each other a lot, but one kept leaving the pack and coming over to cuddle with us.  She kept laying next to me and snuggling up to me.  She knew how to work it. I even stuck my nose in her fur and didn't sneeze (breakthrough!).  So we chose her and she chose us.  Money changed hands and we drove home with a new little furry bundle.  After just a few days, we are totally taken with her, and I don't even mind the 3 am potty trip 'cause she's so cute when she's half awake.  We think she's brilliant of course since she is already potty training and responding to "No" and her name.  We named her Lyric, in honor of her musician parents.  

P.S. 

We found out today that she has tracheo bronchitis (kennel cough), which can be dangerous for puppies, but we caught it early.  So please pray for her to recover.  It's ironic that she has bronchitis since Laura and I get that at least once a year as a rule.  We're not as cute when we cough up snot, though.  

Choosing our pup

She's the one!  Snuggling with Adam after wooing him.

Lots and lots of kisses :)

Time to go home for the first time!

Whew, what a day!