Puppy love!!

On October 14, 2009 a new member joined the Memmott family!  We got a little miniature american eskimo puppy who is just to DIE FOR.  She is sooo dang cute.  After many times of telling Ryan he had the choice between a puppy or a baby (which is definitely an empty threat because I am far from being ready for a baby...I knew which one he would choose though haha) he finally gave in and said we could get a dog for my birthday.  However, yesterday (during my oh-so-productive work hours) he kept asking what kind of dog I would want, and so I started looking on KSL for puppies for sale.   Ryan and I originally wanted a massive, huge slobbery horse of a dog, but seeing as our backyard and house isn't equipped to support such a beast, we decided to start off a little smaller.  Ryan sent me an ad for litte cottonball-ish puppies that were just the cutest things I had ever seen.  I called the lady right away and set up a time to go look at them, thinking in my head that it wasn't my birthday yet, and we would just look....that is, until we actually saw them.  Right then plans changed drastically, and seeing Ryan cuddle that little fluffy thing made just looking out of the question.  We ended up buying her right then and coming home with a puppy that night!

Naming her proved a difficult task.  Snowball, fluffy, cottonball and sugarpuff seemed properly descriptive yet too generic, so we started going down the product path with names like Downy or Charmin (I personally liked Charmin, after the super soft toilet paper hahaha), but none of those names seemed right either.  Finally, since she is a little eskimo, Ryan started brainstorming Alaskan things and suggested Juneau.  It stuck right away and I think its the perfect name.  Here's some pictures of Juneau in all her cuteness :)

She's just a baby and has spent most of her time sleeping so far.  Last night everything was kind of new and freaking her out, and she would always try to find something to hide under (like the pillows on our bed).  Today she is much more energetic and hilarious.  She loves her little box and always wants to be in there to sleep.  Its funny to watch her try to climb in there by herself.