She's Almost Here!

This past Memorial weekend, the boy and I made our last trip to Reedley to visit the little Miss Waffles. We will be bringing her home on June 7th! She has grown and changed SO much in the last 2 weeks! Her hair has gotten a little fluffier and curlier, her big booty continues to grow faster than her head, and she's so much taller! I guess a tall dog would only be fitting with a tall human. :P

Currently 4 lbs 1 oz. Up one pound since 2 weeks ago!

But the biggest difference we noticed? She's so much more active, and a bit of a bully to her other brothers and sister. Especially to poor little Henry, who is not only the runt of the group, but isn't her "real" brother as well. Henry was the only surviving pup from the 2nd litter that was born 5 days early. :( It's interesting that they know who their real brothers and sisters are.

Check her out in action here!

At 1:55, Waffles just totally mauls Henry to get attention from Eva. What a little meanie and not to mention, a little bit of an attention whore. "No no no! I want in on the movie! Mooooove!"

I'll be honest here and say that I had my moments of doubt with Waffles. I've never had an alpha dog, nor an active one like her. I was worried that she'd be too much for me to handle and that I wouldn't be able to be her pack leader and train her properly. I mean, we couldn't get her to sit still for 5 seconds to take a proper picture! I know that puppies usually play hard for an hour tops before getting exhausted, but Waffles?? Nope. Of course not. It took her about an hour and half. This is her afterwards, just completely exhausted:

She's finally toast!

I wonder if human parents go through this same initial freak out mode before bringing their baby comes out into the world. Do they wonder if they'll be good parents, or if their kid will be unruly and completely run the household? Do they get scared if they'll permanently scar and damage their kid? Did you ever want to forever keep the baby in your belly because of the fear of what the future may hold? Well... that was me in a nutshell. A couple of days prior of seeing Waffles, I wanted to love her from afar without the worries of being a good puppy momma. But thankfully, the boy did an awesome job of calming me down. He didn't sugar coat it and say that she'll be the perfectly calm pup that I hoped she would be, but we would be able to train her with professional help. And using my teacher voice and glaring will be certainly be put to good use as well! :P

We went to visit her one last time to see how she really is in person and it was instant love all over again! How can you not with this beautiful face of hers??

Look at her happy face! She loves getting her belly rubbed!

Pure love. The boy and Waffles sharing an emo moment together.

Only after playing will she sit still long enough to take a picture with momma.

I felt really guilty having those doubts take over my love for her. I am now super eager (again!) to bring her home and start our life together. I'm sure it will be filled with lots of hugs and kisses!!

Love you Waffles!!

The boy and I can't wait to bring her home!! :D