We had a furry friend join our family yesterday.  Jessie has upgraded from her plastic pup to a bonafide, adorable, sweet, little pooch.  Though a birthday gift for me, our intent is for this precious, approximately 7 month old male Maltipoo mutt to grow to be Jessie’s buddy.  He was rescued by a girl named Jessica a couple weeks ago and we feel honored that she chose our family to adopt this beloved dog.

Jessica, the girl who rescued him.

 

On our drive home from picking him up, he sat almost the entire ride in Jessie’s lap, content as could be. Since arriving home he has been our sidekick, prancing around the house with us, climbing in my lap whenever given the opportunity, and snuggling in bed with Jessie.  We feel like we could not have found a better dog for our family!

Here are some things Jessie said within the first couple hours of bringing him home:

“I’ll teach him to climb the bridge and he’ll go down the swirly slide.  He likes the slide, I think.  Would he like to swing?  He could go in the baby swing with the leg things!”

When we walked into the house with the dog for the first time, Jessie was intent on helping the dog understand his surroundings, “That’s a high chair, that’s a refrigerator, that’s the stairs, that’s a stool, that’s a cupboard…”

“Can he take a nap with me?”

“When do we get to give him a bath?”

“When do we put clothes on him?  Does he have daytime clothes and nighttime clothes?”

“Can we give him pigtails?”

“Can you read a book to us?  To him and me?”

And first thing I heard Jessie say when she woke this morning, “I want my doggy and my mommy!”  I guess the dog has already taken top billing. 🙂

We have yet to name him, but I am sure it won’t be long ‘til this little fella is christened.

Jessie loved feeding him!

Already a pro!