OK, this post has little to do with cancer, other than there is a lot of life to live outside of cancer! A year ago we had to put down our family dog Izzy, Sheri and I got her from the pound right after we moved back to Manson 17 years ago.
We told the kids we needed to wait two years before we got another dog. Fast forward to yesterday. We had visited Cooper and his brothers and sisters two weeks ago and fell in love! Yesterdays scans gave us the answer. Right after the doctor left the room Sheri and I high fived, hugged, then Sheri blurted out, we're gettin' a puppy! We were planning on puppy sitting the puppy (Cooper) as the Ireland's took the other puppies to their new owners in Seattle. Bryce and Alyssa knew we were going to puppy sit.....but they didn't know it would be their own dog! We had a tag made up with the name we had picked out as a family for our future dog....Cooper. When we arrived Cooper had his tag on. Bryce asked Mrs. Ireland, "what is the dog's name?" She said "Cooper." He then frankly replied, "oh, we're going to have a dog named Cooper in a year." I chimed in "Buddy, this is Cooper, this is our dog." The looks on their faces...."really daddy?".......Really, really.
That'll do Cooper, that'll do.
Looking up.....and living life!
Brett and Sheri
2 comments:
SO CUTE!!!! The kids, the puppy, how you introduced them ... what an awesome moment!
That is the cutest dog - and what a great example of enjoying every little moment.
Lucky Cooper to have you guys for his family!
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