Awaiting Molly's arrival

We went to Grand Rapids this week to meet Molly. She is 6 weeks old and we get to bring her home in 2 weeks. Unfortunately,Andy and Blake did not get to meet Molly because they were held up on a camping trip up north. So Colin and I met her. She is so cute,and very active. Now,we are so excited to get her and can't wait to have her home. The boys and I have done a little shopping this week. We have Molly's collar and leash,a few toys,a dog tag,and a few of Zack's things. We are using Zack's water/food bowls and a few toys that we still had plus his dog crate. We bought a kiddie pool for Molly to play in the water. I can't wait to see her in that!

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On April 16,2012 we put our 14.5 year old black lab down. It was the hardest thing I've done and on my birthday to make it even worse. Zack was my engagement ring. Andy was too nervous to get a ring for me (in case I didn't like it) so he got me a 6 week old black lab and we picked the ring out together later. Zack was also our first "baby",and he certainly was treated that way. Zack was about 5 when our first son,Blake was born. Our kids have known Zack their whole life. It has been so difficult without Zack. We miss him so much and still talk about him almost every day. When we started talking about another dog (almost right away) Andy was not ready. He wanted to wait until next summer to get a puppy. The kids and I were ok with ANY dog but we did not want to wait until next summer. After much discussion we decided we should get a labradoodle because of Colin's allergies. I started doing research. I found a couple of breeders with available puppies. However,I was drawn to only ONE puppy,Molly. I found Molly at www.elegantpuppies.com and she was available July 2. Perfect,since we would be coming home from our vacation July 6. I finally called the breeder. I felt so confident talking to Laurie about her dogs. She knew what she was doing,it was obvious. Even though Laurie was going to send me more pictures and a video so I could see Molly and make a decision,I put the deposit down before Laurie sent me the pictures and video. When we got the video,we all fell in love with Molly.