It's Official!

Molly came home with us today,she's ours. We were on vacation for the week and to say that the kids (and I) were in anticipation all week,waiting for this day,would be an understatement. We did manage to have a great time but not a day went by that we did not mention Molly. I woke up today much earlier than I had all vacation. Most of the week I slept until 9:00 (one day until 10:00) but today I was up at 6:00 am. I was packed and ready to go by 8:00. We finally got on the road about 10:30,stopped for lunch and arrived at our destination by 2:00. The kids were so excited to get her and Blake was even more excited because he had never met her. Since Colin had to chance to meet her when she was 6 weeks old the agreement was that Blake would be able to hold her for most of the ride home (2 hours.)We stopped twice,once for gas and once because I had to go. Both times Molly drank water and went potty. (It was 100 degrees today,by the way.) The rest of the time she slept in the car,on Blake's lap. HE was in heaven and Colin was a little jealous but handled it well. When we got home we walked her around the yard to let her check out her new yard. We took her inside to check that out and she was very curious and happy,just wagging her tail the whole time. We never left her and the kids just loved playing with her. She loves to follow you around when you walk to another room so you have to be careful if you leave to go somewhere else in the house. Sometimes you don't realize she is right at your heals. I had a hard time getting the kids to bed tonight and now Andy has fallen asleep next to the dog kennel. Molly is sleeping peacefully and I think I'll just let Andy stay put so he can get up with her if she needs to go out. By the way,Andy usually falls asleep in the basement in front of the nicer TV. Tonight he just happens to be upstairs,in the family room with the old TV.