Bringing Home Baby

Isn't that the name of a tv show? Maybe? Well, we got to bring home OUR baby and it was such a great moment in our lives. Ellen finished her student teaching (in a 2nd grade classroom) on a Friday in April and that night we drove to TN. We stayed with our fabulous friends Matt & Aubrey and the next day drove to the breeder's to pick up our baby and BRING HER HOME!!!!

Penny instantly loved us. No joke, she warmed right up and was not sad about leaving the breeder, which made us feel really good inside.

She is bound to be a model, she posed for every picture.

Penny weighed about 4 pounds when we brought her home on Saturday, April 3, 2010.

She did OKAY in the car. It was a 5.5 hour drive from the breeder's house in TN to our house in Atlanta and it ended up taking a good 7+ hours. Sweet Penny threw up 4 times within the first 30 minutes. It was a mix of emotions, new people, car sickness, and anxiety. Poor baby. And it was VERY difficult to find "clean" places for her to potty on the way home since she wasn't supposed to touch public surfaces until she had received all her shots. It was a ROUGH car ride home, but once we finally got her to sleep in our arms, it was smooth sailing. Needless to say, we don't think we'll be doing any long car trips with Penny anytime soon...

We got home and introduced her to our backyard. She LOVED it. And we are SO glad we have a fenced in yard for her to play in and not have to watch her every move.

It was a LOOOOONG day for Penny (and us!) and she was tuckered out. We tried to introduce her to the crate and instead she climbed up on Brian's back and fell asleep snuggled up with him. So sweet.