Lainey

5 days after we got home from vacation, we got a dog. I know, we are insane. Long story short, one of Chris's clients needed to get rid of her 8 month old boxer and asked Chris if he wanted her. I was very reluctant and agreed to let her stay with us on a trial basis for a week and go from there. Needless to say, we love her to death and decided to keep her. Her name was "Lady", which we didn't care for, so we changed it to something close to that and named her "Lainey". She is doing great considering she was with two other dogs and has never been around kids. She is a work in progress, but pretty good. We were going to get a dog in a couple years anyway, so this is a little earlier than we planned on, but it is hard to pass up a free dog. I didn't want a big dog like a Lab because of their size and the shedding issue, although I love Labs, but I didn't want a small yappy dog either, and I also didn't want a dog that had much of a tail, because when those things get going and wacks your leg, it hurts! I wasn't interested in that with kids. So, a boxer is all of those things, so there you have it. I will have another baby in 3 months and he and Ali will be 12 months apart, and I will be home most of the time anyway, so why not add a dog into the mix of chaos!