We took some family photos last week to use for a Christmas craft I’m planning but she was so bouncy she didn’t want to sit still for them XD

I can’t believe what a personality she’s developed in the last few weeks. The change from the terrified little puppy to the cuddly, bouncy girl is amazing.

She loves following me around and “helping” with things. We made the bed together the other day.

James’ Mum bought her the most adorable travel bag and she went in an started sleeping right away!

She’s not allowed to walk yet because she’s 1 vaccination short but she can come around in the case so we’re trying to socialise her early!

She is so spoiled, Kim gave her a new bed too which was adorable!!

Total love for this!! She has so many aunties who love her XD

I decided to needle felt her name on the strawberry but she wouldn’t get out of it! I ended up letting her go to sleep and doing it while she was in there >_<

She loves to play rough with James, he’s totally happy to have someone who doesn’t yell at him for trying to tickle them!

She’s grown and her coat is begining to change, I can’t wait to see what she looks like when she totally blows her coat!

And she has the cutest little butt ever with her piggy tail.

Her ears are finally starting to pop up too so she looks more like her brothers.

She has the most FANTASTIC faces!

Above all she loves to nap. It can be hard to take photos when she’s awake because she loves running around so I have 50 billion of Sleeping Lottie 😀

Things I’ve learned about Lottie:

• She loves playing with yarn
• She stretches like a cat
• She may actually be some kind of sneaky cat in disguise
• She learned toilet training much quicker than I thought she would!
• She is actually really smart and she loves practicing her tricks. She knows sit, lay down, shake, roll over, come, fetch and she’s learning heel, go to your strawberry and dance.
• She will chew ANYTHING.
• She only hates to be by herself when she knows someone else is home. She’s fine if we’re out but if we’re just in the other room she desperately wants to come hang out.
• She doesn’t care for this one specific ad on tv where a dog barks.
• She used to HATE getting her feet wet but now she washes her paws in her bowl and cleans them XD

Such a poser!

I wish I could get a good shot of her sitting so you could see how cute her underchin is, her white tummy makes her look like a fox!

Also zomg I can’t believe there are REAL Scooby Snacks! The box even said “safe for humans but not recommended” mwahahaha! I want to make my own!

Did I mention she loves napping the in the weirdest positions?

The progression of the laziest dog in the world:

She makes a great foot warmer too 😀

She is so cuddly, in fact so much so that most of the photos I try to take like this:

…end up like this when she tries to lick my ears XD

So 3 weeks on, is having a puppy what I expected? After reading so many horror stories and being VERY prepared it’s actually a lot better than I thought. Lottie has brought so much awesomeness into our lives and I couldn’t be happier with her.

Both James and I couldn’t be happier and I am SO SO SO excited for her to have her next shots so we can finally go out walking and to parks with her! I want to take her to the Botanical Gardens and watch her discover grass XD

And now as lots of people have pointed out I have to change my bio to “wants a puppy is a house cat” to “has the best puppy in the world”!!

It got to the point where I had given up looking because it was making me too sad. James kept looking though and one day on one of his sites this face and her two brothers came up:

It was around 10 at night and we’d had bad luck contacting people through this site before but James texted anyway. The owner replied we could come look at her after 5pm the next day. The place was 45minutes away so I frantically texted Celina and Kim to see if anyone could drive us. Not having a car really sucks sometimes but luckily Kim was free!

The next day we texted in the morning just to make sure she was still there (seriously it happened several times!) and the owner now said someone was coming earlier than 5pm to get her but if we could get there first she was ours.

ZOMG RACE!!!

I refused to get my hopes up again just in case.

We ran out to get supplies while again frantically texting Kim to see if she could come earlier. The travel cases I was planning on eventually buying were sold out so I had to settle for a plastic tray >_< It was pouring rain and we got completely soaked running to meet Kim. It turned out that was the day before the football finals and there was a parade going through the city blocking off several streets. 10 blocks sprinted in the rain later we made it to the car!

James called the people once more to let them know we were on the way and they said they were at home and wished us luck. They also offered to pick us up from the train station if we couldn’t get a ride which was very sweet!

So fast forward a 45minute car ride in which the GPS wouldn’t find the stupid street and we got slightly lost and we arrived!

I walked in the house and saw the 3 most beautiful puppies I’d ever seen. Two boys and one little girl. I spoke to the owners, saw photos of the parents and played with them for a while. She was the quietest and had the nicest temperament of the three, she was beautiful.

I had always wanted a girl  even though she was a bit over budget my choice was clear!

I went through the emotional roller coaster of having given up on getting a puppy to having the perfect puppy in our house in 15 hours.

The new addition came straight back into the car with us and into her… plastic tray with blankets XD

She was pretty scared and sad looking but she went straight to sleep on my lap.

45 minutes back and was introduced to her new home.

She was so timid, it took her a long time to get out of her tray.

when she finally did come out she went straight under the couch XD

Eventually she warmed up to us a little and found her feet. It took us all night (and a list of crossed out suggestions) but we named her Lottie. Lottie after a candy bar, a hotel and a character in the first book James and I read together. She totally looked like a Lottie.

Now Miss Lottie is much more bold!

She loves kisses and cuddles:

She loves napping, everywhere except her bed:

Especially in weird positions:

But she looooves cuddles.

She’s quiet and very smart for an 8 week old puppy.

Well she’s smart sometimes…

She’s not too sure about her harness yet… (she’s not allowed out on walks until she’s had all her shots but we’re taking “walks” around the house so she gets used to it)

Or her travel cage… which we did eventually find.

She didn’t like her first trip to the vet. Even if she was too small to microchip, she was big enough for her first vaccination XD The vets thought she was so cute they all came in to visit her while she was being weighed.

And she definitely didn’t like her first bath.

She has a cute little fox like face and her cream coat has white parts and a white chin, she’s totally a fluffy little fox.

It took her around 24 hours to claim her spot on my lap.

She even likes to blog with me!

It’s hard to take photos of her, she’s not good at camwhoring yet, most of them look like this XD

There are SO many more photos I want to post of her but I think this might already be pushing the limits of non-owner photo love XD

But seriously, she’s the cutest dog I’ve ever seen and I am completely in love with her.

She’s SO fluffy!

And this face ASDLFDKFDLKDG *DIES*

James welcomed her into the family by performing The Lion King… she wasn’t so impressed XD

But anyway before I get distracted by the photos again I just wanted to tell you guys how happy we are.

Thank you SO much for all of your messages. Thank you for all your stories about your dogs. Thank you for cheering me up when I was sad about this and THANK YOU FOR READING!

I hope you all love Lottie just as much as we do.

She’ll probably be on the blog quite a bit so I hope you love this face as much as I do. Videos are  totally coming soon too!

You’ll get to see her grow up with us and I know she’s going to be an amazing dog when she’s grown up.

Thank you all again… I have to go play with my puppy now!!!!!!!!!! <- Yes those exclamation marks are totally needed because I’m that excited.