What's In A Name

Two posts in one day...craziness right?  Well some of you caught my little "tease" (as Lili put it) in my last post about big doin's going on around here.

It seems that there will be the pitter patter of little paws around our house very soon...in just over 2 weeks to be exact!  The sweet little girl you see on the right in the photo above will soon be ours, and I'm SO excited...in case you haven't noticed!

Several of you have sent me emails asking how I worked my magic to get Mr. Tide to go from a resounding NO to a yes in just a few days.  Well the truth is he's a bigger sucker for dogs, or any animal, than I am. 

It took me a very long time to convince him (8 years to be exact) that we should have two dogs.  So you see he's no pushover!  But the fact is that Miss Kylee our Border Collie will be turning 10 in just a few months and Mr. Quinn is only 2.   

Last month, our dear sweet Miss Kylee was diagnosed with congestive heart issues, she's had a murmur since she was young and the thought of losing her had me in tears.  She is doing great now that we have her on 4 different medications, and we hope she will be with us for a very long time.  But we've talked about adding a third dog off and on for over a year, with me doing most of the talking...but still!  We like the idea of having Miss Kylee around to teach the pup some new tricks so to speak and for Quinn to have a companion a little closer in age for when the inevitable happens, which I hope is a long way off!!!

The other night after playing with my friend's sweet Rottie pups, I came home to find an email from Mr. Quinn's breeder Ann.  She had forwarded pictures to us of puppies sired by the same dog as Quinn...the ever handsome Finn McCool!  So that would mean that these pups would be half siblings to our very own Mr. Quinn!!

Fate?!  I think so.  I hadn't been looking at puppies, or even talking about puppies and then that very night when I had just played with puppies I open my in-box and shazam, there are 9 sweet puppy faces staring back at me saying...pick me, pick me!

It took a little fast talking, I won't lie.  I had to lay out a logical argument for my very logical husband.  I had to keep puppy pictures on my desktop 24/7 and say things like..."do you like this one's coloring or this ones's coloring?!"  And "isn't this one cute?!"  To which he would reply "are there any ugly puppies in the world?!"  But eventually he couldn't resist any more than I could.

It will be work...a puppy again, what am I thinking?!  But oh the rewards too!  If we were retired, traveled a lot, or our youngest dog was 10 this whole discussion would never have happened.  But because none of those things apply, and my husband and I work from home most days, it seems somewhat reasonable.  Hmm, I think I'm writing this down for later reference! ;-)

So....now for the hard part!  Not the housebreaking, the sleepless nights, having to manage 3 dogs on a walk, etc...It's time to pick out a name!!!  For my family this is always a challenge!  A daughter that loves the sweet names, a son that wants a wolf dog so he wants a strong sounding name, and me who just can't decide!  Mr. Tide waits for the dust to settle and then throws in his 2 cents.

I need your help!  Stare into that precious face above, remember she's an English gal from good strong stock, and help me pick a name...please I'm beggin' you!  Who knows which one we'll settle on, but I know that the more I have to choose from the easier my life will be!

I would love to hear what you think this sweet little girl's name should be!  I was already vetoed on my pick of Arwen...shortened to Wennie!