Komarnicki Kids

On Saturday, June 9, we made our weekly trip to the local farmers' market. As we were walking around, the kids spotted the bouncy house that is sometimes there, so they went over and got in. Right next to it were 3 little black lab puppies that needed homes.  I held one of the females and was attached instantly. I'm not sure why because I've held plenty of puppies recently when we go to the shelter and take donations.  Maybe the time never felt right.. I don't know. We've talked about getting another dog ever since losing Sassy in September 2010. I think we are definitely a 2 dog kind of family! But, like I said, the time never felt right.

Anyway, I held the little girl for awhile and then put her back into the pen. Addison and Fischer held her too, of course. We talked about how we couldn't get a puppy because we were leaving for the beach the next day. So, we left with the phone number and said we'd call when we got home from the beach to see if she was still available.

We went about our day but we kept thinking about the puppy. We wanted to see her again that day to see if we still felt like we wanted her. So Scott called and we ended up going to see her again that afternoon. However, she had already gone home with someone else. But there was 1 female left, and she was just as cute and I was just as attached to her right away. :) So, the lady said she'd keep her until we got home from the beach if we wanted to pick her up then. So, we paid our $50 and said we'd see her on Wednesday, when she would be 7 weeks and 1 day old!

She was the smallest (and apparently the calmest) of the litter, so it was good she'd be spending a few extra days with her mom anyway. The woman isn't 100% sure who the daddy dog is (this is what happens when dogs are kept outside and not fixed!!) but most of the dogs around there are black labs so we are all fairly sure she is pure lab. But if she isn't, we don't really care. We weren't in search of a lab, specifically anyway! Here she is on June 9, when we decided that we did want her.

I had a few second thoughts on our vacation but none big enough to change our minds... Here we are a week later and things are going pretty well! It took our entire vacation but we finally decided on the name Lucy for our new addition! I will post more pictures of her soon, but here are a few from her homecoming day, on Wednesday, June 13. Scott took her to the vet that same afternoon and she weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces!