Bright spot in the week

We had unexpectedly lost one of our dogs in July and had talked about getting a puppy at some point to keep the remaining dog company. Some friends of ours ended up with a large litter of puppies last month and Sawyer has now chosen one to bring home! The father was boxer-mix and the mother is a lab-mix; but none of the puppies look anything like the mother. The dogs will grow to probably about 35 pounds, so not too big. We'll go back often so the puppy can get used to us and so our dog at home can get used to the puppy smell and hopefully be more ready to accept a new face once he's old enough to leave the litter. Sawyer is thinking over names for the puppy but will probably wait until we have it for a few days to make sure the name fits the personality. At this point we expect to bring the puppy home after New Year's (he could come closer to Christmas but we're going to be out of town for a few days after Christmas and didn't think it would be fair to disappear on the puppy so soon after moving in!).