{now that i work from home, that means…}

…we could get a puppy! Last October, almost 1 year ago already {gosh that went by fast}, we adopted Mister Bauer. We were waiting for a house with a yard, and a job where I was working from home, and then we could adopt a pup. I remember that special Saturday, the day Zack and I drove out to the pet store where the rescue shelter we adopted Bauer was meeting for the afternoon. We watched Bauer play with his brothers and mom, and when I picked him up it’s almost like Bauer selected us to be his new family.

We love Bauer soooooooo so so much. Some times — OK, most of the time — I feel like he’s really a little boy, not a doggie. Bauer is Mr. Personality, with his little whimper noises {how he talks to us} and how he plays catch with himself, how he LOVES the doggie that lives in the flat upstairs. He puts his paw on us when he wants something {most of the time —wink!} and he always finds his way onto our bed sometime between 5am-7am. I talked about that yesterday, hah!

It’s so fun to look back at old posts and see how Bauer has grown — some of my favorite posts include this one on our {new} daily routine; oh, how BIG Bauer looks on our new living room rug, our first Christmas with a puppy, and his 1st trip to the groomer ;]

And then there was the day I made him a bow-tie for his 1st birthday. So handsome, that pup!

Having Bauer around all day is like having your best pal with you, at all times! Bauer knows all the little sounds of our day-to-day, like when the girls come over in the morning, when I turn off my desk lamp or close my macbook {work is OVER, yay!}, when we open the fridge, or unlock the back door {time to play outside}. He’s just so smart & spunky. We love that little feller!

Of course, going for a walk is his favorite! And it’s actually been very therapeutic to have Bauer a part of our family. Getting outside and taking long walks around our neighborhood — or the lake, has been so good. It’s so important to have lots of fresh air, especially when it’s so easy to keep my nose glued to my to-do list. I think our favorite thing to do on the weekends is go for walks and explore new areas, or to sit in the backyard and chitchat while Bauer plays with his toys.

Ohhhhhhh, how I love Bauer! :]

And I think everyone needs a cute doggie in their life!
xoxo