Meet the Newest Member of the Wilson Family!

Don't be fooled by the title of this blog - we just got a puppy! :-) We recently got a new puppy Samoyed who we named "Timber". We've had him for about a month and he is 15 weeks old. We had a hard time coming up with a name, but ultimately decided on Timber because Derek and I graduated from Northern Arizona University and our college mascot was the Lumberjack. We also just thought it sounded like a Colorado dog's name!We decided that we wanted to get a bigger dog this time so the boys could play with him more. He will probably be about 50 pounds.

We discovered quickly that Timber loves the snow. When it snows, we can hardly get him inside. He loves to lay in the snow, roll in it, and just eat it! Samoyeds are cold weather dogs, so Colorado is perfect for him.

To be completely honest, after the first weekend with Timber we wanted to take him back. We completely forgot how much work a new puppy is, especially when you already have 2 toddlers! We are crate training him and he's doing really with with his crate. He sleeps in his crate and for the first couple of weeks we were having to take him potty once in the middle of the night, but now he sleeps through the night.

Potty training is another story. Just when we think he's trained, he has an accident. We started puppy training last week so hopefully it helps. Poor little guy is pretty much contained in the kitchen right now until we can trust him not to potty on the carpet. We don't know what to do with him right now! Our trainer has offered to take Timber once a week for a while to work one on one with him. He also has a Samoyed who is 8 years old.

He has a pretty mellow personality, but is still a puppy and likes to chew and gets hyper especially in the morning. His favorite thing to do is pull off your socks! He always seems to go after Ryan when I am holding him and just takes off with the sock. When Ryan is eating in his high chair, Timber usually takes his socks in no time!

All we can say is that this is tough work and look forward to the days when we can really enjoy him! There are many days when we wonder what we were thinking when we decided to get a puppy. It does help that he's one of the cutest pups I've ever seen.

We took him to the vet today and he gained 9 pounds in the past 4 weeks! He's growing so fast!

Here are some pics from when we first got him, but he's nearly doubled in size now. The top picture is from this weekend and the others are from the day we brought him home.