Happiest Day of Rainey's Life!

Many of you may or may not know that our Rainey Jewel is obsessed with dogs. There are no words to describe her love for dogs. Jim and I decided that she needs a dog. We knew that we couldn't handle a puppy so we searched the Houston Humane Society website for our perfect dog.....older, not too big, and house-trained. And, we found him. Elijah is a 2 year old beagle mix. I went down to the Human Society this morning to fill out adoption forms thinking that this process would take 3-5 days. Turns out that Elijah was ready to be brought home today and if we wanted him, we had to take him today. So I took him. We originally planned him to be a birthday present for Rainey, so we gave her an early present. She is in heaven with Elijah. She calls him 'Mlijah'. She keeps thanking us over and over and asking if we're really keeping him forever. Larkin came with me today and was very nervous riding in the back seat with Elijah, but she is okay now. Even Jacob (who is normally terrified of dogs) is happy with him. Elijah is very easy going (so far) and very happy to be receiving all the attention from the kids. I think we've found a good match.