oh how times have changed since i last blogged. i really wish i wrote more in 2015 because i feel like i left out so many important details and realistically i don't see myself going back and documenting them all ha. i'll try and do a recap because this is the only journaling i really do.. yikes. hoping to document more this year but don't hold your breath.
2015 was not our year. kenneth and i joke that by default 2016 will be amazing just because last year felt so bad. and if it's a win by default, i don't care, we'll take it! so far 2016 has proven to be quite lovely because of the newest addition to our family... harley!! on january 2nd we adopted this cute little pup!! if you know me... you know what a big deal this was (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) seriously freaking out. we've had harley for a month now and i can't even remember what life was like before we had him.
i am so obsessed.
kenneth and i had been talking about getting a dog foreverrrr. but we know what a big responsibility it is and we wanted to make sure it was the right time. after the holidays we finally felt ready and started looking. well... basically kenneth looked and that day he found an adoption event that was going on that weekend and so a few days later we went. on the website we saw a picture of harley and fell in love. we decided we would go down to the event and if it worked out then it worked out but i didn't want to get my hopes up.
i really wanted to rescue a dog because there are so many dogs out there that don't ever get any love and get put down and it breaks my heart. but at the same time, i selfishly wanted a puppy because i've never had a puppy before and i really wanted to see it grow up. so when we saw harley, it seemed too perfect. we drove down to orlando for the adoption event and when we got there, there was a line of people already waiting and we were 30 minutes early. my heart sank when we drove up. harley and his entire liter were rescued from a kill shelter and as we got in line i prayed that the people before us would pick his siblings. at 9am we signed our names on a list and then waited around until 2pm when the adoption event actually happened. once the dogs arrived they just went down the list and asked what dog each person wanted to see and you could go spend some time with the dog to make sure it was a good match and decide if you wanted to adopt him or her. we were 9th on the list and to this day i just think it's part miracle (& part me sweet talking to the 8 other people before us and basically begging them not to take harley) because when they called out our name, all of harley's siblings were taken and he was the last one and we got him! when we took him over to spend time and make sure we all liked each other my heart just knew. he loved to be held and just snuggled up to me and gave me a few kisses and life immediately got a thousand times better.
i could write about sweet harley for ever because i love him so much. i am the crazy dog lady and that's totally okay with me. the rescue place told us that he is half australian shepherd, half golden retriever. who knows how accurate that is but i just think he's the most handsome dog in the world. and he is so smart! when we got him he was 3 months old and he's already gotten so much bigger at 4 months and i just want time to slow down! it's so fun getting to see all his firsts like when he first saw himself in the mirror haha. he kept scratching his paw at the mirror and barking at himself haha he was so confused. or when he first went to the beach. or when he had his first puppy dream and he barked in his sleep haha. i just think he's the best.
life with harley is so so so good. kenneth has been so busy with starting grad school so it's extra nice to have harley around. my favorite part of each day is when we all go walk on the beach and watch the sunset. the last few days in florida it got up to 80 and it was so nice! but it was just a fluke and it's getting cold again. but it makes me excited for summer. i'm hoping i can convince harley to like the ocean. right now he's not too sure about it haha.
my heart is feeling extra happy and full these days. hope yours is too.
