Our Bella Is GROWING!!!

Ryan and I are blessed to have such a wonderful puppy. She has grown so much over the last four weeks. Ryan took her to the vet on Saturday and we found out that she weighs 16.5 lbs. She has doubled her weight since we have had her! The picture above is of Bella's first bath! She was pretty good however she did jump out of the tub 2 or 3 times. Since then we have come up with a system for bath time. One holds-One washes!
This is Bella after the bath. I wrapped her in the towel and she drifted off to sleep. She is just precious!
We were able to take Bella with us to Henderson. My grandparents (both sets) were wonderful and let Bella inside the house. She enjoyed being able to run without a leash on at Memaw and Papaw's, however she didn't really enjoy "dumb dog" (This is the name given to my grandfather's dog. Yes, everyone really calls the dog "dumb dog".). The picture above is of Bella and Addie (my cousin). They enjoyed each other the entire weekend!
Just a cute sleeping picture of our little girl. Does it get more precious than this? She stayed like this for about an hour.
In this picture you can kind of see that Bella is changing colors. She is still mostly black however her sides have completely turned gray. We now think that she is part Huskie.

Bella Harrington

This is Bella Harrington, the newest member of the Harrington family. Ryan and I got her on Monday. She is the sweetest little puppy. Bella's mom is an English Lab. and they think her dad is a German Shepherd. Bella was born on December 24th.
This is Bella playing with her toy that Heather, Keriann, and Clay bought her.
Bella had an eventful day today. She came with me to school and she was perfect. She fell asleep next to my computer and I was able to get everything prepared for next week. Since she is still a little puppy she sleeps quite often (though not through the night!)

Well, here is the story about how we became parents! On Monday when I got to school another teacher was posting pictures of three puppies that one of her friends was taking care of. It was love at first sight for me! I called Ryan as soon as I could get back to my room. I told him about the dogs and asked him if we could go see them sometime that night. So, that evening Ryan and I went over to the Ray's where all the puppies were. We got to see all the puppies but I was in love with Bella (one of my students picked the name). We learned the story of the dogs and then I was ready to take her home. Apparently the Ray's daughter who goes to the University of Alabama rescued the momma from being put to sleep (not enough room in the shelter). After she adpoted her the Ray's daughter brought her home to KY. The Ray's took her to the vet in Lexington and found out the she was pregnant. On Christmas Eve she had 8 puppies. The Ray's decided to give the puppies away. That is when the search started for good homes. Even though Ryan and I live in an apartment I knew we could give her a great home. We went ahead and took her with us to PetSmart and then home! She is so cute and cuddly.