Meet Oakley!

So...we got a puppy today!!! Puppy Oakley came to be part of our family when I made Del call in response to a Craigslist ad today. (Seriously people, I think we solely keep that website going!) The ad said they had 1 male yellow lab and 1 female black lab. We'd decided before our puppy search started that we both loved yellow labs, so that was our goal. When we called, the family said they had just the 1 lil guys left so we HAD to take a look! We were definitely skeptical and didn't quite expect to bring one home with us so fast! I must say, the most cynical of the both of us was Del, telling me all morning not to get my hopes up and blah blah. But of course, the minute they handed the lil guy over to us, Dellas fell in love and said "he's a stud! How can you not want to take him home!?" Needless to say, we had to bring him home.
Oakley's story goes as follows: he's from a litter of 12 whose mom was unable to nurse so the family had to disburse the bunch to people who were willing to nurse the puppies by hand. The family we bought him from had hand fed him, and 3 of his siblings, since they were 5 days old and he's now 7wks. Both of his parents are labs and he looks like he'll be a big guy!

Havin some fun in the leaves!

Runnin!

Too much playin' tuckered him out

He did very well his first day here; no accidents or breaking anything. At bedtime he whined for only a few minutes and then must have known it was time to sleep because when I peaked in on him he was already curled up asleep!
We've been having a blast watching him and playing with him. I think Oakley will bring us many adventures to come!